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The second half of this year will be the most brutal of the six months. With stricter environmental regulations and repeated rounds of price increases for raw materials, the cost of home renovation workers like bricklayers, carpenters, and painters has also increased to varying degrees, driven by these factors. These factors are driving up renovation costs even further.
Netizens jokingly say that "renovation is cheapest at noon because prices will go up sooner or later." Don't worry about rising prices, let's learn how to save money on renovations with our editor!
1. Save money in the right places
Avoid blindly saving money on renovations, especially on foundational projects. Blindly cutting costs can lead to future problems with use and maintenance, or even require rework. Important foundational projects, such as plumbing and electrical system improvements and wall treatments, are best completed in one go.
The pipes, waterproof materials and tiles used in waterway renovation should all be made of high-quality materials. Once the pipes leak, the waterproof layer is damaged and water seeps, or the tiles become hollow and fall off, repairs will involve large-scale construction, causing inconvenience to the family's daily life.
The socket is also an important part that cannot be ignored in circuit modification. The copper plate inside the socket is very important. The copper plate in a good quality socket is relatively smooth. A poor quality socket can easily cause the plastic wire to delaminate, eventually causing a short circuit and causing unnecessary damage to home appliances.
2. Pay attention to saving money on details
When decorating, the biggest principle for saving money is practicality.
Important basic projects should be invested in as the priority, and later accessories, lighting, curtain fabrics, etc. can be relatively cheap products. These items are updated quickly, and even if the best products are not used in the early stage of decoration, it will be very easy to update them in the future.
During the construction process, some small details can also affect the savings in decoration costs. For example, some workers do not make an overall plan when cutting the boards to save trouble, resulting in large pieces of boards being wasted.
If custom-made wooden products are required on-site indoors, workers should make them from "big" to "small", first making large items such as wardrobes, bookcases, and TV cabinets, and then small items such as shoe cabinets and clothes racks. This can save a lot of board materials, and the leftover scraps from making large wooden products can be used to make partitions, drawers, etc. for small furniture.
If you eliminate some waste during decoration, you can save 10%-20% of the cost, for example:
①Using lightweight materials for room wall partitions can reduce costs
② Reasonable use of pull-out baskets in custom cabinets
③Indoor structural renovation should be carried out according to the design drawings, and no temporary changes should be made
④ When paving tiles on the balcony of a house, check whether they have been coated with waterproof material to avoid hollowing and rework.
We have to mention here the "factory-based home renovation" that the Weide Group has always advocated. This concept has been successfully used for many years abroad. That is, doors, windows, floors, wall panels and other materials are provided according to standard sizes when they leave the factory, saving decoration materials and decoration time (labor). The healthy and environmentally friendly Weide solid wood multi-layer (OSB+) series can create formaldehyde-free spaces, greatly reducing decoration costs! 3. Consult the designer's advice
When renovating, if you hire a designer, you should communicate with them at all times. Before purchasing building materials, you should consult them about the brand, style, color, etc. A reliable designer will save you money and give you suggestions within your budget.
4. Learn to calculate material usage
Before decorating, accurately calculate the area of each space in the room, understand the actual area of the room, and roughly know the amount of materials used. This will save money when signing contracts, purchasing building materials, and accepting and paying.
The indoor area can be measured and divided into several parts: walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, etc.
Among them, it is relatively convenient to measure the area of doors and windows. If the construction team only needs to paint the walls or lay wallpaper, you must ask clearly whether the areas of doors and windows need to be deducted.
When calculating the wall area, the calculation method varies depending on the material. The area used for paint and wallpaper is calculated by multiplying the length by the height, and the area is calculated in square meters.
Length: Net length of the main wall
Height: If there is no wall skirt, then it is from the indoor floor to the ceiling; if there is a wall skirt, then it is from the top of the wall skirt to the ceiling; if there is a suspended ceiling on the ceiling, the height of the suspended ceiling should be deducted.
When calculating the top surface area, you also need to ask clearly whether to deduct the area of partition walls, beams and columns passing through the top surface.
5. Choose the right decoration method
The best way to save money on renovation is to do a semi-package.
Semi-package is between clean package and full package. The construction party is responsible for the construction and purchase of auxiliary materials, and the owner purchases the main materials. The advantage is that the owner can control the bulk of the expenses by purchasing the higher-value main materials by himself, and the construction party can purchase the various and lower-value auxiliary materials, which is more worry-free.
6. Don’t buy everything at once
When choosing the main materials, there are many good things, and each one does not look very expensive. If you purchase all these things at once in a short period of time, the financial pressure will be great.
Therefore, when purchasing materials, you must set the price in advance, and then select the materials according to the predetermined price. It is best not to buy materials that exceed the budget price by 10%, otherwise the money in your bank card will be gone before the home decoration is completed.
7. Keep the decoration simple and elegant
Try not to make your home decoration too complicated, it is best to achieve a simple effect
Having too many household items not only wastes money, but also becomes cumbersome and even messy over time. Especially when you are under work pressure, you may unconsciously feel bored.
Please note the following color combinations:
① Door and window frames, skirtings ② Wall paint ③ Kitchen and bathroom tiles ④ Floor tiles ⑤ Flooring ⑥ Cabinets ⑦ Furniture ⑧ Curtains
These colors are the most critical factors in determining the overall effect of the house and must be chosen carefully. Therefore, you should discuss more with the designer and pay attention to the harmony of the overall matching.