June 1, 2017
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Interior decoration of a house - how and how is it done, what types are there and what materials are used for this? I have asked these questions many times before, but now, having some experience, I will answer them myself. I am sure that this information will help beginners cope with home repairs on their own.

Rough interior finishing of a private house is most often performed in three ways:

Where to start

The first thing that beginners are interested in when they are faced with home renovation is where to start decorating the inside of the house? Regardless of how you plan to decorate your home, before you begin the renovation, you need to carry out some preparatory activities.

Below we will briefly consider the main stages of interior decoration of a house:

1. Preparing a room design project. Before starting the renovation, it is necessary to decide what the interior design will be, since the rough finish may depend on this;
2. Preparing the premises. The room must be cleared of furniture and other unnecessary items;
3. Preparation of materials. At this stage it is necessary to decide what building materials will be used for interior decoration of the house, and also calculate their quantity;
4. Rough finishing of ceiling and walls. This process depends on the chosen repair method;
5. Floor finishing. As a rule, it consists of either making a concrete screed or installing wooden flooring on the joists.

Wet method

Peculiarities

The wet method involves plastering the walls and ceiling. This finishing option is the most traditional. Despite the fact that many new technologies have appeared recently, plaster has not lost its relevance.

Advantages:

• Cheapness. Materials for plastering walls are inexpensive;
• Strength. Plaster forms a durable surface. This allows you to attach heavy objects and furniture to the walls;
• Easy to apply. The plastering process is generally quite simple;
• Versatility. Plaster can be used in any room, as well as for finishing balconies, terraces, etc.;
• Durability. High-quality plaster can last for decades.

Flaws:

• Labor intensity. The plastering process requires significant labor;
• Involves wet work. Plastering is a dirty job;
• Takes a lot of time. The process of applying plaster is quite lengthy;
• Need for surface preparation. Before you start finishing in this way, you need to prepare the surface - remove the old coating, clean it from dirt and prime it. It also takes energy and time;
• Limited thickness. Plaster cannot be applied in a layer thicker than 6-7 cm.

Wet finishing inside a house is usually done using plaster mixtures. Depending on the type of composition, they are divided into the following types:

• Cement. Suitable for rooms with high humidity levels, can also be used for balconies and loggias;
• Plaster. Used for interior spaces. It must be said that the peculiarity of these mixtures is their ability to “breathe”.

• Limestone. They also have good vapor permeability and, in addition, prevent the appearance of mold on the walls. Keep in mind that lime mixtures are both gypsum and cement based;

Of course, you can make the plaster mixture yourself, however, its quality will be noticeably lower than the finished mixture.

Beginners are often interested in how to decorate a brick chimney? For these purposes, there are special heat-resistant mixtures. They can be used to decorate not only chimneys, but also the stoves themselves.

Price. Below are prices for some mixtures from well-known manufacturers:

Please note that prices are current as of Spring 2017.

Dry plaster

Peculiarities

Recently, the so-called dry plaster, which involves covering walls and ceilings with plasterboard sheets (GKL), has become very popular.

Advantages. This finishing method has a number of advantages:

• High speed. Finishing with plasterboard does not require surface preparation. In addition, the sheet installation process itself is quite fast;
• Unlimited thickness. Drywall can be used in cases where it is impossible to plaster the surface due to limited layer thickness;
• Possibility of using frame space to your advantage. Between the surface of the walls/ceiling and the drywall, you can hide communications or place insulation there;

• Versatility. There is moisture-resistant plasterboard designed specifically for finishing bathrooms. Thanks to this, this material can be used to decorate any premises;
• Easy to install. Every home craftsman can install drywall with his own hands; the only thing you need to do is follow a certain technology;
• No wet work. As a result, the installation process is quite clean;
• Vapor permeability. GCRs allow the walls to breathe, which, as I said above, is important if you have a wooden or foam block house.

Flaws:

• Low strength. Drywall is a less durable finishing option than plaster. Therefore, after finishing, problems may arise when attaching heavy objects to the wall.

True, this problem can be solved in advance by strengthening the frame. To do this, you need to insert a wooden beam into the racks;

• Higher cost. Finishing gypsum boards is more expensive than plaster.

People often ask on forums – how to decorate an adobe house? Drywall is excellent for these purposes. Installation of the frame for it is carried out using long wood screws.

What materials are used for finishing?

When finishing a home using the dry method, you first need to decide on the choice of drywall. In addition to standard sheets, there are the following varieties:

• Moisture-resistant gypsum plasterboard. I have already mentioned the purpose of these sheets above. Externally, they differ from the standard ones in green;

• Fire-resistant gypsum plasterboard. Used in areas with increased fire hazard.

