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.
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.
Here's how to make an inexpensive DIY repair. The renewed room will certainly please and will cheer you up every time.
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Where to start repairing an apartment so that the repair work does not stretch out for an indefinite period, and the end result undoubtedly pleases you, this is what will be discussed in today's article. Renovation of the apartment requires serious preliminary preparation. The most important point is drawing up a detailed plan for future repairs, taking into account the smallest nuances. Consider, point by point, the advice of professionals on the correct organization of repair work in houses and apartments.
First of all, you need to decide on the complexity and volume of future repairs. To make the apartment bright and clean, sometimes it is enough to carry out cosmetic, superficial repairs: replacing the wallpaper, whitewashing the ceiling, changing the old linoleum, painting the walls, etc.
If you want to completely get rid of everything that is boring and old, decide on a major overhaul with the replacement of windows, leveling the walls, installing new floors, modern ceilings. Your home will be transformed and become new and beautiful.
You should not refuse the help of experienced specialists when carrying out major repairs. This is especially true for the creation of a modern design for your apartment, including redevelopment and the demolition of some walls and partitions.
Plan renovations based on your financial capabilities.
First, decide on the interior and design of each individual room that you plan to change in your apartment. You can seek advice from a professional designer, which will slightly increase your total financial expenses for repairs. For rooms where renovation will be carried out, it is necessary to complete detailed drawings of the successive stages of repair work.
We recommend that you complete five detailed renovation sketches for each individual room. In the first drawing, display the top view of the room, and in the other four, each wall.Complete each drawing with a detailed description and a plan for the sequential implementation of repair work, which will avoid omissions and inaccuracies in the work.
When drawing up a repair sketch, it is recommended to indicate:
Think over the location of the furniture. Those walls that will be most conspicuous need to be given special attention and use the highest quality finishes.
Think about where it would be best to place lamps and chandeliers so that the light illuminates the room as much as possible.
Given the location of the household appliances, indicate the locations for the outlets. To then correctly design the installation of electrical wiring in all rooms.
Consider the location of the main decorative elements: paintings, mosaics, brick walls.
In the repair plan, you need to indicate the desired finishing option: wallpapering the walls, painting, etc. To divide a room into separate zones, designers recommend painting one of the walls in a different color in order to focus on it and visually divide the room. These moments also need to be reflected in the plan.
According to the advice of experienced professionals, in order to avoid unnecessary dirt and dust when carrying out repair work, it is recommended to first of all carry out repairs in the rooms farthest from the front door. The final stage of the repair, it is advisable to choose passage rooms and a corridor through which building materials and tools are constantly sweeping. This is necessary in order not to stain or scratch the finish of the already repaired wall, not to damage the new floor.
An additional protection of the repaired room can be a cellophane film (fixed on the outside of the door), which will reliably protect the room from construction dirt, dust, plaster, paint, and accidental damage.
Do not carry out all repairs yourself. At your request, the execution of all repair work or only the performance of particularly complex repair operations can be entrusted to qualified specialists. Firstly, experience and knowledge will allow them to carry out repair work quickly and efficiently. Secondly, you do not have to additionally buy expensive tools, with the help of which the screed is ideally poured onto the floor or the tiles are laid out.
Even if the installation of an interior door seems easy to you, the slightest inaccuracy is unacceptable here. Of course, you can hang and arrange kitchen furniture, level the walls and paint a little yourself. But entrust more complex repair work to specialists so that you do not have to redo it, which can significantly increase your financial costs for repairs.
#one. After the final choice of the design of the appearance of the rooms, furniture and interior, it is necessary to draw up a complete list of the necessary building materials. Their number and total cost depends on the amount of repair work and how they are carried out. If the budget allows you, you need to purchase building materials with a small supply.
# 2. Make a separate list of decor items: holders, shelves, mirrors, paintings, etc. Start your purchases with the selected decor elements. If the planned decor element is not available, you can quickly change or create a new design version of the apartment renovation.
# 3. Make a list of the building tools you need to carry out the renovation work. To do this, you can use the advice of a sales assistant in hardware stores or qualified repairmen.
