i am replacing insulation, ceilings, and walls in an older home, any advice or tips to save money.?

Candace Br

I have an older trailer that has been renovated throughout the years that has two rooms added on. The two rooms that were added on were built not with the greatest standards. But for the purpose of the home, it seamed plausible. The older home is a family owned residence that is used for a "lake house" typically used only during the summer months. The intentions are to make it a permanent living quarters to save money. The home is paid for in full, so the only bills will be the electric bill. However, there are some flaws. The two rooms that are added on have some issues. the rooms act as a living room and a bedroom. the paneling is buckling in some spots and the ceiling suffered from a past leak(which has been repaired). Me and my fiance have full intentions of knocking the ceiling out and pulling the paneling down only to add new insulation and drywall. the questions are as follows...
-sheet rock vs. drywall and the pros and cons of each.
-is this a task that two very hands on people could make a DIY project?
-what is the best type of insulation for the project? not necessarily the most expensive.
-what are the average cost and labor times of a such project?
now i haven't yet to go get the exact measurements of the rooms, how ever and estimate, i would say the living room is a 16x10 and the bedroom is a 14x10. the living room has one exterior door three windows a fireplace and an interior doorway the size of double french doors. the bedroom as two windows one input closet and on doorway which leads to the hall.

thanks for all and any advice. :)

Answer
You shouldn't encounter much technical difficulty. Cost is hard to predict. It varies greatly with geography, market timing and EXACTLY what you're buying.
If you open the walls, the space must be brought up to 2012 codes:
1) possibly shrinking all rooms for 5 1/2" exterior wall insulation
2) electrical upgrades, smoke alarms, etc.
3) egress window/ventilation requirements.
If the building is not your owned, legal, primary residence you have to hire contractors for everything. It's a side effect of landlords shoddily fixing tenants' spaces.
I'm sure the place was built before the mid 80's. Read up on the newer, federal EPA laws regarding lead paint abatement. They're really up-tight.
As far as time goes, take your best guess and than multiply it by 2.5. The budget gets the same multiplier.
P.S. SheetRock = drywall = wallboard

What are the five elements I'm missing in Little Alchemy?

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What are the five elements I'm missing in Little Alchemy?
Hello! My sister introduced me to a game called Little Alchemy a little while ago and I've been playing it nonstop since then, but I just cannot find the last 5 elements out of 390 of them. Even using the Little Alchemy site to find all the elements, they aren't showing up, so I've made a list of all 385 elements I've found thus far, so if you guys could be so kind as to inform me of what I'm missing, that'd be super ^__^

Basic Elements:
Water
Fire
Earth
Air

A:
Acid Rain
Airplane
Alcohol
Algae
Alien
Allergy
Alligator
Ambulance
Angel
Antarctica
Aqaurium
Archipelago
Armadillo
Armor
Ash
Astronaut
Astronaut Ice Cream
Atmosphere
Atomic Bomb
Atomic Fireballs
Avalanche
Axe

B:
Bacon
Bacteria
Baker
Barn
Bat
Batman
Bayonet
Beach
Beaver
Beer
Bicycle
Bird
Birdhouse
Blackhole
Blade
Blizzard
Blood
Boat
Boiler
Bone
Book
Bread
Brick
Bridge
Broom
Bullet
Butcher
Butter

C:
Cactus
Cadbury Eggs
Camel
Campfire
Candy Cane
Car
Caramel
Caramel Apple
Caramelo
Cardon Dioxide
Cart
Castle
Cat
Caviar
Centaur
Cereal
Chainsaw
Charcoal
Cheese
Chicken
Chimney
Chocolate
Chocolate Milk
Christmas Stocking
Christmas Tree
Cigarette
City
Clay
Clock
Cloud
Coal
Coconut
Coconut Milk
Coffin
Cold
Computer
Cookie
Cookie Dough
Corpse
Cotton Candy
Cow
Cuckoo
Cyborg
Cyclist

D:
Dam
Darth Vader
Day
Desert
Diamond
Dinasuar
Doctor
Dog
Doghouse
Double Rainbow
Dough
Dragon
Drunk
Duck
Dune
Dust
Dynamite

E:
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Earthquak
Eclipse
Egg
Egg Timer
Electric Eel
Electrician
Electricity
Email
Energy
Engineer
Eruption
Explosion

