In detail: do-it-yourself redecoration in the house from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
Redecoration is one of the most affordable and simplest ways to improve housing in the shortest possible time, to give the surrounding space of a house or apartment new colors and decorative design. The financial costs of cosmetic repairs are usually not high, and the achieved effect of cleanliness, freshness and novelty of the interior can exceed all expectations, give a feeling of joy and comfort. In the article, we will tell you how to properly make cosmetic repairs with your own hands in an apartment.
Cosmetic repairs are done independently with minimal redevelopment of housing, with small costs for repairing walls, floors, plumbing, windows and doors. This type of apartment renovation can be described as partial or complete restoration of the condition of walls, repair and installation of floors, ceilings without performing complex replacement of structural elements (reconstruction of floors, replacement of partitions). These works usually include filling and painting ceilings and walls, with the replacement of wallpaper and baseboards, painting windows and doors, minor repairs of floors, for old parquet, scraping, and multiple varnishing.
Currently, the concept of cosmetic repairs has expanded slightly with the advent of many new finishing materials and technologies. For example, today it is quite capable of transforming a room on its own within a few days by making decorative plaster on the walls, which does not require careful preparation and laying a laminate in the room.
Another small nuance - in the process of cosmetic repairs, flaws in the structural elements of an apartment or in engineering systems can be revealed, which will entail unforeseen work and cost overruns. It all depends on the ability to independently assess the initial data of the premises before carrying out repair work and the actual wear and tear of the object.
Video (click to play).
We will immediately make a reservation that the capital redevelopment of the apartment (demolition and transfer of load-bearing walls, changes in the purpose of the premises, reconstruction of floors) are not included in the definition of cosmetic repairs, since these measures require the drafting of redevelopment and reconstruction projects and their approval in the relevant authorities.
Painting ceilings
Wallpaper pasting
Repair and painting of wooden doors and windows (although at present it is economically cheaper and technologically efficient to replace old windows and doors)
Laying linoleum or laminate
Leveling and polishing of parquet floors, and their multiple varnishing
Installation of ceramic tiles on walls or floors
Plumbing installation
Partial replacement of sockets and switches
Replacement of lighting fixtures.
If you have minimal skills, desire and time, you can perform a simple apartment renovation on your own, however, before starting work, you need to draw up a clear procedure for carrying out all the stages.
Before starting the repair, it is necessary to free the room from furniture. If it is impossible to take out large-sized furniture, it must be moved to the center of the room, to provide a free approach to the walls. The remaining furniture must be carefully covered with old rags and plastic wrap.
If you do not plan to replace the floor covering, it must be protected (except for tiles). To do this, you can use hardboard, sheets of packaging cardboard, on top of which the room is carefully covered with an overlap with plastic wrap, and the joints are glued with a film.We remove decorative frames from sockets and switches or paste over with tape. Before carrying out work on the electrical wiring, it must be de-energized (!)
Old coatings are removed from the ceiling. Currently, the most common ceiling coating is painting with water-dispersion paint, which is practically impossible to wash off, unlike traditional whitewashing. It is enough to remove the exfoliated sections of the ceiling with a metal spatula; obvious cracks need to be expanded and putty.
If you are renovating a ceiling with an old whitewash, it must be washed off with warm water to the ground. To do this, take a container with warm water, rub a little laundry soap into it and add two tablespoons of soda. With a roller or brush, carefully apply water to the ceiling and wash off the old whitewash. It must be removed completely.
Old wallpaper. If old paper wallpaper is glued to the walls, they stick tightly, and in their place it is planned to apply a dense coating (non-woven wallpaper or for painting), then you can save the old surface. Old vinyl wallpaper is difficult to remove. You can use a hairdryer or heat gun. The rest of the coatings are simply thoroughly wetted with warm water or use a special wallpaper remover.
Old coatings of doors, windows, platbands and skirting boards are thoroughly cleaned with emery paper and a small spatula. Then they primed, putty with a special compound, sanded and primed again. Removal of oil paint is carried out using a building hair dryer or mortar.
Ceiling painting. When choosing materials for painting, it is necessary to focus on the intended purpose of the rooms. If the premises are residential, then it is better to choose acrylic paint. Non-residential rooms (bath, corridor, kitchen, hallway) with high-quality moisture-resistant water-based paints. You can pick up color additives in the paint and make different shades in the rooms. Before painting, the ceiling is primed. The paint is applied to the surface of the ceiling with special rollers, carefully observing the joints and the occurrence of streaks.
Wallpapering. For finishing the ceiling with your own hands, you can use special wallpaper for the ceiling, characterized by increased density and light color. The procedure is laborious and requires certain skills.
Ceilings are glued. Square or rectangular panels (special polystyrene foam ceiling plates) are glued to the surface of the ceiling. The main thing is to thoroughly clean and prepare the ceiling, and then prime it thoroughly. The slabs are fixed to the ceiling using special adhesives.
