Where to start apartment renovation and finish it as soon as possible
Where to start apartment renovation so that the repair work does not stretch for an indefinite period, and the final result undoubtedly pleased you, this is what will be discussed in today's article. Repair in the apartment requires serious preliminary preparation. The most important point is the preparation of a detailed plan for future repairs, taking into account the smallest nuances. Consider, by points, the advice of professionals on the proper organization of repair work in homes and apartments.
- What repair is needed in your apartment: cosmetic or major
- Decide on the interior design and repair plan
- Determine the order of repair of rooms
- Repair will be carried out independently or with the help of specialists
- Make a list of necessary materials and tools
- Cost calculation
- Room release
- Where to start repairing a separate room and what is the order of work
- Video. What you need to know before repairing an apartment
What repair is needed in your apartment: cosmetic or major
First of all, you need to determine the complexity and scope of future repairs. To make an apartment light and clean, sometimes it is enough to carry out cosmetic, surface repairs: replacing wallpaper, whitewashing the ceiling, changing the old linoleum, painting walls, etc.
If you want to completely get rid of everything bored and old, decide on a major overhaul with replacing windows, leveling walls, installing new floors, and modern ceilings. Your house will be transformed and become new and beautiful.
Do not refuse the help of experienced professionals during the overhaul. This is especially true of creating a modern design for your apartment, including redevelopment and demolition of some walls and partitions.
Plan repairs based on your financial capabilities.
Decide on the interior design and repair plan
First, decide on the interior and design of each individual room that you plan to change in your apartment. You can seek the advice of a professional designer, which will slightly increase your total financial repair costs. For rooms where repairs will be carried out, it is necessary to carry out detailed drawings of successive stages of repair work.
We recommend that you complete five detailed repair sketches for each individual room. In the first drawing, display the top view of the room, and in the remaining four, each wall. Supplement each drawing with a detailed description and a plan for the consistent execution of repair work, which will avoid omissions and inaccuracies in the work.
When preparing a repair sketch, it is recommended to indicate:
- Think about the location of the furniture. Those walls that will be most striking should be given special attention and apply the highest quality finish.
- Consider where it is best to place lamps and chandeliers so that the light illuminates the room as much as possible.
- Given the location of household appliances, indicate places for outlets. To then correctly design the installation of electrical wiring in all rooms.
- Consider the location of the main decorative elements: paintings, mosaics, brick walls.
In the repair plan, you need to specify the desired finishing option: pasting the walls with wallpaper, painting, etc. To divide the room into separate zones, designers recommend painting one of the walls with a different color in order to focus on it and visually divide the room. These points also need to be reflected on the plan.
Determine the order of repair of rooms
According to the advice of experienced professionals, in order to avoid unnecessary dirt and dust during repairs, it is recommended that you first repair in rooms farthest from the front door. The final stage of the repair, it is advisable to choose the passage rooms and the corridor through which building materials and tools constantly flow. This is necessary in order not to stain or scratch the finish of the already repaired wall, not to damage the new floor.
An additional protection of the repaired room can be cellophane film (fixed on the outside of the door), which will reliably protect the room from building dirt, dust, plaster, paint, accidental damage.
Repair will be carried out independently or with the help of specialists
Do not carry out all repairs on your own. At your request, the performance of all repair work or only the execution of particularly complex repair operations can be entrusted to qualified specialists. Firstly, experience and knowledge will allow them to perform repair work quickly and efficiently. Secondly, you don’t have to additionally buy expensive tools with which the screed is perfectly poured on the floor or tiles are laid out.
Even if it seems easy to install interior door, the slightest inaccuracy is unacceptable here. Of course, you can hang and arrange kitchen furniture, level the walls and make a little coloring yourself. But trust more complicated repair work to specialists so that you don’t have to redo it, which can significantly increase your financial repair costs.
Make a list of necessary materials and tools
#1. After the final design choice of the appearance of rooms, furniture and interior, it is necessary to compile a complete list of necessary building materials. Their number and total cost depends on the amount of repair work and how to conduct them. If the budget allows you, you need to purchase building materials with a small margin.
#2. Separately, make a list of decorative elements: holders, shelves, mirrors, paintings, etc. Start your purchase with the selected decorative elements. If the planned decor element is not available, you can quickly change or make a new design option for repairing an apartment.
#3. Make a list of the necessary construction tools to carry out repairs. To do this, you can use the advice of a sales consultant in construction stores or qualified repair technicians.
Cost calculation
When the preparatory work was carried out: plans and sketches of repairs were made, lists of necessary materials, tools were prepared, a decision was made on the possibility of self-repair or with the help of repair technicians, you can calculate the estimated total cost of the planned repair.
You should not rush to purchase all materials when visiting the first store. In the compiled lists of materials and tools, put down the prices of different stores, which will allow you to make purchases at the lowest cost. Carefully consider the choice of repair team services. Pay special attention not only to the proposed cost of repairs, but also to the feedback of your friends about the quality of the repair services.
Room release
To protect the furniture from damage, construction dirt and dust, collect it in the central part of the room. Then carefully cover with plastic wrap. This will free you access to the walls and ceiling. Move expensive equipment and clothing to other rooms.
Where to start repairing a separate room and what is the order of work
Repair work should begin with the most dusty ones: replacing window blocks, window slopes and installing new window sills. This will avoid dirt and dust during the painting, when it is forbidden to open windows to avoid temperature changes and increase humidity.When windows, slopes and window sills are installed, cover them with plastic wrap or hardboard to avoid accidental mechanical damage and contamination.
Mark the places for installing additional outlets, make the wiring of electrical wires. Do not install or plug in outlets at this stage.
In the case of welding works (for example, when replacing heating radiators), perform them simultaneously in different places in the apartment to quickly complete this dusty and difficult stage of work, sometimes including breaking down walls.
Before repairing walls, floors, ceilings, it is necessary to check their condition with a laser or water level. Start by applying the thickest layers of mortar. During their drying, you can carry out other minor repairs without downtime.
After completing this preparatory phase, proceed with the repair work, performing them in the following sequence: repair of the ceiling, walls, floor. Initially, work is carried out using putty, cement, gypsum mixtures. Then proceed to installation of the floor, doors, slopes.
Final repair work:
- Pasting or painting the ceiling.
- Wallpapering or painting the walls.
- Installation of flooring.
- Installation of baseboards, sills, platbands.
Video. What you need to know before repairing an apartment
