Stretch ceilings are an excellent option for the transformation of a city apartment with low ceilings. The effect of air and bulk space you can create your own hands! In addition, the installation of tension ceilings will help to hide the shortcomings of "native" square centimeters, as well as protect your apartment from outsided sounds and flooding with poor neighbors. Believe me, this work will not bring you a thick layer of dirt or dust. You will certainly cover the rich gamma colors with luxurious effects - how do you ceilings in the form of a mirror stroit, marble or a cozy velvet pile?

Tension ceilings installation materials - what are they?

Stretch ceilings are classified according to the form of the base from which they are made, and the consolidation method. The quality of the canvas today is different. The material for the ceiling can be:

• polyester fabric, for the impregnation of which polyurethane is used. As an example, we give products for registration of Ceilings of CLIPSO;
• polyvinyl chloride, whose composition is devoid of cadmium. Such ceilings are pretty soft to the touch.

According to the method of fixing the frame there are:

1. Cartoon stretch ceilings. In practice, it looks like this: all over the perimeter, the ceiling is stretched and a border of durable PVC is welded. When looking at its cross section, there are associations with crochet-harpoon (hence and name). This method of fastening takes place installation and installation of tension ceilings of manufacturers such as Extenzo, Barrisol, Carre-Noir, Newmat, Novelum. Given the latest news in the field of stretch ceilings, this list can be supplemented with Deckenfest and Decomat.
2. Bangpool stretch ceilings. This group is advisable to divide on subspecies. Thus, the products from the Netherlands Mondea manufacturer are recorded by a wedge method. First, the material on the edges is heated, then it is recompulible and fixed on a special spacer profile using special wedges in the form of a cone. The next fastening method is a stroke. It is performed by analogy of embroidery on the canvas, fixed in the chambers: PVC canvas stretch between two semicircular shape planes, fixing the edges of the film with a spatula. The cam method works with Tension Products of manufacturers SKOL and PRESTIGE DESIGN. Special "cams" for fastening are attached to the reference profile. When squeaking the edge of the stretch ceiling, the shovel "cams" is moved and automatically shifted when the film is drawn back.

Installation of stretch ceilings in the apartment: product requirements

The stretch ceiling is considered quality, if the base from which it is manufactured, meets all standard requirements. The canvas should be reliable, easy, safe to the environment and not be smell. In addition, it is very important that the material can be painted in any color, which only like the owner. These requirements are fully consistent with the quality of the polyvinyl chloride film and polyester tissue.

Polyvinyl chloride film (PVC):

• weighs in the range of 180 - 320 g / m ², and its thickness is 0.35 mm;
• has an average sound absorption rate of 0.4;
• withstands the pressure of about 1000 pa;
• strong enough in the longitudinal and transverse direction when tensile;
• it has different light pulp coefficients, which are determined by the type of ceiling: 30% for the "lacquer" canvase, 95% for the blade with velvet effect;
• has high waterproof rates, and also has proven itself as an employment material;
• when changing the temperature mode changes its physical qualities: at a temperature of 0 ⁰C becomes rigid and breaking, and when increasing the bit, the thermometer again acquires flexibility and elasticity. Long stay of film in temperature below 40 ⁰With destroys it;
• it is good to color (PVC film palette is about 100 shades);
• may have a different surface texture: glossy, matte, easy embossed, with the effect of leather, wood, metal, marble, satin;
• has a width in the range of 1.3 - 2.2 m, depending on the specifics of the manufacture;
• without problems, it makes it easy to work with it: from such a material it is easy to make almost seamless fabric to 8 m. This is a limit that is not recommended to overheet, otherwise the canvas in the center will inevitably resist.

Stretch ceilings, the basis of which the polyester thread lay down is planted with its staticness and stability to deformation.

Polyester fabric has the following characteristics:

• compared with PVC film, it is thinner and easier (weight - 200 g / m ², thickness - 0.25 mm);
• impregnated with a special composition, which makes it resistant to stretching and leaves its size stable;
• keeps strength and elasticity at temperature -30 ⁰WITH;
• it has a standard width of 4 m, however, if necessary, it is made by a web with a width of 5 m. The seam will not appear - the polyurethane is not subject to welding, so the web is increased by stitching individual pieces or compound them with a special profile;
• material can only be painted after installing stretch ceilings. This is the main lack of polyester tissue - it is toned or decorated with drawings after the installation is completed. In addition, options for the textures of the canvas from this material are also absent.

Tension Ceilings Installation Rules

Multi-way stretch ceilings are distinguished by the specifics and nuances of the installation, but there are rules that equally relate to all types and stamps of this product:

1. Before installing, make clear measurements of the room where the ceilings will be installed.
2. In places of fastening the design of the walls should be perfect: nothing is deformed, straight, durable and located in the same plane.
3. All materials for finishing (drywall, ceramic tiles, etc.) need reliable fixing.
4. When mounting the ceiling baguette, the ceiling must be in the same plane.
5. The presence of heating in the room where stretch ceilings will be installed, is a prerequisite for installation.

