How to make repairs in a residential apartment. Where to start renovating an apartment and how much does it cost
"Yes, so that repairs in your apartment do not end!" - a passer-by throws over his shoulder and leaves home. And you stand and think: “And what is he? Did you wish for wealth or, on the contrary, ... overlaid it? "
Indeed, the issue of repairs is not a pleasant business for the average citizen. With today's prices for materials and services, construction Jedi will have to fork out seriously. And how much time and nerves you will have to spend, and even live in a smashed apartment! You will not wish on the enemy. But repair is a vital necessity, and sooner or later you will still have to face it. Some craftsmen, even in a crisis, still manage to make apartment renovations with their own hands quickly and inexpensively. But how do they do it? Inexpensive - this is a redecoration with your own hands and domestic materials. Such repairs will not require large financial investments, but the cleanliness and freshness of your apartment is guaranteed to you. Cheap isn't always bad.
Where to begin?
Get a small notebook. In it you will write down all ideas, prices and phone numbers of stores or specialists. But the main thing is that it will contain a plan for your repair and an expense estimate. The plan needs to reflect all your wishes: replacing windows with plastic, suspended ceiling or just a whitewash, new tiles in the bathroom, wallpapering or a couple of new outlets in the kitchen. Write exactly what you want. If you have decided on a wallpaper, then you want a wallpaper. decorative plaster- so, so be it. The pipes are buzzing - replace, the chipped toilet bowl - throw it away. You may think that, based on your desires, do-it-yourself apartment renovation will not work quickly and inexpensively. But you probably do not know this, but only drive yourself into a frame. It will turn out - you will, if not - not a great loss, it's just a note in a notebook. Next, get down to the estimate: what exactly do you need and in what quantity. How many meters of tiles, grout, bags of putty, wallpaper, chipboard and other things. You can always correct these entries.
To find out what kind of materials, what quality and prices you need, go to online stores and construction forums for help. Carefully study the characteristics and pricing policy, approximately calculate the expense. And at the same time, figure out how to change the faucet yourself, glue the wallpaper or install drywall. Determine for yourself: I can do it myself, but here you need to look for an electrician or plumber. Write it down.
How can you save
There are many options. To begin with, remember: it is better to buy materials for apartment renovation in the cold season - the price is much lower. But summer is the construction season. In winter, you can stumble upon a 50% discount or a "Buy 2 and 3 for free" promotion in building markets! So you can buy the same wallpaper at a low price, but already much better view and quality. And if they lie for a couple of months in a dry pantry or closet, then nothing will happen to them. Explore local forums, especially if you live in big city... There you will surely find many people who have already done inexpensive repair apartments with their own hands. Photos of finishes, tips, addresses and phone numbers of specialists you will probably find in the same place. And you will also stumble upon the heading "repairs" and "leftovers". Periodically review who is selling or giving away what is interesting. People often have materials after repairs that no one will buy at the selling price, but it is a pity to throw them away. So, you can buy a couple of bags of putty or even Spanish tiles for a ridiculous price. The person has an extra 2-3 meters left, there is nowhere to put them, but the toilet will be fine for you. There you can also find the remains of a cable or grout "for a chocolate". More impressive people, settling in new buildings, often change brand new plumbing fixtures or PVC windows for more expensive ones, and these are given for next to nothing. Why? Because they want "Rehau" or "only France", and even such a window will do for you. Everything is better than the old wood. When you get rich, buy yourself a Rehau.Tools for repair
A construction tool costs a lot of money, so it's better not to spend money on it. As an option - to rent it for a while, it is rented out everywhere. And it will be even better if you borrow it from acquaintances, friends or relatives. And be sure to thank the person for their help. How? You know better. Take this opportunity to ask if they can help you with finishing the apartment. Especially if your friends are familiar with the construction certificate. It will also help to make do-it-yourself apartment renovation quickly and inexpensively, and even with high quality. And surely your friend will make a significant discount from old memory.
You will need:
Step-by-step instruction
1. The concept of repair includes the following list:
4. The next step is to repair the ceiling. Sew up any cracks with a spatula so that they become deeper. Prime with primer, putty and let dry. After the soil is dry, sand the ceiling and prime it again. Repair the walls before painting the ceiling. 5. After working on the ceiling, proceed with removing the old wallpaper. To do this, wet the old wallpaper with water, let it soak for a while, and as soon as it gets wet, remove it with a spatula. The wall must be dry and clean before you start repairing it. Sew up all cracks on the wall with a putty knife, prime them with primer and fill with putty. When the places that you putty dry out, sand them, and then cover them with a primer again. If you glue thick wallpaper, then finishing putty do not apply. 6. The next step is painting the ceiling or wallpapering the ceiling. Dilute water-based paint as written on the jar and paint the ceiling 2 times. If you decide to glue the wallpaper for painting, then glue it and paint it also 2 times. Domestic paints are cheaper, so your budget will not suffer. 7. Before wallpapering the walls, paint the doors and window frames with paint. If you buy paint "P" Russian manufacturers, and not imported, it will cost you much less. After the paint has dried, proceed with wallpapering. To save money on buying wallpaper, choose a domestic manufacturer. In terms of quality and durability, wallpapers from Russian manufacturers are not inferior to imported ones. 8. The final stage is painting the floor. If the furniture was not taken out, then glue the legs and the perimeter of the furniture with masking tape, and after painting, remove it - the furniture will remain clean. Choose a domestic paint - it will come out cheaper, but it will not affect the quality of the painting.
