How to choose fabric ceilings

They resort to the installation of a stretch ceiling when you want to quickly and without much effort create a perfectly even ceiling. After all, work on plastering the surface of the ceiling takes more than one day, and after them there is a lot of garbage and dirt. The tension fabric ceiling successfully imitates the ideal surface of a whitewashed or painted ceiling, but is mounted in one day, without dirt, dust and wet work and does not require the removal of furniture from the room. In favor of tissue ceilings, their porous structure and the ability to withstand negative temperatures speaks, due to which they can be installed in cold and unheated rooms. In this article we will tell you how to choose fabric ceilings and what to look for. We will also distinguish which of the properties attributed to tissue ceilings are real advantages, and which fiction or intentional misleading.

1. Advantages of tissue stretch ceilings
2. Myths about tissue stretch ceilings
3. Color solutions of fabric stretch ceilings
4. The dimensions of the fabric ceiling canvas
5. Ways to attach a fabric stretch ceiling
6. Which manufacturer to buy fabric ceilings
   • Descor tissue ceilings
   • Clipso tissue ceilings
   • Cerutti tissue ceilings
7. Stretch fabric ceilings: photo examples

Advantages of tissue stretch ceilings

When the owners are facing the question of which stretch ceiling to choose fabric or PVC film, first of all they try to find the advantages of some over others. This can be a great aesthetic attractiveness or the best performance, or ease of installation. In any case, all advantages affect the scales.

Fabric ceilings have significant advantages that can influence the choice:

1. Unleashed the effects of low temperatures and are resistant to temperature differences. The declared characteristics indicate that the temperature range in which the tissue ceilings can be used ranges from -40 C to +80 C. This property allows them to install them in cold and unheated rooms, for example, in a private house without heating, in open ones Terras, on the balcony, loggia or veranda. Also, if the house is not heated constantly, but only on weekends, when the owners arrive at the cottage, you can also install a fabric ceiling. And they are not afraid that when frosts, the fabric can be crumpled and burst.
2. Seamless. Instead of tissue, this type of ceiling is called seamless, and more recently it was a significant advantage over PVC films. Fabric ceilings are produced in rolls up to 5.1 m wide. These sizes are enough to pull the canvas without seams in rooms up to 5 m wide. Previously, PVC films were made up to 2.5 3 m wide, because of which they had to be welded together, and the junction of the joint could be seen, closely looking at the surface of the ceiling. And the seam is a vulnerable place. Today, proven self -respecting manufacturers of stretch ceilings from PVC film produce products up to 4.5 5 m wide, as well as fabric. But fakes from China or films of domestic production still have a width of 1.5 2 m.

Important! Installation of a tissue ceiling in a room of more than 5 m wide is impossible without a connecting profile, since the canvases are not welded together. The joint of the paintings in the profile will be visible to the naked eye.

3. Exceptional strength. Fabric ceilings are more resistant to mechanical damage and are considered stronger than PVC 15 20 times. They cannot be damaged by a trial from champagne, but if you try to then with a sharp object, for example, with a knife, the fabric can still be cut. In the photo, the ceiling that can withstand all the plaster that has fallen from the real ceiling.
4. For the installation of a fabric canvas, the exact dimensions of the room are not needed. The canvas is always taken with a margin, and the excess is cut.
5. Easily installed. To install a fabric ceiling, a heat gun is not used, it is enough to fix the baguette/fastener and pull the canvas. At the same time, even indoor plants do not have to be taken out of the room, since there is no exposure to high temperatures.
6. Fabric ceilings do not burn.
7. Do not collect static charge And do not electrize. Dust does not stick to them.
8. Canvas you can repaint, including acrylic paints up to 4 times.
9. Do not emit any smell.
10. On a surface moisture is not condensedand, due to which mold and fungus do not develop.
11. Fabric ceilings serve good heat and sound insulation. There is even a whole line of acoustic stretch fabric ceilings. True, it is still necessary to install soundproof slabs in addition to them in addition to them.
12. Practical in operation. Over time, they do not turn yellow, do not crack, do not wipe and do not change their properties.

The advantages of tissue ceilings are obvious, but their surface can only be matte. Neither glossy nor mirror ceilings from fabric are. The canvas must only be cleaned with a dry brush or panicle, although judging by the reviews, neat cleaning with soap water and sponge also does not harm. But the most important disadvantage of the fabric ceiling is the impossibility of re -installation, since the canvas is cut to the stump, it simply cannot be pulled again.

