Rules for planning a two-room "Khrushchev"

When they talk about "Khrushchev," mean cramped rooms and uncomfortable planning. But the housing program launched on the initiative of N. S. Khrushchev in a short time allowed many Soviet families to receive apartments. Until now, the children and grandchildren of these lucky people live in them.

Panel and brick high-rise buildings were erected in a matter of months, and along with them - shops, schools, gardens, playgrounds. Nowadays, people have become more selective. They are no longer satisfied with the narrow walls of tiny apartments. It's time for redevelopment.

Before changing Khrushchev, you need to understand what it is. In almost all standard projects 2-room apartments have adjacent rooms. Their total area is 40- 45 sq m, living area is 26-31 sq m, ceiling height is 250 cm, external walls thickness is 30-40 cm. Due to thin walls, the heat and sound insulation is weak.In such apartments, bathrooms can be combined or separate.

The small area, the presence of walk-through rooms, low ceilings, the lack of elevators in the houses make this housing not the most attractive, therefore the residents are turning to redevelopment.

The main problem of the upcoming changes is registration in the BTI. Faced with the difficulties of obtaining documents, tenants are trying not to advertise the alterations of their living space. And in vain, as an apartment with an illegal layout can not be sold, donated or make any other legal actions.

On the positive side is the ability to remove the walls indoors (as there are no load-bearing walls in the Khrushchev houses) and start the implementation of a new project with any fantasy. Most often rebuilt kitchen and corridor. Many combine the bathroom. In its original form, the bathroom contained a sink and the bathroom itself (there was no space for a washing machine). Combining the bathroom, the toilet is left in place, and the sewer riser can not be moved. Bathroom unfold to another wall or put a shower stall.

In the resulting area is placed a washing machine.Minimal furniture items are possible. The corridor becomes larger due to the storage room. Built-in closet completely replace it. Rooms are often combined into one. And, connecting them to the kitchen and hallway, you can get a studio. In this embodiment, it is necessary to replace the gas furnace with an electric one or to build a partition like a wardrobe.

In the Khrushchev can be dismantled storerooms, mezzanines, niches and any outbuildings. You can carry doorways or make them in the form of arches. Acceptable and the installation of the second door.

Allowed to combine living space with a balcony, provided it is warming. At the same time, part of the bearing wall under the window is disassembled. But general heating radiators must remain in place. Above them make the bar. In the redevelopment of a two-room apartment, other features should be taken into account, or rather what should not be done:

• touch bearing walls (for example, make an additional window). May be allowed to make a door if an extension is intended;
• transfer radiators to loggias and balconies;
• dismantle or wall ventilation ducts;

• to expand the bathroom, bathroom at the expense of the living room or kitchen. This can be done by dismantling the pantry or reducing the corridor;
• apartments located on different floors can not be combined by installing interfloor ceilings;
• the kitchen can not be transferred to the living room or bathroom, and can only be expanded;
• in the same way it is impossible to transfer a bathroom or a bathroom to the territory of a living space. This is due not only to the difficulties of the overall sewer system, but also to the leakage that can occur in the living rooms of the neighbors below;

• the transfer of gas pipes is prohibited;
• dismantling of sewer riser;
• it is impossible to add balconies and other constructions without permission;
• these conditions should be met so as not to harm the home. Their non-observance is punishable by fines.

The metric area of ​​the apartment will expand to the banal way - to remove all the walls. In the "twin" is allowed to do.For example, in the corner apartment after such changes in the room there will be two windows, which will make the room lighter. You can "play" with the size, but there are many other tricks with which you can fool your eyesight without resorting to destruction.

White color expands the space, while dark color makes it deep.. By choosing the right color scheme of the walls, you can get additional volume. The ceiling can be mirrored. This will lead the eye into another space. If there is no readiness for radical solutions, the glossy stretch ceiling will help. And the dark color will reflect more.

The self-leveling floor with a deep pattern, longitudinally directed floorboards, bright glossy tiles in non-residential areas will all play into the visual increase in the area. In a small room do not need to accent the furniture. Let it merge with the general background of the room. It should not be much. Multifunctional transformers will arrange any small space.

A properly designed window will also work.It is better to refuse a complex and modern design. The window should be simple and bright. If the falling curtains fall on the floor, the ceiling will appear higher.

For the kitchen - a maximum of blinds or thin curtains. Lighting will complement the work on the expansion of space. It is better to refuse the central chandelier. More suitable spot lightinglocated along the walls. You can highlight glass furniture or walls with accents on paintings and mirrors. Living rooms can be left separate, if properly work with the space.

Fashionable projects of the Khrushchev era are not well matched with the demands of modern tenants. Passage rooms are so small that living in them is uncomfortable even for one person, not to mention the family, so all rework options and any design should work only to increase the area.

Starting work on redevelopment, you need to clearly know how and for whom the rebuilt premises will serve. It is better to sketch a picture of future changes. But no matter how disturbed the flight of fantasy, there should always be three zones in the apartment: a kitchen, a bedroom, a place of rest and socializing.The presence of the bathroom and the bathroom goes without saying.

There may be some difficulties in the redevelopment of the corner housing. In it the area of ​​the walls facing the street is larger than in the inner apartments. Consequently, they are more capable of receiving cold and sound, and this should be taken into account when starting construction work. There are various options for improving living space, for example:

• adjacent rooms are separated by a small corridor;
• combined living room with kitchen (do not forget that the working area of ​​the kitchen should be closed at least with a movable partition);
• combined bathroom and toilet;
• You can use the studio option - when all partitions are removed in a residential area;
• it is possible to increase the territory at the expense of a balcony or loggia. In this embodiment, it is worth remembering the inviolability of the heating system. Destroying a dividing window, the radiator can be covered with a nightstand or a bar;

There are many variants of the Khrushchev dvushek and it will be necessary to rebuild them individually, so for all of them one project is not enough. Let's try to consider the options:

• for the "undershirts" characteristic symmetrical arrangement of rooms.The doors of each of them go out into the corridor from different sides. The layout is not bad, alterations in such apartments are often associated with an increase in the kitchen, bathroom or bathroom. As an option, it is proposed to connect the bathroom to the toilet, and the kitchen from one of the rooms;

• tram option unsuccessful for living, if the family has more than two people. When one room enters another, someone has to live on the aisle. In such cases, lengthen the corridor and make the rooms separate. And the end of the corridor will involve a spacious wardrobe;

• "book" also has a passing room. Here you can combine a hall with a kitchen, and separate the bedroom by a corridor;

• rooms in the "mini-improved" all separate, and the bathroom is not connected to the bathroom. But this apartment option also needs improvement. The kitchen of 5 square meters is far from comfort. You can try to make out the pantry, move the bathroom and add a few meters to the kitchen;

• it is impossible to make a full three-room apartment from the “two-room apartment”, because it is planned according to the principle: one room - one window. It is possible to indicate in the plan, for example, a dressing room, and instead of shelves to cram the desktop, but there will not be comfort in such a deaf room even with good lighting;

• There is another version of the redevelopment (the most radical) - to disassemble all the walls and plan the rooms in their own way. In this case, it should be remembered that the heating system, communications and ventilation can not be changed;