In detail: repair from scratch in a new building where to start with your own hands from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
They buy an apartment from a developer, often sign a contract without finishing or with a rough finish. This is not only a way to reduce payments, but also to do all the work efficiently. Although repairing an apartment from scratch in a new building is a long and costly business.
If you purchased a property from a developer without finishing, you will need a step-by-step work plan. For a person who is not particularly familiar with construction, the repair procedure is not at all obvious. And since repairing an apartment from scratch in a new building will require going through all the stages, a plan is simply necessary.
Apartment renovation technology in a new building - it all starts with a plan
To determine the scope of work, you need to know where you will start. What you will receive after the delivery of the object is written in the contract. Therefore, we take it, read it carefully, and then you can start planning the order of work. Usually an apartment in a new building without finishing is rented out in this condition:
Installed windows (usually double glazing) and front doors (cheap and not particularly reliable).
Walls without finishing (concrete or brick, building blocks), internal partitions - depending on the contract: they can stand, or they can not.
Renovation of an apartment from scratch in a new building: all that is - entrance doors, walls, windows, heating, water supply, sewerage and gas
Only in the kitchen can there be one plastered wall - gas workers require a meter to install
Basically, this is all you have before you start renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building. Everything is in its infancy, but all communications are summed up.
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Immediately you should decide on the partitions. Decide where and which ones will stand, which ones will need to be removed / moved. If there are already partitions and you are going to redo something, you need to get permission and only then proceed with the transfer. If there are no partitions and you will install them yourself, the contract states what materials you can make them from. It is better to follow the recommendations, otherwise you can get penalties, and they are considerable.
Develop an apartment plan
After approving the plan of the apartment, you first determine where you will have large-sized furniture, appliances, plumbing, etc. You will need these data to prepare a plan for laying engineering systems (water supply, sewerage, lighting, if provided - ventilation). When the plan is more or less ready, you can proceed to the repair itself. The sequence of actions is as follows:
Installation, transfer of partitions according to the approved project.
Apartment renovation technology in a new building: we put partitions
Pipes of cold and hot water, sewerage
Wall plastering - quality is important
Putty - almost a fine finish
We level the floor with a screed. Renovation of an apartment from scratch in a new building is almost completed
This is the procedure for repairing an apartment from scratch in a new building in the general case. There are particulars, but they are individual. Then, depending on the situation, shift or swap the stages.
VIDEO Self-renovation of an apartment from scratch in a new building will take a lot of time. If you have it in stock - no problem. If you want to move into new housing faster, you will have to hire builders. This is where questions often arise. Whom to hire for repairs in a new building - a team that promises to do everything on a turnkey basis or individual specialists for each type of work? This issue has already been discussed hundreds of times, but it has not been possible to reach a consensus.Both options have their supporters. So that you can decide, briefly about the advantages and disadvantages of both solutions.
The stages of repair in the apartment replace one another
If you hire a team that will do all the work from start to finish, it is not a fact that you will be satisfied with the quality of their work. Everyone promises quality and speed, but few really do all the work up to the mark. Very often you have to terminate the contract and look for someone who will finish / redo it. This task is even more difficult than the search for the first brigade: no one wants to correct other people's mistakes. It's long and troublesome. These are the cons.
The advantage of this solution is that hired people are responsible for all stages of work, up to finishing (if you have agreed so). If you don’t like something, you can try to force it to be redone, but it’s better to control each stage of the work. The second positive point: the repair is progressing faster, since there is no need to look for performers for each new job. These are pluses.
Another moment of the organizational plan. When drawing up a contract, prescribe the cost of each stage of work. Then when you terminate, you will know exactly how much to pay. Otherwise, they will begin to prove to you that most of it has been done, and nonsense remains.
If you decide to hire separate specialists for each stage of the work, it is difficult to predict the final result. Since you have to do a certain amount of work and leave, there is a chance that workers will not try too hard. And each next specialist can say (and usually say) that mistakes have been made before him and require additional payment for their correction. There is only one way out: constant and strict control at all stages of work, clear execution of agreements with clarification of what you want to have at the end.
Result not guaranteed
If some work is not done independently, then the total cost of paying for the work by individual specialists will be higher. But the advantage of such a solution is that you can “stretch” the waste over time. There was money - they did a certain amount of work.