When the preparatory work has been carried out: plans and sketches of the repair have been drawn up, lists of the necessary materials and tools have been prepared, a decision has been made about the possibility of self-repair or with the help of repair specialists, you will be able to calculate the approximate total cost of the planned repair.
You should not rush to purchase all the materials when you visit your first store. In the compiled lists of materials and tools, put down the prices of different stores, which will allow you to make purchases at a minimum cost. Carefully consider the choice of repair crew services. Pay special attention not only to the proposed cost of repair work, but also to the feedback from your friends about the quality of repair services.
To protect furniture from damage, construction dirt and dust, collect it in a central area of the room. Then carefully cover with plastic wrap. This will free up access to the walls and ceiling. Move expensive equipment and clothes to other rooms.
Repair work should start with the most dusty ones: replacing window blocks, window slopes and installing new window sills. This will avoid dirt and dust during painting work, when it is forbidden to open windows in order to avoid temperature extremes and an increase in humidity. When windows, slopes and sills are installed, cover them with plastic wrap or hardboard to avoid accidental mechanical damage and contamination.
Mark the installation locations of additional outlets, make the electrical wiring. Do not install sockets or plug them into the enclosure at this point.
In the case of welding work (for example, when replacing heating radiators), do them at the same time in different places of the apartment in order to quickly complete this dusty and difficult stage of work, sometimes including breaking down walls.
Before repairing walls, floors, ceilings, you must check their condition with a laser or water level. Begin by applying the thickest layers of mortar. As they dry out, you can carry out other minor repairs without downtime.
After completing this preparatory stage, proceed with the repair work, performing them in the following sequence: repair of the ceiling, walls, floor. Initially, work is carried out using putty, cement, gypsum mixtures. Then they begin to work on the installation of the floor, doors, slopes.
Final repairs:
Pasting or painting the ceiling.
Wallpapering or painting the walls.
Installation of flooring.
Installation of skirting boards, sills, platbands.
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And the main thing in this matter is the ORDER, when the sequence of repairing the apartment with your own hands is followed, and all the stages of repair in the apartment follow one after the other according to the previously drawn up repair plan.
So, you still decided and determined to make repairs in an apartment, a separate room with your own hands. How to make an apartment renovation with your own hands? Where is it preferable to start? When and in what order to change doors, windows, repair floors? What should be the order of the repair work? We will try to answer the main questions in this article.
Indeed, it is important to know all the stages of apartment renovation from scratch and to follow the sequence of the work carried out.
Every renovation starts with a global preparation. First of all, it will be necessary to perform all dismantling work: removing plaster, old wallpaper, whitewash, door blocks, flooring, as well as, if necessary, dismantling partitions and rearranging them.
A situation may arise that, already completing the repair, during finishing, you will find that you still forgot to dismantle something. Here you have to redo a rather large part of the work, and redo it slowly, carefully in order to minimize new destruction.
For a video on leveling the floor under the laminate with your own hands, see this article. Here - about the methods of leveling and mixtures that are recommended for use in work.
Therefore, having finished dismantling everything unnecessary, old and to be replaced, very carefully examine the result of your work: have you done everything.
This work is rather dirty, especially its first part, when old window blocks need to be dismantled. After installing the window and sill, immediately cover them with a thick polyethylene film so as not to scratch or smear during subsequent work.
When performing plastering work, the following sequence of work must be observed: marking for beacon profiles, priming walls, installing a beacon profile, plastering walls, slopes. Plasterboard walls are not subject to plastering. Ceiling plastering, installation and installation of tension and suspended structures should be carried out only after finishing the wiring on the ceiling of ventilation, electrical cables, and other communications.
Before you start laying the cables, be sure to mark out the outlet of sockets and switches on the plastered walls. Next, proceed to work on gating holes and grooves for cables, junction boxes, socket boxes, install a built-in electrical unit.
