The advantages of installing a rack ceiling in the bathroom

To create a rack ceiling in the bathroom, it is not necessary to call the masters for this, all the work can be done easily with their own hands.

Such hinged structures are now very popular and in great demand.

For their fastening to the main ceiling using special knitting needles and metal panels, and in the resulting free space hiding the wiring for lighting.

So what's the good ceiling lath in the bathroom? To answer this question, one must disassemble the undeniable advantages of this design.

First of all, the lath ceiling is absolutely ecological and safe for the environment, which is especially important if the house has small children.

Secondly, the design provides the bathroom with additional thermal insulation and sound insulation.

Materials used for installation do not rot, do not corrode, and do not promote bacterial growth even in the wet environment of the bathroom.

In doing so, they create a coating that has dust-repelling and reflective properties, and also has an aesthetic appearance and fits well in any interior.

Among other things, the railing ceilings are extremely durable and durable( the service life is about 25 years) and due to the fact that they are simple and easy to install, they can be installed on their own( saving the budget).

Let's try to figure out which lath ceiling is best for mounting in the bathroom.

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Variants of fasteners of rack structure

Fastening of a rack ceiling can be made in the different ways. According to the method of fastening, the lath ceilings can be closed, open or have additional inserts.

The closed variant assumes the entry of racks one on another, i.e. It eliminates the appearance of intervals, due to which the coating is obtained evenly.

In the photo below you can see an example of a closed suspension system.

Open fasteners assume a small gap between each strip, which is covered with a decorative skirting width of approximately 1.5 cm.

But this option is usually suitable only for a bathroom with a large area, in a small space, this coating looks too cumbersome.

The photo below shows the view of the open rack ceiling.

The rack-and-pinion cover with inserts resembles an open version of the ceiling, but in this case, the open spaces are covered with aluminum strips, which creates an ideally smooth surface.

In this case, you can combine colors and shades, creating unique patterns on the ceiling, so this type of coverage is especially popular with designers.

To assemble such a ceiling, if desired, you can and with your own hands, the installation is not very difficult.

The photo below shows the appearance of the suspended structure with inserts.

Materials of the railing suspension system

It is possible to make a ragged suspended ceiling from different materials.

Most often in the bathroom do:

• railing ceilings made of aluminum - they have excellent characteristics and low weight, which makes it possible to install a lightweight frame;
• plastic ceilings, which are easiest to install with your own hands. Also, plastic designs are easy to care for and do not take much time to wash them;
• the so-called French ceiling structures - for them, aluminum alumina is used as the material;
• mirror ceiling surfaces, which are an excellent solution for a bathroom with a small area.

So which ceiling is best to choose? Most often for a bathroom choose mirror reechnyj a ceiling.

It has low cost excellent performance and, most importantly, mirrors visually expand the space and reflect the light sources, making the space lighter and larger.

Mirror ceiling can have a different base, both aluminum and made of some other materials, which are not affected by high humidity and corrosion, so that they can even be washed.

Because the mirrors have high light reflectance, the luminaires can be installed in a smaller quantity than with a conventional ceiling device, thus saving the budget.

Fixtures, like the mirror ceiling, are fairly easy to install by themselves and do not require any additional skills.

And now let's try to make out how to mount the rack mirror ceiling.

Install the frame

Mirrored suspended ceiling does not require special preparation of the surface of the main ceiling, so you can immediately begin to fix the wall corners and the guide profile.

In this case, the height of the gap from the ceiling to the design is selected individually( it affects the selected insulation, air ducts, electrical wires and other utilities).

The wiring of the luminaires is carried out simultaneously with the installation of the frame( taking into account the height of the lamp base).

If you do the work yourself, then the scheme for installing the frame must be disassembled in more detail:

• Place the wall corners and apply labels to the stringer;
• On the made marks we mount a profile, on which further installation of the whole structure will be carried out. To fix the profile, drill holes in it, we plug dowels into them and screw in screws. Self-tapping screws are attached every 45-50 cm, moving 3-4 cm from the ends of the guide profiles;
• Then to the wall profile panel install stringers, and above them we place suspensions( for suspensions, as a rule, clamping mechanisms with regulation are used).As fasteners we use self-tapping screws and fasteners, as in the previous version;
• After we carry out the connection of hangers and stringers to each other( it must be ensured that all load-bearing tires are located on the same horizontal line defined by the profile running along the wall).

It is not difficult to disassemble this scheme and perform the installation of the frame.

But if you do all the work yourself, then we recommend you watch the video below, which shows the detailed process of installing the wireframe system.

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Ceiling mounting

After preparation of the frame, it is possible to begin installing the rack ceiling in the bathroom.

The protective film from the material in this case is removed only after the mirror ceiling is fully installed so as not to scratch and damage its surface during operation.

Therefore, we cut the mirror rails to the required length directly in the film( only the edges of the rack panel on which the docking will be made from the film are released).

After cutting, we insert the mirror panels into the wall profiles and fix them in the grooves of the stringers( with a proper fixation, a characteristic click should sound).

We fix all the panels in this way, filling the whole area of ​​the ceiling. When the device is built-in lamps, they are installed when installing racks.

The holes in the material are cut using a drill with a nozzle of the desired diameter.

The video below shows a detailed process of installing a mirrored river ceiling with lamps( before installing it with your own hands, we advise him to look and disassemble the scheme of work):

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Attention! When installing, do not forget that the material is easily deformed, so do not exert any extra effort and strongly push the rails.

If you damaged or scratched the surface after installation( for example, during cleaning or replacement of a burnt bulb), then it is possible to replace one damaged panel with another without touching the rest of the ceiling.

Choosing fixtures

Lighting for a bath plays an important role, as correctly selected fixtures help to beat the mirror mirror ceiling in an even better light.

So which kind of lighting is best to install in the bathroom? The choice is quite wide.

These can be devices with incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, LED lamps, raster lighting fixtures.

The photo below shows the ceilings with different luminaires.

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Everyone decides what kind of lighting is best for a bath, but regardless of choice, when buying, you should follow certain tips:

• Choose lighting that is as close to natural as possible, will not cut your eyes and blind. Do not forget that you use the bathroom on waking, and before going to bed, you would not want the beginning of the day and the end of the evening to be associated with negative emotions about too bright lighting;
• Choose lamps according to the marking, which indicates their light output. The strength of the power depends on how many connection points will need to be made in the bathroom( especially this issue is important for large bathrooms, which require large lamps).

And, finally, if you are not confident in your abilities and are not ready to conduct works related to electricity, with your own hands, it's better not to risk and entrust this work to professionals.

Sometimes it is more reasonable to spend an additional amount for hiring workers than to do all the work on your own in order to save money and not be sure of the final result.