Conventional error in self-repair (electrical, flooring, the use of plasterboard)

It is well known that man is by nature fallible. And statistics show that these mistakes are often not allowed due to carelessness, but because of the banal lack of knowledge of the case. Aside from this statistic does not remain and repair. Troubleshooting in carrying out self-repair often entails unforeseen expenditures of money, effort and nerves. To avoid this fate, you must meet the following information.

More often repair mistakes are made due to lack of experience. Often the owners of their own houses or apartments, determined to make the repairs yourself, do not even try to learn a little bit how it's done. Therefore, during repair work, often suffer electrical, floor coverings and drywall. Each of them will talk in more detail.

Wiring

The most important rule in the repair of electrical wiring - never work under stress. An electric shock is very often ends lethal! Also, do not connect with each other wires of various alloys. For example, you can never connect the copper cable and aluminum together. Places of contact of the wires are heated and, sooner or later, such a mistake will result in disastrous consequences. That such cases provoke fire in the house.

When you purchase cables for wiring is better to take the wire with the stock. It often happens that, measured off the cable length, as they say, "by eye", to switch or outlet is not enough just a few centimeters.

Floor

Probably the most basic error in floor repair - is the alignment of the floor without knowing what material will comprise the final coating. People who are professionally engaged in repair, it is recommended to choose one kind of floor finishing for the whole house. Indeed, there are cases that when using different coating materials and different height of one floor of the repaired area substantially greater than the height of the other. And in such cases, on the border of the two coatings have to do the threshold. Correct the error without damaging the final coatings - parquet or laminate - from the domain of science fiction. So do not hurry with the laying of the final coating, and it is better to double-check a few times, compare and possibly eliminate the difference between the heights of the repaired areas. Also, when choosing a flooring material should take into account the percentage of humidity in the house. If it is higher than the norm, it is not necessary to lay parquet or laminate - high likelihood of swelling due to moisture.

gypsum plasterboard

Today, plasterboard is the most commonly used material in the construction and repair. Most often, they cover the surface of the walls and ceilings. Particularly creative people manage to create plasterboard amazing home decor items. Also, one should always remember that the drywall - it's one of the most fragile building materials today, but at the same time, it prevents it from being still and one of the most severe. That is why when attaching to the surface (especially the ceiling) of plasterboard elements should be used as much as possible suspensions. Otherwise, the owner is especially economical risks that one day his head will fall a few tens of kilograms of damaged building materials.

Read and understand the most common mistakes in the conduct of self-repair, you can avoid them in their work. After repairs, as you know, it is better to learn from the mistakes of others than to correct his.

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