Comments on: Demolition Monday http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/ Two Young People + One Old House = Love Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-478887 YoungHouseLove Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:14:26 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=41#comment-478887 Definitely sand those suckers down until they're smooth (take precautions if it's an old house because you could expose lead paint while sanding so google how to deal with that if you are). You also might need to skim coat the wall (basically you use spackle and a putty knife to skim over the whole area so it's all smooth when it's dry). Good luck! xo, s

Definitely sand those suckers down until they’re smooth (take precautions if it’s an old house because you could expose lead paint while sanding so google how to deal with that if you are). You also might need to skim coat the wall (basically you use spackle and a putty knife to skim over the whole area so it’s all smooth when it’s dry). Good luck!

xo,
s

]]> By: Jenni http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-478882 Jenni Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:49:48 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=41#comment-478882 Hey guys, we just removed a chair rail in our family room and there are now 2 ridges in the wall - right above and below where the chair rail was. It's noticeable because there are probably 3 layers of different paint colors that have been painted with the chair rail... any idea on how to make the ridge less noticeable? I'm not sure if you ran into this problem at all when you took yours off... Hey guys, we just removed a chair rail in our family room and there are now 2 ridges in the wall – right above and below where the chair rail was. It’s noticeable because there are probably 3 layers of different paint colors that have been painted with the chair rail… any idea on how to make the ridge less noticeable? I’m not sure if you ran into this problem at all when you took yours off…

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-274324 YoungHouseLove Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:00:41 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=41#comment-274324 We've always heard steaming it off is the easiest. We just sprayed it with hot water, scored it, sprayed again, scraped it, and then scraped the glue. It took forever but it was all gone and easy to paint once we put in the time. Hope it helps! xo, s

We’ve always heard steaming it off is the easiest. We just sprayed it with hot water, scored it, sprayed again, scraped it, and then scraped the glue. It took forever but it was all gone and easy to paint once we put in the time. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

]]> By: Karen P. http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-274306 Karen P. Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:57:01 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=41#comment-274306 Sorry for all the questions but I'm reading your blog from the beginning and I see that you uncovered wallpaper under the paint. How did you remove the wallpaper. I went wallpaper crazy in my house years ago and want to start stripping it but I'm not sure of the easiest method. Sorry for all the questions but I’m reading your blog from the beginning and I see that you uncovered wallpaper under the paint. How did you remove the wallpaper. I went wallpaper crazy in my house years ago and want to start stripping it but I’m not sure of the easiest method.

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-42178 YoungHouseLove Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:33 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=41#comment-42178 Hey Kristina, We actually hired a construction company to do that stuff so we'd hate to offer advice that might result in anything less than perfect. Our honest advice would be to either get help from a skilled friend or family member or to hire a professional for a polished and seamless finished product. Hope it helps! xo, s

Hey Kristina,

We actually hired a construction company to do that stuff so we’d hate to offer advice that might result in anything less than perfect. Our honest advice would be to either get help from a skilled friend or family member or to hire a professional for a polished and seamless finished product. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

]]> By: Kristina http://www.younghouselove.com/2007/10/demolition-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-42174 Kristina Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:03:47 +0000 http://thisyounghousetest.com/?p=41#comment-42174 Hey Youngsters, any suggestions on a) removing dry wall (we have a similar short wall at the top of the entrance to our hallway that doesn't make sense and blocks light... and we want to knock down a wall in our kitchen) and b) putting up a new wall (similar to filling in the door from y'all's kitchen to the dining room... we want to knock a wall out of our kitchen and extend the kitchen into the too-large laundry room behind it). Thanks! Hey Youngsters, any suggestions on a) removing dry wall (we have a similar short wall at the top of the entrance to our hallway that doesn’t make sense and blocks light… and we want to knock down a wall in our kitchen) and b) putting up a new wall (similar to filling in the door from y’all’s kitchen to the dining room… we want to knock a wall out of our kitchen and extend the kitchen into the too-large laundry room behind it). Thanks!

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