Dismantling in an apartment: demolition of partitions and walls, removal of floors and removal of construction debris

Increasingly, lately apartment owners are trying to make a redevelopment. For some, this is a tribute to fashion, while others have a desire to increase space and improve comfort conditions. Regardless of what the reasons are, re-planning should be done according to certain rules.

What walls can be demolished

If you started dismantling in an apartment, you should first familiarize yourself with the rules that allow or prohibit the demolition of walls from certain materials. Thus, it is possible to repair the walls:

• From a stone;
• Wood;
• Gypsum board;
• Foam block;
• Concrete;
• Brick.

For each wall, demolition rates should be provided. To dismantle the wooden walls should be less effort than if you are facing the task of dismantling the monolithic wall. If it is difficult to determine which material is the basis of the wall, then you should contact the professionals. Interior and inter-partitions have a small thickness, which is limited to 380 mm.

Preparatory work

If you will be dismantling in an apartment, you must first prepare a room, disconnecting all communications. Heating, plumbing, radio and television points, gas pipelines, sewerage, and electricity should not work. In addition, it will be necessary to take care of where you will put the construction debris. As a rule, building bags are used for such purposes.

Preparation of tools

Dismantling in the apartment provides for the mandatory preparation of certain tools. Among them:

• chisel;
• pick;
• scrap;
• jackhammer;
• sledgehammer.

A wooden wall can be demolished with a chainsaw that replaces a jackhammer. Whereas if it's a concrete partition, it's best to use a Bulgarian, a jackhammer and a perforator. Such a serious set of tools is explained by the fact that inside the wall there is a metal frame, so to remove it you need an angle grinder.

Technique for dismantling the wall

The dismantling of the walls in the apartment can be carried out in part, for this an opening is left in the wall, which rests on the columns. If you remove the wall around the perimeter, then the central part simply collapses to the floor, and its weight is hundreds of kilograms. After the work, remove construction debris will be very problematic, so it is necessary to dismantle small pieces. From the wall you need to cut through the brick, and if there is a doorway on the site, then first remove the jumper. After that, you can move from the edge of the opening up and to the side. If you have to work with a brick wall, then enough will be a sledgehammer. Starting work is necessary from the ceiling, moving down. Bricks will collapse, forming cracks.

How to remove partitions

The dismantling of partitions can also be carried out independently. It is necessary to disassemble such a wall in parts. If it is a question of concrete or a brick, then it will be problematic to raise more than ten kilograms. In such work, use a disc for concrete or an angle grinder. To facilitate the work of the marker, it is necessary to make a marking on which the wall will break down gradually. This method is almost silent, but it is accompanied by the formation of a large amount of dust.

The wall can also be broken up, for this purpose special chisels and a puncher are used. When working with the latter, it must be ensured that the adjacent walls are not damaged. This method allows you to cope with the work quickly enough, but is accompanied by a high level of noise and inaccuracy. If you are dismantling partitions, you can drill small holes in the wall with a perforator or a drill. This method is most often used by professionals. But first you need to map out the lines that divide the wall into separate sections. They drill holes on them, which are located close to each other. Drilling the site, you must break it with a hammer or chisel.

For reference

When the wall is already drilled, you should tap those places that need to be extracted. If the wall is made of concrete or brick, the surface is sprayed with water to prevent the formation of dust. Among other things, for this professionals sometimes use a piece of unnecessary fabric that is wetted in water and hung out at the entrance to the room.

Dismantling of the wooden floor

When dismantling in the apartment, it may be necessary to remove the floor covering. At the first stage the skirting boards are removed, and then the floorboards are sorted out. It is necessary to remove the floors, starting work from the entrance, thus you will be able to save the boards, so that you can use them later. If there is an edging board, then it is necessary to start the dismantling work from it. Replacement of floors sometimes requires the work with floorboards, reinforced screws, in this case the task is simplified. Fasteners should be unscrewed, and afterwards to find a board with a groove, eliminating it. When using nails during the installation process, the technology will be somewhat different. It provides for the need to find the last floorboard, under which the nail-head is hammered using a hammer. For 2 cm, the tool needs to be raised, and then stepped onto the board. This will allow you to put the element in place, but the nails will pop up. The fastener is removed by a nailer. In order to exclude the pushing of the board, a wooden block must be placed under the tool.

Removal of concrete screed

If you are replacing the floors, you may have to remove the concrete cover. In this case, you can use the shock method, which is the most effective, but creates a lot of noise. In the process of work is best to use a jackhammer. Specialists often use a shvonarezchik, but work with it will not be possible if the layer of concrete is more than 30 cm and has an armature. With work will be able to cope with two people.

How to dismantle windows

The dismantling of windows is also often carried out in the process of repair work. Initially, it is necessary to remove the window sashes, and after removing the box. At this point, the plaster may begin to fall off the wall. Remains of thermal insulation are removed from the opening. Sometimes it also happens that the window apertures are supplemented with metal fences, at the same time they are cut off, which makes it possible to remove the grate itself. Sometimes dismantling of windows is accompanied by the removal of gratings, which are fixed on bolts. It is much easier to make such work independently. Elements are removed with a wrench, but if you use power tools, the grille can be re-applied.

Garbage removal

Dismantling and removal of garbage from the apartment are made according to certain rules. For this, there are sanitary standards. If after repairs you have electric lamps or lighting devices with mercury content, you can not store them and neutralize them yourself. It is also impossible to transport such lamps that have worked their time. To do this, you should contact a specialized organization. Building debris should be taken to specially designated areas. But unutilized wastes are transported by transport to special landfills for burial and neutralization.