Now in stores there is a huge selection of different wallpapers: silk-screen printing, embossed, paintable and photo wallpaper. Practically all wallpaper comes with application instructions; special adhesives are sold. The main thing is to observe the specified technology, to prevent temperature, humidity and drafts in the room.
Using your free time, a little financial resources and a little diligence, you can transform your apartment into a new and cozy space in a short time.
Not everyone has the means to hire a construction team to do the renovation. In addition, people who are not always found on the ad will really do everything to their conscience. If you do not need a global remodeling of the premises, you can make cosmetic repairs yourself. This is a very fun and easy process. The main thing is to purchase everything you need, observe the phased work, do everything carefully and with heart.
Here's what you need to purchase before redecorating:
Spatulas - wide and narrow;
Primer;
Putty (dry or ready-made);
Wallpaper;
Ceiling tiles and glue for them;
Flat brush, rag;
Skirting boards for floors and ceilings;
Floor covering (linoleum, laminate);
Roller with a long handle;
Cuvette;
Glue for linoleum (if you lay it);
Film, scotch tape for covering furniture.
Move furniture out to make space.Place the things from the closets in large bags, bags and also transfer them to another room. If the cabinet is heavy, there is no way to turn it over to another room, disassemble it by carefully folding the components. If this method does not suit you either, move the cabinet away from the wall, cover it with a wide cellophane film on all sides, secure it with a stapler or tape.
After all unnecessary has been removed from the room, proceed to dismantling. Tear off the old skirting boards first. If they are made of wood, it is convenient to remove them with a nailer. If these are plastic skirting boards on screws, a screwdriver or screwdriver will help.
Now you need to remove the old wallpaper. Starting from the bottom of the wall, pick them up with a spatula and tear them off. If in some places they are glued "conscientiously", soak a roller in hot or warm water, walk it over the old wallpaper. Wait 10 minutes and you can easily peel off the paper. You can use a special tool that also moistens the wallpaper, and then removes them without problems.
If this phrase scared you before, now you will see how easy and interesting it is to do. Pour the required amount of primer into a cuvette, dip a roller into it, remove excess liquid product. Cover part of the wall with it, and then all the walls in the room.
The primer dries quickly. Within an hour you can start filling the walls. The putty can be bought ready-made - soft, in sealed plastic bags. This method is suitable for those who do not have a construction mixer, but have a car, since it is unrealistic to carry or carry such a large amount of heavy putty, and you will need a lot of it.
Can be purchased dry in paper bags. In this case, you pour some of it into a bucket, add water according to the instructions and mix with a construction mixer. If not, dilute the product in small amounts and mix with a spatula.
Let the putty brew a little and proceed to the next stage of work. Align the walls as follows: scoop up a putty with a small spatula, put it on a large one. Fill the entire blade of a large spatula with the product, attach it to the wall, spread the mass evenly over its surface. Do this until the section of the wall is flat.
Will tell you how to carry out these works and make repairs with your own hands, video. It clearly shows how to level, plaster the wall.
Watch a video lesson about plastering walls with your own hands:
VIDEO After all the walls in the room are flat, let the putty dry for 24 hours. If cracks appear at this time, moisten them with water, go over these places with a spatula. After a day, you can start gluing the wallpaper.
While the walls are drying, redecorate the ceiling. The easiest way is to cover it with PVC panels. Work begins from the center, having previously drawn a straight line that divides the ceiling exactly in half.
Apply adhesive around the perimeter and center of the back of the tile, and place one side of the panel against the marked line. Then apply glue to the second panel, secure next to it so that the seam is minimal. If you are doing cheap DIY repairs alone, it is more convenient to first apply glue to 4 × 5 tiles, and then fix them to the ceiling.
PVC ceiling tiles are easy to cut, so when you reach the wall, when you see that you need a small piece, mark which one and cut the tile with a construction knife. The ceiling tiles are also cut off, which must be fixed near the window and on the opposite side from it. Cover the tile joints with a sealant of a suitable color. After the ceiling is renewed, you can paint the tiles with latex or water-based paint, then it will absorb less dust, and the white tiles will retain their brilliant appearance for a long time.
Video on how to glue ceiling tiles:
VIDEO
Before gluing the wallpaper, you need to purchase it.Take with a small margin so that you do not have to buy. If you want to buy, for example, vinyl wallpaper with a pattern, do not forget that it will have to be "customized". Therefore, the consumption of wall material will increase slightly.
The range of wallpapers is now very large. Before you buy wallpaper, you can look at samples on the Internet. Decide what you want to buy vinyl, non-woven wallpaper, regular paper or maybe paintable. Wallpaper glue corresponds to each type of wall material, there is also a universal one designed for several types of wallpaper.