Be sure to draw a wiring diagram: it is needed so that later you do not accidentally get into the places where the wire is laid, when you start drilling a hole, hammer in nails. It is very important in the kitchen, toilet, bathroom, before laying electrical wiring, to perform piping, including other related work.
Underfloor heating device, screed and leveling. When the screed is laid and leveled, it is necessary to wait until it is completely dry. For different materials - different drying times, carefully read the directions in the instructions or packaging.
When the floor is ready, you can install the doors, then start finishing work. The sequence of finishing works depends on the choice of technologies and materials used. So, whitewashing or painting the ceiling is done first of all, but, for example, it is best to mount a suspended ceiling when the walls are finished. Laying any floor covering, be it linoleum, tiles or parquet, is done when both the walls and the ceiling are ready.
Then you can install skirting boards, sockets, platbands, all kinds of decorative elements; plumbing fixtures, faucets, and various accessories are installed in the bathroom, kitchen, toilet.
If it is problematic to immediately repair the entire apartment, you need to start repairs from the farthest room from the front door and continue the repair work, gradually approaching the exit. Repair of the corridor and hallway is done last. This is a fairly obvious rule: it is clear that carrying buckets of mortar and bags of construction waste around freshly renovated rooms is far from the best solution. But this rule is constantly violated ...
Watch the video on how to putty drywall under the wallpaper, here - all drywall sheets need to be prepared before gluing the wallpaper.
By the way, you should move from the room farthest from the hallway even with a complete renovation of the entire apartment. To a greater extent, this applies to the final stage of work - finishing.
This is how the instructions for repairing an apartment look like.For those who prefer reading the video format, we suggest watching an informative video on how to repair an apartment with your own hands:
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After reading this article, you will learn how to renovate a room with your own hands, how to come up with a design, choose finishing materials and, step by step, complete all the work.
The houses, designed 20 years ago, have balconies that tightly block the windows. Thus, sunlight cannot enter the room at all.
The atmosphere of home comfort, according to an old Soviet habit, is created by lining up brown cabinets on one side, and the opposite wall is usually occupied by a row of seats (a sofa and a pair of monster armchairs).
The view of the cabinets from this angle is indeed the most panoramic. Thus, the missing feeling of a narrow corridor is given to the room. Carpets on the walls with psychedelic patterns complement the cozy interior of a typical room in a typical apartment. Sound familiar?
When deciding what repairs to make in the room, first of all get rid of the trash, as well as the design ideas of a past era. Bright rooms, cheerful colors, functional furniture and large spaces are in vogue today.
Decide which room to start the renovation from. According to all the rules, major repairs in an apartment begin from its farthest corner.
Last but not least, the hallway is being repaired. Why? Because the corridor is the most passable place in the apartment. Therefore, construction debris, dust and dirt will appear here one way or another. Not so offensive if they cover up the old trim that you intended to remove anyway. But if the debris settles on the brand new recently finished walls in the hallway, you quickly realize your mistake.
Having decided on the place of repair, decide how the outcome of your work should look like. Do you want to make only cosmetic repairs or are you dreaming of global interior changes?
On a sheet of paper or in a specialized computer program, create a sketch of the future room. Once the “project” has been approved with the family and aligned with the budget, write down the step-by-step steps to achieve your goals.
Note! Even if you are very economical in spending money on repairs, at the stage of drawing up a design project, it would still not hurt to use the help of professional designers. They will help not only to competently change the interior, increase the space, but also to choose finishing materials that will perfectly fit into your budget.
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The sequence of repairing a room, like any other room, as a rule, does not differ in variety.
Repair begins with the removal of old coatings from the walls and ceiling. If you plan to remodel the flooring, the demolition work will also touch the floor. .Preparation for dismantling consists in taking out all the furniture. If this is not possible, it is better to cover all surfaces.
At this stage, the wallpaper is removed, paint and plaster are removed from the walls and ceiling. Further actions will depend on what kind of decoration of the apartment with your own hands you are going to do.
If the walls are planned to be pasted over with thick wallpaper, upholstered with wall panels, and the ceiling is closed with a tension or curtain structure, you can not waste time on leveling the surfaces. The listed finishing materials will perfectly hide all the flaws.
