This is my master bedroom floor and walls. It looks like the walls all have to be re-done. Gutting and then putting up new drywall. Now what about those floor boards? Should I rip them up and put new ones in? I think their is good wonder under it. From what I can see from downstairs. But I'm not 100% positive. i'm going to put in new carpets. I'm guessing I can't put them over "what looks like to be damaged floor boards." :huh:
Well since the roof has a few leaks I believe it is water damage. I'm not sure what the wood underneath those damaged floor boards looks like. Hoping its ok. And not rotted. Going to take a peak soon hopefully.
Judging by the pictures, if you had a roof leak and that masonite only has minimal staining I lay $ 20.00 the subfloor is fine.
The plaster walls don't look damaged too bad in the pictures either, maybe look into some wall coatings, save the mess of removal and reinstallation, provided electrician is willing to fish in wires.
I'm not there to see it, I'm looking at your pictures and that doesn't look like mold to me from where I'm sitting, I could be wrong, but that looks like the image of the slats behind the plaster bleeding through.
You walls are not masonite, the wood on the floor looks like masonite, the walls look like plaster.
No insulation? Okay, pull the walls down, insulate and then drywall
Yeah I was afraid you were going to say to rip them down. I got to agree though. They are very old and your right probably plaster. No insulation is a killer. I was wondering why it was so cold up there. Now I know why. Insulation and drywall I will.
I got to take down some more paneling and see if more walls are stained like that. It could be from an old radiator heater I suppose. A few families owned the house before us. So I'm not sure. But it does get very cold where we live. And especially upstairs. So I don't doubt they had one up there.
Here are some pictures of the mold on the ceiling in that room. I was thinking it spread to the walls. But maybe not.
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