Common mistakes made during the installation of a stretch ceiling

Mistakes during the installation of a stretch ceiling can be made, as well as people who decided not to overpay the specialists for the installation, as well as the specialists themselves. What is most often done wrong?

Fixing profiles to walls

At this point, two common mistakes are made. The first relates to the fact that not everyone strengthens the fastening of profiles to the wall. This must be done if the internal partitions in the house do not differ in high strength.

The second mistake is the use of fewer dowels and other fasteners than necessary. The optimal step between fasteners should be 10-15 cm, while many do 20 cm each.

Poorly fixed aluminum profiles can move away from the wall over time, forming black gaps around the perimeter of the ceiling. In this case, the aesthetics are violated.

Preparation of places for mounting fixtures and cornices

There are also two errors in this category. The first is associated with a small number of fasteners for embedded platforms for chandeliers and cornices, as a result of which they can collapse by pulling a stretch ceiling.

The second mistake is to save on the quality of embedded platforms, which can not withstand the weight of lighting devices, crack and collapse.

Web tensioning work

Three errors are common here. The first is the choice of low-quality film for the future ceiling. During installation, the PVC material is heated and stretched, an odor is released during the process. Which normally disappears after 2-3 days. If you choose a poor-quality canvas, then the smell can stand for several months. Also, some choose too thin PVC film through which the old ceiling and fixing structures can be seen.

The second mistake is related to the wrong selection of ceiling sizes. PVC film should be less than the ceiling area, since during installation it stretches. If the canvas is larger, then in a few days it will sag, and if it is smaller, then it can tear or shine through.

The third error includes poor-quality adhesion of ceiling materials to each other. This is common when using different colors of PVC film, which can break during operation.

Adjoining pipes

In many rooms where you want to make a suspended ceiling, there are gas or drainpipes. To make the PVC film look beautiful around them, it is necessary to make a cut in the shape of the pipe and strengthen the canvas in this place. Often this is not done, and after the film begins to disperse in these places, forming large gaps.