Catheryn Barringer: One possible solution to stay within budget is to remodel one room at a time. Take it down to studs, run new mechanicals, insulate, drywall, paint, trim, and then go on to the next area. You can probably advertise for tradesman who would be willing to do what you need done on the side, which will save you money. You will get a huge return on investment with the insulation, and your home will be brought up to code. Hope this helps.
Terresa Tsasie: Unfortunately you can't do this in stages like one room at a time - the cost to have an electrician/plumber/heating and air contractor do one room at a time would be outrageous and most would not even want to do that. First You could strip of lathe and plaster off all outside walls. Then have your subcontractors come over and give you prices. If it's a cold weather climate tell them you would like to have all the exterior wall work done at this time. After they finish you need to insulate the exterio! r walls. Put up 4 mil clear plastic over the unfaced insulation. This will keep dust and insulation from getting in the air of the rooms.Now demo just where you need to on interior walls. They usually have no insulation in them so electricians can fish wire in walls as needed and cut in new boxes and switches in the plaster walls. Plumber can rough in plumbing, Heating and air people can run ductwork,trunk lines etx. Now all you need to do is hang 1/4" drywall over the walls that had subwork in them. A general price per sq. foot to supply, hang and finish drywall is about $1.00 per sq. foot. I would not take plaster off all the inside walls. Most of your plumbing will be on the inside walls so it shouldn't take too long to get the outside walls done and insulated.Good Luck...Show more
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