Repair of a three-room apartment

Repair of a three-room apartment is a general phrase, which means variable processes and circumstances. The cost and materials used depend on the scope with which the owners intend to act, and the budget allocated for the transformation of the living space. Hence the preferences in the choice of building materials, a design project or your own design decision. Much depends on the apartment itself - its footage, layout, location in a panel house or in an elite new building.

Experts and construction experts are sure that the repair of a three-room apartment is a vague definition, without specifics, which simply indicates the need to bring an apartment of a certain number of rooms into a living condition. To clarify the scope of work, cost and duration, you need to know other influencing factors:

• primary or secondary housing;
• how unfortunate the location of the living quarters is;
• is the area of ​​auxiliary and utility blocks large;
• what is the owner's budget;
• how much his wishes diverge from the possibilities.

In the terminology of repairers, there are several repair options that differ in the scale of the work, and the quality of materials, and the cost - money and time:

• cosmetic, which is quite simple to implement and does not involve cardinal measures - moving walls, replacing communications, door and window openings;
• rough, a more serious process in which everything necessary is done, except for finishing (leveling surfaces, laying communications, replacing doors and windows);
• capital, in which batteries and sewer risers are changed, redevelopment is carried out;
• designer, or elite, made according to the original project, using the most expensive materials.

There can be no universal recommendations for repair, because its nature determines the budget, personal preferences, and the type of living space. However, three of these categories are a large-scale process that will take some time, and from planned transformation to implementation is a long way, the result of which depends on the materials used and the thoroughness of the work.

It may be a temporary, but good renovation, with high quality finishing materials, carried out in a relatively new apartment., somewhat lost its original charm of novelty, or made before the sale, so as not to scare off potential buyers.

Its fundamental difference from the capital and even the rough one is in leaving the electrical wiring in its former form when carrying out finishing work on the ceiling, walls and flooring. Even a change of doors and windows can be included in the "cosmetics", but the old communications, left in a pristine, often deplorable state, quickly nullify all the efforts of the designers.

Some builders confuse it with the concept of total redevelopment. Often, repairs made according to European standards are actually carried out with the formation of a larger space through the use of utility and utility areas. However, the main idea is to bring the apartment in full order, and this can be done not necessarily with the use of expensive imported materials, but also with the use of quite budgetary and high-quality domestic ones.

Offers to prepare for normal living in a room that is in disrepair. This is a process typical for secondary housing. At the same time, all communications are replaced, walls and ceilings are aligned, floors are screed, doors and windows are changed.

The purpose of the overhaul is to change everything that has become unusable after being idle or long-term operation. In modern reality, major repairs can be carried out by the owner in a new apartment if he is not satisfied with the quality of building materials and communications from the developer.

A process that requires the indispensable development of a design project, and it is not about the beauty of the interior, and not about calculating the budget. The redistribution of the available area of ​​a 3-room apartment means at the same time the relocation of communications. The planner's task is to place them in such a way as to respect the comfort and safety of the residents in the renovated living space. At the same time, the efforts of the authors of the original project, the principles of ergonomics and expediency, thought out earlier, are leveled.

They become useless in new spaces formed by the demolition of walls and partitions, or, conversely, erected to delimit a vast space into less spacious rooms. The project is standardly developed on the basis of the technical plan of the apartment, which indicates the location of communications and the area of ​​each room.

The redevelopment process may include the following nuances:

• work in a new building facilitated by the correct arrangement of rooms and high ceilings;
• in front of the owners of treshki from a panel house most often the task is to make a separate room from the walk-through room, which is very difficult if the apartment has a standard layout of two rooms and a walk-through living room;
• from the owners of "stalinka", with an area of ​​more than 70 sq. m, there are 2 possibilities at once - to enlarge one of the rooms, by merging with the kitchen, or, conversely, to minimize a large one, in order to obtain two children's rooms or a guest room and an office;
• in apartments up to 65 squares you can find a redevelopment solution without moving walls and partitions, using color accents, furniture as partitions, sliding wardrobes and zoning with lighting;
• in "Brezhnevka" up to 64 sq. m there are different options for the arrangement of rooms, but the designers are sure that there are acceptable ideas for each apartment, not particularly costly, but effective.

When thinking about redeveloping an existing apartment, you should remember that in many projects of the Soviet era, there are restrictions on the demolition of partitions, relocation of a bathroom or a toilet. Even if the process is approved by the official authorities, costs will be required to strengthen the arches or innovations in place of the walls, where, according to the creators of the project, they must be located.

It will not be possible to simply re-plan the apartment of your own accord, you need a project, approved by supervisory authorities and complying with safety measures. In addition, a combined or limited space should be thought out in advance for the placement of the situation, lighting, user convenience, passage from room to room.

It is possible to make repairs of some types in the "three-ruble note" with your own hands, and by paying for the service of professional repairmen. But whoever does it, the correct sequence of work is important. The final result, the safety of building materials and already completed surfaces, depends on it. A classic example is the impossibility of arranging a stretch ceiling before installing doors or windows, laying electrical wiring along a new channel.

• Start of quality repairs - dismantling of worn-out building materials. For cosmetic repairs, this can be the removal of peeling wallpaper and paint bubbles from the window sill and window sill. A modern and high-quality renovation means beating off plaster and removing flooring, dismantling doors and windows. Since these are all laborious processes, accompanied by dust clouds, pollution and mountains of garbage, all this is also planned and included in the estimate of the work to be paid.

• Installation of partitions - the second in a row, but not obligatory stage of repair. It can take place when redeveloping a secondary living space or in a new building, since there are many options from the developer, when instead of an apartment there is only a space with a rough finish, and the owner plans the interior on his own.

• Wall and ceiling decoration takes place at the final stage, since even during DIY repairs, it is necessary to make grooves and lay wiring and plumbing communications in them. Only then are the doors and windows installed. All these are labor-intensive processes, accompanied by pollution and heaps of construction waste.

• Aligning surfaces - an obligatory stage, without which finishing is impossible. The only indulgence in this process is finishing the ceiling, which is not necessary if you plan to install a stretch one, but you will have to finish the walls and floor if you need a beautiful and modern interior.

The main mistake is the absence of a project, and this will certainly affect the quality and speed of the work carried out, and subsequently can also result in additional costs. As a flaw is indicated by the purchase of materials at random retail outlets - this increases the estimate and the materials are not always durable. Savings on electrical wiring and plumbing are expensive - you need to install an access hatch, valves to shut off water on new radiators and a heated towel rail.

People who had to do repairs for the first time are sure that the main mistake in this process was to rely on their own strengths, without having the proper skills and experience. As a result, it took a long time, and some questions still required the help of specialists.