Renovation of an apartment from scratch in a new building has its own characteristics. a new house will “shrink” over the course of several years, there will be a shift in the foundation, walls, ceilings. All these movements lead to the appearance of cracks, and they can damage the finish. Therefore, there is advice: use not the most expensive finishing materials, which it will not be a pity to replace with new, better ones in three or four years.
The choice of materials is a difficult task
Most questions arise with tiles laid on walls and screed. The cracks are the most noticeable in them, and the pleasure is not cheap - both in terms of the cost of materials and the price of work. Therefore, the screed is made floating - without connection with the walls, and instead of tiles on the walls in the bathroom and bathroom, they are finished with vinyl wall panels.
Tiles on walls and floors are often placed in the kitchen, and they try to choose the most attractive collections that cost a lot. There are two exits. The first is to use a plastic or furniture shield instead of a tiled apron in the kitchen, and lay linoleum on the floor for now. The second is to lay tiles, but have some in reserve to replace broken tiles. After all, it is not a fact that in three or four years the same collection will still be produced. Yes, even if so, it is unlikely that it will be possible to pick up a color one to one.
Many of the owners of new apartments simply do not think about how quiet it will be in their home. Until then. But by the time you get there it will be too late. The current trend in high-rise construction is to make the building as light as possible in order to save on foundations. Lightweight materials are great, but the problem is that they conduct sound well.
Noise isolation in the apartment is an important point
As a result, it turns out that the repair is completed, and you, if you wish, can take notes of the conversations of your neighbors, and they - yours. Far from a bright prospect. Therefore, it is worth thinking about soundproofing. Yes, these are additional costs and considerable, but silence is more important.
VIDEO Almost always, new housing is purchased by a happy newcomer from a developer company without interior decoration and repairs, but with communications brought into the apartment. Firstly, such housing in a new building will cost less, and secondly, almost always the repair and arrangement of the apartment by the developer is carried out extremely carelessly, using cheap materials. Thirdly, there is a desire to perform some stages of apartment renovation with your own hands or 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. We proceed in the following order. We determine what needs repair and finishing in the first place. If there is not enough time and money for a complete apartment renovation, it is necessary to put in order first of all:
Entrance door and windows, apartment ventilation;
Perform a full and highest quality electrical wiring and wiring sockets in the apartment. This stage needs to be thought out in as much detail as possible, to draw up a connection diagram and a circuit for laying wires into the walls;
Connect water and collect sewage in the bathroom and toilet, install a toilet, washbasin and shower;
If the time of the beginning of the repair of an apartment in a new building coincided with the heating season, be sure to check the degree of heating of the aluminum registers using a remote thermometer.
In the process of carrying out the above preparatory work, it is possible to calculate the sequence of repairs in a new building.
Much in the repair of housing in a new building depends on the availability of resources of time and money. Having bought a “bare” apartment and having issued the necessary documents for the right of ownership, you automatically begin to pay rent and brownies, for the use of 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 expensive 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 the completion of finishing work, in which all the main types of finishing and installation of appliances are prescribed in stages. Such repairs, as a rule, are carried out from scratch to its completion by one team of craftsmen. The turnaround time for a repaired object can stretch for several weeks or months. The disadvantages of this approach include the ever-increasing price and cost of the work, sometimes exceeding the estimated costs by more than two times. As a result, if due to unforeseen circumstances there are not enough funds, the repair may be delayed for an indefinite period.
Quick repair from scratch. In this case, all of the above stages of repair in a new building are carried out by hired craftsmen with direct quality control on your part. The apartment in a new building will be prepared for further finishing of the rooms within a week. In addition to communications, they finish and equip the smallest room of the apartment with laying temporary linoleum and wallpapering. In such a room there are no amenities yet, but it can be used as housing - a temporary hut and a warehouse for building materials. All other work is carried out 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 faster, especially if, after finishing the kitchen, bathroom, toilet and one room, housing is rented out, with the remaining rooms of the new building being consistently brought to condition.
