Repairs stretch ceiling - self-eliminate common problems
Table of contents
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1 How the suspended ceiling
- 1.1 Eliminating puncture
- 1.2 How to repair a breakdown, which is very distant from the wall
- 1.3 How to drain the water properly
- 2 To summarize
There have been many injuries vinyl ceilings and with the majority of these problems can be dealt with on their own, without professional help
What to do if you accidentally damaged vinyl ceiling? Or, for example, what to do if the top neighbors flooded, and the web has inflated bubble? Our experience allows me to say that anyone can carry out repairs stretch ceiling with your hands, without the help of professionals.
How the suspended ceiling
Before you repair the suspended ceiling with his hands, I suggest to get acquainted with the construction of vinyl ceiling, to know what to deal with.
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Harpoon mounting method. It is the most common option, in which the web can be repeatedly removed from and inserted back baguette. Harpoon - a plastic strip, which is glued or welded on the blade perimeter. During installation, the spear is inserted into the gap special baguette where retained due latches and due to stretch ceiling. |
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Generator (shtapikovy) method fasteners. This method - a kind of harpoon design. Here, in the profile, is fixed around the room, set the web, which clamping wedge is fixed. To the perimeter of fabric stretched ceiling was not much technological gap, set the decorative bead. |
Why the proposed scheme? To eliminate most of the damage will have to disassemble the suspended ceiling. And to do it with your hands, you need to know how it was harvested.
Eliminating puncture
Such repair ceilings relevant if a puncture or incision located no further 10-15 cm from the wall.
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preparation tool. To work need two large slotted screwdriver, flat spatula, cyanoacrylate (super) glue, powerful hair dryer or heat gun. |
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releases the harpoon. Near from damage, as shown in the photo, a screwdriver inserted into the gap. Gently pushed to the blade slot. Not pressing on the canvas, click the screwdriver flat on the wall profile fixed to the wall. That is, we need to achieve, to show the edge of a harpoon, and we could put in the slot in the gap. After one screwdriver unbent profile, insert and a second screwdriver two screwdrivers pushing the gap. |
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We take out the canvas. In the extended nip to the inserted screwdriver inserts his trowel. Click on the spatula, so he raised the harpoon, and that the web has departed. Thereby take out the web about two feet on either side of the hole. |
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gluing breakdown. This is the first way to fix the problem. If you have a spare piece of vinyl fabric, it can be cut from the patch. Cut the patch should be pasted on the back side of the web in the cyanoacrylate adhesive. As a result, the hole almost not visible and the hole does not disperse further. |
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slit. It is more correct way to convert the suspended ceiling, eliminating breakdown.
Please note - the farther the sample is from the wall, the longer should be the cut side is located near the harpoon. |
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to seal the incision.
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Set the harpoon in its original position.
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How to repair a breakdown, which is very distant from the wall
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The use of vinyl stickers. According to the size and shape of the cut selected and purchased special vinyl stickers. These stickers can be ordered and purchased at companies producing billboards and other articles of ORACAL films. The sticker will cover not only cut, but also does not give damage to the increase in size. To label did not become a constant reminder of the hole in the ceiling, such as decorative elements can be pokleit and in other areas of the web. |
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Installing the grille or spotlighting. If the breakdown or cut is closer to the center of the room, but the defect has a size of no more than 5 cm, it can be hidden by setting the ventilation grill or light. Plastic grille-mounted vinyl ceiling is suitable not any. Correctly matched grating is glued using superglue. Installing spotlights - it's a great idea to disguise the break. But in order to cause the lamp to work, the web will have to be dismantled and to bring the wiring. |
How to drain the water properly
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Water drainage through the opening chandeliers.
Note that the pull-ring holding in one place can not be, as it will crack. Therefore, the retaining ring more fingers in two of three points.
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Draining water through web edge. This option is relevant if there are no openings under the chandelier:
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To summarize
Now that you know what to do if the ceiling burst or sag under the weight of the water. All of these issues are addressed in the article is simple, and professional adaptation of a stretch ceiling is not required. I recommend to view the video in this article - I am sure you will be interested.
