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sometimesmommy
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Sheetrock
Can you put new sheetrock over old sheetrock. A contractor recommended this for our upstars cape bedrooms. Have you ever heard of that?
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Yes, you can do that or skim coat the walls.
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HeatherRose
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Re: Sheetrock
you CAN but its not really the best thing to do.
why would you not just take the old down?
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We had paneling and some "older" sheetrock in our new home. We could have just used thinner sheetrock to lay over the paneling and old sheetrock, but we decided to take it down.
Thank god we did! The insulation was so thin behind the walls and some ants had gotten in.
Ew!
My thought is to take it all down, but you can go right over it! Good luck!
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Re: Sheetrock
we laminated over sheet rock with thinner in our bedroom and when we go back and think about it the only thing it saved was us tearing down the old sheet rock. BUT if you open the walls you open a can of worms - you will find things wrong and will have to fix it. Me personally will never laminate again just put new up.
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sometimesmommy
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Re: Sheetrock
Posted by HeatherRose
you CAN but its not really the best thing to do.
why would you not just take the old down?
We are not agaisnt it. A contractor mentioned using 3/8 thick sheetrock to go over so I 
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You can.....
but I would have them take down the sheetrock and re-insulate if you can.
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Re: Sheetrock
Yes, you can. The reason I would do this is to save on labor because then the contractors do not have to spend a day tearing down when they could spend that day just putting it up.
My suggestion would be to have them tear down a small section to see how your insultation behind those walls are and if it is in good condition then just have them go over the existing walls. If it is not good, then you should have it torn down and re-insulated.
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Re: Sheetrock
Posted by nraboni
Yes, you can. The reason I would do this is to save on labor because then the contractors do not have to spend a day tearing down when they could spend that day just putting it up.
My suggestion would be to have them tear down a small section to see how your insultation behind those walls are and if it is in good condition then just have them go over the existing walls. If it is not good, then you should have it torn down and re-insulated.
ITA... it will really only save you labor cost. if you can afford it, i would always recommend new this way you get a chance to see what is behind the walls...
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Re: Sheetrock
Posted by sometimesmommy
Posted by HeatherRose
you CAN but its not really the best thing to do.
why would you not just take the old down?
We are not agaisnt it. A contractor mentioned using 3/8 thick sheetrock to go over so I
It's more cost-effective and there's nothing wrong with putting a second layer of sheet rock if the additional costs are cost-prohibited. The second layer is usually thinner than the existing sheetrock, so it's not really "double" the amount of dry wall. It is more insulation, which is a good thing, and it saves a TON on labor costs.
We tore out and replaced the sheetrock in our house almost everywhere... But we have insane insulation and had very damaged walls in some parts b/c the old owners cemented 1/4" brick to the interior walls that we had to tear down. We did skim coat one wall and it came out great. There was no need to get behind that wall and no need to take down the current sheetrock. It looks fantastic.
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Re: Sheetrock
or do the tear down yourself, its VERY easy to demo and we did it for the living room. Or do a hole and check out what is behind insulation wise but if you have all the walls exposed you can find things such as bug damage, electrical issues, possibly plumbing issues, etc.
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I agree with the above posters! We were able to put in new outlets where I planned on placing our tv. We also changed them all to three prong outlets.
You can tear it down yourself! It is easy! You just need a hammer and crow (sp) bar.
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Andrewz00
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Posted by ChaTTerBoX
I agree with the above posters! We were able to put in new outlets where I planned on placing our tv. We also changed them all to three prong outlets.
You can tear it down yourself! It is easy! You just need a hammer and crow (sp) bar.
not to mention, you get a good insight as to what all the wiring etc looks like.... chance to inspect electrical wiring and replace anything that may be old/out dated etc....
EDT: ITA btw!!
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HeatherRose
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Re: Sheetrock
Posted by sometimesmommy
Posted by HeatherRose
you CAN but its not really the best thing to do.
why would you not just take the old down?
We are not agaisnt it. A contractor mentioned using 3/8 thick sheetrock to go over so I
I would assume they offered this to save $$ for you, but if that's the case, I would just tear it down yourself, its always better to take it down then put over. plus, like everyone else said, you get to see what's in or not in the walls.
if the insulation needs to be replaced or installed, you won't know that by covering over old sheetrock, and in the long run you saved nothing because you had to heat and cool that room much more
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sometimesmommy
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Re: Sheetrock
Thanks so much. I have another meetign with the contractor tonight. He meantioned the skim coating as well for one one of the rooms.
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