First, the preparatory work stage: 1, learn to choose a decoration company with good reputation and qualified construction team. Half-package decoration is responsible for purchasing the main materials, but because of this, once there is a problem, the decoration company is likely to pass the responsibility on to the quality of the main materials purchased by the owners themselves. Therefore, it is the first and most important step to choose a decoration company with good reputation and qualified quality. ★ Suggestion: 1) You can consult your relatives, friends or colleagues who have had decoration experience around you. Understand more accurate reputation of decoration company. 2) When choosing a decoration company, the construction team is a very important consideration. When determining the decoration company, not only the company and the construction team leader, but also the person if possible. 3) It's best to choose the contractor to do carpentry himself, because he doesn't do any work, not only will he take part of your salary, but he may also be responsible for several other construction sites, so he can't keep abreast of the construction situation of your home. 4) Decoration construction is a technical activity. Generally speaking, it is difficult to do well without more than four years of basic skills. It is best to have worked in Shanghai for many years, because the construction requirements may be different from place to place. 2. Learn to determine the design scheme. When determining the design scheme, you should communicate with the designer as much as possible, and try to understand your own ideas and the designer's suggestions. ★ Suggestion: 1) Decoration design is the soul of the whole decoration project. It must be remembered that only a design that is close to the actual needs of your family is a good design, and a good plan can be used for reference, but it is not necessary to copy it. It may not be appropriate to look at other people's beautiful designs and get them to your home. It is most important to build a home that suits your personality. 2) When determining the design scheme, don't be complicated and flashy, which wastes money and is not easy to clean up. Everything should be based on your actual bearing capacity and family life. 3. Measure the site area and treat the design renderings correctly. After the scheme is basically finalized, the decoration company will send someone to the room you want to decorate for field measurement, and after obtaining relevant specific data, make detailed construction drawings and design renderings that meet the scheme. ★ Suggestion: 1) After the decoration company reports it, the owner had better retest the measured data to prevent it from cheating on the specific material consumption and labor costs. 2) After the measurement area is determined, refer to the article "Common Decoration Material Calculator" of this website to basically determine the required building materials. 4. Make an appropriate budget for the main material. Before the decoration company makes a budget, the owner had better make a budget for the main materials according to his actual situation to avoid serious cost overruns. ★ Suggestion: 1) In order to prevent some things from being overlooked when making a budget, it is best to make a plan, listing materials, varieties, quantities, psychological prices, etc. According to the determined design scheme, we need it in the decoration, and then take this budget to the market to see the goods, focusing on related goods and recording the model and price. 2) Because the main materials are closely related to their real life in the future, the utilization rate is high, so it is best to choose some stores and building materials markets with good reputation and reputation to have a look. 5. Learn to correctly measure and determine the budget submitted by the decoration company. After the owner confirms the design scheme and construction drawings, the decoration company will communicate with the owner to determine the materials needed in the decoration process, and then submit a rough budget of the whole decoration cost. This budget generally consists of six parts: material cost, labor cost, design fee, garbage clearing fee, management fee and tax. ★ Suggestion: 1) In order to prevent the fourth step, when looking at the budget quotation submitted by the decoration company, first look at whether the quotation of the main material is very different from what you have done before. If there is a big difference, either change the standard according to your own budget or make appropriate adjustments according to the budget provided by the decoration company to avoid the tragic situation of "unable to stop" overspending. 2) Labor costs should be written clearly and carefully. For uncertain places, for example, some main materials can be installed at home by manufacturers, which can be empty first, or settled at checkout time. The specific labor reference price can be found on this website. 3) The garbage disposal fee generally refers to the cost for workers to help you transport some renovated wastes to the designated stacking point in the community, which is generally around 250-300 yuan. In addition, you need to pay the garbage clearing fee around 400 yuan to the community property. 4) Management fees are generally not clearly written in the budget, so you have to ask clearly that some main materials are bought by ourselves and delivered by manufacturers for installation. Is there a management fee for this part? If you accept it, it is unreasonable and you must fight the decoration company to the end. Another situation is that if you order promotional goods, you must ship them home first, but because of the construction period and other reasons, the installation will take some days. The management cost of this part of the main material depends on the decoration company. Some can be collected correctly, and some can give you exemption. If it is the former, it is best to communicate with the other party before signing the contract whether this part of the cost can be saved. 6. After the manufacturer determines the design scheme and basic budget of some basic materials needed for the preliminary decoration, you can order the main materials needed for the preliminary decoration according to some preparations you made in the fourth step. Generally, the main materials needed for pre-decoration mainly include: water pipes, wires, paints, tiles, doors and windows, etc.

