Buying an apartment is a long-awaited and important event in life. But buying a home is just the beginning. When the initial euphoria passes from owning your own housing, it turns out that ahead - the prospect of a large-scale repair. And if housing is bought in the primary market, that is, in a new building, then the repair costs will be serious, because the repair in a new apartment is essentially a capital one - there is room planning, installation of floor coverings, sanitary ware, etc. But about everything in order.
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Features of repair in a new building
Quite often we hear that new multi-storey houses, especially panel houses, for several years give a natural shrinkage. It's true. But residents are worried about another question: how will the shrinkage of the building affect the repair in their apartment? Will there be cracks in the walls, will the wallpaper break, will the new flooring deteriorate?
Let's say at once, all these fears are somewhat exaggerated. The building, of course, will eventually take a little time, but you are unlikely to notice it, except that in the process of construction, gross violations were committed. But this is another matter. As for cracks and crumbling plaster, such troubles can really happen. But only in case the plasterer is a hack, or low-quality materials were used. The floor is also unlikely to suffer from shrinkage, especially if the coating is natural parquet or laminate.
But still in the new building is not recommended to start a full-scale repair using expensive materials for several years. Why? Judge for yourself - you bought an apartment, shocked the pace of expensive repairs, celebrated a housewarming - everything is fine. And then the neighbors begin to repair it. A powerful perforator is made by the stunt in the bathroom or in the kitchen - you have cracked and flies off the tiles.
Newly-built tenants are installing a new plumbing and accidentally flooded you - a brand new ceiling and carpet was damaged. There are many more such examples, so it is strongly recommended to make an initial repair in a brand new apartment with "little blood", using cheap finishing materials. Or use such that are not afraid of mechanical damage and the effects of moisture.
Stages of apartment renovation from scratch
With what to begin? The first thing to look carefully at the room, no matter how funny it sounded. What you need to pay attention to:
• Is it hard to keep the windowsills?
• Are there any scratches and cracks in the windows?
• Is communication in order?
• Do the walls and ceilings correspond to the parameters specified in the plan?
Pay attention to all the little things, because if you do not make claims to the builders immediately, you will have to correct the defects yourself.
preliminary planning
Such a troublesome business as repairing an apartment from scratch, you can not start without a preliminary plan for the upcoming works.
What needs to be taken into account in the planning process:
• Location of sockets, switches, lighting devices.
• Type and size of interior doors.
• Location of installation points for plumbing equipment.
• Type of floor covering.
• Type of ceiling and walls.
Of course, this is not all, to take into account the features of repair in a separate apartment can only the owners themselves. Thinking and calculating all the important points, you will be able to outline the stages of work and calculate the number of necessary materials.
"Dirty work"
It does not matter whether you are repairing the apartment with your own hands, or by the forces of wage workers. It is necessary to begin with the most troublesome and "dirty" works - plumbing and electrical. Remember that saving at this stage is more expensive. For wiring, sockets and plumbing equipment, there is no need to regret money. After all, it will be very unpleasant and insulting if a pipe immured in a wall suddenly gives a leak, while spoiling expensive tiles. Or wipe the wiring and have to rip off the wallpaper, or shoot down a layer of plaster.
In the process of plumbing and electrical work, stitches are made in the walls according to the scheme - this is the heaviest, dusty and noisy work, and it needs to be done in full, nothing postponed for later. After all, even if you do not yet have an electric boiler or a washing machine, you need to make bends for them immediately, so that you do not again chop plaster and cut into the water pipe or make an additional outlet.
bathroom Finishing
Here, too, the economy is inappropriate. After preliminary leveling the floor, it is best to use a tile as a covering, and seal the seams in the corners. If you are seriously afraid of cracks due to shrinkage of the building, buy an inexpensive tile. On sale there is ceramics of good quality of Belarusian-Italian and Russian-Italian production at quite democratic prices. But do not save on mixtures for grouting joints - then you will not have to fight with mold and fungus.
A relatively cheap and quick way to finish the walls in the bathroom is to install plastic panels on liquid nails.
Toilet bowls, wash basins, bidets and other faience sanitary ware are better to buy a European manufacturer. And that's exactly what you should not economize on, it's on mixers. Mixers produced in Russia and China can in the near future deliver you enough "pleasant" moments - from the trivial "water does not flow" to the real flood in the bathroom and the corridor. Therefore, immediately buy quality products from proven European manufacturers.
floor
It is possible that you will have to level the floor before laying the cover. The simplest way to do this is by using a ready mix for bulk floors, if, of course, the funds permit. Otherwise, you can make a cheaper, but requiring more effort and skill cement screed.
As a floor covering of the class "cheap and angry" you can use linoleum, especially if you are doing apartment repairs yourself.
But he will "stretch" two or three years, not more. A quality linoleum is expensive. Therefore it is best to buy a laminate of class 31 or 32.
ceiling and walls
As mentioned above, the repair of apartments in new buildings has some nuances associated with the risk of damage to finishing materials, including the impact of water.
To protect yourself from the extremely unpleasant consequences of flooding neighbors from above, install tension ceilings. Recently, thanks to the huge competition, stretch ceilings have become more accessible. PVC-linen is mounted for several hours with a minimum amount of debris. And in the case of a flood, it can safely withstand up to one hundred liters of water per square meter. But when the money is very tight, you can just level the ceilings with a putty and paint.
If there is no need for plastering, then the surface of the walls should be prepared for the finish coat - carefully zashpatlevat and wipe all the seams, cracks, unevenness. The entire surface must be primed. After that, you can glue the wallpaper.
By the way, at this stage of repair you can save a little by buying in the store the remains of wallpaper, which are much cheaper. A little imagination, the presence of good taste - and from several types of wallpaper you can make an original beautiful collage.
But this option, as they say, to an amateur, and if he does not suit you - buy inexpensive paper wallpaper that can be replaced in a year or two.
You can save on interior doors, just not installing them. To begin, buy only boxes with platbands. They cost about five times less than the finished door kit, and the door can be picked up and bought later.
Within the framework of this article, we have examined the repair of apartments whose value will not seriously affect the pocket even for a young family. Here we did not consider more complex and expensive variants with re-planning, demolition and erection of new partitions, etc. Only the most basic points. Repair of such a plan can be done on its own for several months without involving specialists.
If, however, you decide to seek professional help, we recommend that you do not contact the civilian brigades - in which case they are practically impossible to file claims. Work only with reliable and verified companies under the contract.
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