Cleaning the apartment after repair is a very difficult task and requires, to some extent, even a certain professionalism. After all, the owners will not only have to put things in their places, wipe off the dust and wash the floors. It will also be necessary to take out the mountains of construction debris, remove various kinds of stains from glasses and coatings, put lamps, shelves, curtains, etc. in place. To minimize labor costs when performing this “dusty” work, you can only properly plan the whole process.
Where to begin?
The first thing that will need to be done to the owners of the apartment after the repair is completed is to take out all the accumulated construction waste. Scraps of old wallpaper, plastic scrap, films should be collected in bags and discarded in street containers. It should be borne in mind that fragments of bricks, pieces of cement and other heavy materials cannot be stacked in tanks. A broken elevator of a specialized housing and communal services machine can become a cause of serious trouble for the owners of a renovated apartment. It is better to put bags of heavy debris next to containers. The responsibilities of management companies include including the removal of such garbage. But only using a special loader.
Basic rules of work
Actually, the cleaning of the apartment itself after repair is carried out exclusively in compliance with the following rules:
Start work from the ceiling, and finish the floor.
First of all, cleaning is done on the loggia and in the room farthest from the front door. After all the premises are put in order, you can do the kitchen, bathroom and toilet. The very last clean the hallway.
Wet cleaning is done only after spots have been removed from all surfaces and dust has been wiped off.
Ceiling
So, the garbage is taken out. What next? They continue the operation, such as general cleaning of the apartment after repair, by putting the ceiling in order. The removed chandeliers, shades and ceiling lights are dusted first with a dry soft cloth and then with a damp cloth. After that, they are hung back on the ceiling. If baguettes are provided for in the design project, they should be inspected for lime stains or waterborne paint. You can remove the latter with a regular brush. You also need to inspect stretch ceilings. Stains or splashes present on the canvas are removed with a soft cloth dampened in soapy water.
Walls and floor
After the ceiling is put in order, you can begin to remove stains from the windows. By the time of the cleaning, they, of course, will have time to dry out. Therefore, they will have to be removed, most likely, using a conventional clerical knife. But to do this, of course, you need to be very careful.
Continue such an operation as cleaning the apartment after repair, cleaning the window frames. You can try to remove traces of adhesive tape with a tool designed to remove stickers or with white spirit. The mounting foam is carefully cut with a knife to a minimum (without touching the plastic), and then gently, without pressure, is cleaned with a kitchen washcloth (the one with one side made of foam and the other hard). Next, dust is wiped from the windowsill and radiators.
After the windows and batteries have been cleaned, you need to sweep the remains of debris from the floor. If there are paint stains on the coating or baseboards, they are cleaned with an alcohol solution (1 part to 3 parts of water). Stains of cement and foam from linoleum can be carefully removed with acetone or gasoline. On a laminate to remove such contaminants, most likely, you will have to use the same method as on plastic frames.
Cleaning the bathroom and kitchen
In these rooms, in addition to the ceiling, walls and floor, plumbing equipment will also need to be put in order: sinks, bathtubs, toilets. You can try to clear the enamel from paint with Pemolux powder. To do this, of course, will be difficult, but more “strong” means on bathtubs, sinks and toilets cannot be used. Acids and alcohol corrode enamel in just a few tricks. Of course, metal brushes cannot be used to clean bathtubs and sinks with such a coating.
Stains of cement and suture aggregates are usually removed with acid-based agents. In order not to damage the surface of the seams, they must be thoroughly moistened with water before cleaning. Resin, traces of synthetic polymers and paints are cleaned with organic solvents. This may be, for example, gasoline, etching paste or acetone. You can try to remove the wax with a stiff brush or some highly alkaline product.
Professional cleaning
As you can see, cleaning an apartment after a repair is actually a complicated and time-consuming task. In addition, when performing work on your own due to the use of unprofessional improvised means, any spots or even scratches and damage may remain on the surfaces. Therefore, the owners of the apartment, especially if the repair was carried out using expensive materials, should consider hiring specialists. Moreover, finding a suitable company in our time is not difficult.
Cleaning services for apartments after repairs are provided by companies called cleaning companies. The price list of such companies usually includes:
taking out the trash;
dusting;
protective treatment and grinding of floors ;
washing windows and, if necessary, walls;
plumbing processing;
stain removal, etc.
The employees of these companies have extensive experience and quite qualitatively perform such an operation as cleaning the apartment after repair. The cost of such work depends primarily on the area and type of premises. The price is also influenced by the amount of consumables used in cleaning. Indeed, to remove stains, foam, cement, etc., special tools will be needed. In addition, the number of personnel involved in the work plays an important role in determining the price of cleaning services.
On average, professional cleaning of apartments after repair costs about 50-100 rubles per 1 m 2 . As you can see, this is not so expensive. For putting in order an apartment with an area of 30-40 m 2 you have to pay only 2-4 thousand rubles. For cleaning the house in 200-300 m 2 - 10-20 thousand rubles. But given the amount of work done, the price does not seem so intimidating.