Criteria for choosing a baguette for stretch ceiling

Among the variety of options for decorating the stretch ceiling occupies a special place. In a short period of time, he managed to achieve positive feedback from many consumers. To build a stretch ceiling, special tools and skills are needed.

Baguette is used to mount the ceiling structure to the ceiling and walls. It must hold a considerable weight of the canvas, in this regard, the quality of its installation and the strength of the profile itself play an important role.

Baguette (or profile) is the most important element in the ceiling structure. It provides a fixed web. Its installation begins with the fastening of the profile around the entire perimeter of the room. Next, proceed to the tensioning of the ceiling.

This mount has many advantages:

• strength - a baguette is capable of holding a weight of more than 20 kilograms per square meter;
• practicality - the installation takes a little time, after the completion of the work remains the minimum amount of garbage;
• the cloth can be subjected to correction.

By production of a profile strong plastic or aluminum alloy is used. For aluminum baguette is characterized by a long service life and high strength. Manufacturers produce profiles, pre-treated with powder paint. It protects the metal from corrosion. The only nuance - this profile is not suitable for uneven or difficult to reach areas on the ceiling. Aluminum baguette perfectly fits into the interior where fabric and wood are used..

Baguette made of plastic is much cheaper than a metal profile. It is highly resistant to temperature and easy installation. The flexibility of this profile allows you to repeat the bend of any curved structure.This will facilitate their installation, since there is no need to adjust to the desired size.

The profile, in turn, is divided into categories:

• baguette for wall - used for fixing the tension surface of the ceiling to the wall along the entire length;
• universal baguette - used to create a complex curved and three-dimensional design of the stretch ceiling;
• baguette for ceiling - used to fix the boundaries of the tension fabric to the surface of the ceiling, provided that its installation to the wall is impossible.

In addition to the main types of profiles, their modifications were developed. They are necessary for certain areas with more complex installation, special conditions for their fixation and in the presence of difficult ceiling structures.

You can also highlight such varieties prozet or baguette:

• contour;
• gapless;
• wall and so on

There are several nuances in the installation work on the installation of the ceiling. The baguette made of aluminum is good when applied on perfectly flat walls. The plastic profile is inferior in strength to aluminum, but it is light and easy to repair curved walls.He has the ability to fit snugly to the wall.

It is extremely important to remember that when tensioning the canvas on the ceiling, angular baguettes get a huge load. They can not stand and the stretch ceiling will be deformed, therefore when installing the baguette in the inner corner joint is trimming the back wall of the profile. After that, in the place of the cut, the baguette is bent at the required angle, thereby ensuring a tight fit to the wall.

Baguettes are selected based on the method of fixing to the ceiling.

In hardware stores you will encounter the following types of fasteners:

• harpoon mount for stretched PVC ceilings;
• clip mount for seamless ceiling fabric;
• staple mount profile for stretch ceiling fabric.

Harpoon mount is used for stretch ceiling of PVC films. The profile in this case has acquired its name due to the similarity to the fishing harpoon, which was used when hunting for large fish. A plastic “harpoon” is fixed to the edge of the ceiling film. Next is the coupling between it and the profile harpoon type. It is attached with teeth on the walls of the profile groove.Such an attachment will ensure the strength of the ceiling structure.

Harpoon baguette is made for wall and ceiling mounts. The difference lies in the specialized shelf on the baguette. In the wall profile, the shelf is in an upright position and fixed to the wall with dowels.

Other cases suggest a shelf for fixing at right angles. In this situation, the profile is fixed to the ceiling. It is used exclusively at the location of the tension surface with a minimum indentation from the ceiling..

Wall profile is used when using recessed spotlights at a height of ten centimeters. Harpoon mount is made of aluminum alloy or of durable plastic. Both types have the same strength, but the cost for an aluminum baguette will be more expensive.

For reliable tension of the ceiling surface, fasteners are made with dowels or screws at a distance of 15 centimeters. At the junction the distance is reduced to 1-2 centimeters. The baguette is cut to the required size with a hacksaw.. If necessary, docking multiple tension surfacesthe harpoon docking profile is used. It consists of two “harpoon” baguettes with a combined wall.

With a ceiling on a fabric basis, apply a clip or staple (otherwise - wedge-shaped) fasteners. When the staple fastener profile is fixed on the screws to the surface of the walls. From the ceiling it is necessary to retreat at least one and a half centimeters. Next, insert the canvas and clamp it with a bead (wedge). The tension of the canvas is adjusted manually on the ceiling, the excess material is cut off. After installation, there will be a clearance in the profile, which can be decorated with the ceiling plinth.

