Moving the kitchen to the living room. Redevelopment of the apartment

Most apartments owned by citizens do not meet modern requirements in terms of their operational and functional characteristics. Most often, the discontent of the owners is associated with non-residential rooms, especially with the kitchen. Fortunately, almost any design flaws can be fixed by overhaul. Next, we consider in detail the issue of moving the kitchen to the living room.

Variations in increasing the area of ​​the kitchen

In the framework of legislative regulation, relevant variations of the redevelopment of the kitchen space are:

1. Expansion of the room by dismantling additional elements (cabinets, mezzanines, pantries, etc.).
2. Moving the kitchen to the living room or hallway.
3. Combining the kitchen with other living rooms.
4. Expansion / integration of the kitchen with the loggia.
5. The increase in footage due to the neighboring bathroom.

Not sure how to legalize moving a kitchen to a living room? The fact is that any actions aimed at changing the kitchen space, moving the kitchen or expanding it must be coordinated with the governing bodies. All listed activities are classified as redevelopment. To do everything officially, you must submit an application to the appropriate authority. After its consideration, permission or refusal will be issued.

General Provisions

The legislation provides for general provisions that must be observed when redeveloping. Most of them are connected with the gasification of the room. These include:

1. It is unacceptable to combine a kitchen equipped with a gas stove with another room completely - only the installation of a partition is allowed. It can be movable, but always tightly closed.
2. Gas communications cannot be transferred to other rooms without special permission from the regulatory authorities. That is, without an official document to transfer a gas column or stove, for example, into the corridor, will not work.
3. You can transfer to the living room a kitchen with gas by finally disconnecting the apartment from gasification. To do this, send a request to the gas service. The procedure is very expensive both in time and money.
4. When replanning an apartment and moving the kitchen, cutting down doorways in the bearing walls is permissible. Destroy them completely is strictly prohibited! Depending on the regulations, the width of the opening varies from 90 to 120 cm.
5. In the process of redevelopment, any curtain walls within the apartment can be demolished. The competent authorities issue permission for dismantling only if there is a clear justification for this event.

What can prevent redevelopment

Before proceeding with active actions, try to get permission to transfer the kitchen to the appropriate authority. When drawing up the act, civil servants will rely on the standards established by law. There are many aspects to this issue, they need special attention.

Factors that may interfere with the transfer of the kitchen to the living room:

1. Change in living conditions for the worse. For example, the expansion of the kitchen space due to the area of ​​the bathroom refers to this item. Even if the footage of the bathroom makes it possible to do this. The footage of the bathroom is reduced, respectively, there is a deterioration in living conditions. More recently, few people paid attention to this moment. To get approval, the owner had only to draw up an application for a voluntary change of these conditions.In the current circumstances, such a document has no value.
2. Violation of water supply and electricity. If in the process of moving the kitchen an intervention in these systems is expected, then consent may not be issued. Although this issue is easily solved, the main thing is that the approach to these networks should be open.
3. Changing the heating system of the room. It is impossible to move the kitchen, for example, to the loggia, since this process is accompanied by a violation of the temperature regime. The conclusion of the heating system to the balcony is prohibited by technological standards.
4. The likelihood of harming neighbors. It is impossible to transfer the kitchen to the room in the apartment if the neighbors have a living room under it. The kitchen, like the bathroom, is equipped with a water supply system, and this is accompanied by the danger of flooding the lower tiers.

Before you begin the overhaul, think about all the difficulties that may get in your way. Carefully study all the factors that influence the process of redevelopment and obtaining permits.

Moving a kitchen to a room

Despite the large number of restrictions and nuances, citizens manage to carry out a planned redevelopment. Moreover, most often, they are guided by legal grounds. Sometimes a philistine trick comes to the rescue.

So, the legitimate reasons for moving the kitchen are:

1. Placing the apartment on the ground floor. In this case, when replanning, you can safely operate with the norms of legislation. The actions you take will not violate the living conditions of the neighbors, since no one lives below.
2. Owning a multi-level apartment. In this situation, your repair will also not affect anyone's living conditions.
3. Moving the kitchen to the area of ​​the apartment where the neighbors below have a non-residential premises (corridor, bathroom, pantry, etc.).
4. Placement of an apartment over a commercial organization. If under your dwelling there is a trading room, cafe, hotel, etc., then there is no point in worrying about a ban on redevelopment. Any business is not related to housing. Accordingly, the established norms do not apply to it.

