How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

In detail: how to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Not so long ago, those who received a warrant for an apartment in a new building could move in and live in peace. Today, before moving into a new home, the owners will need to make repairs. Most housing is rented without finishing. This is a way to reduce the cost of an apartment. Residents are given the opportunity to acquire their own corner at an affordable cost. The result is an economy option. The most popular type of housing is studio. The owners buy the walls without finishing, partitions. You will need to paint the walls, install plumbing, level floors, surfaces. The new settlers carry out a complete roughing and finishing work. The owners should not forget about the pre-finishing work. The correct procedure for repairs in a new building without finishing is described below.

When starting to renovate a new building, keep in mind that the finishing will be done from scratch. This is especially true for a studio apartment. Many people plan to make expensive repairs using expensive materials, which is unacceptable. The reasons for this are as follows:

the structure undergoes shrinkage for the first year, due to which cracks appear on the surface for the first time;
cracks are formed on the walls, ceiling, floor;
due to deformations, the decoration and repair of the apartment in a year will have to be done again, which will cause numerous problems.

Result of building shrinkage

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Cracks in plaster due to building shrinkage

It is necessary to start repairs with the following processes:

distribution of sanitary pipes;
wiring bookmark;
underfloor heating installation, screed filling;
leveling the surface of the walls;
construction of suspended ceilings.

The procedure for performing repair work in a new building cannot be changed.

Video (click to play).

Wall alignment

Wiring bookmark

Laying of sanitary pipes

Floor screed

In the first year, you need to do the rough, dusty work with your own hands, go to the pre-finishing work, then the finishing work is done. It is recommended that you do the dirty work after you receive your keychain. This is not done by chance, new settlers who have received the keys to the apartment pay for a container for collecting construction waste. The whole house will be serviced.

The management company gets rid of the garbage within six months. If you do not start repairs right away with all the tenants, then you will have to take out the garbage, then you will have to yourself. Further export is no longer included in the cost of services.

Another important plus when performing rough, preparatory work after receiving a bunch of keys in a new building - no one lives in the house, which means that it is allowed to boldly make noise, work with a puncher, knock with a hammer at night and in the morning, which cannot be done later. After the completion of the main work, a fine finish is carried out, you can stick inexpensive wallpaper, lay ordinary linoleum and for the first year after delivery you can be content with this for now. This economy option is suitable for young families starting from scratch.

The main work has been done, the house has become clean, comfortable, you can take a break. There are a number of works that tenants in a new building would like to do, but experts strongly recommend giving up, otherwise then you will have to redo it again, both from the preliminary and all subsequent work, that is, to start from scratch.

It is not recommended to engage in the first year in a new building:

ceilings, make the walls in a studio apartment out of plasterboard, putty on finishing, take advice not as an economical option, take into account that at first all the seams are cracking;
laying tiles for the bathroom, any fine finish will do, poor tightness will lead to the fact that water will flow to neighbors, mold will appear from high humidity.

The tiled bathroom floor will be a barrier to other renovations.

The phrase that the miser pays twice is incorrect. The first year, such an economical solution will help save finances, especially for those who start from scratch.

If you still want to live immediately in normal conditions, then any repair work should be done by professionals. You can do it yourself if you are confident in your skill. It should be borne in mind that cracks may appear over time, but you can reassure yourself that they will be visible only when a person is resting on the couch.

In order not to have to redo something, it is necessary that any rough, fine repair work is carried out in a new building, and it does not matter whether it is a studio apartment or not, in a certain sequence. Seeing the bare walls of their home, each owner immediately has a question: "Where to start?" The repair procedure is as follows:

planning the space is simple to do. Even before the rough work is done, you need to draw a plan of your apartment on a piece of paper (or using a computer program). Decide immediately on the place of plumbing. It is necessary to outline the place of the bath or shower stall, toilet. The photo on the left shows exactly how you can install plumbing. Outline the kitchen, corridor. Especially accurately, everything needs to be planned in a studio-type housing;

