In detail: how to start repairing an apartment with a rough finish with your own hands in stages from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
They buy an apartment from a developer, often conclude 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 with high quality. Although renovating 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. To a person who is not particularly familiar with construction, the repair procedure is not at all obvious. And since renovating 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 commissioning of the object is spelled out in the contract. Therefore, we take it, read it carefully, then you can start planning the order of work. Usually an apartment in a new building without finishing is rented in this condition:
Installed windows (usually double glazed windows) and entrance doors (cheap and not very reliable).
Unfinished walls (concrete or brick, building blocks), internal partitions - depending on the contract: they may or may not stand.
Renovation of an apartment from scratch in a new building: everything there is - entrance doors, walls, windows, heating, water supply, sewerage and gas
Only the kitchen can have one plastered wall - gas workers require a meter to be installed
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 have been brought up.
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You should immediately 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 specifies what materials you can make them from. It is better to adhere to the recommendations, otherwise you can get penalties, and they are considerable.
Developing an apartment plan
After the approval of the apartment plan, you first decide where you will have large-sized furniture, appliances, plumbing, etc. You will need this 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 with 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
Cold and hot water pipes, sewerage
Wall plastering - quality is important
Putty is almost a fine finish
We level the floor with a screed. Renovation of an apartment from scratch in a new building is almost finished
This is the procedure for renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building in general. There are particulars, but they are individual. Then, depending on the situation, shift or swap the stages.
VIDEO Self-repair of an apartment from scratch in a new building will take a lot of time. If you have it in stock - not a 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 no consensus has been reached.Both options have their supporters. So that you can decide, briefly about the advantages and disadvantages of both solutions.
Renovation stages in the apartment replace one another
If you hire a team that will do all the work from start to finish, you may not be satisfied with the quality of their work. All promise quality and speed, but few actually do all the work at the proper level. Very often you have to terminate the contract and look for someone who will complete / redo. This task is even more difficult than the search for the first brigade: no one wants to correct other people's mistakes. It is long and troublesome. These are the cons.
The advantage of this decision: the hired people are responsible for all stages of work, up to the finishing (if you so agreed). If you don't like something, you can try to force it to be redone, but it is better to control each stage of the work. The second positive point: repairs are progressing faster, since there is no need to look for performers for each new job. These are the pros.
Another moment of the organizational plan. When drawing up a contract, write down the cost of each stage of work. Then, upon termination, you will know exactly how much to pay. Otherwise, they will begin to prove to you that most of the work has been done, and that nonsense remains.
If you choose to hire separate specialists for each stage of the work, it is difficult to predict the end result. Since you have to complete a certain amount of work and leave, there is a possibility that workers will not try too hard. And each next specialist can say (and usually say) that mistakes were made before him and demand additional payment for their correction. There is only one way out: constant and tight control at all stages of work, clear execution of agreements with clarification of what you want to have at the end of them.
The result is not guaranteed
If you do not do some work yourself, then the total cost of paying for work by individual specialists will be higher. But the plus of such a decision is that you can "stretch" the spending 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. the new house will “sit down” for several years, the foundation, walls, and ceilings will move. All these movements lead to the appearance of cracks, and they can damage the finish coat. Therefore, there is advice: to use not the most expensive finishing materials, which you will not mind replacing in three to four years with new, better quality ones.
The choice of materials is a daunting task
Most of the questions arise with the tiles laid on the walls and the screed. Cracks in them are most noticeable, and 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 toilet, they are finished with vinyl wall panels.
Tiles on the walls and floors are often laid in the kitchen, and they try to choose the most attractive collections, which cost a lot. There are two ways out. The first is to use a plastic or furniture board instead of a tiled apron in the kitchen, and lay linoleum on the floor for now. Second, lay the tiles, but have a certain amount in reserve to replace the 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, then the color to pick up one to one is unlikely to succeed.
