DIY apartment renovation

Every few years the moment inevitably comes when we all need to change our home. Do-it-yourself apartment renovation can help him return to its former beauty and comfort.

Hire specialists or do it yourself?

If you find it difficult to decide whether to do the repair yourself, or entrust it to the construction organization, carefully weigh the pros and cons. Choosing the second of the options, get ready for significant costs.

In addition, you still will not be able to stay on the sidelines - you will have to keep track of the processes of all work, take part in the development of the project, choose materials, etc.

By contacting a construction company, you will condemn yourself to worries, as because of the quality of the repairs performed, and the amount of money that will have to be paid at the end of it, and after all, they may simply not be enough.

If you start making repairs with your own hands, then its quality will only depend on you.

In addition, there are many more advantages:

• you will do all the work at a convenient time, regardless of the builders' schedule;
• you can save a significant amount of money, which is especially important if your budget is not very large;
• since you will do everything for yourself, then put your soul into the process, and, therefore, it will be of better quality.
• the completed renovation school will give you a sense of pride in yourself, your acquired skills and knowledge.

But, it is worth warning right away - decide at the initial stage whether you can complete the business you have started.

After all, if before that you did not have to participate in construction work, then theoretical materials alone will not be enough, you also need practice.

Therefore, our site KursRemonta.ru provides you with only selected and useful information, having mastered which even a beginner can make repairs on his own.

We sincerely hope that our construction portal will be able to help you constantly and will become a guide for all those people who prefer to do apartment renovation with their own hands.

How our site can help you

We offer our visitors a lot of advice on a variety of issues that arise during the repair.

How is it done correctly finishing of ceilings, wall decoration and floors as it should be perfect bathroom, what is the optimal layout of the premises in the apartment, why build appliances in the kitchen, and much more.

Due to the fact that we constantly update the data that comes only from real professionals with invaluable years of experience, you can find answers to any questions that interest you.

And make sure that doing it yourself is not so difficult, in principle.

If you have the desire, time and energy to study, the site "Repair course"Will become a real friend and advisor for you in the field of construction work, and the many photographs that accompany all our articles will help you see the results with your own eyes.

Our experts will share with you professional secrets that will make it possible not only to facilitate the construction process, but also to significantly reduce the cost of it.

It is worth noting that when you go through our school of repair, especially carefully, you need to approach the selection of tools that will be needed during the construction process.

Quality products will help you, if you lack experience, to do the job correctly. Cheap crafts, on the other hand, will ruin all the results.

The carefully selected materials on our construction portal will help you arm yourself with the knowledge of what you will face during different types of work. Thanks to this, you will be able to avoid many mistakes, using the obtained information in practice.

On site pages KursRemonta.ru we will talk about the most modern and popular building materials. We will reveal the secrets of their most effective use, which will enable you to save your energy and money.

If the articles of the portal are not enough for you, then you can assimilate a lot of information by looking at the video lessons.

For example:

• Aligning walls with plaster: video from professionals
• DIY wall plaster: video from the masters
• Building walls (video tutorial)
• Laying parquet floors (video tutorial)
• The basics of building stairs (video tutorial)

For your convenience, all materials are divided into thematic headings. This makes it very easy to find the question you are interested in. In them, we talk in detail about how to properly plaster, equip any types of finishing coatings: wall, ceiling and floor.

Using the information provided by our website, you will learn how to make repairs: in living room, hall, kitchen, bathroom, children's.

Read more about this in the articles about design and decoration. living room and hall:

• Design of the living room combined with the bedroom: experimenting with color solutions
• Wallpaper design for the living room: decorate the interior
• Ceiling design in the living room: transforming the interior
• Hall design in a small apartment: basic styles

, design and decoration kitchen:

• Kitchen wall design: decorating creatively
• Kitchen renovation: design ideas
• Housing issue: kitchen design in different colors
• Kitchen - dining room: design by professionals

, finishing bathroom

• Renovation of a small bathroom: there is room for imagination
• Repair of the ceiling in the bathroom: DIY finishing
• Bathroom renovation estimate: how to calculate
• Bathroom design in Khrushchev: we create comfort with our own hands
• Small bathroom interior: transforming the design

and design and renovation children's room:

• Repair of a children's room for a girl
• Renovation of a children's room for a boy
• Design of curtains for the nursery: do-it-yourself comfort
• Children's room interior for two boys: original design ideas
• Interior of a children's room for children of different sexes: we create coziness and comfort
• Room design for two teenagers: creating comfortable conditions

The repair school we have completed will help you choose the best interior for them.

The articles posted with us provide comprehensive answers to those questions that arise most often in the process of renovating an apartment. For example, which is better: plasterboard suspended ceiling, or tension its variety?