★ Suggestion: 1) Because there are too many kinds of main materials involved in decoration, you generally have no energy, so you need to buy them all at once, and you can order them in batches in a planned way. 2) After selecting the products, you need to ask the manufacturer whether the products are delivered to your door for free, so as not to increase your unnecessary expenses. 3) After the selection of the main materials required for the preliminary decoration, it is necessary to agree with the person in charge of the construction on the specific date when the materials will enter the site, so that the manufacturer can deliver the goods to the door within the agreed date and avoid unnecessary troubles and burdens caused by the premature entry of the materials. 4) Remember that manufacturers must provide relevant quality inspection certificates of products and collect trademarks to avoid problems and disputes with decoration companies as evidence. 7. Although there are many advantages in signing the decoration form of renovation contract semi-package, there is also a big weakness, that is, the responsibility is not clear; Some decoration companies can easily use this to excuse themselves, so they must be very careful when signing the contract to avoid being framed. ★ Suggestion: 1) Don't rush to sign the contract when you get it. Sometimes many previous oral agreements are not reflected in the contract, so you should carefully check the contents of the contract from beginning to end to see if there are any loopholes in the terms. 2) It is best to sign a clause in the contract: the other party should provide a sealed sample of all materials provided by the decoration company, so as to avoid unforgettable materials or problems in the future. 3) After the contract is booked, please ask the relevant people in the industry or friends who have had decoration experience to help confirm it. An extra layer of confirmation is an extra layer of protection. 4) After the contract is finally signed, the market management department can verify whether the signed contract is legal and valid. 8. After all the preliminary work is ready, the preparation materials will officially enter the site to start construction. In this link, not only do the relevant formalities with the relevant property departments, but also explain the decoration situation to the surrounding neighbors. The most important thing is to conduct a "preliminary examination" of the materials entering the site. Including some accessories that the decoration company is responsible for and some preliminary main materials that have been contacted with the manufacturers before.

★ Suggestion: 1) If a manufacturer is responsible for the delivery of these main materials to your door in the early stage, it is best to confirm the quality of the products in person, and then sign on the balance to see if the surface of PP-R water pipes is smooth, and inferior products will have angular marks. 2) In order to prevent some decoration companies from "stealing the pillars" of the audio materials entering the factory, it is necessary to take some preventive measures in advance, such as destroying the outer packaging of the products, or confirming whether the products are original next time. Second, the decoration start and acceptance stage 9. The official start can finally be officially started. At this time, there are four main things you need to do. Give the door key to the construction team a) Give the door key to the construction team, determine the completion time of the project with the other party, and clarify the responsibility for the delay of the project due to the decoration company, and attach it to the contract for signature and seal. B, set the project completion time, specify the responsibility for project delay caused by the decoration company, and attach it to the contract for signature and seal. Explain some basic construction details, such as trying not to affect the rest of neighbors. C) Explain some basic construction details, such as trying not to affect the rest of neighbors. Pay the upfront cost of the other party's decoration project, which is generally 20% of the whole decoration project cost. d) Pay the upfront cost of the other party's decoration project, which is generally 20% 10 of the whole decoration project cost. After finishing the ordering of the late main materials, the decoration site will officially start, so now you should use your spare time to complete the ordering of the remaining main materials before, so as not to delay the whole decoration progress because the materials are not in place. At this time, the main materials that need to be ordered are generally: floors, cabinets, bathroom appliances, etc. ★ Suggestion: 1) Generally, the main material manufacturers like this can be responsible for on-site installation, so we should greet them before this to determine the specific delivery and installation date. 2) Some bathroom products may choose this model when purchasing, but when they actually want to enter the market, they find that the model or specification does not match the actual demand, so it is best to confirm with the manufacturer before paying the deposit to avoid problems and disputes. 165438+

