What you need to know before making repairs?
Renovation … How to start, how to finish, and how to save time? Today we share practical advice and tell you in what sequence it is worth carrying out repair work..
1. Define goals and objectives
Before renovation, you need to plan everything well
An idea lies at the beginning of the renovation. Even before the start of all work, it is necessary to think over what style the interior will be decorated in. What kind of furniture will be in the room. Depends on this, the correct location of electrical wiring, switches.
And if repairs are planned in the kitchen, you need to know in which part of the space the kitchen apron will be. Where to make mounts for the headset, and provide an air outlet.
Therefore, first of all, a sequential plan of the idea and all subsequent work is drawn up. This saves a lot of time and effort.
2. Preparatory process
Renovations require careful planning
At the rough stage, many points have to be taken into account: cleaning the walls, demolishing (or building) partitions, walls, replacing windows, heating (if necessary), installing an air conditioner, preparatory work for installing the floor, dismantling old plumbing, replacing pipes in old rooms. But before starting the plastering work, you need to carefully consider where the electrical wiring will be installed.
3. Check voids and provide for garbage disposal
In new apartments, it is necessary to tap the walls, there may be voids in them, and the plaster may crumble over time. And you should definitely provide for garbage disposal. For this, it is better to order a special car in advance..
You need to check the voids before processing the walls
4. Floor installation
After all the preliminary work, plywood for parquet is laid, pouring is done, in general, preparatory work is underway for installing the floor. Before painting the walls or gluing wallpaper, all preparatory work for laying the floor must be completed.
Installation of flooring
5. Aligning the walls
When leveling walls, it is imperative to calculate how much material is required for all work. You need to calculate with a margin so that work does not stop at the most inopportune moment.
You also need to consider the drying time. In some cases, with a thick layer of mortar, the walls can dry for a long time (about a month). There are such options, in old apartments, when the walls cannot be leveled with mortar, then good fasteners and drywall will be required.
Wall alignment process
6. Stretch ceilings
Sometimes questions arise when installing a stretch ceiling, at what stage to do it (after gluing the wallpaper, painting the walls). This process, considered to be fine, occurs already at the finish line after all the work and applying different types of coatings to the walls..
Installation of stretch ceiling
7. Finishing work
At the final stage, the floor is laid, doors, sockets, switches, thresholds and baseboards are installed, plumbing is installed.
The final stage of repair
8. Installation of doors
Often questions arise when to install doors: after the final covering of the floor or earlier. In order to save time, it is best to do this after installing the floor. This process is currently referred to as finishing. So, the doors will be protected from mechanical damage and dirt..
The floor may rise slightly after laying, and it will be necessary to calculate this distance if the doors are installed before the installation of the floor. Therefore, experts recommend installing the doors after the final flooring work..
It is better to install doors after installing the floor.
9. Best time to repair
In order for all materials to take root well in the interior, it is better to carry out repairs in the warm season..
Summer is the perfect time to renovate
10. Everything in order!
To summarize the above, the repair can take place in approximately the following sequence:
• First, the work related to electrical wiring is done.
• Then there are air conditioning and heating systems on the list.
• After the base of the floor is prepared.
• Dismantling of windows is done.
• Walls and ceiling are being prepared.
• Then they are painted (pasted over with wallpaper).
• Finishing floor covering, installation of doors, thresholds and skirting boards.
• The finishing touch – stretch ceiling.
Finished interior after renovation
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