How to install a stretch ceiling with your own hands

If you do not want to spend a lot of money for repairs, so I decided to buy a stretch ceiling without installation, know that the illiterate performance will not save you effort, time and means. To successfully cope with the task, carefully read the technology of mounting the stretch ceiling and only then start acting.

Here is a detailed installation plan:

1. Measurement of the ceiling canvas and the calculation of the required parts required.
2. Installing a buggat profile.
3. Conducting the wiring and installation of the structure for fastening chandeliers and point lamps.
4. Installing PVC cloth.
5. Installation of lighting devices.

Measurement of the stretch ceiling is a task that requires maximum accuracy. On a pure sheet of paper, draw the room plan. Picture top view, necessarily noting the protruding parts and niches. Each angle, starting from the lower left, must be denoted by the letter of the Latin alphabet. All indicators of measurements of the walls are transferred to paper. Do not forget to measure the diagonals, which also need to be noted in the drawing.

The web tension ceiling is attached to a harpoon type baguette or a special profile. The edges of the stretch canvas are equipped with a flexible harpoon, which needs to be sent to the groove of the baguette, where it, like a fishing hook, closes to the protrusions of the walls.

The material for baguette is plastic or aluminum. Standard rail length 2 m. To understand how much baguettes need to work, fold the length of all walls of the room.

The main focus on the installation of baguette needs to be given fastening strength. From how reliably completed the construction of the structure, it depends, whether it can keep the stretched film or not. Before installing the wall profile wall range.

Note! The tension ceiling canvas is permissible to place 3 cm below the overlap. If you plan to subsequently use point lighting devices, the level of the stretch ceiling is lowered by a distance of 12 cm, not less.

It is convenient to place the walls with a laser level, you can also use the usual water tool. Leave the labels on the walls of the walls - they need to determine the horizon of the future ceiling design. To do this, you will need coloring painting tape. After completing the markup "Site" Baguette on the wall with the help of dowels and screws, observing the distance between the fasteners at 10 -15 cm. In places of joints of two baguettes, the mounting step is no more than 2 cm. When trimming the baguettes, the surface of the cropped areas is treated with sandpaper.

Important! In the corners of the jacks of baguette should not be - they are transferred to a flat surface of the walls. When attaching in the corner, the baguette needs to be cut from one edge, and then bend under the desired angle.

Conducting wiring and lighting

To hang a chandelier in the center of the room, a mounting hook is fixed on the ceiling. In concrete floors, the hole is made and placed in a plate of the plates with a length of 20 - 30 cm and a diameter of 10 mm in a niche. Subsequently, this "bar" will need to hang a hook.

In addition, for fixing the chandeliers use self-tight anchor bolts with a hook. For mounting the invoice chandelier at the fastening site, the plywood mortgage part must be required. On a piece of plywood rectangular shape in the corners of the room mounted suspensions for a plasterboard ceiling. They are given a M-shaped form and fix on overlapping with a dowel. After the cloth is tightly mounted chandeliers.

To install the lamps in the stretch ceiling, the wiring is paved: it is placed in plastic corrugations and clamps are attached to the ceiling overlap. Then pull the loops of the wire with a length of about 25 cm in places where the lighting devices will be connected. Racks of point lamps "plant" on the ceiling, using a dowel to fasten.

Installation of tension ceiling cloth

Before installing the room should be evenly elected - for this use a special propane gun. Temperature that should be at least 60 ⁰C is measured by a regular household thermometer. For safety purposes, the room is released from living plants, aquarium and all plastic low-melting products.

The ceiling canvas need to be decomposed on the floor and consolidate it with the help of clamps in two angles, which are opposite each other. One of the corners is the main thing (the manufacturer marks it in the instruction that attaches to the canvas). Armed with a spatula, preheated material pushed in a groove of baguette. When the harpoon is clicked, cloth clings behind the protrusions of its walls. The photo shows the tension ceiling installation scheme

After some time, the cooled canvas will crack and stretch. Now you can directly install lighting devices. It is necessary to grope an anchor hook, which was mounted earlier, and glue a special plastic thermocole onto the film. After 5 minutes, when the glue is grabbing, the hole is cut inside it with a sharp knife through which the lighting wire loop is outlined.

The chandelier is fixed on the hook and connect to electrical power. After that, the bowl of the lighting device is mounted under the tension ceiling. If the chandelier is invoiced, you need to stick a thermocole of a large size, and after cutting the film, install the chandelier mounting plate to the plywood with the help of self-samples.

Installation of fabric stretch ceiling

Textile stretch ceilings are also called seamless. As a material for their production, polyester canvas knitted weaving are used.

Decoration of your housing with tension ceilings from the fabric will not take a lot of effort: the individual fit of the material under the feature of the room configuration is not needed. Instead, acquire such a method that you need and immediately secure the web in the profile.

In terms of its quality characteristics, seamless fabric ceilings resemble a traditional finish. If you are planning to mount them yourself, the video about the installation of fabric stretch ceilings will answer all your questions.