Sometimes, when designer repairs are planned in the apartment, the walls become a serious barrier. They can interfere with expanding the living room, combine rooms or just make a redevelopment. To create the desired interior, the walls have to be dismantled. In this article, we will consider what partitions are, how they differ and how to remove the wall in the apartment so that then there are no problems.
Content:
- Is it possible to remove the wall in the apartment
- Wall dismantling tools
- How to break the walls in a new apartment correctly
- How to break the walls in an old apartment correctly
Is it possible to remove the wall in the apartment
Before proceeding with dismantling, it is important to find out what type the wall belongs to.
There are two types of walls in the apartment: bearing and partitions.
Photo: Carrying walls and partitions perform different functions in the apartment
The bearing walls are thick, they keep the entire structure of the house. Usually they are designated on the plan with a thicker line than the rest of the walls.
Photo: On the plan, the bearing walls are sometimes designated by a wide line
If there is no apartment plan at hand, then the type of wall can be determined by its thickness.
If it is made of brick or concrete, and has a thickness of more than 25 cm, then most likely it is a carrier wall.
Photo: if the apartment is more than 60 m2, it can have several load -bearing walls
The wall may contain a supporting pillar. It is always important to check the status of walls according to technical plans. They can be ordered in BTI.
Photo: The supporting pillar can protrude from the wall
Partitions are ordinary walls that do not affect the strength of the structure of the house and are made to zoning space. They are thin, less than 20 cm in thickness, and made of a gas block, brick or foam block.
Photo: Partitions are made to zoning space
In any apartment, regardless of whether the new building is or secondary housing, you can not break the load -bearing walls. Even a partial removal of the wall or the creation of the opening in it will be considered a violation. All work with load -bearing walls should be agreed with the housing inspection.
Photo: The partition can smoothly go into the carrier wall
The safety of the entire structure of the house depends on the load -bearing walls. If a person independently breaks the wall and cracks around the house, he will have to compensate for the damage to the residents. In case of collapse of the house, the offender may face criminal liability.
Photo: Cracks can go along all floors
It is possible to break, partially demolish or make openings only in unnecessary walls. However, it is worth remembering that after the demolition of the wall, the new apartment plan will also have to be coordinated and drawn up in the housing inspection. Otherwise, problems with the sale of an apartment may arise.
Wall dismantling tools
To break the wall quickly and easy, you may need a special tool. Mandatory – a perforator with a junction of a chipping hammer or a separate jack, a chisel, a manual hammer, a crowbar and a shovel.
If you need to make an opening or dismantle a concrete wall, you may need a grinder. Inside the wall there may be a reinforcement or an iron grid that will have to be sawed. It is better to take a punch with a capacity of at least 800 watts with a shock force of about 3-5 J. The more power and strength, the easier it is to break the wall with this tool. In order not to go beyond the budget, a hand tool can be bought, and an electric – to rent.
Photo: Minimum set of tools for dismantling walls
How to break the walls in a new apartment correctly
The work plan to dismantle walls in a new building and secondary may vary.
First, consider the dismantling of the walls in a new building. The easiest way to carry out these works in the apartment without finishing: first of all, you need to check the status of the wall on the plan. If the wall is not supporting, you should find out whether it will be possible to legalize redevelopment after dismantling. To do this, you will have to draw up a new plan of the apartment and provide it to the housing inspectorate. If the project is approved, then you can proceed to dismantle.
Photo: To coordinate the redevelopment, you need to provide a new plan in BTI
By the way: Some owners of apartments simply demolish the walls if they are not carrying, and do not register changes in plan. In this case, if the neighbors complain or there will be a check, the tenant can write out a fine and force through the court to return all the walls to their original place.
The dismantling of the walls should be carried out from top to bottom. To do this, you will need a jack of a hammer, a punch, a scrap, a hammer and a chisel. The easiest way to break the walls of foam block, gas block or ceramic brick. It is more difficult when the partitions are made of brick or concrete. The wall must be disassembled gradually, for each brick. If the wall is concrete, then you will also have to use a grinder, since there may be reinforcement in the partition.
After dismantling, all construction garbage must be put in bags. It is impossible to throw such garbage into ordinary containers, you need to call a special car that will take away the entire brick battle to the garbage training ground.
By the way: You can place an advertisement with the removal of construction waste, for example, on Avito. Building materials can be useful to someone and they will be taken out for free.
If the apartment already has a pre -trim, then you need to check if there are sockets or switches in the wall. If they are, you need to de -energize the whole apartment for the time of the dismantling of the walls. At this time, a perforator or a junk hammer can be connected directly to the shield through a temporary outlet. You also need to check whether pipes with communications go through the wall so as not to accidentally damage them. After dismantling, you need to invite an electrician so that he removes extra wires from the shield and reconnect the entire electrician.
How to break the walls in an old apartment correctly
In panel houses, it is forbidden to touch partitions. They hold concrete floors.
If the house has wooden ceilings or is an architectural monument, then before dismantling you need to contact the housing inspectorate. There they will ask for a technical conclusion on the state of the construction of the building and the safety of the planned work. Without the permission of organs, even ordinary partitions cannot be touched. If the dismantling is approved, then the room should be released from furniture, de -energize the apartment and start dismantling.
It is important to remember that electric wires can pass through the walls in the area of the ceiling or floor to other rooms. It is important not to damage them, otherwise you will have to redo the entire wiring in the apartment. The wall can be removed at the same level with the floor or delve into it. After dismantling, construction garbage is collected in bags and taken out with the help of utilities to a landfill.
By the way: If you need to remove only part of the wall, in this case, the edge of the partition can be trimmed with a grinder with a diamond disk. When they make an opening in the wall, first its boundaries are marked with a pencil, then make a cut of the opening with a grinder and remove the bricks with a jackhammer.
Conclusion
- Before you break the wall, you need to determine what type it belongs to.
- The bearing walls cannot be dismantled. Partitions can be demolished, but redevelopment must be coordinated in the housing inspection.
- To break the wall, you need a special tool: a jack of a hammer and a punch.
- The wall should be disassembled from top to bottom.
- If there are sockets or switches in the partition, they need to be de -energized.