Apartment layout

insert windows if they have not been inserted. Usually new buildings are rented already with inserted windows. But if there was an agreement that only the walls will be built, then you need to immediately think about which company windows to choose and immediately decide whether the installation will be done by yourself or by specialists. It is more profitable and more convenient if the work on installing windows will be entrusted to professionals. Ideal - if the apartment is already rented out with windows;

Installation

to lay out pipes for water supply, sewerage. The wiring starts from a common riser and is carried out for all plumbing. Install a toilet, washbasin, shower stall. Collecting the sewer is easy with your own hands. Uncertain owners should contact specialists;

Pipe routing

carry out the installation of electrical wiring - the work must be treated with maximum responsibility. Usually, in new buildings, the wiring is done, but it is not always of high quality. Check everything, if in doubt, change it. Electrical appliances may occasionally be present, but these are usually also of poor quality. Therefore, it is better to do it yourself at your own discretion. The economy option is inappropriate for this work;

Installation of electrical wiring

making a floor screed - arrangement in a new building is an important stage in the repair. If the building is made of concrete, then pouring the screed is necessary. It is necessary to fill the subfloor with concrete mortar, then level everything out. The lightest and most popular wet screed. The owner can make it with his own hands. With its help, the unevenness of the surface is eliminated, the cracks are smeared;

Floating screed

to align the walls - to do something grandiose with the walls in the first year is not worth it. The house will shrink and cracks may appear. For the first time, it is better to purchase inexpensive wallpaper for an apartment. It should be borne in mind that in a year you will again have to trim the walls, grease the cracks, that is, you have to start doing all the repairs anew. If the plaster or other fine finish has not been done, then it must be done, then leveled, putty cracks, irregularities. Additional finishing is not needed yet;

Aligning walls and ceilings

to make the installation of the ceiling - this work is one of the difficult ones. The ceiling can be anything.But experts do not recommend making a plasterboard suspended ceiling in a new building. With the shrinkage of the house, distortions may appear, and cracks may go along the seams. To get started, you can simply putty, level the surface and paint. For the first renovation, such a finish will be enough;

Installation of a suspended plasterboard ceiling

install doors - you need to install doors before wallpapering or painting the walls. When the ceiling, floor is decided, the doors are installed. Great attention should be paid to the entrance doors. It is not worth saving on them, here such an economical decision would be inappropriate. Solid ones with good sound insulation can be installed immediately.

Door installation

The studio apartment began to be in great demand. Economy option for a young family. Housing turns out to be inexpensive and young families can quite afford it. Before starting repairs in such an apartment, you must immediately outline where the recreation area, kitchen, corridor, and bathroom will be.

Often the owners receive apartments with main load-bearing walls. This allows you to make a special layout, to show imagination. Someone is satisfied with the studio option, someone needs separate premises. Partitions are made of plasterboard. Layout options may vary. The main thing is to decide during the renovation where you need to locate a particular room so that you do not have to redo it in the future.

New housing is a huge joy. Do not be afraid of self-repair work. This approach is a profitable solution. The owners immediately equip their own corner. You should not be in a hurry with repair work. Before you start, you need to consult with experts.

All stages of renovation work in a new building.

Almost always, new housing is acquired by a happy newcomer from the developer's company without interior decoration and repair, but with communications brought into the apartment. Firstly, such housing in a new building will be cheaper, and secondly, almost always the repair and arrangement of an apartment by the developer is performed extremely carelessly, using cheap materials. Thirdly, there is a desire to complete some stages of apartment renovation with your own hands or with the hands of good craftsmen.

First, you need to make an audit and inspection of the apartment, to establish problem areas of walls, ceilings and floors. Then we proceed in the following order. We determine what requires repair and finishing in the first place. If the time and money for a complete renovation of the apartment is not enough, it is necessary to put in order first of all:

Front door and windows, apartment ventilation;
Perform full and highest quality electrical wiring and wiring of sockets around the apartment. This stage must be thought out in as much detail as possible, draw up a connection diagram and a circuit for laying wires into walls;
Connect the water and collect the sewerage system in the bathroom and toilet, install a toilet bowl, washbasin and shower cabin;
If the start time of the renovation of an apartment in a new building coincided with the heating season, be sure to check the degree of heating of the aluminum registers with a remote thermometer.

