Swedish Element House / AB-Elementhus Renovation vs Demolition

If you’re not a mechanic, then forget an oldtimer. Oldtimers are restored thoroughly starting from a bare body, or you end up with a perpetual construction site.

I would consider myself one of those. Only it has to happen gradually over time. Room by room should be possible.

Room by room should be possible.

If you have two bathrooms, the bed can also stand in the living room for a few weeks, and you are willing to tackle some trades seven times, yes. But in my opinion, that already crosses the line into mild masochism and requires a highly tolerant wife.

If you have two bathrooms, the bed can also stand in the living room for a few weeks, and you are willing to touch some trades seven times, yes. But in my opinion, that already crosses the line into mild masochism and requires a highly tolerant wife.

Well, I am ready for that. I have done it like that before when renovating rental apartments.

But a question about building out the walls. Would the following construction make sense?
outside <-> inside
Existing wall | 4cm wooden battens + rock wool | 12mm drywall

The dew point should currently already be within the existing wall, but due to the moisture-regulating wood, that should actually not be a problem. The additional insulation could shift the dew point further.
Is 12mm drywall sufficient, or should it be double-layered? If I want to attach something, I would have to use long screws anyway that also reach the wall behind. But is it still load-bearing then?

At the ceiling, battens and one layer of drywall should be sufficient to install, for example, recessed spotlights.

Best regards,
Benny

Hello everyone,

we have been living in our Landskrona since last August and want to renovate the ground floor/middle floor this year. The attic and the solid basement/garden floor are habitable and (almost) finished.

We also need to think about the heating. Do you have any experience with the single-pipe heating system and the materials used?

In the bathroom on the ground floor, the bathtub was between 2 radiators and we have to remove it. But working with metal and heat in a wooden house – we are apprehensive about that.

Unfortunately, we have not received any documents about our house because the previous owner had already not received anything from the builders. The builder was already a very elderly woman. A Swedish woman who had worked at the Swedish embassy in Bonn, whose husband had already passed away at the time of sale.

This is what the bathroom currently looks like

This is what the other radiators in the house look like.