Construction and repair. Page 21

In the process of DIY repairs, many problems arise. Some of them can and should be solved independently, including finding your own, original solutions. So, through a process of trial and error, I found a way to

You can easily give your old cement fence a uniqueness and beauty that sets it apart from dozens of plain, gray fences. To do this, you only need half a bucket of cement mortar and a little imagination. All work on decorating a cement fence

Anyone who has dealt with replacing electrical wiring in an apartment building knows that the most difficult thing is to replace it in the floor slabs, where it passes to supply voltage to ceiling lamps and chandeliers. This problem does not exist for apartments,

The result of the repair depends on what kind of floors you have.Existing defects and irregularities will be reflected in the coating, especially if it is linoleum. Parquet flooring will require absolute evenness. You can list quite a lot of floor coverings that

The collector system is remarkable in that it is universal; its installation is carried out by people without professional skills. Moreover, such a system allows you to install heating with hidden pipe wiring. Pipe cross-section according to economic

Interior decoration in a wooden house has a number of features that must be taken into account so that you do not waste your time and money. Wood is a material that constantly reacts to temperature and humidity outside, and

Plainly painted walls are, you see, a bit boring. Painting in several colors looks much more interesting. We present to your attention a master class on painting surfaces simulating three-dimensional granite masonry. And there is no need to be

Sooner or later, the time comes for renovation in any apartment. To carry it out, construction stores offer a huge selection of finishing materials. There are also decorative bricks for sale for every taste. But the price for them is “biting”.

How you want to return home and find yourself in a cozy and warm room away from the noisy streets. Thanks to liquid wallpaper, achieving such perfection is quite simple. This wallpaper has significant advantages over other types of wallpaper. They're great

Laying floor tiles at home is not such an expensive process. Therefore, in case of repairs, I believe that you can save money here and do all the work yourself. I bring to your attention some tips for laying floor tiles with your own

A home fireplace has long been considered the personification of comfort and romance. And of course many would like to have it at home. However, nowadays, the vast majority of people live in apartments, which makes a fireplace just a dream and nothing more. However, if there is

The floor on the loggia had a catastrophic slope towards the street, creaked heavily and frightened everyone with its appearance. The old boards had long since rotted and were not suitable as a base for the finishing coating. After some thought, it was decided to dismantle everything old

The large glazed balcony required serious insulation and modern finishing. The walls with shells of old oil paint and the chalk ceiling looked depressing. As a result of some deliberation, it was decided to decorate the ceiling and walls with PVC panels with

The problem on upper floors is often chronic leaks from the ceiling. In this case, a leak in the kitchen ceiling became an obsessive nightmare for a young family. As a result, it was decided to hang a plastic ceiling with built-in

A young married couple inherited a small one-room apartment near Moscow. The pimply ceiling, six layers of wallpaper on the walls and the scary spots of round sockets looked depressing, but a happy accident brought the owners of the apartment together with another married couple.

If you decide to renovate a room and put up new wallpaper, then you need to start by installing hidden sockets. After all, you will agree that it is much more convenient when the socket is recessed into the wall, and does not protrude from it, interfere with the installation of furniture and spoil the external

I started insulating the attic floor by insulating the under-roof space and walls, then installed additional elements of the heating system and supplied backup power for the circulation pump. The walls and roof were lined with multilayer

When building the stairs to the attic, I was guided by the basic principles: safety, convenience, functionality, cost-effectiveness in manufacturing and visual appeal. When designing the house, I foresaw the location in advance

When building the attic floor, I paid attention to the unused space, the pockets in the attic space. I figured that future furniture cabinets in the room layout would not be entirely convenient and would be too expensive. Therefore for

When building partitions in a new house, one idea came to my mind to expand the space - to mount an aquarium in the wall. At the beginning, I intended to make the partition of the kitchen room from the corridor a solid structure of thickness

Tired of the old wallpaper on the ceiling, do you want to revive your boring interior with something new? Or maybe your neighbors have flooded you and replacing the wallpaper is a necessary measure to restore the former beauty of the view “from above”? We suggest not to spend money on

Nowadays, every owner of a private house agrees that limiting access to his land plays a big role in ensuring his own safety. Professional equipment and system installation services

It often happens that during the cold season, the heating power of a conventional apartment battery is not enough to maintain a consistently high temperature in the house, and residents have to either change the system for normal and comfortable life.

When people are going to change their floor covering, they usually only think about the future installation of parquet or laying linoleum and only at the last moment remember the existence of such an important attribute as a plinth.