What distinguishes laminate for wall finishing from other similar ones?
The basis is a similar design to a sandwich. The multilayer panel has four( rarely five) layers, which are up to 12-15 mm in thickness, can reach up to 0.3 m wide and 2 m long. Initially, the cover, invented in Sweden, was used exclusively for sex. But the magnificent consumer properties of the artificial panel led to the fact that now it is attached to the wall.
Among the qualities inherent in the material, we can distinguish its high strength and resistance to external factors, combined with ease and ease of processing and installation. During the manufacture of panels, the manufacturer creates a lower stabilization layer impregnated with resins.
The structural layer of the carrier base is made using HDF technology, which provides high density of the layer material. Therefore, the lining of the walls with a laminate gives a surface with high strength, far exceeding the strength of popular plastic panels.
Special feature of wall decoration with laminate
But along with this, the highest popularity of laminate provides a fantastic variety of design: it is possible to imitate almost any natural material, the most amazing fantasy drawings and textures. Such diversity, along with quality and durability, leads to the fact that it is becoming more popular to decorate the walls with a laminate.
With all it is necessary to note that the technique of installing panels in wall finishing, as well as in the installation of floor coverings, is simple and fast execution speed. Laying the laminate on the wall also makes it possible to hide irregularities without resorting to "wet" plastering or shpatlevaniya technologies.
As you know, laminate panels( lamellas) can have two types of connectors: earlier "lock" type and advanced with "click" type latches. The latter type is so easy to assemble that it does not require any special experience and can be mounted even by unskilled workers.
When deciding how to fix the laminate on the wall, you can resort to the usual wooden frame crate of bars and racks. Between the wall and the inner side of the lamella base, there are often additional insulating materials in the form of sheets of foam polyurethane foams or layers of mineral wool.
The step of the vertical and horizontal elements of the carcass planking should provide sufficient rigidity of the coating after its fastening and also depends on the width and length of the panels.
Wall laminate can imitate valuable woods or stone materials, or an unimaginable variety of others. Selecting the coloring of the panels in the tone of the floor covering, or choosing contrasting combinations, you can get very modern solutions for decorating the walls with observance of age-old traditions.
In addition, laminates have become popular, imitating not only the color and tone of natural material, but also the structure of its surface. And smooth or rough laminated panels are perfectly washed, wiped, simple and hygienic in cleaning.
We begin installation of the
wall laminate. When preparing the laminate on the wall, it is necessary to occupy the room. Carry out work only after two days of soaking the material at room temperature. Wet and wet stages of work must be completed before the beginning of the walls. Depending on the material of the construction, it may be necessary to use wooden or plastic plugs to fix the frame elements.
Despite the fact that the design of the walls with a laminate can be attributed to the techniques of quick and dry decoration, it is better to pre-plaster and seal cracks and chips on the walls in the room and so on. When installing the skeleton framework, before you put the laminate on the wall, you need to ensure the verticality and lack of curvature of the future surface.
For this, a construction level test, 2-2.5 meters long, is used. In the required places between the bar( or rod) and the wall you need to put pieces of the board, providing the required level. Fastening of the bars to the wall can be carried out on screws of self-tapping screws. Using a screwdriver or an electric drill with a suitable attachment greatly speeds up the operations. Heads of screws are heated to the level of the surface of the bar.
Technique of work, how to mount a laminate on the wall, differs little from doing similar work for flooring. Just like on the floor, the lamellas must be tightened before they are permanently attached to the crate. It is very convenient to use special metal overlays with a flat hook for fastening the panel.
They are closely crocheted on the groove of the groove and nail to the elements of the frame, allowing you to tighten the next panel. The use of fastening with nails, nailing the inner groove of the groove to the wooden frame elements is inconvenient because it is possible to damage the panel in the area of the outer edge of the groove, or loosely clog the nail head and thus complicate the installation of the next lamella.
From the tools needed for work, you can call a hacksaw on wood or electric jigsaw, roulette, construction cord, plumb and level, corner. And also a pencil or marker, a hammer, a conventional screwdriver, a construction knife or scissors. For fastening, as already mentioned, you need screws, nails, fasteners, wooden or plastic plugs. For clarity of the process, how to lay the laminate on the wall, the video is shown on our website.