In the process of carrying out the listed preparatory work, you can calculate the sequence of repairs in a new building.

Much in the repair of housing in a new building depends on the availability of time and money resources. Having bought a "bare" apartment and having issued the necessary documents for the right of ownership, you automatically start paying rent and housekeeping, for using the adjacent territory, for the removal of household waste and construction waste. After connecting electricity and water, a new apartment in a new building began to bring you a loss in the form of costs for its maintenance and decoration. The longer the repair time for an apartment in a new building, the more it will cost you.

There are two main options for approaching the issue of finishing a new apartment in a new building:

Planned renovation and finishing of the apartment.In this case, the owners draw up a detailed map and a schedule for finishing work, in which all the main types of finishing and installation of devices are prescribed in stages. Such repairs, as a rule, are carried out from scratch to completion by one team of craftsmen. The completion date of a repaired object may take several weeks or months. The disadvantages of this approach include the constantly growing price and cost of work, sometimes exceeding the cost of the estimate by more than two times. As a result, if due to unforeseen circumstances there are not enough funds, the repair can be delayed for an indefinite period.
Fast renovation from scratch. In this case, all the above stages of repair in a new building are carried out by the hands of hired craftsmen with direct control of the quality of work on your part. An apartment in a new building within a week will be prepared for further decoration of the rooms. In addition to communications, the smallest room of the apartment is finished and equipped with temporary linoleum and wallpaper. In such a room there are still no amenities, but it can be used as housing - a temporary hut and a warehouse for building materials. All other work is performed as free funds and time become available.

The first option is well suited if the family has small children or elderly people who need to provide some comfort and convenience. The second option is considered more economical and quicker, especially if, after finishing the kitchen, bathroom, toilet and one room, housing is rented, with the consecutive bringing the remaining rooms of the new building to condition.

Among the most popular horror stories for new buildings, it is customary to consider stories about the shrinkage of the walls of the house and its foundation. In reality, a similar process for a multi-storey building should finally be completed by the time the building is put into operation. This period is on average no more than 18 months. If, after 1.5 years, cracks form in the corners, the ceiling or at the joints and in the masonry of the walls, the tiles in the bathroom fall off, and the doors are deformed with skewed doors, this means that the new building has certain problems with the stability of the foundation. With the repair, you should wait until the main thing is clarified - what is happening with the new building.

Before starting work, first inspect the lock on the front door. The model and standard equipment of the door can be subject to separate agreement. Indicate in the addendum to the contract which model of door and lock you want to install. If it becomes necessary to take additional security measures, first of all, change the lock supplied when the new building was handed over.

At the next stage, it is necessary to resolve the issue of installing an electrical switchboard, connecting an electric meter. This will make it possible to start using a power tool when renovating an apartment. To get rid of the need to use a large number of carriers and extension cords, plan the layout of the electrical wiring in the apartment. When doing this, consider the following:

For kitchens and bathrooms, wiring must be laid in sealed hoses and sleeves;
Lay a separate wire cable to the bathroom for connecting a boiler or washing machine. The cable cross-section must be rated for a current of at least 25 A;
An additional wire must be laid to the place where the air conditioner is installed;
It is necessary to lead a wire to the bathroom, to the kitchen, to the hall, which will be connected and used in the future when organizing additional grounding.

In addition to electricity, in order to create more or less normal conditions, it is necessary to connect hot and cold water meters and collect sewage in the bathroom and toilet. It is necessary to start work with the installation of a toilet and a washbasin.

Considering that good plumbing is expensive, for the first time you can install an inexpensive version of the toilet, assemble and connect plastic sewer pipes, a bellows and a washbasin sink. During the renovation of an apartment, plumbing can be replaced at any time. The installation of expensive plumbing increases the risk of damage to it during the repair; it must be installed at the final stage of the renovation of a new building.

To lay a plastic water supply using a perforator, we pierce channels in the walls of the bathroom, toilet, kitchen with a depth of 2.5-3 cm. Next, you need to solder the water pipes and connect the leads to the cistern and washbasin. Finally, we will install and connect cold and hot water meters to the domestic water supply system.

