How to carry out general cleaning of the house after repair?

Repair is a great chance to make your apartment much more comfortable than it is at the moment, and millions of people around the world take this chance, and many do it regularly, bringing something new and interesting to their home. After finishing work, it is required to do the cleaning after repair so that the construction waste does not spoil the impression and does not interfere with the owners' lives. Frankly, the process of cleaning dust and debris is not a pleasant thing. How to make it easier?

Be prudent when repairing

This paragraph of the text will be useful to those who are just starting to prepare for repairs by reading various materials. The most important warning: you should not litter at home during work, scattering packing materials around, pouring paint left and right, carelessly throwing pieces of paper and so on, so on, so on. Any owner should remember that he still has to live in the room where the repair is carried out, and, accordingly, carry out general cleaning in it. Therefore, during repair and construction, we strongly recommend that all garbage be bagged, if possible, and taken out of the apartment in advance, rather than turned into a landfill.

First remove what catches your eye

The work is completed, the post-construction cleaning is coming. Surely in the house (more precisely, in the room where the repair was carried out) in addition to the “standard” dust and dirt, there is something that corns your eyes — some stains of paint, sticky tape, mounting foam in the most inappropriate place and much more . All this must be removed as soon as possible - there are cases when the pollution remained forever due to the sluggishness of the owners. That is why the first thing, having barely finished the repair, is to look around the room.

• Seen tape residue can be easily removed in two ways, depending on the location of the lesion. So, on paper surfaces (for example, wallpaper), you should first melt the adhesive tape with a hairdryer so as not to damage the material, and then carefully remove the adhesive tape from the wall. Remains of the adhesive mass must also be carefully and quickly removed, otherwise they will harden and quickly blacken from the dust particles hanging around the microscopic particles.
• Scotch tape remaining on the floor and other surfaces that do not differ in such “tenderness” as paper wallpaper can be removed without heating. Just gently tear off the tape, and clean the glue residue with any convenient means (mechanically or using solvents).
• Foam also requires timely removal. Of course, it will be ideal if it is removed before it hardens, but this does not always happen. Fortunately, hardened foam can also be removed, but this will require expenses: you will have to buy a special solvent. Alas, even cleaning an apartment after repair often requires financial injections.
• Paint stains are removed with a solvent. When using it, care must be taken not to spoil not only the surface being cleaned, but also your own health. So, you need to carefully choose a solvent so that it is not dangerous for the affected area, and when cleaning, keep the windows open and try not to inhale the fumes of the substance.

Tip

To ensure that cleaning after repairs does not cause much trouble, when performing work, close all surfaces on which work is currently not being done so as not to damage them with building materials.You can help yourself with such a simple action, since you will not have to worry afterwards about the stains left from the construction.

Do a serious cleaning that will not be forgotten for a long time

Having removed building materials and everything that reminded of the past repair of the house, it is necessary to do a general cleaning, which will definitely give the house a breath of fresh air in the literal and figurative sense. Dust remaining after construction must be removed first so as not to breathe and clog your body.

It is worth starting the cleaning process by washing the windows and window frames. Clean windows give the room more light in the house, and this will help with further cleaning, and when arranging furniture after repair. It is recommended to wash windows with special detergents for glass so that the surface sparkles. Following the windows, radiator grills that were damaged as a result of construction are being cleaned. Surely they clogged the dust, which must be removed from the space between the gratings. Then the floors are washed clean, it is better to wash them several times - until the water draining from the rag becomes clean. Then the door trims and the doors themselves are washed, all the wooden surfaces of the room are treated with protective materials, and the general cleaning can be considered finished.

Everything turned out to be simpler than previously thought! Now you know how to wash the apartment after repairs from dirt and dust, and you can perform this work carefully and correctly. Any home requires a good attitude, and if you are a responsible host, the home will "reciprocate", it will become cozy and warm in every sense.