4 problems that prevent you complete the repair time
A Life / / December 19, 2019
Valentina Konstantinova
Business consultant, co-founder Hot Consulting.
Problem 1. Insufficiently clear planning
Before starting the repair spend two weeks in the planning. You can ask for help from a designer, but it is not necessary.
Often, the difficulty lies in the fact that customers:
- They do not know what they want;
- They forget what they wanted first and talked to builders;
- in the process of change their mind and want something different;
- a long time can not determine the choice of materials and delays.
Decision
Collect pictures and photos of interiors for each zone in your apartment. This will help determine the style. For such purposes suitable Pinterest.
Then select a color palette for each room.
Use the pen or pencil, draw a current floor plan. Mark the lines on it that you need to carry. Then draw a second picture - what is necessary to build the wall. The new layout is ready, hurray!
Turn sheet. Sign of what material should be ceilings, walls, baseboards. Masters should know what they will do.
In terms of new walls, plumbing check point. It taps, washing machines, dishwashers, sinks and toilets. Note the distance from the wall, next to which is placed plumbing.
Draw another plan in terms of lighting and switches, specifying the lines, some of them which lamp includes.
Problem 2. bad management
The couple hired our best plumbing Sasha. He was given the keys to the apartment, outlined the scope of tasks. Sasha said that work on the two days. Indeed, far too long to put comb and lead pipes. But Sasha did this week was very annoyed and stopped taking the tube. Couple rings plumbing, shouting: "Well, where have you gone ?!"
As a matter of fact is the story by Sacha? He came to and realized that he needed to lower the riser spider. All looked up for yourself a shopping list. Day spent on it to buy. I called and said that he needed access to the neighbors below. He was told to go to the management company. And so on, you know ...
Also part of the wizard can not order materials from the reserve. It is not rich people, they are trying to save some money and order the exact amount of materials. But often wrong in the calculations - you have dozakazyvat and wait for delivery. Therefore it is better to take more and save time. If the uncovered remains pack of materials, it is always possible to give the gift of people in need or to sell on the cheap Avito.
Decision
Procuring materials on time and in the right quantity. Exactly how much - ask the seller in the shop or, read the label on the package.
Organize a garbage disposal. Themselves seek the lorry, which is allowed to enter the courtyard.
Negotiate with the senior on the porch that you close the elevator cardboard before repair.
None of you should not be doing this if you are, of course, we do not hire a firm. And if you hire a company, it is better to clarify what exactly is included in the estimate.
Problem 3. Low-skilled craftsmen
There is such a meaningless phrase "Masters of masters there." We are all accustomed to, that they do not or do not work properly. Not all electricians know how to do single line diagram. Not all painters realize that spongy and velor cushions provide different density and texture of the paint.
I'm not worth of masters expect that they will be well-versed in the new repair technologies. If you do not know the sequence of the application materials, the duration of drying and other subtleties, the wizard will do so, as he always did, as he taught in the previous construction site or in the school, where he had never seen leveling system for tile floors.
Decision
You need to take responsibility and own google technology for each stage of repair, helping craftsmen to do the right thing. Each manufacturer of materials either on the packaging or on the official website points out recommendations for their use.
Problem 4. Unseen circumstances
Many of the things we can not predict. The writer, a mathematician and economist Nassim Taleb It calls unpredictable events leading to unexpected consequences, black swans. Each repair has at least one such event.
Once we arrived at the new building to make repairs, and then the stench in the apartment. Where the smell feces - is unclear: Full Shell & Core. Only screed. With me was a builder, more sophistication in such matters. He says, "we reveal Ties". They opened, and there shit. I had to knock down the entire screed, fill again, wait until dry. A 40-mm screed on average 28 days to dry!
Decision
Need to be tight schedule for the type of tape Gantt chart, but lay still 20-30% of the total time for unforeseen situations.
Output
To complete the repair in time, it is necessary to prepare for it well: to make plans and terms of reference for artists, make a shopping list, get acquainted with the works of technology and time to lay contingency circumstances. Do not be afraid and decides on an adventure with joy. Soon you'll get a new experience, knowledge and a nice apartment.