Repair of apartments. How to do your own repair of an apartment with your own hands.

This introductory article for those who want to make an apartment for the first time with your own hands. Of course, in one article it is not possible to tell in detail about all the stages of the repair of the apartment, so here we will consider, so to speak, the overall picture. Where to start? It is advisable to draw up a plan for the repair, sketches of what you want as a result and schedule, otherwise the main work will stretch for an indefinite time. With some fixed end date (maybe not even very close, for example, in two years), you will be more organized and tied to the goal. We will not talk here about detailed drawings, the thickness of the pergorod in millimeters, etc. p., This is a prerogative of highly paid construction companies. We will make repairs on our own. In a nutshell: repair should start from the upper far corner of the apartment and then approach the entrance to the apartment. It’s good if you live in another place for repairs, completely freeing the apartment. Otherwise, you need to start with the kitchen and bathrooms, pantries, balconies and loggias. In addition, you need to start repairs from the dirtiest work, having previously protected, that you will not change, for example, an old, but good parquet or recently installed bath. Trucking the old coating of ceilings and walls, demolition of partitions, deterrence of the stroke for electric wiring, places for sockets and switches, floors filling, laying pipes of water supply, sewage and heating, dismantling of old window blocks – this is the beginning of the repair. All this applies to dismantling and preparatory work, but these works occupy a large amount of time and effort, although it does not require high qualifications from the contractor, but these works should be treated very responsibly (however, as everything else), t. To. Something not dismantled at this stage will interfere with you in the future. The floor is made for the bathroom and kitchen. The best way is a self -leveling mixture, which gives both the winnings and the drying time and the quality of the horizontalness of the floor. We install the wiring without installing sockets and switches, having previously checked not only the phase voltage, but also “zero” and grounding (for the bathroom, grounding is required). Then the walls are aligned, impregnated with special moisture -resistant impregnation against fungi and mold, a place for a bath, toilet, washing, washing, water supply and sewage pipes are placed. Generally speaking, apartment renovation in the bathroom is often the most time -consuming area of ​​work. Next, the ceiling is installed, tiles are laid on the walls or painting is carried out on the walls. A tile is laid on the floor, preferably on the entire floor even under a bath and a sink. After that, plumbing work is carried out. Install a bath, toilet, mixers, towels and other bathroom accessories. The gap between the bathroom and the walls is covered with a special ribbon-angle of synthetic moisture-proof material. This corner is self -adhesive, but it is advisable to install it on any sealant, this will improve its connection to the wall and you will not have problems with the leak under the bath. Well, if a bath does not suit you in a snake, then you can install a shower cabin. Next, put sockets, switches, lighting devices and connect electricity. We are going to the rooms. The sequence is the same – we conduct electrical wiring without sockets and switches and check it. Immediately change window blocks, window sills and slopes of window openings. We are engaged in the ceiling. The ceilings can be leveled to drive or paint or make suspended, bearing, rack, multi -level, with backlight, etc. D. The choice is large. The least laborious and low -cost – this is a suspended ceiling. The most expensive – multi -level with illumination. After the ceilings, we install the door boxes and move on to the painting work on the walls and everything ends with floors. We lay linoleum or parquet (parquet board) and install a skirting board with a cable channel in which we carry out a telephone, antenna wires. Install the doors and limiters on the floor so that the doors do not beat along the wall. Important remark. If you lay natural parquet, then it needs to be stacked and quicked before laying the walls with wallpaper, in order to avoid pollution of the wallpaper with dust during cycle. They finish the repair of apartments usually by the corridor (hallway), in which the sequence of work is the same as in the rooms – from top to bottom, t. e. ceiling – walls – floor. Summarizing the sequence of repairs as follows: at the beginning, work is done that relate to capital (walls, partitions, hidden electrical wiring, hidden communications, etc. p.), starting from the long room; and the second – the work is performed first at the top and end with the floor. Remark – do not get dirty what you have already done, this is the case of the sequence of this – do the more dirty work first and go to the final finishing. We wish you good luck!