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Spent two weeks to organize the decoration process, construction standards, and material purchase order in detail. Even if it is the first time to decorate, You can also figure out the decoration sequence without delaying the construction schedule!

First go to the flow chart:

1. Early demand confirmation (1-2 weeks)

Preparatory work is the most important, as it determines what your new home will look like in the future. How much does it cost to renovate? Specific confirmation:

1. How much money are you prepared to spend on decoration→Decoration budget

2. How much energy should be invested?→ Find a decoration company to choose clear package, half package or full package

3. What kind of look do you want to put on? Home→ Decoration Style

4. How to live more comfortably→ Confirm your needs

5. Do you need to be good-looking? Click→Find a designer

1. Determine the decoration budget. How to budget?

Generally, 20% of the total budget is reserved to ensure that subsequent renovations will not exceed the budget due to various additions.

The next budget is mainly divided into four parts: hard decoration and semi-package, main materials, household appliances, and soft decoration. The reference points areThe proportion is hard decoration: furniture and home appliances: soft decoration 4:4:2 (generally, the decoration company will provide a budget table for the main materials of hard decoration)

The first step is to list the project materials of each link in order. The second step is to fill in the found market price into the form, and the third step is to make reasonable increases and decreases according to the proportion to adjust the budget

I will give you a budget table for reference (coordinates in Shenzhen, 87 square meters budget 35w):

2. Select clear package, half package, full package

The differences between these three decoration methods:

Clearing: It saves money but is very energy-consuming. You have to buy the main materials yourself. , auxiliary materials, the workers are only responsible for the work, even a few nails have to go to the market one more time

Half package: Highly cost-effective, it is the choice of most people. You buy the main materials such as doors, windows, and ceramic tiles yourself, and the builder provides sand, cement and other auxiliary materials as well as labor

All-inclusive: Suitable for homeowners with sufficient budget but no time and energy. The main materials, auxiliary materials, and workers are all handled by the construction company, but be sure to ask the construction company to indicate the main materials

Whether you choose clear package, half package or full package is also related to the decoration budget. If you are not sure how much the decoration will cost, you can use this decoration tool to help you estimate the overall costaccording to the local decoration market. At least Understand the general situation and don’t pretend to be expensive!

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Click here! Get a detailed quote for your home\’s half-package or full-package price!

3. Decoration style

The key point is to look at more cases before installing, such as the more popular Nordic style, Japanese log style, modern black and white, gray, etc., and be careful not to install it halfway, only to find something you like more. To save money, we recommend Nordic or Japanese style, or a combination of the two.

Here are some popular styles for reference:

Nordic style

Japanese style log style

Modern minimalist

4. Confirm the needs

After deciding on the decoration style and the appearance, if you want to live comfortably, you must also conform to your own living habits. At this time, you need a Decoration demand list, such as how many people are in the family and how many people will be in the future (the designer will also provide it)

5. Find a designer

There are roughly two types of designers:

The first type: Designers from decoration companies will usually come to measure the room for free or for a fee, and then produce a floor plan.

The second type: Independent designers and design workers need to pay, there are 3 price levels:

1)Online designers with a price of less than 100 yuan/㎡ will not go to the site to actually measure the room, but will produce a floor plan based on the video and floor plans. , renderings and 3D renderings, which can meet basic design needs.

2)For designers with a price of 100-200 yuan/㎡, this price can meet the requirements of most homeowners. After all, the pure design fee is 20,000 yuan per square meter. We will provide room measurements, inquire about decoration needs, and also produce some exclusive designs based on needs, from demand tables, budget tables to floor plans, and a complete set of renderings.

When looking for a designer, pay attention to two points: you must be able to chat with the designer; and you must be satisfied with the design work with real photos.

Note: It depends on whether the designer and the construction team are together. If they are found separately, it must be stated in the contract at least how many times the designer must visit the construction site (key node acceptance) and how many times the design drawing must be modified.

