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What to choose stretch or plasterboard ceilings

Tension or plasterboard ceiling?

The ceiling is an important part of the interior of any room. From its stylish design trim visible not only to transform the interior, but also creates a unique atmosphere in the home comfort and coziness. Today there are many ways to finish ceilings, each of which has its positive and negative sides. For example, you can blanch the ceiling, paint, poshtukaturit, it can be polozhitpotolochnuyu tile or wallpaper paste, make a false or suspended ceiling, perform the plasterboard, etc. Unfortunately, a number of reasons, the most common are sredikotoryh substandard construction or temporary wear, most homes are nervous form of streams, potholes and cracks. This will not only spoil the overall view of the interior space, but also creates a certain feeling of discomfort. Therefore, during the repair and finishing works almost all the customers seek to make the ceiling as flat and smooth.

To align the ceiling drywall is most often used. The implementation of the drywall ceiling is divided into several stages. To start the necessary measurements are made and purchased drywall panels and consumables. In addition, each panel is quite fragile and has a solid weight. Since during the installation of drywall building is severe, it must be carefully prepared: make furniture, appliances, cover the floor and t.d.Posle you can start to direct montazhu.Snachala fixed metal frame, and then sheets of drywall. Further, the seams of sheets processed plaster is drying primer, the surface is glued cobweb, again performed with the primer drying, Azat ceiling is painted with water-based paint. At the final stage, when the ceiling was quite flat, is a sticker, priming and painting the ceiling moldings. When all work performed, the removal of construction musor.Protsess performance of plasterboard ceiling is quite complex, time-consuming and laborious. Depending on the area of ​​flow is required to work a total of 4-5 days to several weeks.

An alternative to plasterboard ceilings can serve as ceilings. The process of installation of stretch ceiling consists of fixing the perimeter walls of metal moldings and then stretching the canvas. The whole procedure takes only a few hours, requires no special training facilities and does not leave debris.

Plaster ceilings painted with latex paint, which makes it difficult to clean them with dirt. According to its characteristics plasterboard ceilings are no different from conventional ceiling and therefore require regular maintenance. Stretch ceilings are entirely unpretentious in operation. They simply wipe with a wet cloth or a special cleaning solution and they will return to their original appearance.

How to plaster and ceilings have seams in the expansion joints. At the same time after painting on the ceiling plasterboard seams are practically invisible, but not so on the stretch ceilings. Recently, however, are becoming increasingly popular so-called seamless flow of tension, which differ in the increased width of the canvas. This allows you to completely eliminate the seams when installing suspended ceilings.

The average life of the stretch ceiling is about 5-10 years. Over time, they can cause cracks, seams, rust stains, peeling plaster, they may begin to crumble, etc. Also, plasterboard ceilings have a very low hydrophobic properties, which in the case of flooding the neighbors above guarantees protekanie.Natyazhnye ceilings are calculated by an average of 10-20 years of operation. They do not fade, do not burn, do not fear water and sharp objects, do not crack, etc. However, they can not be painted. If for some reason the appearance of stretch ceiling have ceased to meet, you will need complete replacement polotna.Takzhe should be noted that the cost of installing drywall ceiling is much higher than the cost of installing suspended ceilings.

As for appearance, the design possibilities are extremely ogranicheny.On brand ceiling can only be flat and allows for multi-level geometric shapes. Stretch ceilings can be stacked and used them to easily create the most complex geometric shapes, and they offer the customer the choice of a huge variety of textures and colors. Moreover, the customer can select an image, not only from the catalog of the manufacturer, but also provide a custom design of the ceiling.