Before starting work, you will need to perform a large amount of cleaning the remnants of concrete and mortar. The main part will be for rough cleaning of walls, floor, ceiling, their chasing, alignment and trimming of seams. Such work gives a large amount of dirt and dust, so it will be necessary to organize good ventilation and wet cleaning inside the new building.

A separate point is to highlight the preparation of floors in each of the rooms for finishing. During the repairs in the apartment, it will be necessary to close up all the cracks, holes in the seams between the slabs, in the floor, in the interior walls of the new building. The most difficult thing will be leveling the floor with a cement mortar screed and reinforcing mesh. This procedure will need to be performed upon completion of the preparation of the walls and ceiling for finishing.

We will perform similar work in the kitchen, bathroom and toilet.

After rough cleaning, it will be necessary to prepare the walls in the kitchen and toilet for laying tiles on the walls and floors. Facing tiles can be laid with your own hands, but it is troublesome and takes a lot of time. Therefore, it is better to entrust the laying of tiles to masters specializing in this kind of finish. While the tiles are being laid, you can do your own repairs in one of the rooms of the apartment. The best option would be to lay decorative plaster or liquid wallpaper on the walls. If at the time of the start of repairs in the apartment of the new building the double-glazed windows in the windows were in a satisfactory condition, then you can start applying plaster on the walls of the room immediately.

Upon completion of the laying of tiles on the floor and walls in the kitchen, bathroom and toilet, you need to lay inexpensive linoleum in the corridor connecting these three rooms and the room in which the renovation was carried out using decorative plaster. This will reduce the amount of dust being raised and make cleaning the apartment easier.

Before finishing the walls in the apartment, it is necessary to align, and if a defect is found, to repair the interior doors. If your future plans include wallpapering, normally closing doors are essential for high-quality wallpapering. After the wall decoration is completed, we proceed to laying linoleum, laminate or carpet on the floor of the apartment. The most practical is considered to be a laminate for living rooms; for a corridor, an office version of linoleum with increased abrasion resistance. This type of work does not require special qualifications and is easily done with your own hands during the renovation of a new building apartment.

The final stage of the renovation is the connection of lamps and the installation of furniture in the apartment. Approximately 70% of the volume of work during repairs in a new building is quite available for doing it yourself. And only when performing special types of finishing - laying parquet, installing stretch ceilings, installing double-glazed windows or entrance doors in a new building, you will need the services of specialists.

The health of the whole family directly depends on the hygienic state of the bathroom. Therefore, it is very important to correctly and timely organize the repair of the bathroom.
Moving into a new apartment is almost always accompanied by repairs. Renovation of a bathroom in a new building has its own characteristics: in some cases, it can be started with finishing work, in others, it is first necessary to dismantle the wall and floor cladding, as well as plumbing.Why can't a new building do without repairs, even if plumbing has already been installed in the bathroom? If only because it is much more pleasant when the bathroom is equipped in accordance with the tastes of the owners. In addition, the new house inevitably shrinks, and if the floor screed was not done very well (and this is usually the case), it can become covered with cracks.Do-it-yourself bathroom renovations are fun, but far from safe if you're not a professional plumber, electrician, and tile taker all rolled into one. The combination of water and electricity is fraught with danger in the slightest violation of safety measures. An error when laying pipes or installing plumbing can end in a real flood, in which several floors of a new building will be flooded. An error when connecting a washing machine will probably lead to the same consequences. To prevent tiles from chipping off the walls and floor, a certain technology should be adhered to during facing work. Therefore, it is best to hire workers to carry out the repairs.However, hiring foremen one by one to perform each individual operation is a troublesome and unproductive task. In this case, you will have to take on the role of a foreman and carefully monitor the progress of work. It is best to conclude an agreement with a team of specialists who are needed to carry out the repair.Currently, many teams offer their services, and many of them work at dumping prices. It's not worth the risk if you don't want to pay twice. Engaging repaired craftsmen in the repair has a lot of advantages:

the repair will be carried out on a turnkey basis and will take only two to three weeks, and will not drag on for many months;

high-quality repairs in the bathroom are a guarantee that in the future you will not have to pay compensation to neighbors from below, whose property has been hopelessly damaged due to improperly installed plumbing or pipes that have leaked;

new materials are constantly appearing on the market. Experienced craftsmen improve their skills and know how to handle such materials;

employees with a solid reputation will not spoil expensive materials and plumbing.