In addition, gypsum plasterboard differs in scope into two types:

• Ceiling. Thickness is 6-8 mm;
• Wall. Thickness can be 9.5-12.5 mm.

It must be said that installation of drywall can be carried out in two ways:

• On the frame. In this case, in addition to the sheets themselves, you will need profiles for the frame and hangers;

• On glue. If the surface is relatively smooth, the sheets can be glued with special glue.

Price:

Frame with facing materials

Peculiarities

Frame finishing involves covering the frame with facing materials, such as lining or wall panels. In fact, it refers to the finishing line. But, since such a solution allows not only to veneer walls or ceilings, but also to level their surface, we will also consider it.

The principle of this finishing is based on the use of a frame (sheathing), which provides a flat plane, i.e. performs the function of rough finishing. Thanks to this this decision has all the advantages that apply to plasterboard finishing. Moreover, the installation instructions for such materials are even simpler, and upon completion of their installation no putty or other finishing is required.

What materials are used for finishing?

As a rule, wooden slats are used to arrange the frame. The frame is most often sheathed with the following materials:

• Clapboard or block house. These are natural, environmentally friendly materials, made in the form of tongue and groove boards. They have high strength and durability.

Wooden materials can be used to cover a timber or log house. This will save not only appearance wooden walls, but also the natural microclimate in the room;

• Plastic panels. As a rule, plastic panels are used to decorate bathrooms and kitchens, as they are not afraid of moisture, are also practical in terms of use and inexpensive.

Also, plastic panels can be used if, for example, you need to quickly and inexpensively decorate a garden house;

• MDF panels. MDF is a particle board that is finished with expensive wood veneer or PVC film with a photo image. This material can imitate both wood and others finishing materials, for example, natural stone.

The performance and durability of the lining largely depend on the type of wood. If, for example, you need to decorate a bathtub with wood, then it is better to use larch, cedar or pine. Due to the abundance of resin in the structure of these rocks, they are not afraid of moisture.

Price:

Conclusion

Now you know where to start renovating your home, how you can implement it, and what materials you will need for this. Additionally, watch the video in this article. If you have any questions on this topic, you can contact me in the comments, and I will be happy to answer you.

June 1, 2017

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Finishing is the final stage in the construction of a new home, as well as a key element of the work during renovation. In the case of construction, this is the moment when the interior begins to take its final forms. At the same time, the order of work when finishing a house does not depend on the weather. This stage determines the final result; compliance with all the rules is crucial, so correctly following the sequence of work when finishing the house is extremely important. Finishing work begins after all installations have been completed.

After what to install windows?

Installing windows is the final stage of building a house. When the walls and roof are ready, the time comes to install plastic windows can be considered one of the final touches before finishing. This is the final stage. When the windows are already installed, we can move on to finishing the house.

After what to do the screed?

We begin finishing the house by implementing screeds in all rooms. Within a few days after the spill, you can begin to walk on the floors, but before you can lay the floor covering on them, it will take about six weeks for the screed to dry properly. This is especially important when laying a wooden floor, such as parquet, which requires appropriate humidity and compliance with the order of work.

After what to do putty and plaster?

After completing the screed, you can start plastering the ceilings and walls. Plastering will also require drying time, after which you can putty, lay tiles, and paint the walls. The drying time for plaster depends on its type and thickness and ranges from two to four weeks.

Drying temperature for screed and plaster

During the period when the floors in the house are drying after screeding and plastering, special attention should be paid to proper temperature and ventilation. If the plaster dries when sub-zero temperature, this will lengthen the time required for drying and in extreme cases can negatively affect the strength and structure of the plaster. Too much high temperature leads to extremely rapid drying, which leads to cracking of the plaster due to rapid shrinkage. At what temperature does plaster dry optimally? It is worth trying to maintain the temperature in the range from 10 to 20 ° C.

If we plaster walls in winter in a heated building using radiators, then maintaining the required temperature does not present any problems. At the same time, drying with electric and diesel heaters requires much more attention and more control. At this stage, you should also ensure proper ventilation by leaving the windows on the ventilation setting. Ventilation must be carried out regularly. This will allow moisture that is released during drying of the plaster to be removed to the street.

After what to install the doors?

If you plan to install doors, you should do this only after the plaster has completely dried. Depending on the drying speed, you need to wait a week or two so that moisture from the walls does not cause dampness and swelling of the wooden frames. You should wait until the plaster is completely dry before installing the interior doors. When installing doors, we must ensure that their installation height corresponds to the final floor level in the room with floor covering.

After installing the door, you should check that it is installed correctly and securely. When everything is in order, you can remove the doors so that they do not interfere with the laying of floors and are not stained with paint from painting the walls.

After what to install window sills?

