I have a series of home improvement tasks I am planning, and not sure on the best order to do them... which is now leading me to avoid doing all of them.
My home is a 1940s cottage that has had two expansions. The second expansion included proper insulation. Neither the original or first expansion has insulation in walls. The attic has some, but inadequate in both the first addition and the original house. We live in the south, where winters are mild but summers are brutal. Most of the work to be done is in the attic, which from March-October is typically north of 100 degrees, and frequently higher.
The list of to do things:
Kitchen vent goes into attic, barely works, has no hood, and lots of air infiltrate kitchen. I want to replace, and vent to outside.
Guest Bathroom has no fan/vent
Master Bathroom has fan, but either it is broken, or no switch controls it. Regardless, it doesn't work. It vents to attic. I want to redress.
We have a whole house fan, I want to remove (The outside temp never drops to levels that would make it usable except late at night when it will wake up kids). Currently the opening is sealed with rigid foam board and good stuff. I want to drywall and seal.
The attic needs air sealing.
We are going to add ~12 recessed lighting fixtures to the newest addition to the home (not 100% sure we will do recessed, but the walls are hideous faux-wood paneling and it is crazy dark in there.
We need to add insulation to the attic in the original part of the home.
Potentially related, we have popcorn ceilings we hate and I want excuses to take the popcorn off and make smooth (mostly relevant because cosmetic changes to the ceilings are fairly welcome).
There is no seal between the home and crawlspace/basement, which I probably want to address, but probably doesn't fight the above for priorities.
Any advice on what order to do would be greatly appreciated, as the whole list keeps me in procrastination mode, and I only have 6-8 weeks before it gets so hot its unlikely I will be able to work in the attic.