How to make repairs at the entrance with your own hands

A beautiful and practical repair for their money was made by the residents of the 4th entrance of the house number 22 on Petr Mstislavets Street in Minsk, having truly transformed a standard room in a few days.

Walls from the developer

“The entrances we had were nondescript - what we got from the developer,” says Mikhail, who lives in Mayak Minska. - There are five sections in the house - some look better, others worse. Specifically, in our entrance there are about 60 apartments, and all tenants are organized, friendly and sociable. The state of common areas did not suit us, we decided not to "butt" with the developer, but to do everything ourselves - as we liked, reports Onliner.by.

After renovation

The house is already about three years old, but before the work was not undertaken, because they understood: while all the tenants make repairs, the new walls and floors will be "killed". But now, when 70 percent of the apartments have already been settled, they decided to update the common areas.

The three neighbors who communicate the most (Mikhail among them) took the initiative into their own hands. We started by calculating the trial options, calculating the estimated costs, placing an advertisement in the elevator with information and starting to campaign people. Then, in one of the messengers, they created a thematic group and moved all discussions there. A real meeting of tenants took place, at which it was decided that there should be repairs.

“When we discussed everything with the tenants, we made an estimate,” continues Mikhail. - It turned out that each apartment that agreed to renovate the first floor needed to chip in 100-120 rubles. We bought building materials ourselves in specialized stores. Then they hired a team of finishers - fortunately, one of the neighbors has acquaintances who agreed to work at normal rates. The guys plastered the fallen pieces, putty where necessary, and then repainted the walls. Another wall was faced with decorative stone.

In order to clean the ceramic tile floors stained with building mixtures, workers with the appropriate "chemistry" were hired. They tidied up and washed a lot with their own hands. In general, everything took three days. Some work still remains, but we will definitely do them ourselves.

Not all apartments were immediately involved in the renovation process (30 percent remained in thought). But even now, when everything is almost completed, there are people who agree to financially participate. We will use their funds for landscaping. In fact, there is nothing difficult in the general renovation, if the tenants are not indifferent - we have no social apartments, so there were no problems.

I am starting a mega-project of the season: do-it-yourself repairs at the entrance.

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NB. The renovation in this entrance has been successfully completed long ago.
You can see what happened at the link

I'll make a reservation right away, this is not the entrance where I live. Although, my entrance also asks to be made divine. And even a cosmetic repair 2-3 years ago by the forces of DEZ did not make it better. (You can read about how that repair was done and how I had to give a magic pendel to the contracting office here)

Everyone remembers how Tyoma “made” repairs at the entrance of the Kiev house, where he lived for some time. A renovation office was hired.
Many people know about how Victor B. made repairs in the apartment with his own hands, and now he is completing the building.

This was the source of inspiration. We cross one with the other and get: building a house by a rented office ugh, not that crossed.
And we get: repair in the entrance with your own hands!

House of the 60s. Former communal apartment (according to the owner)

Plain Soviet design repair.The half-meter height of the painted part of the wall is to save paint. Metlakhskaya (I wonder if they knew such a word in those days?) Tiles, laid somehow. And on the lower platform, there is a completely different color scheme.

The steps look amazingly good.

And here is the scourge of our time: the forwarded wires in cable channels and without this entrance did not pass.

From the lamps, you can see that a couple of years ago, the bony hand of DEUZ reached here as well. With this lamp, purchased in bulk throughout Moscow, our descendants-archaeologists will be able to make a high-quality historical cut of the era.

The grill that DEZ installed on the way to his technical premises is hellish.

The window is well preserved. Asks to be restored.

Sketched sketches of how to improve. Natural colors, no quirks, but partly they have to dance from the color of the master's vestibule door.

Then I tried to ask the trusted construction team whether they would take on the repair of this floor (+ several flights of stairs) with a subsequent order for the repair of the first floor of this entrance, if the customer liked it. And the entrance group.

The brigade disagreed. Repairs performed by them would be fraught with a number of inconveniences, the main of which (and actually the only one) lack of access to water and sewerage. As you can imagine, this is not a renovation in an apartment where the above is available in abundance. There is no toilet on the landing and there is no tap to take water for wet processes too.