If the repair consists in pasting with thin paper wallpaper, applying a layer of decorative plaster on the walls, a flat surface will be necessary. An excellent result is achieved by applying a primer to the walls and ceiling and 2-3 layers of putty.
Note! Allow the putty to dry for 24 hours before applying each new coat.
If the repair involves the installation of electrics, reinstallation of heating pipes, installation of an air conditioner, stretch and suspended ceilings, these works are performed before the start of finishing the premises.
The last stage is wallpapering the walls, installing wall panels, applying decorative plaster. Of all the above, the most affordable price is inherent in wallpaper.
When choosing materials, it is worth considering the type of room in which the renovation is being carried out. For example, inexpensive paper wallpaper or decorative plaster, which is resistant to mechanical damage, is suitable for decorating a nursery.
When renovating the hall, purchase more expensive materials, because the living room is the face of the house. Bathroom decoration presupposes the presence of heat and moisture resistant materials - tiles, film stretch ceilings.
For the renovation of a room, 16 sq. m can take 6 rolls of wallpaper and 6 packs of wallpaper glue. It is worth considering these numbers when purchasing materials from a store.
Thus, repairing a room is, albeit a tedious, but solvable task, which (if you put the whole family on it) can be solved in the shortest possible time. Of course, it all depends on the size of the room that you are going to renovate.
We hope our article was useful to you. In order to more accurately understand the technological and practical issue, our website contains detailed photo and video instructions, in which you will find useful information on this issue.
If you have planned to repair a room with your own hands, but do not know where to start, after reading the materials of our website "Remontik" you will solve this problem. Adhering to our advice, the repair work will not take long, and the final result will please you.
First of all, you must understand that the renovation of the room needs serious preliminary preparation. The most important point is the preparation of a detailed repair plan, taking into account all the nuances. Consider tips for organizing repairs from professionals:
What type of repair to choose: major or cosmetic.
Preparation of interior design and detailed renovation plan.
Determine the main stages of room renovation.
Make a list of the required tools and materials.
How to start repairing a room with your own hands.
Now let's dwell on each of the stages in more detail, attaching photos and videos to them.
What kind of room repair is needed: major or cosmetic
First of all, you need to decide on the volume and complexity of future repairs. For the apartment to be clean and bright, it is enough to carry out superficial, cosmetic repairs: replacing the wallpaper, changing the old linoleum, whitewashing the ceiling, painting the walls, etc.
VIDEO If you are planning to get rid of everything old and boring, decide on a major overhaul with replacement of windows, leveling of walls, installation of new floors, as well as modern ceilings. Your home will be transformed and become beautiful and new.
We do not recommend giving up the help of professionals when carrying out major repairs. First of all, this concerns the creation of a stylish design of the premises, including redevelopment, as well as the demolition of some partitions and walls.
When planning repairs, starting from their financial capabilities.
Choose an interior design and decide on a renovation plan
At the very beginning, decide on the design and interior of each individual room that you are going to change in your apartment. You can seek help from an experienced designer, which will slightly increase your financial costs for repairs.
For the room where you are going to carry out repairs, you need to complete detailed drawings of all stages of work, in their clear sequence.
We advise you to complete five renovation sketches for all individual rooms. In the first drawing, we recommend displaying a top view of the premises, and in the other four, each wall.Complete all drawings with a detailed description, as well as a plan for the sequential execution of repairs, which will avoid inaccuracies and simplifications in the work.
When drawing up a sketch of the repair, we advise you to indicate:
The location of the furniture. Those walls that are striking most of all need to be given maximum attention and use the highest quality finishes.
Think carefully about where to place chandeliers and lamps so that the light can better illuminate the room.
Considering the location of the household appliances, mark the locations for the outlet. In order to then competently design the installation of electrical wiring in different rooms.
Consider the location of the main decorative elements: mosaic, paintings, brick wall.
