Older homes have charm, high ceilings, spacious rooms and fine materials that are no longer used today, but otherwise have the disadvantage that sooner or later we must change the old facilities if we want to ruin our housing defect.

* Before you begin a reform plan for the redistribution of bathroom and kitchen, consider the location of drains and downspouts, since a change in its course may extend the time of the work and commended.
* The Reform pipes formerly lead or galvanized iron today are considered contaminants and are prohibited. Today copper is used for resistance to lime and sediment and PVC pipes and sewage disposal.
* Electrical installations of more than 25 years can be dangerous if they have not been revised (this is recommended every ten years), so we must renew damaged items.
* Take the work to hide the cables in false ceilings and plan new lighting points, plugs or phone jacks.
* The phase of demolition of the walls is the first to be efctúa in any reform, it includes the demolition and removal of items that you are replacing (walls, linings, etc).
* The work “heavier” is to eliminate bathroom coverings (tiles and flooring), and the successive layers of paint colors and wallpapers.
* After removing all of the above have to prepare surfaces according to their needs, that means smoothing and tiling, the walls first and then the floor.
* The replacement of windows and good thermal insulation to ensure greater protection and noise, as well as savings in energy and gas, if you have the heating.

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