Also, many drew attention to the fact that the walls in the corridors are only half painted – there is paint below, and the usual whitewash on top. The fact is that they painted only the lower part of the staircase (according to SanPiN – sanitary and epidemiological requirements) in order to protect the walls from dirt and mold. These were mainly non-marking colors – blue and green. It was believed that inscriptions and unpainted areas would not be visible on them.
And you probably noticed narrow stripes of paint along the edges of the steps. They were applied to make it easier to sweep debris out of corners during cleaning. More precisely, to make it easier to see.
What other repair rules were in the Soviet past
– Wallpapering? Only for old newspapers! With the help of an additional layer of paper, the surface of the walls was slightly leveled, and it was easier to glue the wallpaper to the paper than to a bare wall.
– There is linoleum on the floor. Sometimes there was parquet, but this is quite rare. Usually, in new buildings, concrete floor slabs were covered with plywood, and linoleum was laid on top. Which, by the way, designers recently called one of the ugliest trends.
– Ceiling – whitewash. What else? There were no paints for the walls at that time, no tiles either, they had not heard of stretch ones. And whitewashing is simple, cheap, and it looks fresh.
– Do it yourself. Few could afford to hire a brigade of workers. And what kind of lordship is this? Call relatives, friends – and jointly make repairs. And then go to help them, as the need arises.