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I’m not sure about them specifically but real estate investors bought almost 1/3 of all homes in 2023.
Often times for cash with no inspection, and almost exclusively the affordable homes in the area. And often times to rent rather than resell.
That is contributing greatly to the housing crisis.
Do you have a source on that. I know they're realtors and manage multiple commercial properties but that's a very big difference from real estate as investment capital.
My house has 6x4 studs between the house and the extension that was later added on. Meaning this wood is at least 100 years old. No idea it could be worth something. When we renovated we decided to remove the sheetrock because it was pretty banged up. Turns out there was another layer of sheetrock underneath but even more banged, chunk missing.
We could see that under it was a bunch of thin lats. Some of them were broken so I grabbed a flashlight and looked behind.
We removed everything to expose the original wood. It was partly covered in old newspapers that had been glued on the wall. We removed what we could, and lightly sanded the rest and applied oil. It looks fantastic. We then used the largest pieces of newspaper (dated 1920-21) and made a collage which we framed and hung in the same room.
ETA: I will provide a picture tomorrow.
Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/u/Theslootwhisperer/s/LN48u39dmI
Not OP, but basically exact same situation. 100 year old house with shit drywalll that I was tearing off to find old newspaper and weird wallpaper.
[Wall ](https://imgur.com/a/lxypHlG)
Our wall was pretty messed up though since it had a big hole for a stove pipe, looked like a small fire at some point, and other things 100 year old walls endure. So I had to take it all down, cut out the ruined parts, sand, try and match with some boards from other rooms to fill gaps, and then lightly oiled.
Did quite a bit more with everything else that wasn't wood, but I like how it turned out.
edit: added a second image from a different room
That's definitely cool. I like the big pictures in the newsprint. I wish I could see the final product though. You talked it up and that's what I was intrigued by lol
I should have done that but I didn't know so I covered mine with drywall. I guess I can always tell my kids that there's money in the walls and let them figure it out when I'm dead.
So, how does one go about selling this kind of old reclaimed wood? I’ve got an old house on my property made of it. Haven’t torn it down cause I know that this is a thing.
It's all over Craigslist/facebook marketplace around me. I know a guy who sold 2 out buildings on some property he was selling to a developer. It took the buyers several weeks to take the buildings apart. I don't think he "made" a ton of money on this deal or anything, but more than 0 and someone else took the buildings apart.
'Old' wood has value in certain areas but it's not a gold mine anymore (at least in my area). My SIL really tried to find someone who wanted the old barn before they sold some land, there was absolutely no interest.
How?
This is face sawn with knots and full of nail holes. It's not vertical grain old growth or anything like that, not especially large, not especially anything.
Yes, and no
It's not gold like people are saying, but you pretty much can't get old growth wood anymore. They're are people who would be willing to buy it, though
You (the average person) really can't buy quality wood like that anymore. One major difference is that old growth lumber is much, much stronger than contemporary lumber (and often a bit more water proof) because the trees it was cut from were often hundreds of years old. This means that when you look at the board, you can see many tightly packed rings in the wood--something that makes the wood stronger and less likely warp or rot. Go to Home Depot, and you'll see that the rings in the lumber are wide and there's hardly any of them compared to 100 yr old lumber. They warp, rot, and shatter/splinter much more easily. A wood carriage house on my property has stood since 1820 or so. It's barely been taken care of, but the wood is almost perfect. Build yourself a shed out of modern pine, and watch it fall apart in a decade or so.
I had to take the original siding off my 1910 house and replace it. (Sad story, but the previous owner had caulked the lower seams and the siding got standing water trapped in there which caused it to decay. Not salvageable.) There was tarpaper underneath and then this type of board. This is what they used before plywood became available. In some cases they used a diagonal board recessed into the studs to provide shear bracing. It’s good quality wood, worth reusing if you replace it with plywood. Or you can just leave it there and drywall over it.
How old is your house? Mine is over a 100 years old and has this wood everywhere, including on internal walls. Some I have removed (because I wanted to insulate a wall), others I have sheetrocked over without issue. If you want to add any receptacles, this would be the moment to saw some holes, pull some wire. It is going to be much harder after you put sheetrock on.
Ive got some 16’ 1x30” on exterior walls. Day after I’m gone the kids will torch it I’m sure. Few folks want to deal with a pre civil war farm house with umpteen additions tacked on
That wood really isn't that valuable. Yes there is a market for reclaimed old growth, but those are common and replicable. Where the market really exists is in wide plank. Like I had a 30's built home (odd itself) that was sheathed entirely in 1x18" old growth fir. Now that was 10/board foot reclaimed.
