Renovating old buildings
Renovating old buildings are not as easy as they Prima facie look
to be. Renovation of old buildings may be required for several factors such as
natural wear and tear, change in the ownership and change in the requirement. The
first and foremost thing before commencement of any renovation work is to
identify the type of renovation needed. After identifying the type of
renovation, one should not straight away proceed to execute this job since, the
Owner may not be aware of the intricacies involved therein. It is better to
seek assistance of an Expert, a Civil Engineer/Architect.
Renovation may be major or minor. No clear-cut groupings as to
which one falls under minor renovation and which one under major renovation is
possible. However, certain general broad classifications of works can be
mentioned. Providing or shifting of electrical, plumbing, sanitary fittings,
arresting leakage in water pipes, tanks, taps and seepage into the walls can be
considered to fall under the category of minor renovation.
Major renovation may
be demolition and construction of a portion of the building, which includes re-doing
of floors, total electrical rewiring, painting, polishing of doors and windows,
grills, replacement of gates, sanitary fittings and remodeling of rooms to suit
Vaasthu to cite a few.
The first and foremost step for renovation is to identify and to
take stock of the nature and extent of additions and alterations, their
implication on the structural system of the present building and its
feasibility. It is also necessary to have an estimated figure of expenditure. For
a layman, it is very difficult to visualise all these in a scientific way.
Therefore, utilisation of services of an Expert is necessary. Experts like
Civil Engineers or Architects can undertake this job with much ease and
perfection.
They also know the work
force required and can supervise the work for better and quick result. This
would involve in saving unnecessary expenditure. Failure to take help of Experts
would generally lead to spending more money and time with a lot of tension to
the Owner.
However, it is not easy to get services of Experts for such jobs
as the money involved may be very paltry when compared to the expenditure
involved in the construction of new houses.
But, with proper persuasion and search, one may find the services of an
Expert and the renovation/alteration work can be carried out under his
supervision/advice.Though it may cost the Owner additional expenditure for
remuneration for the Expert, it is really worth spending as the benefit one
gets from such service would be more than what he pays for such service.
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