Today, such an element of the interior, like a stretch ceiling, no one is surprised. In most apartments, the owners are increasingly installing this structure, which was recently considered a luxury. Due to the wide distribution of suspended ceilings can be done independently. The stages of this process are presented below.
Step-by-step installation of tension ceilings
Before proceeding to install tensioning structures with your own hands, it is necessary to properly prepare the surface of the old coating and the room itself. This stage is carried out according to the following technology:
- All that crumbles and falls off, eliminate.
- Try to free the room from furniture.
- If all the furniture was not removed, move it closer to the center to free access to the walls. Then cover everything with a film.
- During the repair of the existing stretch ceiling, such as cuts or punctures, turn off the electricity.
Already after the preparation proceed directly to the installation of the structure with their own hands. This process involves several basic steps:
- Preparation of all materials and tools.
- Removal of measurements from the ceiling surface.
- Mounting of the fastening profile along the perimeter of the walls.
- Bookmark strips for lighting fixtures.
- The tension of the sheet itself, which can be film or fabric. The latter is often seamless.
- Mounting of reinforcing rings.
- Installing fixtures or lights for LED ceilings.
With which equipment and tools is installed tension ceilings
To install the very tension ceiling with your own hands at each stage will require special tools. In addition, the installation is best done with assistants, because the canvas must be fastened in several corners at once. A set of special tools depends on the type of construction. It can be one- or two-level, as well as fabric or film.
Multi-level tension ceilings
If you have decided to install tension ceilings yourself, then for a multi-level version you will need tools from the following list:
- Laser level and roulette. The first tool for stretch ceilings is necessary in order to mark out individual levels for the subsequent installation of skeletons. Laser roulette helps to make accurate measurements.
- Hand Hole Punch. Required for punching holes in aluminum fasteners, i. E.baguettes.
- Screwdriver, perforator and drill. All of them in varying degrees will be required for mounting the fastening profile.
- Metal Detector. This tool is necessary to determine the presence of ventilation elements, electrical wiring or other metal profiles in the walls.
- Heat gun. If some levels of the ceiling surface will be mounted from PVC, then the room is heated with this device.
In addition to these basic tools, the list can include the following:
- at least 2 ladders;
- set of spatulas for filling fabrics in baguettes;
- hammer;
- stationery knife;
- folding protractor - goniometer;
- spring clamps - "crocodiles";
- screwdriver;
- balerinka for cutting round holes in plastic.
Fabric ceilings
For this type of tensioning structures, plastic wedge-shaped fasteners are additionally required. The fabric web has no harpoons, so it is fixed with clamps. You may also need the following tools:
- construction stapler;
- knife and scissors;
- a stool necessary for cutting the baguettes at an angle of 45 degrees;
- wooden bars for the entire perimeter of the room.
How to install tension ceilings
All installation of stretch ceilings with their own hands includes several stages. If on each of them you follow the recommendations, you will soon be able to admire the updated interior. When all the materials and tools are already at hand, and the room is freed from furniture - it's time to begin to follow the instructions how to make a stretch ceiling.
Installation of ceilings in the measuring stage
The first step is to correctly perform all measurements of the ceiling. All subsequent work depends on this difficult stage. On it it is necessary to execute:
- On a pure sheet to transfer measurements of a perimeter of a ceiling and all diagonals. Depending on this, the dimensions of the ceiling are chosen.
- Use the laser level or the hydraulic level to determine the lowest angle in the room.
- From the found point to retreat a couple of cm down, which are necessary for the subsequent installation of the built-in luminaires.
- Using a pulling cord around the entire perimeter of the walls, lay a horizontal line for securing the profiles.
How to install the mounting profile on the ceiling with your own hands
After the measurements, you can proceed with the installation of the baguettes, i.e. The fastening elements that will hold the stretch ceiling. At this step, dowels and screws with pressheads are used. The interval of fastenings is not recommended to be more than 7-8 cm. Where joints and angles are observed, this distance should be only 1.5-2 cm. The angled jointing of profiles is carried out at an angle of 45 degrees. The processing of the edges is done with the help of a chair.
Lighting components for stretch ceiling
If you install the stretch ceiling with your own hands, then you will have to face installation of fixtures. Racks for them must be done immediately after fixing the baguettes. With the help of the same screws and dowels, these details are attached to the black ceiling. One of the elements of the rack is a ring. Its diameter coincides with the landing ring of the luminaire. The second element is the guide. After installing these parts, a cable is laid to each lamp.
How to stretch the stretch ceilings
The next step is a straight stretch of the fabric. This process depends on the type of material used for the ceiling. If this is a PVC film, then the installation of the canvas by one's own hands is carried out according to the following scheme:
- The premise is pre-heated to 40-50 degrees with a heat gun.
- Then a film is introduced into the room, unpacking it, trying not to damage the surrounding objects.
- Using special clamps, fix the canvas first in one corner, which is closest to the heating battery. Then fix the diagonal, and only then - the remaining corners.
- On the suspended film direct the flow of thermal air from the gun to heat up to 70-80 degrees.
- Then, using a special spatula at the corners, and then along the walls, fill the canvas in the baguettes, while simultaneously removing the clamps.
- In the profile fix a decorated rubber insert or stick a foam plastic bag.
Fabric stretch ceiling with their own hands is set slightly differently. To consolidate it without distortions, at least two people are needed. Throughout the perimeter of the walls are mounted wooden beads, on which the fabric will be fastened. These elements are covered with glue and apply a cloth to them. After this, using a flipper, the fabric is pressed against the bar and fixed with a stapler. The last step is cut off excess parts of the canvas.
Closing device tension ceilings
If you pulled the canvas to a perfectly flat state, then you can proceed to the last stage. On it you need to install lamps or a chandelier. On the ceiling surface, the place for their fastening is equipped with an amplifying ring. Its thickness is about 4 mm. Considering this diameter, in the tensioning structure make holes for the fixtures and level the racks according to the level of the ceiling. The last step is to remove all the wires and connect them to the devices. It remains only to adjust the fixtures under the level of the stretched fabric and screw in the bulbs.
Video: how the suspended ceiling is fastened
Reviews
Alexander, 35 years : Stretch construction with my wife liked their unusual for the apartment view. We designed not only a bedroom with a living room, but a bathroom. All the editing was done on the lessons on the Internet. One piece of advice: if you need to stretch the linen in the living rooms before the wallpaper is pasted, then in the bathroom the installation is started after the walls are tiled.
Vladimir, 29 years old : I have my own cafe, and I designed the design myself. My attention was attracted by stretch ceiling structures made of PVC.They are not very dirty, washing them is very easy, and this is important for rooms where there are always a lot of people. For the installation, I turned to the familiar builders, but in the installation myself helped. It turned out very nicely.
Tatiana, 43 years old : Installed tension ceilings at home. They attracted us to the fact that if neighbors suddenly flood, then this can be easily solved by a small puncture and the descent of water. The construction is fast and there is no dirt in the process. More time was spent cutting holes for fixtures - in this case you need to be especially careful.