How to choose ceiling tiles correctly
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Repairs coming to its logical conclusion, and that means it’s time to think over the choice of ceiling moldings. What should be the fillet below the ceiling and walls have acquired a harmonious and finished look? What to look for when buying it: material, size, according to the interior? Today we will discuss all the nuances of how to choose ceiling tiles.
The role of the decorative edging ↑
The ceiling tiles (or otherwise- «baguette», «quirk») is a decorative edging made of plastic or wood and the envelope of the room around the perimeter. Their core mission is to disguise the joints between walls and ceiling. In addition, quirk performs several important tasks:
- veils the defects, roughness and slopes remaining after the repair of the premises;
- a perfect vehicle for communications: Internet, cable, wiring, water pipes;
- transforms the room, making it visually more or less;
- hides the gaps between the ceiling and the Wallpaper.
The first step to a harmonious interior ↑
Once at the hardware store, you will encounter a huge assortment of ceiling moldings, designed for every whim and fancy. What a baguette is the best?
Foam skirting Board. This option is inexpensive and easy to handle. To build it quite easily to work you need only an ordinary sharp knife. However, the foam has a significant drawback – Flammability, highlighting in case of fire acrid smoke, harmful to health. The second drawback – the fragility and transience. Careless handling material formed on the dents and cracks.
Polystyrene baguette has a higher degree of strength and is a bit more expensive than its foam counterpart. Same as the last, it is easily cut with a knife, but prevents damage to the structure. Completely safe in terms of fire hazards polystyrene can not be called, he quickly ignited, but after a while fades out. The surface of the material smooth and white, doesn’t need painting and cleaned of contaminants with plain water.
Wooden plinth is the most expensive of these, but its technical characteristics are disproportionately higher. Border made of wood, give the room the luxury, of respectability, aristocracy. Aesthetic appearance, durability of wooden baguette more than pay for the cost of the purchase and installation of the material. Among the minuses can be noted:
- the complexity of processing and installation;
- a high degree of occurrence of flaws during self-installation;
- exposure to wood deformation, the processes of decay, attack of fungi and insects.
In fact, no precise recommendations which material you should choose. It all depends on personal preferences, togoshi purse and the operating conditions of the floor.
Determine the optimal width of the baguette ↑
Similarly, the materials, the proper basis for a ceiling mount, the stores offer a wide selection of moldings of various widths. In this regard, there is a legitimate question, what is the significance of the width of the plinth?
- A baguette is visually smooths the corners, giving the room some roundness. As you know, this situation creates a feeling of tranquility and peace, a positive effect on the psyche of the residents.
- A skirting Board perfectly masks imperfections and flaws of the joints of the walls and ceiling.
- The width of the border directly affects the dimensions of the room. So, narrow plinth makes the room visually larger, while the wide – produces the opposite effect.
Choose the color ↑
Skirting light shades, echoes the color of the ceiling, will help to visually «pulling» room, making it spacious. A baguette, chosen to match the walls, will significantly reduce the dimensions of the room. Quirk bright, contrasting colors are allowed in the rooms with high ceilings. In this case, it will create a striking, unusual design. But the color of the plinth should be involved in any element of the interior.
Identify the form of the plinth ↑
Having defined the material, color and width of the ceiling mount, you need to think about its form. The dilemma is usually which the plinth to give priority: trivial version of the simple lines or a perfect baguette with a fancy pattern? The second option is ideal for an interior in Baroque or Rococo, where hovers the spirit of antiquity, demonstrates the luxury and pretentiousness. The plinth with difficult terrain, besides, difficult to install and keep clean.
Thus, the choice of ceiling moldings depends on many factors: interior and room dimensions, the operating conditions of the fringing and its technical characteristics. And not to advise you designers and sellers, the last word still remains for you.
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