I had no desire to continue searching for the unknown brigade. I realized that "If you want to do well, do it yourself." There is more that, in fact, I am without work. And with this idea I just fired up.
And compared with third-party teams, I had a clear plus: a client, and also my friend, provides me with access to his apartment. Change clothes there, have a snack, and other needs.

On the appointed day and hour, I arrived with all the tools at the facility.

What happened next is already the second part of the story.
Don't switch. It will be interesting.

Most importantly, these are reality posts. The renovation is underway right now. Reports are no more than a week late.
You even have the ability to influence the progress of the renovation. Fresh ideas and advice are accepted. Brain storming.

In this article I want to talk about the repair of entrances and stairwells. The terrible state in which they are in many homes does not offer any hope, if you remain an ordinary observer and do nothing.

Who should repair the staircase? It's the XXI century. New buildings, renovations, penthouses are everywhere, and you walk into a house that is 20 years old or a little over, and your hair stands on end! Dirt all around, peeling paint, broken lamps, broken sockets with bare wires, a coal-black ceiling, etc., etc.

When you live in such filth, you are no longer surprised that the walls are becoming more and more painted every day, and that somewhere in the corner lies something that emits a fetid odor all over the entrance. And in such a situation it is very good when there are housing cooperatives or condominium associations in the house, which try not to take matters to extremes and more or less monitor the house. But what about those who have nowhere to write an application for the renovation of the entrance to the management company?

Let's take a look at our houses. In 5-storey Khrushchev buildings, these are usually staircases to 4 apartments, located in a square on each floor. In point houses with 2 entrances, in 9 or 14 floors, there are staircase corridors with 6 apartments per corridor on each floor.

We are all the time waiting for someone to come and put the house in order. For example, the pipes used to be changed for free once every 30 years (or 20 years?). I don't even remember. In general, this is all sad. And if you live in a house where there is no owner, then the state of affairs will not improve and no one will clean up the dirt if the tenants themselves do not take the initiative into their own hands.

On our website, we tell you in great detail how to make repairs in your own apartment.You need to first tear off the old wallpaper or beat off all the paint, then level the walls, after going through many lessons on plaster, then putty everything, the same thing needs to be done with the ceiling, then glue the wallpaper. Everything seems very long and monumental.

However, the whole trouble is that people do not even realize how simple and fast it is, in comparison with an apartment, to make repairs in the entrance, and that funds will be spent on this at a minimum. In this case, you can either make repairs to the residents themselves, or throw off and hire ordinary (NON-COOL) craftsmen, since the work that needs to be done in the corridor is extremely primitive.

How to make repairs at the entrance with your own hands? Let's look at the options for repairing the entrances. Nobody is forcing us to do major repairs, but cosmetic is quite within our power. Let's define the scope of work. It is necessary to bring the walls and ceiling to a more or less decent condition - something that is striking and either makes us happy every day, or depressing.

Usually, there is no wallpaper in the entrance and staircase corridors. Most often we see just painted walls. But the paint is peeling in places, peeled off in places, in places someone's art is visible on it:

How to fix the wall? Logically speaking, 2 very important conclusions suggest themselves:

1. There is no point in leveling the wall, since we do not need to glue the wallpaper. Therefore, even if the wall is heaped in one direction or another, it's okay, which means: plastering the walls along the lighthouses - the most difficult stage - disappears!
2. The easiest way to paint a painted wall is to simply re-paint it. To do this, you only need to beat off the paint in those places where it easily beats off, which means that: you do not need to beat off all the old paint from all walls!

Further, the places where there are deep potholes in the wall must be repaired with a repair compound or a DSP solution, and where the paint just peeled off, you need to putty:

Corridors can be damp, so it is better to use a cement-based filler rather than a plaster-based filler.

The only thing you need to remember is that before you put the repair compound or putty on the wall, you must first prime it in the places where the repair is supposed to be.

The ceiling, most likely, will not please you either. We do its repair one-on-one with the walls: we beat off the crumbling parts of the old putty or chalk and prime the places to be repaired. Then we close up large chips with a repair compound, the rest of them with putty.

Conclusion. When preparing the ceiling, you do not need to strip off all the old chalk:

It is better to grind those places on the ceiling and walls that you putty.

Then you need to take the trouble and be sure to do the cleaning. There should be no dust before painting the walls and whitewashing the ceiling.