F:
Family
Farmer
Faun
Field
Fireplace
Fireworks
Fish
Flood
Flour
Flute
Flying Fish
Fog
Forest
Fossil
Frakenstein
Fridge
Frozen Yogurt
Fruit
Fruit Tree
Fun Dip

G:
Galaxy
Garden
Geyser
Gift
Glacier
Glass
Glasses
Glasshouse
Goat
Gold
Goldfish
Golem
Grass
Grave
Gravestone
Graveyard
Grenade
Grim Reaper
Guiness Float
Gun
Gunpowder
Hail
Ha
Hamburger
Hard Roe
Hay
Hero
Horizon
Horse
Hospital
Hourglass
House
Human
Hurricane

I:
Ice
Ice Cream
Iceberg
Idea
Igloo
Internet
Isle
Jedi
Juice
Juicy Fruit

K:
King
Kite
Knight

L:
Lamp
Lava
Lava Lamp
Leaf
Leather
Letter
Life
Light
Lightbulb
Lighthouse
Lightsaber
Lion
Livestock
Lizard
Love
Lumberjack

M:
Manatee
Meat
Mermaid
Metal
Meteor
Meteoroid
Milk
Milky Way
Mirror
Money
Money
Moon
Moss
Motorcycle
Mounds
Mountain
Mouse
Mud
Mummy
music

N:
Narwhal
Nerd
Nerds
Nest
Night

O:
Oasis
Obsidian
Ocean
Oil
Omelette
Orchard
Origami
Owl
Oxygen

P:
Palm
Paper
Peeps
Pegasus
Pencil
Penguin
Phoenix
Pie
Pig
Pigeon
Pilot
Pipe
Piranha
Pirate
Pizza
Plant
Plankton
Plant
Platypus
Pokki
Pond
Pop Rocks
Popsicle
Pottery
Pressure
Printer
Prism
Pyramid

R:
Rain
Rainbow
Red Vines
Reindeer
Ring
River
Robot
Rocket
Rust

S:
Sailboat
Sailor
Salt
Sand
Sand Castle
Sandpaper
Sandstorm
Sandwich
Santa
Scarecrow
Scissors
Scorpion
Scythe
Sea
Seagull
Seahorse
Seaplane
Seasickness
Seaweed
Shark
Sheep
Sickness
Ski Goggles
Skittles
Sky
Skyscraper
Sledge
Smog
Smoke
Snake
Snow
Snowboard
Solar Cell
Sound
Space
Squirrel
Star
Starburst(
Starfish
Statue
Steam
Steam Engine
Steamboat
Steel
Stone
Storm
Story
Sugar
Sun
Sundial
Sunflower
Sunglasses
Surfer
Sushi
Swamp
Sweater
Swedish Fish
Sweethearts
Swim Goggles
Sword
Swordfish

T:
Telescope
Time
Titanic
Toast
Tobacco
Tool
Train
Tree
Treehouse
Tsunami
Turtle
Twilight
Twix

U:
Umbrella
Unicorn

V:
Vampire
Village
Volcano
Vulture

W:
Wagon
Wall
Warrior
Water Pipe
Wave
Werewolf
Wheat
Wheel
Wild Animal
Willy Wonka
Wind
Windmill
Wine
Wire
Wizard
Wolf
Wood
Wool

Y:
Yoda
Yogurt

Z:
Zombie

Also, does anybody know why this question would be removed because of Community Guidelines? I posted this question a few days before I went to spend a week at my friends house and I couldn't check on the question because she was being greedy with her laptop and I only have a desktop that I obviously couldn't bring with me, so when I got back today I wanted to check if anybody had answered and I found the question had been removed. I read ALL of the community guidelines and found absolutely NO reason for why a question like this one would be removed, and now I'm REALLY f*cking pissed the hell off about it XD

Anyway, thank you for answering and have a nice day!! <3

Answer
I found 6 - not 5, Idk...but I found them here:
http://www.littlealchemygamecheats.com/2012/09/little-alchemy-game-cheats.html
here they are

Moon + Sea = Tides
Paper + Paper = Newspaper
Snow + Human = Snowman
Human + Human = Sex
Human + Fire = Fireman
Glass + Plant = Greenhouse

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