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TEXTURED HOME Restoration & Bldg. Contractors

83 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042

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OLD HOMES DON'T HAVE TO MEAN OLD BATHROOMS. Once you're decided to update your bathroom and lose that horrible 70's re-do, you call in a few contractors to hear ideas and get pricing. The first thing most say is they must demolish everything - go back to the wall and ceiling studs and put up sheet rock to finish. 'You'll have more flexibility and it's easier to work this way,' they tell you. Wrong. It is easier for the trades to work that way, but it diminishes the quality feel of the room and possibly the value of your home if that sheetrock renovation does not fully resonate. Of course, some wall and ceiling demolition is generally required to reconfigure and install new fixtures, add recessed lighting, or run new pipes and fittings. You want to insure that what's put in new won't leak later. And if you're putting up floor-to-ceiling tile, knocking down a non-structural wall to open up the room, or building bumped out framing, it's no problem pulling the plaster as needed. However, there is just no need to immediately demolish the plaster and lathe walls in your bath, or any room in the house for that matter, so that the plumber and electrician have an easier time of it. If your plaster isn't falling down and there's no substantial water damage try to work with the shell you have. Use sheetrock sparingly to close up any electrical and plumbing holes and then plaster over it as part of a good skim-coat finishing paint job. Unwanted Noise Why all the concern? A plastered, finished wall has a very different look, feel and quality than painted sheetrock. For older homes, un-plastered, sheet-rocked walls frequently feel out of place and sometimes 'cheap', even with applied moldings, high-quality tile and built-in details put back on. In the kitchen however, this is not that much of a concern. There is generally enough cabinetry, appliances, stone or tile - to cover much of the wall space. Your visual focus is elsewhere not on the sheetrock wall. But even more important

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• Property Type Single Family Home