Ripping off all the wallpapers and throwing out old flowerpots – it is, of course, a significant step for repair starting, but… Have you already decided what do you do then? How to choose the top-priority from a dozen pf tasks accurately? Put the kettle on! We are going to a conversation.

Budget on op!

Let’s be honest. How much money have you delayed for repair? Do not expect that you can finish or buy something later. The experience of the most families shows: the beginning of repairs is the beginning of a tough long-term saving. So, if you are not attracted by the seas and oceans, and the children live quietly without fairground attraction, you can take a risk.  – No? Then exhale and patience. To start the repair quickly you need the N-th amount of money.

Indicate the amount of money you have for the first time. This is your main repair budget.

What do I do, if I want to save money? The only way to win is to make repair by yourself. Cheap finishing materials give a short-term result. They are suitable only if you want to do repairs every 2-3 years.

Advises of experienced: Do not spend all your supplies on the “yummy” – acrylic paints, wallpapers and accessories. It is better to buy all this already at the finish. At the beginning of the repair, it is better to spend on the priority – finishing materials.

Apartment repair. What to start from?

Divide the propaedeutic chaos into 5 consecutive steps. In practice, this is much easier and more pleasant.

Step 1. Housing analysis

Analyze your home: find critical areas, estimate the scope of work. Therefore, it is easier for you to decide what to do in an apartment: major or cosmetic repairs. Pay attention to the state of communication systems. If they serve more than 10 years, do not refuse to replace them.

Step 2. What do you want?

Decide what you want to get as the result of your repair. This is connected with the primary finishing works closely. The fact is that for wallpapering and painting, different preparation of surfaces is needed. Paints require perfectly smooth walls, when wallpaper can hide small flaws.

Step 3. Let’s count the area

Calculate the area of ​​each surface in the room to understand how much material you need. The total area shows how much putty and primer you need to buy. The area of ​​each wall is helpful in decorative finishes buying.

Step 4. A list of works and materials

Analyzing the house, you have already understood what kind of work you need to do. Make a list of them. Write down what materials you need to complete all the work. You can calculate the amount of materials already in the procurement process. Each manufacturer has its own expense, so there is no single formula for miscalculation. For example, a liter of acrylic interior paint by TRIORA is enough for painting up to 10 m² of surface. There are paints with the bigger consumption.

Step 5. Materials purchasing

Having a list of materials, analyze construction stores and choose the most interesting price for you. See also the suggestions on the web. Sometimes it is more profitable to buy building materials throw the Internet, even taking into account the cost of delivery.

Well, the goods are bought and everything is brought home. You are ready for repair. The beginning was successful.

What do you need to remember about the repair?

1. Move aside the furniture and hide things. Try to clean the room from furniture. All the things, which could not be taken out, must be tightly wrapped in a cover-up covered with paint tape. There will be a lot of dust in any case, so it is better to protect everything. It will be easy to clean all this up.
2. An important step in repair work is the surface preparation: cleaning the walls from old coatings, puttying, grinding and mandatory priming of surfaces.
3. Always wait for the full drying of the applied material. The application of new layers on a wet coating is a strict taboo of any repair. It spoils the surface and always leads to a rework of the repair.
4. Follow the instructions. Each material has its own specific application. Therefore, follow the manufacturer’s recommendations; do not depart from the correct temperature regime in the room. Therefore, you protect the repair from unpleasant mistakes.

That is it. The thorny path of repair beginning has come to the end. Now it is time of quality works. We are sure that your long-awaited repair will pass quickly and will please the result for a long time. Good luck!