Increasingly recently, apartment owners are trying to make redevelopment. For some, this is a tribute to fashion, while for others it is a desire to increase space and increase the comfort of conditions. Regardless of the reasons, redevelopment must be carried out according to certain rules.
Which walls can be demolished
If you started dismantling in an apartment, you should first familiarize yourself with the rules that allow or prohibit the demolition of walls made of certain materials. Thus, it is possible to repair the walls:
- of stone;
- wood;
- drywall;
- foam block;
- concrete;
- brick.
Demolition rates must be provided for each wall. To dismantle wooden walls, you should make less effort than if you are faced with the task of dismantling a monolithic wall. If it is difficult enough to determine what material underlies the wall, then you should turn to professionals. Interior and apartment partitions have a small thickness, which is limited to 380 mm.
Preparatory work
If you willdismantling is carried out in the apartment, it is first necessary to prepare the room by turning off all communications. Heating, plumbing, radio and television outlets, gas pipelines, sewerage, and electricity should not work. In addition, you will need to take care of where you put the construction waste. As a rule, construction bags are used for such purposes.
Preparation of tools
Dismantling in the apartment provides for the mandatory preparation of certain tools. Among them:
- chisel;
- pick;
- scrap;
- jackhammer;
- sledgehammer.
The wooden wall can be demolished with a chainsaw that replaces a jackhammer. Whereas if we are talking about a concrete partition, then it is best to use a grinder, a jackhammer and a perforator. Such a serious set of tools is explained by the fact that there is a metal frame inside the wall, so you will need an angle grinder to remove it.
Method of dismantling the wall
The dismantling of the walls in the apartment can be carried out partially, for this an opening is left in the wall, which rests on the columns. If you remove the wall around the perimeter, then the central part will simply collapse to the floor, and its weight is hundreds of kilograms. After carrying out the work, it will be very problematic to remove construction waste, so it is necessary to dismantle it in small pieces. You need to cut out bricks from the wall, and if there is a door on the siteopening, you must first remove the door lintel. After that, you can move from the edge of the opening up and to the side. If you have to work with a brick wall, then a sledgehammer will be enough. It is necessary to start work from the ceiling, moving down. The bricks will shatter, forming cracks.
How to remove partitions
The dismantling of partitions can also be done independently. It is necessary to disassemble such a wall in parts. If we are talking about concrete or brick, then lifting more than ten kilograms will be problematic. For such work, a concrete disc or an angle grinder should be used. To facilitate the process of working with a marker, it is necessary to make markings along which the wall will gradually collapse. This method is almost silent, however, it is accompanied by the formation of a large amount of dust.
The wall can still be crushed, for this special chisels and a perforator are used. When working with the latter, it is necessary to ensure that adjacent walls are not damaged. This method allows you to cope with the work quickly enough, but is accompanied by a high level of noise and sloppiness. If you are dismantling partitions, then small holes can be drilled in the wall with a puncher or drill. This method is most often used by professionals. But first you need to outline the lines that divide the wall into separate sections. Holes are drilled through them, which are located close to each other. Having drilled a section, it is necessary to break it outhammer or chisel.
For reference
When the wall is already drilled, you should tap the places that need to be extracted. If the wall consists of concrete or brick, then the surface is sprayed with water to prevent the formation of dust. Among other things, for this, professionals sometimes use a piece of unnecessary fabric that is wetted in water and hung out at the entrance to the room.
Dismantling the wooden floor
When dismantling is carried out in the apartment, it may be necessary to remove the floor covering. At the first stage, the baseboards are removed, and then the floorboards are disassembled. It is necessary to remove the floors, starting work from the entrance, so it will be possible to save the boards so that they can be used in the future. If there is an edged board, then it is necessary to start dismantling work from it. Replacing floors sometimes involves the need to work with floorboards reinforced with screws, in which case the task is simplified. The fasteners should be unscrewed, and then find a board with a groove, removing it. When used in the process of mounting nails, the technology will be somewhat different. It provides for the need to find the last floorboard, under which the nail puller is hammered using a hammer. The tool needs to be raised by 2 cm, and then step on the board. This will allow you to put the element in place, but the nails will pop up. Fasteners are removed with a nail puller. In order to prevent the board from being pushed through, a wooden block must be laid under the tool.
Removing concrete screed
Ifyou will be replacing floors, you may have to remove the concrete cover. In this case, you can use the impact method, which is the most effective, but creates a lot of noise. In the process of working, it is best to use a jackhammer. Specialists quite often use a joint cutter, but working with it will be impossible if the concrete layer is more than 30 cm and has reinforcement. Two people will be able to handle the job.
How to dismantle windows
Dismantling of windows is also quite often carried out in the process of repair work. Initially, it is necessary to remove the window sashes, and then remove the box. At this point, plaster may begin to peel off the wall. Remains of thermal insulation are removed from the opening. Sometimes it also happens that the window openings are supplemented with metal railings, while they are cut off, which allows you to remove the grill itself. Sometimes the dismantling of windows is accompanied by the removal of gratings, which are fixed on bolts. Such work is much easier to do on your own. The elements are removed with a wrench, but if you use power tools, the grate can be reused.
Trash removal
Dismantling and removal of garbage from the apartment are carried out according to certain rules. For this, there are sanitary standards. If after the repair you have electric lamps or lighting devices containing mercury, then you cannot store and neutralize them yourself. It is also impossible to transport such lamps that have worked out their life on their own. To do this, you should contact specialized organizations. Construction debris must be removed to specially designated areas. But non-recyclable waste is transported to special landfills for disposal and disposal.
