Advise please!

[claire Jackson]

We are buying a house that orginally had a through lounge diner. The current owners filled it in but I've been advised the original archway is still underneath.
Will this be easy to remove and can we do it ourselves? ( Dad is a handyman)
There is now giving and a dado rail up.

Thanks in advance

 

[noseall]

Sounds like it is a simple job. As long as there is no tricky making good of the floor walls and ceiling - crack on. Just watch out for concealed plumbing and electrics etc.

 

[Newboy]

If the arch has simply been filled in then it's simple to remove what's probably plasterboard and studwork and then make good and decorate.

Might be worth asking what the current owners used to fill the reveal.

giving and a dado rail up

I assume that's coving and a dado rail?

 

[claire Jackson]

Yes sorry ...coving

 

[claire Jackson]

If it's a simple as it sounds..would you get a builder in or try it yourself?
Trying to keep costs down as everything has gone into buying the house.
There's carpet in living room and laminate in dining so we would recarpet while thing after anyway.

 

[Newboy]

No need for a builder

 

[Doggit]

Whack the middle of the wall, and see if the vibration reveals the shape of the opening; then start at the edge of the opening and slowly dismantle it. And if you've knocked a hole in the wall, then you'll know it's plasterboard, and that'll be even easier.

This sort of thing is just simple muscle work.