After cleaning, we prime everything: walls and ceiling:

We take ordinary paint for the ceiling, preferably acrylate, so that it lasts longer and we paint the ceiling.

Then we take water-based paint and paint the walls:

In order to make an even border between the ceiling and the wall, we use paper tape. You need to paint the ceiling before scotch tape. Then we remove the tape and glue it on the painted place to the border where the paint on the wall should go. We also paint the wall from the bottom to the scotch tape. In the same way, you can make a border going from the bottom of the floor (a strip of paint of a different color).

It is better to paint the wall in a light tone, since the general atmosphere in the corridor will be more fun, besides, light colors visually expand the space.

In order for the appearance of our entrance to acquire a finished look, it is also a good idea to tidy up the electrician. No, you don't need to reconnect anything! You just need to remove the old wooden, half-decayed and dilapidated boxes in which electrical wires are laid and install a new plastic cable channel and, if possible, replace the lamps:

As you can see, staircase repair is not such a tricky thing. The works are simple. Yes, you have to tinker a little. But you must admit that this is nothing compared to renovating an apartment.But you know how your mood will improve when you will be clean and comfortable at the entrance and on the staircase. Then you pause and put another tile on the floor. And then you will be very good.

The concrete slabs of the walls, floor, and ceiling were nearly level - no tedious leveling was necessary. After letting the primer dry for 24 hours, we proceeded to plastering. Since our corridor is narrow, we decided to use different technologies when decorating the walls and paint them in different colors: this technique allows you to visually expand the space.

On one wall, we applied an inexpensive and very reliable decorative textured plaster Knauf Diamant in white. It is easily applied to the walls and, after a short exposure of 15 minutes, is trowelled to create the desired surface texture. The mineral granules contained in the plaster, up to 3 mm in size, leave a trail when rubbed, which creates the desired pattern.

For the sake of economy, we decided to apply decorative textured plaster on the rest of the walls, made according to our own recipe from a gypsum mixture left by the neighbors after the renovation of the apartments. For its application, a wide and narrow spatula was used. We applied the plaster mixture to the walls "in a free style", without worrying about the thickness of the layer. After applying the plaster, the surface was smoothed with a steel float. The texture of "Venetian" plaster can be any. It is important that the style is uniform throughout the wall. And since each person has his own "handwriting" in work, it is better to perform this operation by one master. When using gypsum plaster, no more than 2-2.5 m of wall length can be efficiently rubbed in one step. After finishing one section, you can move on to the next, smoothing the docking area.

Thus, in one evening, we plastered three walls in the corridor. And when the plaster was dry, we primed its surface with acrylic primer in two layers. After 24 hours for the primer to dry and polymerize, we started painting the walls.

- Application of textured Knauf Diamant plaster.
- Texture of Knauf Diamant decorative plaster after grouting.

To emphasize the pattern on the surface of the plaster, we applied the paint wiping technique. For it, we used a pigmented water-dispersion paint of a terracotta (brick) shade diluted with water 1: 2, a sponge, a rag and a bucket of water. The diluted paint was applied in a chaotic manner to the plaster. Then rubbed over the surface with a damp cloth. After letting the paint dry for about 30 minutes, wipe off the newly applied paint from the protruding surfaces using a semi-dry rag. On the wall there are darker "depressions" and lighter "ledges". After the paint dried, a day later we applied an eco-friendly water-based varnish for baths and saunas on the wall, which gave brightness to the color and depth of the decorative plaster pattern.

We have chosen inexpensive high-strength porcelain stoneware tiles for the flooring. Before starting the installation, the position of the first rows was marked on the floor. The concrete surface of the subfloor was previously cleaned of paint and pieces of plaster, washed and carefully primed with acrylic primer.

The tiles were laid traditionally: tile adhesive was applied to the floor with a notched trowel and the tiles were laid on it. The position of the tiles was fixed with plastic crosses. After the glue had set, the seams were sealed and tinted and varnished wooden skirting boards were installed.

- Installation of ceramic granite floor tiles.
- Installation of wooden skirting boards.

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Why did I decide to take on the responsibilities of utilities?

Firstly, I was tired of the noise of the elevator in the apartment, and every time I had a smoke break, I fantasized about what to paste over the adjacent wall in the entrance to reduce the noise. The house is an ordinary nine-story building "Czech".