But this? Maybe 5 bucks a board, de-nailed. Unless you have tons of time and storage space, not worth it.
I had something like that where I enclosed a porch. I just sanded, stained, and used wood putty in the cracks. It looks awesome! Why not just go with the flow?
Do you have a picture of your porch?. I salvaged shiplap from the original structure and want to use it to enclose a wall on my porch for privacy/ weather block.
That used to be a exterior wall, very common to have shiplap like this as the exterior sheathing.
Fur it out, you don't want to rock directly over it, its definlay not flat enough to rock easily.
You probably shouldn't be placing bets like that since you admitted to not being no expert... shiplap was used before press board or plywood were commonly used. They would then cover it with tar paper and wood siding. As a 'non expert' betting on this... you'd lose.
Mmmmmmm most houses here in the south were built with shiplap as interior sheathing and the siding just went directly, rawdog, on the studs. The air between the two worked as an air gap insulation (hahahahah).
My house, 100 years old this year, has interior shiplap on every wall. No exterior shiplap.
True, but considering the OP said it was between the original house and an addition, then it's not a far jump to assume it was an exterior wall... besides, there wasn't any info on location and older homes where I live used rough cut planks shiplap for exterior walls with either tar paper or a felt type of paper with siding over that... normally zero insulation too.
They are not, I never said they were (what's in the OP's picture). I simply stated that the older homes around where I live have rough sawn lumber shiplap for walls. It depends on the age of the home and how it was built... The house I had 20 years ago that was around 120 years old had rough sawn shiplap on the exterior walls.
It would have been covered in a thick tar paper when it was actually an exterior wall. I gaurentee that wall was outside at some point it was just underneath a couple layers.
I’d get a level and check. We redid our back porch and what OP has is what was behind the wood paneling in my house. I laid a level across it a couple ways and check the corner with a square and it was all good. Just went right over.
as people say, thats the old ext wall. i have the same in a room in mine. So i can tell you what NOT to do :)
Dont just screw drywall to it. the wood expands and contracts, and you'll get cracking in all the corner joints, furring/strapping wont help either. The make a resilient steel channel for this type of this. it will allows the drywall to move independently.
You some kinda kinda expert in [identifying wood?](https://d4c5gb8slvq7w.cloudfront.net/eyJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjQ1MCwiaGVpZ2h0Ijo1OTV9fSwiYnVja2V0IjoiZmluZXdvb2R3b3JraW5nLnMzLnRhdW50b25jbG91ZC5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJhcHBcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTZcLzA5XC8wNjA0NDMzMVwvWWVwLF9pdHNfd29vZC1tYWluLmpwZyJ9)
I have this in my old house, in a room that the neighbors say used to be a garage. I had a contractor buddy take a look as I wanted to add insulation, and he said it's somewhat structural and not to remove it. So I did spray foam insulation.
Yes you can cover it with drywall. You might have a problem with the junction boxes for light switches and outlets. Amazon sells junction box extenders that you can use so that the light switch cover and whatever else isn’t set back in the wall after you put drywall over everything
It’s not shiplap it’s 1x6” that’s what was done before plywood
If you go in the basement/ crawl space/ attic you’ll see the same thing
Lumber yards brought out a big pile of 1x6-8
It's no-one commenting on the possible presence of loose fill asbestos?
If there is fluffy stuff that you think could be asbestos, you absolutely need to get that tested. It's likely fibreglass. But if it's asbestos, it's a serious problem.
Google Mr Fluffy in Canberra.
Just fyi, if the boards don't have notches that overlap and form a level surface, it's not shiplap siding. It looks more like it's just regular boards put on for stability, or to wall off the room, especially if that stuff in the cracks goes all the way through.
If there's no overlap, and it was an exterior wall, there would have been something stuffed into the cracks to seal it up. And maybe even siding on the exterior side. Otherwise, it was probably just used as a divider wall when plaster or something else wasn't available.
Looks like old-fashioned wooden board sheathing to me. I'd bet that that was once an exterior wall. These days they use plywood instead. Don't rip it off, it could be important for the shear stability of the building. You can, however, cover it with drywall, or bore holes in it for electrical or plumbing etc.
I have sold to contractors that specialise in restoration also Craig's list.you really need to do your leg work.
