removing drywall
 

Hi all,
I bought a house 2 years ago with a half finished basement. The basement is
very drafty and cold in the winter. I have it set up as my TV room so it get
used quite a bit. I had to remove some dry wall to look at a pipe and
noticed they drywalled over a window and there is no insulation or vapor
barrier behind the drywall. A total half assed job.
My question is: can i remove the drywall, insert the insulation and put the
drywall back in place that I removed? Shouild I just re-drywall it with new
drywall? The current drywall is allpainted and you can't see the drywall
nails.
thanks
Steve

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not Steve Buscemi wrote:

Hi all,
I bought a house 2 years ago with a half finished basement. The basement is
very drafty and cold in the winter. I have it set up as my TV room so it get
used quite a bit. I had to remove some dry wall to look at a pipe and
noticed they drywalled over a window and there is no insulation or vapor
barrier behind the drywall. A total half assed job.
My question is: can i remove the drywall, insert the insulation and put the
drywall back in place that I removed? Shouild I just re-drywall it with new
drywall? The current drywall is allpainted and you can't see the drywall
nails.
thanks
Steve



Figure on buying new sheetrock. I doubt whether you can get the old
drywall off without breaking most of it, unless you find every nail, dig
it out, and cut all seams covered in paper tape and joint compound.

It sounds like the draft is coming from the window. If it is, and you
are going to continue to have the window covered over, I would caulk the
window tight. Typical fiberglass insulation does little for air
infiltration. You might even consider putting a piece of plywood or
drywall in the window opening and caulk that tight.

willshak wrote:
not Steve Buscemi wrote:

Hi all,
I bought a house 2 years ago with a half finished basement. The
basement is
very drafty and cold in the winter. I have it set up as my TV room so
it get
used quite a bit. I had to remove some dry wall to look at a pipe and
noticed they drywalled over a window and there is no insulation or vapor
barrier behind the drywall. A total half assed job.
My question is: can i remove the drywall, insert the insulation and
put the
drywall back in place that I removed? Shouild I just re-drywall it
with new
drywall? The current drywall is allpainted and you can't see the drywall
nails.
thanks
Steve



Figure on buying new sheetrock. I doubt whether you can get the old
drywall off without breaking most of it, unless you find every nail, dig
it out, and cut all seams covered in paper tape and joint compound.

When i checked the window it loooks as though they attempted to caulk it but
probably didn't do a good job because there clearly is a draft coming from
the window. I'm think maybe i'll rplace the window and re-drywall the
downstairs with insulation this time.
Does that sound like the smart thing to do? Should i use vapor barrier as
well?
steve


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It sounds like the draft is coming from the window. If it is, and you
are going to continue to have the window covered over, I would caulk the
window tight. Typical fiberglass insulation does little for air
infiltration. You might even consider putting a piece of plywood or
drywall in the window opening and caulk that tight.

willshak wrote:
not Steve Buscemi wrote:

Hi all,
I bought a house 2 years ago with a half finished basement. The
basement is
very drafty and cold in the winter. I have it set up as my TV room so
it get
used quite a bit. I had to remove some dry wall to look at a pipe and
noticed they drywalled over a window and there is no insulation or
vapor
barrier behind the drywall. A total half assed job.
My question is: can i remove the drywall, insert the insulation and
put the
drywall back in place that I removed? Shouild I just re-drywall it
with new
drywall? The current drywall is allpainted and you can't see the
drywall
nails.
thanks
Steve



Figure on buying new sheetrock. I doubt whether you can get the old
drywall off without breaking most of it, unless you find every nail, dig
it out, and cut all seams covered in paper tape and joint compound.

NS When i checked the window it loooks as though they attempted to caulk it bu

NS probably didn't do a good job because there clearly is a draft coming from
NS the window. I'm think maybe i'll rplace the window and re-drywall the
NS downstairs with insulation this time.

The draft might be coming from _around_ the window. Not sure about
basement windows but before the first floor windows here were replaced
could sometimes feel a breeze from around the molding.



NS Figure on buying new sheetrock. I doubt whether you can get the old
NS drywall off without breaking most of it, unless you find every nail, di

NS it out, and cut all seams covered in paper tape and joint compound.

And yes, figure on installing new sheetrock. There is no way you
would be able to remove the nails holding the panels to the wall
without damaging the surface. Plus you'd have to repair the seams,
which is going to require remudding and repainting. The amount of
money you would save by attempting to salvage the drywall isn't worth
the hassle.

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