Among the most popular horror stories for new buildings are considered to be stories about the shrinkage of the walls of the house and its foundation. In reality, a similar process for a multi-storey building should be finally completed by the time the building is put into operation. This period averages no more than 18 months. If after 1.5 years cracks form in the corners, ceiling or at the joints and in the masonry of the walls, the tiles in the bathroom fall off, the doors are deformed with skewed doors, this means that the new building has certain problems with the stability of the foundation. It is worth waiting with repairs until the main thing is clarified - what is happening with the new building.
Before starting work, first of all inspect the lock on the front door. The model and standard equipment of the door can be subject to separate agreement. Specify in the addendum to the contract which model of door and lock you need to install. If there is a need 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 a distribution electrical panel, connecting an electric meter. This will make it possible to start using power tools when repairing 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. In doing so, the following should be taken into account:
For the kitchen and bathroom, the wiring must be laid in sealed hoses, sleeves;
Lay a separate residential wire in the bathroom to connect the boiler or washing machine. The cross section of the cable must be designed for a current of at least 25 A;
An additional wire must be laid to the installation site of the air conditioner;
In the bathroom, in the kitchen, in the hall, it is necessary to conduct a wire, 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 bowl and a washbasin.
Given 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. During the renovation of the apartment plumbing can be replaced at any time. Installing expensive plumbing increases the risk of damage to it during repairs; it must be installed at the final stage of repairing a new building.
For laying a plastic water pipe, using a perforator, we drill 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 drain tank and washbasin. Lastly, we will install and connect water meters for cold and hot water to the domestic water supply.
Before starting work, it will be necessary to perform a large amount of cleaning up the remains of concrete, mortar. The main part will be for rough cleaning of walls, floors, ceilings, their chasing, leveling and cutting 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 fine finishing. During the repair in the apartment, it will be necessary to close up all the cracks, holes in the seams between the plates, in the floor, in the interior walls of the new building. The most difficult will be leveling the floor with a cement mortar screed and a reinforcing mesh.This procedure will need to be performed upon completion of the preparation of the walls and ceiling for fine 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 floor. Facing tiles can be laid with your own hands, but this is a troublesome business and requires a lot of time. Therefore, it is better to entrust the laying of tiles to craftsmen who specialize in this kind of finish. While the tiling work is underway, you can do the repairs yourself 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 the repair 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 laying 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 that has been renovated using decorative plaster. This will reduce the amount of dust raised and make it easier to clean the apartment.
Before finishing the walls in the apartment, it is necessary to align, and in case of a defect, repair the interior doors. If your future plans include wallpapering, normally closing doors are simply necessary for high-quality wallpapering work. 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 the corridor an office version of linoleum with increased abrasion resistance. This type of work does not require special qualifications and is easily done by hand during the renovation of a new building apartment.
The final stage of the repair is the connection of lamps and the installation of furniture in the apartment. Approximately 70% of the amount of work during repairs in a new building is quite affordable for do-it-yourself work. And only when performing special types of finishes - laying parquet, installing stretch ceilings, installing double-glazed windows or entrance doors in a new building, you will need the services of specialists.
VIDEO 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 house, the owners will need to make repairs. Most housing is rented without finishing. This is a way to reduce the cost of the apartment. Residents are given the opportunity to acquire their own corner at an affordable cost. The result is an economical option. The most popular type of housing is the studio. The owners acquire walls without finishing, partitions. You will need to paint the walls, install plumbing, level floors, surfaces. New settlers carry out completely rough and finish work. The owners should not forget about pre-finishing work. About what is the correct order of repair in a new building without finishing, it is written below.
When starting repairs in a new building, keep in mind that the decoration will be done from scratch. This is especially true for studio apartments. Many 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 form on the walls, ceiling, floor;
due to deformations, the decoration and repair of the apartment will have to be done again in a year, which will cause numerous problems.
You need to start the repair with the following processes:
wiring of sanitary pipes;
laying of electrical wiring;
laying underfloor heating, pouring screed;
leveling the surface of the walls;
construction of suspended ceilings.
The procedure for performing repairs in a new building cannot be changed.
In the first year, it is necessary to do rough, dusty work with your own hands, move on to pre-finishing, then finishing is done. It is recommended to do the dirty work after getting the 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 disposes of garbage within six months. If you do not start repairs immediately with all the residents, then take out the garbage, then you will have to do it yourself. Further export is no longer included in the cost of services.
