Hello,
I am just about to start renovating a couple of rooms in my fairly newly purchased house.
The house is from '36 and the wall surface consists of fiberglass fabric with thick Masonite underneath and then tongue and groove boards.
Instead of skim coating the rooms, I'm considering tearing down the fiberglass fabric and Masonite and then drywall the walls (I also thought of taking the opportunity to install some new electrical wiring, etc.).
What I'm wondering now is if one should use some form of house wrap between the tongue and groove boards and the drywall on the exterior walls (I seem to have read somewhere that it would be good for insulation).
I am also considering if there are any disadvantages to using renovation drywall instead of standard boards (renovation drywall is about as thick as the existing Masonite, which would mean I wouldn't have to use trim around doors and windows).
Feedback is much appreciated!
Best regards,
Jimmy
I am just about to start renovating a couple of rooms in my fairly newly purchased house.
The house is from '36 and the wall surface consists of fiberglass fabric with thick Masonite underneath and then tongue and groove boards.
Instead of skim coating the rooms, I'm considering tearing down the fiberglass fabric and Masonite and then drywall the walls (I also thought of taking the opportunity to install some new electrical wiring, etc.).
What I'm wondering now is if one should use some form of house wrap between the tongue and groove boards and the drywall on the exterior walls (I seem to have read somewhere that it would be good for insulation).
I am also considering if there are any disadvantages to using renovation drywall instead of standard boards (renovation drywall is about as thick as the existing Masonite, which would mean I wouldn't have to use trim around doors and windows).
Feedback is much appreciated!
Best regards,
Jimmy
Never any disadvantage with wind barrier paper, I would do that. Ideally, you'd want the wind barrier paper further out in the wall but oh well..
Renoveringsgips is a bit weaker but otherwise, it's the same so go ahead with the renoveringsgips.
Renoveringsgips is a bit weaker but otherwise, it's the same so go ahead with the renoveringsgips.
There is no point in having wind paper between gypsum and raw wood. It's just an extra work step. The purpose of wind paper is to be windproof and to keep water splashes away from the insulation. However, it is not diffusion-tight, so it doesn't keep the moist air out. Gypsum itself is completely windproof, and you can't have any water splashes between gypsum and raw wood. So the wind paper has no purpose to fulfill.