Usually, in such things you have to either rely on the results of surveys of more experienced friends, or use your own intuition.

But now we give you the opportunity to use the professional advice of experienced specialists, for which our school of repair was opened.

It is possible that you just need to do some cosmetic repairs. Or maybe you intend to completely redo your home and thereby increase its usable area. It is, of course, difficult to carry out such work on your own, since you need to have the skills of an architect, designer, estimator, designer, plasterer, painter, etc.

At the same time, it should be noted right away that when updating an apartment, one should not allow even small errors, since from its a lot of repairs depend - in it you relax, communicate with households and close friends, receive relatives and NS.

Therefore, by and large, the mood, health and well-being of your whole family depend on the comfort and aesthetics of your apartment.

We understand all this and the school of renovation of our site assumes not only that housing should be beautiful. It must meet the latest standards of functionality and comfort.

Our experts will teach you all these tricks. I would like to note that you should not underestimate the role of additional apartment areas.

Hallway, the corridor, loggia, balconywhen an apartment is being renovated with their own hands, they can become full-fledged living quarters, one has only to apply imagination, some effort and a little money to this.

A series of articles on finishing will help you with this. corridor:

• Corridor design in the apartment: we use the space correctly
• Repair of a corridor in a panel house: ideas for decoration
• Corridor renovation: ideas from professionals

, finishing loggias and balconies:

• Design of loggias and balconies - design options
• Decorating the balcony with your own hands: tricks for doing the work
• How to decorate a balcony: ideas from experienced craftsmen

and finishing hallway:

• Repair of a hallway in a panel house: tips from designers
• Repair of the hallway in Khrushchev: revitalizing the corridor
• Design of a small hallway: DIY finishing samples
• Design of a narrow hallway: do-it-yourself topical decoration

Our portal is constantly being improved and updated, therefore, by following it, you will always be aware of the most current trends that relate to the independent renovation of apartments.

Indeed, new items regularly appear on the building materials market, which not everyone knows about. For example, just a few years ago, in bathrooms and kitchens, ceramic tile ceilings were most often installed, which were considered the most optimal option.

But, now, with the advent of newer technologies, stretch ceilings are in great demand.

Stages of apartment renovation

Before starting repair work, many people have a question: where to start? Our site provides you with the first block of advice to help you coordinate your actions.

All surfaces have been removed - it's time to start the main work

1. Any school of renovation assumes its beginning to dismantle all old claddings (see. How to remove old wallpaperThis is the dirtiest and most dusty stage of all work. Remove old wallpaper with an ordinary spatula, wetting it with a cloth or a rag ahead of time - this will make it much easier to move away from the walls.
   The best way to remove the old paint layer is to iron it with a heated iron through aluminum foil. When the paint is soft, remove it with a spatula. This is the easiest method. (Also see How to remove old plaster: the secrets of the masters)
   It is worth noting that repairing an apartment with your own hands is not so easy - you will have to wash out the whitewash with water, and cut the old ceramic tiles from the floor and walls using a puncher. At the same time, do not forget that if you want to make high-quality housing repairs, then the dismantling procedure must be extremely careful.
2. The next stage is sanitary-technical work (see. DIY sewer repair: what you need to know). Removal of old plumbing fixtures and pipes, as well as arrangement of new piping - plumbing and sewerage. Our repair school warns that the installation of new devices must be done last, otherwise there is a risk of damage.
3. If in your plans replace doors - install them after complete preparation of the walls, before painting them, wallpapering, etc. Otherwise, you will ruin the newly repaired surfaces.
4. Do-it-yourself repairs can be successfully done only if you follow the sequence of actions. And it is like this: first it is done ceiling, then walls and only in the last turn is the finishing coating set up sex.
5. The easiest and cheapest method of finishing the ceiling is to whitewash it, but it has long been obsolete. Can be mounted on it drywallbut the best option is stretch ceiling - they are not that expensive, easy to install and have excellent performance properties.
6. Options for wall cladding our renovation school offers many. But for an inexperienced person, it will be very difficult to implement some of them. Renewing the apartment yourself, you will be able to revet the walls without the risk of spoiling the result with such materials - almost all types wallpaper, paints, decorative structural plaster.
   Before as clad the surface of the walls, they will need to be prepared. That is - to plaster, then putty and in the end prime. At the same time, the plaster can be both traditional - in the form of a solution, and dry, that is, - sheet, consisting of gypsum board, gypsum board, chipboard, etc.
7. Before changing the floor finish, the surface of the base must be leveled and dried. With this preparation, a screed is poured, both from traditional mixtures and using self-leveling solutions.

The choice of the coating itself, when the apartment is being renovated with your own hands, depends on your preferences, material capabilities and the purpose of the room.