How to install wall panels in the kitchen

Functions of the panel for the kitchen and its varieties

All wall panels for the kitchen provide protection from:

1. Moisture
2. High and low temperature
3. Fat and organic contaminants
4. Household chemicals and other detergents

Wall panels allow creating an excellent kitchen interior, includingworking area, and do not require the installation of protective aprons. They have a variety of color and texture, which allows imitating all kinds of coatings, from stone to wood and tiles. They are easy to clean and durable.

Panels are divided into several types depending on the materials of which:

• plywood;
• wooden;
• chipboard and fiberboard;
• are plastic.

For prolonging the service life of wall panels, water-repellent compounds are used, therefore, regardless of the components, they equally well resist the destructive factors.

The shape and size of the material differs by:

1. Rack panels: rectangular in length from 2.4 m to 3.7 m and width - from 12.5 cm to 30 cm.
2. Tiled: square shape with parameters 30 to 30 cm, or 100 to 100 cm.
3. Sheet: rectangular shape with parameters 1.22 and 2.44.It is most effective to mount it in a large kitchen.

In installing the wall panel useful

1. Directly panel
2. profiles
3. Corners
4. Roulette
5. marker or pencil
6. Wooden slats
7. dowels and screws
8. Parietal ledges
9. Screws
10. Building level
11. Staples
12. Protective composition for surfaces

Training installation of the wall panel in the kitchen. Step 1: calculate the number of wall panels

Errors in calculations are not allowed, because in warehouses may not be after this coloring or shades of parties will be different. It is necessary to measure the width of the wall and divide by the width of the selected panel. Accordingly, we divide the length of the room by the length of the sheet of material. So you calculate the number of panels needed to tighten the wall in the kitchen.

Please note! Do not try to calculate the number of panels, dividing the wall area by the sheet area, since this type of calculation does not take into account the number of cuttings that will be unsuitable for installation, and as a result, the material is not enough.

If the wall needs to be sewn not tightly, but leave the openings for the door and window, count according to the above method, calculating first large sections of the wall, and then small( part of the wall above the door, above and below the window).If you have to cut the panels, it is likely that these trim will be enough to sew small areas. If the cuttings are very small or they are not, count the material on a whole wall, and then cut the openings in place.

Please note! If you need to calculate the amount of plastic for volume elements, such as the frame for the pipe, better consider the amount of material on the wall separately, and on the frame separately, and then add the resulting results.

Step 2: wooden slats for installing

First of all, you mark the walls with a lattice with a side of the cell 50 cm, and according to these marks, you will fasten the slats. You can also mount not a grate, but simply rails perpendicular to the panels. In particular, to fix the panel horizontally, the slats should be mounted vertically to the wall.

The cladding is treated with a protective solution before installation, otherwise, if this is not done, the structure can not withstand moisture and temperatures.

Step 3: Installing the battens on the walls

Dowels and self-tapping screws should be used for installation. Panels are mounted horizontally parallel to the floor. To establish strict horizontality, you should use the building level.

Step 4: Mounting corners and directly profiles

You need to start from the left corner in the direction of the window or door. The first panel is placed in the groove of the corner, and the fixing edge is installed in the wooden slats with the help of fixing clips. To fix the panel into the corner, use a perforated corner profile and a plastic inner corner.

The second sheet is attached to the first one. The fixing edge is fixed to the crate. The following panels are mounted on this principle. A strict line of the panels is fixed with a level.

Installation should take place at room temperature, in addition, panels require 12 hours to "adapt" to the work site.

Step 5: assembling the skirting board to the

panel. The finishing stage is skirting. To the bottom of the panel fix the skirting with a wall edge. Self-tapping screws are used for better fixing of the wall panel. The color and texture of the baseboard should be in one style with the design of the kitchen and the apartment as a whole. Corners, in turn, should be selected in accordance with the coloring of pens and other furniture accessories kitchen space.

On how to properly install the panel on the wall, you can find out on the video.

The wall panel for the kitchen is almost the best material of finish, as it allows to provide comfort in operation. From the point of view of practicality, it has no equal: it is easy to clean, repels dirt and does not absorb moisture.

Good luck in the repair!