According to China Interior Decoration Association, China's families are wasting an astonishing amount of money on decoration, and the annual expenses incurred by decoration exceed 30 billion yuan.
What are the aspects of wasting a black hole and how can we stop it?
Waste 1. Love the new and hate the old.
Many people in the second-hand housing renovation, often require the replacement of the original kitchen sanitary ware, room electrical switches, sockets, lamps, doors and windows. Tear down the wall if you can. If it can't be removed, try to dig a hole to make a closet. If some bathrooms have installed washbasins and toilets, they must be knocked out and replaced with their own carefully selected ones. Part of this is because the washbasin, toilet and electrical switch assembled by developers are of average quality or style, and some of them are not bad, but replacing the original equipment has become an inertial thinking when people decorate. Some people buy a well-decorated house, but they are slightly dissatisfied with the original fine decoration and then do the second decoration, which will inevitably lead to waste.
Countermeasures for blocking: the decoration of second-hand houses is a systematic project, and a detailed decoration plan should be made before the decoration. In the process of renovation, second-hand houses and new houses are different. First of all, the renovation should be dismantled, but care should be taken not to smash all the old ones. Some materials that have been dismantled can be reused, such as floors and tiles. The most important thing in the decoration design of second-hand houses is to avoid breaking the load-bearing wall.
Waste 2. extravagant
During the renovation, workers will be seen packing and transporting garbage almost every day. No one knows how much of this is real garbage and how much is garbage caused by wasted materials.
Construction workers waste decorative materials at will, such as cutting plates without overall planning, resulting in large plates being thrown away in vain. When sticking the corner of the wall and floor tile, the scraps can be used but not used, so the whole tile is cut for convenience. Don't be picky before laying the floor, not only the color difference is obvious, but also the scarred floor will be laid in a conspicuous place, which will lead to the need to buy it again. When we called it a day, the paint and coating were not used up, but they were not sealed properly, which led to a dry knot and had to be thrown away. Brush is not cleaned in time after use, resulting in scrapping, etc.
Countermeasures for blocking: determine the number of building materials needed for decoration and buy them according to the quantity. If you need to make furniture, let the carpenter calculate the consumption according to the figure when buying wood, and let him establish the consciousness of saving first. If there is not enough material due to waste in the construction process, then the responsibility can be clearly defined. When buying ceramic tiles, ask the bricklayer first to know the specific dimensions of the wall and floor, and try to choose the appropriate specifications when buying, so as to avoid large-scale or small-scale cutting.
When signing a contract, add clauses, list all the details that have been considered in advance as much as possible, distinguish responsibilities and safeguard your rights and interests first.
Waste 3. Redundancy design
Xue has a house of 120 square meters, and the contract stipulates that it can be renovated by about 60 thousand. But during the construction, the project manager suggested that the TV cabinet should be bigger and the background behind the bed should be made. Moreover, if spotlights are installed in the living room and dining room, the room will look bright and gorgeous. As a result, the designer is required to modify the scheme. In addition to the living room and dining room, a large number of spotlights, totaling more than 40, were installed in the porch wine cabinet. The cost far exceeds the amount agreed in the contract. In fact, these lights are not turned on several times a year, which is really a waste.
Countermeasures for blocking: determine the design draft in advance, make as few changes as possible during the construction process, and avoid material invalidation and re-procurement.
Waste 4. gleamy
Blind pursuit of large apartment and large windows conflicts with the green building advocated by the state at present. Taking the window wall as an example, its proportion is an important parameter in building energy saving. The size of the window is related to the effect of lighting, ventilation and viewing, so many people mistakenly think that the bigger the window, the better the visual satisfaction.
Countermeasures for blocking: In fact, expert research shows that opening windows, which account for 30% of the wall, can give people the highest psychological satisfaction. The bigger the window, the more energy is lost from the window, which does not meet the requirements of building energy conservation. Therefore, the building itself should reject glitz, and the design should be considered from the perspective of energy conservation and environmental protection.