Repairing an apartment is an epic, quite comparable to moving to another city (if not to another country). So much force is put on it that it is already joyful that the stage with the “hacking” of partitions and the replacement of plumbing in the bathroom is over.
After that, fine finishing begins. This is the process of "finishing" the room, expressed in the use of high-quality finishing materials, tiles, wallpaper and flooring.
To put it simply, if a rough finish can be compared with cutting a preliminary and rough figure out of stone, then at the finishing stage, the sculptor brings it to the state of a refined and beautiful sculpture.
What materials can I use for this?
Contrary to the generally accepted opinion in our country, fine finishing is not only banal wallpaper or tile. The modern industry offers such an incredible range of materials that it sometimes becomes difficult to choose something specific! Let's look at the most attractive and unusual varieties of them.
Liquid wallpaper. Environmentally friendly materialwhich is cotton, silk and other natural raw materials. Apply with a spatula or float. It is easy to repair damaged areas by simply removing the old coating and applying a new layer.
Sand coating. The composition includes sand, which forms a kind of "dunes" on the wall. It looks very elegant, but it is very difficult to apply. Needless to say, the cost of such a “Sahara Desert” is rather high for this reason, and therefore such a fine finish is a task for professionals.
Decorative coating based on colored marble chips, better known under the name "Bayramix". The composition includes a transparent acrylic base and multi-colored granular marble dust. When working, you will need a spatula, as well as a substrate. A very durable and practical solution that fully justifies the investment.
What should putty be attributed to?
We asked this question for a reason, as there is no clear answer to it. Many believe that putty refers directly to the rough finish of the room. But what does fine finishing mean in the understanding of specialists?
Professional builders just say that now puttying can rightly be attributed to it. The fact is that the same liquid wallpaper is applied precisely to the wall prepared with finishing putty, so in this case there is no need to talk about a rough finish.
Flooring
This is easier. In this case, the finishingthis is laying laminate, linoleum, parquet or tile. Thus, laying floor logs, installing a concrete screed or leveling the floor is not included in this concept.
Wiring and other communications
If you understand what a fine finish of an apartment is, then just the same electrical wiring is definitely included in this concept. Of course, we are talking about high-quality wiring, the installation of modern switches and other "attributes". However, the same can be said about the current plumbing, the installation of which is sometimes available only to experienced professionals.
