Rough repairs in the apartment: how to save time and money

Repair of all fear, because it is expensive and long. Rough finish one-bedroom apartment does not last less than two months and costs from 5 to 15 thousand rubles per 1 m² - the price for labor and materials.

Repairs should just survive - make it very fast and free will not work. But to save money and speed up the process is still possible if a reasonable approach to the choice of materials and methods of repair. What are the main differences between them - are investigated together with experts Knauf the example of the company's products and technologies.

What is a rough repair

Blister repair the apartment - is to prepare the walls, floor and ceiling for final finishing. All surfaces are aligned and if necessary - to change the wiring and utilities (eg, in older homes). This is a complex and time consuming process that affects the quality of repair in apartment further.

1. floor screed

Before laid flooring, floor to align. There are two ways to do this.

"Wet" screed

cost: 495 rubles per 1 m² of 5 cm.
duration: 4-10 weeks depending on the thickness of the screed.

Typically, the floor is flattened by the sand concrete or self-leveling floor. With peskobeton will be cheaper, but longer; with self-leveling floor - more expensive, but faster. Such variants screed called "wet", because in both cases you need to knead the mixture, pour, smooth and wait. Sometimes they are used together: first peskobeton surface level, then make the self-leveling floor.

To make the screed floor 5 cm in a flat area of ​​50 m², you will need 220 bags dry blend of 25 kg.

It is about 25 000 rubles. Weighing such floor is 5 tons (coupler 1 cm thick 1 m² weighs 20 kg).

Screed poured, leveled and held 28 days for curing. All this time it must be kept moist, if prevent drying, floor crack. Then you need to wait for drying screed. Drying time depends on the layer thickness, temperature and humidity in the apartment. If dry screed force (e.g., using heat guns), it picks up the desired strength. A floor covering when laid on the uncured floor, it will deteriorate: parquet due vspuchilis high humidity, and will depart from the wall tile. The temperature in the room when the screed must be not lower than +5 ° C.

"Dry" screed

cost: 670 rubles per 1 m² of 5 cm.
duration: 2-3 days.

"Dry" screed - a floor leveling technology without sand and cement. Knauf developed dry precast floor gipsovolokna: used gravels and filling small-format sheets of gypsum or special floor elements.

"Dry" prefab floor smarter than sand concrete screed. No need to endure and wait for drying for a few weeks - the final coating can be placed one day after sex devices.

The process goes easier, faster and cleaner: a floor can be laid on concrete and wooden substrates and under gipsum-fiber sheets to hide the technical and engineering services (if needed).

If you do a dry floor screed own, the entire process takes 2-3 days.

Cost dry screed thickness of 5 cm in a flat area of ​​50 m² - about 33.5 thousand (21.5 thousand - gypsum fiber sheets, 10 thousand - gravels filling, 2000 - adhesive, edge band, polyethylene film and screws).

Do not skimp on expanded clay backfill. The bags with cheap backfilling can be a lot of dust or very large grains. Because of this, the floor can prosest and become uneven over time. At the claydite filling Knauf contained only whole pellets. Number of granules and their size is clearly calculated and regulated: that such a ratio provides a high quality flooring that will last long.

2. alignment walls

One of the hallmarks of quality repair - correct geometry of the walls and their surface. The walls must be smooth and mate at an angle of 90 degrees. If you violate the geometry does not get close to lean wardrobe and even wallpaper paste. If the wall surface is uneven, the wallpaper is underlined.

So before you apply wallpaper or paint the walls, their first align. There is a "wet" and "dry" methods of leveling walls. "Wet" - when the walls primed plaster and shpaklyuyut. "Dry" - when sheathe plasterboard.

The "wet" method of aligning the walls

cost: RUB 550 per 1 m thickness of 5 cm.

duration: 7-8 days.

The construction uses two types of plasters - cement or gypsum based. Stucco is better: it is easier to apply, it is processed and allows you to adjust the level of humidity in the room. Gypsum plaster used for interior and cement - for wet rooms or external surfaces.