Many of the owners of new apartments simply do not think about how quiet their home will be. Not yet before. But by the time you enter, it will be too late. The current trend in multi-storey construction is to make the construction as easy as possible in order to save on the foundation. Lightweight materials are great, but the problem is they conduct sound well.
Soundproofing in an 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 are yours. Far from being a rosy prospect.Therefore, it is worth thinking about soundproofing. Yes, these are additional costs and considerable, but silence is more important.
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Buying an apartment in a new building is unlikely to be able to immediately move in to live in it. And it’s difficult to call it an apartment. More like a stone or concrete bag. No plumbing, no amenities, nothing that is customary to see in modern comfortable housing.
All there is is a concrete floor, brick walls, windows and doors that will most likely need to be replaced. The new settler immediately plunges into a long, painstaking renovation in order to create his own comfortable, cozy home.
The main rule in the repair: do not rush ... Moreover, if this is an apartment in a new building. Do not forget that the new house will shrink for about two more years. If you make a quick repair, then cracks can go with the shrinkage of the house. Therefore, everything is done slowly, as a last resort before a major one, a light cosmetic, inexpensive repair is done.
Before starting the repair, a plan is drawn up, including:
Moving walls (except load-bearing).
Apartment layout.
Design and style are determined.
Arrangement of furniture.
Places of installation of electrical appliances (the placement of the wiring depends on this).
Location of plumbing and washbasin (for planning water supply and sewerage).
The types and sizes of interior doors, doorways, threshold heights are agreed upon.
Clarifies what materials the walls, ceiling and floor will be made of.
After carefully planning everything and thinking it over, you can make an estimate, calculate the amount of materials needed and the approximate cost.
Repair should start with dirty work:
Transfer and dismantling of partitions is in progress ... If some kind of rough finish has been performed, all this is removed.According to the drawn up plan, wiring and pipes for water supply and sewerage are laid ... It is not recommended to save on materials here. Wires and pipes will be embedded, and if they turn out to be of poor quality, it will be very difficult to replace them. To do this, you will have to break the walls and, accordingly, do the repairs again. Therefore, it is better to buy good materials right away, let it cost a little more.Windows and doors are changing (those that are installed in new buildings are of very dubious quality).Level the floor if necessary or bring it to one level throughout the apartment, a cement-sand screed is made.
There are many communications in the bathroom: an extractor hood, water supply, and electricity. Repair in the bathroom begins with their installation.
Key Recommendations :
For electrical wiring, only whole pieces of wire are used and with a margin of power. They must be either plastered or located under drywall sheets.
Junction boxes are installed outside the bathroom.
If the water pipes are to be installed in a wall, it is recommended to use plastic or polypropylene pipes. They are more durable and reliable than metal-plastic pipes on corner joints (fittings).
Tiles are traditionally laid on the bathroom floor. You need to pay attention:
After leveling the floor and completing the concrete screed, it is imperative to make waterproofing using a special impregnation or mixture.
When laying tiles, pay attention not to form air pockets.
Do not skimp on grouting. A high-quality grout will get rid of mold and mildew.
Bathroom walls are plastered or sheathed with sheets of moisture-resistant drywall ... Covered with tiles, plastic panels or wallpaper. Many people think that wallpaper cannot be used in the bathroom due to moisture and hot steam, but this is not the case. Vinyl, liquid, moisture-resistant washable wallpaper, fiberglass, are quite suitable for these purposes.
For the ceiling, plastic panels, aluminum profile ceilings, synthetic stretch ceilings are used ... It is not recommended to level the ceiling with plasterboard. Even moisture-resistant sheets will last no more than 10 years in a humid room.The most budgetary way to level the ceiling in the bathroom is a moisture-resistant putty followed by painting.
After the completion of the repair, plumbing fixtures, sockets, switches are installed, furniture is brought in.
Rough finishing of walls and ceilings, first of all, includes leveling the surface.