Walls
The walls are the first thing that always catches your eye. Of course, smooth walls and beautiful stylish wallpaper everyone will like it, but if there is no money for leveling and expensive materials, you can limit yourself to simply replacing the old wallpaper. Only by re-pasting the wallpaper will you transform the apartment. It is quite possible to pick up inexpensive dense wallpaper on a paper or non-woven basis, and you can even stick them on not very even walls. Non-woven wallpaper hides small irregularities especially well.
There is also another option. The previous owners left a couple of rolls of wallpaper in the apartment, which were not useful to them during the renovation. For example, I just changed a few particularly dirty and torn sections of the wallpaper. It was enough to replace the wallpaper stripes where they were most noticeably damaged. These are protruding corners, places near door frames, in the hallway at the entrance, in the kitchen near the stove - all this will cost much less than a complete replacement, and the housing will look much better.
Ceiling
If we are dealing with whitewash or lime layers, it is best to clean them first. Numerous lime deposits, flaking and crumbling, are not only aesthetically ugly, but also harmful to health. It is not difficult to dissolve lime, you must first soften the layers, wetting small areas the ceiling with water from a spray bottle, and then clean it off with a hard spatula or scraper. If there is old peeling wallpaper on the ceiling, remove it.
After cleaning, the ceiling can be additionally sanded with ordinary abrasive paper, that is, sandpaper, and primed. If the surface is smooth, without pits and cracks, it will be cheaper to paint the ceiling acrylic paint, it is better to use matte paint light clean tones. If there are small defects, they will be hidden by the wallpaper. Wallpaper for the ceiling should be chosen white or very light, without a pronounced pattern and with very fine corrugation. One more economical option transform the ceiling - glue the foam plates.
Floors
If these are concrete floors, as a rule, nothing additional should be done with them in terms of preparation, they are quite even and durable. Squeaking wooden floors are a much more serious problem, and repairing them, at least over time, cannot be avoided, but the problem of squeaking can be temporarily solved. Creak in wood floors occurs when adjacent boards rub against each other. In especially "loud" places on the floor, you can drill several holes with a regular drill and pour a little polyurethane foam... The foam will fill and seal the voids between the boards and the floor will stop creaking. This must be done carefully, without fanaticism, so that the floor does not swell.
Align strong "waves" and irregularities wooden floors it is possible by nailing hardboard, plywood or OSB sheets on top. For the required strength, the thickness of plywood or OSB should be about 1 centimeter. Linoleum is still the most economical and durable flooring finish. Fortunately, the choice of linoleum in stores is extensive.
Tile
If we have already figured out the wallpaper on the walls, then what to do with tiled flooring? Replacing the tile, of course, can be a way out if the tile does not stick to the wall, because there is no other way out. On rare occasions when tile easily moved away from the solution, and the solution itself adheres well to the wall, the tiles can be easily restored by smearing it with a thin layer of PVA glue and pressing firmly into place to the solution. The main thing here is to get the right back side of the tile into its imprint on the solution, and the PVA glue will very firmly glue the ceramics with the solution - it's checked! But if the tile is holding on tightly, and buying a new one is expensive, you can work a little on what you have. First of all, the tile can and should be thoroughly washed. Since it is a tile, it will withstand much more harsh cleaning agents than dish gel, but it will look much better when cleaned of limescale, rust and other traces of exploitation. It is also necessary to clean the joints between the tiles. There is no need to be afraid of damaging the grout, on the contrary, you need to clean as much grout as possible. Mold often settles between the tiles in the bathroom and it is very difficult to remove it from there.
By removing as much grout as possible along with unwanted flora and fauna, the seams can be treated with a special antiseptic. Then they can be filled with fresh grout. It is better to choose the color of the grout neutral or close to the color of the tile.
Plumbing
Examine the plumbing fixtures carefully. No cracks or chips? There is no need to change the plumbing. Plumbing cleaners will help to bring all surfaces of the sanitary ware into a more presentable look, and bright curtain for the shower will complete the job. By the way, you can refresh with paint cast iron bath... Not from the inside, of course, but from the outside. But, shining with freshly painted sides, the bathtub will immediately take on a more elegant look. And if all the same inner surface bathtubs are damaged and worn out, it makes sense to turn to specialists in bathtub restoration, who will cover the surface of the bathtub with new enamel right at home.
As a rule, such a service is cheaper than buying and installing new bath... And here's another option: make a bath curtain not only for the top, but also for the bottom (use glue and Velcro).
