A common everyday thing: the apartment clearly requires renovation, and there is little money. How to make inexpensive apartment renovations with your own hands? It seems to be the simplest, obvious way: superficial redecorating. That is, wallpapering, whitewashing the ceiling, painting, fixing the creaky floor; Possibly replacing windows.
However, if you calculate the labor costs and consumption of materials, it turns out that by increasing the labor costs by half and the money spent by a quarter, you can give the apartment a completely different look, and for a long time. How much you need to invest specifically depends on prices in the region, but the general methods by which you can make your apartment cozy and elegant inexpensively are the same.
Saving Money when renovating an apartment with your own hands, like the Earth in ancient legends, it stands on three whales and a slowly hurrying turtle under them:
- We are not afraid of work. Nothing comes from nothing. Either money or labor.
- Wherever possible, we don’t change old things that are capital but have lost their appearance, but renew them.
- We place maximum savings where it will not affect the quality of work and will not be visible.
- We spread the costs of labor and money over time: having planned a renovation in the summer or fall, we spend a year preparing, and then we rush in and do everything quickly. Spending 200-300 thousand rubles at once is a problem, but breaking it up in parts over a year is quite possible. In addition, there will be time for measure seven times and cut once.
Where is it difficult to save money?
The only area where you will have to invite a specialist is to redo and strengthen the electrical wiring, if it is old and weak. The only way to save money here is to negotiate with a DEZ electrician. He will do the work in chunks, in his free time, but the likelihood of hackwork will be even less than with “branded” specialists: after all, he will then have to service it all.
It’s better not to skimp on electricity and wiring, but you can do some things, like installing sockets, yourself.
Tool
A good specialized tool makes the job much easier and cheaper. But buying it is expensive. Therefore, it is better to rent a tool as needed. In terms of costs, it will not cost much if you decide on the design in advance and draw up an approximate work plan for yourself.
Season
Plumbing
A sore point when doing cheap DIY repairs is replacing plumbing fixtures. If it is still “alive”, just dirty, then you can clean and paint it. How to do this will be described below. But if there are chips and cracks, then whether you like it or not, you need to replace it.
For such a case, here’s some information for you: new residents, especially in houses above the budget category, often immediately begin major renovations upon moving in, and excellent, completely new earthenware and cast iron plumbing ends up in a landfill. Landfill operators (simply landfill workers) have long since turned this circumstance into a profitable business.
They do not make direct contact with strangers via their office phone, but it is quite possible to reach them using word of mouth methods. The rate is from a third to half of the factory price for a household item. And don’t think that they will take you to the landfill and show you where it lies. In the back room you will be offered a choice of clean, thoroughly washed products, which you can immediately sit on.
Construction garbage
The next sore point is the removal of construction waste. The operation is not cheap and requires paperwork. Exit: basement, barn, cottage or closet and several used bags made of plastic sackcloth, bought for pennies. Construction waste does not sour or rot; it can then be poured into a container at the house dump, bucket by bucket. There is nothing illegal about this.
“May the renovations in your apartment never end!” - the passer-by throws over his shoulder and goes home. And you stand there and think: “Why is he doing this? Did you wish for wealth or, on the contrary,... tax you?”
But really, the issue of repairs is an unpleasant matter for the average citizen. With today's prices for materials and services of construction Jedi, you will have to fork out seriously. And how much time and nerves you will have to spend, and even live in a ruined apartment! You wouldn't wish it on your enemy. But repairs are a vital necessity, and sooner or later you will still have to face them. Some craftsmen, even in times of crisis, still manage to renovate an apartment with their own hands quickly and inexpensively. But how do they manage to do this? Inexpensive - this is a cosmetic repair with your own hands and domestic materials. Such repairs will not require large financial investments, but you are guaranteed the cleanliness and freshness of your apartment. Cheap is not always bad.
Where to begin?
Keep a small notebook. In it you will write down all the ideas, prices and phone numbers of stores or specialists. But the main thing is that it will contain a plan for your repair and a cost estimate. The plan needs to reflect all your wishes: replacing windows with plastic, suspended ceiling or just whitewashing, new tiles in the bathroom, wallpapering or a couple of new sockets in the kitchen. Write exactly what you want. We decided on wallpaper - that means wallpaper, whatever you want decorative plaster- so so be it. Pipes are humming - replace it, a cracked toilet - throw it away. You may think that, based on your desires, you won’t be able to do an apartment renovation with your own hands quickly and inexpensively. But you probably don’t know this, and you’re only forcing yourself into limits. If it works, you’ll do it; if not, it’s not a big loss, it’s just a note in a notebook. Next, get down to the estimate: what exactly do you need and in what quantity. How many meters of tiles, grout, bags of putty, wallpaper, chipboard and other things. You can always correct these entries.
