Numerous useful tips for repairing a bathroom in an apartment are never in vain. You can always learn something new and progressive. Mottled with tips and ads on the Internet about the available facing of the bathroom with their own hands brings to the thought: "Will I be able to install plastic?". Throw away any doubts, and resolutely embark on finishing the bathroom with PVC panels.
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Prelude to repair in the bathroom
Starting repair in the bathroom, you have to carefully calculate the location of the finishing materials for the decoration of walls and ceiling. The small size of the bathroom and the availability of utilities complicate the installation, so you have to come up with options for decorating.
Of course, facing tiles can be considered the best option for finishing. But the laboriousness of the process of laying tiles and its significant cost are a deterrent. The appearance of new building materials - plastic panels greatly facilitates the repair in the bathroom. How to choose and install plastic panels yourself?
Things to remember when selecting panels
Recall that choosing plastic panels for the bathroom, I want to finish the flow and walls was:
• resistant to daily moisture
• Quick and easy installation
• allowed to hide defects in walls and communication
• was easy for constant care.
Therefore, the question: "How to choose plastic panels" should be justified by a combination of these criteria. It is necessary to distinguish plastic panels intended for installation on the ceiling and walls of the bathroom. What is the difference? Naturally in the thickness and width of the panels.
Plastic panels, regardless of the external color and tone manufacturers produce the following sizes:
• length - 2,6; 2.7 and 3 m.
• width from 0,15 to 0,50 m
• Thickness - 6,8,9 and 10 mm.
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There are suture panels for the ceiling, which have a width of 100, 250 and 250 mm. It is most convenient to work with wide panels. The ceiling in the bathroom, faced with wide panels, looks like a solid plane.
Plastic ceiling and wall panels
Ceiling panels designed for "top" mounting are not impact-resistant. The thickness of the ceiling panels ranges from 0.6 to 0.8 mm.
For finishing the bath with plastic panels you can use:
• PVC panels painted in mass
• panels with flexography and flexoprinting
• The panels are laminated.
Recall that simple PVC panels have a pure white color. The price of plastic panels in the bathroom depends on the type and type of fabrication.
Panels, painted in mass, have a rich shade and appearance throughout the entire operation process.
For panels made using flexography and flexo printing, a characteristic relief pattern is applied using a printing plate. The finished panel with flexography is covered with a protective layer of a special lacquer, which protects the panels from penetration of moisture and mechanical influences.
Due to lamination panels acquire an effective texture and a new quality - density. Laminated panels and with a printed pattern differ in price from panels painted in mass.
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Estimated and estimated works
Before the beginning of the work on the lining of the bathroom with PVC panels, it is necessary to make estimates, the purpose of which is to determine the number of panels and mounting profiles, depending on the direction of installation of the panels.
Evaluate the surface of the walls by the square of the room, taking into account the presence of joints, corners, openings, as well as non-standard elements. Under non-standard elements are niches, cabinets and shelves.
General calculation
The overall calculation consists of calculating the required number of materials required for installation:
• Roofing
• the number of PVC panels
• Calculation of mounting profiles.
length calculation
As a crate for bathroom linings, use rails, installed around the perimeter of the room. For each wall, calculate the lining area with slats and calculate the length of the battens. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the installation direction of the crate. When placed horizontally, the length of the crate is:
Lgor = L + 2 * b * hc
with vertical placement Lver = L + 2 * b * lc
When calculating, you need to add 5 percent for the overlaps. The result is rounded up.
calculation of the number of panels
Calculation of the total number of PVC panels is calculated by the formula:
N = Sob / lpan * hpan
where Sobl is the area of the crate,
hpan is the width of a single panel.
calculation of mounting profiles
Calculation of the number of mounting profiles is made by measuring the height of the corners and the perimeter of the ceiling. For facing the bathroom use the following profiles:
• starting
• outer and inner corner
• ceiling skirting
• universal corner molding.
After the completion of all calculations, you can proceed to installation and finishing
baths with plastic panels.
How to install PVC panels
Installation of plastic panels on the ceiling and walls of the bathroom is carried out in a traditional way. It is preferable to start the installation from the wall lining.
It is necessary to distinguish the following methods of mounting plastic panels:
• for liquid nails
• on the frame (crate).
How do specialists choose how to install panels? Experts advise: the installation of panels using liquid nails will be justified in the case of a perfectly flat surface of the walls and ceiling of the bathroom. Agree that this is a unique phenomenon. Therefore, installation on the crate is the most common.
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Before fixing the PVC panels on the crate, it does not hurt to work the ends of the panels with silicone sealant. This will ensure the sealing and exclude the ingress of droplets of water or moisture into the panels.
The installation of panels is carried out in stages and does not cause any special difficulties. How to make a paneling with plastic panels, is presented here.
Let there always be plastic
Plastic panels have a cloudless future ahead, while designers and manufacturers do not invent anything more practical. In the meantime, the facing material is plastic in front!
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