Myths about tissue stretch ceilings

Despite the fact that fabric ceilings appeared relatively recently, their popularity is growing very quickly. The desire of the manufacturer, dealer or trading agent to better present their goods led to the appearance of many myths. Fabric canvases are attributed to absurd qualities or simply contradictory. Let's delimit where the myth is, and where is reality.

• Fabric ceilings are environmentally friendly.

This is a kind of speculation on the perception of the word fabric, it immediately appears to be cotton or flax. In fact, the material for the fabric stretch ceiling is absolutely synthetic material polyester, which is made from the wastewater waste. To ensure the canvas, strength and water resistance, it is processed with special compounds with the content of polyurethane.

Sometimes, in exceptional cases, instead of polyester, fiberglass or even natural fibers, for example, silk, is used, but their treatment with polyurethane nullifies all naturalness and environmental friendliness.

In fact, the assertion is that fabric ceilings are environmentally friendly, indicates the absence of a chemical smell, unlike the PVC film. This ends all the environmental friendliness. But you can see on the other hand: the lion's share of modern clothing is made from the same polyester, however, it is not saturated with polyurethane. So if you wear synthetic clothing, then in principle, you will still have a natural or synthetic fabric ceiling.

• The fabric ceiling is waterproof and protects against flooding.

Thanks to the impregnation with polyurethane compositions, the fabric ceiling really does not pass water. True, not too long. Since the texture of the fabric itself implies the presence of pores, which will stretch under pressure, and the water will begin to seep. Also note that the canvas is strong enough to withstand water pressure, but at the same time inelastic, does not stretch. Therefore, in the case of extreme flooding, the canvas will simply break out of the mounting baguette, and the water will spill out.

• The fabric ceiling breathes.

The cloth of the tissue stretch ceiling has a large knitted knitting with visible pores. For this reason, a myth appeared that the fabric ceiling is an air duct. The manufacturers themselves doubt this, especially relatively waterproof models. It is possible that the canvas insatiable by polyurethane really breathe, very little, like any synthetics.

• The fabric ceiling is easy to operate.

The canvas absorbs smells, dust accumulates on it. And in the event of a mud from a real ceiling, for example, along with dirty water, this dirt is so much eaten that it is not so easy to remove.

Consider all of the above so as not to be disappointed in the future. If you consciously choose fabric stretch ceilings, then do not overestimate them. Now let's focus on the features of choosing tissue ceilings.

Color solutions of fabric stretch ceilings

A total of color and textured solutions of fabric stretch ceilings is no more than 40. The most common are white and pastel colors. Absolutely white canvas excellently imitates the whitewashed ceiling. The remaining colors and shades: blue, yellow, orange, violet, red, terracotta and even black It turns out matte. The fabric canvas is not glossy at all, even painted it resembles a matte knitted fabric.

In addition to standard colors, there are models with shiny shades. On one of the 10 main colors of the surface, diamonds sparkle in one of the 10 main colors. Such a ceiling is perfect for the cinema, the living room and the bathroom.

Series of translucent fabric ceilings It has only 7 color solutions, three of which are shades of white. The light output of such canvases can be from 30 to 70 %. It is convenient to use such ceilings along with fiber -optic or LED backlight, for example, when creating the ceiling, a starry sky. Scattered light from spotlights or fibers will create the illusion of flickering stars.

It is not necessary to be content with standard color solutions, fabric ceilings can reptile up to 4 timesas well as apply photo printing on them. By using photo print Absolutely any image can be applied to the surface of the canvas, but it will not be glossy. This must be taken into account. Also, photo printing significantly increases the cost of installing the ceiling.

Artistic painting Another way to make the fabric ceiling unique. Free flight of fantasy, you can realize any intricate idea.

No less important is the texture of the canvas. You can choose a canvas under suck( on the picture) , under genuine skin, under silk Or ordinary knitwear. With the help of an unusual texture, you can create a unique style in the room. The structure of the knitted fabric has a small step of weaving, 1 2 mm, but the pores created in this way are noticeable for an ordinary eye.

The dimensions of the fabric ceiling canvas

Tissue stretch ceilings are produced in rolls with a width of 3 5 m. When choosing a canvas, it is necessary to measure the area of \u200b\u200bthe room, its length and width. To the resulting values \u200b\u200bof the length and width, add 10 cm to each side. It is necessary for high -quality fastening of the canvas.

For example, if the width of the room is 4.25 m, a canvas of at least 4.45 m width is required. The nearest standard roll width is 4.5 m (for some manufacturers) and 5.1 m. The excess is cut off during installation.

Ways to attach a fabric stretch ceiling

A significant disadvantage of the tissue ceiling is the inability to use a harpoon method of fastening. The strength and inelasticity of the canvas do not allow to attach harpoon to it.

