Where To Start Carrying Out Major Repairs In An Apartment

2023 Author: Philip Bishop | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-25 07:54

• Repair types
• Preparing for repair
• Dismantling
• Communications
• Ceiling and wall decoration
• Pouring a rough floor screed
• Primer
• Finishing
• Repair tips

Everyone wants to bring their home into proper form. For this, various improvements are carried out, including repairs in the apartment. But at the same time, you should know how best to do everything and where to start, so that the whole process does not drag on for a long time. In addition to preliminary preparation, you should also purchase the necessary set of tools. But everything will depend on the amount of work.

Repair types

It is not always necessary to make major repairs so that the apartment has its original appearance.

It will be enough to repair individual areas, re-glue the wallpaper or re-install the floor screed. But when everything is radically tired and you want something special, then you can safely take on capital instead of cosmetic.

When it comes to modern design and new technologies, it is best to seek help from specialists. They will independently choose the material for work on their own experience and transform each room. Especially if redevelopment will be carried out inside an apartment or house. But here it is important to proceed from the budget that is on hand. All possibilities and wishes must be fully realized.

Preparing for repair

During preparation, you should know exactly whether to repair the floor or ceiling first. There are a lot of nuances and tips here. But you should initially decide on what you want to get in the end. The impression is made about design, interior. Every little detail must be taken into account, right down to the finishing.

With regard to the repair, you should determine the amount of work. It will be enough to redo the ceiling, glue new wallpaper or start dismantling the floor covering, replace the screed and make a floor heating system. Future outlets must find their place before work begins.

In order not to face unexpected waste, an estimate should be drawn up, where all expenses are prescribed. It indicates everything that will be repaired. But even here it should be understood when performing repairs, what to do first, the floor or walls. The calculations indicate the required material consumption and the purchase of the necessary tool. It is worth noting that the amount of building materials should be taken with a margin, so as not to run into interruption of repair work. In addition, another batch may appear on sale here, for example, tiles that will slightly differ in tone from the original.

Not every repair job is done in-house. In some cases, you will have to seek help from specialists. It's almost impossible to be able to do everything. So you can putty the walls and entrust the laying of parquet to a professional. In no case can you save money, since the work is carried out for the future, that is, for a long time. If experienced craftsmen are present in the work, then you do not have to think about whether they first plaster the walls or fill the floor. They will tell you all the subtleties and nuances. But before pouring the floor screed, all possible work on the ceiling and walls should be carried out.

The list of preparatory measures should include the acquisition of tools for work.

Its quantity and list will also depend on the amount of work that you want to get as a result of the repair. In some cases, professional instruments can be purchased or rented to provide more accurate results.

An excellent period of time for renovation is spring. The ambient temperature begins to rise above zero, you can ventilate the room if necessary. And finding a construction team is much easier, since they are not particularly busy with work.

When all of the above is done, you should decide on the sequence of work. Not everyone knows what to do first, leveling the walls or floor. But even up to this point, other important actions are performed.

Dismantling

At this stage, not only the floor covering is removed, but also the old wallpaper, the window frames are exposed, the whitewash is washed off the ceiling. If available, suspended ceilings and plasterboard systems are also dismantled, which will only interfere with high-quality repairs.

Removing the floor covering is only done last. Better any debris from the ceiling and walls will fall on it than fall on the base of the floor.

There may be cases when the floor is not touched during the repair. Here you will need to carefully cover the surface with a thick oilcloth and an additional layer of cardboard.

Nothing should damage the floor covering during demolition work.

A little later, attention is drawn to the old windows and doors. Only the cashier at the entrance door is removed. Premature disassembly and installation of new windows can damage them during repair work. Subsequently, then you will have to tint them, restore, wash or even change them to new ones.

When all these actions have been completed completely and the excess garbage, the remnants of old materials have been taken out, you can direct your forces to the next stage.

Communications

This stage is connected with the slitting of the walls in the room so that all cables and wiring can be placed in them. This includes:

1. wiring (electrical cable, television, Internet, acoustic wires, etc.).

2. layout of life support systems. All existing communications of the plumbing system, heating system, air conditioning, sewerage and other areas.

   

This type of work is one of the dirtiest. Therefore, they should be dealt with at the first steps of apartment renovation. Even this allows you to get an answer, to repair the floor or other areas first. At the same time, it is important to make calculations and draw up a layout diagram of everything in the room. The place where the TV will be installed is determined, the air conditioner is suspended, the electrical systems are located.

