Repair of the entire apartment: 12 useful tips

Repair ... Where to start it, how to finish it, and how to save time? Today we share practical advice and tell you in what sequence it is worth carrying out repair work.

1. Define goals and objectives

At the beginning of the repair lies the idea. Even before all work begins, it is necessary to consider in what style the interior will be designed. What furniture will stand in the room. The correct location of the wiring, switches, depends on this.

And if repairs are planned in the kitchen, you need to know in which part of the space the kitchen apron will be. Where to make mounts for the headset, and provide an air vent.

2. Preparatory process

At the draft stage, there are many things to consider: cleaning walls, demolishing (or building) partitions, walls, replacing windows, heating (if necessary), installation of an air conditioner, preparatory work for installing a floor, dismantling old plumbing, replacing pipes in old rooms. But before you start plastering work, you need to carefully consider where the wiring will be installed.

3. Check voids and allow for garbage collection

In new apartments, you need to tap the walls, there may be voids in them, and the plaster may crumble over time. And you should definitely consider garbage disposal. To do this, it is better to pre-order a special car.

4. Floor mounting

After all the preliminary work, plywood for the parquet is laid, filling is done, in general, preparatory work is underway to install the floor. Before painting walls or wallpapering, all preparatory work on laying the floor must be completed.

5. Wall alignment

When leveling the walls, it is necessary to calculate how much material is needed for all the work. You need to calculate with a margin so that the work does not stop at the most inopportune moment.

You also need to consider the drying time. In some cases, with a thick layer of mortar, the walls can dry for a long time (about a month). There are such options in old apartments, when it is impossible to level the walls with a mortar, then good fastenings and drywall will be required.

6. Stretch ceiling

Sometimes questions arise, when installing a stretch ceiling, at what stage to do it (after wallpapering, painting the walls). This process, considered to be fine, is already at the finish after all the work and applying different types of coatings on the walls.

7. Finishing work

At the final stage, the floor is laid, doors, sockets, switches, sills and baseboards are installed, plumbing is installed.

8. Door installation

Often questions arise when to install doors: after the final floor covering or earlier. In order to save time, it is better to do this after installing the floor. Currently, this process belongs to the finishing process. So, the doors will be protected from mechanical damage and contamination.

The floor after the flooring may rise slightly, and it will be necessary to calculate this distance if the doors are installed before the floor is installed. Therefore, experts recommend installing doors after the final work on flooring.

9. The best time to repair

In order for all materials to take root well in the interior, it is better to carry out repairs in the warm season.

10. All in order!

To summarize the above, repairs can take place in approximately the following order:

• First, wiring work is done;
• Then on the list are air conditioning and heating systems;
• After preparing the base of the floor;
• Window dismantling is being done;
• Walls and ceiling are being prepared;
• Then they are painted (wallpapering);
• Finishing flooring, installation of doors, thresholds and skirting boards;
• The finishing touch is the stretch ceiling;