Problems are easy to occur: the water and electricity in the bathroom should be located at the top of the wire conduit and water pipe, and the wires should be laid 20 cm above or 30 cm below the hot water pipe, otherwise heat insulation measures should be taken to ensure safety; The hot water pipe is thicker than the cold water pipe, and the pipe wall is thicker. Generally, the distance between the pipes should reach 15 cm, as shown in the figure, which is wrong; The installation of metal aluminum gusset ceiling requires that the top corner line closely cooperate with the surrounding walls, and no large gap is allowed. The gap should be treated with silica gel. ★ Suggestion: a) If you have time, it is better to follow up the acceptance at the beginning of the first project and suppress some bad "signs" before molding, which is much more practical and effective than accepting some bad phenomena that have been molded and reworking them later. B) Acceptance is "looking at the flowers in the fog" for everyone who is renovating for the first time, and I can't figure out how to carry out acceptance. We suggest that you have three feasible methods: acceptance by yourself; Please ask some friends with decoration experience to help with the acceptance. Of course, the premise is that the invited "experienced people" have more experience in this field. C) If you want to reassure yourself, the best way is to ask a professional acceptance supervisor to help you follow up the acceptance on site. Of course, it costs a certain amount, about 3000 yuan/month, depending on your budget. 12, confirm the acceptance of the second project. When the eleventh step is successfully completed, the second project officially begins, mainly referring to wood, paint, tiles, etc. Different from the first project, the installation of many main materials in this project may be directly provided by the manufacturer. Therefore, the acceptance involves three parties. If the acceptance of some projects constructed by the construction team is correct, both parties shall sign the acceptance confirmation sheet for confirmation. Common problems: tap the wall brick gently with a small hammer, listen to the sound to identify whether there is an empty drum under the brick, mark it with a pen and prepare for rework; If you don't pay attention when painting, you can ask to repair it with brick silica gel after finding it. Tap the wall brick gently with a small hammer and listen to the sound to identify whether there is an empty drum under the brick. If there is an empty drum, mark it with a pen and prepare for rework. If there are some corners that are not taken into account when painting, you can ask for silicone repair after finding them. ★ Suggestion: 1) Because there are many main materials in this project, such as floors, cabinets and bathroom products. It may be directly installed by the manufacturer, which can save some installation costs of the construction team, but these need to be signed by both parties in the expense list to avoid unnecessary labor costs during final accounts. 2) If any problem is found in the project installed by the manufacturer during the acceptance after installation, it shall be reported to the manufacturer in time to avoid delay. 3) If there is a problem with some parts of the construction team, you should give your opinion to the other party immediately. Don't bother and ignore it. Rework must be done, otherwise the problem will affect your daily life in the future. 13. After the second project acceptance, it is necessary to contact some other main material manufacturers ordered before to reconfirm the delivery date. The main materials entering the site this time are mainly some basic equipment to be installed later, such as kitchen cabinets, bathroom products and floors. After these main materials enter the site, it is necessary to conduct on-site acceptance of these products previously stored in the manufacturer to avoid unnecessary contradictions and disputes when defective products or defective products are found later. Precautions: After the floor material enters the site, open it to see the name and specifications of the material clearly, so as to avoid material mismatch, sometimes the packaging mark is different from the products inside; After the sanitary ware comes into the market, you should open the package to see if the model meets your previous decision and see if there are any cracks or damage. After the floor material enters the site, you should open it to see the name and specifications of the material clearly, so as to avoid material mismatch, and sometimes the packaging label is different from the products inside. ★ Suggestion: 1) Try to make an appointment with the manufacturer and deliver the pre-determined main materials on different days for different acceptance and installation. 