How to start repairing the bathroom?

For a very long time in our family, we could not venture to take this step. It all started from that, that we somehow took some cleansheets of paper, roulette, measured the length, height, width of the bathroom and calculated the area of ​​the room, decided that we would overlay the walls and the floor with ceramic tiles, paint the ceiling with a facade water-emulsion, replace the bath and sink, put new mixers, and select the appropriate accessories. Then they presented what color our new bathroom would be, what light we needed, what kind of mirror we would hang and where. After that, after a few days, having an approximate picture, they purchased everything necessary, finding materials, equipment and accessories corresponding to our plan in the shops.

The second step in our bathroom renovation was the cleaning of walls and ceiling from the old tile(if any) - very dirty and dusty work. In Soviet homes, the walls of the bathroom were often painted with paint - it must be removed completely - beat mechanically, remove with solvents, a hair dryer, since later, the adhesive mixture with the tile will not hold onto it. Now you can breathe easily - the first, dirtiest stage is over. Clean walls are treated with a primer, and the ceiling is shpatlyem, conduct wiring, pre-determined where the mirror will hang and stand the washing machine. Next, we make the horizontal and vertical markings using a plumb or vertical level.

The third stage of repair - replacement of water supply, sewerage, riser (pipesbetween the floors). Do not skimp on this operation, because later the old pipes, as usual, can make themselves felt at the most inopportune moment. Do not forget to make a waterproofing of the floor so that the water does not leak to the neighbors when you make a screed on the bathroom floor. To do this, the joints between the floor and walls should be covered with waterproofing mortar, and also waterproofed throughout the floor area in the bathroom - in case the water goes over the edge of the bathtub, or the pipe breaks (God forbid).

Now you can start bringing the bathroom in orderi.e. to put a tile - you do it yourself, if you know how, or a master tiler. It is better to start the tile from the wall along which the bath will stand, when working, you will lessen the bath with a solution.

If you want to make the front part of the bath closed, then, in order to save, the floor under the bathroom tiles can not be laid out. Are going to change the door to the bathroom - do it now, and then continue to lay that wall where the door is.

Having finished laying the tiles on the floor and walls, along the perimeter of the ceiling we mount the plinth. The ceiling is painted with water-resistant emulsion paint,it turns out beautifully, it is possible under color of the put tile with any shade. It is checked, in the future humidity on the ceiling does not accumulate and the ceiling does not darken with time - this is one of the options for making a ceiling. An alternative to this option is the installation on the ceiling of plastic panels or a stretch ceiling. Now boldly proceed to seal the seams.

That's practically the repair of the bathroom and is finished. There are the last touches - fill the bathroomaccessories: we install a sink, we hang on the wall a mirror, on a ceiling - a lamp. This is how you work, you get a beautiful bathroom. I wish everyone success in the repair, and most importantly, take the risk!

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