A sign that you are dealing with real professionals is a business approach. Before the start of the repair, an assessment of the work front must be carried out, all the necessary measurements have been made and an estimate has been drawn up. The total cost of the repair will be calculated in this document, and at the end of the work you will not be asked to pay more than you should.We start repairsThe first thing that the owner of an apartment in a new building needs to think about is the possibility of combining a toilet and a bathroom. This solution has its advantages and disadvantages: the combined bathroom is much more spacious than a regular bathroom, but in order for all family members to use it comfortably, you will have to carefully consider the design of its interior. If the bathroom has already been finished, you should dismantle the plumbing, as well as remove the tiles from the walls and floor. New pipes have been installed in new buildings. If professionals are engaged in dismantling, they will remove the plumbing carefully, without damaging the pipes. It is necessary to discuss in advance with the masters the issues of removal of construction waste and removed plumbing. Conscientious workers solve these problems on their own.Builders who make basic repairs in a new building practically do not level the walls. Meanwhile, the leveling of the walls is not a whim of the designers who came up with the renovation, but a necessary condition for the correct laying of the tiles. The smoother the wall, the more firmly the tiles hold on to it.The same applies to the floor: if its screed was made in compliance with the technology, the floor tiles will last for more than a dozen years.If the pipes in the bathroom are laid correctly, then no blockages threaten you. To prevent communications from spoiling the interior, water pipes and electrical wiring are placed in recesses in the walls, which are covered with tiles. However, it should be possible to access the pipes, otherwise you will later have to break the tiles. It is best to use polypropylene water pipes. The places for the outlets are determined in advance.Floor tiles are laid on the strapped floor. High-quality waterproofing of the floor will protect your neighbors even if a pipe bursts in your bathroom.If the bath is supposed to be used, then it is installed on the laid floor tiles, but before laying the wall. This ensures that the water from the bathtub does not splash out over the edge pressed against the wall.Wall tiles are laid using specially designed dry mixes. After laying, the tiles are cleaned of sprayed cement and the seams are rubbed. It is recommended to treat the tile seams in the bathroom with a water repellent: it will be a pity if the wall in the new building becomes damp and mold appears on it.
It is best to install a plasterboard suspended ceiling in the bathroom. For it, use a special drywall with a water-repellent impregnation.Upon completion of finishing work, you should connect a shower, a washing machine and other electrical appliances, as well as arrange furniture, hang mirrors.If the renovation of the bathroom is done with high quality, you will be spared from any problems with plumbing for many years.Many home craftsmen do not know where to start repairs in the bathroom and in what sequence to perform such work. We have prepared detailed and understandable instructions.The room in which we receive water treatments is considered to be very specific. Serious humidity and temperature fluctuations are constantly present here; water pours in large volumes. It is clear that for the repair of such a room, it is necessary to select special materials that are able to withstand all negative influences. For the decoration of the premises of interest to us, they usually choose:

plastic panels;

porcelain stoneware;

tile (for wall and floor decoration).

These materials have the required qualities, allowing them to be used in a room where there is steam and high temperatures. Image - How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

Bathroom decoration with plastic panels

In addition, the bathroom should have a special atmosphere conducive to human relaxation. This means that you need to competently think over the design of this room and choose the right color scheme. Most often, bathrooms are performed in pastel colors that do not irritate a person, but, on the contrary, soothe his nervous system after a busy day. Professional designers recommend finishing sanitary ware with products of beige, blue, peach, blue shades.

Thus, bathroom renovation should begin with drawing up a design project, selecting and purchasing the required materials. At this stage, you will need to foresee a lot of little things and purchase a lot of different products, ranging from sewer pipes and adhesive for installing tiles and ending with valves and a heated towel rail.