Electrician
Examine all outlets. If you see melted plastic around the plug holes or even just dark spots, such sockets need to be changed without hesitation! Fixtures change as needed. If they are intact, not morally obsolete and all the bulbs are on, it is enough to simply remove them, wash them and hang them back. Do not forget to turn off the voltage in the apartment when working with an electrician!10 ways to spend less on decorating an apartment and get a real masterpiece
Designer Tips: 1. Silk made from 100% polyester. Tiles “like stone”, linoleum “like parquet”, laminate “like onyx”, “Trekhgorka” like Ralph Lauren. Porcelain stoneware "python". There is something "artificially aged" ... It's embarrassing to even think about it. Alas, the number will not work. Flip through good interior magazines. There, everywhere, stone is stone, tiles are nothing more than tiles, and wood is just that tree. If you don't have the money for parquet, and plain laminate is beneath your dignity, look for a good engineered plank. The result is a floor that looks much more expensive than the money spent on it. Cement tiles are a good alternative to porcelain stoneware for kitchens, bathrooms and hallways. The result will look a hundredfold more expensive. 2. Adjacent spaces should contrast. If you have a bright living room, let the hallway be painted in a deep, relatively dark color... The cost of the paint will be the same anyway, and the result can look really expensive. 3. If on nice carpet no money, look for a rayon or mixed fiber carpet that mimics a silk or wool pile carpet.
4. Place the curtains on a thick lining. Even an inexpensive curtain fabric will greatly benefit from this. Look for fabrics that are 3 meters wide. This provides significant savings. If you are not ready to spend a lot, give up printed textiles (fabrics with a pattern). When cutting fabrics with a pattern, due to the need to properly dock the canvases, a lot of scraps remain. The more rapport, the more waste. Do not use curtain tapes for curtains. Have the seamstress fold in the "hand" folds. It's not that expensive, and the lace-up pleats look very cheap. 5. Set-set-set. Identical things in the interior are permissible only in one case: if they are paired things that form a symmetrical composition. Chandeliers, desk lamp and sconces from one set, leave those to whom God did not give imagination. They are also the kits upholstered furniture"Sofa-two armchairs" and the like tender sadness. For details, see the next paragraph. 6. Ready-made solutions. Bad news: none. At least for us. The shower room is erected in a building way because it is a room. Unless you run a student hostel or clandestine massage parlor with a striptease, a shower cubicle (this is a sad construction of yellow acrylic and skewed doors) will not suit you. Don't splurge on designer plumbing. Let be appearance the sanitary equipment of the bathroom (kitchen, bathroom) will be dictated by the function. Buy washbasins and faucets with simple shapes, without inappropriate decor. The toilet should be invisible and do its job. Nobody will admire him, right? 7. Paintings, prints, prints, photographs and posters frame in simple but deep frames with glass and always in mat. Even a picture printed on a home inkjet printer (or naive child drawing), looks very significant in such a frame. Play with the dimensions of the mat. Small work in a very wide mat looks very "designer". And by the way, cardboard for a mat can be of almost any color. eight. Cosiness. Another collective fetish. According to my observations, what is called “comfort” in our Palestinians is, in 99 percent of cases, poetic tightness. In many ways, this is a bodily memory of a bygone childhood, of a warm and affectionate meager Soviet life with carpets teeming with saprophytes, a kind grandmother, Czechoslovakian crystal and an unreadable Dreiser in the polished Polish wall "Hanka". Coziness will not be added by the expensive devilry such as a round bed with music and a minibar, a bar counter with a built-in aquarium, etc. The same is true of such rich things as a lambrequin, a garland and a swag. Do not worry: in a good, thoughtful interior, comfort inevitably comes naturally. Therefore ... 9. ... Goodbye, Sera the gypsy! Duvet covers made of coarse calico in fine Nefertiti, towels in scarlet roses, "ripped-eyed" shades of pillow cases, nylon blankets with Shanghai leopards. All these are attributes of collective farm chic, forgive me for being straightforward. They will not add comfort. Coloring is often necessary for these items solely to hide their extremely lousy quality. Keep linens and bath towels just white (options: ivory, ecru). But from the finest Egyptian cotton. ten. However, it is also important not to overdo it with ivory. Peach, beige, sand ... The average nuance range is good for chain hotels. Because their stenciled interiors are bound to please everyone. You should like your interior. After all, he is a manifestation of your essence, right? Take in your hand the palette fan of any paint manufacturer. Do you feel a pleasant weight? These are your opportunities. Don't miss them!
The usual everyday business: the apartment clearly needs repair, but there is little money. How to make an inexpensive do-it-yourself apartment renovation? It seems to be the simplest, obvious way: superficial cosmetic repairs. That is, plywood wallpaper, ceiling whitewash, painting, fixing squeaky floors; possibly - replacement of windows.
However, if we calculate the labor costs and the consumption of materials, it turns out that by increasing the labor costs by half, and the expenditure of money by a quarter, you can give the apartment a completely different look, and for a long time. How much you need to invest specifically - depends on the prices in the region, but general methods, which can make an apartment cozy and elegant inexpensively, are the same.
Saving money when repairing an apartment with your own hands costs, like the Earth in ancient legends, on three whales and a slowly hurrying turtle under them:
- We are not afraid of work. Nothing happens out of nothing. Or money or labor.
- Wherever possible, we do not change the old, which has lost its appearance, but renew it.
- We attribute the maximum savings to the place where it will not affect the quality of work and will not be visible.
- We distribute the costs of labor and money in time: having conceived repairs in the summer or autumn, we spend a year on preparation, and then we pile up and quickly do everything. To lay out 200-300 thousand rubles at once is a problem, but breaking them up in parts for a year is quite possible. In addition, there will be time for seven times measure - cut once.
