Looking for tips and advice on how best to handle the walls here in the kitchen.
I've just torn everything out and it looks like this. There's some sort of MDF board under the window and where the tiles used to be, a large hole near the socket by the fan and there downwards. Should I remove all the wood and fill with what? Or would you put plasterboard?
All the other walls will be skim coated. I will fill small holes with husfix first. (Or what do you recommend to fill with?) The walls are double brick with plaster.
To the right, there will be tall cabinets up to the ceiling and the wall with the window will be "open" with loose shelves, meaning no upper kitchen cabinets.
General tips for preparation before skim coating are also welcome. There might be a few individual cracks in the walls as well.
I've just torn everything out and it looks like this. There's some sort of MDF board under the window and where the tiles used to be, a large hole near the socket by the fan and there downwards. Should I remove all the wood and fill with what? Or would you put plasterboard?
All the other walls will be skim coated. I will fill small holes with husfix first. (Or what do you recommend to fill with?) The walls are double brick with plaster.
To the right, there will be tall cabinets up to the ceiling and the wall with the window will be "open" with loose shelves, meaning no upper kitchen cabinets.
General tips for preparation before skim coating are also welcome. There might be a few individual cracks in the walls as well.
I have only used cement-based filler for stone walls, never wood, so I have no knowledge about it, but I guess it could be a problem when mixing a non-flexible material with something that moves more when temperature and humidity vary.
What is behind the MDF board? I would never use MDF anywhere, but others think differently. I consider plasterboard an unnecessary cost, but some like it.
In this old thread, there's a video about skimming that I think is good; there are many more:
https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/tva-amatoerer-som-ska-renovera-vaeggar.532740/post-5947834
Husfix is an expensive filler that is only suitable if you need very little filler. If you're doing a lot of filling, bags of at least 15 kg usually turn out to be the cheapest. An example https://www.hornbach.se/p/lagningsbruk-finja-25kg/5107751/
The electrical wiring looks very old or DIY. Won't you take the opportunity to install pipes for new electricity while you've torn everything down? There seem to be too few outlets for modern needs. If so, run the horizontal pipes high up on the walls, not in the middle. Make vertical "drop-downs" via boxes so it's easy to avoid drilling into pipes with cables later. The forum's regulators will tell you that you are not allowed to do this yourself.
What is behind the MDF board? I would never use MDF anywhere, but others think differently. I consider plasterboard an unnecessary cost, but some like it.
In this old thread, there's a video about skimming that I think is good; there are many more:
https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/tva-amatoerer-som-ska-renovera-vaeggar.532740/post-5947834
Husfix is an expensive filler that is only suitable if you need very little filler. If you're doing a lot of filling, bags of at least 15 kg usually turn out to be the cheapest. An example https://www.hornbach.se/p/lagningsbruk-finja-25kg/5107751/
The electrical wiring looks very old or DIY. Won't you take the opportunity to install pipes for new electricity while you've torn everything down? There seem to be too few outlets for modern needs. If so, run the horizontal pipes high up on the walls, not in the middle. Make vertical "drop-downs" via boxes so it's easy to avoid drilling into pipes with cables later. The forum's regulators will tell you that you are not allowed to do this yourself.