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Laying floor tiles

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

Floor repair, laminate flooring and skirting installation

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

Warming of the balcony with subsequent finishing with PVC panels

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

False Ceiling Installation

The problem of the upper floors is often chronic leakage from the ceiling. In this case, a leak on 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

Repair and decoration of the living room

The young couple inherited a small Odnushka from Moscow. A pimpled ceiling, six layers of wallpaper on the walls and scary little spots of round rosettes looked depressing, but a happy accident brought the owners of the apartment to another married

Concealed Outlet Device

If you decide to do repairs in the room and stick new wallpapers, then you need to start with the installation of hidden outlets. You must admit that it is much more convenient when the socket is recessed into the wall, but does not protrude from it, interferes with the installation of furniture and spoils the external

Attic insulation

I began warming the attic floor with warming of the roof space and walls, then I installed additional elements of the heating system and put backup power for the circulation pump. Lined the walls and roof with multilayer

Wardrobe in the attic

During the construction of the attic floor, I drew attention to the unused space, pockets in the attic space. I figured that future furniture cabinets in the layout of the room would not be very convenient and too expensive. Therefore for

Aquarium in the wall

When constructing partitions in a new house, I came up with one idea to expand the space - this is 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 construction with a thickness

Glue wallpaper on the ceiling

Tired of old wallpaper on the ceiling, want to revive a boring interior with something new? And maybe you were flooded with neighbors and replacing the wallpaper - a necessary measure to restore the former beauty of the top view? We offer not to splurge on expensive

Your home’s limited access system

Currently, already every owner of a private house will agree that restricting access to their land has a large role in ensuring their own security. Professional equipment and installation services of a limited system

Ways to Improve Home Battery Performance

Often, it happens that in the cold season the heating power of an ordinary apartment battery is not enough to maintain a stable high temperature in the house, and residents, for normal and comfortable life, have to change the system

Installation of floor skirting

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

Painting ceiling tiles with acrylic paint

To paint the ceiling tiles, we need the following: - tiles with a smooth (not structural) surface and a large relief pattern, - a large art brush or a very small paint brush, but I prefer to use a small

Heating regulation - saving money and gas

“Prepare a sled in the summer, and a cart in the winter,” says the famous Russian proverb. In the midst of summer, it's time to think about how to create comfortable conditions and survive the winter frosts. Rapid rise in energy prices - an additional incentive to search

The choice of linoleum and its styling

The article highlights the main issues that a buyer has when choosing linoleum as a floor covering. In addition, on the example of their own actions to repair the kitchen, the features of laying linoleum on their own are considered.

We make warm floors

The issue of underfloor heating always arises when the main heating system cannot cope with space heating. You have insulated the balcony, attached the bathroom room to the main building, insulated the veranda or entrance hall in a private house. AND

Mechanical system to prevent water leakage

Many people are familiar with the problem of water leaks in apartments, due to a damaged mixer or a burst hose. To prevent such a misfortune, or rather, to prevent it, I propose to make home-made products from common parts and

Interior door decoration

Almost every person has had moments in his life when the home interior becomes boring and bleak, there is a desire to change or remake something. Women begin to rearrange furniture and paintings, insert new photos into frames

Trimmed with plastic

Plastic trim looks fashionable and modern. It hides many shortcomings from the curvature of the walls and ending with holes in them. This method of interior wall decoration has a lot of advantages, the only significant minus is the relative high cost
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