If you are thinking about repairs and want to make it budget, then for this there is no need to use the services of a professional team of builders. But the dismantling of the partition can be done independently. The main condition for this is that it is forbidden to touch the bearing walls. This approach allows you to make redevelopment, increasing the space of a room and achieving maximum comfort.
Which partitions can be dismantled
You can safely demolish partitions made of the following materials:
- brick;
- concrete;
- foam block;
- stone;
- wood;
- drywall.
However, each of the listed materials has its own demolition rate. To perform the dismantling of a wooden wall, it is necessary to apply less effort than is required if the apartment has monolithic walls. When it's hard to determine whatthe material is the basis, you should seek the advice of professionals. By the way, in this case, they recommend dismantling a certain part of the wall, which will allow you to see the material in the composition, which allows you to determine the nature of the upcoming work.
Preparation
If you started dismantling the partition, then you need to carry out preparatory work. To do this, all communications are turned off - heating, plumbing, radio, electricity, sewage and gas pipelines. You also need to take care of where you put the construction waste. Bags are usually prepared for this.
Preparation of tools
Dismantling the partition necessarily involves the preparation of a certain set of tools, namely:
- chisels;
- wedges;
- jackhammer;
- picks;
- crowbar;
- sledgehammers.
If you have to work with a wooden partition, then you can use a chainsaw, replacing it with a jackhammer. But as for the concrete partition, it can be disassembled with a jackhammer, puncher or grinder. Such a serious set of tools is required because there is a metal frame inside the concrete wall, which requires an angle grinder to remove.
Dismantling the partition
The dismantling of the partition can be started immediatelyafter completion of preparatory work. The master should present a cardboard box that will need to be removed from the wall. In this case, you need to be guided by the principle of cutting out a certain part of this box. If you remove the partition around the perimeter, then its middle part can collapse to the floor, while you subject the floor to a load of several hundred kilograms. It is important to remember that it is impossible to dismantle large pieces of walls. First, one brick must be knocked out of the partition, and then the door lintel should be removed, gradually moving towards the edges. If you have a brick wall in front of you, then a sledgehammer will suffice. It is necessary to start processing such a partition from the ceiling.
Demolition of the partition between the toilet and the bathroom
The dismantling of the partition between the bathroom and the toilet is carried out in several stages. The first step is to remove the panels or tiles if you plan to reuse the finish. Above the upper row of masonry, it is necessary to drive a chisel or chisel into the gap between the ceiling and the finishing material, loosening the bricks. This will allow you to remove the product from the wall. If there is a ventilation hole, dismantling must begin there.
The nail puller should be used as a lever, it is driven into the cracks in the masonry. This method eliminates the formation of a large amount of dust, and the work can be carried out with minimal noise. Most of the bricks remain intact, they can be used in the future. However, such a scheme for dismantling partitions takes a lot of time, and to speed upthe process can be done using a perforator. A sledgehammer or chisel is mounted on the tool, but there will be more noise and dust. In doing so, the bricks turn into rubble.
If the partition has a plaster base, then along the perimeter it is necessary to make cuts, breaking the material with a sledgehammer. The fittings inserted inside must be cut off with an angle grinder. As soon as you manage to remove the partition, you need to start dismantling the baseboards, which act as the foundation for the gypsum box. They can be made of concrete reinforced with bars. Therefore, for dismantling work, you should use a grinder or a puncher.
Specialist recommendations
The dismantling of partitions in an apartment may be accompanied by the need to remove a concrete wall. To do this, you need to mark up on the surface, and then cut out small pieces using a grinder and a disk. The same technology should be used when there is a need to dismantle the partition under the ceiling in the corridor. To do this, you can use an impact drill or puncher, drilling holes located close to each other. Then the surface is lightly tapped along the holes, and the resulting fragments should be broken out.
Installing a partition
When moving into a new apartment, homeowners quite often wonder how to install a partition. To carry out such work, you can use different materials, including foam concrete blocks. It is important to choose the right material that can beheat-insulating, structural and heat-insulating and structural. For building partitions, it is best to use blocks marked D600 or higher.
Besides this, glue should be prepared. There is a huge variety of industrial compounds that are used for laying foam concrete blocks. Mixtures are based on Portland cement, finely dispersed quartz sand and plasticizers.
Installation / dismantling of partitions is quite often carried out by new residents of apartments on their own. If you decide to build a partition from a foam concrete block, then its lower surface must be smeared with an adhesive solution and laid on the floor. The first and last products that will come into contact with the wall should be additionally fixed with a metal corner.
Conclusion
Sometimes the length of a foam concrete block is not enough to lay a whole row. In this case, you can cut out additional elements with a hand saw. The second and subsequent rows of products should be laid in a checkerboard pattern, observing the dressing of the seams. The thickness of the adhesive layer should not exceed 5 mm, and the application of the mixture should also be carried out on a vertical surface.
