Winniefred
2021-05-04 17:02:44
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Definitely. Maybe you can tell from reading how I waver. At first, we wanted to redo a lot, but not everything. After the surveyor held me back a bit and wanted to leave many things as they were, I also became a bit more cautious. But after I clarified how much funding is actually available, I am currently leaning more again towards "comprehensive core renovation." A lot of wild ideas are at play; right now I'm flirting with plenty of insulation, underfloor heating everywhere, and a hybrid heating system: heat pump with photovoltaic self-consumption, plus a buffer tank to which a new wood stove with a water jacket will also be connected.
Yes, that's right, beaver tail tiles. So far, no weak spots are known, but no one has yet crawled into the tiny attic above the top floor. I know the tiles themselves would still hold. If it comes down to insulation between the rafters, they could be left on. With insulation above the rafters, I assume that a new roofing is more sensible than reusing the old tiles (see also the post with the roof pictures). They are moss-covered and might look a bit odd on an otherwise completely "new" house; that's where aesthetics come into play. I still need to dig deeper into the whole funding topic, but at first glance, almost everything is subsidized, so my current tendency is towards new tiles. And "quite 80 years old" also means "quite" and not "definitely."
Three big reasons currently speak for the core renovation for me:
1. Only one big construction site and then peace and quiet
2. Take advantage of the funding now. Who knows what the situation will be in 20 years.
3. Technical concept feasible, with which I can really be satisfied.
I will draft several concepts and then chat with a KfW-compliant energy consultant about them. If there is interest, I’d be happy to keep you updated here, then maybe the thread title should be adjusted.
I can well relate to that. For us, it was such that we first only did the most important things. For financial reasons. In retrospect, I only regret that we didn’t redo the interior plaster right away. Had we had today’s budget back then, we certainly would have done everything at once, which wasn’t really necessary though. However, our house is not comparable to yours, as it dates from 1921 and the roof and facade were redone in the 90s as well as the heating in 2010, so it’s a different starting point. Overall, though, we now have a well livable and also surprisingly economical little house with little financial effort, even without heavily insulating everything and installing new technology everywhere. Our roof is now almost 30 years old and also beaver tail tiles; it will surely last for decades more. We recently considered reroofing for other reasons, and our roofer said that the price would be the same whether you gently remove the old tiles and then reuse them (increased labor time) or just put new ones on. I still find your three points all understandable. We bought in 2017 and are not finished yet, because we keep going depending on the budget. In that respect, it would be nice to have everything done at once, but on the other hand, it’s of course great to have a rather low installment. And what isn’t finished yet isn’t urgent. I personally also like building, and now in lockdown we at least always have something to do. Moreover, through doing it ourselves, we have developed such good craftsmanship skills that we hardly have to hire any tradespeople anymore for anything.