When planning the repair of his apartment, the owner sometimes thinks about repairing the balcony as the last thing. It is understandable, money for everything at once is often not enough. But is it worth postponing the decoration of this room for later. After all, a balcony can be turned into a full-fledged addition to our square meters.

Today, it has become popular to expand the living space of an apartment due to a balcony, a loggia. But not everyone knows what repairs need to be done for this. For the average layman, work on insulating a balcony comes down to banal glazing, filling cracks mounting foam and installation of decorative trim.

In reality, everything looks much more complicated. One of the main works competent warming balcony. Without this, it is impossible to expand the living space, having received a full-fledged recreation area, a small dining room or a sports area.

Today the market offers a large number of insulating materials of various quality. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. These include:

• polyfoam - the made foam material having cellular structure. Very light - easy to install. Does not withstand mechanical stress, durable decoration is required;
• extruded polystyrene foam - thermal insulation with completely closed cells. Additional protection required - direct Sun rays destroy upper layer;
• foaming polyurethane foam (PPU) - a rigid material, applied to the surface in a continuous layer up to 60 mm thick. A big plus is the absence of cold bridges. Minus - for spraying requires special equipment. It is impossible to work independently.

An example of an estimate for the insulation of a balcony

This is just an example of a balcony in Vladimir. For a full-fledged calculation, taking into account your wishes and the volume of dismantling work, it is necessary to leave the measurer. We work weekends by prior arrangement.

Estimated is one of important documents from which the repair, construction or reconstruction of any object begins. Drawing up an estimate for the repair of an apartment is a mandatory procedure, which is primarily necessary for the Customer. This fundamental document must be prepared as an annex to the contract.

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The calculation of the estimate for the repair of apartments is carried out by a specialist - an estimator. To begin with, our specialist goes to the repair site, inspects the premises, makes measurements of the premises, gets acquainted with the condition of the floors, ceilings, walls, windows and doors, finds out the individual wishes of the Customer and receives the terms of reference.

Based on all the information received and the measurements made of the premises, project documentation and an estimate is made for overhaul apartments. You can do without an estimate, perhaps, only if you carry out a small redecorating or partial renovation of the interior. But still, an estimate is always needed, a description of the types of work tied to the estimate gives an undeniable number of advantages when working on construction site during the renovation. Thanks to the prepared preliminary estimate, the Customer receives detailed information on the list of types of work and materials necessary for the repair, and also sees the exact calculation of the cost of these finishing works and materials.

Typical commercial estimate does not look like an Excel spreadsheet, which must indicate the types of work, units of measurement and cost. Our company uses the services of experienced estimators, we also constantly monitor the prices of building materials, which allows us to significantly save money.

You, as a customer, have the ability to control the progress of work and cost items. When choosing a contractor for work, it is the analysis of the estimate that gives a complete picture of the cost of work and allows you to evaluate the professionalism of the contractor.

We can immediately tell you that the prices for complex repairs are much lower than for individual types of work. Each order is individual! The cost of services depends on the types of work and their volume. Moreover, the larger the volume, the lower the price for repair and finishing work.

Sample estimate for finishing work

Sample estimate for draft material

For an approximate calculation of the cost of repairing premises, use our online calculator. On our online repair cost calculator, you can calculate the approximate cost of repair work with draft materials. You just need to choose the type of repair (redecoration, overhaul, renovation), select the name of the room in which you are going to make repairs, then enter the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe room in square meters by gender, and the rest online calculator he calculates everything himself and gives out in the column Total Estimated estimated cost of your refurbishment.

Room renovation cost calculator - online

If you do not want to manually calculate the floor area or you did not understand something when describing the calculations, then you can use our calculator and calculate floor or ceiling area automatically.

For the calculation it is necessary measure in meters length, width of the room and enter the data in order by filling out the form and you will automatically receive a calculation floor or ceiling area in square meters.

Floor and ceiling area calculator

H We will not load you with tedious mathematical calculations. You only need to measure the basic parameters, and the wallpaper calculator will approximately calculate the required number of wallpapers for your room. Those who want more accurate calculations and measurements can read the article above. How to calculate how much wallpaper you need.

