We will conduct a thorough analysis of preparatory and repair work in the kitchen. It is especially difficult to make repairs in small kitchens, which are provided in old houses built in those days when it was necessary to resettle people from barracks in small apartments. In such kitchens, in order to save space, the walls were finished with plaster, then either painted, or glued an oilcloth with wallpaper, or glued a tile.
Consider in details as the owner of such a kitchen can independently carry out the current or cosmetic repair with the example of painting or wallpapers. Before starting work, it is necessary to dismantle all furniture, equipment in the kitchen and take out. If you had to visit such a kitchen, then you know that all the pipes are on the same wall. And no one cared about the beauty of wiring. Gas pipes, cold and hot water systems, sewage systems should simply perform their functions. All these pipes are rigidly fixed, and the equipment was not possible to move the equipment. The other wall is completely occupied by the window and the heating system. Having evaluated the state of the existing pipes, decides that we will do to paint or change. Fortunately, new pipes manufacturing technologies allow you to do it yourself. There are flexible metal tubes that allow you to redevelop the equipment connection, followed by arranging furniture. If this is not possible, then we paint and glue wallpaper on the walls. Over the years, painting windows, doors, pipes, turned out thick layers of paint, unsightly appearance. This must be cleaned and removed. A technical hairdryer, gas burner, solvents, metal brushes and spatula will help you with this. Heated and softened paint is easily removed. If the previous painting has an acceptable appearance, then the surface of the pipes, doors and windows can simply be washed and degreased. Dried surfaces can be painted. Glass surfaces must be protected with tape or paper from falling paint.
Repair the walls. Here we act in the same way if they are painted. Warm the paint and carefully remove the spatula. If there are minor damage to the paint on the walls (cracked or moved away from the wall), they can be cleaned with a coarse -grained skin, then zero. It is important not to damage the plaster, otherwise you will have to putty and smooth. Before painting, you need to remove all the dust from the walls. So that the dust does not settle in other rooms, the doors must be curtained with a wet cloth. If there were wallpaper on the walls, they are abundantly wetted with water, and after a few minutes they will easily be removed with a spatula.
The same cleaning operation is performed with the ceiling as on the walls.
Before starting to glue wallpaper, the walls are primed with special solutions or diluted glue (watch instructions on packages). Choose the direction of the wallpaper sticker from the window along the walls, and on the ceiling. In order to save money on the wallpaper, the drawing should be asymmetric. This will help to hide and uneven walls. We decorate the kitchen with cornices, skirting boards, and install furniture and equipment.