To find out exactly what materials, what quality and price you will need, go to online stores and construction forums for help. Carefully study the characteristics and pricing policy, approximately calculate the consumption. And at the same time, learn how to replace a faucet, hang wallpaper or install drywall yourself. Determine for yourself: I can do this myself, but here you need to look for an electrician or plumber. Write it down.
How can you save money?
There are many options. First, remember: it is better to buy materials for apartment renovation in the cold season - the price is much lower. Summer is the construction season. In winter, you can come across a 50% discount in construction markets or a “Buy 2, get 3 for free” promotion! So you can buy the same wallpaper at a low price, but much more best view and quality. And if they lie for a couple of months in a dry pantry or closet, then nothing will happen to them. Check local forums, especially if you live in a major city. There you will probably find many people who have already done inexpensive apartment renovations with their own hands. You will probably find photos of finishing, tips, addresses and phone numbers of specialists there. And you will also stumble upon the heading “repair” and “remains of materials”. Periodically view who and what interesting sells or gives away. People often end up with materials after renovation that no one will buy at the sale price, and it’s a pity to throw them away. So, you can buy a couple of bags of putty or even Spanish tiles for a ridiculous price. A person has an extra 2-3 meters left, there is nowhere to put it, but it will do just fine for you in the toilet. There you can also find the remnants of the cable or grout “for a chocolate bar”. More respectable people, when moving into new buildings, often exchange brand new plumbing fixtures or PVC windows for more expensive ones, and these are given away for next to nothing. Why? Because they want “Rehau” or “only France”, and such a window will do just fine for you. Anything is better than the old wooden one. When you get rich, buy yourself a Rehau.Tools for repair
Construction tools cost a lot of money, so it’s better not to spend money on them. Another option is to rent it for a while; it is rented everywhere. And it will be even better if you borrow it from acquaintances, friends or relatives. And be sure to thank the person for their help. How? You know better. Take this opportunity to ask if they can help you decorate your apartment. Especially if your friends are well acquainted with construction literacy. This will also help you do your own apartment renovation quickly and inexpensively, and also with high quality. And your friend will probably make a significant discount for old times sake.
You will need:
Step-by-step instruction
1. The concept of repair includes the following list:
4. The next stage is ceiling repair. Sew all the cracks with a spatula so that they become deeper. Prime with primer, putty and let dry. After the primer has dried, sand the ceiling and prime it again. Before painting the ceiling, make repairs to the walls. 5. After working on the ceiling, start removing the old wallpaper. To do this, wet the old wallpaper with water, let it soak for a while, and as soon as it gets wet, remove it with a spatula. The wall must be dry and clean before you begin repairing it. Sew all the cracks on the wall with a spatula, prime them with primer and seal them with putty. When the areas you putty have dried, sand them and then coat them with primer again. If you glue thick wallpaper, then finishing putty do not use. 6. The next stage is painting the ceiling or wallpapering the ceiling. Dilute the water-based paint as written on the can and paint the ceiling 2 times. If you decide to glue wallpaper for painting, then glue it and paint it 2 times as well. Domestic paints are cheaper, so your budget will not suffer. 7. Before covering the walls with wallpaper, you need to paint the doors and window frames. If you buy paint "P" Russian manufacturers, and not imported ones, it will cost you much less. After the paint has dried, proceed to wallpapering. To save money on purchasing wallpaper, choose a domestic manufacturer. In terms of quality and durability, wallpaper from Russian manufacturers is not inferior to imported ones. 8. The final stage is painting the floor. If the furniture was not taken out, then cover the legs and perimeter of the furniture with masking tape, and remove it after painting - the furniture will remain clean. Choose domestic paint - it will be cheaper, but will not affect the quality of the paint.
Walls
Walls are the first thing that always catches your eye. Of course, everyone will like smooth walls and beautiful, stylish wallpaper, but if there is no money for leveling and expensive materials, you can limit yourself to simply replacing the old wallpaper. Just by re-pasting the wallpaper you will already transform the apartment. It is quite possible to choose inexpensive thick wallpaper on a paper or non-woven basis, and you can stick it even on not very smooth walls. Non-woven wallpaper hides minor irregularities especially well.