There are two primary alignment methods:
Wet. Solutions based on dry building mixtures, plaster, putty are used. This method is very laborious and dusty, the thickness of the plastered surface should not be more than 80mm.When finishing with mixtures, 3 types of mortar are used:
Plaster. It is used in cases where the surface has strong drops. Ceiling plaster is made on the basis of gypsum.Putty ... Designed for patching up small irregularities, chips, cracks. There is a starting putty (for rough surface treatment) and finishing (for final leveling and creating perfectly flat and smooth walls and ceilings).Primer. Deeply impregnates the surface, improves adhesion.Dry. Walls and ceilings are leveled with sheet materials, most often drywall is used. The disadvantage of this method is that the useful area of the room is "eaten up".Wall and ceiling decoration always starts from top to bottom. When leveling the ceiling, it is necessary to immediately measure the maximum difference in height. If the difference turns out to be more than 50 mm, then it is advisable to use the dry method, especially since here, you can use not only drywall sheets, but also stretch ceilings.
After finishing work with the ceiling, the walls are leveled. Which method to choose is not important. Everyone decides for himself what is more convenient and faster, or based on the price of materials.
Floor work is done last. There are many options for flooring in an apartment:
Ceramic tile. Most often used in kitchens and bathrooms, but can be used in other rooms as well. Differs in strength, reliability, durability. A wide range of prices makes it affordable for all categories of the population.Parquet. An environmentally friendly type of coating, made from natural wood, but difficult to install, requires additional processing and care.Laminate. In appearance it resembles parquet, only it is cheaper and much easier to install.Linoleum and carpet ... Used for quick repairs and cost savings. It has an attractive appearance, soft, warm, but easily deforms and tears, especially if laid on an uneven surface.This is not a complete list, but only the most commonly used floor coverings. They are all suitable for a residential apartment. When preparing the floor for laying the floor covering, a screed is made. The thickness of the coating and the thermal insulation layer (expanded clay or other material) must be taken into account - this will make the floor on the same level throughout the apartment.
After finishing work with the floor, you can start installing the doors ... It is not necessary to purchase the complete set straight away. If there is little money left for repairs, and there are still many costs ahead, you can buy and install only boxes and platbands to start with. It is not difficult to buy and hang on the door hinges to match the size of the door frame.
Installation of skirting boards - one of the final stages of repair. Even 10 years ago, wooden ones were very popular, and now plastic ones are more often installed. They are more convenient to mount, a large selection of colors, there are skirting boards with a groove for wires.
General Tips:
If you need to save money, you can make repairs yourself, occasionally taking friends for help.
Hire workers only in official firms with a good reputation. There is no demand for free workers working without a contract.
If in doubt, do not hesitate, seek help from friends or specialists. Even if it is a paid consultation.
Be wary of saving.Always remember that cheap material may turn out to be of poor quality and will harm the entire repair.
Adhere to the correct sequence of work.
Try not to stretch the repair for a long period of time. Better to be patient, save some money, and, without delay, carry out all the work. Otherwise, there will be no novelty effect.
After a tender for the repair work, a contractor company is selected. In rare cases, new settlers can choose their own contractor.
As a result of such repairs, an apartment is obtained that is quite suitable for living. Installed sockets and switches, a bulb in a socket, inexpensive plumbing, there is even a stove in the kitchen.
The quality of materials and work performed is far from ideal, and you don't have to choose a design, what is - that is. On the other hand, there is ready-made housing for free, and if you wish, you can save up money and redo the repairs with more expensive materials and to your liking.
The price for apartment renovation consists of many components:
Are the design and project drawn up independently, or will a specialist be hired?
Are the repairs done on your own, or are people hired?
What types of materials will be used?
What are the types of coatings?
Plumbing, wiring, domestic pipes, or more expensive imported ones?
These and many other components affect the final price. ... Therefore, it is possible to calculate the cost of repairs only in each specific case, after drawing up a project and an estimate.
