Joedreck
2025-02-16 09:45:43
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To me, this sounds like a project that is great to implement. I myself have renovated two houses that are older.
Basement: the rooms to be heated I would personally insulate professionally from the inside towards the outside. The basement ceiling can remain as is, since it is within the thermal envelope.
The other rooms should receive ceiling insulation. Use PUR or PIR for this, low build-up with good effect.
Equip the living rooms with wall heating.
Ground floor/upper floor: remove everything except plaster and screed. Check if milling in underfloor heating is possible in the screed. If yes, you gain comfort with relatively little work. I would have the installation plan carried out by a specialized engineering office (TGA planner).
I would budget around 25k for the electrical work. Include network and sufficient sockets right away. Also consider possible future electric roller shutters.
Bathrooms: think about water and wastewater. Two bathrooms can be quite expensive if you go all out. Also provide (have installed) wall heating in the bathrooms.
Windows: I have no reference.
Do the top floor ceiling yourself. Lay 2 x 200mm stone wool crosswise. The most difficult part is getting the rolls under the roof.
You can save especially with your own work on: structural work, gutting bathrooms and kitchen, basement ceiling insulation, basement interior insulation, top floor ceiling insulation, filling slots (electrical), pouring the underfloor heating and leveling the floor, small jobs after window replacement etc.
I would wait with the heating system. When everything is done, I would have the room-by-room heating load determined based on the available data and then see what results. With underfloor heating you are prepared for everything. Underfloor heating will cost only slightly more than new radiators. But the flow temperature can be significantly lowered.
With 200k you should manage with some own work. I would probably estimate (major items)
Electrical 25k
Windows 30k
Bathrooms 50k including water/wastewater
Insulation 5k
Underfloor heating including connection 10k
I don’t want to estimate the kitchen because it is not value-increasing and thus a consumer good
Many small things will still be added. But especially outside labor is expensive. Even though own work is often doubted here, I can say from my own experience that it can pay off financially. And these are not jobs for which you have to be an absolute professional. You have to be diligent and able to endure muscle soreness.
Basement: the rooms to be heated I would personally insulate professionally from the inside towards the outside. The basement ceiling can remain as is, since it is within the thermal envelope.
The other rooms should receive ceiling insulation. Use PUR or PIR for this, low build-up with good effect.
Equip the living rooms with wall heating.
Ground floor/upper floor: remove everything except plaster and screed. Check if milling in underfloor heating is possible in the screed. If yes, you gain comfort with relatively little work. I would have the installation plan carried out by a specialized engineering office (TGA planner).
I would budget around 25k for the electrical work. Include network and sufficient sockets right away. Also consider possible future electric roller shutters.
Bathrooms: think about water and wastewater. Two bathrooms can be quite expensive if you go all out. Also provide (have installed) wall heating in the bathrooms.
Windows: I have no reference.
Do the top floor ceiling yourself. Lay 2 x 200mm stone wool crosswise. The most difficult part is getting the rolls under the roof.
You can save especially with your own work on: structural work, gutting bathrooms and kitchen, basement ceiling insulation, basement interior insulation, top floor ceiling insulation, filling slots (electrical), pouring the underfloor heating and leveling the floor, small jobs after window replacement etc.
I would wait with the heating system. When everything is done, I would have the room-by-room heating load determined based on the available data and then see what results. With underfloor heating you are prepared for everything. Underfloor heating will cost only slightly more than new radiators. But the flow temperature can be significantly lowered.
With 200k you should manage with some own work. I would probably estimate (major items)
Electrical 25k
Windows 30k
Bathrooms 50k including water/wastewater
Insulation 5k
Underfloor heating including connection 10k
I don’t want to estimate the kitchen because it is not value-increasing and thus a consumer good
Many small things will still be added. But especially outside labor is expensive. Even though own work is often doubted here, I can say from my own experience that it can pay off financially. And these are not jobs for which you have to be an absolute professional. You have to be diligent and able to endure muscle soreness.