There is another option. The previous owners left a couple of rolls of wallpaper in the apartment, which were of no use to them during the renovation. For example, I simply replaced a few particularly dirty and torn areas of wallpaper. It was enough to replace the wallpaper strips where they were most noticeably damaged. These are protruding corners, places near door jambs, in the hallway at the entrance, in the kitchen near the stove - all this will cost much less than a complete replacement, and the home will look much better.
Ceiling
If we are dealing with whitewash or layers of lime, it is best to clean them first. Numerous calcareous deposits, peeling and crumbling, this is not only aesthetically unsightly, but also harmful to health. It is not difficult to wash away the lime; you first need to soften the layers by wetting small areas of the ceiling with water from a spray bottle, and then clean off the plaster with a hard spatula or scraper. If there is old peeling wallpaper on the ceiling, it needs to be removed.
After cleaning, the ceiling can be additionally sanded with ordinary sanding paper, that is, sandpaper, and prime it. If the surface is smooth, without pits or cracks, it will be cheaper to paint the ceiling acrylic paint, it is better to use matte paint in light, pure tones. If there are small defects, the wallpaper will hide them. Wallpaper for the ceiling should be chosen white or very light, without a pronounced pattern and with very fine corrugation. Another economical option transform the ceiling - glue foam boards.
Floors
If these are concrete floors, as a rule, nothing additional needs to be done with them in terms of preparation; they are quite smooth and durable. Creaking wooden floors are a much more serious problem, and repairing them, at least over time, cannot be avoided, but you can temporarily solve the problem of squeaking. Creak in wooden floors occurs when adjacent boards rub against each other. In particularly “loud” areas of the floor, you can drill several holes a regular drill and pour a little polyurethane foam. The foam will fill and seal the voids between the boards and the floor will stop creaking. This must be done carefully, without fanaticism, so that the floor does not swell.
You can even out strong “waves” and unevenness in wooden floors by nailing hardboard, plywood or OSB sheets on top. For the required strength, the thickness of plywood or OSB should be about 1 centimeter. As finishing coating For flooring, the most economical and durable is still linoleum. Fortunately, the choice of linoleum in stores is extensive.
Tile
If we have already figured out the wallpaper on the walls, then what to do with the tiled flooring? Replacing the tiles, of course, may be a solution if the tiles do not stick to the wall, because there is no other way out. In rare cases when tile easily came away from the mortar, and the mortar itself adheres well to the wall, the tile is easy to restore by spreading it with a thin layer of PVA glue and pressing it firmly into place against the mortar. The main thing here is to get it right reverse side tiles into their imprint on the mortar, and PVA glue will very firmly glue the ceramics to the mortar - checked! But if the tiles are holding strong, and buying new ones is expensive, you can work a little on what you have. Firstly, the tiles can and should be washed thoroughly. Since it's tile, it will withstand much more aggressive cleaning agents than dish gel, but it will also look much better when it's cleaned off. limescale, rust and other traces of use. It is also necessary to clean the seams between the tiles. There is no need to be afraid of damaging the grout; on the contrary, you need to clean off as much grout as possible. Mold often settles between the tiles in the bathroom and it is very difficult to remove it from there.
After removing as much grout as possible along with unwanted flora and fauna, the seams can be treated with a special antiseptic. After this, they can be filled with fresh grout. It is better to choose a grout color that is neutral or close to the color of the tile.
Plumbing
Carefully inspect your plumbing fixtures. Are there any cracks or chips? There is no need to change plumbing. Plumbing cleaning products will help make all sanitary surfaces look more presentable, and bright curtain for a shower will finish the job. By the way, you can refresh it with paint cast iron bath. Not from the inside, of course, but from the outside. But, shining with freshly painted sides, the bathtub will immediately take on a more elegant look. And if still inner surface bathtubs are damaged and worn out, it makes sense to contact bathtub restoration specialists who will cover the surface of the bathtub with new enamel right at home.
As a rule, such a service is cheaper than purchase and installation. new bath. Here's another option: make a bath curtain not only for the top, but also for the bottom (use glue and Velcro).
