You plan to update your apartment a little and make repairs? To avoid many problems, you should carefully plan the sequence of further actions. Consider the main stages of the repair.
Ceiling finishing
Before proceeding with the ceiling, it is necessary to get rid of the old coating. Some surfaces can be covered with water -based paint. In old houses you can find lime whitewashing, alkyd and oil enamel. Getting rid of all this is not difficult. You can wash off the whitewash with water. Of course, this lesson is quite painstaking, long and responsible. Do not forget that the durability of the new coating will depend on the quality of the work done.
Increased attention during the repair should be paid to alignment of the ceiling. One of the simplest solutions is the use of drywall.
Having finished preparatory work, you can do the ceiling directly finishing. There are several options here:
Painting.
Grassing with wallpaper.
Creation of suspended ceilings.
Preparation and wall decoration
As in the case of the ceiling, the work will consist of two stages: elimination of the old coating and leveling the surface of the walls. The most important component of repair work is the priming of the walls. Its main function is the maximum improvement in the adhesion of construction and finishing materials with the surface. Thus, priming must be performed for the following finishing materials:
Water -based paint.
Wallpaper.
To level the walls, you need to prepare tools and suitable material. You need to choose it individually. It all depends on the scale of the problems: if unevenness (insignificant pits, cracks and depressions) in depth make up no more than five millimeters, then putty is enough. If the depth of defects is six or more than millimeters, then it is worth using the plaster.
The final stage is considered to stain or past the wallpaper on the finished walls. There are many options (textile, paper, metallized, vinyl, non -woven, cork, soundproof wallpapers). Everything will depend exclusively on the financial capabilities and personal preferences of the owners.
