We do high-quality cleaning ourselves after renovation: we analyze all the nuances

Repair, how many difficulties have formed in this word for us ... And if without poetry, then in fact, the one who survived the repair must still gain strength for the last leap and put everything in order. Today, in the review of the homemaster.techinfus.com/en/ editorial staff, we will tell you what cleaning should be after repair, consider the nuances and subtleties of this process.

Cleaning - inevitable, but absolutely necessary

First action: collection and removal of construction waste

It is impossible to carry out high-quality cleaning without removing all the debris that interferes with the process. To collect everything, you first need to arm yourself with thick gloves, preferably rubber, and strong bags. Those who care about their health should take care of goggles and a respirator. By the way, swimming glasses are also suitable.

Bulky garbage is taken out first

Bulky waste includes residues tiles, concrete, drywall, pieces of boards and linoleum, wallpaper scraps, trimming from polyurethane foam. Everything is immersed in bags and taken out of the housing. Bags should be packed compactly, but their weight should be calculated: each bag can be very weighty.

You can take out the bags one at a time, but be sure to immediately: they greatly interfere with movement and close the view

It is important not to spoil relations with neighbors or harm the environment: everything is taken out to places strictly designated for garbage.

Next step: removing dust from ceilings and walls

The rubbish is removed, you can start removing construction dust. It is better to choose the dirtiest area or room, thereby reducing air pollution in the home.

You need to start from the walls and ceiling, gradually lowering the cleaning process to the floor.

Dust settles everywhere, and it is not always clearly visible

If this is not removed in time, then the air in the room simply cannot be clean. And the gradually settling dust will accumulate in the lungs.

First of all, the remains of foam, cement are cut off. They are removed with a spatula, sometimes an abrasive sponge soaked in water is required.

Dust is well removed with a construction vacuum cleaner. If it is not possible to acquire one, then you can take a conventional unit with convenient nozzles: it is better to vacuum in every corner. It is good to use a telescopic tube.

After cleaning the dust, you need to walk over the surfaces with a damp cloth

A vinegar solution can be used to remove dust from surfaces such as laminate, MDF, glass, plastic, porcelain stoneware and stone. The same composition will help remove limescale.

The dust was removed, and then we clean the surfaces of stains

Repair without stains is impossible. They can remain from repair work. But not all spots give up easily, they are completely removed at the stage of general cleaning.

Paint and putty

Any solvent remains effective against paint. But it does not suit all surfaces. Paint stains with MDF should be removed with a blade, after soaking them with alcohol.

If you need to remove paint from frosted glass by sandblasting, then a solvent is also used, and stains are removed from a smooth glass with a scraper. Do not rub the frosted glass with abrasives!

The water emulsion is simply washed out with warm water and disappears without a trace

You will also have to wash the plaster. With MDF, it is scraped off with a spatula, slightly diluting the dirt with water. Then they begin to work with the abrasive side of the sponge or sandpaper.

It is already more difficult to remove traces from polymer putty, since mechanical labor is required.

Construction foam and cement

Believe me, it is better to remove splashes from the polyurethane foam before it hardens. But since the question arose about removing the foam, it means that the moment is hopelessly missed. This is another "present"!

The building materials market offers special foam cleaners: this will be the simplest and fastest solution. And whoever wants to put more labor into cleaning after repairs can cut off the foam with a sharp object. Then you have to use Dimexide (remember about protective gloves).

Dimexide is bought at a regular pharmacy

Foam spots are removed from linoleum, having previously soaked them with water: apply a wet rag to the spray for a while.

It is also difficult to remove the cement after hardening. There are ready-made special products: they are applied to the stain and covered with a film. After a couple of hours, the dirt is washed off. Not every product is suitable for tiles, artificial stone or aluminum elements.

Other stains

Lime stains are washed off with water and vinegar. And oily spots will come off the floor if you pour talcum powder on them. And they will leave the parquet after exposure to denatured alcohol.

Often, after repairs, traces of adhesive tape remain. Ordinary sunflower oil or nail polish remover will deal with them.

On some surfaces, grease stains are wiped off with turpentine.

Final cleaning of various types of surfaces

Ideally, all surfaces should be brushed twice. But you can do it wisely once, given the type of surface to clean.

Floor coverings

The type of flooring dictates the conditions for cleaning. If you do not take into account the material of the floor, then you can ruin it, or the tool used will simply be useless.

Laminate and parquet

Parquet is not considered easy to maintain. There are a number of oil or wax based skincare products available. They must be applied to the floor after basic cleaning. The trace of varnish will come off the parquet or laminate if the contamination is exposed to denatured alcohol.

Light stains of dirt will be removed with regular alcohol. For laminate use 30% alcohol

Linoleum and carpets

After the repair, the linoleum is washed with warm water with a mop and vinegar. Paint stains are removed in any way possible.