After you bought the wallpaper, measure the height of the wall from ceiling to floor with a tape measure. Do not forget that you need to glue the wallpaper from the window to the right .
Set aside the resulting value on the wallpaper, cut it off. Dilute the glue according to the instructions, apply it with a brush to the back of the wallpaper. If they are dense, it is recommended to coat the part of the wall with glue on which you will attach the prepared canvas.
Making redecoration in the room with your own hands, it is more convenient to glue the wallpaper together. If this is not possible, place a table or ladder close to the wall. Attention, these items must be serviceable, stable, stand firmly on the floor, do not swing. Otherwise, it can lead to injury and bad mood, which will deteriorate after inaccurately pasted wallpaper!
Attach the top of the wallpaper to the top of the wall, and go over the area with a dry, soft cloth. When you have glued the top of the wallpaper, use a cloth to gently press it against the middle of the wall, then glue the wallpaper from the middle downwards at a 45-degree angle. Imagine that you first draw the trunk, and then the branches of the spruce, these are the movements you should get. After you have glued the wallpaper to the top of the wall, stick it to the middle and then to the bottom. Then measure and cut the second wallpaper. If they are patterned, be sure to choose the right one. Glue this part of the wallpaper in the same way.
Finish decorating all walls in the same way. Particular attention is paid to the docking points. It is best to apply the edges of the wallpaper end-to-end rather than overlapping. Then the seams will not be visible. If the joints are not glued well enough, go over them with a special joint glue.
In places where there are sockets and switches: turn off the voltage in the 220 network and remove the cases of sockets and switches, after gluing the wallpaper, mount them back.
If you have parquet, boards in good condition, but the old varnish is already uneven, it is advisable to loop it. It is quite difficult to do this with a manual cycle, so you can buy an automatic one or rent it. After the parquet has been cleaned of old varnish, it must be thoroughly vacuumed. Then use a piece of paint netting to run over the planks in the direction of the pile, this will make the parquet look better.
It is advisable to cover it with a water-based varnish. It is odorless, not as harmful as synthetic and dries quickly. Apply the first coat, let dry for 40 minutes, then cover the floor with a second coat of varnish. It will dry within four hours, after which the parquet needs to be varnished a third time.
If you do not have the ability to scrape the floor, and professional equipment is expensive, then laying laminate flooring would be an excellent option. If the old base is flat, you can lay the laminate without removing it. Read more about this procedure in the article: How to lay laminate flooring.
If you are doing Khrushchev repairs with your own hands, you want to save money, you can lay linoleum on the floor. To do this, roll it out, put it with the wrong side up, let it rest, then apply glue, turn it over and stick it to the base. If the floor is uneven, you can use a hard backing such as plywood.
When the wallpaper is completely dry, cover the top with a ceiling plinth.To do this, apply glue for PVC tiles to the wrong side of it, attach to the desired place and hold for 10-15 seconds. After you have glued the first one, proceed to the second one.
In the wall part of the floor plinth, you will remove the wires, screw it onto the screws. Then slide on the top of the plastic skirting board.
Read the article about installing PVC skirting boards with your own hands.
Here's how to make an inexpensive DIY repair. The renewed room will certainly please and will cheer you up every time.
Video about cosmetic repairs in 3 days:
VIDEO
The usual everyday business: the apartment clearly needs repair, but there is little money. How to make an inexpensive do-it-yourself apartment renovation? It seems to be the simplest, obvious way: superficial cosmetic repairs. That is, plywood wallpaper, ceiling whitewash, painting, fixing squeaky floors; possibly - replacement of windows.
However, if we calculate the labor costs and the consumption of materials, it turns out that by increasing the labor costs by half, and the expenditure of money by a quarter, you can give the apartment a completely different look, and for a long time. How much you need to invest specifically depends on the prices in the region, but the general methods by which you can make an apartment cozy and elegant inexpensively are the same.
Saving money when repairing an apartment with your own hands costs, like the Earth in ancient legends, on three whales and a slowly hurrying turtle under them:
We are not afraid of work. Nothing happens out of nothing. Or money or labor.
Wherever possible, we do not change the old, which has lost its appearance, but renew it.
We attribute the maximum savings to the place where it will not affect the quality of work and will not be visible.
We distribute the costs of labor and money in time: having conceived repairs in the summer or autumn, we spend a year on preparation, and then we pile up and quickly do everything. To lay out 200-300 thousand rubles at once is a problem, but breaking them up in parts for a year is quite possible. In addition, there will be time for seven times measure - cut once.
The only area where you will have to invite a specialist is alteration and strengthening of electrical wiring, if it is old and weak. Here, the only way to save money is to negotiate with the DEZ electrician. He will do the work in pieces, in his free time, but the likelihood of hack-work will be even less than that of "branded" specialists: after all, he will then serve all this.