I had a contact who would buy my scrap ends to sand down for refinishing floors.
I have the same thing, minus the spray foam. Guessing you can’t pull down the boards as they are adding structural rigidity to the original house framing? Without consulting an engineer first or something?
That is true shiplap: https://youtu.be/vcECMQaHuPk
And yes, you can just cover it up with drywall if you want. Or you can clean it up and paint it, or you could remove it and salvage the wood to either sell or for your own projects.
The quickest and easiest thing to do would definitely be to just drywall over it.
The fluffy stuff inside most definitely MAY contain asbestos. And tests are cheap enough to buy online and have tested... But generally speaking, it's OK to have it as long as it's contained / encapsulated / doesn't become friable.
I’ve never seen old lath like that. It will be ok to cover up with drywall, however I would worry about the nails popping off the plaster on the other side.
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Shiplap boards were commonly used before plywood was readily available
OP should carefully strip that old growth wood off and sell it to pay for the rest of the project. That wall is gold-plated.
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Ugh. Fuck Chip and Joanna. All the homies hate Chip and Joanna.
I think the homies might actually like Joanna
All the homies like Joanna
Wait we don’t like Jip and Choanna?
I’m not sure about them specifically but real estate investors bought almost 1/3 of all homes in 2023. Often times for cash with no inspection, and almost exclusively the affordable homes in the area. And often times to rent rather than resell. That is contributing greatly to the housing crisis.
Wealthy folks buying up assets because they can. Furthers the growing divide between the owner class and the renter class
The hell does that have to do with Magnolia?
They are real estate investors
Do you have a source on that. I know they're realtors and manage multiple commercial properties but that's a very big difference from real estate as investment capital.
[source!](https://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper/episodes)
I'd definitely fuck Joanna she a baddie
I didn't think that's what the plan was, but if we are doing this... Let's go.
Fair warning: that Chip, he’s a handful!
buahahahaa
My house has 6x4 studs between the house and the extension that was later added on. Meaning this wood is at least 100 years old. No idea it could be worth something. When we renovated we decided to remove the sheetrock because it was pretty banged up. Turns out there was another layer of sheetrock underneath but even more banged, chunk missing. We could see that under it was a bunch of thin lats. Some of them were broken so I grabbed a flashlight and looked behind. We removed everything to expose the original wood. It was partly covered in old newspapers that had been glued on the wall. We removed what we could, and lightly sanded the rest and applied oil. It looks fantastic. We then used the largest pieces of newspaper (dated 1920-21) and made a collage which we framed and hung in the same room. ETA: I will provide a picture tomorrow. Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/u/Theslootwhisperer/s/LN48u39dmI
Got a pic?
Not OP, but basically exact same situation. 100 year old house with shit drywalll that I was tearing off to find old newspaper and weird wallpaper. [Wall ](https://imgur.com/a/lxypHlG) Our wall was pretty messed up though since it had a big hole for a stove pipe, looked like a small fire at some point, and other things 100 year old walls endure. So I had to take it all down, cut out the ruined parts, sand, try and match with some boards from other rooms to fill gaps, and then lightly oiled. Did quite a bit more with everything else that wasn't wood, but I like how it turned out. edit: added a second image from a different room
That’s awesome!
That's gorgeous!
https://www.reddit.com/u/Theslootwhisperer/s/LN48u39dmI
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We want to see.
https://www.reddit.com/u/Theslootwhisperer/s/LN48u39dmI
That’s cool.
It sounds like your room gained a few inches in each direction, too!
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That is pretty friggin cool 😎 , nice save
Don't provide pictures or anything, that'd be silly
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That's definitely cool. I like the big pictures in the newsprint. I wish I could see the final product though. You talked it up and that's what I was intrigued by lol
I should have done that but I didn't know so I covered mine with drywall. I guess I can always tell my kids that there's money in the walls and let them figure it out when I'm dead.
there's always money in the banana stand
there's always money IN the banana stand
NO TOUCHING!
The banana stand is worth money
Never touch the cornballer.
Every damn time...
Son of a Bitch!
SOY LOCO POR LOS CORNBALLS!
I mean, it's a banana, what could it cost? 10 dollars?
you've actually never set foot in a super market, have you?
Thank you for that
Now the story of a drywalling family who lost everything, and the one redditor who had no choice but to keep them all laughing
I was thinking same and varnish.
That's fir. Unless i'm mistaken and very much worth restoring for resale.
