Stretch ceiling with your own hands

When buying a new apartment, the condition of which is traditionally characterized as a screed-plaster, the first thing you will think about is quality and, if possible, inexpensive repair. Adhering to established traditions and common sense, the first thing usually leads into a divine view of the ceiling. However, it is worth noting that this task is often not from the lungs - uneven plates, mounted abi as a hasty, unfortunately, in our time become the norm. Due to the fact that the ceiling level difference can reach 6, and sometimes 10 cm, you can not help thinking about any hinged structure, as the alignment of it with cement mortar or purchased in-store ready mixtures is very problematic.

In this case, the most common are 2 ways: using a gypsum board attached to a pre-prepared substructure of a metal profile, and by pulling a special cloth on, again a pre-prepared substructure of the fastening profile. In the first case we get a false ceiling, and in the second case we get a tension ceiling . For the erection of these structures, you can invite a specialist, but it is cheaper of course to mount a suspended or stretched ceiling with your own hands, having spent only on the material.

The construction of gypsum cardboard got its distribution somewhat earlier and is now inferior to the stretch ceiling. It should also be noted that poorly sealed joints between drywall sheets, when installing a suspended ceiling, are further threatened by the appearance of cracks in the joints, which is also another reason for the stretch ceiling.

Mounting the stretch ceiling with your own hands is not a task of particular complexity with the necessary tools. To date, there are different types of stretch ceilings with fabric or film canvas. The most common is polyvinyl chloride film (abbreviated PVC), which in turn has a lot of variations in appearance, ranging from a rich choice of colors to imitation marble, suede or some other surface. In the future, it will be about PVC ceilings.

So, in order to make a stretch ceiling with your own hands, you need to have two types of spatulas (straight and semicircular), a construction knife, a Bulgarian, roulette, level, electric drill, stepladder and, most importantly, a heat gun - without it you can not pull Ceiling so that it does not subsequently sag.

First of all, you need to take care of sound insulation, since the very design of the stretch ceiling in combination with the plate that you play the role of the ceiling, and the neighbors on top of the role of the floors, is a kind of drum. As a result, after the completion of the work, extraneous sounds from the top floor can intensify and cause inconvenience. As an insulating material, mineral wool soundproofing plates can be used.

The next step is to prepare a stretch ceiling mount - the so-called baguette, which is pre-cut by the Bulgarian so that it covers the entire perimeter of the ceiling. The subsequent fixing of the baguette, in order to avoid distortions, must be carried out in a level such that the distance of the stretch ceiling from sound insulation is of the order of 10-15 cm. The baguette is attached to the walls with screws at a distance of 7-10 cm.

At the final stage, in order to qualitatively make a stretch ceiling with your own hands, you will need help from at least one person.

Further, the web is stretched, which, with the aid of a spatula, is evenly pushed into the profile. In order to properly stretch the PVC film, it is first heated to a temperature of the order of 80 ° C, achieving a sag effect. At the end of the process, a fixing bezel is inserted into the profile. After cooling, such a ceiling will look like a perfectly flat surface and remain so until you want to replace it with some more modern material.