It is better not to save on electrics and wiring, but some points, such as installing sockets, can be done independently.
A good specialized tool makes the job much easier and cheaper. But buying it is expensive. Therefore, it is better to rent a tool as needed. In terms of costs, it will come out a little if you decide in advance on the design and draw up an approximate plan for the production of work for yourself.
The best time of the year for self-repairing an apartment is early and mid-autumn. It's still warm, you can do outdoor work, and indoor work with open windows. And at the same time, prices for building materials will already fall significantly on the eve of the winter calm. Savings without loss of quality can be up to 15% in the sale of summer illiquid assets. If, for example, 200 thousand are postponed for repairs, then the savings will amount to 30 thousand, and this - a hallway or a bathroom - "candy".
Special mention should be made of non-liquid assets. A significant share of the cost of repairs will be spent on finishing materials: plaster, putty, floor leveler, assembly glue, sealant. All of them have a limited shelf life, so construction companies, which obviously do not have leftovers from the season to spring, are selling them at a bargain price. Therefore, look everywhere in advance for advertisements on the sale of building materials. Professionals do not need 50 kg of Aquaslay for leveling the walls, which expires in a month, but they will be enough for two rooms for you. The savings will be 70-80 rubles. everything, but the hen pecks by the grain.
Find more ideas on how to save on building materials here.
A sore point for cheap self-repair is the replacement of plumbing. If it is still "alive", only filthy, then it can be cleaned and painted. How to do this will be described below. But if there are chips and cracks, then whether you want it or not, you need to change it.
For such a case, here is information for you: new settlers, especially in houses above the budget category, often immediately start major repairs at the entrance, and excellent, completely new faience and cast-iron plumbing ends up in a landfill. Landfill operators (simply landfill scavengers) have long turned this circumstance into a profitable business.
They do not make direct contact with strangers by office phone, but it is quite possible to reach them using word of mouth methods. The rate is from one third to one half of the factory price for a household item. And do not think that you will be taken to the dump and shown where it lies. In the back room you will be offered a choice of clean, carefully washed products, which you can sit on even right away.
The next sore point is the removal of construction waste. The operation is not cheap and requires a lot of paperwork. Exit: a basement, a barn, a summer residence or a closet and a few used bags of plastic sackcloth, bought for a penny. Construction waste does not sour and does not rot, it can then be poured into a container in a house trash can. There is nothing illegal in this.
For lathing, various ancillary work and sewing large surfaces, you will need wooden battens and plywood. You can buy slats not planed, but a slab - waste from sawing industrial wood. The croaker is on sale raw, but if it is purchased in advance, in March-April, and kept in a dry room until autumn, it will not be inferior to edged timber in terms of the quality of wood.
As for plywood, waste packaging plywood from disassembled used containers can be turned into water-resistant in the following way:
We buy a 10 l canister or two PVA putties; it looks like a very liquid PVA glue and is cheap.
We cover the floor in the country house, in the shed, in the attic or in some other non-residential premises with plastic wrap. The air temperature is not lower than +13 degrees.
We lay a sheet of plywood on the floor, pour a puddle of putty on the center of it and disperse it with a brush.
We cover the plywood with plastic, lay the next sheet, putty in the same way, etc.
We put heavier oppression on the plywood soaked in PVA; better - dispersed over the area: bricks, pieces of metal, concrete, old TV, etc.
After a week, we repeat the procedure, turning each sheet over.
After another two weeks, the smooth, waterproof plywood is ready for use. Additional exposure under pressure will improve its quality.
Boards and large pieces of thick timber can also be obtained from used containers - pallets for cargo. Advertisements for their sale are not uncommon.
A very economical repair option - sheathing the walls and ceiling of living rooms with laminate; for thrifty owners richer - MDF. When cladding on a wooden lathing from a slab, in 80% of cases, alignment of walls and ceilings is not required, which already excludes large expenditures of labor and money.
You can save even more by sheathing the walls up to your waist or up to your chest, and pasting them up to the ceiling with non-woven wallpaper. The work is simplified and cheaper, and the bottom of the walls, which breaks and gets dirty the most, will be reliably protected by resistant material.
The most economical flooring option is marmoleum. Floor preparation for it is not required in 90% of cases. But marmoleum is not suitable for a bathroom and toilet; here you will have to fork out for tiles, especially since you will need a little of it.
If you want to have a plank-like floor in the rooms, then laminate flooring will not be much more expensive, but the floor may need to be leveled.
The walls in the bathroom can be covered with laminated hardboard instead of tiles - it is hygroscopic and does not require surface preparation.
If you intend to glaze and insulate the balcony, then it is better to do it separately from everything else and in advance: from the end of March to the beginning of May. Outside, the balcony is decorated with siding, but inside it, instead of traditional MDF or lining, you can sew it up with plywood, pasting it with self-adhesive film.
