Today everyone knows what a stretch ceiling is. How to do it, in principle, is clear to everyone. But how to mount it with your own hands, and is it worth it to do it yourself? Our answer is no. Everyone must do their job. And let a specialist pull the ceiling. But if you're itching to do it yourself, here are some tips.
What do you need for work?
You will need the material itself, which can be either film or fabric. Of the tools - a spatula, straight and semicircular. You also need a baguette for finishing the butt joints, self-tapping screws, a screwdriver. The main tool that you need is a building hair dryer. True, professionals use a construction gun, which makes work much faster, because it heats up a large surface.
Getting Started
First you need to conduct wiring and connect all lighting fixtures, taking into account the fact that for a stretch ceiling the maximum power is 50 watts. Now let's talk about how stretch ceilings are made. Photos of the process are available in specialized magazines or onsite of any construction company. So, screw the ceiling profile to the walls. In this case, the lowest point of the ceiling should be taken into account. It is from her that you will need to build on work. First, the profile will need to be glued, and after you have made sure that it is perfectly even, it can be fixed with screws. After that, warm the room to 40 degrees. This temperature must be maintained throughout the installation process.
Heat the ceiling material to 60 degrees. This will facilitate the tensioning process and prevent tearing of the web. You need to fix the ceiling from one of the corners of the room. Then it is tucked into the opposite corner, and so on. The last corner will be the most difficult, because the weight of the canvas will fall in the center. After all the corners are fixed, you can move on to the canvas itself. It must be filled around the perimeter with a spatula, evenly stretching the film.
Completion of works
Well, the stretch ceiling (we just learned how to make it) is fully fixed. But there are some defects: excess material, folds and wrinkles on the surface, not very beautiful seams. We fix all the shortcomings. The material that turned out to be superfluous is cut off. Folds and wrinkles are heated with a building hair dryer and smoothed out. We close the attachment point with the wall with a baguette, which can be either simple, classic, or matched to the general style of the room. Well, here we are with you and figured out what a stretch ceiling is, how to do it yourself, and realized that it is not so easy.
WhatAs for how to make stretch two-level ceilings, it should be borne in mind: it is much easier to pull a simple even ceiling than to do it in several levels. There are many options, and all of them are quite difficult to implement. Therefore, if you can already make a simple even stretch ceiling yourself, then it’s better not to risk it and call the master.
Summarize
We talked about the stretch ceiling - how to make it yourself. But still it is better not to experiment. From my own experience, we can say that no one will do this better than a real master. So, when buying a ceiling, order its installation. The cost of work will be much cheaper than the effort, time and nerves spent during self-assembly.
