The most important thing - do not make the repairs once! In the first year the house can shrink. But there are less obvious ways to not spend too much.
1. Blister repair, instead of the ideal
First 1-2 years of house can shrink, and the weight of the whole structure is changing due to the fact that all at once poured floors and building new walls. Therefore, the first time it is better to make a simple repair budget, then to not have surprises like mesh of cracks in plaster or expensive creaky parquet.
2. Erect the wall immediately
But the first piece of advice does not mean that it is necessary to procrastinate planning or redevelopment. Order design project and build all the necessary partitions better right away. So when future repairs will be much less than the dirty work. It may even be able to not leave the apartment.
3. "Floating" screed
If you want to immediately take care of the floor screed under the parquet, it is better to give preference to the 'floating' option, which is not in contact with the walls. This screed is not afraid of any shrinkage of the building. In addition, the sound insulation will be much better. But you can just lay a slab of plywood to the days when you decide to repair.
4. elastic wall
New buildings, especially brick and cast-in brick, in the first year dry out at the seams. Because of this, the walls can be bent from a couple of millimeters to a few centimeters. To avoid plaster crumbled and torn wallpaper, choose flexible options for walls, for example, non-woven or vinyl wallpaper, silicone or acrylic paints.
5. Ceiling finishing
Plasterboard ceilings may be deformed, but because every crack to be seen. In most cases, it will not save even a damper tape laid along the perimeter. Therefore it is better to make ceilings (they protect from minor leaks), pokleit wallpaper or paint the ceiling. Overhaul can even simply to cover concrete floors primer - this is one of the trends in interior design.
6. Electrician - possible tube - impossible!
Doing finish the wiring harness can and should be. Even if you hide it under a rough plaster, nothing terrible will happen. But the "pack" of communication in wet areas is not worth it - better to leave the tube in sight as long as the house settles definitively. So you'll notice the slightest leak.
7. The front door to the anchors
Change the front door is also better after the house shrink. But if you decide to make a purchase right away, you can lock the door only anchors and fix and zapenit as expected during overhaul. So almost certainly the canvas, and the entire structure will not lead to shrinkage of the walls.
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Author: Paul Shelyagin.
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