Hello!
First of all, I want to apologize for my lack of technical term knowledge.
My wife and I recently purchased a home in South East Michigan. She fell in love with a small storage room and wants to convert it into her office.
The room is very cold and currently has a radiator that does not work. The house was built in 1895 and we are not sure when the last work was done to this room.
I was thinking of ripping all of the plaster out so I could run new electrical and insulate the walls. However, I am worried of what I could find behind the walls (asbestos?). Also, would the amount of insulation that we would be able to add be sufficient?
Should I even bother with doing that or just paint and make it as nice as possible with what we have?
Any advise or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Pictures of room:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhNG50bFdkd1NicGlCWXNuQmhzbUhydlBNeXpJ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhS1FlQng2TGRuWW9jVUJlRDhJR3VYVTFXZDE0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhTG01RlZQem9kVk4tVEs0ZWZ4WXpSdFJ4dGNn
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhRHV6cGpzaWdsV0pIdGNib3JSOG9HTlR2WEEw
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhU24xRWlvalc1MTE3Sl9FNE50T1ZiQWNYQmdB
First of all, I want to apologize for my lack of technical term knowledge.
My wife and I recently purchased a home in South East Michigan. She fell in love with a small storage room and wants to convert it into her office.
The room is very cold and currently has a radiator that does not work. The house was built in 1895 and we are not sure when the last work was done to this room.
I was thinking of ripping all of the plaster out so I could run new electrical and insulate the walls. However, I am worried of what I could find behind the walls (asbestos?). Also, would the amount of insulation that we would be able to add be sufficient?
Should I even bother with doing that or just paint and make it as nice as possible with what we have?
Any advise or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Pictures of room:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhNG50bFdkd1NicGlCWXNuQmhzbUhydlBNeXpJ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhS1FlQng2TGRuWW9jVUJlRDhJR3VYVTFXZDE0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhTG01RlZQem9kVk4tVEs0ZWZ4WXpSdFJ4dGNn
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhRHV6cGpzaWdsV0pIdGNib3JSOG9HTlR2WEEw
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz0YoMY0edVhU24xRWlvalc1MTE3Sl9FNE50T1ZiQWNYQmdB