Electrician
Inspect all outlets. If you see melted plastic around the plug holes or even just dark spots, such sockets need to be changed without hesitation! Lamps are changed as needed. If they are intact, not obsolete and all the lights are on, you can simply remove them, wash them and hang them back. Do not forget to turn off the voltage in the apartment when working with electricians!10 ways to spend less on decorating an apartment and get a real masterpiece
Designer tips: 1. 100% polyester silk. Stone-like tiles, parquet-like linoleum, onyx-like laminate, Trekhgorka under Ralph Lauren. Python-like porcelain tiles. “Artificially aged” something... It’s embarrassing to even think about. Alas, the number will not work. Look through good interior design magazines. Everywhere there, stone is stone, tile is nothing more than tile, and wood is just that, wood. If you don’t have the money for parquet, and simple laminate is beneath you, look for a good engineered board. As a result, you will get a floor that looks much more expensive than the money spent on it. A good alternative to porcelain tiles for kitchens, bathrooms and hallways is cement tiles. The result will look a hundred times more expensive. 2. Adjacent rooms should contrast. If you have a bright living room, let the hallway be painted in a deep, relatively dark color. In any case, the cost of paint will be the same, and the result may look really expensive. 3. If on good carpet no money, look for carpet made from viscose or blended fibers that imitate a silk or wool pile carpet.
4. Place the curtains on a thick lining. Even inexpensive curtain fabric will seriously benefit from this. Look for fabrics that are three meters wide. This results in significant savings. If you are not willing to spend a lot, avoid printed textiles (fabrics with a pattern). When cutting patterned fabrics, due to the need to properly join the fabrics, a lot of scraps remain. The more rapport, the more waste. Do not use curtain tape for curtains. Let the seamstress lay the "manual" folds. It's not that expensive, and the pleats, gathered with braid, look very cheap. 5. Set-set-set. Identical things in the interior are permissible only in one case: if they are paired items that form a symmetrical composition. Chandeliers, desk lamp and leave a sconce from one set to those to whom God did not give imagination. They are the kits upholstered furniture“a sofa or two armchairs” and similar tender sadness. For more details, see the next paragraph. 6. Ready-made solutions. Bad news: there isn't any. At least for us. The shower room is built using construction methods because it is a room. Unless you run a student hostel or an underground massage parlor with striptease, a shower stall (that sad structure of yellow acrylic and lopsided doors) will not suit you. Do not spend money on "designer" plumbing. Let appearance The plumbing equipment of the bathroom (kitchen, toilet) will be dictated by function. Buy washbasins and faucets with simple shapes, without inappropriate decor. The toilet bowl should be invisible and cope with its duties. No one will love them, right? 7. Paintings, prints, engravings, photographs and posters frame in simple but deep frames with glass and be sure to passe-partout. Even a picture printed on a home inkjet printer (or a naive children's drawing), in such a frame looks very significant. Play with the size of the mat. A small work in a very wide mat looks very “designer-like”. And, by the way, cardboard for mats can be of almost any color. 8. Cosiness. Another collective fetish. According to my observations, what in our Palestinians is called “comfort”, in 99 percent of cases, is poetic closeness. In many ways, this is a physical memory of a bygone childhood, of the warm and affectionate meager Soviet life with carpets teeming with saprophytes, a kind grandmother, Czechoslovak crystal and the unread Dreiser in the polished Polish wall of “Hanka”. Moreover, expensive devilry like round bed with music and a minibar, a bar counter with a built-in aquarium, etc. The same is true for such rich things as lambrequin, garland and swag. Don't worry: in a good, well-thought-out interior, comfort inevitably comes naturally. Therefore... 9. ...Goodbye, gypsy Sera! Duvet covers made of calico in fine Nefertiti, towels in scarlet roses, pillowcases in eye-catching shades, nylon blankets with Shanghai leopards. All these are attributes of collective farm chic, forgive me for being blunt. They will not add comfort. Variegated coloring is often necessary for these things solely to hide their exceptionally lousy quality. Keep bed linen and bath towels simply white (options: ivory, ecru). But made from excellent Egyptian cotton. 10. However, it is also important not to overdo it with ivory. Peach, beige, sand... The average nuanced range is good for chain hotels. Because their stenciled interiors are bound to please everyone. You should like your interior. After all, he is a manifestation of your essence, right? Pick up a fan palette from any paint manufacturer. Do you feel pleasant heaviness? These are your possibilities. Don't miss them!
Tatyana Zhukova
Moscow
I would like to express my gratitude to the DomServisStroy company, its management and employees. I ordered the design and decoration of the new office of my travel company from them. I imagined how everything should look only in general terms. And I had no idea where to get the materials to realize my ideas. Therefore, the services of the company’s designer were very useful to me. I just voiced the main points that were important to me, and together they determined the overall style. Then I chose the best one from the three options offered to me. Now my office looks almost like the picture, clients are immersed in an atmosphere of relaxation as soon as they enter our office. And what is especially important for me is that the project’s delivery deadlines were not missed. It opened when planned.