2) After the product is delivered, it shall be checked and accepted in front of the delivery personnel of the manufacturer at that time. If problems are found, they should be raised in time and returned through consultation with the other party; If there is no problem in on-site acceptance, both parties need to sign on the spot to confirm and pay off the balance of materials. 3) Don't forget to confirm the quality of the delivered main materials with the decoration company after the manufacturer confirms that there is no problem, and then both parties sign it, so as to avoid the decoration company shirking its responsibility when there is product damage or other quality problems in the decoration process. 14, ordering furniture and soft clothes will be carried out after the second project is basically completed. Considering that soft clothes should adapt to the decoration style and specific pattern of the whole family, if you put it before, it is likely that you will spend money on inappropriate things on the spur of the moment, and then you will be in trouble. ★ Suggestion: 1) Before buying, it is best to communicate with the designers who design their own home improvement styles and ask for suggestions, so as to truly "add icing on the cake". 2) When choosing furniture, it is generally best to buy it according to actual needs, adhere to the principle of less but not more, and add it after it is truly completely renovated. 3) Generally speaking, when friends in Shanghai choose furniture and go to Red Star Macalline and Shengyuan Dida, they can go to Liuying Road Lighting City, Shanghai Lighting City, Dongfang Road Lighting City and other shops with good quality and good reputation for comparison and purchase. 4) Now buy the lamp and ship it home, and confirm the specific delivery date with the manufacturer after the overall renovation of other projects is completed. Otherwise, the occupied space will affect the normal progress of other decoration projects. 15. The installation and acceptance of lamps and lanterns is also an important part. Once the installation process is not in place, the later problems will be trivial and annoying. ★ Suggestion: 1) Remind the installation workers to do insulation well, especially in humid environment, such as bathroom and kitchen, otherwise short circuit will easily occur. 2) Sometimes workers will reduce the work of fixing the screw on the top of the lamp because they are lazy when installing the lamp. If this phenomenon is found, they should ask for rework in time. 3) Prepare some No.6 female screws in advance, because one end of the original female screw may be sealed when installing the lamp. 16. By this step, the whole renovation has been preliminarily completed. At this point, your task is to make the final acceptance. Key points of completion acceptance: use a feeler gauge to detect the width of the gap between floors, and the maximum gap should not exceed 0.5 mm Turn on some supporting sanitary ware faucets to see if the water flow is smooth, and pay attention to the speed when launching. If it is slow, it means that dirt rushes into management during construction, causing blockage; The distance between the cupboard door and the door should be controlled within 2MM, and the distance between the water retaining wall behind the artificial stone countertop and the wall should not exceed 5MM. When the sliding door is pulled, if it is found that there is vibration and sound when floating, it is difficult to pull, indicating that the pulley is not round or there is a problem in installation. ★ Suggestion: 1) Don't think that with the first two project acceptance, the final overall acceptance will be sloppy. At this time, you should polish your eyes and find fault, or you will regret it later. 2) If you don't understand or lack acceptance experience, you can personally accept it after self-study. 3) After finding the problem, report the situation to the manufacturer or decoration company in charge of the project in time, and don't rush to pay, otherwise there will be no "one beat and two scattered" situation. 17, the overall final accounts and the overall final accounts of the renovation project are all completed, which is the most critical step in the whole renovation process. You must keep a clear head at this time, or you may regret it later! ★ Suggestion: 1) In the semi-package decoration, as the main materials are purchased by the owners themselves, some manufacturers of the main materials can be responsible for the on-site installation. Therefore, this part of labor costs must not be repeated when the final settlement is made with the decoration company.

2) Don't forget the key to your house that you gave to the construction team during the renovation. If the original configuration is not AB lock, it is recommended to remember to change the lock after final accounts.