Ceiling and wall decoration

Next, we are doing a rough finish, both the ceiling and the walls. It is the rough, not the finishing one. If it comes to a suspended ceiling, then they should be dealt with only after the walls in the room have been pasted over with wallpaper. As for the ceiling, it is prepared in such a way that it remains to be painted or otherwise finished.

At this stage, work is being carried out on plastering walls and ceilings, putty, complete stripping of the old coating.

It is impossible to paint either the walls or the ceiling, since all subsequent stages also cause a large amount of dust, which will easily settle to the surface. If old windows are replaced with new ones, then they should be covered, sealed with masking tape. Also, in parallel with this, slopes are made, which are plastered.

The question is removed with the fact that first level the floor or walls. Naturally, you should tackle the walls so that later on from them all debris and material residues do not fall on the base of the floor.

Pouring a rough floor screed

When the old coating stays in place, you don't have to do anything here. But if you are already doing major repairs, then do it to its logical conclusion. Consequently, the old coating is removed at the very beginning, after which the floor is screed or self-leveling mixtures are used for pouring.

There is a huge assortment of them on the market, and there is no need to think about high-quality dilution of the necessary components. If the proportions are not properly observed in the technology, then it will not work out a solid foundation.

To proceed to the next stage, you must wait until the surface is completely dry. Specific terms are usually spelled out in the instructions from the manufacturer, which should be followed, observing the technology. This helps to get an answer to whether the floor is poured or plastered first. The screed is carried out only after finishing work and leveling the walls and ceiling have been carried out.

Parquet can be used as flooring. But after laying it, you should make a complete grinding of the surface. This creates a huge amount of dust. To avoid its appearance in the future, it is best to do parquet now. In the future, it remains only to cover the surface well so as not to damage it.

Primer

An important process is considered to be the priming of not only the walls, but also the ceiling inside the room. This allows you to improve the adhesion properties with further use of the material. All small particles are connected to each other and will not interfere with seizure. The quality of priming is checked by hand.

When the primer is dry, you can run it over the surface with your palm. You can proceed to the next stage after there is no dust, exfoliation, or putty residues on your hand.

Finishing

There is nothing difficult here. It is enough to paint the ceiling in the selected color, paste over it or otherwise finish it. The same goes for the walls.

We proceed to wallpapering. There are cases of decorative plastering. It all depends on the financial capabilities and the wishes of the final result.

Since the room is almost ready, all that remains is to perform the flooring of the selected flooring option. The material is laid on the prepared base and fixed in all possible and suitable ways. As for the parquet, it remains only to cover it with a layer or several layers of varnish to give shine and perform a protective function.

Floor tiles stand out in a separate category. It fits after finishing the ceiling. Tile adhesive is likely to get on the walls, which will immediately spoil the quality of the entire repair.

Further, it remains only to install new doors, as well as to deal with the windows. If this is all done, then the final touch will be the installation of skirting boards around the perimeter of the room on the floor covering.

Repair tips

Experts highlight some of the subtleties when carrying out repairs in an apartment. Each separate area requires attention and diligence during work. If we move away from this, then it is unlikely that the ideal option will turn out and that room in the apartment, which was presented at the initial stage.

• Floor. It is not always worthwhile to immediately remove the old base and perform the floor screed. If its condition is excellent, then you can only replace the flooring. The work can be performed according to technology even on our own.
• Windows and doors. The best option is a complete replacement of old windows with new ones with better thermal insulation qualities.

• Kitchen and toilet.

  

  The first work in such premises was the replacement of plumbing equipment. Metal pipes, which are most likely already rusty from the inside, also change. Plastic counterparts are an excellent option here. The riser pipe is also subject to replacement. The pipes must be changed, since everything that is inside is being repaired. If it accidentally bursts, then it will be a waste of money and time. Neighbors from below and above will also suffer.

• Ceiling. An excellent option is stretch ceilings. Any variants of lighting devices can be easily built into them, which makes it possible to do without chandeliers.

When starting to repair an apartment and each of its premises, at the initial stage, one should determine the amount of work, as well as obtain the desired result. Drawing up a complete plan for work and costs, will allow you to calculate every step to success. If you do all the work yourself, then the final amount will be noticeably reduced.

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