For owners of housing in which a tensioning system is installedceiling, sometimes you have to face an extremely unpleasant circumstance. If the neighbors upstairs accidentally flooded your apartment with water and the ceiling sheet swelled, do not be upset. Stretch ceilings that have been flooded are quite repairable.
The repair of a sagging ceiling depends on the temperature of the water leaking from above.
How to repair stretch ceilings
To begin with, you will need to complete someactions to drain excess liquid from the resulting bubble. Before starting work, you need to remove jewelry from your hands: if you accidentally catch the canvas with a ring, you can tear the film in a place other than planned, and all the water will flow into the apartment uncontrollably. You should also understand the reasons for the flooding. They can be different, and subsequent actions will depend on them. Flooding can occur for the following reasons:
First, you need to drain the water from the sagging stretch ceiling into a container.
- leakage of pipes with hot water;
- leakage of pipes with cold water;
- malfunctions with central heating pipes;
- water flowing out of the washing machine due to breakage;
- the breakthrough of the sewage pipes of the neighbors is higher;
- If your apartment is located on the last floor, the cause of flooding may be leaks from the roofing storm system.
The temperature of the water that has leaked from above depends oncarrying out subsequent repair activities. Cold water will not cause serious damage to the stretch ceiling. Hot water can spoil the canvas so much that repairing the ceiling after a water leak will be pointless and it will simply have to be replaced. In addition, the liquid can differ in both composition and purity. For example, it can be almost clean water from the water supply or dirty - from the storm system, sewerage. Liquid mixed with detergents pours out of the washing machine. Such liquid does not have the best effect on the condition of the canvas. The most destructive effect on the ceiling canvas is technical water from risers, heating devices. Return to contents</a>
What to do with the ceiling after the bay
If your stretch ceiling now looks like thisa large bubble of water, do not rush to panic. Go up to the floor above - find out what happened. If possible, find out if the water is still flowing. Remove things from the flooded room. Furniture can be covered with film so as not to damage it if accidentally liquid spills on the ceiling in the wrong place.
Draining water from the ceiling is done carefullywith a hose. When all the preliminary work has been done and the water flow has stopped, it is time to remove the water and repair the ceiling. The first step is to drain the liquid from the bubble. Prepare plenty of empty containers for this, it is advisable not to do this work alone. There are several ways to drain the water in such cases. Choose the one that is most convenient for you. You can drain the water through the hole made for the lighting fixture; in the corner - where the canvas is attached to the wall; through a specially made technological hole. To drain, you will need a hose about 2 m long and several buckets or basins. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to drain water
Draining through the hole from the lamp is the simplest method. It is convenient for subsequent repairs. Stages of work:
- turn off the electricity in the room;
- remove the lighting fixture;
- insert into the hole a pre-prepared flexible tube, move one end of the device to the place where the water has accumulated, lower the other into a bucket or a basin;
- when the container is full, the hose clamp and change the bucket;
- so drain most of the water, remove the remainder without the help of a hose: pull the canvas slightly in the hole, wait for the water to drain into the tank itself.
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How to drain water through the edge of the canvas
If there are no holes for lamps in the ceiling, you need to do the following:
- Select the area where the ceiling canopy adjoins the wall, closest to the place of water accumulation;
- take a spatula and use it to release the edge of the material from the baguette groove;
- Hold the film, put the hose into the slot, put the other end into the bucket;
- Drain the water through the hose, changing the container as it is filled.
After draining the water, the stretch ceiling canvasIt is necessary to level it well. During the operation, make sure that the liquid does not spread over the entire ceiling. When the drain is complete, you can proceed to repair. It mainly comes down to thoroughly drying the canvas and the space. In addition, you will need to level the canvas, tuck it back into the baguette or put the lamp in place. In the place where there was water, the canvas will sag a little. To restore its previous appearance, you need to warm it up with a heat gun. The canvas is stretched, its external qualities are restored. Repairing a ceiling after a flood is not particularly difficult, but some work skills will still be required. If you are not sure that you can dry the ceiling yourself, seek help from professionals. Sometimes it may be necessary to dismantle the canvas, which will need to be washed, dried and installed in its original place. If the flood occurred due to a water pipe break, the canvas will not require special cleaning. If the problem is in wastewater or rainwater, you will need to clean the ceiling from streaks and stains. When flooded with technical water, the only thing left to do is replace stretch ceilings. Glossy stretch ceilings tolerate flooding better than fabric sheets. Fabric surfaces sometimes have such strong stains that even during repairs they cannot be removed. But in extreme cases, you can paint such a ceiling. When choosing this method, do not forget that you need to choose the right shade. The wall decoration should be in harmony with the color in which you are going to paint the ceiling.
