house refurb how dusty?

4 years ago

Hi, we are starting a large Renovation soon, downstairs knocking walls and taking out existing flooring. We will also do a first floor rear extension.

There is the front room downstairs and upstairs 2 bedrooms in the front that won’t be touched- can I store the sofas downstairs and boxes or will it get too dusty, even if covered up?

Also for front bedrooms would those be ok to store boxes and beds without getting dusty?

Thanks for your advice!

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Lara
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4 years ago

Thanks all and good luck Ellie and to those in midst of works!

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Jonathan
4 years ago
It’s horrible to live in but storage is ok.
Make sure you cover all the furniture with sheets and tape up the door so drafts can’t get in and spread the dust. I can’t stress enough the dust is in the air so you it easily gets everywhere
Space Cat
4 years ago
Having just finished our renovation, which sounds similar to yours with an added full "roof off" loft conversion ... imagine stairs becoming a waterfall feature, I kid you not ... I can say with experience that the dust (and wood shavings, rubble, mud, screws, nails, bits of wire ... and much much more) gets absolutely everywhere.

Covering stuff will help, though the covers themselves will get filthy so it's practically impossible to keep things 100% clean. You don't say if you're going to be living in during the build, but we did throughout the majority of ours so some things were out all the time (TV, sofas, beds).

Despite all of that, most of our stuff has emerged pretty much unscathed.
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Lara
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks. No we won’t be living there as have small kids and won’t have a kitchen, plus can stay at my parents for free!

Ok so boxes and lots of plastic coverings, builder has already said he would cover the doors so dust doesn’t come in. Big saving on Renting storage and removal vans. Thanks
Ellie
4 years ago
We are dreading it too!

Although ours might be smaller scale, we are living in it, with 2 children.

Our house has 10 rooms in total and we plan to live in 4 of them, builders are blocking off all the rest. We will have no kitchen. 6-10 wks.
obobble
4 years ago
Just heck with your insurers about whether the cover will be maintained through the works. It depends on their extent. If security is compromised during the works then contents in the house might not be covered. Buildings insurers might also not cover during renovation especially if the building will not remain watertight throughout.
Blah1
4 years ago
I have also just started works on a ground floor extension. I was going to store everything in an upstairs bedroom but have just been told by my electrician that in order to do the electrics in my hallway he may have to access the ceiling from above so he said he’d have to pull up the carpets in one of the upstairs bedrooms..
Fi T
4 years ago
I’m currently in the middle of a kitchen/dining room renovation, a wall has been removed and new window and door openings made. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the lack of dust in the rest of the house. My lounge is right next to the kitchen and I’ve not had to cover anything in this room which is also where my kitchen boxes are. The builders have taped up the doors to the kitchen and dining room and this has worked really well. I was expecting the worst but it’s been ok.
ianthy
4 years ago
If your builder can create a dust curtain, then that would help. During our ground floor renovation, we rented a local garage to store boxed items from the kitchen. Everything else in the house was covered or behind sealed doors - the dust will get through every little crack there is. To be fair the dust tide ceased once the main construction work had been completed.

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