Where it is difficult to save
The only area where you will have to invite a specialist is alteration and strengthening of electrical wiring, if it is old and weak. Here, the only way to save money is to negotiate with the DEZ electrician. He will do the work in pieces, in his free time, but the likelihood of hack-work will be even less than that of "branded" specialists: after all, he will then serve all this.
It is better not to save on electrics and wiring, but some points, such as installing sockets, can be done independently.
Tool
A good specialized tool makes the job much easier and cheaper. But buying it is expensive. Therefore, it is better to rent a tool as needed. In terms of costs, it will come out a little if you decide in advance on the design and draw up an approximate plan for the production of work for yourself.
Season
Plumbing
A sore point for cheap self-repair is the replacement of plumbing. If it is still "alive", only filthy, then it can be cleaned and painted. How to do this will be described below. But if there are chips and cracks, then whether you want it or not, you need to change it.
For such a case, here is information for you: new settlers, especially in houses above the budget category, often start immediately upon entering overhaul and excellent, brand new faience and cast iron plumbing ends up in a landfill. Landfill operators (simply landfill scavengers) have long turned this circumstance into a profitable business.
They do not make direct contact with strangers by office phone, but it is quite possible to reach them using word of mouth methods. The rate is from one third to one half of the factory price for a household item. And do not think that you will be taken to the dump and shown where it lies. In the back room you will be offered a choice of clean, carefully washed products, which you can sit on even right away.
Construction garbage
The next sore point is the removal of construction waste. The operation is not cheap and requires a lot of paperwork. Exit: a basement, a barn, a summer residence or a closet and a few used bags of plastic sackcloth, bought for a penny. Construction waste does not sour and does not rot, it can then be poured into a container in a house trash can. There is nothing illegal in this.
Slats, boards, beams and plywood
For various ancillary works and sewing large surfaces, you will need wooden slats and plywood. You can buy slats not planed, but a slab - waste from sawing industrial wood. The croaker is sold raw, but if it is purchased in advance, in March-April, and kept in a dry room until autumn, it will not be inferior to edged timber in terms of the quality of wood.
As for plywood, waste packaging plywood from disassembled used containers can be turned into water-resistant in the following way:
- We buy a 10 l canister or two PVA putties; it looks like a very liquid PVA glue and is cheap.
- Floor in the country, in a barn, in an attic or in some other non-residential premises cover with plastic wrap. The air temperature is not lower than +13 degrees.
- We lay a sheet of plywood on the floor, pour a puddle of putty on the center of it and disperse it with a brush.
- We cover the plywood with plastic, lay the next sheet, putty in the same way, etc.
- We put heavier oppression on the plywood soaked in PVA; better - dispersed over the area: bricks, pieces of metal, concrete, old TV, etc.
- After a week, we repeat the procedure, turning each sheet over.
- After another two weeks, the smooth, waterproof plywood is ready for use. Additional exposure under pressure will improve its quality.
Boards and large pieces of thick timber can also be obtained from used containers - pallets for cargo. Advertisements for their sale are not uncommon.
Materials (edit)
A very economical repair option - and; for thrifty owners richer - MDF. When sheathing on wooden crate from the slab in 80% of cases, alignment of the walls and ceiling is not required, which already excludes the large expenditures of labor and money.
You can save even more by sheathing the walls up to your waist or up to your chest, and pasting them up to the ceiling with non-woven wallpaper. The work is simplified and cheaper, and the bottom of the walls, which breaks and gets dirty the most, will be reliably protected by resistant material.
The most economical floor covering option is. Floor preparation for it is not required in 90% of cases. But for a bathroom and toilet, marmoleum is not suitable; here you will have to fork out for tiles, especially since you will need a little of it.
If you want to have a plank-like floor in the rooms, it will not be much more expensive, but the floor may need to be leveled.
The walls in the bathroom can be covered with laminated hardboard instead of tiles - it is hygroscopic and does not require surface preparation.
Balcony
If you intend to glaze and insulate the balcony, then it is better to do it separately from everything else and in advance: from the end of March to the beginning of May. Outside, but inside, you can, instead, sew it up with plywood, pasting it with self-adhesive film.
Windows and doors
When deciding how to make an apartment renovation economically, you need to pay special attention to windows and doors: they account for a significant share of the costs. As for windows, here is the most economical option:. It is more expedient to buy them in March-April, when prices for commercial timber fall, and to put them in late spring - early summer, when the tree dries out and shrinks properly. Installation technology wooden windows in the openings is quite accessible home master middle hand.
It would be better to update the doors. Remember your homemade waterproof plywood? Here both sides of the door are sheathed with it, on mounting glue, laying the door removed from the hinges on a plastic mat and under oppression. At the same time, at the same time, you can cover the window in the interior door, if it is not needed.
This will make the door thicker. Two options are possible here:
- Reinstallation of loops is not The best way"For the lazy".
- Remove the old lining from the door; it is most often made of building cardboard or thin fiberboard, and put on a new, plywood frame. In this case, the chipped corners immediately "go away".
And in fact, and in another case new door pasted over with self-adhesive wood or other texture and varnished. And you will be surprised (pleasantly, of course) with its new look. And the hard plywood cheeks will ensure the door's durability. The slopes of the doorway are better from the same plywood: it will come out cheaper and more beautiful than re-plastering.