In the repair plan, it is necessary to indicate the required finishing option: painting, wallpapering the walls, etc. To divide the room into separate zones, we advise you to paint one of the walls with a different color in order to accentuate attention and visually divide the room. Such moments also need to be reflected in the plan.
According to the advice of experts, in order to avoid unnecessary dust and dirt when carrying out repairs, we recommend that you first of all make repairs in rooms that are located away from the front door. As the last stage of the repair, it is better to choose passage rooms, as well as a corridor through which construction tools and materials will often sweep. In order not to scratch or stain the finish of the already repaired wall, and also not to damage the new floor.
VIDEO As an additional protection of the repaired room, cellophane film can act (it is fixed on the outside of the door). It provides reliable protection of the premises from construction dust, dirt, plaster, paint and accidental damage.
Do not carry out all the repair work yourself. If necessary, the execution of repairs or only particularly complex measures can be entrusted to experienced specialists. Firstly, knowledge and experience will allow them to carry out repairs efficiently and quickly. Secondly, you do not have to buy expensive tools with which the screed is poured or the tiles are laid out.
Even if the process of installing an interior door seems simple to you, the slightest inaccuracy in this regard is unacceptable. Of course, you can hang and arrange furniture in the kitchen, level the walls and do a little painting yourself. However, entrust more complex repair work to specialists so that later you do not have to redo them, which will significantly increase financial costs.
Make a list of required tools and materials
After choosing the design of the room, interior and furniture, you need to make a complete list of building materials. Their total cost and quantity directly depends on the repair work, as well as the methods of their implementation. If you have the necessary budget, it is worth purchasing building materials with a small margin.
Prepare a list of decor items: shelves, holders, paintings, mirrors, etc. Start your purchases with the selected decor items. If the planned decor element is not available, you can quickly change it or develop a new design plan for renovating the room.
Prepare a list of the required tools to carry out the repair. To do this, use the advice of a consultant in hardware stores in your city or professional repairmen.
Calculate costs
When the preparatory work was completed: sketches and plans for the repair were drawn up, lists of all tools and materials were prepared, a decision was made about the possibility of repairing the room on your own or with the help of repair specialists, you will calculate the average total cost of the planned repair.
Do not rush to buy all the materials on your first visit to the store.In the lists of tools and materials that you have drawn up, put down the cost of various stores, which will save on purchases. Carefully consider the choice of the services of the construction team. Special attention should be paid not only to the cost of repair work, but also to the reviews of our friends about the quality of repair services.
Free the room
To ensure that your furniture is reliably protected from damage, construction dust and dirt, collect it in a central area of the room. Then cover with plastic wrap. Therefore, free up access to the ceiling and walls. We recommend moving expensive equipment and clothing to other rooms.
Repair work should start with the most dusty ones: replacing windows, window slopes and installing new window sills. Thus, you will be able to avoid dust and dirt when painting, when it is forbidden to open windows, in order to avoid an increase in humidity and temperature extremes. When slopes, windows and window sills are installed, cover them with hardboard or plastic wrap to exclude accidental dirt and mechanical damage.
VIDEO Take care of marking the places for installing additional sockets, do the wiring of electrical appliances. At this stage, do not install outlets or connect them to the shield.
When using welding jobs (for example, when changing batteries), do them at the same time in different places in the apartment in order to quickly complete this difficult and dusty stage of work, which sometimes includes breaking down walls.
Before repairing floors, walls, ceilings, you need to carry out their condition with a water or laser level. Start by applying the thickest layers of the mortar. As they dry, you can carry out other small jobs without downtime.
Upon completion of this preparatory stage, proceed with the repair, performing it in the following sequence: repair of the ceiling, walls, floor. First, work is carried out using putty, gypsum, cement mixtures. Then proceed to the installation of the floor, doors and slopes.
The last stages of renovation work:
painting or pasting the ceiling;
painting walls or wallpapering;
installation of flooring;
installation of sills, plinths and platbands.
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By following the correct order during the repair and having a clear plan of action, you can avoid many mistakes, save time and money. This is one of the main components of a durable and beautiful repair, along with the observance of technology and the quality of the materials used.