3)Designers with a price of more than 500 yuan/㎡ are relatively high-end, and they also have certain requirements for the decoration budget, which is generally between 3,000 yuan per square meter.

After reading the floor plan, the designer will come up with two or three sets of relatively innovative design plans, which can be customized to meet the needs of the whole set of design drawings. Tools are completed, such as renderings 3d max It\’s the most basic.

Personally, from a practical point of view, designers from decoration companies are completely sufficient for ordinary people. strong>If you are really confused about whether to find a paid independent designer, you can first make an appointment with a decoration company that can come to measure your home for free and provide a free design. If you are not satisfied with the plan, you can then consider a paid design. p>

2. Construction preparation stage (2-3 weeks)

1. House Acceptance:
Check in detail whether the space and details in the house are damaged, and whether they meet the acceptance standards; if you are inexperienced, you can find a supervisor to conduct a special home inspection, which costs two to three hundred, including home inspection, and acceptance services after repairs

2. Choose a decoration company or construction team
Measure the house and compare the quotations of 2-3 houses. The one with the lowest price is not the best. It depends on the responsibility of the foreman and the construction site under construction.

3. Determine the decoration.Repair methods: clear package, half package, full package

4. Communicate the needs with the designer

5. Decide whether to install central air conditioning, fresh air, and floor heating
The water and electricity stage installation needs to be in advance Order

6. Finalize the type of basin
Determine whether the basin should be wall or floor drain before running water and electricity

7. Determine the number of showers, bathtubs, toilets, lamps, switches and sockets
Need to determine the location and quantity before water and electricity are buried

8. Determine the decoration plan
Contact the designer Or the decoration company finalizes the production plan

9. Whole house water purification system
Pre-filter + central water purifier + direct drinking machine + pipeline machine

10. Set a rough total budget
Determine the total cost of decoration and break it down into each small item
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11. Confirm the decoration drawings
Confirm the drawings with the designer or decoration company: floor plan, wall reconstruction drawing, floor material drawing, socket switch, etc.

12. Confirm the decoration contract
Sign a contract with a decoration company or construction team, and be careful to avoid adding items or missing details. You can spend hundreds of dollars to hire a signer to accompany you

13. Apply for the installation of a gas meter
Door-to-door installation can only be done 10-15 days after making an appointment

14. Go through the decoration procedures (3-5 working days)

① Real estate certificate, the original page must be photographed, and the owner’s ID card must be correct Reverse side, original floor plans, wall modification plans, construction drawings, electrician certificates, decoration company qualifications

② Say hello to the neighbors in advance (during wall knocking construction, the noise and vibration will be relatively large, so as to avoid affecting the lives of the neighbors living nearby)

3. Hard decoration construction (3 – 6 months)

The following details are from \”demolition and modification–water and electricity–brickwork–carpentry–oil work–completion\” \”The seven links talk about the construction matters and the order of material entry that need to be paid attention to in the entire hard decoration process.

Demolition and modification phase (2-3 weeks)

1. Material arrival and acceptance (half day)

2. Dismantling and modification (half day)
Reconfirm the position of knocking on the wall and explain the technical plan to the workers

3. Main body dismantling and modification (2 -5 days)
①Do not knock on load-bearing walls
②Do not knock too hard
③ If the owner does not have time to be present, you need to explain clearly the wall to be knocked, and you can draw it with chalk to avoid the master knocking wrong

4. New wall (2-5 days)
① Remember to use light bricks and hang the net after completion
② The wall cannot be built in one day. The bricks are not completely solidified and are too heavy, making it easy for the wall to sink and crack.
③ If there is a wall-mounted cabinet or washing machine, it needs to be reinforced.Treatment

5. Doors and windows dismantling and modification (1-2 weeks)
It is not a must-do, please pay attention to protect the structure of the house from damage and do reinforcement processing