Svetlana Sergeevna
I bought an apartment on the secondary market in a condition that required renovation. I decided to turn to professionals, since I had no time to understand the intricacies of the process myself. The company was recommended by friends, I contacted DomServisStroy after looking at reviews on the Internet, and was satisfied! The company's specialists took upon themselves not only the actual execution of the work, but also the coordination of the redevelopment (I combined the bedroom with a balcony). Made a project. Most of the repairs were cosmetic; they did it for me on a turnkey basis, having previously agreed on all the details. All I had to do was go into my long-awaited home, which began to look like new. Thank you very much!
Alexander
The apartment was purchased in a new building, so there was a lot of work. It was necessary to separate the electrician, and install partitions, and solder the pipes. We contacted DomServiceStroy. We agreed that I pay for the work, plus for every little thing if necessary. And I buy large purchases (solutions, pipes, taps, etc.) myself. All points were signed in the contract, paid in fact only for the work. At first, he came every day to monitor the progress of work, then I realized that the company is serious, they do everything in good faith. So I only went on weekends. As a result, the repair was done about 8 weeks. And then, because my wife and I chose a bath and wallpaper for a long time. In the end, the result of the repair coincided with expectations. Satisfied with the quality and timing. Thank you.
Yulia and Vladimir
Moscow
Good afternoon We would like to leave a few nice words to the specialists of the DomServiceStroy company for the repairs that they just recently completed in our three-room apartment. You have completed a truly difficult task, decorating and tidying up our children's room, our room, Big hall and other areas of the apartment. We were delighted with the decision to combine a small and unnecessary balcony with big room. Now in that corner there is a real recreation area overlooking the park and the river. Children are delighted, they now have everything for complete happiness - bright colors in the interior of the room with heroes of their favorite cartoons, a lot of free space around. We are just as happy as children, thank you very much!
Stanislav
How are measurements carried out during the redecoration of an apartment in Moscow?
Dear customers! We are a small team, and you can call us just by calling our direct phone number, or by leaving your coordinates in the feedback form.
Even knowing from your words the scope of work, the final cost of repair work after I arrive at the facility and perform all measurements, as well as familiarize myself with the premises, may differ. Sometimes you can’t even imagine what kind of work is required to solve the finishing task exactly as you want and achieve exactly the visualization that is in your wishes.
Where to start cosmetic renovations in an apartment or room?
Modern refurbishment of a turnkey apartment in Moscow should first of all begin with planning. Ideally, this is a designed project with the locations of all communications: switches, sockets, lights, location of household appliances, location of plumbing fixtures. If you have a project or technical specification, performing cosmetic renovation of an apartment with our efforts will be easy and simple!
Project apartments you can do do it yourself without any problems. You can easily select the colors of tiles and wallpaper yourself in any store, and you can easily draw up a plan for redevelopment, electrical and plumbing on any free online apartment project website. Call me and I will send you links to good resources.
Who monitors the quality of work on site?
My son and I work together, and I personally do all kinds of work. Unlike large companies, where one person designs, another commands, a third executes, a fourth checks, and the apartment is rented to you by a person who, in principle, has never been present at this site.
This means that one person is responsible for absolutely all types of work. And it’s easier for me: I don’t need to stand over my soul at every wall, as happens with large volumes of work. And in case of some problems, the foreman does not even always know who exactly is to blame for the poor work.
What materials do you use in your work?
Unlike companies, we do not sell materials, but will purchase them together with you in construction stores and markets of Moscow and Moscow region: Leroy Merlin, OBI. During the rough work process, I make a list of required materials and you can purchase everything yourself draft materials the right manufacturers at the best price you can find.
Again, I am not imposing any of my stores, but just recommending them. While companies engaged in cosmetic renovation of turnkey apartments in Moscow earn up to 25% of their cost from the sale of materials, I give you an excellent opportunity to optimize your budget.
How is the lifting of materials into the apartment, as well as the removal of construction waste?
Within the specified tariffs we lift materials from the entrance to the apartment if there is an elevator. In the absence of an elevator, lifting materials is negotiated separately.
As for construction waste, we will, of course, remove all construction waste. However, you should discuss this with your partner in advance. management company. It happened that we were prohibited from throwing bulky waste into common containers. If your property management company prohibits this, make sure to order a separate container. Unfortunately, we don't have much time to wander around the area and put bags of bricks in different trash cans.