Another important plus when performing rough, pre-finishing work after receiving a bunch of keys in a new building is that 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 be content with this for the first year after delivery. This economy option is suitable for young families who are starting to live 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 residents want to do in a new building, but experts strongly recommend that they be abandoned, otherwise they will have to be redone again, both from pre-finishing and all subsequent work, that is, start from scratch.
It is not recommended to engage in the first year in a new building:
ceilings, make walls in a studio apartment out of drywall, putty on a finishing one, take the advice not as an economy option, take into account that at first all the seams crack;
laying tiles for the bathroom, any fine finish will do, poor tightness will lead to the fact that water will flow to the neighbors, mold will appear from high humidity.
The floor in the bathroom, tiled, will become an obstacle when performing other repairs.
The phrase that the miser pays twice is incorrect. The first year, such an economical solution will help save money, especially for those who start everything from scratch.
If you still want to live immediately in normal conditions, then any repair work should be carried out by professionals. You can do it yourself if you are confident in your skill. It should be taken into account that cracks may still 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, finishing repair work be carried out in a new building, and it does not matter if it is a studio apartment or not, in a certain sequence. Seeing the bare walls of their homes, each owner immediately has a question: "Where to start?". The repair procedure is as follows:
space planning is easy 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). Immediately decide on the place of plumbing. It is necessary to outline the place of the bath or shower, toilet. The photo on the left just shows how you can install plumbing. Outline the kitchen, corridor. Everything needs to be planned especially accurately in studio-type housing;
insert windows if they have not been inserted. Usually new buildings are rented with windows already installed. But if there was an agreement that only walls would be built, then you need to immediately think about which company’s windows to choose and immediately decide whether the installation will be done by yourself or by specialists. It is more profitable and convenient if the installation of windows is entrusted to professionals. The ideal option is if the apartment is already rented out with windows;
install pipes for water supply and sewerage. Wiring starts from a common riser and is carried out under all plumbing. Install a toilet, washbasin, shower. Collecting sewerage is easy with your own hands. Unsure owners should contact specialists;
to carry out the installation of electrical wiring - work must be taken with the utmost responsibility. Usually in new buildings, electrical wiring is done, but it is not always of high quality. Check everything, if in doubt, change it. Sometimes electrical appliances may be present, but they are usually of poor quality too. Therefore, it is better to do it yourself. The economy option for this work is inappropriate;
make 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. Concrete mortar needs to be poured into the subfloor, then everything is leveled. The lightest and most popular wet screed. The owner can make it with his own hands. With its help, surface roughness is eliminated, cracks are smeared;
align the walls - 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 again. If plaster or other fine finishing has not been done, then it must be done, then level, putty cracks, bumps. Additional finishing is not needed yet;
to make the installation of the ceiling - this work is one of the most difficult. The ceiling can be anything. But experts do not recommend making a suspended plasterboard ceiling in a new building right away. With shrinkage of the house, distortions may appear, and cracks may appear at the seams. To begin with, you can simply putty, level the surface and paint. For the first repair, such a finish will be enough;
install doors - you need to install doors before sticking wallpaper or painting walls. When it is decided with the ceiling, the floor, doors are installed. Great attention should be paid to the entrance doors. It is not worth saving on them, here such an economical solution would be inappropriate. You can immediately install durable with good sound insulation.
Studio apartments are in great demand. Economy option for a young family. Housing is inexpensive and young families can afford it. Before starting repairs in such an apartment, you must immediately outline where the recreation area, kitchen, corridor, bathroom will be.
Often, 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 rooms. Partitions are made of drywall. Planning options may vary. The main thing is to decide during the repair where you want to place 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 independent repair work. This approach is a profitable solution. The owners immediately equip their own corner. Repair work should not be rushed. Before you start, you need to consult with experts.
All stages of repair work in a new building.
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Buying a new apartment is a joyful event for any person. It is especially pleasant to get 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 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 efforts by gradually completing a number of important activities.
Do-it-yourself repair in a new building
It looks like a newly built apartment
Bare walls - full scope for activity
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 be significantly deformed and even completely destroyed. In view of this, experts recommend giving preference to unpretentious and plastic materials.