When deciding how to make an apartment renovation economically, you need to pay special attention to windows and doors: they account for a significant share of the costs. As for windows, here is the most economical option: self-installation of wooden window frames. It is more expedient to buy them in March-April, when prices for commercial timber fall, and to put them in late spring - early summer, when the tree dries out and shrinks properly. The technology of installing wooden windows into openings is quite affordable for an average home craftsman.
It would be better to update the doors. Remember your homemade waterproof plywood? Here it is sheathed both sides of the door, on mounting glue, laying the door removed from the hinges on a plastic mat and under oppression. At the same time, at the same time, you can cover the window in the interior door, if it is not needed.
This will make the door thicker. Two options are possible here:
Reinstalling the hinges is not the best way for the lazy.
Remove the old lining from the door; it is most often made of building cardboard or thin fiberboard, and put on a new, plywood frame. In this case, the chipped corners immediately "go away".
In both cases, the new door is pasted over with self-adhesive wood or with a different texture and varnished. And you will be surprised (nicely, of course) with her new look. And the hard plywood cheeks will ensure the door's durability. It is better to cover the slopes of the doorway with doborks from the same plywood: it will come out cheaper and more beautiful than re-plastering.
Dirty plumbing, if intact, needs to be cleaned. The rather expensive active detergents recommended for this can be replaced with much cheaper table vinegar - after all, it is also a weak acid - with the subsequent washing off the sagging accumulations with the most common washing powder. Just do not use abrasive detergents - they will scratch the glaze and objects, especially the toilet, will get dirty very quickly.
For cleaning with vinegar, make kvash - a knob made of a rag on a stick. Vinegar is poured where it does not leak, or sauerkraut is dipped into it, and the drips are cleaned with circular motions with pressure. Particularly "stubborn" spots in the grooves are removed with small kvash and technical hydrochloric acid. All this, of course, is done with latex household gloves, a plastic apron and with doors and windows open. It is also advisable to wear a respirator, at least a cheap "petal".
Tiles that are not chipped or cracked can be restored using a method well known to motorists; they renew the worn-out plastic spoilers and bumpers in this way:
The entire lined surface with my pemolux; it is impossible to use active acid detergents! For a bathroom in "Khrushchev", 1 liter is enough; on a larger - respectively more.
After pemolux, we wipe it with a rag, abundantly moistened with the same table vinegar: pemolux is alkaline, and the vinegar neutralizes its residues.
We wipe it several times with a wet cloth "to a clean cloth"; now we got rid of the dirt stuck into the surface.
We glue the edges of the tiles with masking tape ("paper tape"), except for the seams.
We paint the seams from a spray bottle with nitro paint in two layers; the second - after the first is completely dry.
We remove the tape, splashes and drips of paint on the tiles are removed with a cotton swab moistened with solvent 646 or 647.
We buy a can of liquid silicone grease at the car market or in a car shop, and properly spray the tiles with seams.
If the grease is absorbed immediately, you will need to spray it again.
If after 2-3 days silicone is still "taken" on the tile, wipe the surface with a rag moistened with vinegar.
The meaning of this treatment is that the silicone tightens microcracks and pores in which dirt accumulates. Processing is enough for 3-5 years, and then it can be repeated.
The cast iron capital bath can be repaired with epoxy or acrylic resin. Complaints about its fragility arise from a violation of the technology for preparing the coloring composition and its application. With strict adherence to the technology, the restored bath will serve for another 10-15 years.
It is not at all necessary to change it to an expensive stainless steel or brass and make a bypass (bypass) for it. The heated towel rail is cleaned to metal after cleaning the bathtub for painting with the same cord-brush in the drill chuck. If no fistula is found, it is painted with the remains of the compound from the bath painting. The look will be no worse than modern branded ones, and the durability is like a bathtub.
VIDEO
On fasteners during repairs, you can save up to 1000 rubles by using not galvanized or cadmium plated (shiny), but phosphated (black). The heads of self-tapping screws and dowel-nails still have to be repaired, and in the apartment there is no rain or frost.
To make cheap repairs, you first need to know what and how to do, how the apartment should look after renovation. Do not be lazy to confer with the whole family several times, see more pictures of ready-made apartments. Design is not something incomprehensibly sublime; artistic taste is endowed with most people. The professionalism of a designer in most cases comes down to understanding the client's taste and guessing what he wants. And you, since you are doing for yourself, you need to understand what you want. Up to 50% of the costs for self-repairs arise due to the fact that they start at random and then correct and redo along the way.
And, finally, carrying out the work in the correct sequence makes its share in the savings on repairs: we start from a distance from the front door, and in the course of work we gradually approach it. The living room, bedroom and nursery can be renovated in any order. Then comes the turn of the kitchen. We make the hallway the penultimate one, and complete the renovation with a bathroom. Savings are obtained on the amount of construction waste (and, after all, half of it is waste of materials for which it was paid) and on the alteration of the soiled and beaten with unreasonable organization of work.