Secondly, I greatly infuriated the communication box on the ceiling and the wires from it.For some reason, providers don't really care about the aesthetics of these issues.

Thirdly, the tiles on the floor were peeled off and crumbled in places, but this is kind of normal, because the ZhEK did repairs recently.

Well, stuff like that: a painted elevator, spat on the walls, it's scary to approach the garbage chute - I think it makes no sense to describe it for a long time - most entrances look like this.

A couple of times I saw reports on this topic on the net. But the practical use of them was not very much. basically everything was done by the hands of the workers.

I started by replacing the tiles. At that time, I did not think of photographing, therefore, only a brief description. The process of laying tiles is clear to everyone, but there are nuances.

I tried to remove and clean the existing tiles. That. I saved about half of the tiles, but this is a lot of work - it's easier to buy a new one.
I tried to preserve a more or less lively part of the screed, the one that is not quite sand, but this also made life more difficult in the future - it is easier to knock everything down to the slabs.

Well, the main difficulty is people. 6 apartments go here and there - you have to do everything in pieces and for a long time. They often come and spoil the work.

So far, I have refrained from restoring the elevator inside. With difficulties. From the outside I cleaned off the dirt with a grinder and knocked down the wooden slopes, because found no way to improve them in any way.

The slopes exposed the openings and then it began. The people began to complain for the first time. First to the chairman, then to the lifters. As a result, the elevator was turned off. It took a long time to convince that you can turn off only one floor.

True, to the honor of the chairperson, it must be said that she is great. She said: do not pay attention to complaints - do it.

The most popular question I heard along the way is: Why do you need this? then there is no one for a long time, then the question: Will they do this everywhere?

I decided to gradually increase the slopes of the elevator. The process is not fast. You can't put a lot in one layer, but I had a lot of drywall scraps and various mixtures after repairs in the apartment.

Yes, at first it was hard to believe that it was possible to do something normal from the soviet entrance.

As a result, we got an intermediate result. Has grown by about 15 cm on each side. I just like straight slopes - that's why it is. This does not reduce the opening of the doors.

In this photo, I skipped ahead a bit to show the slopes, but before putting putty on the wall, you need to remove the previous layers of paint. Many layers of paint.

Yes, it turned out that the doors in the elevator are different colors.

There are two types of paint used in porches. Oil and lime or something (the one that is smeared). The ambush is that you need to remove both from the ceiling as well.

The photo shows how oil paint bubbles from chemistry, but chemistry only acts on one layer and works slowly. It is also toxic.

Therefore, everyone had to shoot down the oil paint. Grinder with met. a brush, a hammer drill with a mini jackhammer attachment. The cycle shows good results. paint peels off relatively easily in many places.

Lime is easier to remove. It is necessary to steam it with a steam generator, then it is relatively easy to clean with a spatula. At the same time, there is almost no dust. True, the surface area does not give enthusiasm. This is most likely the most tedious process in the whole venture. I attracted an assistant - I do not have enough strength for such feats on my own.

Preliminary result. I don't see the point of cleaning too much. There was also some kind of putty there initially - it holds well.

A hated communication box is visible in the background - a whole story came out through it. Will be lower.

Photo as it was. the tiles on the floor are already new.
People, where do they get these colors?

Wall adjacent to the apartment. This is the wall that I wanted to soundproof. Therefore, the paint did not peel off her. I just beat it off with a puncher for relief.

I myself once built the partition on the left, but they crept in when I was not there and painted it in their own corporate color. Although it was painted - well, so as not to get out of the g .. gamma.

I did the same with the wall near the garbage chute, because it is impossible to putty. Plastering requires a thick layer.

I just threw out the window. is of no value. To restore - you will spend a lot of time.

At this point, all the neighbors took up arms against me specifically. especially from below. By that time, it became clear that the entire entrance would not be done.

The slopes of the arch also had to be leveled with plaster and drywall - the concrete goods themselves were too crooked.

I wrote above about the story related to the communication box. There she is:

From the very beginning, I decided that he would not be. I didn’t know what I was facing. Since the start of the renovation, I terrorized a local Internet company on the topic of removing it to the technical floor. All their activity was reduced to the fact that they skillfully kick me. A complex scheme for the implementation of this task was proposed.