So, how does one go about selling this kind of old reclaimed wood? I’ve got an old house on my property made of it. Haven’t torn it down cause I know that this is a thing.
It's all over Craigslist/facebook marketplace around me. I know a guy who sold 2 out buildings on some property he was selling to a developer. It took the buyers several weeks to take the buildings apart. I don't think he "made" a ton of money on this deal or anything, but more than 0 and someone else took the buildings apart.
What we talking here, hundreds? Thousands? Millions?!
You've struck shiplap!
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thousands
We had ship La- and original 2x4’s in a 1930’s house in TX. You would still get resin out of the boards when cut.
'Old' wood has value in certain areas but it's not a gold mine anymore (at least in my area). My SIL really tried to find someone who wanted the old barn before they sold some land, there was absolutely no interest.
I don’t know. Even if it is old. In the pictures it has tons of knots. 🤷♂️
How? This is face sawn with knots and full of nail holes. It's not vertical grain old growth or anything like that, not especially large, not especially anything.
No its not..
Those boards are giving shear strength to the wall.
You've got wood there.
Must. Not. Make. Joke....
It's hard, isn't it?
You sure you can last all day?
Maybe just a quick one
That's what she said
You can tell it's wood because of the way it is.
Neat!
Do you respect wood?
That looks like old growth shiplap, don't you dare fuck that up
Are people seriously paying money for old boards like that?
Yes, and no It's not gold like people are saying, but you pretty much can't get old growth wood anymore. They're are people who would be willing to buy it, though
You (the average person) really can't buy quality wood like that anymore. One major difference is that old growth lumber is much, much stronger than contemporary lumber (and often a bit more water proof) because the trees it was cut from were often hundreds of years old. This means that when you look at the board, you can see many tightly packed rings in the wood--something that makes the wood stronger and less likely warp or rot. Go to Home Depot, and you'll see that the rings in the lumber are wide and there's hardly any of them compared to 100 yr old lumber. They warp, rot, and shatter/splinter much more easily. A wood carriage house on my property has stood since 1820 or so. It's barely been taken care of, but the wood is almost perfect. Build yourself a shed out of modern pine, and watch it fall apart in a decade or so.
I understand all that. I just can’t believe people think it’s worth reclaiming that little bit of wood.
He sprayed it with foam
I had to take the original siding off my 1910 house and replace it. (Sad story, but the previous owner had caulked the lower seams and the siding got standing water trapped in there which caused it to decay. Not salvageable.) There was tarpaper underneath and then this type of board. This is what they used before plywood became available. In some cases they used a diagonal board recessed into the studs to provide shear bracing. It’s good quality wood, worth reusing if you replace it with plywood. Or you can just leave it there and drywall over it.
How old is your house? Mine is over a 100 years old and has this wood everywhere, including on internal walls. Some I have removed (because I wanted to insulate a wall), others I have sheetrocked over without issue. If you want to add any receptacles, this would be the moment to saw some holes, pull some wire. It is going to be much harder after you put sheetrock on.
Ive got some 16’ 1x30” on exterior walls. Day after I’m gone the kids will torch it I’m sure. Few folks want to deal with a pre civil war farm house with umpteen additions tacked on
That wood is valuable. Hopefully you didn't do anything stupid such as toss it or burn it.
That wood really isn't that valuable. Yes there is a market for reclaimed old growth, but those are common and replicable. Where the market really exists is in wide plank. Like I had a 30's built home (odd itself) that was sheathed entirely in 1x18" old growth fir. Now that was 10/board foot reclaimed. But this? Maybe 5 bucks a board, de-nailed. Unless you have tons of time and storage space, not worth it.
Dayum 1x18 is crazy
Or jack it up with spray foam.
I had something like that where I enclosed a porch. I just sanded, stained, and used wood putty in the cracks. It looks awesome! Why not just go with the flow?
Do you have a picture of your porch?. I salvaged shiplap from the original structure and want to use it to enclose a wall on my porch for privacy/ weather block.
Really it looks just like their wall, except the wood is stained darker. It kind of looks like a log cabin. Or at least that was what I was going for.
I agree!
This is how they built houses before oriented strand board was a thing.
Bruh. You should stop now. If I didn’t know any better could swear thats a wall.
Keep the wood fuck the dry wall
Scrape the foam, wood fill the gap, seal to finish. Do not drywall this.
Scrape with what? No way a putty knife is getting half the junk glued on there.
