Find ways to save money in carpentry decoration
At present, the "carpentry" profession has a wide range of application fields in society, such as house construction, shipbuilding, landscaping construction and the most common decoration field. etc. In recent years, due to the rise of customized homes in the home furnishing industry, more and more people have begun to give priority to customization when choosing wood products, resulting in less and less carpentry construction in home decoration. Let’s take a look at whether it’s a good idea to hire a carpenter for decoration.
How to save money by looking for carpentry decoration
1. Pre-design and overall planning
Many families nowadays focus on practicality in decoration , for example, you can make a simple design based on the condition of the house. If it is more troublesome, you can ask someone to draw a picture. However, such design effects generally only highlight individual locations, and basically have no overall aesthetic effect. If you want to make the decoration more tasteful, visually more comfortable, or make your family life more enjoyable in the future, it is best to hire a designer. Design it. Of course, this cost must also be included in the budget. After the designer comes out with the renderings, the required woodworking decoration materials can be comprehensively considered based on the drawings.
2. Be familiar with the market and be familiar with it
After determining the woodworking decoration materials, owners can go to the market to carefully inspect and become familiar with the market of woodworking decoration materials. Today's woodworking decoration materials There are many material stores. Owners can go to many stores to compare and understand the market price of each material. It is best to use a notebook to make detailed records so that everything is clear. Then, ask the decoration company to list the detailed quotations for woodworking and decoration materials, and compare your own estimate with the decoration company's estimate. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you have a more reasonable budget when negotiating prices with the decoration company.
3. Calculate time wisely and save money
The budget for woodworking materials is only a part of the decoration. There are still many things to do in the real decoration. The preliminary work of the decoration is particularly important, including the purchase of materials. Whether you choose yourself or a decoration company, and finalize the design plan, it will take time, and these tasks must be done adequately. Especially for families who want to buy materials themselves, they must make a list of materials and purchase them one by one and in sufficient quantities. Failure to consider them carefully will only delay the progress of the decoration project. Therefore, the owner should put the preliminary preparation in a key position, so as to save time in the subsequent carpentry decoration. If the time is saved at this time, the funds you ultimately use may be more ideal than the budget.
Precautions for decoration carpentry
1. Early preparation. During decoration, it is often necessary to make some decorative and storage wood products on the walls and floors. If you want to ensure that the wood products of the entire house are on the same level, you need to carefully measure and draw ink lines before starting work to determine the quality of all woodwork. Horizontal baseline.
2. In woodworking production, drawings with detailed dimensions and instructions are very important. But drawings alone are not enough. Standard companies will have designers give detailed explanations to the carpenters during the presentation to ensure good final results.
3. Post-construction. After the door frames, wooden cabinets and other wood products made on site are processed, they should be painted with a layer of white glue on the outside to effectively prevent the surface from arching or cracking.
4. When making a TV background wall, the wooden keel should be laid first. After checking and confirming that it is firm, the gypsum board can be put on it. A gap of 0.5-0.8cm must be left between the two gypsum boards. , otherwise it will easily expand and arch in the future.
5. The veneers of various door frames and wood products are the most test of carpentry skills. Good workers can ensure that the 45-degree angles of all veneers are smooth and uniform, and there will be no splayed corners. Gaps and exposed base color.
6. In addition to accurate measurements, standard woodworking construction must also be strictly controlled from the material selection stage. Whether it is a wardrobe or a shoe cabinet, the doors on the surface must be made of the same piece to ensure the consistency of pattern and color.
7. At present, many owners choose to let the decoration company make their own footings during decoration. The standard method is to paint a layer of waterproof paint on the base wood board, and then start making it 0.5cm above the ground. .
8. When laying wooden floors, the responsible carpenter will first take out the floor for pre-laying, and adjust the color difference and position appropriately. During the actual laying, the expansion and contraction will be left 0.8-1cm away from the wall. seams to prevent the floor from swelling and arching.
9. The base treatment of the ready-made door pockets is very important. After making the frame, workers should carefully polish it with sandpaper to ensure that the surface of the door pockets is smooth and flat, so that the veneer construction will be done with twice the result with half the effort.
10. If the door cover is edged with solid wood lines, it is very important for workers to install it in a standardized manner. First of all, you cannot fix it with gun nails, but also use glue to carefully attach the edges. Secondly, the nail holes should not be too large, otherwise it will be difficult for the painter to handle the nail holes properly.
Standards for carpentry acceptance
1. Whether there are any defects in the decoration carpentry project. It should be ensured that the decorative surface of the woodworking project is smooth and has no bulges or defects.
2. Whether the decoration corners are accurate.
Normal corners are 90 degrees, except for special decoration and design factors.
3. Whether the decorative parquet is tight and accurate. Correct decoration of wooden parquet should ensure that there are no gaps between each other or maintain a uniform distance between them.
4. Whether the curvature and roundness of the decoration are smooth and smooth. In addition to a single one, the same decoration style must be ensured for multiple pieces of the same decoration style.
5. Whether the cabinet door switch is normal. When the cabinet door is opened, it should be easy to operate and make no noise.
6. There should generally be no gaps between fixed cabinets and walls.
7. Whether the decoration structure is straight and flat. Regardless of the horizontal or vertical direction, the correct woodworking decoration method should be straight and flat.
8. Symmetry Whether the decoration and carpentry project is symmetrical.
9. Are the nail holes of the decorative panel repaired? Of course this is a painter's job, but it's mentioned here because of its presence in woodworking projects.
10. Whether the joints of the decorative ceiling corners are smooth and whether there are obvious misalignments and deformations.
11. After decoration, check whether the ceilings of bathrooms and kitchens such as aluminum gussets and PVC gussets are flat and free of deformation.
12. After decoration, whether the cabinet door handle lock is installed in the correct position and opens normally.
13. After decoration, whether the bedroom door and other door leaves open normally. When closed, the upper, left and right door gaps should be tight, and the lower door gap should be moderate, generally 0.5cm is better.
14. After decoration, whether the footings are installed straight and accurately off the ground.