A renewed home interior is always pleasing to the eye.If there is a desire to improve the appearance of a living space and get not just a stylish design, but also make it beautiful and modern, the owners usually spend a long time and carefully choosing not only wall decoration and furniture, but also pay attention to the development of the ceiling design.
Fabric ceiling scheme “Starry sky”.There are a great many design solutions that use excellent modern materials for finishing the ceiling. You can choose stylish patterns and any colors, and construct the ceilings themselves in a variety of shapes. Multi-level structures equipped with lighting, as well as stretch ceilings, do not lose popularity. One of the common methods for making changes to the familiar interior is to decorate the ceiling space with fabric material.
Fabric stretch ceilings
Brief classification scheme of stretch ceilings.A cozy and stylish interior is obtained if you choose a stretch ceiling option for finishing. The main advantage of this type of finishing is a very affordable price for all the work required for the arrangement, and simple installation. The preparation process is also very convenient: you will not need to clean the surface for a long time and thoroughly. During the work, the room will remain relatively clean, and debris and dust will not accumulate, which is a significant disadvantage when whitewashing or wallpapering. It is quite possible to make a fabric ceiling with your own hands. The building materials market offers consumers a large selection of textures and various color solutions for stretch ceilings. If in the future there is a desire to change the design of the room, the stretch fabric can be easily and quickly removed and replaced with another. Advantages of stretch fabric ceilings:
- ease of care: the ceiling will not accumulate dust, and it is washed very easily;
- The ceiling is environmentally friendly and does not give off unpleasant odors;
- most materials are made in such a way that the sunlight does not spoil their shade;
- durability and practicality of the material.
Fabric ceiling, which acts as a varietystretch ceiling structures, can radically change the design of any room. It is a base impregnated with a special polystyrene composition. The material processed in this way is very strong, the ceiling will have an aesthetic appearance. Since stretch ceilings made of fabric have no seams, the upper surface of the room acquires a neat, impeccably elegant look. The material for the fabric ceiling can be natural or artificial fabric, fiberglass. In the latter case, the ceilings are more durable, their performance properties contribute to the fact that the material easily withstands the effects of both low and high temperatures. The installation stages when constructing a ceiling on a fabric base are almost no different from those performed for a PVC structure. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to prepare the ceiling for finishing with a cloth?
To make the ceiling surface perfectsmooth, it is advisable to level it with a special mixture and plaster it. To achieve a good visual effect, the fabric should be stretched as tightly as possible, like a canvas on a stretcher to create a painting masterpiece. Carefully clean the surface from any dirt, fill in cracks and defects with putty. Dry everything and sand with sandpaper to remove all roughness. Be careful not to leave any stains that could show through the fabric. If it is not possible to remove them, apply a layer of nitro enamel to the stains or cover the defective areas with thin aluminum foil. If oil paint gets on the surface, wash it with water and soda, dry the surface and clean it with sandpaper. Return to contents</a>
How to mount ceilings from fabric?
Installation of a fabric ceiling involves attaching textile material to a baguette frame.
Harpoon and wedge systems for fastening tension rodsceilings. The principle is the same, but different baguettes can be used. For example, a baguette with a cam profile or a wedge can be selected, or you can order a wooden baguette from a woodworking workshop. Let's consider the last of these methods. When choosing factory-made baguettes, the operations will be approximately the same, with the exception of the work on preparing the frame. Prepare wooden bars. Their cross-section should be 40x40 mm - usually such orders are easily fulfilled in construction workshops. It should be borne in mind that the corners of the bars in the workshop will be sawed a little, so the length of the bar should be ordered a little longer. Or better yet, carefully measure all the sides and show the results of the measurements in the workshop, explaining that you need parts for a stretch fabric ceiling. Also stock up on Velcro tape - it can be found in sewing stores.
Scheme of a two-level stretch ceiling.Assemble a frame from the bars, which will need to be attached to the ceiling or wall. Attach the hard side of the tape to the protruding part of the bar: first glue it with liquid nails, then fix it with a construction stapler. Sew the back of the tape along the perimeter to the fabric. Make a control line along the perimeter: to do this, mark the level on the wall with a dot, where you are going to install the structure, and transfer the dot to each corner. Check the accuracy using a tape measure and a building level. Beat off the lines between the dots with a painter's cord. To attach the baguette to the surface, use screws and dowels. Installation can be done in several ways. For example, the resulting structure can be attached to the ceiling using chains: the frame is simply hung on them, fastening it with pipe holders. When hooks are screwed into the frame and finally hung, the stretch ceiling looks unusual and very impressive. To make this design, you need to carefully measure the frame and adjust it on all sides so that the parts of each side are parallel to the walls. The design is not only reliable, but also practical. If desired, it can be easily removed from the ceiling to clean the dirty canvas or replace it with another. The fabric is simply removed from the Velcro tape. Try to fix the lighting fixtures to the mounting strips - this will create additional fixation points for the canvas. For example, you can make consoles for fastening from plywood square pieces attached to the base ceiling on metal tape hangers. In another version, the frame is attached to the wall, and the canvas is fixed to it. To attach the canvas, stretch it and tuck it into the baguette on the side where the wall is longer. Step back 15-20 cm from the corner and secure a section with a length of 30 cm. Stretch the fabric and do the same with the other side. Having stretched it, carefully tuck the material into the profile. If you use a spatula, choose one that is not particularly sharp so as not to damage the fabric. Go to the opposite edge and do the same. Having stretched the fabric along the long sides, do the same with the short ones. If you accidentally made folds in the fabric during the process of securing, they are easy to remove using a building hair dryer. Warm up problem areas with smooth circular movements, set the temperature to 120 degrees. In this case, the tool should be held at a distance of 20 cm from the fabric. At the end of the work, remove the pieces of material protruding beyond the edges.
