Create a step-by-step plan to create a comfortable atmosphere on the old country.
1 Check the roof
The first drawback, which is often found on old cottages, is the flowing roof. She will definitely make your summer holiday unbearable. If there is no possibility to call the roofers and there is no reassembly, try to solve the problem point. You can use a special polymer composition for a liquid roof. It is applied to any weather, as he dries quickly, fills the cracks and begins to confront the rain after half an hour after applying.
Clean the problem area, with large damage, use roofing rolls to overlap them. Next, apply a layer of 1-2 mm with a layer of 1-2 mm and gently, without a strong pressure, crumple a wide spatula. It is necessary to distribute the material in the direction from the skate to the edge of the roof. Be careful and observe safety measures when working at an altitude.
2 Check the walls
If there is a damp in the house and from the walls, you can try to solve this problem with a slight repair.
At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the condition of the supporting structures - if they rotted and you see that the walls and the roof are already standing at an angle, it is simply unsafe in such a house.
In other cases, the upholstery can help. This method is suitable if you need to spend the summer at the cottage and there is no possibility to start a large-scale alteration of walls. Try to clean, dry and hide the walls outside siding. This is a rather budget material that can be installed on your own.
Please note that for all the rules between the outer decoration and the facade of the house also need to lay a layer of heat and vaporizolation.
From the inside, overlook the wall of the wall. It will also help in the fight against drafts and improve the interior. The plates from pressed wood chips are suitable, which are often even left without additional finishes. But if you wish, you can paint their water-emulsion paint or stick over the wallpaper.
3 Rate the condition of the pipeline
If you first arrived at the cottage after the winter or just bought it, you need to start the pipeline and make sure that it works fine.
To begin with, inspect the pipes, fittings, eyeliners, cranes - there should not be cracks and rust, leaks. Clean the protective cap from the accumulated garbage on the water pump, launch it on small speeds and go through the entire system again to make sure that it does not proceed. Open all the cranes and give a drain of dirty water.
If there is no water heater in the country, you can install flow or accumulative. Flowing spending more electricity, and accumulative takes more space. But even they can be small, for example, models for 20-30 liters, which heat the water faster than per hour.
4 Seat slots in the windows
Old frames eventually begin to drive through the fact that the tree fumbled. You can try to purchase silicone, rubber or polymer sealants and use them for slots in the windows, they are sold in tubes with a long plastic needle.
You can also use the mounting foam - if the problem is in the slot between the wall and the window frame.
5 Get rid of the unreasonable neighbors
Another problem with which you can face in a dilapidated house - pests. It can be a rat mice, mole, loccles, wasps, ants and cockroaches. To get rid of them, invite specialists or purchase store chemicals.
If there is no possibility to handle the house of chemistry and air no time, try folk remedies. So, mechanical or electric traps help from mice, as well as humane cells that slam, but do not kill the animal. Corks, tobacco, lavender and sharply smelling essential oils will help with moths. And from the mocryce - the saline and drying of the room.