The preparation and subsequent filling of the estimate is deservedly considered the most important stage of any construction or repair work. In most cases, the design of a building or structure is completed with the execution of estimate documentation. In the case of performing small amounts of work, for example, repair or finishing, when the project is not being developed, an estimate is also necessary. This is due to the fact that it serves as the initial information for the development of many related necessary and important for effective organization works of documents, in particular, the calendar plan for the execution of works and the schedule for the supply of necessary materials and mechanisms.

Budgeting will become a much easier process if you entrust this business to professionals.

Form and sample estimate for work

In essence, the document in question consists of two parts:

• calculation of direct costs, which are determined on the basis of 2001 prices and are converted into current prices by multiplying by the corresponding appreciation index, set quarterly. Direct costs consist of the following elements:
  • Cost of materials;
  • the main salary of workers;
  • the costs of EMM (operation of machines and mechanisms necessary for the performance of work), including the salary of machinists;
  • calculation of overhead costs and estimated profit, made taking into account the standards in force at the time the estimate was made.

The disadvantage of this method is that the prices of 2001 used when using it quite often do not take into account the realities today, since at the time of compilation, many technologies and materials simply did not exist. However, in the construction of budget facilities and most private large-scale construction projects, there is no alternative to the base-index method today.

How to make a budget for work

As an example of a simplified form of an estimate for the repair of a room, the following table can be given.

The importance of good budgeting and budgeting

As already noted, filling out an estimate allows you not only to get an approximate amount that will cost construction or a certain amount of work. This value is necessary to determine the contract price of an object or stage of work, both for the customer or investor, and for the contractor, that is, the direct manufacturer.

But in addition to this direct functional purpose, a competent and modeled design of the estimate will allow you to plan the work in such a way that they are done as quickly as possible and at a lower price. In addition, the estimate also helps determine the need for necessary materials, which, in combination with the work schedule, will make it possible to develop a schedule for their delivery.

The main tasks of the estimate

The development and filling of the estimate allows you to solve three most important tasks at once, which are always faced by any contractor and customer:

• determination of the cost of construction or any work. In modern conditions, the estimated price is the most important parameter, vital for all participants in the construction process. It is interesting for the customer not to overpay, and for the contractor - to receive a worthy reward for the work. A well-designed estimate allows you to take into account the wishes of both parties and get an amount that suits everyone;
• scheduling development. The timing of the construction of a building or the performance of any work is often no less important for the customer than their cost. The timely delivery of the object and, of course, the receipt of remuneration, possibly with a premium, depend on this. The estimate for work, made according to the model, provides the builders with all the necessary information for the development of the calendar plan;
• development of a schedule for the supply of materials. With the correct filling of the estimate, the need for materials and mechanisms becomes clear, which, in combination with the calendar plan, makes it possible to draw up another important document for the uninterrupted work of builders - the schedule for the supply of materials. Efficient construction organizations do not purchase materials for the entire facility at once - this simply freezes money that is much more efficient to spend on something more important at the moment, and also requires significant storage costs, etc. Also, any downtime of equipment and workers is extremely unprofitable, which is fraught with no less serious additional costs.

As a result, we can say the following: the preparation of an estimate allows not only to understand the cost of construction or a separate stage of work, but also to effectively plan their implementation.

Basic-index method for compiling and filling out estimates

There are several various methods formation estimated cost. When erecting large objects, when filling in the estimate takes place as part of the development of the project, the base-index method is almost always used. In this case, the estimated standards of 2001 and the conversion indices to current prices are used for the calculation.

Simplified form of estimate

Quite often, especially when construction or repair is carried out by the household method or at small facilities, a simpler estimate form is used, which consists only of calculating direct costs. It contains a listing of the scope of work and prices for them, which can be divided into the same components as in the option described above: the RFP of workers, the cost of materials and, if necessary, the cost of machines and mechanisms. In this case, the estimate form, after its execution and filling, looks like the one shown in the following photo:

When compiling and filling out such a simplified version of the estimate, the contractor's profit is established on the basis of his negotiations with the customer or the construction investor.

The form of an object estimate for the performance of work

Quite often, especially during the construction of large objects, several so-called local estimates are compiled at once, that is, separate calculations for each type of work performed. In this case, to obtain the total cost of construction, they are combined into a general object estimate, a sample form of which is shown in the following photo.

