Cosmetic repair: what to expect?

Overhaul often compared to a fire or natural disaster, since it takes a lot of effort, money, time and nerves. Therefore, many people prefer not to deal with a radical alteration of the home as long as possible, preferring to "cosmetics." After all, in theory, a small repair and would require significantly less time and on-stick costs and lay a tint far less than do it all over again. However, in fact, an attempt to slightly improve the living conditions often turns all the same high costs and delayed for months, instead of the planned week. With what is commonly encountered by owners of housing "with experience", decided to ennoble favorite "hruscheby" or "malosemeyku" participants know FORUMHOUSE.

Pitfalls of small repairs

Usually, undertaking repair, refurbish quickly calculate the ceiling, walls and floor in an attempt to reduce the desire to opportunities within a limited budget. It does not attempt to design registration, a leitmotif in this situation by a desire to "freshen up" the situation. Minor repairs are often characterized by episodic - flat trim alternately, as the appearance of money and time. Because choosing an easy upgrade in most cases due to lack of finance on capital alteration, and materials are used the most affordable - wallpaper, interior paints, linoleum or laminate. But when the repair goes from the stage of dreams in the realization stage, many expect unpleasant discoveries.

Window

Although many apartments are already equipped with modern plastic windows, grabs and timber constructions, whose life is prolonged by regular coloring and glossing over the gaps. But this therapy eventually becomes ineffective. Once again, going to the window with a desire to renew, really face the distortions completely decrepit frame, glass which is kept on parole. And instead of paint and a few hours of work it is necessary to spend money on a new double pane windows and removing slopes. Common situation describes the participant portal, decided to make a budget repair with minimal cost.

samoltorez (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Window restoration can not be cheap - outside rotted and been repainted (at least 5 times), the frame is so prosazheny down that the latches do not close, just does not hold, there is still a bunch of flaws - you need to put new windows completely.

The reaction to this unexpected extension of the budget is often a hectic telephone calls manufacturers to detect very low-cost structure. Of course, when every penny counts, I want to save money, but given that the glazing is placed for a single year, most likely, not even for another decade, to gain a few thousand in the future may result in a far greater expenses. To really save without harm to themselves, do not buy cheap windows artisanal firm one-day, risking the loss in quality. But to study the market and find the right parameters for the design, not heaped up, but not the most appropriate model, it is realistic - not the fact that you need is tempered triplex with gas. If the installation is not possible for its forces, samoltorez It advises to resort to manufacturers.

samoltorez:

It is important when ordering windows to put the same people who make them - I rented apartment saw the situation when the window is brought, they are a week are inside, put people at all other windows are not suitable in size, then another two weeks, the window may not return, then start sue. In general, the window must put right the master of the company and the contract should be clearly spelled out terms of return and the Algorithm claims.

Ceiling

Home "sore" ceilings in the apartments - drop slabs, sometimes up to several centimeters. Attempting to pull the old coating or paint to peel layer may result in precipitation of a solid piece of plaster or putty, which gap is sealed with the previous repair. If the discharge from cheap and cheerful - completely remove loose segments and new putty composition, using primers to improve adhesion and fiberglass mesh (serpyanku). Modern starting putty tightly grasped with a base and allow a sufficiently thick coating, and the finish can be adjusted all the flaws. Crucially, this problem is solved hinged or tensile structures, which although more expensive, but completely hide the defect for many years. One member of our portal chose mounted version as the original data minimizes the difference in price.

Catherine-19 (participant FORUMHOUSE):

Repair I want a simple but nice, the ceiling will be mounted, so as of now it is very curve and alignment will leave too much material.

