Very often there is a need to carry outinsulation of the walls of a house or apartment. It is best to do this from the outside, as you save free space in the room, but it is not always possible to choose this option. The solution is to insulate from the inside.
After insulating the walls with foam plastic, finishing workcan be done with the help of wallpaper. For the insulation of the room from the inside, one of the most common options is the use of polystyrene foam. This is the best option in terms of price-effectiveness, and it is best suited for wall insulation. After completing the specified work, there is a need to give the walls an attractive and beautiful appearance, and then the question arises of how to properly on polystyrene foam. In order to glue wallpaper on polystyrene foam, it is necessary to begin preparation even before the installation of the insulation is completed. So that after the wallpaper is glued to polystyrene foam, they look not only beautiful, but also serve for a long time, it is necessary to adhere to the technology of their gluing.
Performing the preparatory work
Before you start pasting the walls with wallpaper over the foam, the specified material must be laid correctly and competently. The order of preparatory work:
The foam is attached to the wall using a special adhesive solution.
The insulation sheets are glued to the wall usingspecial composition, and usually it does not cause any difficulties. Most people are interested in the question of how to glue wallpaper on such insulation as polystyrene foam, due to the fact that it has a porous structure. Wallpaper can be glued in several ways, while preparatory work may not be carried out at all or carried out in a minimal amount, or large-scale and costly preparatory work can be carried out. Return to contents</a>
Wallpaper gluing
When deciding how to glue wallpaper on such insulation as polystyrene foam, you can choose one of the options. To carry out the work, you will need:
Wallpapering scheme from the window.
- plumb bob;
- ladder;
- Ruler;
- putty knife;
- roller;
- rag;
- brush;
- knife;
- scissors.
If you don't have very high demandsto the texture of the coating, then you can glue wallpaper on polystyrene foam in the same way as on a regular concrete coating. To do this, use wallpaper glue, and add PVA to improve its properties. This is an affordable and cheap option for gluing wallpaper to the specified insulation, and those who have used it indicate that it justifies itself. Some experts say that if you glue wallpaper in this way, they may lag behind. But if you adhere to the technology of installing insulation and finishing material, then everything will be fine. When using the second method, it is necessary to carry out a number of preparatory work. First, putty is applied to the polystyrene foam, for this they usually use the same glue with which the sheets were installed.
Necessary tools for wallpapering.To make the putty layer more durable, you can use a reinforcing mesh. After the putty has dried, you need to sand it with sandpaper to remove all the irregularities. The next step is to apply a primer, it is better if it contains antifungal components. After the primer has dried, a backing is glued to the wall, this can be newspapers, and only then can you glue the wallpaper. This option requires time and labor, as well as additional materials, but the quality of gluing will be much higher than when using the first method. Return to contents</a>
Another way of gluing
This option was developed by specialists for thosepeople who believe that it is impossible to glue wallpaper on polystyrene foam. The statement that it is impossible to glue wallpaper on this insulation is based on the fact that polystyrene foam is a porous material, so the glue will be absorbed, and the wallpaper will not be able to stick securely to this material. In this case, you can use the following method. A frame made of a metal profile is attached to the wall that needs to be insulated, then polystyrene foam sheets are laid, then everything is sewn up with plasterboard sheets and wallpaper is glued to them. In the first two cases, you can use sheets 15-20 mm thick, which allows you to effectively insulate the room, while its total area will decrease slightly. When using the third option, the profile thickness is greater, the thickness of the gypsum board is also added, so a significant area of the room is cut, and this option is unacceptable for small apartments.</ ul>