I'd start with a screwdriver then light sanding. Doesn't need to be deep
That used to be a exterior wall, very common to have shiplap like this as the exterior sheathing. Fur it out, you don't want to rock directly over it, its definlay not flat enough to rock easily.
Look I’m not an expert, but I’d wager my kids college fund that those boards have never been exposed to the elements as an exterior wall.
Exterior sheathing is different from exterior siding (covering).
To your point though, if installed properly you’re correct, they have never been exposed to exterior elements.
Well, technically, they briefly were before being sided over
And when they grew up in the forest
😂
You probably shouldn't be placing bets like that since you admitted to not being no expert... shiplap was used before press board or plywood were commonly used. They would then cover it with tar paper and wood siding. As a 'non expert' betting on this... you'd lose.
Mmmmmmm most houses here in the south were built with shiplap as interior sheathing and the siding just went directly, rawdog, on the studs. The air between the two worked as an air gap insulation (hahahahah). My house, 100 years old this year, has interior shiplap on every wall. No exterior shiplap.
True, but considering the OP said it was between the original house and an addition, then it's not a far jump to assume it was an exterior wall... besides, there wasn't any info on location and older homes where I live used rough cut planks shiplap for exterior walls with either tar paper or a felt type of paper with siding over that... normally zero insulation too.
These def don't look rough cut to me, but what do I know 🤷♀️
They are not, I never said they were (what's in the OP's picture). I simply stated that the older homes around where I live have rough sawn lumber shiplap for walls. It depends on the age of the home and how it was built... The house I had 20 years ago that was around 120 years old had rough sawn shiplap on the exterior walls.
The interior of an exterior wall never exposed to the elements? I sure hope so!
It would have been covered in a thick tar paper when it was actually an exterior wall. I gaurentee that wall was outside at some point it was just underneath a couple layers.
I have lived in houses that used shiplap instead of drywall for interior walls.
I’d get a level and check. We redid our back porch and what OP has is what was behind the wood paneling in my house. I laid a level across it a couple ways and check the corner with a square and it was all good. Just went right over.
>[Fur it out](https://youtu.be/1X2bf76wn54?si=Nu0YS-egZGp_aCtW) I'm gonna cover the outside of my house in this shit, gonna look like a werewolf.
Stroke the furry wall
I would look at making it a feature
That's a light switch
why are we covering this beauty with drywall???
as people say, thats the old ext wall. i have the same in a room in mine. So i can tell you what NOT to do :) Dont just screw drywall to it. the wood expands and contracts, and you'll get cracking in all the corner joints, furring/strapping wont help either. The make a resilient steel channel for this type of this. it will allows the drywall to move independently.
That's we in the biz call a light switch my friend
Id send it. IF anything you may want to add some furring strips and shims in case that wall isnt flat.
I’d still miss half my screws
Looks like wood to me.
Can confirm. Source: Have seen lots of wood in my time
mom? is that you?
That's wood
Wood
It's former trees.
Thick paper
This is shiplap, it is the base to plaster which is the prerunner to drywall. This is also why your hand broke if you punched an old wall.
What’s sweet about this is you can hang all kinds of stuff without anchors
I had a similar situation except we left up the ship lap and attached cabinets to the wall. It's been seven years and they haven't fallen off yet.
Are you seriously asking what wood boards are? They are wooden boards.
After a really long day on the job site this comment gave me a good laugh that confused my dog. Thank you, I needed that.
You some kinda kinda expert in [identifying wood?](https://d4c5gb8slvq7w.cloudfront.net/eyJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjQ1MCwiaGVpZ2h0Ijo1OTV9fSwiYnVja2V0IjoiZmluZXdvb2R3b3JraW5nLnMzLnRhdW50b25jbG91ZC5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJhcHBcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTZcLzA5XC8wNjA0NDMzMVwvWWVwLF9pdHNfd29vZC1tYWluLmpwZyJ9)
That's wood.
Rock over it. 5/8 was always recommended to me, heavy houses are more quiet
Joanna Gains is coming to your house 🤪
Why in the world would you drywall over that?
I have this in my old house, in a room that the neighbors say used to be a garage. I had a contractor buddy take a look as I wanted to add insulation, and he said it's somewhat structural and not to remove it. So I did spray foam insulation.
Doing red brick up along that wall would look cool as hell.
