Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Rainbow over the sofa - Stretch ceilings

Stretch ceilings can dramatically change any apartment, you only need to give vent to imagination. Flashed recently on the streets of bright advertising suspended ceilings depicted half-naked couple, man and woman, covered with vinyl fabric. Stretch ceilings are able to dramatically change any apartment, you only need to give vent to imagination. Flashed recently on the streets of bright advertising suspended ceilings depicted half-naked couple, man and woman, covered with vinyl fabric. Repeated use of the verb "pull", including in the sense of obscene - at the same time the coup and the reflection of the philosophy with which expensive stretch ceilings are moving in the Russian market. Most of their strengths we have in mind, but there is no use. And all because of attitude to the ceiling we have the most conservative: it does not matter - they are vinyl, metal or the most common. What makes an unusual ceiling may be in the ceiling? It is as simple as the shell is a damn. Plastering, painting - and all. Complexity of choice and the associated misery only begins when the second, hinged roof, which in most cases has no mechanical strength. Behind it can hide cracks hopelessly wrinkled pristine surface of the wall, wiring, piping and air conditioning at all anything, except, of course, ski and boxes of old books. Stretch ceilings are of several types, but most of them consist of a harness and attached to the block panels. The panels are made of fiberglass mineralvolokna and vinyl-coated (Armstrong, OWAcoustic, DONN), plastic (Siro & Burg) and aluminum (Geipel, NE, Luxalon, Albe). Find the distribution of suspended ceilings and steel (the most common - from components US Ceiling Group, but there are also Russian). Relatively new on the market are suspended ceilings with coatings, "laminate", creating a texture under the skin, wood, and "flock" - a small pile resembling velvet. The latter, incidentally, excellent sound insulation and resistance to condensation. Cheapest - plasterboard or fibrous components (international production), more expensive - suspended ceilings (mostly French), which are thin sheets of PVC, the variety of material, from which, in particular, produce Euro-window frames. Stretch ceiling, unlike the panel, the main ceiling generally is not concerned. He is stronger on baguette, fixed on the perimeter of the premises at a distance of more than 3 inches from the ground, and stretched with a heat gun, forming a smooth, elastic surface. In each of the ceiling system has its own delights, enliven the monotonous style. Plasterboard or fibrous slabs decorated with reliefs of ornaments, metal rack set in the ceiling are alternated with strips of another color. Stretch ceilings can be glued together from strips of different colors, but they can obtyanut frame of any shape, creating a powerful and at the same time weightless architectural detail. However, Moscow architects rarely experimenting with tension ceilings. Themselves have the same owners mansions imagination goes no further than a top of concentric colored bands that resemble the target ... It is a pity that the ability of this material is used in Russia is only about ten percent. Symbol of the nation the past few years the French firmly associated in Russia with the perfume, wine and ... tension ceilings. Unlike most of the material relating to the interior, suspended ceilings remain the prerogative of France. Invented them in 1967, Monsieur Fernand Sherer, who headed the company Normalu. Scherer has appropriated a plastic film, a proud name Barrisol, and fast, showy version of the ceiling decoration began to collect awards at international construction exhibitions. The French firm has since multiplied, so that Moscow is now set ceilings Barrisol, Novelum, Extenzo, Dutch Mondea, as well as other firms, the differences between them are nuances in the design of fasteners, color scheme (for example, 50 rather than 90 species), and Of course, price (known as a brand, so it is above). Until now, measurements of the ceiling of rectangles from Russia to the heart of Europe, where a month or two valuable vinyl product comes in a roll. "Preload" ceiling with a heat gun is now in Russian brigade, but the cost of a stretch ceiling is still the highest among all types of ceiling finishes - from 30 to 60 dollars per meter, including installation. Gamma plastic coating contains up to a hundred colors and textures, including lacquer, matt, suede and marble. Premium on building Biennale confirm the ability of the ceiling to make any scheduled form. Lighting can be installed anywhere in the ceiling - both outside and beyond its surface, creating an unusual lighting effects. Stretch ceiling was considered by professionals around the world primarily as a docile and flexible material in the hands of the architect and designer. Considered, except in Russia, as we have this miracle of engineering literally hammer nails. 90 percent have installed suspended ceilings - pristine white linen from wall to wall. Good stuff just simulates a high-quality plaster work. In our view, the fact that Russia has suspended ceilings are addressed primarily to the private interior and abroad - to dominate in the interior of the public. Homemade taste is conservative, the house - always a place for rest rather than experiments. Because any ceiling in the apartment must be more white than any other. In contrast, in hotels, offices, showrooms, shops, restaurants, clubs, colored ceiling will add a room personality and will solve many problems of public buildings. Isolation and properties of dust suspended ceilings on food enterprises will be necessary to maintain hygiene. Security crowded places serve their nevozgoraemost and perfectly flat surface of a large hall, you can create just one day, and the room will be clean, without a concomitant repair of construction debris. In contrast to their Russian colleagues Western installers are often used for ceiling profiles of irregular shape, sinuous, modular. These are what are presented in spectacular photographs that seduce the client firms in Russia. Sophisticated designs allow designers to create a multilevel design that are close to airports or shopping malls. The warranty is standard on the ceiling up to 10 years. It is for this and pay a high price. How to get away What entices Russian dealers private client, no need of the aforementioned abundance? Oddly, the moisture resistance of the polymer film. Neighbors above can fill any number of the owner of a stretch ceiling with water from leaky pipes: all the moisture, as in a plastic bag, accumulate in the ceiling. Cause remains the master, that he carefully poured the water. As stated in the advertisement: "The ceilings Extenzo save you from flooding." Wow prospect! Or maybe better to move to the top floor? True, if the water will stream on the walls, then fell into the plastic, and under the frame, which will not hold water. Leakage, which must still meet in the ceiling hung a sort of severe bladder and profits brigade masters empty ceiling "capacity" of only 50-100 dollars. Suit you? That is why tension ceilings we usually close the kitchen and bath, where the designer is, in principle, does not roam, but with water pouring from the ceiling, no problem. Moreover, the firm installer asks honestly do not hide behind the ceiling of various communications. In case of emergency before they can get too high a price (all the same 50-100 dollars). There, in bathrooms and kitchens, install ceiling rack, requiring, by the way, great taste in placement. Otherwise, you will be under something resembling a wheel clapboard wall garden houses. For some reason the device is associated with a stretch ceiling repairs. But this is easier than to put an iron door. The main advantage of the ceiling in our environment - its "pull" almost without any trouble and problems for the landlord. No need to obscure half the newspapers, make furniture, to live in a nightmare week and whitewashed. For once shot size, the second - stretched. Heated PVC will be some time to cool and lightly smell the chemistry, but almost immediately a perfectly flat surface will transform housing. The ceiling is indispensable in order to disguise uneven wooden base to the heated cottage or in an old house with wooden floors. Space heating is needed because at a temperature below 5 degrees plus the plastic hardens and can burst. Where the house "walk", renovated in the usual way the ceiling is a season, and then there are new cracks. To deal with them is meaningless, it's easier once and for all to hide them for the springy surface of the vinyl. Some confuse synthetic-based coating. Not everyone likes to live next door to the plastic wall, even when it is at the top. Recently on the domestic market there tensioning coating on foundation fabric with fire-resistant impregnation. It's half the price of vinyl, has no welds and can be strengthened independently, manually, using the fixing cord. Quite a few times to tighten knots on the baguette on the perimeter of the room, and painting will hang, a hair's breadth as a vinyl ceiling. Until the remaining capacity of vinyl material that far, but no one suffers.

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