During the repair process, you have to keep a huge amount of very different information in your head: when will bring finishing materials, where to place sockets in the kitchen and in the living room, which hatch to choose for bathroom. It's no surprise that small details are overlooked. As a result - "bloopers" in design. Novate.ru offers to consider the most common repair mistakes that spoil the interior, and better alternatives.
Getting tired of repairs and taking the last steps on the machine without thinking about whether this is correct is quite a common occurrence, especially if the apartment has been put in order for more than a year. But try to pull yourself together and control every process right down to the final chord. Have you bought a new interior door? Make sure that workers do not spoil it during installation. Have you chosen a panel for the bathroom? Be sure to check with the designer if he has foreseen the presence of a hatch.
It seems that small nuances are a matter of aesthetics, and if your plans are to make ordinary repairs, then you can close your eyes to many things. But a little later, all the flaws will come out sideways and you will have to spend additional funds to eliminate the "bloopers".
Batteries
With a supply from the floor
The appearance and size of batteries is rarely given sufficient attention, piously believing that they will hide behind the curtains and will not "plague" the eyes. However, sitting in a dark room all day just because you've installed unattractive radiators isn't a good idea. Sooner or later, you will open the curtains to let light into the room, and then, for example, carts from the floor will catch your eye. Alas, such a technical solution cannot be hidden in parquet or laminate, and therefore it will be in plain sight. Experts advise to abandon such a solution and prefer the option with a supply to the battery from the wall. Yes, it will be a little more difficult and more expensive, but the appearance of the battery will change immediately. Another plus is easier cleaning.
Small batteries
Small batteries from the developer, scattered throughout the room, also look ugly, even if the supply is from the wall. In this case, there is a lot of space left to the windowsill, and from a distance the radiators look very tiny. Therefore, before deciding on a battery model, measure the dimensions of the window and select the option of the appropriate size.
Radiators of unusual shape will look very beautiful and original. For example, if there is a limited area of space between the window and the wall, the thermal volume can be gained due to the height of the battery. In addition, such a device will become a stylish element of the interior and a cool design technique.
Also pay attention to the color of the heatsink. In most cases, the store offers snow-white options, but if such a model is strongly knocked out of your interior, paint it to match the wall. If the apartment has old Soviet batteries and there is no way to change them yet, make an accent of them: plaster them, cover with a protective layer and paint in a contrasting color (for example, yellow will look great against an emerald walls).
Bathroom
The presence of corners
One of the important topics of renovation in the bathroom is the presence of corners. Usually, they are remembered in the event that the tiles were laid before the installation of the bathroom, and an unattractive gap formed. And then the "fun" begins: you think how to close the joints, try to choose the right color for the corner so that it merges with the tiles, use grouting, plastic or silicone plugs. If everything works out, the result can look fresh and pretty. But this will continue exactly until the moment when the plastic turns yellow and the silicone goes black spots. This will happen in about a year and a half, and everything will have to be changed.
To avoid such an outcome, you need to follow all stages of the repair. First, you need to bring the bath in, fix it on the frame so that it is stable, and only then finish the walls with tiles. The first row of material can be laid directly on the surface of the bathtub, and then an epoxy grout can be used to keep the water out. In this case, no corners are needed.
Poorly designed hatch
Most often, this situation occurs when the wall was designed, the tiles were laid, and only then they remembered that there should be a hatch. Usually, the foreman begins to offer a budget plastic copy, which not only spoils the overall interior, but is also completely impractical - it is difficult to open it, and it bends.
Ideally, the hatch should be selected even at the stage of planning the repair, when the owners select the tiles, behind which it will hide. In this case, the hatch is the same size as the finishing material, and the tiles do not have to be cut or damaged. When it is closed, you get a perfectly flat surface and, accordingly, a harmonious interior. Also, do not forget about such an important point as convenience. If you need to install a large hatch in your bathroom, pay attention to the structures that open with a special suction cup.
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Doors
Platbands nailed
Sometimes the craftsmen decide to nail the platbands with nails without hats, they say, they will not be visible, and in which case they can be masked with grout. However, this decision is doomed to failure in advance: the nails will still be visible, holes will remain. The best option in this case would be to ask the workers to plant the platbands either on glue-mounting or on special locks. If you don't like the usual options, you can make the platbands more interesting. Polyurethane will come to the rescue in this matter.
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Window
Plastic slopes
When it comes time to install windows, the first thing the wizards ask about is what to put slopes. The simplest, cheapest and fastest to install options are plastic. Yes, they look more or less, but they necessarily end with corners and silicone joints, which do not add comfort and beauty to the room.
In some cases, the slopes are covered with glossy plastic and everything is just foamed. Then the question arises of how to close the joints. The ideal option is to plaster, but it is long, expensive and difficult. It is much easier to use corners for these purposes, but the result is far from what you dreamed of.
The most beautiful and durable option that fits perfectly into the interior and will not be an eyesore is plastered slopes. The popularity of the material is quite justified - the plaster has a presentable appearance, does not crack, does not suffer from moisture. To get a graphic accent in the design, you can paint the plastered slopes along with the windowsill. It will turn out very stylish.
If you are firmly convinced that only plastic slopes are suitable for you, give up the corners. It is better to use polyurethane moldings instead. They will beautifully close the ugly joint between the plastic and the replaced wall.
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