6. Measure the fresh air and central air conditioning points (about a week)
① The fresh air cabinet machine can be used with Furniture is installed simultaneously
② Generally, it is installed after the water and electricity are completed. This node comes to see the on-site measurement after demolition, and then comes up with a planning plan

7. Initial measurement of cabinets Size; other customized items can be made by appointment (1 day)
①The kitchen water and electricity diagram is provided by the cabinet company. You must obtain the kitchen water and electricity diagram before the disassembly and modification are completed;
②Customized measurements such as bathroom cabinets and shower rooms can be made by appointment

8. Clean up garbage (half a day)

9. Book anti-theft doors and windows (half a month to a month in advance)

10. Book kitchen and bathroom equipment
Order kitchen and bathroom supplies as early as possible, mainly for accurate size, and also to allow yourself to judge from another angle whether the number of sockets and the height of the sockets are correct. To avoid subsequent regrets, please do not move all the products you have ordered home at this time, as they will be very inconvenient.

Hydropower renovation (2-3 weeks)

1. Water and electricity information and positioning (1 day)
Gather the central water purifier manufacturers for cabinets, air conditioners, floor heating, and integrated stoves to determine the usage methods and installation locations. They will also conduct water and electricity positioning. The manufacturers and plumbers will conduct water and electricity briefings (mark them on the wall with chalk and have pictures. (With serial number)

2. Circuit modification (1-2 weeks)
After completing the circuit, be sure to ask the builder for a circuit layout diagram to prevent the wires from being damaged during subsequent maintenance or nailing on the wall.

3. Waterway reconstruction (1-2 weeks)
① Go to the top but not the ground
② Pay attention to protecting the drain before construction
③Remember to do a water pipe pressure test after the renovation
④Avoid opening horizontal grooves, especially in load-bearing walls

4. Water and electricity acceptance (1 day)
Check whether there are dead lines in the pipes, whether the leakage switch is installed correctly, whether the lamps are lit and whether the control performance of the lamps is good.

5. Install the water-retaining strip (half a day)
If you install it early, you can completely seal the bottom of the water-retaining strip. When doing waterproofing, you can also install the rain-retaining strip at the same time. Brush the bottom together so that it can better avoid water

6. Install floor heating (3-7 days)
It is most suitable to lay floor heating after the wall renovation and water and electricity renovation are completed. After the floor heating is backfilled, water and electricity grooves cannot be carried out, otherwise the floor heating will be damaged, and the wall cannot be modified.

7. Seal and install windows (1 day)
The window frames must be installed, otherwise the bricklayers will It cannot be closed when the bricks are being laid

8. Install fresh air and central air conditioning (1-2 days)
① The measurement plan prepared in the early stage can be installed after the water and electricity are completed
② Fresh air and central air conditioning should be installed at the same time as much as possible

9. Purchase cement, mortar, ceramic tiles, edge strips, stone, etc.
Order ceramic tiles in advance before decoration. Make an appointment on the delivery time, and the tiler will need it on the first day of work

10. Purchase a floor drain
Have the tiler install the floor drain when laying tiles

Bricklaying stage

1. Waterproofing treatment (1-2 days)

①Thin Apply multiple brushes, 2-3 times horizontally and vertically. No blisters or bubbles should appear. ② The waterproofing must be at least 1.8m high

2. Bathroom water storage test (more than 2 days)

No Less than 48 hours, notify the residents downstairs, and check with the property management team

3. Enclose the balcony
Report to the property management company in advance. It is recommended to use broken bridge aluminum material for window sealing. It is safer to look for the ccc mark on glass

4. Level the ground

5. Fill the walls

6. Fill the holes dug during demolition and water and electricity construction

7. Make floor drains and threshold stones

8. Pre-arrange tiles
① If there is special paving, Arrange the tiles in advance
②Lay tiles, floor tiles, and skirting
③Remember to reserve 3-5 more tiles to prevent damage to the tiles

