How to plan a home renovation order
A home renovation that is not done in the right order of development can create a whole lot of costly rework. Therefore getting the right order of development for your home renovation and getting the right budget are both critical.
Structural and Damp Work First
Most structural work such as underpinning, beam replacement, and damp proofing needs to be carried out on bare fabric before anything else is done with it. It is far easier to complete repairs to bare fabric than after they have been plastered and finished with flooring etc.
Rough In Electrics and Plumbing Next
By the time the walls go up, the first-fix electrics and plumbing will have been completed. Chasing cables and pipes through finished walls can be very expensive and create a lot of mess.
Insulation and Ventilation at This Stage
With walls and floors open, fit insulation and any mechanical ventilation needed. It is so much easier to fit whilst the walls and floors are open and would be a major job to try and cut out finished surfaces to fit afterwards.
Plaster and First-Fix Joinery Before Floors
Then after that the walls need to be plastered and the doors hung and the skirting fitted before the floors are covered.
Decorating and Snagging Last
Decorating and snagging come at the end. Check when renovation work needs planning permission before starting, so approvals do not stall the sequence mid-build. More on Home Renovations can be found at https://precisionbuildersltd.co.uk/services/home-renovations/.
So long as you stick to the sequence set out above, each trade will finish up where the previous trade left off.