Guided by the above, you can make a comprehensive renovation of an apartment with an original design, spending little more than a cosmetic repair.
VIDEO
Even the most sophisticated interior over time begins to get bored, and you want something new. No matter what expensive finishing materials were used earlier, they all have their own "age", that is, they begin to decay, lose their attractiveness, decorative and operational qualities. Other unforeseen circumstances can bring their own "negative adjustments" - roof leaks or from the upper neighbors, walls torn off or painted by children, permanent stains accidentally placed on surfaces, the appearance of mold, etc. That is, there can be a great variety of reasons to think about interior renovation.
Redecoration in the apartment full instructions
This is said to prove that the cosmetic repairs in the apartment, the full instructions of which will be presented in this publication, will sooner or later have to be carried out by each owner. Therefore, most owners have a fair question about what activities are included in this process, where to start putting the rooms in order and in what sequence to carry out finishing operations.
To understand this problem, the stages of the work will be considered in more detail below.
What is the difference between cosmetic repairs and capital reconstruction of housing, when is it carried out, what kind of work does it include, and what are its features? In this section of the article, we will look for answers to these questions.
Redecoration, as the name implies, is usually limited to replacing finishes and some interior items
Cosmetic transformation of the premises is carried out after a certain period after the major overhaul. Obviously, there are no fixed dates, and indeed there cannot be. Usually it is planned in cases, one of which is faced by every owner of any home:
If there is a desire to change the interior design.
During the operation of the rooms, the wallpaper, flooring were damaged, the design of lighting fixtures, sockets, furniture and other interior elements became obsolete.
It is required to tidy up the apartment before selling it, in order to give the premises a more respectable appearance.
Decoration of surfaces after major repairs.
Overhaul, and even with the redevelopment of premises - these are completely different volumes of work and their levels of complexity.
For comparison, it is worth mentioning the works that are included in the capital reconstruction of an apartment - this is the redevelopment of rooms, the need to make them heat or sound insulation of surfaces, cleaning the walls from old plaster, leveling the walls and ceiling, with plastering and arranging the floor screed, with preliminary cleaning them from old coatings, replacement of electrical wiring, sewer and water pipes and much more.
It is quite obvious that there are stages that can be included in the list of both major and cosmetic repairs. For example, this is the dismantling of old and installation of modern doors and windows that match the design of the new interior and create more comfortable living conditions.
Features of the repair work:
The work can be divided into preparatory and finishing works. Each of these two stages must be started from the top, gradually moving downward.
First, all the dirty and time-consuming work is done, that is, the principle of their implementation - from dirty to clean processes.
If cosmetic repairs are made in a multi-room apartment, then it should be started from the room that is farthest from the front door. The final stage is finishing the hallway. It is advisable to follow such a sequence in order not to damage the lined surfaces in rooms where the repair has already been completed, when building materials are carried through them, and not to carry dirt around the already finished premises.
The doors of the room in which the repair has already been completed, when carrying out work in other rooms of the apartment, it is recommended to hang it with plastic wrap or an old wet sheet.
To know where to start putting the apartment in order, you need to figure out what stages the cosmetic repairs consist of, and in what sequence they are carried out:
Drawing up a work plan, that is, a complete list of what is planned to be done.
Development of sketches of the desired interior.
Measurement and budgeting.
Purchase of materials.
Emptying the room from furniture.
Dismantling of old windows and interior doors and installation of new ones.
Cleaning the walls from old coatings is an indispensable condition for high-quality cosmetic repairs.
Cleaning walls, floors, if necessary - and ceilings from old coatings.
Surface priming.
Ceiling decoration.
All surfaces must be carefully leveled to make the new finish look really beautiful.
Filling and re-priming the walls.
Wall decoration with selected decorative material.
Installation of sockets and switches, as well as lighting fixtures.
Flooring flooring.
Of course, this order is not at all a dogma - there may be certain changes in the sequence. But the general "direction" of work is still trying to maintain something like this.
Above, the main stages of work on the cosmetic renovation of rooms were named.But in each case, there are nuances associated with the characteristics of a particular room. Some of them will be described in the instructions presented in the table below.
The result of cosmetic repairs should be a neat, fresh room, ready for furniture placement and further operation.
Agree that most of the operations, except for some specific ones (which, by the way, may not exist at all in the general plan of work), can be performed independently.
In the considered article, only a brief description of the stages of work to replenish the cosmetic repair was presented. But on the pages of our portal, in the section "Apartment renovation" a lot of attention has been paid to each of the mentioned processes. In this array of information, the reader will find not only detailed instructions for carrying out repair and finishing work, but also recommendations for choosing the necessary materials, with a comprehensive consideration of their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.
