You are not satisfied with the layout of the apartment and you really want to change everything, arrange the house to your liking? It is not so easy to do this. And the first thing that can prevent grandiose changes is the location of load-bearing walls. Therefore, for the development of a design project, one must take into account the fact that it is strictly forbidden to demolish and make large openings in such walls.
If you have dealt with the bearing walls, then you can take up repairs. The most common kind of redevelopment of an apartment is the combination of a bathroom and a toilet. Sometimes an extension is made to the corridor area. If the corridor completely leaves under the combined bathroom, then a small passage in the wall from the room to the kitchen is often cut through, which visually increases the space. It is clear that the redevelopment of an apartment in a panel house can affect both all rooms, and imply changes only in a separate part of the living quarters. Let's consider the options that you can apply if you want to update the apartment.
What can be done with a bathroom?
Re-planning of the bathroom in the panel house is easier than in the rest of the apartment. Moreover, repairs can be made, both inside the bathroom, and with its expansion into the corridor and the attachment of the toilet . And bearing walls will not have to be touched. The only thing that needs to be remembered, all sanitary elements: toilet, bath, sink - should not be far from the sewer and risers.
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Re-planning of a bathroom in a panel house requires a careful measurement of the location and slope, as well as the correct installation of water and sewage pipes. Sometimes you have to raise floors for this, which will increase the load on the main floor.
When dismantling the partition between the bathroom and the toilet you need to think over the waterproofing, because it is broken due to the demolition.
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Kitchen renovation
If you want to move the wall between the kitchen and the living room, break it completely or make a doorway, find out if it is carrying it. If - yes, then you can not demolish it, but when you open it, you need to significantly strengthen it.
Remodeling the kitchen in the panel house, however, can be made not only by demolition or some changes to the wall, but also with the help of competent furniture arrangement. For example, you do not need to install huge cabinets, and replace the table with a bar counter . By the way, cabinets in general can be replaced by light hanging shelves.
But even if you were allowed to make a doorway between the kitchen and the living room, if you have a gas stove, you still have to install a door between the two rooms. In the case of an electric one, this can not be done.
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And what about the corridor?
The redesign of the corridor in the panel house is not so much the transformation of the corridor itself, but an increase or change in its functions. From the corridor most often just get rid of in the bathroom or the living room. Slightly less of it is expanded at the expense of adjacent rooms. This is done if the input area is too small. Yes, and this option allows you to arrange in the hallway of a small dressing room.
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We presented you with several options for altering an apartment in a panel house. You can use our advice or think up something of your own. But remember that without permission obtained in certain instances, you will never be allowed to change anything in the house. Especially it concerns bearing structures, the location of which you can study in terms of the house, where they are shown with wider, thick lines.
So dare! Quick repair and great results!