Repair

Repair (equipment) - a set of measures to restore the working or serviceable condition of an object and / or restore its resource.

Reasons for the repair

Repair is carried out if it is impossible or impractical to replace the products with similar new ones. Often, products become morally obsolete much earlier than their resource is exhausted before repair, or the cost of producing products in a non-repairable version is significantly lower - in these cases, manufacturers try to switch to the production of products in a non-repairable version. Typical examples are single-chip computers, non-separable devices, etc.

Types of repair (technics)

• Cosmetic - restoring the appearance without interfering with the structure (the household name for the current repair).

• Medium (Recovery) - usually performed with the replacement of parts of the device that have undergone wear, or with their modification (surfacing, boring, soldering, and so on)

• Current (Small) - repair in order to restore serviceability (operability), as well as maintain operational performance. Minor repairs were abolished in the 1980s and brought into line with current repairs.
• Capital - involves disassembly and revision of the structure in order to identify hidden faults and assess the resource of parts, replacing not only faulty parts, but also parts that have exhausted their resource. Such repairs involve a large amount of work and significant costs.Allows you to notify users in advance of the termination of operation, as well as plan the costs associated with equipment downtime.
• Planned (scheduled preventive) - repair in the time interval planned by the regulations. It is carried out after the device has reached the end of its resource, or in the event that the device's operability after a malfunction is partially preserved, or partially restored as a result of restorative repair. Allows you to notify users in advance of the termination of operation, as well as plan the costs associated with equipment downtime.

Types of repairs (residential premises)

According to generally accepted standards, there are several types of repair work in houses, buildings and structures.

Overhaul

Major home repairs include a set of works of the following type:

• interior and exterior design;

• transportation of necessary building materials;

• carrying out and / or repair of engineering communications;

• internal finishing works;

• in some cases, delivery and installation of furniture.

It is customary to turn to the services of a major overhaul of a house in case of settling in an originally non-residential premises or with a complete change in the interior design of the premises.

Redecorating

Redecoration of an apartment involves a set of works of the following type:

• minimal design of the interior and exterior of the premises;

• repair of existing utilities;

• interior finishing work

The process of redecorating a dwelling is a simplified version of a major renovation and is often used to update the design and / or eliminate visual defects in the interior.

Related concepts

• Restoration - basically this term is used in relation to works of art. Unlike simple repairs, it involves significant research work aimed at maximum preservation of the appearance, and sometimes the internal structure of works of art.

• Maintainability - the property of the structure to restore performance as a result of repair [1], suitability for repair and maintenance. In some cases, maintainability has to be sacrificed for other qualities, such as downsizing.
• Maintenance is a set of operations or an operation to maintain the operability or serviceability of the product when used for its intended purpose, waiting, storing and transporting. As well as repair, it may include the replacement of any parts. Unlike repair, maintenance is necessary for serviceable and not lost their performance products.
• Renovation is a popular name for the repair of apartments, buildings and structures using materials and techniques that were practically not used in the USSR before its collapse, usually quite expensive. The term "European-quality repair" is not fixed in the regulatory documents - it is rather conditional. In the 1990s, it was used to define the highest level of repair. For definiteness, “European-quality repair” means the compliance of repair work with the requirements of SNiP in terms of “high-quality” level.

• Turnkey repair is the repair of residential and non-residential premises, which implies the possibility of using the premises immediately after the completion of the repair work. Includes the following types of work: Wall, floor and ceiling cladding; installation of windows and doors; electrical, sanitary and engineering works on heating, water supply and sanitation.