29 Oct
How To Prepare Your Home For A Successful Makeover
Many homeowners can narrate a few nightmares about home renovation or makeovers gone wrong. The horror stories range from unexpected costs to extensive damage and even personal injuries. Fortunately, most of the situations can be easily avoided through proper preparation. Planning ahead of time and ensuring that you follow stringent safety procedures is necessary. Following are some tips to increase your chances of having an easy and fun home makeover.
One project at a time
When planning the renovation process, it is a good idea to work on one project at a time. Avoid embarking on numerous redecorating ideas for your home and resist the desire to start all the projects at the same time. Focusing on a single project at a time will help you to avoid a scenario where you have different unfinished projects throughout the home. You need to be careful when planning and considering the cost for every project, the labor needed, equipment and completion period.
Professional services
It is important to know when you need to hire professionals. Before you embark on home renovation, you need to realize your limits to avoid making costly mistakes. If you do not have the necessary expertise, do not try to take on a project. Renovation projects such as electrical or plumbing works require the relevant expertise and you have to ensure that you hire professionals for the job. Trying to carry out the tasks you can create a dangerous or costly situation. Hiring qualified professionals will help you to save time, money and energy.
Clean environment
You should always maintain a clean environment when working on home improvement projects. Home renovation can create a huge mess fast but you can avoid this by taking the time to clear up after yourself. Keeping the area clean can also help to avoid damage and will keep you safe as you work. Avoid ruining your carpet or hardwood floors by keeping the surface covered. Covering the floor with a sheet during the duration of the project will protect your flooring. Clean your tools immediately you finish using them to keep them safe.
A self-storage unit
Consider renting a self-storage unit before you start your home renovation. Having a storage space is important for ensuring that you have a secure storage location for your items. Items like furniture, appliances and electronics can easily become damaged during the renovation process. Having them in the room can also hamper movement making the work more difficult. Many storage facilities offer flexible services where you can lease a self-storage unit for the project duration. Using this service will make the renovation faster and potentially cheaper.
Ensure safety always
Many homeowners end up in emergency rooms due to home renovation related injuries. The injuries often range from burns and minor cuts to severed appendages, which are injuries that are more serious. You can avoid becoming a victim by employing strict safety rules. Be careful when working with materials and tools that can be potentially dangerous. Make sure that you follow local laws when working on different projects and confirm that your plans fall within the set laws and regulations before you begin. It is also important to protect anyone who might be harmed as a result of the renovation process, but who is not a member of the household. For instance, when doing construction close to a public walkway, you would need to erect a barrier protecting the other pedestrians from the construction process.
Plan well
Sometimes, people tend to start home renovations with vague goals such as “making the bathroom better”. However, doing this is likely to be very frustrating, since you will not have any reference point to guide you. By the time the project is started, you should be sure of the look you are aiming for, what materials and tools you will need in order to achieve the look and also how much it will cost you. Of course, if you are working with a contractor, they will do this for you. If you are undertaking the project as a DIY project, it’s important that you focus on all the little details of this before you even touch any tool.
Get approval
In some neighborhoods, you may need to get approval from various sources before carrying out renovation. An example of this is when you will want to have some work done on your gas lines and electrical systems. This might necessitate disconnection of the home from these utilities, a process that might have to be handled by the relevant local authorities. Making sure that it’s done as early as possible will prevent it from being the source of delays when carrying out the renovations.
In summary, a makeover is a good thing though it has the potential to disrupt your life. By making sure that the above are sorted out, you can reduce the amount of inconvenience you face on account of the makeover.
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