Mounting rack ceiling with his hands in the kitchen

Mounting rack ceiling - the best option for the kitchen, where the humidity level is always elevated. It is a suspension structure, the main casing which is usually recruited from plastic or metal slats (aluminum, steel). For the ceiling, they are fastened by special profile system and protection against corrosion and a humid beautiful appearance they It provides a colored coating that can be set to your liking, and even combined in accordance with the design kitchen.

Advantages and disadvantages

Pinion ceilings for kitchen thanks to a special assembly technology and properties of selected materials for them have an impressive number of advantages:

• Absolute humidity - polymeric resins that a thin continuous film coated slats, no water is passed to the metal strips. A plastic and aluminum slats and does not afraid of corrosion. Fasteners are also well protected from rust, but thanks to galvanizing.
• Relatively low weight - easy lamellae are 0.4-0.7 mm thick. This makes it possible to deal with their own installation, does not overload the mounting base and the ceiling, but does not sag decorating.
• Ability to create a seamless structure even in large kitchens due to the great length of the panels 3 to 6 m.
• High maintainability. Of course, the deformed element without losing the look is not even out, but it is easy to replace in case of damage, instead of restoring all the trimmings.
• A variety of colors and effects due to the polymer powder coating.

Note that the rack ceiling frame is not able to withstand the weight of the additional elements (lamps, railing suspension), as it is only self-supporting structure. All devices have to be installed on individual hangers and bring them below the false ceiling.

Another disadvantage of these systems - they do not leak air, so often they need to punch the air vents. However, this problem can be solved simply by selecting the rack for the kitchen ceiling with perforated strips. This applies only to areas with high humidity and appropriate ventilation requirements. If you have a fairly large and well ventilated kitchen, a cooker hood above the hob is working correctly, the dampness of the ceiling slats reaches a critical level.

Getting Started

Set rack ceiling with his hands will be easy. All you need for this job usually comes already included in the decorative Strips, but is sold separately:

• Crevice and corner profiles;
• Mounting rail with locking grooves in which the rack just snapped;
• Adjustable ceiling hangers.

There are two methods of mounting rails. The first - an assembly of panels back to back, allowing us to obtain a continuous web. However, it is such a mounting method with suspended ceilings engagement strips each other further complicates the replacement of individual elements. In case of damage or breakdown of the built-in lamp disassemble have almost the entire structure to get to the problem area.

The second option - is the installation of open type. Here it between the bars are neat little slot width 15 mm. They are formed by simple laying rails next to each other without engagement and provide a good ventilation of the inner space. However, to cover the technological gaps still need to, or the design will look messy. To do this, use the special laths, which are installed at the final assembly stage.

The procedure works:

1. Make marks on the wall, marking the desired height of the false ceiling. Check that all the points are in the same horizontal plane (here handy laser level). The frame is attached to the suspensions at a distance of 5-12 cm from the main surface - and these figures need to be guided.
2. According to the size of the markup to remove the ceiling and cut in accordance with their angular profile. Fasten it to the intended line to the wall using dowels, screws, keeping step attachment 50-60 cm.
3. Mark the ceiling to install the hangers. They must defend from the nearest wall at 30-40 cm, and then placed with the same pitch of 90-100 cm.
4. Further installation is performed properly rack ceiling. For this it is necessary to fix adjustable hangers anchors at the marked points, set their level with respect to the predetermined plane of the guide.
5. After every 1-1.2 meters (within) attached to the support rails suspensions. They are arranged perpendicular to the decorative trim strips. Again, check with the help of all levels. The traverse is not necessary rests on the profile fixed to the wall, but too much distance between them is better not to leave - optimally placed them in 10 mm from the guide.
6. Now you need to unpack the rack, remove them with a protective film and cut to size. In this case, the length of the panels should be 3-5 mm less than the distance between opposite walls - it will easily establish a thin, flexible strip in place.
7. Insert the rail into the guide traverse and gently snap it into the grooves along the entire length. In parallel, you can adjust the height of the false ceiling, twirling suspensions.

So one by one set all trim slats. If the latter does not fit on the width of its slit. To do this, you need to make a long knife with a notch on the markup and repeatedly tilting-straightening edge break off her. To simplify the problem to unnecessary parts can add transverse incisions and tear off a piece of strip.

After mounting rack ceiling with his hands is completed, you must close the joints on the perimeter decorative baseboards and gaps between the slats (if design, assembled on an open type) - overlays.

(25 estimates mean: 4,80 of 5)

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