Carpets are first cleaned with a vacuum cleaner and then wet. You will need a brush and soap solution

But it is more efficient to treat carpet with special dry mixes for such coatings.

Ceramic tile

The ceramics are cleaned with “Shumanite”: this active agent will remove various marks after repair. It is sprayed and then washed off with a damp sponge.

Scrapers, spatulas, screwdrivers will help in cleaning the tiles after repair: it would be convenient to work

If the primer has soaked into the tile, you will need a fresh portion of it or acetone, which is then cleaned off along with the hardened one.

Cement grout, lime and plaster are washed off with warm water, but epoxy is removed with a special solvent for this material.

The silicone sealant and paint traces are removed mechanically, and then removed with a solvent (acetone or white spirit).

Wooden coverings

After repair, wooden coatings are put in order with water, soda, and, if the surface is unpainted, with sand. Everything is rubbed and thus polished.

Doors need to be polished, and skirting boards just washed with soapy water

Plastic frames

PPC profiles are cleaned with different detergents based on ammonia and acids. The product is applied to a damp sponge and the frames are treated.

All stickers from window profiles must be removed by washing the frames with soapy water and alcohol.

Plumbing processing

Plumbing, which was stained during the renovation, is cleaned with rubber gloves. Fresh dirt can be easily washed off with plain warm water, but during repairs, rarely does anyone undertake to immediately wash off something that gets dirty.

If the surface of the plumbing is metallized and chrome-plated, you need to overcome the temptation to use acid-containing products: leave them to the ceramics, and various ugly stains will appear on the metal from such cleaning.

If stains of paint and glue have hardened on the enamel bath, then you will have to replace the enamel layer. They can no longer be deleted without a trace.

Do not clean the acrylic bath with abrasive products. It is better to study in advance the list of compounds suitable for cleaning it.

If furniture gets dirty during the repair

How good it is when, after renovation, you can bring new furniture into the room, still wrapped in foil. In this case, we simply place the pieces of furniture in the desired places and enjoy the work done.

And if the furniture remained in place during the repair, then even covered with a protective film, it could still get dirty.

In cleaning furniture, a vacuum cleaner is indispensable: everything is thoroughly vacuum cleaned with nozzles intended for this

Old furniture does not always look good after renovation. Somewhere you need to remove the stain, or even replace the upholstery.

Purchase means for cleaning textile, leather and wood surfaces

Greasy stains are removed with compounds with alkali, or, conversely, with acids (for example, citric). Regular milk will help with many stains: it will push the dirt out of the deep layers of the material outward.

In addition to upholstered furniture, they vacuum and wash all cabinets and racks: inside and outside

We remove unpleasant repair odors

Does the renovation smell? Oh, how it smells! But this smell is not one that you want to inhale over and over again. To quickly forget about difficult repair days, you need to remove all accompanying aromas.

We must open the windows, but it is not yet possible to completely remove the smell from chemistry

It is useless to spray with aromatic sprays: although the smell from the repair will be masked, all the harmful substances will remain floating around the apartment.

To make the smells go away faster, you need to make a draft, leaving it to reign in the house for several hours.

We twist all loosely closed jars of paints and solvents carefully and hide those that will no longer be useful in the near future.If the bank cannot be tightly closed, it must be thrown away - health is immeasurably more expensive

In winter, the windows cannot be opened for a long time, but for those who have air conditioning, you should use it, but only if it has a filter.

A good idea to combat repair odors is to buy humidifier... This thing will remove unnecessary aromas and make the air much healthier and more pleasant to breathe. During its operation, particles of building odors will adhere to the sprayed moisture. All this will quickly settle on surfaces, and you know and know how to wash them.

Wet cleaning well removes the settling smell of the repair, therefore, after its completion, such work is carried out as often as possible.

The work of odor neutralizers is also not neglected: onions, lemon, vinegar, scented candles, wet sheets.

Waste disposal: an important part of the job after renovation

At the request of SanPiN 42-128-4690-88, waste that remained after repair and construction must be removed to the designated areas. All rules for waste disposal are regulated by Federal Law No. 89-FZ.

For residents of apartment buildings and private houses in cities, there are licensed companies involved in the removal of solid waste. If your management company has an agreement with such a company, then you can order special vehicles or a container for the removal of construction waste by a certain time.

Such services are paid for according to a separate price list

Alternatively, you can throw the construction waste into the container of the nearest developer. Much left over from construction and repairs is even sold on Internet sites like Avito.

You need to ask if your city has a Dump project: you can take unnecessary furniture and other things there.

If you throw out repair waste in an unauthorized place, you can run into a fine of 2,000 rubles (for civilians) and an order to remove everything within a certain period of time in a special place reserved for this type of waste.

Don't be intimidated by the sheer amount of work. The main thing is that the renovation is over! And if you have neither the strength nor the desire to do the cleaning yourself, then at your service the work of cleaning companies that will clean everything at a professional level quickly and efficiently.

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