What is included in redecorating an apartment

Comfort, coziness in an apartment largely determines the quality of human life. In order for the house to be a favorite haven, a place of rest, you need to properly care for it: to maintain cleanliness and order. However, over time, the paint finishes fade, and small scratches, stains or cracks spoil the appearance of even a carefully cleaned apartment. In order to return the dwelling to its former luster, add novelty and freshness to the interior, it will be necessary to make cosmetic repairs. To achieve the goal with minimal costs, you should first understand: what is a facelift and what investments (financial, temporary) are ahead. Without a clear plan of action, it’s easy to get caught up in big financial expenses, as cosmetic work can smoothly transition capital: this is facilitated by a wide selection of materials and accessories, the acquisition of which can be difficult to refuse.

What is a cosmetic repair

The name "cosmetic" speaks for itself. This type of repair is used to restore beauty without redevelopment of the apartment, a deep replacement of communications of heat and water supply, electrical wiring, plumbing. In this part, they are limited to updating external accessories: sockets, switches, faucets - that is, they change what spoils the beauty due to worn-out or unsightly appearance.

Redecorating initially involves minimal costs, but it can be expensive, since the cost of some modern finishing materials of the luxury class is quite high. All repair and finishing work is usually divided into types according to the degree of complexity and the materials used.

Simple redecoration

This type of repair is done periodically every 2-7 years. It includes:

• whitewashing or painting ceilings;
• wallpaper replacement;
• painting (varnishing) of wooden floors, window frames.

In this type of construction work, materials similar to those with which the room was decorated are used. Thanks to simple cosmetic repairs, the apartment returns lost purity and freshness, and the use of materials of other colors and The texture allows you to change the style of the home: after the wallpaper "in flower", the avant-garde drawing on the wall will tell the room a completely different sounding. Simple repair goes into the category of “difficult”, if in addition to painting and wallpapering, it is assumed:

• replacement of finishing openings (windows, doors);
• change of flooring (linoleum, laminate);
• tiling kitchen, bathroom.

Do-it-yourself repair work is, one might say, a Russian tradition. However, for tiling and decals of “heavy” wallpapers (metal, vinyl, photos) requiring improved wall preparation (leveling, puttying) it is cheaper to hire a specialist: there is a high risk of damage to expensive material, and the fruits of independent work can disappoint, since even the most beautiful finishing material can be ruined by inaccurate / inept by application.

European-quality repair

This is the name of the renovation of the premises with the help of materials and technologies that have come to us from European countries. These materials include:

• eurowindows - frames from aluminum-plastic profile;
• PVC panels;
• imported laminate and linoleum;
• plastic skirting boards;
• interior doors from cheap plates covered with veneer (artificial or natural);
• stretch ceiling.

The production of euromaterials has long been mastered by domestic manufacturers (as well as Asian, for example Chinese), but the repair with their use has retained its name. European-quality repair is an opportunity to quickly change the appearance of a room with the help of easy-to-install elements, but they still attribute it to the complex type of cosmetic repairs.

The disadvantage of European-quality repair is the need to hire specialists. Of course, any man who is familiar with a screwdriver and a drill can screw drywall, hang doors or assemble a rack ceiling with his own hands. But some of the nuances of execution come with experience, so the result when conducting a European-quality repair on your own will, with rare exceptions, not be so perfect.

Short-term redecoration

It includes whitewashing / painting / wallpapering of one room or part thereof, for example, a person who suffered from flooding by neighbors from above the ceiling. Simple redecoration of the room is considered small-term, if you only need to whitewash the ceiling and wallpaper walls, when there is no need to seal cracks, putty, enamel on windows, doors, floors, radiators.

Cosmetic repairs are done regularly for reasons of hygiene and renovation.

Interestingly, due to the development of production technologies for building materials, the time until the next cosmetic repair is increasing. So, our grandmothers had to whiten the ceilings 1-2 times a year, and modern finishing materials, such as panels, plastic, special ceiling paints, easy to wash, retain color for a long time, so their service life is sufficient great.

Stages of redecorating

Planning is a necessary part of cosmetic work, which allows you to make sure that it doesn’t work out, as in the well-known saying: “they started the repair in the high-tech style, but finished the“ high-tech ”. Over the years, repairs are not uncommon. So that the process does not grow into a chronic one, you need to:

1. Decide on the design, choose the color and texture of finishing materials.
2. Measure all areas: ceiling, walls, floors.
3. Make an estimate of the cost of materials - for this you have to go shopping to check prices.
4. Calculate the amount that will be required to pay for the work of specialists - call companies to clarify the prices.
5. To summarize expenses, make adjustments to the estimate if there is a lack of finances - replace materials with budget ones, delete some of the work.
6. Prepare the apartment: if possible, take out the furniture, clean the surfaces of the old finishes.
7. Purchase everything you need, start repair work.

In the concept of redecorating, there are 2 basic rules for the order of work:

1. From dirty (if the project provides for such work - laying tiles, replacing windows, doors) to clean ones.
2. From top to bottom (first the ceiling, then the walls).

Note: many at the time of repair rent a house or move to relatives. If this is not possible, then the work is carried out in turn: first, they redecorate the room that is most needed. After graduation, they live in it and gradually, without fuss, finish the remaining square meters.