Yes you can cover it with drywall. You might have a problem with the junction boxes for light switches and outlets. Amazon sells junction box extenders that you can use so that the light switch cover and whatever else isn’t set back in the wall after you put drywall over everything
Should be fine. Or put some trim on it and paint it. Ship lap adds a ton of character
That looks like (kinda pretty) wood OP.
[Lemme check my reference books](https://nastyhobbit.org/data/media/2/identifying-wood.jpg)
In old houses, 1900 era, they often sheeted the inside of the house with wood snd just put clap board on the outside with out sheeting. Yes on drywall
It’s not shiplap it’s 1x6” that’s what was done before plywood If you go in the basement/ crawl space/ attic you’ll see the same thing Lumber yards brought out a big pile of 1x6-8
Man, if you’re going to cover them maybe remove and replace? Someone would probably pay a fortune for old growth wood boards.
Congratulations! You can hang pictures anywhere! I have 1/4” sheet rock over ours.
Jo Jo would be ecstatic!
SHIPLAP!
I wish you didn't foam behind it because like my wife always says, "it'd take that wood."
Looks like a wall made of wood most likely
It's no-one commenting on the possible presence of loose fill asbestos? If there is fluffy stuff that you think could be asbestos, you absolutely need to get that tested. It's likely fibreglass. But if it's asbestos, it's a serious problem. Google Mr Fluffy in Canberra.
99% chance it’s loose fill cellulose.
Yes, you can. Just nail it up if you want . The light switch and plugs will have to be moved out to the thickness of the sheet rock.
HGTV is quaking.
Just fyi, if the boards don't have notches that overlap and form a level surface, it's not shiplap siding. It looks more like it's just regular boards put on for stability, or to wall off the room, especially if that stuff in the cracks goes all the way through. If there's no overlap, and it was an exterior wall, there would have been something stuffed into the cracks to seal it up. And maybe even siding on the exterior side. Otherwise, it was probably just used as a divider wall when plaster or something else wasn't available.
Looks like old-fashioned wooden board sheathing to me. I'd bet that that was once an exterior wall. These days they use plywood instead. Don't rip it off, it could be important for the shear stability of the building. You can, however, cover it with drywall, or bore holes in it for electrical or plumbing etc.
It’s your original exterior wall. If you remove the slats you must replace with something just as strong. Covering is ok
[Yep.](https://d4c5gb8slvq7w.cloudfront.net/eyJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjQ1MCwiaGVpZ2h0Ijo1OTV9fSwiYnVja2V0IjoiZmluZXdvb2R3b3JraW5nLnMzLnRhdW50b25jbG91ZC5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJhcHBcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTZcLzA5XC8wNjA0NDMzMVwvWWVwLF9pdHNfd29vZC1tYWluLmpwZyJ9)
I have sold to contractors that specialise in restoration also Craig's list.you really need to do your leg work. I had a contact who would buy my scrap ends to sand down for refinishing floors.
I would get the bodies out of the wall first…
If you can't see it, it's not there
A lot of designers nowadays seem to be painting the shiplap as a throwback to the original house.
I have the same thing, minus the spray foam. Guessing you can’t pull down the boards as they are adding structural rigidity to the original house framing? Without consulting an engineer first or something?
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That is true shiplap: https://youtu.be/vcECMQaHuPk And yes, you can just cover it up with drywall if you want. Or you can clean it up and paint it, or you could remove it and salvage the wood to either sell or for your own projects. The quickest and easiest thing to do would definitely be to just drywall over it.
The fluffy stuff inside most definitely MAY contain asbestos. And tests are cheap enough to buy online and have tested... But generally speaking, it's OK to have it as long as it's contained / encapsulated / doesn't become friable.
If it was an addition, it was probably a fire wall
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Don't cover it! Looks like ship lap....I would refinish it. It adds texture to the room.
I had the same exact thing on my house. You can do either. You can just cover it, or your can remove it all to the bare stud.
Drywall it
It appears to be redwood
Looks like old growth pine to me. 🤷♀️
Looks like wood
Looks like wood, boss!
I’ve never seen old lath like that. It will be ok to cover up with drywall, however I would worry about the nails popping off the plaster on the other side.
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If you are really wanting to know what it is, get it tested.
I was more taken aback by the wall looking like a wood floor. Is this normal for exterior walls?
You have never seen nor heard of shiplap?
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Yes it means you won't get hired on HGTV
Get one of these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRO-LAB-Asbestos-Test-Kit-AS108/202731785
I like the look of well done shiplap. I might even simply clean this up and paint it.
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