How do you begin repairs in an apartment with a rough finish? It is necessary to take into account many nuances that will allow you to get a comfortable and safe home. Rough work can be carried out in new buildings or in houses of an earlier construction, with each of the options having some differences. It is worth remembering about them in order to avoid unpleasant consequences.
Most often, apartment renovation is required when buying a new home. Currently, developers are carrying out the main set of works, which includes screed and plaster. Also, the premises have incoming connection points for communications, surfaces leveled with starting compounds, laid electrical wires and glazed window openings (with the exception of the balcony, if any).
Rough finishing involves preparing the room for the application of finishing compounds and materials
Secondary housing may also need to be repaired if the coverage and communications have served their time. But it is with newly built houses, which were built according to the same type of plan, that the most problems arise. They are as follows:
Shrinkage. All buildings are subject to this process, but new buildings are much more noticeable. If the rough work was performed incorrectly or the wrong materials were used, then any fine finish will quickly become unusable.
Lack of a communications wiring plan and the ability to create new connection points without damage. Indeed, it is very rare to draw up a diagram of the location of electrical wiring, which significantly complicates many work. And for new connection points, you will need to re-do the wall chasing.
There is no guarantee that all necessary steps have been completed. For example, it is not known if waterproofing has been installed, especially in the bathroom.
It is not always advisable to use excessively expensive materials and finishes in a new building, since a new house can shrink
Of course, it is much better to carry out the work yourself or check the quality of the work with hired craftsmen or organizations. But this possibility is not always available.
Where to start renovating an apartment with a rough finish? Taking into account all possible problems, the answer to this question will be unambiguous - with an assessment of quality. Although further processes include a set of works, this is paramount.
It all starts with finding flaws.It is this process that makes it possible to obtain a more accurate list of activities that need to be carried out in the future.
A level rail or level is applied to the walls, the length of the tool should be more than 1.5 m. Alternatively, you can use an iron ruler. With the help of the level, the curvature is determined, and the ruler makes it possible to see the gaps that are formed between its edge and the coating. If the defects are more than 2-3 mm per 1 m2 or the wall sinks up or down, then additional leveling with a putty will be required.
To identify irregularities, an even instrument is applied to the wall and all depressions are marked with a pencil
This surface is assessed using a similar technology, but provided that a screed was used as a rough coating, an important detail is the presence of a damper tape. It is glued around the perimeter of the room before pouring the solution.
A damper tape is a mandatory attribute when arranging a screed, since without it, thermal expansion will lead to cracks
On a note! It is often believed that the damper tape is optional. In fact, its absence contributes to the appearance of cracks and deformations in the flooring. This is especially true for recently erected buildings, where the shrinkage is very uneven.
If it is not there, you should dismantle the screed to fill in a new one in accordance with all technological nuances, but this will lead to tangible time and financial losses. Therefore, there are other options for solving this problem:
If the screed is poured without a damping gap, then it can either be dismantled completely, or the seams can be cut with a grinder and filled with an elastic material such as silicone
Creation of expansion joints. This method assumes that the floor surface is cut into several sections along its entire length. For this, a grinder or a more suitable tool is used. The bottom line is that the joints created will neutralize the emerging deformation processes.
Continuation of work, taking into account the fact that after some time, it may be necessary to carry out repairs.
If during inspection it is found that the coating has curvature or defects, then a thin layer of self-leveling mixture is poured.
Self-leveling screed allows you to make the floor perfectly level
It is difficult to understand where to start renovating an apartment without assessing the condition of the ceiling. It is with this surface that the most problems arise. Of course, if the rough finish is carried out with high quality, then the base does not require additional intervention, but this is extremely rare. Therefore, there are several options for the development of events.
The deficiencies encountered are determined, the level of curvature is measured. It is recommended to tap the joints of the floor slabs. When cracks appear or mortar falls, a complete replacement of the layer and reinforcement of the seams are required. If the defects are more than 3 mm per 1 m, then putty is applied. In case of serious deviations, a new plastering should be performed or a simpler option should be used: a frame is created, which is sheathed with the selected material. An alternative is a stretch ceiling.