Bathroom
Toilet and washbasin
Dirty plumbing, if intact, needs to be cleaned. The recommended for this are rather expensive active detergents can be replaced with much cheaper table vinegar - after all, it is also a weak acid - followed by washing off the sour sagging with the most common washing powder... Just do not use abrasive detergents - they will scratch the glaze and objects, especially the toilet, will get dirty very quickly.
For cleaning with vinegar, make kvash - a knob made of a rag on a stick. Vinegar is poured where it does not leak, or sauerkraut is dipped into it, and the drips are cleaned with circular motions with pressure. Particularly "stubborn" spots in the grooves are removed with small kvash and technical hydrochloric acid. All this, of course, is done in latex household gloves, a plastic apron and with open doors and windows. It is also advisable to wear a respirator, at least a cheap "petal".
Tiles on walls and floors
Tiles that are not chipped or cracked can be restored using a method well known to motorists; they renew the worn-out plastic spoilers and bumpers in this way:
- The entire lined surface with my pemolux; it is impossible to use active acid detergents! For a bathroom in "Khrushchev", 1 liter is enough; on a larger - respectively more.
- After pemolux, we wipe it with a rag, abundantly moistened with the same table vinegar: pemolux is alkaline, and the vinegar neutralizes its residues.
- We wipe it several times with a wet cloth "to a clean cloth"; now we got rid of the dirt stuck into the surface.
- We glue the edges of the tiles with masking tape ("paper tape"), except for the seams.
- We paint the seams from a spray bottle with nitro paint in two layers; the second - after the first is completely dry.
- We remove the tape, splashes and drips of paint on the tiles are removed with a cotton swab moistened with solvent 646 or 647.
- We buy at the car market or in a car shop a can of liquid silicone grease, and properly spray the tile with seams.
- If the grease is absorbed immediately, you will need to spray it again.
- If after 2-3 days silicone is still "taken" on the tile, wipe the surface with a rag moistened with vinegar.
The meaning of this treatment is that the silicone tightens microcracks and pores in which dirt accumulates. Processing is enough for 3-5 years, and then it can be repeated.
Bath
The cast iron capital bath can be refurbished. Complaints about its fragility arise from a violation of the technology for preparing the coloring composition and its application. With strict adherence to the technology, the restored bath will serve for another 10-15 years.
Heated towel rail
It is not at all necessary to change it to an expensive stainless steel or brass and make a bypass (bypass) for it. The heated towel rail is cleaned to metal after cleaning the bathtub for painting with the same cord-brush in the drill chuck. If no fistula is found, it is painted with the remains of the compound from the bath painting. The look will be no worse than modern branded ones, and the durability is like a bathtub.
Video: economical bathroom renovation
Fasteners
On fasteners during repairs, you can save up to 1000 rubles by using not galvanized or cadmium plated (shiny), but phosphated (black). The heads of self-tapping screws and dowel-nails still have to be repaired, and in the apartment there is no rain or frost.
Design
To make cheap repairs, you first need to know what and how to do, how the apartment should look after renovation. Do not be lazy to consult with the whole family several times, see more pictures already finished apartments... Design is not something incomprehensibly sublime; artistic taste is endowed with most people. The professionalism of a designer in most cases comes down to understanding the client's taste and guessing what he wants. And you, since you are doing for yourself, you need to understand what you want. Up to 50% of the costs for self-repairs arise due to the fact that they start at random and then correct and redo along the way.
Sequence of work
And, finally, carrying out works in correct sequence: starting from a distance from front door, and in the course of work we are gradually approaching it. Living room, bedroom and can be renovated in any order. Then comes the turn of the kitchen. We make the hallway the penultimate one, and complete the renovation with a bathroom. Savings are obtained on the amount of construction waste (and, after all, it is half - waste of materials for which paid for) and on the alteration of the soiled and beaten with unreasonable organization of work.
Guided by the above, you can make a comprehensive renovation of an apartment with original design having spent a little more than cosmetic repairs.
Video: reflections on the quality and cost of repairs
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Discussion:
Ksenia said:
In the past year, the repair of a room in a communal apartment cost a maximum of three and a half thousand. About three thousand of them are wallpaper and glue. A friend gave me the putty for free three kg, repaired small irregularities, bought a spatula. I bought a can of paint and a brush. In general, the world is on a string, but the view has become altogether different. More often ask your friends for materials, many also have materials after repairs, but it's a pity to throw them away.
Olga said:
We were able to save a lot on wall decoration, but unfortunately, we did not immediately figure out how to do this, so we have one bedroom for the price that cost like a corridor and an entrance hall or a hall with a kitchen.
The bedroom was covered with wallpaper at a discount (themselves) - 4000 rubles, and the rest was plastered by the husband.
The putty (the most common one) was diluted with an acrylic primer and color scheme (videos with decorative plaster were found on YouTube).
He did it for the first time, but it turned out very well.
Alexey said:
When you do the repair yourself, it is already a savings in itself. The hired team will do everything in order to ultimately raise the price and not the fact that the work will be done efficiently. You yourself will always do as you need and with savings. You can definitely save on the tool, for example, ask your neighbor =). I have all the tools that I need for repairs, so everyone I know and save on me, taking it for a while. The most important thing is to do everything without haste. It is necessary to start with small rooms or with a toilet, a bathroom and slowly calculate the means and design of the renovation.