Now you need to decide on the scope of work and draw up a plan for their implementation. The sequence for self-repairing a bathroom is usually as follows:

Preparing the room for renovation activities.
Analysis of the condition of the existing flooring and the choice of technology for its restoration or complete replacement.
Floor repair, insulation and waterproofing.
Installation of sewer and water pipes.
Laying of electrical wiring.
Plastering of ceiling and wall surfaces, covering them with the selected material and insulation.
Installation of an efficient ventilation system.
Installation of sanitary equipment.

The given sequence will allow you to spend a minimum of time on giving the room for water procedures the ideal look.

Where to start preparing the described room for its complete transformation with your own hands? Of course, with the dismantling of all plumbing fixtures installed in it, as well as furniture (if any), lighting fixtures, mirrors and hanging structures. If you're doing a major bathroom renovation, be sure to remove your faucets and faucets. Image - How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

Removing old tiles in the bathroom

After that, proceed with the removal of old finishing materials. Remove the cladding from the walls and ceiling, knock down the ceramic tiles (along with the layer of glue that held them), rinse off the paint. If you have a punch, the preparation of the bathroom for a good repair is much faster - feel free to knock down everything that leaves the ceiling and walls. Your task is to get to the brick or panel masonry and floor slabs.

After such actions, it will be necessary to align the walls in the bathroom, which you "bared", and carefully treat them with primers. You should choose them wisely. Do not forget that now there are a variety of primers - bioprotective, hydrophobic, contact, increasing adhesion, strengthening. If you do not know what kind of composition you need to purchase, be sure to consult with a specialist. Real help in this matter is often provided by consultants of good construction stores.

The next step in preparing the bathroom is to revise the floor covering. When the old screed showed itself exclusively from the best side during operation (for example, you forgot to turn off the water, it flowed for a couple of hours, while a drop of moisture did not seep to the neighbors below), leave it. If the tie has clearly served its purpose, it must be removed.

This operation is performed with a perforator with a chisel. The old cementitious tile backing can also be removed with these tools. An important point! If you will not touch the old screed, it is better to clean the substrate with a grinder equipped with a grinding cup-shaped wheel (usually called a diamond cup). The cost of such a device is quite high. But it will always come in handy for the master who does all the housework with his own hands.

Now you can sweep out all the dirt and debris and proceed directly to the repair work.

It is recommended to make the screed with a solution consisting of the following components:

sifted quartz sand;

cement M500 (you can also take M400);

PVA emulsion;

water.

The ratio of cement to sand is 1 to 4. You need to mix the same amount of water as you do cement. It is most convenient to form a screed with your own hands using marker beacons. The mixture is applied in a layer of about 4–5 cm, rubbed with a building rule, after which it must be carefully smoothed with a polyurethane foam or stainless steel polisher to an ideal state (no cracks, swells and other defects). Very important! A made screed based on sand and cement must not be touched for 40 days. During this time, no work in the bathroom must be performed. Image - How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

Create a new concrete floor screed

Waterproofing a room with high humidity is best done with polyester or aquaizol materials. Do not use ordinary waterproof film for this purpose. Lay the waterproofing material as carefully as possible, the joints between its individual parts are connected in two ways:

Building hairdryer.
By gluing mastic with a special composition.

The waterproofing is installed on the walls by 25-30 centimeters. Note that in the corners of the room, the presence of cuts in the moisture-proof film is not allowed. Better fold the insulating material, make folds. But never cut the film.

It is almost impossible to see open sewer pipelines in apartments these days.Such communications spoil the whole look of the bathroom, nullify all the tricks of the designers. Shtrob the walls in order to hide the pipes is also not an option. This procedure is very tiring, dusty and really time-consuming. Image - How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

Installation of piping in the bathroom

For this reason, sewer pipes are now most often installed according to a special technique - they are launched along the bottom in a bundle, and then masked with galvanized slopes. The latter can then be easily glued with silicone tiles (facing). The silicone composition is used for fixing the slope from the floor surface and to the wall.

Unfortunately, repairs in the bathroom cannot be done without shading at all. In any case, you will need to make two grooves for cases when a separate mixer is installed on the washbasin, or one if a common mixer is used. One thing calms down - the length of the strobes will be minimal. In addition, they are positioned vertically. It is relatively easy to punch them with your own hands, which cannot be said about horizontal strobes.