New high-rise buildings will shrink for several 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 remodeling 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: competent preparation before starting work will save money, effort and time in the future.
Repair in a new building is best to start with rough surface preparation. Align the ceiling and walls. To carry out these activities, you will need spatulas, a trowel and rules of different sizes. Pre-clean surfaces from dirt and dust. Alignment is carried out using an ordinary plaster mixture. Recommendations for the preparation and use of formulations are usually given directly on the packaging.
Lighthouse wall plastering
We throw the solution along the markup
We make markings, stretch the reference threads and install a few more beacons
We throw the solution on the brand 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 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 perform the work in two stages. At the first stage, the surfaces are simply leveled, at the second they need to be carefully smoothed.
Apply the first layer of the mixture with a trowel. Carefully level the plaster and let it dry completely. Apply a primer to the dried plaster layer, let it dry, and then apply a second layer of plaster. The order of application remains the same, but this layer must be leveled as high as possible. Periodically check the evenness of the plaster with a level.
Pipe laying in a new building
Installing plumbing is a rather complicated stage of apartment renovation.
After the surfaces have completely dried, 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, so in the future, new door jambs and double-glazed windows will not be stained with plaster and putty. If there are doors, dismantle them together with the box, because. new canvases usually come with their own boxes.
Plumbing installation can also be done on your own. Domestic users most often prefer toilets with a horizontal outlet. Installing such a toilet comes down to connecting it to a sewer pipe. The legs are usually rigidly screwed to the floor. Usually complete with a toilet bowl there is an installation instruction, so there will be no special problems with this.
Installation of other plumbing fixtures is at the discretion of the owner.
Installing an acrylic bath
Scheme of connecting the sink and bathtub to hot and cold water and sewerage pipelines
Choosing wallpaper for the room
In the previous steps, you have leveled the surfaces and prepared them for finishing, so you do not have to carry out any additional preparatory activities.
For wall decoration in living rooms, as a rule, wallpaper is used. Finishing material for the ceiling choose your own. During the first repair 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 turn to the use of more expensive finishing options a few years after buying an apartment.
The technology of applying paint to the surface in several layers
Painting the walls, fantasize
Decorate the walls in the kitchen and bathroom at your discretion. Typically, the decoration of such premises is carried out using ceramic tiles.
In the bathroom, we put tiles on the wall and floor
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 option, start from your preferences and available budget. Inexpensive finishing can be done using:
paints;
whitewash;
wallpaper;
foam tiles.
Styrofoam Ceiling Tiles
How to glue ceiling tiles
How to glue ceiling tiles
Ceiling tile options
Before using any of the listed finishes, the surface must be leveled. As standard, putty and primer are used for leveling.
installation of plasterboard structures. First, guide profiles are attached to the surfaces, after which drywall sheets are fixed to them. With the use of drywall, you can equip both simple single-tier and complex multi-tier curly structures. Also, this finish allows you to hide wiring, elements of the ventilation system and other communications, which is very convenient;
arrangement of stretch fabrics. The PVC film is stretched and fixed to the pre-mounted 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 hanging structures. Also attached to the frame. Main advantages: ease of installation, high assembly speed, low cost and beautiful appearance.
Stretch ceiling installation scheme
Scheme of a two-level plasterboard ceiling
As a rule, when handing over a newly completed house, 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 to install sockets, switches and fixtures. Remember elementary precautions: you can work with an electrician only after the apartment is completely de-energized. Places for installing sockets and lighting fixtures choose at your discretion.
Remember about safety!
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 leaves much to be desired. If the house is built of concrete panels and the apartments were commissioned in a draft version, the screed must be poured.
Cracks in the screed (new building)
Screed is a layer of concrete mortar poured over the subfloor and necessary to level the base. There are several types of this alignment. The most popular and easiest to do on your own is a wet screed. All work is reduced to the elimination of irregularities and cracks with the help of concrete mortar.
In a new building, it is enough to make a strong and even screed
Before pouring the screed, the bottom of the walls should be pasted over with a protective edge tape.
Video (click to play).
Let the screed dry completely, apply a top coat of your choice and install the skirting boards.