As a result, I just had to meet an installer from this company, who periodically ran by. Turned out to be a great guy. For a bottle of cognac, he helped to carry it. True, he seemed to have coordinated this with his foreman.

The modern conditions of urban dwellers are quite diverse and often depend on many factors. A special place here is occupied by the entrances, which are the hallmark of every house.

By their condition, one can say how well the residents treat themselves in the first place. It is quite simple to repair the entrances, but this requires not only desire, but also money costs.

It should be understood that such work must often be carried out jointly by all tenants or specialized organizations. Repair of an entrance can be divided into several stages:

1. First of all, surface preparation is performed. To do this, paint and other materials with which they are covered are removed from the walls and ceiling. Then all possible gaps are closed with the help of certain cement compositions and putty.
2. The next step is to replace the wiring with a newer version. Very often, all cables are laid over walls, which does not add aesthetics. Moreover, this method of installation is not quite safe. Therefore, it is advisable to make special channels where to hide all cables (electrical, Internet, etc.).

The process of renovating entrances involves some other sequential processes:

1. After the walls have been repaired, they should be sanded. For this, special electrical tools are used. To achieve a high quality finish, only quality products must be used.
2. At the final stage, all surfaces are painted. For these purposes, substances such as paints, primers, etc. are used.

All such work is performed in a specific sequence. First of all, the ceiling is painted, and then the walls and floor. At the same time, do not forget to process railings, radiators, windows and other structures that are found in the design of the entrance.

It should be understood that these works are rather laborious. It is advisable to carry them out with the help of tenants, which will significantly save money.

It is possible to repair the entrance with the help of special organizations that provide such services. This method will be somewhat more costly in terms of finance.

You can also sometimes ask for help from utilities, but this does not always give results. Therefore, in order for the entrance to be clean, its condition must first of all be maintained by all its residents.

The nuances of repairing an entrance - in this video:

The entrance is not an apartment, no one will try to make beauty especially. The simplest paint is bought and the walls and stair railings are painted. That's all.

List of recommendations on how to force the management company (Criminal Code) or housing and communal services to make repairs at the entrance: judicial practice. How to get the truth?

The state of the entrances in many apartment buildings is very deplorable.

The owners of the apartments are forced to admire the fallen tiles, broken windows and shabby walls every day.

Wherein the management company collects fees for the maintenance of common areas on a regular basis, and consequently, it must bring the entrance to the proper form... How to make repairs at the entrance at the expense of the management company?

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The refusal of the Criminal Code to repair the entrance is not uncommon.

Managers diligently trying to convince the residents of the houses is that in their duties are not included in this type of work.

Meanwhile, the maintenance of the entrance is in proper condition is included in the mandatory list of works performed by this organization.

It is quite easy to prove this fact, having carefully studied the contract.

By law, such a clause must be present in the document without fail. And if he is not, then such the contract should be appealed, or not signed at all.

The contract must also indicate the frequency of the repair of the entrance. Current should be carried out at least once every three to five years, depending on the type of building (Rules and regulations for the operation of the housing stock, p. 3.2.9).

Moreover, he is absolutely free for ownerssince it is paid according to receipts in the column "Maintenance of the housing stock".

Specific types determined by the owners' meeting... In addition to updating the surface coverage, the list can be include: replacement of lamps, repair and installation of stair handrails, front door, etc.

How to force the management company (MC) or housing and communal services to make repairs at the entrance?

It is necessary to start the fight for the repair of the entrance from the study of the contract.

Finding out what specific work the organization should carry out, and in what time frame, draw up a written collective appeal in duplicate with the requirement to carry out repairs or determine its specific terms.

Do not expect that an oral appeal to the organization, let alone a banal phone call, will be enough.

Only written statement signed by the employee who accepted itwill help you ultimately achieve positive results.

An approximate template for a claim in the Criminal Code looks like this:

1. "Hat" - the name of the Criminal Code and the full name of the applicant.
2. The name of the document (written in the center): “On violation of the rules for the content of MKD”.
3. Description of the state of your entrance.
4. The requirement to carry out repair work with an indication of the timing of the work.
5. Date of appeal and signatures of the owners of residential premises.

