On inspection of the house we have agreed to buy we noted a crack in the sheetrock over the place where an exterior door used to be.The agent told us that when the present owner's husband died she had the door closed off.Outside,the steps up to the closed door in this old brick home look attractive and we agree there was no rerason to remove the door,try to match up the brick and fill it in. Now the wall has been fixed and we learn that the inside walls were brick which she had covered with sheetrock at the same time.The inside of the door is flush with the brick level so the sheetrock patch over the door is flush with the rest of the inside wall.
1)Shouldn't there be a space between the old door and sheetrock patch for vapor barrier and insulation-we get 70 plus inches of rain/year here on the Gulf Coast? 2)Shouldn't the sheetrock over the walls be on furring strips? 3)I believe we can walk away from this deal because the disclosure says that "no renovations were done".But we like everything else and would prefer to fix it.What needs to be done-remove sheetrock and interior bricks and apply sheetrock to studs? Thanks Hank- posted
19 years ago