For jobs, you can take the plaster "Knauf Rotband». It is easy to apply and flatten, and the flow rate is almost two times less than that of the cement. At a time can be applied to a 5 cm layer without fear that it will crack or fall off. When processing plaster "Knauf Rotband" you can get a perfectly smooth surface, which does not need putty. So, do not have extra to spend on putty.

"Dry" method of leveling walls

cost: from 127 rubles per 1 m² - facing glue, 250 rubles per 1 m² - facing on a metal frame.

duration: 1-2 days.

Instead of plastering the walls and wait for drying the mixture, you can align them with the help of drywall ( "Knauf sheet»). One embodiment of the alignment - the sheets to consolidate construction adhesive for example, "Knauf Perfilks". If the wall is very uneven, you can use the trim on the ceiling or wall profiles.

Plasterboard is cheaper than plaster, and sheathing of the wall can be several hours.

After installation, you need to putty the joints of sheets and primed surface.

If the roughness of the walls is more than 20 mm, the surface level of plasterboard lining on a metal frame. In the corridors and children instead Drywall better to use a plaster-fiber sheet, such as "Knauf Superlist». He is stronger and has better impact resistance. Even with the help of gypsum and gypsum sheets to the walls can be made recessed alcoves and hidden pipes.

For the kitchen, baths and other wet areas, use moisture-resistant drywall or gypsum sheet. If the surface is directly in contact with water, it should be further waterproofed.

3. alignment of the ceiling

Before you paint the ceiling, it is necessary to align. Not do without: the ceiling of the curve is evident, especially in bright light. It will not close the cabinet and do not hide. For the ceiling, too, came up with the "wet" and "dry" methods of leveling.

The "wet" method of leveling the ceiling

cost: 110 rubles per 1 square meter at 10 mm unevenness (price only for plaster, still need a primer, roller, usually).

duration: 7 days.

The ceiling is usually aligned with stucco. This is a complex process that requires skill. Get ready for what you zatekut arms and neck. Maximum layer of plaster on the ceiling - 15 mm. If the curvature of the ceiling more "wet" method of alignment will not work.

Before the plastering of the ceiling must be cleaned of dirt and dust, and primed. Without primer can not work, or later on the surface of the ceiling will crack. primer suitable for gypsum plaster, "Knauf Betokontakt". It provides a strong adhesion of plaster to the base mixture and prevents cracking.

"Dry" method of leveling the ceiling

cost: from 318 rubles per 1 m².

duration: 2 days.

If unevenness of the ceiling more than 15 mm, mount the suspended ceiling in the apartment: to secure the overlapping frame made of metal profiles, and to him - drywall. This ceiling will "take" a minimum of 4-4.5 cm for a single-level frame and 7-7.5 cm with two-tier framework. The flat ceiling is usually performed on a single-tier framework.

We have Knauf sheets, hangers, belts, screws - all the parts that will be needed for ceiling mounting. Calculate how much you need materials, you can use the calculator on the website of KNAUF.

How to save on repair of apartments draft

1. Get tools for rent

Instead of buying the tools for the construction, a lot can be rented. For example, laser level and building mixer which no further useful.

2. To calculate in advance the amount of materials needed

Buy building materials better with a small margin. Many online stores deliver goods free with the purchase of a certain amount. If you have to buy additional materials several times - spend the extra time and money on shipping. Remaining after the repair of the surplus expanded clay or dry mixture can be taken back - the main thing that the packaging remains intact.

3. Make a "dry" repair

"Dry" build faster and cleaner than the "wet". No need to wait until the screed is dry and pick up strength and surface finish can be installed in a day after installation.

4. To make repairs in the winter

Usually the repair, even indoors, prefer to do in the summer. Therefore, the demand for labor increases, and this increases the cost of builders services. In winter, with builders can agree on less money.

On what can not save

Remember that rough finish - the most important stage of repair. It is impossible to save on building materials and invest time on compliance technology. If you put parquet on damp screed, he vspuchilis and it will have to change. Cheap plaster can go cracks and pieces start to fall off the walls.

Before proceeding to the finish, study of the technology works and select appropriate building materials. To help those who are going to make repairs, - Knauf hotline (8-800-770-76-67, mode of operation: Mon - Fri from 8:00 to 19:00), where experts will tell you how to make a choice and to avoid common mistakes.

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