And finally, for example - watch the video on the cosmetic repairs in the apartment.
VIDEO
Renovation of an apartment is an expensive pleasure these days. Some save up for it for years, while others give up their last savings and end up in a hole in debt. Regardless of the financial situation, everyone is trying to save money, but in practice, not everyone succeeds in doing this. We will analyze what materials you can save on, and which ones are better not, and we will learn how to expose hired repairmen who are trying to cash in on the ignorance of the owners.
The final estimate will depend on the type, size of the room and the complexity of the renovation. There are three types of renovation: cosmetic, major and European renovation. The cosmetic option is the most economical. These repairs usually include painting, wallpapering, and scrapping the floor. Such work is easy to do with your own hands, saving on calling a specialist. If you lack some specialized tool, you should not purchase it for one-time purposes. Rent it. Make a preliminary estimate for the renovation in order to adjust it in advance and find cheaper options. When deciding to hire a private specialist, redecorating an apartment will cost you, on average, 1,500 rubles per 1 m 2, and through a construction company - 2–2.5 times more.
VIDEO
It is much more difficult to carry out major repairs on your own, since many of the works require special skills and abilities. Stages of such repairs: rough finishing, floor screed, wall leveling, demolition and installation of partitions, dismantling of the old coating and finishing, complete replacement of water pipes, plumbing and electrical wiring, replacement of windows, doors, garbage disposal. The price for calling a foreman during a major overhaul increases to 6000-15000 rubles per 1 m 2. And that's not counting the cost of consumables.
Here are four tips to help you save money on your overhaul:
1. Remove the old wallpaper, tiles, dismantle the flooring, remove and take out the garbage yourself. Such work does not require special skills and tools, and the savings are significant - 5000-8000 per 1 m 2.
2. Do not rush to spend money on expensive ceiling decoration. Just line up and paint it with inexpensive chalk paint. When the money appears, walk around the ceiling with plasterboard or make a stretch ceiling.
3. Do not completely remove the plaster. Remove it only where it flakes. However, consider the peculiarity of the finish. If you plan to apply photo wallpaper, the surface should be perfectly flat. It may be necessary to completely replace the plaster, in which case it will not be possible to save money.
4. In order not to waste time on paperwork and extra funds for garbage disposal, collect waste in bags and send it to storage in the basement, shed or leave it on the staircase in a designated place, it is provided. Throw out a bag every day in a common trash bin, there is nothing illegal in this.
Renovation practically does not differ from a major overhaul. The cost is increased by purchasing expensive and natural materials from well-known manufacturers. The price of materials is automatically reflected in the cost of the master's work, which starts from 25,000 rubles per 1 m 2. ...
If you decide to involve an experienced team of repairmen in the repair, be prepared that you can be deceived. To check this out for sure, pay attention to several important features. The information will be useful for both beginners and experienced homeowners who decide to start a renovation.
Preliminary estimate for apartment renovation
To obtain the exact cost of renovation work, the foreman measures the parameters of your room with his tape measure. It seems that everything is fine and there can be no catch. In this case, we recommend giving your own tape measure for measurements. Often, cunning repairmen cut the tape, for example, by 50 cm, and fasten it to another part of the tape, retreating 20-30 cm or more. From a real size, for example, 2 m, your room increases to 2.3 m and, accordingly, the price increases, because the cost of work is calculated on the basis of 1 m 2.
When receiving the estimate, carefully study all the positions. Repairers often duplicate the cost of services under the guise of other work. For example, leveling the walls - preparing the walls for wallpaper. Read each paragraph carefully so as not to overpay.
Pay attention to the price for 1 m 2. Compare it with other construction firms and individuals beforehand. Below average prices should alert you. Usually, in the process of work, the repairmen who initially offered you a low price raise it and ask you to pay extra for additional services. The owner finds himself in a dead end, as the work is already in progress, and the estimate is automatically increased by 2-3 times.
Saving materials and increasing the cost of work is another technique used by dishonest repairmen. For example, you can put a 1 cm layer of plaster at the price of 3-4 cm, shorten the planned route of laying electrical cables or plumbing pipes, and take the remaining material for yourself. In fact, you are overpaying for material that does not "work" for you. To avoid such mistakes when performing turnkey repairs, ask the repairmen to take a step-by-step photograph of the completed work process in detail and send it to you by mail.
If you decide to put a warm floor, remember that it is not placed around the entire perimeter of the room. An unscrupulous foreman will offer you to put underfloor heating under the furniture, where it is absolutely not needed, which will also increase the cost of the project.
Complete wiring replacement is another service that almost every foreman will offer you without making sure you really need it. You can make good money on old copper and aluminum wiring.
