PVC panels for the bathroom

Sheet panelsPVC ( from polyvinylchloride ) are considered the most convenient and practical material for the bathroom. Thanks to them, the walls and ceiling can be finished easily, quickly and practically free of dirt. An important feature of this material is that the preparation of walls for repair is not required. A variety of color shades allows you to create any design of the bathroom, you can see this by looking at the photo below. The standard dimensions of the panels are 270cmx25cmx1cm.

Advantages of PVC panels

Possessing excellent moisture resistance, this material does not become wet and is not subject to deformation. Due to the fact that PVC panels have special locks, when installing a continuous sheet is formed, looking at the

photo you can see for yourself. As a result, moisture can not get inside for their cavity. The advantage of can be considered and their cost, for example, 1 square meter of panels is much less than a square meter of ceramic tiles.

The next advantage of is the color scheme, which allows you to create any design in the interior of the bathroom. With the same thickness, panels of different colors can be joined both vertically and horizontally. This material can be called a lot of advantages: it's durability, and durability, and ease of assembly and much more.

Preparing the bathroom for finishing

First of all, during the repair you need to make a detailed plan of the room, where there will be lockers, hangers, hooks, sockets. In such places, you need to install additional stops to attach accessories for the bathroom, rather than plastic. The walls must be treated with a primer before finishing the , which prevents the appearance of fungus and mold. If the humidity is high, it can be forced ventilation.

Tools for mounting PVC panels

1) Screwdriver.

2) Ruler and pencil.

3) Knife for cutting the panels.

4) The level of construction.

5) Metal or plastic guides. It is strictly forbidden to use wooden profiles, as a result of falling into the panels of water, such profiles can swell and deform.

6) Self-tapping screws with a press washer.

Video trim panel with PVC panels

At the beginning of the finishing process to the walls of the bathroom, you need to fix the guide profiles at a distance of 50 cm from each other, and on the ceiling - in a perpendicular position to the wall, just like in the video .Next, we fix the P-shaped border profile to the ceiling and the wall, using self-cutters of 25 mm length. It is necessary in order to hide the unevenness of cropping plastic. The profile is attached to the edge guides. The next stage of repair is fixing the corner profiles to connect the panels in the corners of the bathroom. Mounting can begin at any edge of the walls or ceiling, while paying particular attention to the fact that the first sheet is correctly entered into the edging profile. Fastening to the guides takes place with the help of self-tapping screws with a press-tube. During the installation holes for luminaires, sockets, pipes are prepared in advance. The last panel is always much smaller, for this it is necessary to cut it 2-3 mm less than the remaining free space.

The final stage of the bathroom liner will be as follows. At the places where the trimmed parts of the panels are glued L-shaped profile, with pre-applied sealant. For better finishing of the bathroom after installing the panels, you need to install additional elements: plinths, moldings, plastic corners.