It is quite difficult to work with such a surface, especially without the appropriate experience.
Ceiling putty requires certain skills, so it is better for a novice master to pay attention to drywall or tension structures
After rough finishing, communications are predominantly located as follows:
The electrical wiring is built into the wall. Connection points were created without installed elements, that is, insulated wires protrude from the holes for sockets, switches and lighting partitions.
It makes sense to mount additional branches of electrical wiring only when there is an electrical wiring diagram for the apartment
There are inputs for water supply and sewerage sources.It is rare that all pipes have been routed to the right places.
Gas is supplied depending on the technical plan for the placement of consumption devices without connecting them.
When checking communications, you should pay attention to the accuracy of the location of all future connection points. If it is necessary to add wiring outputs, then it is necessary to groove surfaces and lay new lines.
After buying an apartment, additional wiring of communications may be required
It is important to ensure that the riser is properly installed and tight. The main problem lies in the sewer pipes: they can be not securely fixed or have faults in the sectional joints.
Naturally, you can face a lot of problems, indicating that the rough finish was done very poorly. In this case, a complete rework will be required.
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The found problems are fixed in the following order:
All surfaces are finalized. If leveling compounds are used, then they are applied in a thin layer, followed by leveling.
If the defects are serious, then you can sheathe the bases with sheet material. The technology provides for two options: installation directly on the surface using glue or preliminary construction of the lathing.
Working with communications involves laying pipes to the connection points.
A good way to level surfaces is pasting with drywall, this method is easy to arrange and does not steal the usable area of the room
Only then can you start decorative cladding.
It happens that the renovation of an apartment does not need to correct significant deficiencies. Then the algorithm of actions is as follows:
The finishing scheme and the final design are drawn up.
All the necessary tools and materials are purchased and prepared.
First of all, it is recommended to perform the lining of the ceiling, this will avoid damage to adjacent areas.
Next, you should tackle the walls: they are painted, pasted over with wallpaper, or they choose a more suitable option.
They go to the flooring after the ceiling and floor in order to choose the right material for finishing. The last to be installed are the upper and lower skirting boards.
It remains to install interior items, connect plumbing and appliances.
Summarizing the above, we can conclude that the sequence of activities directly depends on the initial quality of the rough work.
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It is too early for buyers of apartments in new buildings to relax after receiving the keys, because if the housing is bought without repair from the developer, then the newly-made owner gets literally bare walls. The site "RIA Real Estate" decided to remind the new settlers about the main technologies and stages of rough finishing, the quality of which also determines the quality of the future decor.
Technological memo
Currently, there are two main structural schemes for apartment buildings. Firstly, these are houses, the frame and external walls of which were built from reinforced concrete panels. And secondly, these are houses, the frame of which is made of monolithic reinforced concrete, and the openings are filled, as a rule, with aerated concrete blocks. There may be other design schemes, but they make up a small percentage of newly erected apartment buildings, explains Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Knauf Gips LLC training center.
“It should be noted that newly built buildings using reinforced concrete as the main material are subject to shrinkage. Shrinkage is a feature of all cement-based materials, as the cement stone shrinks as it hardens. Therefore, it is recommended to start finishing work when all shrinkage phenomena have passed, and this is about a year after construction, or take this phenomenon into account when choosing certain materials and systems for finishing, ”the expert recommends.
We think over the design
Oddly enough, but even before the start of the rough work, it is necessary to decide on the interior design, because, based on this, it will depend on where and what communications to lay and what finishing solutions to use. Before starting the rough finish, if necessary, windows, heating radiators, plumbing communications and electrical wiring are replaced. Replacing all of the above can be carried out either completely or selectively, it is important that all these works are completed before performing a rough finish, Bortnikov points out.