For a heated towel rail, it is advisable to install metal-plastic pipes. You shouldn't even look for other options these days. Such tubular products are ideal for use. They can be easily folded down and sloped using transition fittings.

But for the cold water supply system in the bathroom, polypropylene pipes (PPN) are more suitable. They are easily welded into a solid and reliable monolithic structure, and then hidden in the walls. It should be said right away that it is advisable to purchase fittings for such pipes from solid plastic. It is impractical to use metal reinforcement elements. They can leak at any time. But the sealed plastic will never let water through.

The installation of the pipeline should begin with the installation of sewer pipes. Using sealant and seals, you will spend no more than one day assembling them. After that, feel free to install polypropylene products for cold water and solder them. Be sure to blow out the pipes in the grooves with polyurethane foam. This will ensure that the pipeline does not fog up. And the heat loss in this case will be significantly reduced. Follow the recommended piping sequence and your bathroom repairs will go faster.

Electrical wiring is carried out with a cable protected by a double insulating layer. It is desirable to place the wire in a metal or plastic corrugation. It is better to use a metal sheath as it shields the wiring perfectly.

Having dealt with the communications, proceed to the processing of wall surfaces. Plastering of the walls is carried out in two compositions - starting (it has increased tenacity) and finishing. The latter perfectly levels the treated surface. Plastering is necessary from the ceiling to the floor. Image - How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

The following stages of repair work:

Ceiling insulation and cladding. It is recommended to perform thermal insulation in the form of a cake, consisting of two glass-magnesium sheets and a heater placed between them. The cladding can be made with clapboard (plastic) or laminated boards, which are fixed to the ceiling with construction silicone or strong assembly glue.
Laying tiles on the floor. The sequence of the operation is as follows - mount the products with glue, starting from the door, tap each tile with a hammer (rubber). All trimmed rows should be installed last and after the adhesive under the remaining rows has completely cured.
Wall covering. It is produced with plastic panels, porcelain stoneware, ordinary tiles.

That, in principle, is the whole step-by-step plan for self-repairing a bathroom.You just need to start implementing it and after a while enjoy the new look of your room for water treatments.Buying a new apartment is a joyful event for any person. It is especially pleasant to get ownership of an apartment in a new building, in which no one has lived before. As a rule, apartments in new buildings do not have any repairs. The owners can see the walls without any decoration, electrical wires and plumbing pipes. To turn rooms with bare walls into cozy and comfortable rooms for living, you need to make some effort, gradually completing a number of important activities.DIY repair in a new building Image - How to make repairs in a bathroom in a new building with your own hands

This is what a newly built apartment looks like.

Bare walls - plenty of room for action

Do not buy expensive building and finishing materials for the first renovation in a new building. The building will shrink for several years, under the influence of which the finish can significantly deform and even completely collapse. In view of this, experts recommend giving preference to unpretentious and plastic materials.

New high-rise buildings will shrink for a few more years.

Plan your renovation carefully. It is not necessary to draw up many drawings detailing various sizes and important nuances. Simple sketches will suffice. Think about whether you will be redeveloping the apartment, what materials, in your opinion, will best fit into the interior of the premises, where lighting fixtures and sockets should be installed, etc.

Remember: proper preparation before starting work will save money, effort and time in the future.

It is best to start repairs in a new building with a rough surface preparation. Align the ceiling and walls. For these activities, you will need spatulas, a trowel, and different sized rules. Pre-clean surfaces from dirt and dust. Perform leveling with ordinary plaster mixture. Recommendations for the preparation and use of the formulations are usually given directly on the package.

Plastering walls on lighthouses

Throw in the solution along the markup

We do the markings, pull the guide threads and install a few more beacons

We throw the solution onto the new wall of your apartment

We rub the grooves with a solution

Before plastering, the walls must be impregnated with a primer. It will provide a better and more reliable adhesion of the plaster to the surface.

