In the 21st century, there are many finishing optionsceilings - from paint to suspended and tension systems. Before gluing seamless ceiling tiles, you need to prepare well, the process itself will not take much time.
A ceiling finished with seamless tiles looks uniform and impressive.
Preparatory work
Tools and materials:
- spatula metal;
- antiseptic and a small flat brush;
- putty;
- primer;
- a large flat brush.
Before installing ceiling tiles,you need to bring the workplace to the required condition. First, it is cleaned with a spatula from everything that was there - wallpaper, paint and other finishing. Cleaning should be done carefully so as not to damage the plaster. Otherwise, you will have to completely redo the ceiling. If there are places affected by fungus, they need to be treated with a special antiseptic. If this is not done, the fungus will spread under the tiles. After that, you will have to do a more extensive repair with cleaning the surfaces to the base. If you do not want to buy special antiseptics, you can use any cleaning liquid containing chlorine.
Ceiling tile gluing schemes.Now you need to level out all the noticeable irregularities with putty. Small and barely noticeable places can be left alone, because they will be covered with tiles without any complications. After cleaning and puttying, the surface is primed. Here you can use a regular primer or concrete contact (more expensive, but more effective). Many beginners forget about the primer, which is why the quality of the final gluing will be poor. Return to the table of contents</a>
Basic installation work
Tools and materials:
- ceiling tiles;
- glue;
- roulette;
- a simple pencil;
- knife building;
- plinth.
Before you do this, you need to mark the surface.in any convenient way, since installation according to the rules is carried out not from the corner, but from the center. Usually, several lines are used with a simple pencil, after which the work goes by itself. The lines can be directed not only along the laid tile, but also intersecting it, which makes it possible to measure the correctness of installation on each new line. When choosing tile adhesive, you can use any polymer adhesive, acrylic plaster and even liquid nails. Liquid adhesive is applied over the entire area, while volumetric adhesive is evenly thrown in small lumps over the area. When gluing, you need to be quite careful, since almost all types of glue are volumetric, which makes it possible to level out the imperfections of the ceiling, but makes its own adjustments to pressing. You should press evenly over the entire area, after which you should hold it in the selected position for another 20-30 seconds, then you can remove your hands.
Scheme for installing skirting boards for ceiling tiles.If liquid glue is selected, then you will not have to adjust the pressure, but after applying you need to wait up to 1 minute until the glue firmly sets. After 30 seconds from fixing, you need to press the ceiling tile to the surface once more, after which you can continue the activity further. The edges almost always need to be trimmed. A construction or very sharp stationery knife is suitable for this. The ceiling tile needs to be marked with a simple pencil, and then apply the strip and cut off the excess with a firm, slow movement. If the knife is not sharp enough, you can make chips or even break the workpiece. At the very end, to hide the joints with the wall, the ceiling tile is covered with skirting boards around the perimeter. Skirting boards are always glued with liquid types of glue, so there will be no difficulties with them. Return to the table of contents</a>
Summarizing
Externally, the tile can have straight edges orribbed depending on the manufacturer, but the execution of these edges is organized with the highest quality, due to which they are almost unnoticeable at the joints. This effect is achieved due to several factors:
It is due to these factors that it was named so.seamless tiles, but the installation must be organized as correctly as possible. In addition, if done correctly, the price will be very low, which cannot be achieved with any other material. In order to install ceiling tiles with high quality, you must follow the instructions in detail without making any modifications. A room of 20 m² can be pasted over in less than 1 day, but it is advisable to leave the room for at least 10 hours to air out, since the glue is quite toxic and releases harmful substances into the atmosphere for some time.</ ul>
