Ceiling tiles from foam: their types and characteristics of installation

With tiles of foam can be easily and quickly decorate the ceiling

Ceiling tiles from foam: properties, types and their characteristics

Extruded polystyrene (Styrofoam), and in use foam - a very versatile material. Because it makes a lot of different products, and building materials. Due to its structure with millions of small cells filled with air, it has a very necessary for finishing materials properties:

• low thermal conductivity, which allows you to keep heat inside the building, the finished foam;
• the possibility of making an article of any shape;
• pliability for processing;
• incredible ease.

Examples of ceiling tiles design

Ceiling tiles from foam in most versions have a square shape. The dimensions of the squares are 500x500, 250x250, or 300x300 mm. Sometimes there are instances 1000H165 square mm, which are called panels, and are used for decoration of public non-residential premises. There are tiles and other geometric shapes, even irregular. From this it can be spread entire composition different themes.

Combining in finishing the ceiling in the kitchen foam tiles and other materials

The simplest versions of tiles have the usual white foam with a simple ornament on the front surface. They are designed for finishing ceilings for painting water-based formulations. For this reason, they do not have a glossy surface, which provides good ink absorbency. ordinary tile cost is minimal, so the cost of its acquisition will not exceed the expenditure ceiling for painting a similar area.

Tiles made of foam on the ceiling in the kitchen

The thickness of the foam of any tile does not exceed 14 mm, and more often is in the range of from 2.5 to 8 mm. Because of this, considering the specific gravity of the foam, the weight of 1 m2 of the coating does not exceed 400g. That is, in a room of 20 m2 can be coated with a material, whose overall weight of 4 kg. Except the tile industry produces a large number of other products from the same polystyrene: moldings, cornices, rosettes, plinth. This allows you to attach ceiling finished appearance in the same style.

Colored foam tiles on the kitchen ceiling

Useful advice!When buying tiles styrofoam 500x500mm necessary, after measuring the area of ​​a pasted surface to round the result to a larger integer multiple of 5. After all, along one of the walls of the tiles have to be cut. When laying diagonally desired amount of material needs to be increased by 15%.

Examples of laminated dyed and ceiling tiles

During the manufacturing process the manufacturer uses a variety of industrial technologies to make the front the surface of the tiles required type: smooth or embossed, laminated or not, white or colored.

Particular note must be tiles that use seamless stacking technology. They have standard dimensions of 500x500 mm, but their edges are provided with a special embossed form, and the material is very pliable and soft. For this reason, the tiles can be combined so that the seam will not be seen simply. This tile requires special gluing technology and a special quick-setting glue.

The ceiling in the living room decorated with foam tiles

All the pros and cons of the foam ceiling tiles

As with any material for decoration, tile has properties both positive and negative. If we talk about the undoubted advantages, it is:

• insulating properties;
• Resistance to moist air;
• resistance to fungus and various kinds of mold;
• inability to rotting;
• very low price.

Mounting plates of foam on the suspension frame

In addition, the ceiling tiles from foam successfully cope with masking slight irregularities surface of the ceiling. For gluing the material on the ceiling does not require any special tools, knowledge and skills.

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Tile has serious drawbacks:

• Flammability foam tile does not allow to use it in children's institutions. Even those products that are made of a special fire-modern technology, able to melt with the release of toxic volatile substances.
• Bad soundproof quality polystyrene.
• The presence of a significant number of joints that give the impression of incompleteness ceiling. This drawback has been eliminated by creating a seamless tile.

The traditional color of the ceiling tiles - white

Useful advice!The foam during prolonged exposure to sunlight start irreversible processes. They evolve gradually, but lead to the deformation and destruction of the structure. For this reason, this tile is not necessary to glue in the open spaces, terraces, verandas or light.

Technology gluing of polystyrene ceiling tiles

As mentioned earlier, pasting ceiling ceiling tiles of the foam is not complicated and high-tech process. Perform this work any person with sufficient precision, patience and care. This should be done on a specific instruction in several stages.

• Preparatory works comprise the complete cleaning of the ceiling surface of old coatings and various contaminants. In this case, significant differences and irregularities should be corrected. To carry out the installation you need to buy the correct adhesive. The one that is sold specifically for this tile, having a transparent color, not very useful, as it is intended for a perfectly smooth ceiling. Tile in its use is necessary to strongly press the ceiling and long hold until the glue grabs. This is very inconvenient, since a long time and tired hands. In this case, after a certain time of the tiles can also fall off. So buy the best white quick installation or any plaster finish.

Finishing the ceiling tiles from expanded polystyrene - economical and practical option

Useful advice!If the adhesive is long sets and keep your hands get tired of foam ceiling tiles, you can make special props like long mop. Their length must strictly match the ceiling height minus the thickness of the tiles.

The use of the foam ceiling tiles for decoration allows you to make a very low-cost and high-quality repair facilities. Give the interior with the ceiling a more attractive finished look and will help to further elements in the form of skirting boards and sockets under the chandelier. Moldings and columns further emphasize its features.

How to glue the ceiling tile with their hands (video)