If the thickness of the plaster layer is more than 3 cm, it is recommended to carry out the work in two stages. At the first stage, the surfaces are simply leveled, at the second, they must be carefully ironed.

Apply the first layer of the mixture with a trowel. Thoroughly level the plaster and let it dry completely. Apply a primer to the dry layer of plaster, let it dry, and then apply a second layer of plaster. The application procedure remains the same, but this layer must be smoothed as efficiently as possible. Periodically check the evenness of the plaster with a spirit level.

Piping in a new building

Plumbing installation is a rather difficult stage of apartment renovation

After the surfaces are completely dry, you can proceed to the finishing decoration of the walls and ceiling. However, before that, it is recommended to install plumbing fixtures, and, if necessary, mount (replace) double-glazed windows and doors, so as not to damage the finish in the future.

The rough preparation of the walls has already been completed, therefore, in the future, new door frames and double-glazed windows will not be stained with plaster and putty. If there are doors, dismantle them together with the frame, because new canvases usually come with their own boxes.

Plumbing installation can also be done in-house. Domestic users most often prefer toilets with horizontal outlet.The installation of such a toilet bowl is reduced to its connection to the sewer pipe. The legs are usually rigidly screwed to the floor. Usually, installation instructions are included with the toilet, so there will be no special problems with this.

The installation of the remaining plumbing fixtures is at the discretion of the owner.

Installing an acrylic bathtub

Diagram of connecting the sink and bathtub to hot and cold water and sewerage pipelines

Choosing wallpaper for the room

In the previous steps, you leveled the surfaces and prepared them for finishing, so you don't have to carry out any additional preparatory measures.

For wall decoration in living rooms, wallpaper is usually used. Choose the finishing material for the ceiling yourself. During the first repairs in a new building, it is better to limit yourself to ordinary plastering or painting, because the building, as noted, will shrink, as a result of which the finish may collapse. It is better to use more expensive finishing options within a few years after buying an apartment.

The technology of applying paint to the surface in several layers

When painting walls, fantasize

Make the walls in the kitchen and bathroom at your discretion. Typically, such premises are decorated with ceramic tiles.

In the bathroom, we put tiles on the wall and floor

Laying tiles on the wall with your own hands

When choosing a ceiling finish, start from your preferences and available budget. Inexpensive finishes can be done using:

paints;
whitewash;
wallpaper;
foam tiles.

Styrofoam ceiling tiles

How to glue ceiling tiles

Ceiling tile gluing options

The surface must be leveled before using any of the above finishes. As a standard, putty and primer are used for leveling.
Among the more expensive and interesting options for decorating the ceiling, one should highlight:

installation of plasterboard structures. First, guide profiles are attached to the surfaces, after which drywall sheets are fixed to them. Using drywall, you can equip both simple single-tier and complex multi-tiered curly structures. Also, this finish allows you to hide the wiring, elements of the ventilation system and other communications, which is very convenient;
arrangement of stretch fabrics. The PVC film is stretched and secured to the pre-assembled frame. The installation procedure is more complicated than in the case of plasterboard structures, because when performing repairs, it becomes necessary to use a special heat gun;
plastic hinged structures. Also attached to the frame. The main advantages are: ease of installation, high assembly speed, low cost and beautiful appearance.

Stretch ceiling installation diagram

Scheme of a two-level plasterboard ceiling

As a rule, when a newly built house is delivered, there is wiring in it, but there are no electrical appliances, or their quality leaves much to be desired. After finishing the ceiling and walls, proceed with the installation of outlets, switches and lights. Remember the elementary precautions: you can work with an electrician only after the apartment is completely de-energized. Choose the location for the installation of sockets and lighting devices at your discretion.

Remember safety precautions!

Repair in a new building traditionally ends with the arrangement of the floor. As a rule, the condition of the floors in newly commissioned houses is poor. If the house is built of concrete panels and the apartments were handed over in a draft version, the screed must be poured.

Screed cracks (new building)

A screed is a layer of concrete mortar poured over the sub-floor and necessary to level the base. There are several types of this alignment.The most popular and easiest to do it yourself is a wet screed. All work comes down to eliminating irregularities and cracks with a concrete solution.