Object estimate

Drawing up and filling out an object estimate allows you to bring together all the information about the object under construction, even when the individual stages of its construction are performed by different contractors. Often, local estimates are also calculated by them. Therefore, the generalization of all disparate data is extremely important for any customer or investor.

Programs for drawing up and filling out estimates

Currently, there are many programs that are used in the preparation of estimates. They can be roughly divided into two groups:

Free. Placed on the network on thematic resources. They are freely available.

Professional. Used by professionals. To use it, you need to purchase a distribution kit of a service product.

In the first case, there is no particular need to describe programs, since they appear almost constantly, while having similar parameters:

• the ability to perform the most simple calculations;
• lack of updating of regulatory frameworks (if they exist at all);
• minimal functionality.

Professional estimate programs are used much more actively, since without them it is almost impossible to compile high-quality documentation for any large object. The most popular products at the moment are the following:

GRAND Estimate

According to experts, the most widely used budgeting program. Its advantages are the ability to automate the entire range of cost estimates, the speed of making changes to the regulatory framework and effective technical support for the product.

Smeta.ru

The only program that really competes with the GRAND Estimate described above. The main advantage of the product is its ease of use, which allows you to work with it without having the professional knowledge of an estimator.

1C: Contractor (or 1C: Construction Organization Management)

These programs are not purely budgetary. However, they are quite popular due to the fact that 1C is used to maintain accounting at the vast majority of Russian enterprises, including construction ones. The considered software products help to make the necessary estimate documentation, as a bonus, they were integrated into a single system for managing the company's work.

turbo meter

An easy-to-learn and use program, which at the same time has quite serious functionality. It is not used as often as compared to GRAND Estimate and Estimate.ru.

WinSmeta, Rick and Bagheera

Software products whose peak popularity is in the past. However, a certain number of professional surveyors still continue to use them, which is explained by a number of undoubted advantages: wide functionality, editing, adjustment, etc.

The main mistakes in budgeting

There are several main types of errors that occur in the preparation and execution of estimates in practice. The most typical are the following:

Mistake 1. Insufficient detailing or excessive enlargement of the estimate. Any well-compiled estimate must necessarily contain a complete list and volume of work performed and, accordingly, prices for them. In practice, often the customer and the contractor, having found out that the price level suits both parties, agree on the cost of a stage of work, for example, the repair of one room. As a result, in fact, a situation is obtained when the actual volume of any work performed does not coincide with the initially estimated one. The result is a conflict situation, since it is not clear how to evaluate the rise in price or reduction in the cost of work;

Error 2. Inaccurate accounting of volumes. The basis for the construction estimate must necessarily be a competently and accurately drawn up statement of volumes, in the case of repairs - a defective statement. In both situations, the result of the budget execution also depends on the correctness of their preparation. An error at the beginning can lead to a rather serious distortion of the final cost of the calculation, since in most cases there is a multiplication by various indices and prices, so the error value increases all the time;

Mistake 3. Incorrect application of prices contained in HPES and TERs. One of the main problems of the basis-index method, the most common in real life, which was mentioned above - the discrepancy between the existing types of work and those encountered in practice. Therefore, quite often it is necessary to use the available prices "as applicable". This is a special term coined by estimators for such a situation. The more "applicable" prices are used when filling out the estimate, the more likely it is that the final figure will be incorrect. Naturally, this should take into account the fact that customers are trying to use low "applicable" prices, and contractors, on the contrary, are the most profitable.

In any case, the preparation and execution of estimates should be considered important and essential in modern conditions. preparatory stage any construction. It is better to entrust its implementation to professional and trained estimators, which will allow not only to form the optimal cost of work for the customer and contractor, but also to organize their effective implementation in as soon as possible and at the lowest possible cost.

A sample of a ready estimate for repair and finishing work in an apartment with a total area of ​​​​64 m2, a new building at the address: Residential Complex "Mkr.Finsky-Potapovo 3A".

Estimate No. 4 for repair and finishing work

Estimate for the purchase of rough materials

Table No. 1 consumption draft material.

Table No. 1 for the consumption of building and finishing rough material in an apartment with a total area of ​​​​64 m2, a new building at the address: LCD "Mkr. Finnish-Potapovo 3A".

Examples of samples of the table for accounting for the consumption of rough material