Vladomir said:
I have never done much renovation in apartments, because by virtue of my military profession, they were all temporary. So for the little things: glue the wallpaper, tint somewhere, tweak and nothing more. It all started with receiving permanent housing in 1994. Then I had to work hard and learn a lot. I literally tortured shop assistants and skilled neighbors with questions. Nevertheless, without hiring anyone, slowly but surely I learned with my own hands how to properly glue wallpaper, lay and adjust linoleum, cycle parquet, move doors, sockets and switches, change plumbing, lay out brick walls and plaster them, as well as much more. Began to come design solutions... For example, to the general indignation of my parents, I destroyed the pantry ("mother-in-law's room"), as a result of which I got an almost full-fledged 3rd room. Yes, it was a real school, which later came in handy to me many times! Therefore, it is not in vain that they say: "The eyes are afraid, the hands are doing." There is no need to talk about significant savings at all.
Repair is not only costly, but also time-consuming. Sometimes it is possible to remodel the interior of an apartment with the help of cosmetic repairs, which are much cheaper than capital repairs. But, if there are no other options, you have to do a full repair.
Where to start a major overhaul of an apartment so that it does not turn into a long "epic"? After all, many people literally live in a state of renovation for years, trying to turn their apartment into a more comfortable and beautiful home. It is very difficult to make major repairs on your own, and not all people will be able to cope with such a task. However, nothing is impossible. In such a matter as overhaul, you need to follow the correct procedure, only in this case you will be able to achieve an excellent result in a short time.
Apartment overhaul plan
It is not worth starting a major overhaul without a well-thought-out plan. You should not only have a good idea of how your apartment will look after renovation, but also visualize your dream. It is best to develop a 3D project, but you can get by with a simpler-to-use scheme. First you need measure the whole apartment... You should not trust the technical plan of the premises, you need the real parameters of the premises. One centimeter can play incredible important role... So, for example, ordered furniture may simply not fit in the right place. To avoid such situations, carefully measure all walls, openings, distances.
Write down the results and based on them draw a floor plan on a scale convenient for you. Then you will need to decide on the zones (bedroom, living room, dinner Zone) and distribute furniture. Only then can you evaluate your idea, see its advantages and disadvantages.
If you are satisfied with the result obtained, then you can proceed to the second planning phase. To do this, you need to carefully think over communications... Electricity must be supplied to the refrigerator, computer, TV. Take care of lamps, switches. The latter should be located in convenient locations. If you do not pre-distribute the furniture, then after the repair is completed, the switch may appear, for example, behind a sofa or wardrobe.
The plan is ready, checked and rechecked, now you can start repairing.
Dismantling during a major renovation of an apartment
First of all, you need to get rid of the previous repair. Disassemble and remove furniture, tear off old wallpaper, remove linoleum or laminate flooring. If you are planning a redevelopment, then take up the demolition of excess walls. At this stage, it is important to think about the disposal of construction waste. There will be a lot of it. Usually from one two-room apartment carry out "waste" on two trucks.
Agree with workers or use the services of special firms to quickly get rid of garbage. It is not worth folding it in front of the entrance, it is fraught with quarrels with neighbors.
Preparatory work for the overhaul of the apartment
All unnecessary removed, the walls demolished and cleaned of old repairs. It's time to do the rough work. If you also dismantled the tie, then you need to make a new one. At this stage, windows are changed, glazed or a loggia. Carry out all communications according to plan. Make 2-3 spare sockets, they may be useful to you. Sockets located in inconspicuous places will help you avoid the need for extension cords, which noticeably spoil the interior of the apartment.
After you make the wiring for electricity, plumbing and heating, you can start preparing the walls. Plaster them, align. The same process will be required for the ceiling, in some cases for the floor. This completes the rough stage.
We start finishing work
The ceiling is finished first. You can simply paint it, wallpaper or install a suspended / suspended ceiling. The main rule of repair is to move "from top to bottom", so you will save your repairs from pollution, and yourself from unnecessary work. If you start decorating the room from the walls, there is a risk of staining them during the finishing of the ceiling. That is why first finish all the work on the upper part of the apartment. After that, you can start decorating the walls and floor. If you are gluing wallpaper or painting walls, remove the installed sockets and switches first. After the tiles are laid in the bathroom, install and connect the toilet, bath or shower, sink. Don't forget the special leads for the washing machine and dishwasher.
Floor preparation depends on the material used. You can choose between, for example. For example, many people think that laminate flooring can hide unevenness in the floor. However, the height difference in one area should not exceed five millimeters, otherwise you risk not only the beauty of the laminate, but also your peace of mind. The fact is that the laminate can crack and will squeak for sure.
It is better to protect yourself from problems and correct the floors with the help of special solutions that independently take shape and level the floor ().
Who should be entrusted with the overhaul of an apartment?
Separately, it is worth noting the fact that construction crews work by a well-coordinated team of specialists. They can install doors, lay tiles and wallpaper at the same time. If you use the services of professionals, then, of course, the repair will be over pretty quickly. But the cost of repairs will also increase significantly. Doing major repairs on your own is not an easy task, it will definitely take away not only your time, but also your energy. Many apartment owners compromise by hiring a roughing crew. They do the rest of the finishing themselves. In this case, you can complete the repair faster, but spend less.
