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When clients make a decision to remodel their home, the next question naturally is: “Can I stay in my home during a home renovation?” The answer is most often yes. Of course if it’s an extensive whole-house renovation then we evaluate each project on case by case basis. The first thing I always recommend – as always ask your contractor many questions during interview/feasibility phase of process and you will know that he isn’t professional or doesn’t have confidence from his response. Your contractor should be trustworthy, respectful and house trained such as not making any mess while entering into your premises with utmost care for cleanliness inside out !!! Let’s tackle the basics – the most common concerns – one by one. In order for you to stay in your home during a remodel, it must be safe and clean.Seven measures to take so you can safely stay in your home during renovation
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Have trust in your general contractor
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Have a lock box installed to a single entrance
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Have a time standard set
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Have an expectation of common decency
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Have a plan to minimize the spread of dust
- Create “negative pressure” when possible by placing a special fan in the window that exhausts air out of your home
- Scrub the air with Air Cleaners. Contractors should bring their own filters, which puts less burden on homeowners’ HVAC system as they place it at intake side of furnace and filter dirty particles before sucking them up from house’s interior design singapore;
- Enclose job site region using Protective Products’ Zipwall System or something similar for another barrier between construction zone and other parts home