Construction dust: we prevent its penetration and clean after repair

Whatever the repair, capital or cosmetic, and as if neatly it was not carried out, it will not be possible to avoid building dust anyway. Work with a drill, a construction mixer, a Bulgarian is always accompanied by a dust cloud.

Preparatory work for

It is not necessary to start repair without preliminary preparation of the premises, then during cleaning there will not be an unexpected question of how to remove construction dust.

You must:

• remove the curtains,
• bring room flowers,
• small items packed in boxes and make up and away from the work area.

The less things remain in the room, the easier it will be to restore order after repairs.

• Household appliances of a small size is better to take out, and the overall must be packed.

Static electricity attracts dust well, which can easily penetrate into unprotected equipment.

Barrier for dust penetration

Next, it is necessary to divide the repaired premise into sectors. Isolate each room in the apartment better, regardless of whether it is being repaired or not.

Door apertures can be curtained with a dense cloth or building film. Use for this can be old curtains or sheets, the main thing is that they fit in size, leaving no crevices on the sides and below.

It is better to wet the cloth so that the wet fabric collects and absorbs settling building dust. As the drying and soiling, the fabric will need to be rinsed and re-hung in the opening, so it's hard to nail it.

The polyethylene film can be fixed around the perimeter of the doorway, sewing along its length a zipper. A little easier to make such a temporary screen of two pieces of construction film, fixing them overlap. It will be enough to 20-25 cm extra centimeters, which will overlap the junction.

Having built such a simple protective design, you can gently leave the work area, not dispersing the settled dust around the rooms. Then you do not have to think about how to remove building dust in other rooms.

Wide transparent film can be curtained and windows. If this is not done, the smooth surface of the glass will attract everything that "dances" in the air and is covered with a thick layer of dust. It will not be possible to sweep the broom, or collect it with a vacuum cleaner. The windows will have to be washed several times with plenty of water to achieve the same clarity and clarity.

You can protect the floor from dust, if it is not supposed to be repaired. The more quality and more accurate it will be, the less dust it will remain on it. But it must be taken into account that at high humidity during the repair under the film parquet and laminate may suffer.

Interior items, which remain in the living room for the duration of the work, must be safely hidden, wrapped, wrapped. This applies not only to upholstered furniture, but also to cabinet furniture. Here too, the building film is useful. The wider it is, the fewer unprotected places there will be in which dust can penetrate. A wide film cloth will cover a large surface without joints. To be faithful, it can be put in two layers, and pierce the sharp corners with a soft cloth to eliminate the rupture.

As a result, it turns out that, preparing the room for repair work, it is necessary to do four main things:

• to collect and take out small objects and equipment from the working area;
• to lay the floor;
• cover what can not be moved;
• curtain doorways.

How to prevent the formation of building dust or minimize it

Dust is hazardous to health, especially building. The chemicals contained in it can cause an allergic cough and shortness of breath. It mercilessly clogs the lungs, settles on the bronchial mucosa, irritates the eyes, if you do not apply elementary protection during work. At the very least, you need a respirator. If it is not, then the bottom part of the face for the time of drilling or crushing can be covered with a wet handkerchief.

In summer, in windless weather, window frames are better to open wide. So part of the construction dust will swim out. Close the windows only at the time of harvesting, so that the flow of air does not lift the already settled dust from the floor.

When working with a drill, it is possible to make sure that the dust does not scatter in all directions, but moves the flow in the right direction. To do this, it is sufficient to attach a scoop to the place of drilling or to include a vacuum cleaner next to it, aiming the hose pipe. Still there are special nozzles-dust collectors, which are a small plastic container. It is easy to put on a drill nozzle, and the waste during drilling gets directly into the container.

When removing old wallpaper, paint coat or whitewash, the surface must be dampened. Here you can spare no water. The softened surface is easier to remove and less dusty.

To help yourself during the repair, you need to take care of three simple things:

• open the windows;
• use dust collectors;
• periodically moisturize the air.

When to start cleaning from construction dust

Cleaning should be done in stages, putting in order every workplace. This is important, although a bit tedious. But adherence to this rule will save time and effort in subsequent final cleaning.

After work with the dust drill will be especially many. Therefore, before proceeding to the next stage, you must not be too lazy to collect it. Here it is necessary to think how to remove building dust, so that it does not stretch in a train to another corner and is not dispersed throughout the room.

If the dust is hanging and not settling, you can sprinkle water not only on the air, but also on the floor surface. A little dampened building dust will be collected more easily.

When the planned for the day work is finished and it's time to rest, we need to bring the polluted "planet" in order, as the beloved Antoine Saint-Exupery used to say. Despite the fatigue and reluctance to engage in such seemingly useless work, it is necessary to do this, so that garbage and dust after repair do not accumulate in large volumes.

When, at last, the repair is finished, the walls, floors and ceilings are repaired, the working space turns into a territory that needs to be put in order. If pieces of plaster, tile, wallpaper scraps can be collected in a bag by hand, and small debris sweep with a broom, then with the construction dust to handle is much more difficult.

To clean the apartment after repair it was easier, you need to do the cleaning:

• in stages;
• daily.

How to destroy dust residues

Even when tools are collected and trash bags are removed, the dust remains after repair in the entire room. It is not advisable to open the windows now, so as not to frighten off those of its remains that have lain in the corners and hammered into the cracks. Here arises the question of how to remove dust after repair. Sweep dry broom it can not. So you can only create a gray cloud, which gradually settles back. Dry rag here, too, does not help, have to work vacuum cleaner.

Household appliances with such a load can not cope. The cloth bag will quickly get clogged, and the vacuum cleaner will simply choke with fine dust. Here you need an assembly equipped with paper bags or a plastic container that will collect the dust after repair and will not allow it to get back. It is better to use a special construction vacuum cleaner. It pumped air more forcefully, so it's easier to capture fine dust particles.

It is necessary to walk around with vacuum cleaner in all corners, back streets, cracks, plinths, where a portion of dust could have been delayed. The nozzle should be flat with a cut angle. Linoleum to vacuum it is senseless, it is better to walk on it with a moistened broom or brush with a long handle. Do this with careful, slow movements, so as not to overclock the dust.

After working with a vacuum cleaner, you can start a wet cleaning. To do this, you need to prepare several rags, because they will quickly get dirty and become unusable. You can use a napkin made of microfiber. It is easier to cope with the task and it is washed well by itself. With a damp cloth, it is necessary to wipe not only horizontal, but also all vertical surfaces. Water should be changed more often, rags rinse with plenty of water.

Before washing the floor, it should be swept up with a slightly moistened broom. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise it will be just a dirty puddle. A little moistened dust will crumble, and it will be easy to assemble with a brush or a mop. Strongly to grind on the floor it is not necessary, from this only there will be divorces. The floor will have to be washed several times, constantly filling the bucket with clean water.

Curtains from doorways are removed last. They can also be sprinkled with water and rolled gently.

The main task of cleaning is done - dust after repair is removed. The garbage left in the repair in dense bags safely migrated to the garbage cans, the floor was washed, but the dust would have to be fought for more than a day.