Everyone chooses for himself what is more important for him - money or time. However, we advise you not to save on work and materials, redoing a repair is much more expensive than doing it right from the very beginning.
Do you associate repair with a million wasted nerve cells, a difficult and very long process? We will prove you otherwise! Believe it or not, renovation can be a pleasure if you turn this difficult and, at first glance, rather boring activity into a simple and fun process.
And the main thing in this matter is the ORDER, when the sequence of repairing the apartment with your own hands is followed, and all the stages of repair in the apartment follow one after the other according to the previously drawn up repair plan.
So, you still decided and determined to make repairs in an apartment, a separate room with your own hands. How to make an apartment renovation with your own hands? Where is it preferable to start? When and in what order to change doors, windows, repair floors? What is the order of execution renovation works it should be? We will try to answer the main questions in this article.
Stages of repairing an apartment with your own hands: we plan in advance the order of work
Indeed, it is important to know all the stages of apartment renovation from scratch and to follow the sequence of the work carried out.
If you follow the sequence of events, you can significantly save money, reduce repair time, and achieve better result at finishing works Oh
Phase One - Global Preparation
Every renovation starts with a global preparation. First of all, you will need to perform all dismantling work: removing plaster, old wallpaper, whitewash, door blocks, flooring as well as, if necessary, dismantling of partitions and their rearrangement.
A situation may arise that, already completing the repair, during finishing, you will find that you still forgot to dismantle something. Here you have to redo a rather large part of the work, and redo it slowly, carefully in order to minimize new destruction.
Therefore, having finished dismantling everything unnecessary, old and to be replaced, very carefully examine the result of your work: have you done everything.
Stage 2 - replacement of double-glazed windows
This work is rather dirty, especially its first part, when old window blocks need to be dismantled. After installing the window and sill, immediately cover them with a thick polyethylene film so as not to scratch or smear during subsequent work.
Stage 3 - plastering work
When performing plastering work, the following sequence of work must be observed: marking for beacon profiles, priming walls, installing a beacon profile, plastering walls, slopes. Plasterboard walls not subject to plastering. Ceiling plastering, installation and installation of tension and suspended structures should be carried out only after finishing the wiring on the ceiling of ventilation, electrical cables, and other communications.
Stage 4 - wiring electrical communications, performing plumbing work
The fourth stage activities refer to one of the most important stages of the repair - the installation of heating radiators (or replacement), laying and routing of electrical cables, low-current wires (this includes grounding cables, the Internet, telephone, TV, alarm systems.
Before you start laying the cables, be sure to mark out the outlet of sockets and switches on the plastered walls. Next, proceed to work on gating holes and grooves for cables, junction boxes, socket outlets, install the built-in electrical unit.
Be sure to draw a wiring diagram: it is needed so that later you do not accidentally get into the places where the wire is laid, when you start drilling a hole, hammer in nails. It is very important in the kitchen, toilet, bathroom, before laying electrical wiring, to perform piping, including other related work.
Fifth stage - floor preparation
Underfloor heating device, screed and leveling. When the screed is laid and leveled, it is necessary to wait until it is completely dry. For different materials- different drying times, carefully read the directions in the instructions or packaging.
6 stage of repair - we start finishing
When the floor is ready, you can install the doors, then start finishing work. The sequence of finishing works depends on the choice of technologies and materials used. So, whitewashing or painting the ceiling is done first of all, but, for example, it is best to mount a suspended ceiling when the walls are finished. Laying any floor covering, be it linoleum, tiles or parquet, is done when both the walls and the ceiling are ready.
Then you can install skirting boards, sockets, platbands, all sorts of decorative elements; plumbing fixtures, faucets, and various accessories are installed in the bathroom, kitchen, toilet.
Important! It is better to repair the whole apartment at once and as a whole, if possible. Similar stages of work, this is especially true for "dirty", such as removing old whitewash, installation of windows, not to mention the demolition and rearrangement of partitions, it makes sense to do in all rooms at the same time, in order to prevent this, when carpet is laid in one room, in another, the old whitewash has just begun to be washed from the ceiling.
If it is problematic to immediately repair the entire apartment, you need to start repairs from the farthest room from the front door and continue the repair work, gradually approaching the exit. Repair of the corridor and hallway is done last. This is a fairly obvious rule: it is clear that it is far from being able to carry buckets of mortar or bags of construction waste around freshly renovated rooms. the best solution... But this rule is constantly violated ...
Read about - all the secrets and features of the technology for installing double-glazed windows in residential premises.
Watch the video on how to putty drywall under the wallpaper - all drywall sheets before gluing the wallpaper, you need to prepare.
By the way, you should move from the room farthest from the hallway even with a complete renovation of the entire apartment. To a greater extent, this applies to the final stage of work - finishing.
This is how the instructions for repairing an apartment look like. For those who prefer reading the video format, we suggest watching an informative video on how to repair an apartment with your own hands:
It is very important to determine the real scope of work and relate them to your financial capabilities. All design and design decisions must be made before starting the actual renovation work. Redoing is expensive, long and sometimes impossible.
Where to start renovating a room?