How is payment for work carried out?
Payment for cosmetic renovation of the apartment is carried out in stages. We divide the entire amount of work into stages, and subsequently you pay for each stage of work after it is completed. This is convenient for both parties: you see the work completed, and we get the customer. After all, most companies require you to pay more than half the cost of the work at once. In this case, you will not be able to influence the progress of work in any way if you do not like the quality.
The only exception is the first stage of work. I remember there being very cunning customers who, in response to my adequate request to receive payment for the work performed, tried in every possible way to delay the moment of payment - they say, then, first, you do the repairs, and then I will pay you. That is why to strengthen faith in the customer At the first stage we work only on an advance system. The advance will be purely nominal - 10,000 rubles.
What is the difference between a major apartment renovation and a cosmetic renovation?
When redecorating an apartment, doors and windows are not replaced, walls, ceilings and floors are leveled, and old electrical wiring and plumbing communications. A major renovation of an apartment includes a significantly larger volume of work: old finishing is dismantled, new electrical wiring is installed, new polypropylene plumbing pipes, all types of surfaces are leveled with laser precision, checking surface distortions. This will be a comprehensive renovation of your premises, which will not only change the color of the wallpaper, but will completely transform your apartment, including redevelopment.
What makes up the price of redecorating an apartment in Moscow?
The price of redecorating an apartment for square meter difficult to determine unambiguously. The total cost of our services is influenced by many factors. For example, one customer needs redevelopment, another does not need it at all. This means, all things being equal, the amount of work on the second object will be less for us. And there are a lot of such moments. We tried to determine the cost of redecorating an apartment empirically, but it is still a conditional cost.
The issue of renovating a room almost always depends on the budget for future work. Most often, the owners of an apartment or house are faced with a choice - to renovate a room with their own hands in a cosmetic way, without postponing the matter, or to plan a major overhaul for the indefinite future with redevelopment and a major design update. Most craftsmen in such a situation recommend redecorating the room, during which the vast majority of problems with the interior of the room can be solved.
How to properly approach the organization of renovation in one room
Starting a room renovation is always inconvenient and even scary, especially if you don’t have enough experience, and the only assistants at hand are a cheat sheet on how to renovate a room with your own hands for beginners. But, as a rule, uncertainty and doubts pass when the scope of future work becomes clear and the question of in what sequence to make repairs in the room is resolved.
Therefore, the first step is to draw up a master plan for cosmetic repairs, and most importantly, before attempting to make repairs in a room, it is necessary to draw up a detailed estimate for the purchased materials and consumables. This is a mandatory condition; even for renovations in a small room you will need to make a list of several dozen items.
Where to start renovating a room is not important, it can be done renovation work in the sequence that seems more convenient under given specific conditions. Traditionally, renovating a room with your own hands begins with the most “dirty” or rough work and ends with delicate finishing procedures.
A typical list of work or sequence of repairs in a room is as follows:
- The old finish is removed from the walls, ceiling and floor. Removing the floor covering produces the largest percentage of dust and dirt, so it is removed first;
- Rough preparation of the floor is carried out for further laying of a new floor covering;
- Wiring repairs are carried out, lamps and switches are moved and hung, corrugations are laid out for television and Internet cables;
- The walls and ceiling are cleaned and puttied. If the redecoration plans involve changing the wallpaper to a more modern type finishing, then you will need to level the walls with gypsum plaster;
- The ceiling surface is leveled in a similar way. Before whitewashing or painting with water-based emulsion, the ceiling is rubbed down, plastered with a lime-gypsum mixture and a decorative coating is laid;
- Performed decorative finishing walls, glued ceiling skirting boards, facing changes interior doors;
- New is being laid flooring, baseboards are installed, lamps are hung, switches are installed.
Of course, at each stage of room renovation, photo, a large amount of debris and dust will be generated. Not only will you have to regularly clean the room and remove rubbish rubble, you will also need to try to cover areas with already completed repairs with protective plastic film to avoid dust on the surface.
What Shouldn't Be Included in a Room Redecoration
Finishers often call cosmetic repairs a “three-day job”; in order to update the interior of a room, as a rule, no more is required. The list of repair activities does not include the most expensive work:
- Redevelopment of premises with the transfer of interior partitions;
- Replacing the heating system;
- Installation of expensive multi-tiered suspended ceilings;
- Glazing of the balcony and replacement of windows with double-glazed windows;
- Equipment for heated floors in the room.