And the last tip: buy materials yourself, do not entrust this business to the repair team. As a rule, they buy building materials from the market, where the storage conditions of many goods do not meet the standards. In addition, there repairmen can ask for an empty receipt with a stamp, write down the list of goods and their cost with a surcharge themselves.
It is better to start repairs in the off-season - in early or mid-autumn. This period is suitable for both external and internal repair work. It is still warm outside the window, and prices for building materials are gradually decreasing by the winter season. Savings on summer goods reach 15–20% without loss of quality. Therefore, if you were planning to spend 250,000 rubles on renovating a room, be aware that in the fall and winter you can save about 30,000 rubles, which can be spent on renovating the hallway.
Promotions and special offers are a special type of service where you can save money. Pay attention to illiquid assets. They have a limited shelf life and will not last until the next season.Hardware stores give good discounts on these items. If you are going to make repairs right now, take a closer look at putty, plaster, glue, sealant at a bargain price, below the market average.
Replacing plumbing affects a large part of the renovation budget. If it is in good condition, without chips, cracks and only a surface with an old coating makes you think about dismantling it, we advise you to clean and restore the plumbing. We replace expensive detergents with a mixture of baking soda and vinegar, which is good at destroying stubborn plaque. A budget version of the transformation is the restoration of the bath. You can cover the bathtub yourself with enamel, liquid acrylic, or order an acrylic insert for the dimensions of your plumbing. The restoration will cut the costs of purchasing a new bathtub by about 4 times and, depending on the option chosen, will extend the service life of the old bathtub from 5 to 20 years.
Replacement of plumbing elements
If you do decide to change your plumbing, consider the budget option of buying from the so-called landfill entrepreneurs. Often, when entering a new house, the owners change the faience and cast-iron plumbing, which is in good condition, and throw it into a landfill. Resourceful businessmen have come up with an easy way to make money quickly and easily. They take well-maintained plumbing from the landfill, wash it and put it in order. They do not expose their contacts directly, working on the principle of word of mouth. In the subsidiary warehouse of such entrepreneurs, you can pick up the right plumbing and save a third or even half of the factory cost.
Laying the floor is one of the most important stages in the renovation of an apartment.
To save money when cladding walls, we advise you to buy not edged (planed) lumber, but a slab (waste sawing wood). The croaker is sold raw and does not correspond to the quality of the usual materials. It is easy to fix this if you purchase it in advance in March-April and keep it in a dry room until autumn. In addition, slab cladding saves finances on leveling the walls. In 80% of cases, it completely hides all the irregularities. Not only to save money, but also to make wall decoration practical, the option of covering the walls with a crochet to the waist and pasting the walls to the ceiling with non-woven wallpaper will help. The lower part is resistant to wear and tear, while the upper complements the overall picture.
The most budget-friendly option for laying the floor in dry rooms is marmoleum. This material requires floor leveling only in 10% of cases. However, for rooms with high humidity (bathrooms), marmoleum is not suitable, you will have to lay classic tiles. An alternative to marmoleum is laminate. This option is also inexpensive, looks beautiful and is suitable for installation under plank floors. True, the floor will have to be leveled.
For wall decoration in the bathroom, choose laminated hardboard. Such material is less common than tiles, but cheaper. It is better to sheathe the ceiling with plastic panels. Don't skimp on waterproofing. The money spent on it will pay off and extend the service life of even the cheapest finishing materials. Instead of gypsum plaster, use a cement-plaster mixture to level the walls. It is not inferior in quality and is cheaper. When deciding to put tiles on walls and floors, buy a solid color finish. Such tiles do not need to be frequently adjusted and matched to the pattern; less material is consumed, which is automatically reflected in the purchase cost.
When carrying out major and European-quality repairs, you cannot do without replacing the electrical wiring. At this event, it is better not to save money and entrust the work to a professional. It is especially important to pay attention to the Soviet wiring due to the high power of modern devices, which the old cable sometimes cannot withstand. During the replacement, you will have to groove the walls with a chasing cutter in order to lay new wiring efficiently. Workers charge for this service from 100 rubles per square meter.
VIDEO
A complete replacement of the wiring in a two-room apartment, on average, will cost 40,000 rubles. A private specialist can take even less, but he does not give a guarantee for installation, therefore, in the event of malfunctions, you will have to pay the master again for the work. To save money, we advise you to contact an electrician from the DEZ. Such a specialist performs the work slowly as he is busy, however, the quality and guarantee of service is an undoubted advantage of choosing this particular master. But sockets and switches can be installed independently.
Electrical wiring - an element that is not worth saving
Video (click to play).
Another work to which you need to involve a specialist and not save money: replacing plumbing pipes. Choose your own consumables according to your budget. Attraction of a plumber will cost, on average, 15,000–20,000 rubles. If you have no experience in connecting plumbing, we also recommend that you seek help from a specialist.