Having dealt with preparatory process and finding yourself in front of bare ragged walls, you still do not fully imagine the entire volume of forthcoming expenses and work. However, you can already find out where and what will be located, what colors are optimal in a particular room and where the computer, TV and other electrical equipment will be installed. Be sure to pay attention to the location of the windows and the need for additional lighting in the rooms. What for? Because repairs should begin with equipment or re-equipment of the electrical network, including the location of the lamps - basic and additional.
This should be done both in old apartments that are being completely renovated and in new buildings. It's no secret that in new houses, wiring is installed without taking into account the wishes of the owner. Each newcomer invariably has a desire to adapt housing to their needs as much as possible. Abundance electrical engineering requires an optimized, high-power mains supply with many branches. Very uncomfortable in new apartment unwind all kinds of extension cords and install additional sockets.
Parallel to electrical network the air conditioning system and the fixing elements of the devices should be installed heating network... It is also necessary to perform work requiring chiselling, drilling, grooving, grooving, recesses and other disfigurement of walls, floors and ceilings, accompanied by the formation of dust and fragments of brick, concrete and plaster. Then we calmly remove the debris and start preparing the foundation of the future floor.
There are several options:
installation of a rough plank floor;
pouring a concrete screed;
preparation for the installation of a warm floor;
What's next?
The next stage of renovation work concerns the windows. If replacement is required, we change. If the windows have already been installed and satisfy your request, then we skip this stage, not forgetting to inspect the condition of the slopes, the presence of thermal insulation, and the sealing of the cracks. It is worth checking how the doors open and close, if there are any distortions, what are the vertical and horizontal levels. It is very difficult to eliminate these seemingly obvious imperfections after plastering and painting walls or pasting wallpaper. Internal window sills it is also desirable to install. A plastic wrap will help protect them from splashes of paint and putty.Of course, this work can be done later, during installation. interior doors, but this option is more practical.
If the walls in the room require additional leveling and a significant amount of work before painting, then calculate the total building mixtures required to process all the walls to be repaired. Building materials, despite their high cost, should always be taken with a small margin. It is very inconvenient to run after a bag or two of putty, which, as a rule, ends at the most inopportune and crucial moment.
The sequence of work on the repair and decoration of the room: frequently asked questions
What comes first: floor screed or plaster / putty on the walls?The answer to this question is unambiguous - before starting wall decoration, you must complete everything preparatory work with the floor. It should be ready, after cleaning, to install decorative flooring. The floor covering is installed last, whether it is laminate, parquet or a self-leveling 3 D effect floor. The prepared base of the floor is covered with cardboard or foil - this will make it easy to remove traces plastering works, and such appear inevitably.
Before starting the putty and plastering work, you need to complete all the manipulations with the drywall, if any. All partitions, niches, decorative and functional details must be done before the start of the "wet" finishing phase. All work of this kind, including leveling the ceiling, must be performed in one technological cycle, so as not to return to them, remembering, for example, that “somewhere here” a niche for storing skis or installing a safe has been conceived.
Which comes first: flooring or installing doors?
Any type of flooring must be installed prior to installing the interior doors. This will help to avoid mistakes during their installation and to achieve a minimum gap between the threshold or floor plane and the door leaves. Door installation is a clean and precise job that does not require the use of mortars, glue or other substances that can stain a clean floor. The tools used in this case cannot damage it, with careful work.
But this applies directly to the door. Door frame can be placed earlier - before leveling the walls. This will remove all cracks and irregularities near the opening. If the walls and openings are initially ideal, you can postpone the installation of the box until later.
When installing the box ahead of schedule, it is important to take into account the height of the future floor covering!
What comes first: to glue the wallpaper or lay the laminate (parquet, carpet)?
Wallpaper of any type is glued to the prepared walls before starting the installation of the decorative flooring. This is also true for painting walls.
True, there are different opinions on this issue. Supporters of the second option answer this question in the same way as the question of what first: paint the ceiling or glue the ceiling plinth. According to their position, the wallpaper is glued after the floor has been installed and ceiling plinth, because you can replace the wall decoration at any time without touching the baseboards either from the bottom or from the top. And the edges of the wallpaper are just enough to cut exactly to the level of the plinth.
The ceiling is painted after the installation of the upper plinth. In this case, it is very convenient to eliminate all irregularities and leaks in the connection, and then the plinth and ceiling are painted in one step and look monolithic.
What comes first: stretch ceiling or wallpaper / painting?
The specificity of stretch ceilings makes it possible to install them at the final stage of renovation work, after painting the walls and pasting the wallpaper. This is a very clean job and it is difficult to damage walls or floors while doing it.
The top-down priority principle does not work in this case. It concerns mainly traditional renovation work. New technologists are making their own adjustments. The specialists themselves who assemble stretch ceiling, recommend inviting them to the end of the renovation.
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If you make a short list of the sequence of repair work in the room, then it will look like this:
wiring; heating and air conditioning system; preparation of the sub-floor; dismantling / installation of windows; preparation of walls for wallpaper or painting; ceiling (all works); painting walls or wallpapering; clean floor; installation of doors; thresholds and floor plinth; stretch ceilings This order is not an axiom. Each master chooses the sequence that is convenient for him. But in general, the order looks something like this.