The Results Are In!

Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll. The race was very close! We continued to flip flop on the decision throughout, but we think we've finally come up with a solution for the upstairs bedrooms.

We think that this plan will allow us achieve most of what we hoped for, while causing minimal damage to the exisitng floors. While the "leave as is" option won out in our poll, we've come up with a plan that is a bit of a combination. We'll call this "partial gut."

Here's what we're thinking:

Master Bedroom

• Add "foamed in" insulation with minimal damage to exterior wall
• Leave the adjoining bathroom wall as is
• Add sound insulation to the party wall
• Gut the wall that is shared with the second bedroom to gain more closet space

Second Bedroom

• Add "foamed in" insulation with minimal damage to exterior wall
• Add sound insulation to the party wall
• Steal about 12" from the closet to add to master closet
  

Third Bedroom

• Gut the entire room (this room has two exterior walls, so it makes the most sense to gut it completely)
• Drywall the ceiling (this has been done in the two bedrooms already)
• Insulate the two exterior walls with spray foam
  

After doing some research and talking to lots of people, we think that this plan will work best for us. It will be less work (and less messy) than completely gutting the bedrooms. We'll still be able to insulate the exterior walls, as well as get some sound insulation between our house and the neighbours.