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How to create a harmonious bathroom interior? What materials are ideal for cladding? And what methods of decoration will allow you to admire the result for a long time? So, we get acquainted and remember.
Requirements
Modern building markets offer a lot of different wall decoration materials.
However, for a bathroom they must meet certain requirements:
- environmental safety
- moisture resistance
- durability
- easy care
- exposure to steam
- resistance to household chemicals
And of course, to the coating that you choose, was pleased with its beauty.
Types of finishing materials
Wallpapers
Wallpapers at first glance seem completely unsuitable material for a damp room. But, it all depends on simple rules that should be followed. You can glue the wallpaper directly in the shower, this option is quite acceptable and very interesting.
For this, it is better to choose the most dense, heavy wallpaper with the designation of moisture resistance. There are special wallpapers for the bathroom.These include:
- acrylic
- vinyl
- foamed
- fiberglass
You can also decorate the walls with collages, graphics or wallpaper. The benefit of color and texture diversity allows you to do this. In general, show imagination.
Surfaces must be covered with a layer of water-repellent varnish. Otherwise, paper materials will quickly deteriorate.
If your room is equipped with a closed shower, then the wallpaper in this case will last even longer.
Painting the walls
Painting the walls is an easy way to transform the interior. The abundance of color palettes can provide the desired result and provides extensive opportunities for experiments. And all this with a minimum of costs and maximum savings in your time.
Before painting, the walls must be leveled to the ideal smoothness. The paint must be used for wet rooms. And, do not save on its quality.
There are two main types: alkyd( on solvent) and water-emulsion. For the bathroom, the second option is preferable. After all, the walls often form condensation. So, the paint should withstand high humidity and hide the traces of streaks. The most important parameters for choosing a particular variety is its consumption per square meter and environmental friendliness. This coating is practically maintenance-free - it will be necessary to wash it with a soap solution from time to time. In addition, paint is the most practical material in terms of durability.
Ceramic tiles
Traditionally, the cladding of the bathroom is made with ceramic tiles. This method is also considered practical, as ceramics have excellent water resistance. Its durability makes it possible to use tiles in difficult operating conditions. Hygiene provides easy care. A wide variety of colors and textures makes it possible to create various color variations. Moreover, the damaged tile is easily replaced with a new one. Due to such advantages, there are still drawbacks. This is the average mechanical strength and complexity of stacking.
If you are going to lay the tile yourself, you should know a few rules. First, it is necessary to clean the walls of the old coating, remove the remaining dust, fat and dry them well. Secondly, make sure that the stacking is correct so that the joint lines are strictly leveled. Third, use special adhesive compounds for ceramics and seal seams with a grout with antiseptic additives.
Mosaic
An alternative to the tile may well be a mosaic. Due to its wide color palette and variety of textures, it allows you to create an unusual design of the bathroom walls.
This kind of finish is perfectly combined with decorative plaster, or with ordinary ceramic tiles. It can also be used as a single decoration as a luxurious mosaic panel.
To create such beauty, manufacturers use ceramics, glass and natural stone. Some produce decorative compositions from glass fragments, other tiles that only mimic a mosaic. With the latter option to work much easier. Such a mosaic is obtained by cutting a cell on a ceramic tile. Or the cell itself is applied to a polymer base. And then the finished cloth from the cage is glued to the walls. The seams of such a pseudo-mosaic are stacked after stacking so that they can not be distinguished from the real ones.
Drywall
Drywall( GCR) is often used to hide communications, level the walls and create decorative structures.
It is for wet rooms used gypsum-fibrous sheet( GVL).
This moisture-proof sheet does not let steam, not combustible, has good sound insulation and light weight. Installation of the sheets is done on the frame from the profile, or by gluing to the walls. After, the walls of GWL can be covered with paint, plaster, ceramic tiles - any material that you have chosen for your bathroom.
Wall panels
Wet walls are also paneled. Wooden panels is an expensive, but good and environmentally friendly option. Treated with special compounds and varnishes, they have excellent moisture resistance. Excellent thermal insulation and natural shades will create a cozy atmosphere of the bathroom.
Instead of wood coatings, you can use colored MDF panels. This material provides the opportunity to repeatedly cover it with varnish or repaint it in any shade. It has no bad moisture resistance and is easy to wash with water. But to mechanical influences the coating of panels is unstable. And they also do not have high heat and sound insulation.
plastic panels are more popular when decorating walls. This is not only an economical option, but also a fast alternative to ceramics. It tolerates temperature changes well.
Plastic Finish
Perhaps the plastic panel is one of the most practical options for bathroom walls. The market provides a wide choice of sizes, colors and various photopanos. Install these panels in two ways: glued directly to the walls, or attached to the frame. The second option is used more often, as it will easily hide the curvature of the walls, as well as hide the pipes and other communication.
Before installing plastic walls are treated with a moisture repellent and antifungal primer.
The same skeleton is usually made of metal profiles. Further, they install panels on the principle of "groove-spike".This connection is quite dense and does not allow moisture to pass through.
Like any material, plastic also has its drawbacks. It is flammability and low strength. Some types of panels have a specific, unpleasant odor.
Plaster
The plaster perfectly "takes root" in the bathroom. With the help of various spatulas, you can create different color notes of granite, malachite, marble, onyx. Depending on the angle of incidence of light, it changes shades.
For beauty to play on your walls, before applying the plaster, you will have to pay special attention to surface preparation.
If the house is old, the walls are treated with special washing, shpatlyuyutsya, and then primed with diluted water-based paint. Then they are dried and only after that finish is applied. In any case, the surface must be perfectly flat.
After applying decorative plaster and drying the surface, it is usually covered with wax or impregnation. In this way, the colorful decor is protected from moisture. The plaster should be washed with soapy water. Abrasive sponges and the means for such finishing do not apply.
Self-adhesive film
Self-adhesive film is also used for finishing bathroom walls. This is enough, budget option trim. The film has a rich selection of colors. The coloring imitates natural materials, such as marble and wood, but it looks too simple.
When bonding, joints are recommended to be closed with a sealant, this will protect the walls from humidity.
Please note that this material is not durable.
Marble
There are several types of natural materials for facing the bathroom. So, for example, marble is a bewitchingly beautiful natural stone. It is environmentally safe and durable.
But due to its weight and complicated care, it does not often decorate residential interiors. This finish is expensive.
Tree
A tree is an excellent decoration for wet rooms. Contrary to popular belief, very many breeds are just suitable for such places. There is wood, which absolutely does not need additional processing. It has absolute moisture resistance. And there are also such products, which are impregnated with special compounds and varnishes, after which they become not susceptible to water. Therefore, not inferior to the first.
About the finish of the bathroom with wood, read another article.
Metal
Metal is quite common in bathrooms because of its special reliability and hygiene. Many enthusiastically use it in private interiors.
Options for finishing can be two: metal tiles or sheet metal. The first is produced in completely different shapes, sizes, textures. It fits in a traditional way. In the second case, a solid substrate must be under the metal sheet, otherwise such a coating is unlikely to last long. In finishing it is not necessary to use exclusively stainless steel. Say, the patinated copper plates look great in the bathroom, stylized in the old days.
As you have noticed, it is possible to perform the facing of damp rooms with the help of various materials. It depends on your budget. Now they combine everything. Mix styles and combine incongruous. Therefore, do not choose only one material. Observing the proportions and avoiding an abundance in the selection of accessories, you will get a perfect bathroom.