Leveling the floors
The first step is to level the floor. If your apartment is completely “bare”, then you have a monolithic slab on the floor, which must not only be leveled, but also insulated, because it transmits all vibrations and sounds. To do this, it is advisable to first fill in a layer of expanded clay, which has excellent sound and heat insulation properties (layer thickness of about 5 cm). Before starting work, you need to make sure that there are no gaps in your concrete floor, otherwise the water from the screed may flow down to the neighbors. Usually, holes can remain in the area of risers and ventilation shafts. They need to be sealed with polyurethane foam or adhesive mixture. Next, we fill in expanded clay, starting from the place that has the greatest depth. We pour expanded clay with a solution of liquid concrete, similar in consistency to milk. Such a solution dries for about a day or two. You can also immediately make a claydite-cement-sand mixture and lay it on the base.
For bathrooms, it is advisable to make a flooring waterproofing before laying expanded clay, with an approach to the walls up to 10 cm.If it has already been done before putting the house into operation, then its quality must be checked, since defects are often found.
The only drawback of a self-leveling floor is the price - from 240 rubles per 25 kilograms (on average 400 rubles), therefore self-leveling floors are usually used with height differences of no more than 4 cm.A self-leveling floor can also be laid on a cement-sand screed (after it will dry), this will allow you to get a smoother surface at a lower cost. You can walk on self-leveling floors after 5 hours, lay linoleum or tiles in two days, and wood flooring after 7 days.
For some topcoats, it is desirable in any case to use a self-leveling floor, for example, under a laminate - it is not attached to the floor, but simply lies on the substrate, which is why during operation it can move and rub against the surface. If you have just a sand-cement screed on your floor, dust will form, while self-leveling floors completely exclude this.
Another way of leveling the floor and preparing the base for laying the topcoat is the use of dry prefabricated floors, says the expert "Knauf Gips". “When using this solution, floor elements or, for example, Knauf-superpol, are laid either directly on the base, or on an insulating layer (expanded polystyrene or mineral wool boards), or on a layer of dry backfill made of expanded clay sand. The latter dry prefabricated floor is the most popular because it allows you to quickly level the floor surface. The use of this method of preparation of the base allows one day after its laying to produce a topcoat and at the same time the issues of reducing the load on the floors are solved, the sound insulation of the floor is improved, ”says Bortnikov. Gypsum fiber boards (GVL board) can be up to 20 millimeters thick. Their cost ranges from 315 to 566 rubles.
Plastering walls
As for the walls, in the room you can encounter various surfaces made of reinforced concrete, aerated concrete, very often gas silicate and ceramic bricks, with which internal partitions can be made, Bortnikov notes.It should be noted that at present some manufacturers produce reinforced concrete panels with high surface quality, which are enough to putty, but in most cases, leveling of the walls with plaster is required. “Indoors it is more expedient to use gypsum-based plasters, with the exception of rooms with high humidity (bathrooms, showers). Before applying the plaster, the surface of the walls must be primed. For poorly absorbent surfaces, such as concrete, a primer like Knauf Betokontakt is used to improve the adhesion (adhesion) of the plaster to the surface, ”the expert explains. For priming highly moisture-absorbing surfaces, for example, ceramic bricks, aerated concrete, primers are used that reduce the absorbency of the substrate and prevent uneven setting of the plaster mortar.
The maximum thickness of the plaster in one layer should not exceed 50 millimeters. The junction points of various surfaces, for example, aerated concrete and reinforced concrete, must be reinforced with a glass mesh with a mesh of 3x3 or 5x5 mm. If it is necessary to perform leveling with a thickness of more than 50 millimeters, it is recommended to use claddings on a metal frame with plasterboard or gypsum fiber sheathing. In rooms with high humidity, cement-based plasters should be used or wall cladding on a metal frame using slabs (aquaplates). The range of the cost of plaster is from 250 to 550 rubles per 25 kilograms.