The most modern profile modification for a stretch fabric seamless ceiling is a baguette with clip clips. Such a profile is made for a stretch ceiling with a solid plastic surface. The profile from clips and assembly shelves is completed. The clip consists of a pipe with a hole where the blades are fixed with a spatula. By production of the basis of clips firm springy plastic is used.The clip perfectly copes with keeping heavy ceiling canvases.

There are both wall and ceiling fasteners. They are fastened with dowels or screws.

Profiles for the tension surface of the ceiling are also divided by size.

Each size has distinctive characteristics:

• Visible to stretch ceiling - translucent baguette made of plastic, whose width is about 3 centimeters, length - about 300 centimeters. Harpoon method is preferred for fasteners.
• Invisible to the wall - made from plastic 250 cm long. Provides a snug fit and copies the slope of the wall to which it is fixed.
• Invisible to the ceiling - aluminum is used for manufacturing, the profile length is 250 cm. It is fixed to the ceiling at a distance of 200 millimeters.

• Universal - known for its strength, for the manufacture of aluminum is used. Length - 250 cm, height 30 millimeters. It is applied both to a ceiling, and to walls. It is fixed at a distance of one and a half meters.

• For the wall - made of aluminum. Length is 250 centimeters, height is 35 millimeters. Used for rooms with smooth walls.
• With dividing inserts - in the manufacture of used aluminum. The length is 250 cm and the height is 20 millimeters. It is used to connect multiple tensioning surfaces.
• Without dividing inserts - made of aluminum alloy. Length 250 centimeters with a distance between the bottom and top of 20 millimeters. Combines two canvases.

• For stretch ceiling surface - baguette, made of aluminum, with a length of 250 cm. Let's use it to create a ceiling with decoration under the starry sky.
• For corner docking - made of aluminum, the length of one meter. A distinctive feature of this profile is that it is bent with a radius from 70 centimeters to 5 meters. A necessary element for fixing curved lines in the ceiling space.

• For walls with a seamless stretch fabric - made of stiff PVC in white shades. Used for fixing cloths of fabric.

In order to glue or fix the profiles to the tension surface and to the drywall, you will need profiles from a suitable material - aluminum or plastic, which have a standard length of 250 cm. It is more practical to pre-drill the necessary holes for further installation..

The hole in the plastic baguette is required on the edge of the profile.In the profile of aluminum - on the shelf around the perimeter. The gap between the holes - no more than 150 millimeters. There is no need to deviate from this parameter, because under heavy loads the profiles can be deformed in the fastener sections.

Before the installation of profiles made markup. Professional marking is performed using a special device - a laser level. If you do not own such a device, you can use the hydraulic level - this is a hose that is filled with water and equipped with transparent pipes. The process takes more time, but its accuracy is very high.

Installation of profiles is recommended to start with the most inaccessible places in the room.. Often these are angles. Profiles are applied to the walls along the marked lines. Through the hole profiles mark the future areas under the dowels. Upon completion of the preparatory work, the profiles are fixed to the walls with self-tapping screws of a length of 35 millimeters and a diameter of 6 millimeters. These dimensions provide a secure attachment to the walls. For the first installation follows the second corner. It is installed with adjustment to the first angle on a horizontal line.

With successful docking corners protrusion or deviation along marked lines should not be observed. When the work moves to the inner corner, it is recommended to determine where to trim the profile. You must turn it so that the back side rests against the wall. Next, a centimeter from the corner, draw a line on the baguette. Carefully file the back side of the baguette, being careful not to touch the front walls of the profile. Further, the profile is bent under the required angle shape and secured with dowels and screws.

Easier installation from outside (or outside) corners.. To do this, attach the profile to the wall and, stepping two centimeters from the corner, make a mark. Next, at the junction of the profile with the corner of the wall, make a second mark parallel to the first one in two centimeters from each other. The marked part is cut and removed. When the plastic profile is used construction knife, with aluminum - pliers. Next, the profile is bent at the corners of the center of the recess, where you need to finally attach it. Further the clothespin for curtains is installed, if there is such a need. Remaining after work material profile can throw.

When using the baguette, parallel files are made on curved sections of the walls on the back side of the baguette. The profile is applied to the wall and bent to the desired shape.

After installing the corner profiles, it is recommended to process them; for this, seal the joints with tape.

How to install a baguette for the ceiling with your own hands, see the following video.

Please note that any of the presented profiles, whether for the ceiling or the corners, potentially “eat up” the height of the room by at least two centimeters.

Installation of plastic profiles is appropriate in a room with curved sections. They can easily close up. If you plan to create straight and curved shapes, give preference to hidden profiles that are fixed to the surfaces of the walls.

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