Walls

Hope quickly tear the wall and instead of outdated / annoying Wallpaperpaint them with the bounce of the curves is broken wall with cracks and defects which were not visible under multiple layers. The bonus can be a fungus or mold, corrode which have special structures. At best, you can do the application of the base layer and finishing putty leveling, at worst - will have to completely pereshtukaturivat walls on beacons. Fortunately, today is not a problem to buy a desired composition or use a self-made DSP. As an option - plastered with plaster mixtures, they, unlike cement, adhere well to any base. And in the old apartments, as the experience of another of our party, the wall can be not only curved, but collected from different materials. Deciding to quickly update the hallway for vacation time, he received a shock, stripped the old wallpaper.

auggust_70 (Member FORUMHOUSE):

The idea was - to tear off the old wallpaper, a bit to align the wall, a good putty and apply liquid wallpaper, suspended ceiling, on the floor - laminate. Paul curve in all respects, so the complexity of the expected alignment only. Tearing wallpaper (hint - abundant moistened with water, and fade into cheers), I found a hallway made of three materials - concrete walls, chipboard, gypsum not understand that, plaster patches and unplaned board. Fast remontika plan failed, I actually sat down on a stool and just stared at it for about an hour in a stupor.

But the frightened eyes helped hand operation, it was decided to start with the "flat" walls, drop that level was only a centimeter. to align auggust_70 using not metal, and homemade beacons from the same gypsum plaster mixture.

auggust_70 (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Such a method is selected to reduce the flow of solution: two-boiled samoreza vertically in increments under the rules length (1.5 m) vertical exposed from the most projecting portion (where the screw is not present). Along this line, sketched on top of the solution and put the cap rule - turned the beacon by which lined the walls.

Another wall was finished to the same technology, the greatest difficulties arose from the third - the entire surface is curved, variations of up to eight centimeters. Since it was impossible to remove the slope of the door, it was decided to bring the plane without using beacons. Where from the plaster peeped old boards have been screwed screws, to enhance adhesion of the new solution with a base, and masking grid (serpyanka). Despite the fact that it took more material and much more effort, all the walls were plastered with stucco and plastered. As a finishing - liquid wallpaper.

floors

A rarity when the old flooring or board strong enough to become the basis for new top coat. In general, the dismantling of linoleum reveals the rotten floor, which is suitable only in a landfill. At best, the floor can be repaired partially replacing a bad board, and strengthened it. If a miracle does not happen, and strengthen it is impossible, the old floor is removed, pour a new tie if necessary. But here, surprises are possible, for example, how to make sure auggust_70, the builders of the Soviet Union was popular bitumen.

auggust_70 (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Under the parquet instead of uniform screed was sometimes asphalt mastic (or something similar), in some places plastered and in some places - mixed concrete leveling attempts. The result is a height difference in centimeters and non-uniform basis. There is also the pits that were trying to pour bitumen (centimeter deep).

The original version of all the wash, remove any loose segments, and primed to fill the screed, has disappeared - advised against participants of the branch. Such a foundation would be insufficiently reliable and concrete mass will gradually disintegrate. The epic, which began on the walls, on the floor continued. Having spent a lot of effort, time and nerves, craftsman scraped almost all bitumen. Since the risk with a thin screed on the basis of a non-uniform did not want to, it was decided to use a leveling compound on the filler Cement-based and subfloor pretreated special primer that provides adhesion of dissimilar materials.

The result allowed the craftsman, but in very advanced cases may require a complete dismantling of the old ties and fill the new layer. But it's better than do half-measures, and in a few years be faced with the need to rework the floor when the wall is still almost new.

To repair is not turned into a disaster:

• As accurately counts the consumption of materials - approximate figures will spill area or extra rolls / banks / packaging, or in the need to buy more. Many different online calculators will facilitate the task.
• Do not repeat the error pop and not get fooled by the low price - counterfeit filler flowers and peels have singed paint bad coverage, and in a simple wallpaper have to watch every day. If mixtures released shelf life, with them not only more difficult to work, they lose their operational properties.
• Do not break the sequence of actions - repair begins with a full disassembly, finish - from the ceiling, then go to the wall, the final stage - the floor.

But on our website in the section repair and redevelopmentYou can get help for all eventualities. Chances are, someone has already solved this problem and is willing to share experience, enough to ask. If the problems can not be solved in any way - professionals our Exchange also at your disposal.

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