The statement should be attach a list of works drawn up by the initiative group of residents... List the points that need to be done and in what time frame.

After receiving your appeal, the Criminal Code under the law should give you a reply within 15 days.

Often the answer contains refusal to carry out work under various pretexts... One of the most common excuses is lack of funds due to the presence of debts in payment for housing and communal services by some owners.

but current repairs are in the plans of the management company with a frequency of at least once every five years... And if you have not seen workers in your own entrance during this period, which means that there is direct violation of the law.

If the period specified by the tenants for the repair has passed, and the Criminal Code has not made it, or even refuses to carry it out, it is necessary send a complaint to the Housing Inspectorate.

The functions of this organization include control over the activities of housing and communal services employees, therefore it is she who should call negligent managers to account.

Complaint to the State Housing Inspectorate can send by registered mail or by e-mail... It is drawn up in the form of an application and must contain the following information:

1. In the upper right corner, write the name of the organization to which the complaint is being sent. The name of the tenants and the address of the house are also listed there.
2. The current situation is described below with references to the relevant clauses of the agreement.
3. In addition, what are the results of your appeal to the Criminal Code? Indicate the date of your appeal to the Criminal Code and report the results.
4. At the end of your complaint, be sure to there must be a request to carry out an inspection of the activities of the Criminal Code and oblige it to carry out repairs at the entrance.

Attach the documents to this application:

a copy of the agreement with the Criminal Code;

a copy of the claim that you previously submitted to the Criminal Code;

a copy of the written response of the Criminal Code to your claim;

list of works drawn up at the general meeting;

entrance inspection report (defective statement).

In response to the law a period of not more than 30 calendar days is allotted... After this period The housing inspectorate is obliged to send you an answer about the results of the check.

To achieve a result, simultaneously with a complaint to the Housing Inspectorate, you can submit a similar document to Rospotrebnadzor... Such an application must be submitted to this organization with the attached a list of defects found in the entrance.

If after contacting the Housing Inspectorate and Rospotrebnadzor you still did not manage to achieve the result, feel free to contact the prosecutor's office or immediately file a claim in court.

In this case, you can not only demand repairs, but also condemn a substantial amount of moral damage caused to you.

Attach to the lawsuit all documents received by you in the course of solving the problem... Court in such cases always stands on the side of the owners, so that a successful outcome of the case is guaranteed to you.

So you are guaranteed to achieve the desired result, and the Criminal Code will also pay for its services.

If you send a collective complaint to the prosecutor's office, she can independently initiate a trial. This development of events beneficial for apartment building owners, most of whom are retirees.

In a complaint filed with the prosecutor's office, ask the prosecutor to be your representative in court... This organization has such powers.

If the application comes from one owner, then the prosecutor's office cannot represent his interests in court, he has to do it himself.

If all the previous complaints are drawn up and filed correctly, it is unlikely that the Criminal Code and regulatory authorities will allow non-performance of work... So more often than not such cases do not reach the court.

Having achieved the beginning of repairs at the entrance, do not relax.

The beginning does not mean that the UK will do everything properly, therefore the initiative group should get their hands on the work plan and check the progress of their implementation.

As life shows us often only 40-50% of what is required and planned is actually carried out.

Therefore, all the work carried out is worth fix in the process. You can photograph each stage or draw up inspection reports. Be sure to require the drawing up of acts of hidden work.

If inside the entrance capital replacement of any elements, it is worth fixing this in the process, otherwise it will be impossible to evaluate the quality later.

For forgetful employees, immediately complain to the Criminal Code.

At the end of the repair, there should be its acceptance was carried out, according to the Government Decree of January 27, 2013 No. 18.21.2... The acceptance commission includes: representatives of the Housing Inspectorate, contractor organizations, representatives of HOAs, deputies.

The promise of the Criminal Code to eliminate the shortcomings at the end of the work will remain unfulfilled. If you accept repairs with "imperfections", the next can only be claimed after 5 years.

Management companies are organizations that provide owners with services for the maintenance and management of their common property, therefore do not put up with its poor quality work.

Now you know exactly how to get repairs at the entrance from the management company, therefore defend your legal rights and demand the performance of all types of work prescribed by law, including the timely repair of the entrance.

Informative video about the rules of interaction with the management company and housing and communal services how to get them to make repairs at the entrance: