The first thing to do before decoration is to go to the major building materials markets to understand the price of decoration materials, so that you know the price in your heart, so as to prevent being cheated. Let’s take a look at the decoration tips that can save money and be comfortable.
1. Reasonable collocation to save money
Everyone knows that tiles are indispensable in decoration, and it is also a big expense, so how to choose a reasonable combination of tiles will save money, and the decoration is beautiful and practical?
Mr. Zhang, a staff member of Marco Polo Tiles, said: “The cheapest wall tiles now are glazed tiles with specifications of 200x300mm. The result is that the tiles are not stable and fall down. The floor tiles are 300x300mm anti-skid tiles, which generally have few problems. Of course, you have no reason to use anti-skid tiles in the living room and bedroom. It is better to use anti-fouling ability. Strong vitrified tiles, the living room and bedroom are often people’s activities, easy to get dirty, easy to be worn, so you should choose anti-fouling and wear-resistant series when choosing.”
2. Saving money and knowing the truth
In addition to ceramic tiles, which are the main decorative materials, you should also be cautious when purchasing other wallpapers, latex paints, and wooden floors. You must check whether the wallpaper is domestic or imported, and be careful when buying fake foreign goods. Mr. Zhang, who is in the wallpaper business, said that buying latex Don’t pay too much attention to lacquer, such as five-in-one, three-in-one, second-generation or third-generation, you can just buy ordinary products of more famous brands. Because they are really not that different. Nowadays, many latex paints have problems, which are caused by excessive water mixing. No matter how good the material is mixed with more water, the properties will be worse than ordinary goods. From the perspective of saving money for wooden flooring, buying the same type of 300×300 miscellaneous wood flooring is not much different in use than 760x95x18 flooring, but the price is several times worse.
3. Scientifically laying wires to save money
During the decoration, especially the laying of water and electricity lines, if it is to save materials or the supervision is not effective, it will leave a great safety hazard for Aijia. For example, some owners don’t understand why it is necessary to walk in a straight line when waterways are being renovated? In fact, cable-stayed pipelines will leave great hidden dangers when laying waterways. The angle between the water pipeline and the elbow must be at a right angle of 90 degrees, otherwise the wall thickness of the pipelines on both sides of the elbow connection will be different, and the relatively thinner part may leak due to uneven force in the future. However, the small construction team deliberately cabled the waterway because of the consideration of cutting corners, and the owner must stop it after finding out.
In addition, the owner cannot require that the wires be routed through horizontal slots on the wall. The country stipulates that horizontal slots will affect the overall safety of the house. Moreover, it is a formal construction method to follow the corner of the wall along the root of the wall, which is convenient for future maintenance of the pipeline, and will not cause hollowing at the wiring when laying the floor.
4. Indispensable hidden projects
There are also some hidden projects in the decoration. If these projects are not handled well, it will really be a landmine at home. I saw a piece of news on TV a few days ago. According to the report, there was a leak in the bathroom of the residents upstairs, and the water seeped into the ceiling of the residents downstairs. It was damaged, and the downstairs resident asked the upstairs resident to make up for it, but the man upstairs said: “Then you fix it yourself from your ceiling.” It’s done.
In fact, such news about water leaks upstairs and downstairs suffers is seen every day. It is because the decoration that should not have been saved has caused tension among the neighbors. In fact, the problem here is whether the waterway in the bathroom is on the ceiling or underground. It will cost more materials to use the ceiling, but if there is a water leakage problem, you can find it immediately. If the water pipe is underground, the ground must be destroyed for maintenance, and the loss is quite large.
A designer of a decoration company said: “Price saving is the kingly way. This method of grasping the price of decoration materials through market comparison and inquiries from relatives and friends before decoration is a wise choice, but you can’t blindly pursue low prices when decorating.” , so as not to leave endless troubles for your new house. Another way to save costs is to learn from people in the industry and optimize the design plan. It doesn’t really make much sense for a product to cross a price threshold. Knowing decorating tips that can save money and be comfortable is a good way to save money.”