9. Acceptance of tiles
① is level, ② is flatness, ③ is hollow

10. Caulking of doors and windows

11. Guarantee
①Remember to reserve access openings for future pipe repairs
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12. Install security doors

13. Install bathtubs, wash basins, and squat toilets
① The bathtub needs to be moved aside by the tiler
②The squatting toilet needs to be done before laying bricks

14. Install window sill stones

15. Reroute the gas pipeline (1 day)
① After laying the tiles, before installing the cabinets, reroute the gas pipes
② Note that some areas do not allow pipe rerouting

16. Purchase the necessary woodworking materials Materials
Prepare wood, decorative panels, etc.

17. Buy the door (finished product)
①General door production cycle is long (30-50 days), remember to make it in advance
②After the door size is determined, door accessories such as door locks, door suckers and other accessories can also be purchased together
③Order wooden flooring (at least 10 days in advance) to be used in the next carpentry stage
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18. Measure the position and hole diameter of the kitchen and bathroom ceiling openings
Cabinets and custom furniture with a ruler to confirm the size of the sink

Carpentry stage (1-2 weeks)

1. Beauty sewing

2. Carpentry materials arrival and acceptance (half day)
After the wood and veneer panels are brought into the site, they are stored Store in a ventilated, dry room, and pay attention to moisture-proof

3. Ceiling construction

4. Veneer panel installation
On-site woodworking production, such as wardrobes, entrance cabinets, bookcases

5. Install curtain box

6. Install the door
① Indoor doors are usually installed after painting
② But if the invisible door is made by on-site carpentry, this stage needs to be done on-site

7. Wooden floor installation
You need to wait until the ceiling, interior walls, doors and windows are installed before proceeding

8. Carpentry acceptance (half day)
Pay attention to details such as gaps, structures, damage, corners, parquet, nail holes and other details

9. Install water heaters and wall-mounted showers
① When draining electricity, the location of the water heater must be determined in advance
② When installing the water heater, you must install the water heater first and then contact the ceiling manufacturer. The ceiling master will include the water heater when installing the ceiling.

10. Buy lamps

11. Buy wall paint and wallpaper in advance (15-20 days in advance)

Painting stage (1-2 weeks)

1. Admission and acceptance of painter\’s materials
① Pay attention to whether the materials are environmentally friendly, packaging and production date
② Smell the latex paint to see if there is a pungent smell

2. Wall base treatment
Try to ensure that the wall is free of floating dust and soil

3. Putty scraping
①Scrape at least twice
②The interval between scraping and scraping of borderless putty should be more than 2 hours, but some putties cannot be scraped for such a long time

4. Apply latex primer Just apply the latex primer once, follow the principle of one base and two sides, and apply in spatial order

5. Apply wallpaper and paint
It needs to be applied more than twice, with an interval of more than 2-4 hours

6. Purchase remaining building materials in advance, such as switches and sockets, bathroom partitions, bathroom heaters, etc.
It is best to make a list and sort it by space area.Hardware products purchased and required to be installed

Installation stage (one week+)

1. Kitchen and bathroom integrated ceiling installation

2. Cabinet + range hood installation (base cabinet)

3. Curtain rod, air dryer Clothes hanger installation

4. Switch socket installation

5. Lighting installation

6. Customized cabinet installation

7. Toilet installation

8. Installation of passes and window casings

9. Touch-up paint after installation (1 day)

10. Land reclamation and cleaning (1-2 days)
After the hard decoration is completed, land reclamation and cleaning should be carried out before the furniture and home appliances are brought into the site. It is best to complete it before the curtains are installed

Soft decoration stage

Furniture, curtains, screens, all home appliances, and decorations
In principle, large items should be entered first and then smaller items. Decorations can even be added slowly after moving in

Preparing for move-in

1. Ventilate and remove formaldehyde (at least three months)

2. Turn on the TV network (1-2 days)

3. Turn on the gas (half a day)