At this time you can also do the installation of window sills. Installation of wooden window sills should be carried out after the plaster has dried to avoid swelling of the window sill due to the absorption of moisture from the plaster.

After completing the work associated with plastering and screeding the floor, it is time to lay the floors. If we are laying a wooden floor, then we need to check the humidity of the screed using a special apparatus or an electronic hygrometer. Wood is a very demanding material when it comes to moisture. This happens because it absorbs moisture well, which can lead to deformation of boards and parquet and the formation of cracks.

It is good practice to place parquet or planks in the room for two to three weeks before flooring work begins. This will equalize the moisture content of the wood with the humidity environment, in which the floor will be laid, which will have a positive effect on the final result. This procedure will increase the time required to complete the work, but keep in mind that wood is a very demanding, but at the same time rewarding material.

Similarly, you should wait until the floor and walls are completely dry for other floor work, and then lay the laminate. Correctly and carefully performed parquet work and other floor installation work will allow you to enjoy and admire the look of the beautiful flooring for a long time.

Painting the walls, then painting the ceiling

The next step is to paint the walls for the first time, after which you can paint the ceiling. To do this, you must protect door frames, windows and floors using duct tape and film. For wood floors, the first painting can be done before the floor is laid. Another coat of paint will only be applied after the floor has been sanded, varnished and polished. This procedure is necessary, since laying parquet is quite a dusty job, which is accompanied by a lot of dust. After painting the walls for the first time, you can also install skirting boards and possibly finish the plinths with tiles.

There will be much less worries than with parquet ceramic tiles. The properties of ceramic floor tiles make it possible to lay them on a screed even after two weeks from the date of its installation. The same period applies to laying tiles on a plaster wall. In the case of wooden panels, it is better to wait a little longer, about two to three weeks from completion of the plastering work. Panels placed on a floor that is too wet can swell and prevent moisture from passing through, which can lead to mold and mildew.

Repainting walls

The second coat of paint is applied to the walls after completion of the work associated with laying and finishing the floors and door assemblies. If you want to cover the walls with wallpaper, then at this stage you can also start gluing the wallpaper. Before starting work, you need to thoroughly clean and vacuum the room to avoid the accumulation of dust on the fresh paint, and then glue the wallpaper or paint the finished walls. The third layer is applied after the second has dried. Now all that remains is to install sockets and switches.

Kitchen finishing, when to lay tiles on kitchen walls

In the case of kitchen decoration, there are two small things to remember that will help you work easily:

1. First of all, furniture assembly can begin after the first painting of the walls, so that any abrasions and dirt on the walls, without which installation will not be complete kitchen furniture, could be covered with two layers of paint.
2. If we plan to decorate the wall with ceramic tiles, then it is worth gluing it before installing the countertop and all the furniture. A gap of one centimeter should be left between the planned level of the kitchen countertop and the bottom edge of the tile. After fixing the countertop, it will be masked with a kitchen baseboard, which also serves as a seal.

During finishing works don't rush. Walls and floors must be properly dried after plastering and screeding. Otherwise, proper execution of other finishing layers will be impossible.

The drywall will begin to bend, stains may appear on the plaster and paint, moisture and mold may appear under the floor, and each parquet board will begin to live its own life. own life. Similar effects can appear when we start finishing work too early after concreting the walls and ceilings. This is the most common mistake made by inexperienced and impatient homeowners, resulting in mold and moisture appearing in their new home at the very beginning of its use.

Interior design is an issue that should be taken care of even during the process of building a house or even at the inception stage of its project. Interior design can be done independently, having decided on the layout of future premises and the arrangement of furniture, or you can entrust this work to a professional designer. To suit the desired interior decoration of the house, we will draw up for you a plan for the layout of the walls and ceilings of each room, coordinating such important details as the location of all sockets, switches and lighting fixtures. Together with you, we will discuss and resolve all technical issues regarding the upcoming interior decoration of the rooms.

2. The next step is the installation of all internal walls and partitions. Brick or aerated concrete can be used as a material for the walls of the first floor, and walls and partitions on the second and subsequent floors, in the case of floors on wooden beams, are usually constructed from double plasterboard sheets (GKL). At the same time, it is very important to control the height and width of the doorways, so that when installing door frames and doors, the platband must cover part of the wallpaper or decorative plaster. This and many other nuances, of course, are known to experienced builders and are taken into account at the very beginning of interior decoration. In parallel with the installation of walls, you can insulate the floors between floors and install floors (joists, plywood or OSB boards).

3. At the third stage of finishing work, a rough floor screed is performed. For this purpose, the main engineering communications: an electrical cable is pulled into the house, pipes for water supply and sewerage pipes are pulled, and diesel fuel is supplied if there is no gas pipeline in the house. The source of water supply can be central water supply systems, boreholes or wells. When all the necessary communications have been made, the floor is covered with expanded clay (or half sand and then expanded clay), on top of which a rough concrete screed is poured.