Therefore, there are only two ways to attach a fabric stretch ceiling: clip and graduate (wedge).

Clip method of fasteningit consists in the fact that the canvas is refueling into the gap between the two planes, which are a constructive feature of the fasteners. One of these planes should be located at a blunt angle to the surface of the canvas. In this way, clip tissue ceilings are mounted. The profile is made of high -strength plastic and has a design that allows you to not use a decorative filler. The canvas is snapped and pressed by the planes of the baguette.

Brill method or stapikika It is more artisanal. For it, a P-shaped profile is used, in which the canvas is refuel and is fixed using wooden or plastic stacks. The resulting technological gap is closed by a decorative element. Tissue ceilings deskcore are installed in this way, since the canvas of this manufacturer is somewhat thinner than that of the clip, and it is more difficult to hold it with clip fasteners.

Which manufacturer to buy fabric ceilings

The domestic market offers high -quality fabric ceilings of only a few manufacturers, each of which works according to its technology, uses different materials and standards.

Descor tissue ceilings

Descor ceiling canvases are made of polyester and impregnated with polyurethane, but the thread used for this is much thinner than that of the clip. The smaller step of weaving and a thinner thread make the desk of deskor thin and finely porous. They say that the structure of this canvas is almost invisible at an altitude of more than 2.5 m.

The deskcrot of the deskor is produced in rolls of 3.10 m, 4.10 m and 5.10 m.

The ceiling system of this manufacturer can be either clip and graduate. The latter is used if the customer wants to save on the cost of materials and installation.

Important! Please note that an unscrupulous dealer may assure you that the deskcore prevents are installed only with a glazing manner. This is not so, demand a clip baguette, the manufacturer provides for it.

The tissue ceilings of this manufacturer are produced in several color and textured solutions, while materials are used of varying degrees of safety.

For example, waterproof and dirt -repellent models do not breathe.

Ceilings Descor Trevira Made from the best materials and with the highest quality additives. They are considered the most safe for use in residential premises.

Ceilings Descor Frcheaper, about 15,20 %. They use cheap additives.

Ceilings Descor ColorThe line of paintings with various color solutions (about 30).

Ceilings Descor Acoustic The latest innovative system that extinguishes an echo and helps to soundproof the room.

The advantage of the ceilings of the German manufacturer Deskor is the lower price. The installers also argue that they can be attached not only to their native baguettes, but also on domestic production profiles.

Clipso tissue ceilings

The cloths of the Swiss ceilings Clips have a wider fabric cell due to the fact that a thicker thread and larger weave are used. The material turns out to be coarser, and the cells are more noticeable. But at the same time, the color of the canvas is more calm, its white hue is closest to natural. Due to the coarse texture, these ceilings, as it were, add the height of the room, and not press on top.

Clipso tissue ceiling is produced in rolls of 2.10 m, 2.50 m, 3.10 m, 3.50 m, 4.10 m, 4.50 m and 5.10 m. The high width of the width in the rolls makes it possible to save on when The order of the canvas, correctly selecting its size and without overpaying for the excess.

These ceilings are attached using a clip system.

The color scheme is no less diverse than the company deskor, about 40 shades. Plus is produced separately antibacterial line, translucent, shiny, water -repellent, gloring and acoustic ceilings.

Keep in mind that the water and dirt-repellent clips do not breathe.

Cerutti tissue ceilings

The canvases of the Italian fabric ceilings of Cheutti are made of polyester reinforced with nylon threads and impregnated with polyurethane on both sides 2 times. The resulting ceiling is very durable, but also heavier than the ceilings of other manufacturers. When installing in rooms of large area, small sagging cannot be avoided.

Cheutti tissue ceilings are produced in rolons of 3.10 m, 4.10 m and 5.10 m wide.

Double impregnation of the canvas provides sufficient strength and water resistance, so that this ceiling can withstand up to 100 liters of water. The coating of the canvas with varnish makes it resistant to dirt and easy.

Fabric ceilings from Italy are produced in white and many pastel shades.

The mount occurs using a P-shaped baguette with a special clothespin, holding and clamping the canvas, as well as the cord.

Reinforced fabric ceilings of Cheutti Innovation in the industry of suspended ceilings. They are popular and have earned trust all over the world.

The choice of a fabric ceiling is a responsible task. Do not order canvases via the Internet, not seeing how they really look. Pick up the ceiling option, call and agree to see the samples. This will protect you from disappointments, since the color and texture in the picture almost always do not coincide with reality.

Stretch fabric ceilings: photo examples