The bathroom occupies a special position in the house - the conditions in it can be more quickly attributed to extreme - high humidity, constant temperature changes, the presence of a lot of water vapor in the room. Therefore, the finishing materials for walls in such a room will also need special ones that could easily cope with these problems for a long period of operation. Many owners of apartments the best option consider finishing the walls in the bathroom with tiles. Nevertheless, a rather beautiful and durable option will be used for wall paneling. As their undeniable advantage, one can unequivocally call the low cost and ease of installation.
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Bathtub finish with plastic panels - advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of plastic panels are few inferior to ceramic facing tiles:
- have high strength and resistance to mechanical stress,
- are able to provide reliable protection of building structures from dampness, they do not allow water to flow even at joints,
- can tolerate sudden temperature changes,
- serve for a long time without losing the attractiveness of their appearance,
- have a rather aesthetic appearance and will look good in the interiors of different styles
- a wide range of colors makes it possible to make a choice of the necessary shade without any difficulties.
Their installation is done by a dry method, it takes only a couple of days to finish. Since the plastic panels for the bathroom have a fairly simple mounting technology, they can be installed by hand, resulting in savings on the wages of hired workers. Of course, this will require an idea of how to install the framework and how to mount the panels on it.
The installation can be performed on walls made of a wide variety of materials, special preparation of the surface is not required. Although the material itself has soundproofing and heat-insulating properties, if you need to install it, you can install an additional layer of insulation or soundproofing material.
Finishing the bath with plastic panels allows you to simplify the care, it will consist in the periodic wiping of walls with water with the addition of detergents.
Do not forget that you can not use tools that contain abrasive components when cleaning panels.
Among the negative points, it is necessary to note the artificial origin of the material, despite this plastic is environmentally friendly, it does not pollute the environment by harmful fumes and does not pose any danger to a person. Use plastic panels in the bathroom, the price of which is quite democratic, you can without serious fear.
The second negative point is the reduction of the useful area of the bath - the installation of the battens will require several centimeters near each wall. This is especially sensitive in small bathrooms. But in this case, you can resort to an alternative installation option - directly on the wall, using a special glue. Of course, in this case it will not be possible to hide the pipelines and electric wires laid near the walls.
Decorating with plastic panels of light shades of a small bathroom will contribute to a visual increase in space.
Plastic panels for the bathroom and their varieties
If we consider the shape that plastic panels have, we can divide them into three groups.
- Sheet materials - are of sufficiently large size, the installation of such elements is usually performed on the glue. Joints between the sheets are not enough, to seal and mask them use a transparent sealant or decorative strip of the appropriate color. Sheet plastic has a wide range of colors and a variety of prints.
- The board is a long (2,4 - 3.6 m) narrow (1,3 - 2,6 mm) plank.
- Tiles are panels of the same material, but in the form of a square, from 0.3 to 0.98 m.
How to choose plastic panels in the bathroom
To ensure trouble-free installation of plastic panels when selecting them, special attention should be given to the quality of the material. It is the quality material that will serve for a long time, will not change its technical characteristics during operation. So, which materials should be preferred?
- First of all, those that have a greater number of stiffeners - they give the material strength. On the edges themselves, there should be no visible defects and deformed areas that sometimes appear in the process of improper transportation or storage.
- Painted on the panel paint should be evenly distributed on the surface, should not be viewed poorly colored areas. If there is a drawing on the surface, then it should have a clear outline.
- When connecting two panels, even the smallest gaps should not be formed.
- On the front side of the panels should not be viewed waves or stiffeners.
To determine the quality of the material, you can carefully examine the reverse side - if its color is white, without dark impregnations, then high-quality primary raw materials were used in the manufacture of plastic.
Measuring the real width and length of the panel, you should compare the figures with those indicated on the label - unscrupulous producers can indicate dimensions that do not correspond to the actual dimensions of the sheets for the purpose of economy.
To make a purchase you should choose a solid store that sells construction materials - counterfeits in such are much less common.
Installation of plastic panels
If the installation will be carried out on the crate, then prioritizing the walls does not make sense. It will only be necessary to remove the previous coating and apply an antiseptic primer to the walls, it will prevent the damaging effect of moisture on the surface of the walls. If mold stains are found under the old finish, they must be removed and the places of their treatment carefully treated with an antifungal agent.
You can use wooden bars or a metal profile for the construction of the battens. The latter in a bathroom environment will be a more successful solution - wood in damp conditions will collapse more actively.
The profiles are fixed to the wall in steps of 0.4 - 0.5 m, how correctly the fastening is checked by level. Begin the installation from a corner, the mounting direction can be selected arbitrarily. At the fixing point of the first panel, the starting corner is set, the mounting shelf of the panel is inserted, then leveled and fixed with screws.
The following pieces of decoration are installed in the same way. The last panel is fixed in the finish profile, self-tapping screws are not used for its mounting.
Finishing the ceiling in the bathroom with plastic panels
Plastic ceiling in the bathroom can be considered one of the most rational solutions, it is used and if the bathroom walls are tiled.
Attractive parties of this option are:
- low cost,
- practicality,
- simplicity of care.
In addition, the installation of plastic panels allows you to hide electrical wiring, ventilation ducts, other utilities, to realize the original design solutions, using the construction of a multi-level ceiling, combining the shades of plastic and its direction.
If it is decided to perform the finishing of the ceiling with your own hands, then it is not superfluous to get acquainted with the recommendations of specialists.
- If the tiles on the walls are laid flat, then the measurements can be performed from the seams of the tile.
- Bathroom lighting should be planned in advance, it is better to purchase lamps in advance - installing some of them will require you to lower the ceiling by several centimeters with respect to the base.
- When working, it is better to use fasteners, they can be hammered.
- Fastening of plastic panels is made perpendicular to the profile direction.
- The recommended distance between the profiles is 0,4 m, with the increase in the panel pitch after installation can sag.
- If you plan to install a chandelier or a classic version of the luminaire, an additional profile will be required at the installation site.
- During installation work, special efforts should not be made to press the material: it is brittle, it is not difficult to break it.
- By placing the ceiling plastic plates in a certain direction, you can achieve the effect of visual expansion of space.
Quite interesting solutions to the ceiling can be obtained by installing the plates diagonally, although this type of fastening is not often used.
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