It is clear that all of the above components of repair require serious financial costs and the involvement of qualified specialists in the work. It will take more than a day or two to carry out such serious events. In addition, such is the specificity of the renovation in the room that, willy-nilly, dust and construction debris spread throughout the apartment. Therefore, the situation is regulated in this way - either cosmetic repairs are made in a single room, or the entire apartment is “stood up” for major repair work.
In general, the redecoration plan includes everything that can be done in a couple of days with my own hands for relatively little money.
The main task of cosmetic repairs
The main goal of renovation work is to refresh the interior of the room, remove minor defects and damage that have accumulated over the years, which are incredibly annoying and interfere with everyday life.
In rare cases, cosmetic repairs become a consequence of force majeure circumstances, for example, flooding of a room by neighbors on the floor above or preparing the premises for renting. There may be many reasons, but the main thing is still maintaining the premises in a comfortable condition for living.
Properly performed cosmetic repairs make it possible to save on future volumes overhaul For example, screeding the base of the floor and leveling the walls will at least reduce the time and effort required to prepare for a major overhaul, naturally, provided that the renovation of the room with your own hands (photo) is done as conscientiously and efficiently as possible.
The next stage of repair, distribution of costs and load
Budget planning and procurement of materials are rightly considered one of the most difficult stages of redecoration. Especially if you plan most Perform repair procedures yourself. The reason is simple - amateurs and novice craftsmen have no idea how much specific material will be required for this or that area of work.
In this case, the problem can be solved in two ways:
- Compiled List works and estimates can be shown to an experienced master, which will help calculate the flow rate based on the square footage of the room;
- Calculate flow based on standard recommendations from manufacturers of building materials, increasing the stock of glue, plaster mixtures, wallpaper, and flooring by 10% of the calculated indicators.
In the latter case, the cost of purchasing materials will increase significantly, but ultimately, the remains of cement, dry plaster and glue can be used for cosmetic repairs of other rooms in the apartment. In addition, having a list often helps you get a bulk discount, so there are no significant gaps in your future budget. cosmetic update rooms at competent organization there should be no purchase.
Preparatory stages of renovation in a room
The first, most labor-intensive stage has always been and remains the rough stripping of the walls and ceiling. Typically, renovations to a room begin with removing pieces of furniture and sealing the front door with a protective awning. You can use thick plastic film Or an old blanket. An improvised curtain will protect the rest of the apartment from noise and dust, which, even with very careful work, using a vacuum cleaner and wet cleaning of floors, always accumulates in the room in considerable quantities.
Before repairs, the lamps must be removed; instead of a chandelier, a socket with a light bulb is left in the room. If double-glazed windows are installed in the room, then it would be useful to cover the window opening with film before the repair. It is clear that the film also covers the floor covering; it is easier to roll up the laid polyethylene than to wash the dirt in the room every evening.
Removing old finishes from walls
Preparing for a redecoration takes about a third of the planned time. During this time, you will need to remove the whitewash and wallpaper from the walls of the room. If there are areas with damaged plaster, it will take another day to knock the plaster off the walls.
Old wallpaper is removed either in one sheet or scraped off in small pieces for a long time, it all depends on the glue used. Before removing the wallpaper, moisten the surface with a small amount of water using a spray bottle. After 20-30 minutes, the trellises can be removed in patches. For special strong adhesives use boiling water and steam. In any case, after stripping the old trellises, you will need to use a vacuum cleaner and a stiff brush to remove dust and glue residues.
Peeling and restoration of the ceiling surface
The ceiling is freed from decorative covering much faster and easier than walls. If your redecoration plans include sticking polystyrene plates or laying plastic panels, then it will be enough to remove upper layer whitewashing.
The situation is more complicated if the ceiling in the room is painted with water-based paint or whitewashed with lime. In this case, it will take at least a day to remove the durable layer of old finish.
The most common option for restoring the ceiling during cosmetic repairs involves leveling the plane of the ceiling. In any room of any apartment, the floor slabs lie with a differential of several degrees, which leads to a difference in ceiling height near the opposing walls of the room from 2 to 5 cm.
If time and budget for cosmetic repairs allow, then it is best to level the ceiling using high-quality gypsum plaster.
To do this, plastic slats are sewn onto the ceiling and the plane is tightened with a plaster mesh. Beacon slats are glued with alabaster, guided by pre-tensioned horizontal marking cords. The mesh is sewn on dowels. The total time required to completely level the ceiling in a room is 5-6 hours of work.
