What can you save on when renovating your summer cottage?

Electrical wiring

According to official statistics, a quarter of the total number of fires in Russia are caused by short circuits. If the electrical wiring of the country house is old and has problems: it periodically knocks out plugs, sparks fly during power surges, you need to find money for its complete alteration.

Replacing an electrician in a country house will be much cheaper than in an apartment, because the wires do not have to be laid inside the walls, you can make them open or hide them in cheap plastic cable channels.

A fire caused by faulty electrical wiring will cause enormous damage to the house.

Construction Materials

It is not necessary to repair the roof or pour the foundation every year, therefore such serious alterations require a thorough approach. Roofing material is cheap, but it can leak after 2-3 seasons.

It would be much more expedient to put a metal tile, profile or slate on the roof. It is also necessary to build up the foundation that has crumbled over the winter with high-quality, and, as a result, expensive materials. It will be easier to work with them, and the service life of the updated and fortified base of the house will double.

A bad roof will cause high humidity. As a result, you will also have to spend money on the fight against mold.

Windows and doors

Strong entrance doors and windows are the guarantor of safety for the owners of the house. The summer cottages are unattended for most of the year, and if the gardening security works from time to time, hooligans can get into them.

It is not necessary to install the most expensive insulated metal door and triple plastic double-glazed windows. Wooden windows and doors will also do, you just need to install reliable locks.

A reliable door should be installed so that in the spring you do not have to eliminate the consequences of a burglary.

Communications

Plumbing at a summer cottage is considered a luxury. In order to make it yourself, you will need to spend a lot of money and effort. However, the advantages of the water supplied to the house will easily cancel out negative emotions from the laying of communications.

People love comfort, and the ability to wash normally, wash dishes or vegetables without using a basin is priceless. The owners of the plumbing will have to think about the drain pit. It is also better not to save on its arrangement.

The solution will be to equip two pits at once, which will be used in turn. If summer residents are in gardening until the fall, it makes sense to think about insulating the house or building a stove. The cost of implementing these plans will be more than offset by the money saved on electricity.

The lack of free access to water destroys the dacha romance

garden tools

Miser pays twice. This must be remembered when choosing garden tools. It has been used for decades, and in order for the work on the site to bring only pleasant fatigue, it must be comfortable.

Professional gardeners will have to shell out a tidy sum of money at a specialty store. Sturdy shovels, sharp garden shears, a good trimmer, and sturdy garden hoses are essential in the country.

A hose that breaks at the most inopportune moment will ruin your mood and complicate watering.

When arranging a summer cottage, you can save on the interior decoration of the house, garden decor and construction services. Better to spend money on your own safety and comfort.