Installation of a masking tape for a stretch ceiling

A flat ceiling is the dream of every owner. This horizontal surface is ideal can be made with a stretch ceiling. Such a canvas will hide any seams of plates and defects of the base in any room. Another thing is that the walls that adjoin such a surface can be, to put it mildly, not so ideal. And between their surface and the ceiling, this ugly gap arises! Oh yes, a masking tape for a stretch ceiling should be inserted here. Why is it worth choosing it, not a ceiling baseboard?

Content:

1. The need to install a camouflage tape
2. Camouflage tape against ceiling plinths
3. Advantages of camouflage decorative tape
4. Installation of a decorative camouflage tape

The need to install a camouflage tape

The final installation of the tension system is a perimeter fastening of a decorative camouflage tape, which provides camouflage of the butt spaces between the wall and ceiling structures. The camouflage tape is installed in the hole between the mounting profile and the wall without applying glue. And the work lasts only a few minutes.

But why does such a gap arise? You will think in a sinful thing that you did not correctly perform the installation of a stretch ceiling. However, the reason is simple: the tension canvas is attached not to the walls themselves, but to the fixed profile. Inside the profile there is a cavity into which the harpoon is inserted with a special spatula, which is a rigid edging of the ceiling.

After installation, it is just open and the technological hole in the profile remains: the stretch canvas is pulled close to its neighboring edge from the center of the room. It is here that the camouflage tape is inserted with some effort.

Camouflage tape against ceiling plinths

The main goal with which the decorative tape for suspended ceilings is set to hide the gap untidy for the eyes against the wall. However, you know another method to disguise all the flaws of this joint of the ceiling with the walls of the ceiling skirting board. Of course, if you have chosen it, you should get acquainted with the features of its installation:

• The skirting boards are mounted only on the walls. You can’t glue them directly to the stretch ceiling: the canvas will go in a wave, and the drafts, fluctuating the ceiling film, will loosen the glue seams of the skirting boards. In addition, it is not known in advance how the finest film will react to the composition of the adhesive.
• It is recommended to choose ceiling skirting boards under the sticker to the wall with the maximum width of the site. The reason has already been mentioned: the plinth will have to glue exclusively to one surface.
• If you choose a wide molding instead of a skirting board, then the problems with the sticker will be minimized, because initially the molding is intended for fastening exclusively to the wall.

Ceiling skirting boards are perfectly combined with a stretch fabric. But their installation is quite specific. And the masking tape has one great advantage over the ceiling skirting board: the tape is decorative for suspended ceilings reversibly. Situations when you have to dismantle the stretch ceiling is not so little as it can seem at first glance.

The list of reasons for the dismantling of the tensioned fabric of hidden communications, the necessary replacement of pipes, flooding with neighbors from above, close and other problems of wiring. In a word, sooner or later the ceiling has to be removed and re -installed. The harpoon technology of attaching the PVC film allows you to do this quickly and without any problems. The camouflage tape for the ceiling is easily pulled out of the profile and is inserted back into place.

But the glued skirting boards against this background have a significant drawback: when dismantling, they will have to be torn and simply thrown away, and the site for the sticker will no longer be smooth. The tape is much ceiling skirting boards. Even if you have chosen a contrasting color, the tape will reduce the apparent area of \u200b\u200bthe ceiling slightly. But by the area of \u200b\u200bthe ceiling and floor, a person evaluates the size of the room.

Advantages of camouflage decorative tape

The main advantage of a masking tape for a stretch ceiling is also manifested when the wallpaper is replaced. If you want to change the paint or wallpaper on the walls, the tape is easily dismantled and installed in its former place after completion of finishing work. And you can carry out this procedure several times. The camouflage tape perfectly hides deformed areas on the walls, unsuitable or unsettled wall defects under the ceiling. This is especially true when pasting the surface with wallpaper of a textile or vinyl series.

Decorative insert is also used to mask joints between several stretch canvases. This will help to give the ceiling system an optically completed appearance. Thanks to the plasticity of the camouflage tape for the stretch ceiling, it is possible to use a plug in the case of a complex shape, which is smooth wave -like bends. At the request of the owners, the camouflage tape can be washed calmly, which indicate the high quality of this thin border.

Installation of a decorative camouflage tape

A camouflage tape for a stretch ceiling can have several shapes that are distinguishable from each other, G-shaped, T-shaped and F-shaped. Mr.-shaped masking tape from the first type differs exclusively as a way of fasteners. There are no more fundamental differences. The T-shaped tape has a different type, its 2 extreme sides are in contact with the ceiling and the wall, the g-lint is inserted into the mount, which is available on the frame, and the other side rests on the wall at a certain angle. The masking F-shaped tape is used with plastic fasteners.

The most universal is a M-shaped masking tape for a suspended ceiling. Due to your elasticity and high flexibility, you can use these plugs on drywall ceilings. This is also relevant when hiding transitions on multi -level ceilings, which have irregular forms of round or wavy. In addition, a universal Mr.-shaped tape (a parliamentary corner) can be used with any type of profile.

Camouflage tapes for hiding transitions are performed mainly from polymeric materials, and therefore high flexibility of the result is ensured. With the help of dyes, you can achieve the maximum effect of decorativeness: the market assortment offers any colors and gradations, even mixed tones of the rainbow. This allows you to realize completely any design project and harmoniously complete the interior of the room.

When choosing a decorative tape for a stretch ceiling, it is recommended to pay attention to its color. The choice of plugs, as a rule, boils down to one of 3 options.

1. The tape that has the color of a stretch ceiling, the visible visual part of the ceiling makes a little more.
2. The tape, which has a color similar to the tone of the walls, makes the walls, in turn, seem higher.
3. The tape of a contrasting color for both surfaces creates a clear visual boundary of the ceiling. It looks beautiful, but only with the perfect geometry of the walls: the contrasting border will only emphasize any of their bends.

From the point of view of the methodology for installing a masking tape for suspended ceilings, there are no differences for the types of plugs. In all cases, the tape must be pressed with moderate effort into the groove. These special places in the design of the stretch ceiling, which are designed for fastening the tape, are called slot units. When installing a camouflage tape, you can not only get rid of the technical gap between the wall and the stretch fabric, but you will also avoid accumulation in this gap of dirt.

Mount a decorative tape for a stretch ceiling around the perimeter of the room. When working, there is no need to use adhesive compounds. In order for the seam to look smoothly on the wall, the tape should be set at an angle of less than 90 degrees, additional pressure, which is on the wall, contributes to the increase in the strength of the entire structure. If you have a need, you can remove the tape for reuse by inserting the edging to your former place.

Thus, it is not necessary to install a camouflage tape, but we strongly recommend! It is unimportant to refuse it for considerations of savings. The same applies to time saving the strip edging can be set for a couple of minutes, which almost does not affect the installation time of the stretch fabric. Therefore, it makes sense to order a stretch ceiling with a decorative insert so that it looks holistically and beautiful.