Update the ceiling

If lying on the bed, you have something porazglyadyvat on the ceiling, it seems, it's time to update it. After all cracks and stains over his head at least give a new reason to dream, but spoil the view of the entire apartment.

Choosing the way to finishing the ceiling should be based not only on your taste and financial possibilities, but also take into account the condition of your home. Because the walls of "sit down" with time and this slow process could spoil all the results of repair. In today's new buildings can not be afraid of cracking. If the house is built of bricks, and the age of 15 years, then in that case, you can buy conventional building materials. When the house from 15 to 30 years, will likely have to fork out for special additives, such as fastening a mixture of primers, and adhesive mounting grid, which will help you escape from the cracks. And if the house was built more than thirty years ago, the use of various reinforcing materials becomes a necessity.
For prefabricated houses and monolithic age is not so important. There, the walls and ceiling are composed of the same material, and hence they are aging much slower than brick houses.
There are several basic ways to upgrade the ceiling. Consider the fastest.
The most popular way of finishing the ceiling is in his painting. This is usually used for water-based paints. Often it is called - "Paint the ceiling." For the work you need a special Paint roller and tray. It is necessary to uniformly distribute the paint on the roller. If the cushion just dunk in a bucket of paint, beautifully painted ceiling will not work. It is desirable that your work from someone controlled. Indeed, from a different angle is not shaded areas will be seen better.
If there are cracks in the ceiling of their need to pre-seal the putty. Of course, the furniture in such works as have - anything to hide, otherwise it will all be painted in white "peas."
If you are too lazy to mess with the paint, try to ceiling. Them there are many types, but usually in apartments used rack, self-adhesive and suspended ceilings.
Self-adhesive foam ceiling boards are square. Usually the size of half a meter by half a meter. They are both flat and with a relief pattern. Plate affixed in a row on the ceiling cleaned and prepared. It is important to begin to glue them not from the angle, and from the center of the ceiling. Otherwise it will not pretty. Glued Styrofoam plates to the usual mounting glue. Often the edges of plates are small defects. They are easy to hide with white silicone. Joints in slabs as possible "zasilikonit. At the edge of the ceiling is desirable to put a decorative foam border. It will give your work a finished look. According to the manufacturer, to stand such a ceiling may be about fifteen years - a very good idea, given the small cost of foamed boards.
Suspended ceilings, are more suitable for a toilet, bathroom and kitchen. They represent the slats, usually three - four-meter length and width of ten - twelve inches. Install ceiling rack is quite easy, because its components are latched to each other. The main difficulty in installing it - it's fixing the frame on the ceiling. Given that the ceiling panels are quite strong - without a good drill you can not do. Plastic Pinion ceiling - mounted on wooden rails. With metallic complete guides usually come with special locks. Along with suspended ceilings can be installed minions, but you can leave and fixtures or chandeliers.
Stretch ceilings - not the budget option. Nevertheless, they are worth. As in the case of suspended ceilings - suspended ceilings require no preparation, even if it is in poor condition. They are usually bought in the installation of specialized firms. After all, the ceiling frame is exposed on the level of a special device, and only then it is fixed rigid film tensioning coating. This design holds up to 200 kg per square meter. Color of the material you can choose any. Moreover, the suspended ceiling can decorate almost any figure. That is, you will be able to give himself over the bed eternally blue sky, or the reproduction of some famous paintings.
Whichever way to upgrade the ceiling you choose, the technology of work remains roughly the same. First, the ceiling must be cleaned of dirt, dust, and the last finishing material. For slatted ceilings at this stage of preparatory works out, because they are aligned during installation. Then you want to align the ceiling level. If the curve is up to 3 cm, the ceiling is built up in the right places with the help of plaster mixtures. Then there is Filling the ceiling. One day after applying putty he vyshkurivaetsya, then primed. Then you can start Wallpapering or foam plates. If the ultimate goal - painting, then at the ceiling cover layer of finishing putty is still time vyshkurivaetsya, then painted, preferably twice.