Can I do a stretch ceiling in the bathroom

Due to its practicality, durability and reasonable price stretch ceiling have long won the trust and love of apartment owners seeking to ennoble their home. Often after installing such a ceiling in one room, the owners decide to use this type of decoration throughout the apartment. And reaching the bathroom, they ask: can such ceilings be made in the bathroom, where they will constantly be exposed to high humidity? Below we will reveal all the secrets of your favorite ceiling.

Bathroom Features

The bathroom is without a doubt the wettest room in the apartment. In most apartment buildings, a standard exhaust hood simply does not cope with the removal of all moisture from this room, especially if several people live in the apartment. In such conditions, the appearance of condensate on pipes, walls and ceiling. Condensate, in turn, favors the development of mold and fungus, which leads to the need for periodic repairs in the bathroom. In such a situation, it is important to choose materials for finishing the bathroom that would be most adapted to these conditions.

Although the bathroom is not a public place, it is nevertheless visited by all the guests of your apartment. Therefore, its interior decoration will also affect the overall impression of the apartment. Naturally, the ceiling covering will definitely attract attention, and each owner takes care not only about the durability and practicality of the materials that I intend to use, but also about their aesthetic qualities. Stretch ceilings made of PVC are the best suited for this difficult task.

Why choose a PVC film?

So what qualities of stretch ceilings not only allow them to be installed in the bathroom, but also make this option of ceiling decoration one of the most attractive?

Two types of coating are used to form the plane of the stretch ceiling: fabric or polyvinyl chloride film.

• The fabric ceiling is definitely not suitable for the bathroom, as it does not have sufficient moisture resistance and quickly deforms. In addition, this material requires regular and rather laborious care. If a leak occurs on the neighbors from above, then the fabric ceiling will have to be changed.

• The stretch ceiling made of PVC film meets the required conditions as well as possible. This material is not afraid of moisture, easy to clean, save from leaks. The ceiling covering made of polyvinyl chloride can withstand up to 100 liters of water and at the same time not lose its properties. After draining the water, the dried cloth restores its properties and does not require replacement. This is important, because in most apartment buildings, bathrooms are located one above the other, and leaks, as you know, are not uncommon.

Why are stretch ceilings convenient?

The choice of apartment owners in favor of a stretch ceiling in the bathroom is often based on the speed of its installation. In a normal room, you can make repairs for a long time without experiencing any special inconvenience. With the bathroom, this will not work. In most apartments there is one bathroom and all family members use it several times every day. Therefore, it is advisable to carry out repairs as soon as possible in order to minimize inconvenience.

A team of specialists will be able to install the suspended ceiling in 2-4 hours, after which it will be possible to immediately use the bathroom in normal mode.

The inhabitants of the apartment may not even make changes to their daily routine. All the work will fit perfectly into the period of time when they are absent at home: at work or at school.

Also a positive point is the minimum of dirt and dust during the installation of the ceiling. If you plan to whitewash or paint, then you need to clean off the old coating. Before this, you will have to cover all the furniture and plumbing with a film so as not to get dirty, peeling off the old coating and applying a new one. After completion of work, you will have to carry out general cleaning.

When installing ceilings made of PVC film, you can not touch the old ceiling coating, only treat it with special solutions against fungus and mold. The small amount of dust generated during installation is easy to clean in a few minutes.

What do you need to know before installing a stretch ceiling?

Ideal materials do not exist, and stretch ceilings have their own small flaws:

• After installation, the height of the room is reduced by at least 5 cm. With standard room sizes, this is not critical, especially if there are no very tall people among the residents. The decrease in height is compensated by the ability to remove all wiring and communications under the ceiling plane.

Before starting installation, you should consider the layout of the fixtures, in the future, changing the place of their mounting is very problematic.

• The surface of the web can easily be damaged during mechanical stress. But in the bathroom this is unlikely.
• A stretched PVC film rarely has a width of more than 2 m. With a large bathroom, you will have to look for wider rolls or to make a seam on the ceiling surface. However, the size of the bathrooms in most apartments is more than modest, so this situation is extremely rare.
• Overlappings under the film are poorly ventilated. But, having pre-treated them with antifungal drugs, you can close this question for a long time.

• Stretch ceilings are almost impossible to install with your own hands. This process requires not only specific skills, but also the availability of special expensive tools and equipment. So you have to hire a team of professionals.
• Pretty high cost. You have to pay for comfort, installation materials and services will be expensive. But in return you will get a beautiful and durable ceiling covering installed in the shortest possible time.

PVC film color selection

Stretch ceilings coated with PVC film are divided into two varieties: matte and glossy. In glossy ceilings, many are annoyed by glare that appears when light hits its surface. But such a material visually increases the space of the bathroom. Dark glossy ceilings allow you to create a unique mirror effect. At a cost they are a little more expensive than matte.

The most commonly used colors for suspended ceilings are light colors: white, beige or blue. In this case, the color of the ceiling should harmoniously fit into the overall interior of the room. There are several ways to select the desired color of the PVC film:

1. The easiest way is to choose the color of the ceiling in tone tiles, which are lined with the walls of the bathroom. Almost a win-win solution, but not original.
2. The ceiling of contrasting colors can not be used in small rooms, it will make it visually even smaller. But in large bathrooms it can look pretty good.
3. To make the bathroom brighter and more open, use white. The matte surface simulates a ceiling with a normal coating after painting or whitewashing. For very small bathrooms it is recommended to use a white glossy surface.
4. Add a highlight to the interior photo printing applied to the film. In this case, the ceiling can be a separate element in the design of the bathroom or resonate with some interior details, such as furniture or tile decor.

Thus, stretch ceilings are not only well suited for bathrooms, but also provide ample opportunities for design solutions that will make the room beautiful and unique.