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Sounds like quite the adventure!

I've got a massive plan for the house this spring/summer. The house is finished with ferring strips and horsehair plaster, which is part of the reason things are a bit "askew" here. Shoot, the house is about 100 years old, so there's only so much I can do, but the plan is to tear out the plaster and ferring strips upstairs (including the ceiling), bringing everything down to bare studs, then insulate and drywall. That ought to help some of the sag & warp that we have upstairs.

Either way, doing it myself will save a bucketload of cash. Granted, it'll take longer, but my time isn't all that valuable...lol

but the plan is to tear out the plaster and ferring strips upstairs (including the ceiling), bringing everything down to bare studs, then insulate and drywall. That ought to help some of the sag & warp that we have upstairs.

That insulation will help a LOT! We're going to double insulate the exterior walls on the addition. SSQ's gonna use 2x6 studs with batt insulation between them. Then he's gonna put 2x3s horizontally on the studs and put strips of insulation between those. I've never seen it done that way, but we'll end up with 9" thick walls that will make the place VEY cozy!

He's still thinking of having someone else float out and sand the drywall or do a skimcoat. Some friends remodeled their family room last year and had the skimcoating done. The walls are just gorgeous! We could do the regular drywall thing, but it's a pain in the behind! He can install the stuff, no problem, but I hate having to do all the sanding between coats of joint compound.