The sequence of doing repairs in an apartment with your own hands

Have you finally made a decision to renew the interior of your home? Then the knowledge of what stages of apartment renovation await us and how to observe their sequence will come in handy. So many, at first glance, imperceptible nuances can arise.

If you determine the sequence of actions in advance, the result will only please.

• This is a chance to significantly save your budget, since you don't have to redo anything and buy in a hurry, while overpaying.
• The duration of the work will be reduced. Self-organization always contributes to a faster completion of the case.

The first mistake of the owner, who decided to start construction work, is the thoughtless purchase of building materials. Often, due to haste, he buys a lot of excess, but what is actually needed, on the contrary, remains on the shelves. After all, even for groceries, it is better to go with a well-thought-out list.
Read how to start repairs in our article.
It all starts with an estimate. In this case, it is advisable to invite a specialist for consultation, even if only independent work is planned in the future.

Before starting the repair, it is necessary to develop a project and draw up an estimate
With a well-defined plan and a competent list of everything you need, you can start.

We draw your attention once again: to avoid mistakes, alterations and downtime during the repair process, be sure to adhere to the ready-made plan.

Step-by-step repair steps

It all starts with total preparation. Such jobs include:

• removing old wallpaper;
• dismantling of plaster;
• destruction of walls and partitions not provided for in the new project;
• removal of floors;
• dismantling of surfaces intended for replacement.

Repair stages in a new building skip the dismantling stage, proceeding directly to the next step.

Dismantling the interior

First of all, they carry out work on the installation of communications. Before making repairs, you need to do all the operations that can destroy new coatings: installation of windows, doors, wiring and ventilation. Also, pipe wiring can be attributed to this stage.
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All old electrical wiring is removed and a new one is installed. The safety instructions for the placement of outlets will help you to position the electrical components correctly and use wires with a sufficient cross-section. For example, you should take care of the presence of thick wiring and grounding at the point to which the washing machine will be connected.

At this stage, you can change the entire layout of the apartment, bringing novelty and additional comfort to the interior.

With the help of partitions (especially if the extra walls are removed), you can create an office, a nursery, divide a bathroom.
Most often, bricks or foam blocks are used for such purposes, less often drywall. By covering the new wall with soundproof plaster, you can achieve more comfort. When creating partitions, it is important to take into account the squaring of the premises, sometimes it is better to leave one large room than to make five small ones. In addition, the creation of unnecessary partitions can lead to a violation of the natural ventilation of the apartment. So when erecting additional walls, be sure to consult with professionals.
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For plastering work, it is recommended to use a ready-made cement-sand mixture (DSP) or gypsum plaster, which will eliminate possible mistakes in self-mixing the proportions of sand and cement.If there is not enough experience in such work, it is still better to hire specialists. Firstly, it saves time, and secondly, you do not have to redo unsuccessful work.
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Pouring concrete, equalize the floor. The quality of these works will affect the subsequent placement of furniture in the room. Probably more than once faced with the problem of leveling a table, chest of drawers, armchairs and, more significantly, a washing machine. A good screed will help avoid such difficulties in the future.
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At least a week should pass between the screed and the installation of drywall for the room to dry out.
We install the iron sectional base, leveling the surface of the ceiling. Then we mount the drywall sheets.
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If you have not encountered such work before, then it is better to invite a specialist. The cost of fixing a marriage is much higher than paying a professional. After all, the tile itself is not cheap, and any possible flaws will be visible from the outside: this is usually the most beautiful and conspicuous part of the interior.

Moreover, the complexity of the work directly depends on the complexity of the pattern on the tile.
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The stages of bathroom renovation are slightly different from those in other rooms:

• design;
• dismantling;
• installation of pipes;
• finishing work on the ceiling;
• installation of electrical wires;
• finishing work on walls and floors;
• installation of lamps;
• installation of ventilation and heating equipment;
• door assembly.

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So, whether the walls are painted or wallpaper is glued, this is already starting to give the room a complete look. We have come to the finish line!
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Experts were divided on the sequence of actions at the last stage. Some believe that wallpaper should be glued after laying the floor covering, others - on the contrary. But most still prefer to finish the renovation activities with flooring.
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With the wall covering sorted out, the floor looks as it was intended. The repair is over!

Careful planning of the course of renovation works greatly simplifies the matter and saves the budget. Do not be lazy to calculate everything in advance (preferably, together with a specialist).

It should be noted that the stages of bathroom renovation are slightly different due to the increased complexity. But the right approach to work makes any difficulties insignificant and easily surmountable. We wish you successful installation work!

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Although the repair belongs to a natural disaster in terms of the level of its mental impact, physical wear and tear and the taking of money, you need to approach it dispassionately, armed with plans, sketches and calculators. As for any process, there are detailed step-by-step instructions describing the sequence of apartment renovation, based on the centuries-old, long-suffering experience of more than one generation of home repairmen.