Proper transfer of household appliances

The kitchen is the room where most household appliances are located. After agreeing to move the kitchen to the living room, you should carefully consider how to arrange it. This should be done in compliance with all standards.

When considering a redevelopment project for a kitchen, the regulatory authorities do not impose stringent conditions on this subject. Special requirements apply only to the location of the sink (installation only above the non-residential room of the neighbors).

One of the main obstacles to moving a kitchen is the presence of a gas stove. When planning such a repair, do not forget that you will need to exchange it for electrical equipment. This is a prerequisite!

Installation of gas equipment in apartments is carried out only by a special service. Self-inset can result in criminal punishment, as it poses a threat to the life of the population. A gas stove is much more economical to use than an electric stove, but it is impossible to install it in a living room.

Changes in room ventilation

The conditions for the ventilation system when moving the kitchen are:

1. The exhaust opening of the new kitchen must be connected by a ventilation duct to the main system. In some cases, it can run through the entire apartment.
2. The ventilation installed in the new kitchen should close with the old. However, it is very important that it does not overlap with the equipment of the neighbors. It is impossible to combine the kitchen system and the bathroom.

Many apartment owners install suspended ceilings to mask a large number of ventilation pipes. The main difficulty of this event is to make holes in the bearing walls of the apartment.Carrying out these works requires obtaining permission from the competent services.

If the new ventilation system is long, it is recommended to install additional hoods. This will enhance natural traction.

Kitchen Transfer Rules

The process of redevelopment of the apartment with the transfer of the kitchen is accompanied by the observance of a large number of requirements and some features. Among all this, special attention should be paid to the rules for the transfer of communications. This is the basis for the functioning of the kitchen.

Water supply should be carefully thought out, including an uninterrupted supply of water to the sink and dishwasher. In addition, when moving the kitchen to a non-residential premises, care should be taken to install lighting and wiring.

Sewerage system connection

The sewerage system when moving the kitchen to the living room will need to be practically re-created. The sink will be installed in a new location, respectively, it will need to lay new pipes or extend the old ones.

Consider the placement of the water supply should be long before the preparation of the redevelopment project. This will help to eliminate unnecessary work and more specifically to formulate their desires regarding the transfer of the kitchen and the placement of household appliances.

Water pipes can be placed under the floor screed. Unfortunately, it will not work with sewer pipes. They are much wider and should be angled. The greater the distance to the riser, the greater the slope and the longer the pipe. In order to lay sewer pipes without a slope, you can use a special pump. Most often, such pumps are placed under the kitchen sink.

New kitchen lighting

The kitchen room, like any other in the apartment, should be well lit. And this applies to both natural light and electric. Wiring in the kitchen must be done, as you will need to connect some household appliances to the network. If the kitchen was moved to a former residential building, then no problems should arise with this. But with the illumination of a non-residential room, the situation is more complicated - the installation of partitions will be required.

There are two ways to solve the issue of newly made cuisine:

1. Natural light falling from a window of an adjacent room.
2. Installation of glass partitions, structures made of glass blocks or fiberglass doors.

The timing

Officially, a deadline of 45 days is set for approval of issues related to redevelopment (including the kitchen area). During this time, the responsible municipal service reviews the application and makes a decision. Next, three more days are given to inform the applicant of the decision.

Advice! It is not necessary to start repair work before obtaining a special permit, as the state imposes a fine for transferring the kitchen to the living room without permission.

In practice, each stage of approval takes quite a lot of time (from several days to several months). The timing and amount of payment increases depending on the complexity of the submitted project, the number of approvals that are necessary for implementation, and other circumstances.

Conclusion

The easiest way to move the kitchen to a room with adjacent partitions of non-capital structure, as well as if there is no gasification. In other cases, effort and time will be required. The main recommendation during construction and repair work is that you need to strive for minimal damage to the elements of the capital structure. And this also applies to ventilation, engineering systems and everything that can harm residential premises located nearby. All approvals of the project are carried out in the local municipal authority, where you can also get detailed advice on the possibility of carrying out certain works.