Plastic panels in the interior design can successfully replace expensive natural materials
The walls and the ceiling of the plastic panels in the kitchen and bathrooms meets these criteria maximally, owing to the properties of their material characteristics and design. Plastic panels are hollow "board" PVC reinforced with internal stiffening ribs. Panel manufacturers are available in the following sizes:
- length 2.7-3.0 or 6.0 meters;
- width of 25 or 50 centimeters;
- thickness of 5-10 mm.
Useful advice! The plates are designed for ceiling, lighter and thinner than those which sheathe the walls. Accordingly, care must be taken when assembling the plastic panels from the ceiling: his hands hurt them just as easily as a tool.
Via PVC panels can be finished not only the ceiling in the kitchen, but also the walls that are easy to keep clean
Collected from the plastic panels for ceiling and wall surfaces convenient during assembly, practical in operation, are stable to prolonged exposure to hot gas, dirt and moisture. They are able to endure and extreme load conditions, ie, in case of accident (breakout water communications, the Gulf and so on.) can hold a large volume of water and to withstand heating to 70-80 ° C. In this case, the material from which made the ceiling panels (PVC), does not break and does not lose its properties. For repair design is enough to remove it from the ceiling to dry and then rebuild on the site.
Plastic panels for ceiling are hollow bar PVC reinforced with internal stiffening ribs
Installation of plastic panels on the ceiling
The whole complex of works on installation of the ceiling of the plastic panels (fotoinstruktsii video and at the same time very useful) can be divided into the following stages:
- Selection and calculation of material.
- Determining the distance between the suspended ceiling and the base.
- Installation of the ceiling frame.
- Device wiring.
- Installation of plastic panels.
Plastic panels are ideal for finishing the bathroom
Selection and sizing material
The range of plastic panels for a ceiling on the market of finishing materials, unusually wide. In accordance with the selected method of finishing walls and ceilings plastic panels can pick-dedicated or hidden seams. Also available panels of different colors, patterned and without the matte, glossy and specular as well as an imitation of natural surfaces such as wood, stone, metal and so forth. The most popular consumer plastic pane the size of 2.7-3.0 m by 25 cm in white color, which can easily fit into any interior. At the same time for a bathroom or kitchen plastic panels preferred glossy: they visually enlarge a small interior.
White panels on the ceiling height of the room visually increase
Useful advice! For the premises which are higher than 2.70 meters, suitable panel of any color, but it is better to use pastel, neutral tones. Low ceilings, it is desirable to decorate plates mirror or light colors to visually expand the volume of the room.
Plastic panels for the ceiling should withstand only your weight, so they are thinner and less durable than similar products for walls.
The ceiling and walls of the living room are decorated with white glossy PVC panels
To calculate how much you need plastic panels for the ceiling, the ceiling size (an area) is divided by the area of one panel, which is listed on the packaging. The resulting value is rounded upwards and is added to 15-20% more cuts of terminations and discontinuities.
Useful advice! It is necessary to correctly calculate the required amount of plastic panels on the basis of floor space. Headlining the event will occupy the least possible amount of time.
Laser level very convenient to use when marking the height of the ceiling
Prepare the ceiling for finishing plastic panels
One advantage of using PVC panels - no need for complicated work surface preparation. The panels themselves remarkably hide the irregularities of the ceiling, his small cracks and defects. Enough to produce sweep crumbling whitewash, if any. Then it is necessary to clean the surface and treat it with a special compound against mold and mildew.
Useful advice! Perhaps the use of wooden beams for the ceiling frame manufacture of plastic panels in the room. Photo or video details of the mounting frame is easy to find on the network resources dedicated to the repair and construction.
Use of components for PVC panels with different methods of mounting
Panel before starting the installation to be put on a clean, dry and flat surface so that they lie down. This will greatly facilitate the process.
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Mounting frame
To determine the lowest point of the base of the ceiling is necessary to take into account the existence of irregularities, projections and beams, communication, buried wires and dimensions of lighting fixtures. From this point, begin counting the frame plane, making an indentation from the ceiling to the desired distance. Usually between the base and suspended ceilings, making a gap of 6-7 cm. Having determined the position of the carcass on the walls perpendicular to the one where the door is located, mark space for supporting and guiding lines for other profiles or U-shaped elements.
Installation diagram of the false ceiling of the plastic panels
Useful advice!The walls and ceiling must be checked for hidden wiring. This is done using a special detector or invite experts.
Profiles are mounted in increments of 60-100 cm, verifying the level of.
If between the base and the ceiling is supposed to seal the wiring or the ventilation pipes, they should be fixed between the frame members to installation of plastic panels.
In the frame of PVC ceiling panels conveniently hide wiring Communications
Finishing the ceiling with plastic panels
Videos and photos provide a much better understanding of how to make a ceiling of plastic panels than the verbal description of the process.
Useful advice! Is preferably positioned parallel to the ceiling panels of the wall where the door is.
Attention is drawn to the main points:
- plastic panels must be prepared in advance;
- cut plate relies on a length of 5 mm less than the length of the room;
- to obtain a clean cut they should be sanded;
As a frame for installation of plastic panels on the ceiling, you can use wooden slats
- being careful not to damage the panel with a knife or with a drill with a special nozzle makes a hole under the lights;
- before installing the panels to remove the plastic film.
So, one of the main advantages of using plastic panels for the ceiling is a unique ease of assembly, provided the characteristics of their design. Play-locks on the sides make it possible to perform the installation of the ceiling panels of the plastic by hand. Videos and photos, along with the instructions that can be found on the network, showcase the entire workflow.