We make partitions
In houses built of monolithic reinforced concrete, apartments are sold with a free layout: that is, they have no interior partitions and the owner forms the interior space at his own discretion. The best option for installing partitions in this case is the use of dry construction systems, that is, structures consisting of a metal frame and sheathed with gypsum plasterboards or sheets of increased strength. The advantage of this solution lies in the fact that such structures have a lower weight compared to other options, allow the creation of curved configurations of partitions, and have good sound insulation properties. In addition, their installation is carried out in a short period of time.
But it is important to remember some of the peculiarities when installing such structures, Bortnikov emphasizes. "Installation of gypsum board and gypsum fiber partitions should be performed when all wet processes are completed in the room, or rather, the plastering of existing walls should be completed and the plaster layer should dry," he says.
For the frame device, the expert recommends using a profile with a metal thickness of 0.6 millimeters. As a frame cladding, it is better to take drywall with a thickness of 12.5 millimeters. Its cost ranges on average from 200 rubles per sheet to 360 rubles. When installing sockets on both sides of the partition, they should not be placed opposite each other, since this deteriorates the sound insulation characteristics of the structure, the agency's interlocutor notes.
Attention to the ceiling
Another surface in apartments that may also need leveling is the ceiling. It can be plastered (layer no more than 20 millimeters). The surface of the ceiling must be primed before plastering in order to avoid delamination of the plaster layer.
“For leveling ceilings, suspended structures can be created on a metal frame and sheathing with gypsum-based sheet materials. Suspended ceilings have two main frame structures, one-level and two-level. If the decoration is carried out in buildings in which shrinkage has not passed, it is recommended to make a choice in favor of a two-level ceiling.In this case, the frame is fixed with suspensions to the ceiling and is not attached to the walls and, accordingly, is less susceptible to deformations, - explains Bortnikov from Knauf Gips.
Fine finish of rough finish
“We have leveled the walls and ceiling, now we can start finishing, but depending on what material will be used for this, it may be necessary to putty the surface of the plaster or sheets,” says the expert.
“If tiles are glued to the surface or decorative plaster with a fraction of more than 1 millimeter is applied, then there is no need to carry out the finishing putty. But when using matte paints and structural plasters with a fraction of less than 1 millimeter as a finishing layer, it is necessary to putty the surface, ”he instructs.
Puttying is carried out in this case with a thin layer using the “scrapping” method. “The method of puttying“ on sdir ”is that a putty mixture is applied to the surface, then a wide (at least 600 millimeters wide), a hard spatula is applied with an effort to the surface at an angle of about 70 - 80 o and we draw it along the surface. With this method, the surplus putty is “stripped off” from the surface, and small irregularities below the level of the spatula are filled with a putty mixture, ”Bortnikov explains the subtleties of the technology.
When applying, for example, vinyl wallpaper, glaze or medium gloss paint, the putty is applied to the surface in a layer of up to 1 millimeter and smoothed out with a thin, resilient spatula (at least 600 mm wide, but it is better to use a wider spatula). Puttying is performed using a bright lamp (spotlight), the light from which is directed at an acute angle to the surface in order to see irregularities. After the putty has dried, it is sanded to remove small scars that remain from the edges of the spatula. If necessary, the filling operation is repeated, the expert explains.
For surface finishing puttying, gypsum-based or polymer-based putties can be used. Polymer putties can be ready-to-use, that is, it is enough to open the container with the putty, mix the contents and you can use it.
“Gypsum-based putties require experience and skill as the mixture must be applied and processed quickly enough or it will set. Polymer putties allow you to work more measuredly. In addition, polymer putties prepared from a dry mixture retain their properties and can be used for 72 hours, provided that the container with the product is closed. Ready-made polymer putties retain their properties and can be used for several months, but it is also necessary to tightly seal the container with the product, ”the agency's interlocutor draws attention. The cost of putties ranges from 200 to 1.3 thousand rubles per 25 kilograms, depending on the quality and purpose.
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On average, materials for rough finishing will cost 6 thousand rubles per square meter.