4. Next, all utilities are laid and installed. At this stage of finishing work, walls are tapped, electrical cables are laid, and sockets for sockets and switches are prepared. A special heat-retaining material isolon is spread over the rough screed, covered special mesh and lay the underfloor heating pipes. Beacons are placed and the floor is filled with plytonite or vetonite. They extend pipes to all heating radiators and bring pipes with a heating cable from the water supply into the house. Carry out gating and laying of hot and cold water supply pipes, laying pipes internal sewerage and make a conclusion to the septic tank. In this case, it is necessary to know in advance the layout of the kitchen and bathrooms, with all the furniture and plumbing fixtures.

6. Then the walls are prepared for wallpapering or decorative plaster (Venetian, etc.). It is important to strictly adhere to the established technology of finishing work: priming the walls, installing galvanized mesh, plastering on beacons, puttying. At the same time, finishing of window slopes, improvement and installation of plastic or stone window sills is carried out.

7. The seventh step is the installation of ceilings. If reinforced concrete floors are installed in the house, then plastering is carried out according to the beacons. Otherwise, the ceiling is usually sheathed with plasterboard (gypsum board), and in the attic or in the bathroom on the second floor you can make a ceiling from lining.

9. The penultimate step is the finishing of the premises. The walls are covered with wallpaper, tiled, clapboarded or painted, an apron is installed in the kitchen; tiles, parquet or laminate are laid on the floor; Doors are being installed, baseboards and thresholds are being installed. Lighting fixtures, sockets and switches are installed and connected. Plumbing fixtures are installed: bathtub, shower stall, sink, toilet, bidet, mirrors and other accessories. After wallpapering the walls, heating radiators are installed, and the rooms take on a finished look. Furniture is imported and installed.

10. At the final stage, the boiler room is wired, the boiler is installed and the heating and water supply systems are launched. If a diesel burner is to be installed, then a container for diesel fuel is built outside the house (optionally, dug into the ground), insulated and covered with a canopy. A water purification system is installed using conventional cartridges in flasks, such as Big Blue. But if the water contains dangerous impurities or heavy metals, then more complex system water purification, about the principles and features of which we are ready to provide additional advice.

All of the listed work on each of the ten points is carried out responsibly and efficiently by ABC Construction specialists.

Finishing work- a process that has special requirements, so the craftsmen have developed a special procedure for their implementation. Of course, it is not necessary to adhere to the recommendations of specialists, but such a decision can negatively affect the quality of the result and also entail additional costs, both financially and in labor terms.

The order of finishing work: preparatory process

Before finishing, the room must be prepared; this process is often associated with dismantling works that they leave behind large number garbage. Work on electrical wiring, as well as installation of water supply and sewerage pipes, must be completed. After this, they begin plastering the ceiling and walls (in that order), as well as arranging the floor screed.

The order of finishing work: finishing itself

The finishing work itself, as a rule, begins from the ceiling, since when arranging it it is very difficult not to stain the walls and floor, although there are craftsmen who can do this. After the ceilings comes the turn of the walls, which are covered with paint, wallpaper, decorative plaster or other selected materials. Floors are often an afterthought, although it is perfectly acceptable to cover them before working on the walls.

It may be different for each master, it all depends on his qualifications and experience. After finishing is completed, installation work related to the installation of lamps, plumbing equipment, doors, etc. begins.

Where to start?

Finishing work must begin with the installation of entrance doors and windows in order to ensure the necessary microclimate in the interior, that is, positive air temperature and minimal humidity.

What is the procedure?

The order of actions is approximately as follows (“approximately” - because some work operations in the list can be combined, and for others the order can be changed):

– laying partitions and internal walls. During the same period, you can insulate the interfloor ceilings and begin laying floors

– an electric cable and all utilities (gas, water supply, sewerage, heating risers, etc.) are installed in the house. Then the floor is backfilled with expanded clay and rough screed

– installation of all systems (plumbing, sewer, etc.), grooves are made in the walls and electrical wiring is carried out, sockets for switches and sockets are prepared. Isolon and pipes for heated floors are laid over the rough screed. The floor is poured (with the installation of beacons) with vetonite or plytonite

– a fireplace and a chimney for it are installed

– wallpaper is glued or applied decorative plaster, window sills are installed and window slopes are finished

–assembly of stairs

– the last stage of finishing work is being carried out - tiling, clapboard paneling, laying laminate or parquet, installing thresholds and baseboards, switches and sockets, lighting fixtures. Plumbing fixtures, mirrors, heating radiators are installed