Repair stages should not be carried out spontaneously, but in strict sequence.

Each point of this instruction is watered with sweat and blood:

falling bricks, fingers corroded by cement or broken off with a hammer, flying saw disks - that's roughly what can await the daredevils who decide to master the science of repair.

Much will not work out right away, and a number of completed works will have to be redone later.

But it's a shame that most of the alterations occur due to the fact that people make repairs in a completely different sequence.... If it were not for this, home repairs would be several times faster.

What is the sequence of apartment renovation?

We will divide all work into several stages:

1. Dismantling and installation of walls and partitions
   This work is usually carried out by those who are not satisfied with the standard layouts, with the goals of:
   • increase the living space (by connecting the loggia with the hall or kitchen, removing niches, etc.)
   • make a shared bathroom
   • show off with some unusually beautiful arches, passages, etc.

It's only a shame that, making such dismantling, lovers of capital demolition of buildings inadvertently demolish the load-bearing walls, as a result of which they create a danger of the building collapsing during earthquakes or explosions

Shtroblenie walls and piping communications:

• Holes are made in the walls for water and sewer pipes, grooves for electric wires
• Electric wires are stretched throughout the apartment to the designated outlets, switches, ceiling lighting and are led out to the common corridor electrical panel
• At the same stage, cables are laid for air conditioning, television and the Internet.
  You can, of course, lay it later, but again you will have to chop the passages in the walls, or run the wires over, so that then you will always get confused in them and stumble
• Do not forget that high-power electrical appliances (electric ovens, boilers, air conditioners are connected with three-core power cables
• Sewerage pipes are being laid from the common riser to the kitchen, bathroom, toilet
  This is a very important point. Make sure again that

• the location of the kitchen sink on your layout you will not change
• will install a bathroom, not a shower
• the type of toilet you choose is final
  (The connection of floor-standing and wall-mounted toilets is different)

The toilet can generally be purchased in advance and immediately connected. This eliminates the inconvenience of a repair.. Then, when the time comes to work in the toilet, it can be dismantled again for the period of laying the tiles.
When renovating, at the initial stage, they use the so-called rough toilet, which changes at the end.

If the plumbing has not yet been purchased, then put plugs on the pipes to avoid leaks and odors from the riser

Water pipes are connected in the following sequence: first hot, then cold.
If hot water is not provided for in the project, then the connection of hot water must be postponed until the repair of the room where the boiler will be installed is completed.
And only now we start plastering

Plastering works Plastering on walls

• Plastering walls and grouting ceilings (leveling walls and ceilings
  Plaster can be replaced with drywall
• If the soundproofing of the room is being done, then the sound-absorbing material is applied beforehand.
• Leveling door and window slopes
• Connecting central heating pipes to the radiator
• Pipe priming
• Internal carpentry
  • Manufacturing of built-in wardrobes and shelves
  • Primer
  • Installation of interior door frames
  • Bathroom and toilet work
    • Waterproofing and floor screed
    • Floor and wall cladding
    • Installation of a bathroom (if the bathroom is adjacent to the wall, then its installation is carried out after the wall is tiled)
    • Screed floors in other rooms
      • If the floors are insulated, the insulation is filled in before the screed
      • In addition to the concrete screed, dry ones based on expanded clay and Knauf are also used.
      1. Finishing of internal surfaces:
         Putty on ceilings, walls and slopes
         Putty is applied before painting the surface
      2. Applying ceiling and wall coverings in the apartment:
         stretch ceilings, lining, wallpaper, painting, etc.

      

      Finishing stretch ceiling
      • Painting works:
        Painting pipes and batteries, cabinets and shelves
      • Floor coating
        We use parquet, tiles, laminate, linoleum, cork, etc.
        Lastly, the floor is laid in the corridor.
      1. Installation of switches, sockets, lamps, plumbing
      2. Assembly of kitchen furniture
      3. Installation of skirting boards
      4. Installation of interior doors.
         Often, during repairs, they make a mistake by installing doors at the very beginning.:

      Doors prevent large objects from being brought in, so they are often scratched and damaged

      But the door jamb (box) is installed at the beginning, since the space between the box and the wall will need to be plastered.

      

      Lighting connection, installation of skirting boards and interior doors takes place at the final stage

      This step-by-step guide contains a list of possible jobs if you get a practically bare apartment.

      In practice, much of this list may not be useful to you, since communications in new buildings, even in a draft version, are usually carried out.

      Residents also do not always install soundproofing and floor insulation, but living in a multi-apartment panel building often makes them regret some omissions that had to be done at the very initial stage.

      You can determine the sequence of apartment renovation yourself, guided by the feasibility, layout, timing and financial capabilities.
      
      Main condition:

      Any subsequent step should not lead to corrections of what was already done in the previous step.
      If this condition is not met, then the repair sequence was selected incorrectly.

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