In one working day you can complete complete renovation ceiling. The next day you can sand, prime and paint the surface.
Cosmetic repair work to the walls of the room
During cosmetic repairs, walls are leveled and plastered only in exceptional situations, when the situation requires it, for example, the appearance large quantity cracks or chipping of plaster. In addition, the total area of the walls of the room, as a rule, is three times the area of the ceiling, which in itself requires a lot of time and materials.
Therefore, during cosmetic repairs, the preparation process is limited to cutting small cracks, followed by puttying and grinding the surface. Sometimes, in order to level the plane of a single wall, particularly problematic areas are sanded with an electric sander.
In addition, at this stage of the renovation work, it is easy to change the profile and configuration of the electrical wiring in the room. It is enough to drill channels in the lower part of the walls to the installation site of new electrical outlets, break through the “glasses” for the trimmers and install the sockets themselves. The corrugations with wiring laid in the channels can be rubbed with plaster or alabaster mass. All work will take a maximum of 2-3 hours. Upon completion of preparation for finishing, the surface is vacuumed and primed.
Rough floor preparation
After finishing the most labor-intensive work with preparing the ceiling and walls, you can move on to cleaning and preparing the floor. If the floors are concrete, with laminate flooring, then cosmetic repairs may be limited to re-laying the laminate slabs, with or without replacing the lining material. Most often, damaged slabs in a room are replaced, after which the coating is polished using wax mastic.
During cosmetic repairs, linoleum coverings are cut out, the base is cleaned down to concrete, primed and covered with a heat-insulating lining based on foamed polyethylene.
If the room has wooden floors, then first of all the floorboards themselves are cleaned and repaired, then the joints are hammered and hammered, after which the surface is sanded and prepared for painting.
Don't forget about garbage and dust
Any repair work, even the simplest and most superficial, is always accompanied by the formation of a large amount of debris and dust. Before repairs, you need to prepare two or three polypropylene bags into which all the garbage from the room will be collected daily. At the end of the day, after each finishing operation, the walls and floor are cleaned of crumbled crumbs and remnants of plaster mortar, and before finishing, the walls are cleaned with a vacuum cleaner or a damp brush.
If the walls of the room are supposed to be leveled with gypsum plaster, then the amount of debris will increase five to six times. It will be necessary to think in advance and find a way to collect and remove 150-200 kg of cement-sand waste screenings from the premises. You cannot send it to the garbage chute or trash cans; you will need to order a special service for the removal of construction waste.
Cleaning redecoration operations in the room
First executed fine finishing ceilings. Typically, the repaired and sanded surface is primed and painted with light-colored acrylic paint.
If wallpaper is used in the interior of the room, the ceilings can be decorated with non-woven or vinyl wallpaper to match the future wall decoration. A common practice for decorating lamps and chandeliers is the use of imitation polystyrene stucco molding and decorative ceiling plinths.
Finishing the walls in a room is considered one of the most important and at the same time time-consuming cosmetic operations. Even taking into account the fact that half the walls in the room will be covered with furniture, a certain part of the walls will still be clearly visible to everyone present in the room. If during cosmetic repairs it was not possible to properly level the surface of the walls, you can hide the imperfections only under the wallpaper. It is best to use trellises on tissue based or with a pronounced relief textured surface. Pasting a room will take 7-8 hours or a full working day.
Repairing doors and floors in a small room
The wooden plank floor of the old layout often has to be hidden under linoleum or laminate. In this case, the surface of the floorboards is sanded with a sanding machine, and the joints are sewn together with nails driven at an angle to the board. At the next stage of repair, the floor surface is sewn up OSB boards, after which you can lay linoleum or any other flooring option in the room.
The situation becomes more complicated if the concrete floors are leveled to the level of the screed throughout the apartment. In this case, any floor covering in the room will lead to the appearance of a threshold, so the installation of laminate or parquet must be planned simultaneously in all rooms.
The final stage is the restoration of interior doors. The hatch and the door itself, if they are in good condition, can not be changed, but undergo restoration with cleaning and polishing of the surface. External cladding door frame during repairs they are traditionally replaced with a new one. The replacement of doors with a supporting frame is planned for a major overhaul, usually so that the entire apartment or house has doors of the same style and design.
Conclusion
Repairing a room, even in a cosmetic form, requires careful preparation, first of all, in the details of the future interior of the room, the method of decorating the walls and floor. Any attempts to postpone the decision to the future, to do it at random, as it turns out, will lead to a significant increase in costs and an increase in the time required to restore the room by two to three times.
