When ordinary people decorate a house, they should remember three key points: it looks good, it is practical, and it saves money.
There is no need to do bells and whistles, decoration design is about collocation, when you spend a lot of money on a certain design, other parts of the decoration also need to follow it, otherwise there will be a "top-heavy" situation.
The same house type, if the decoration is not done, it will look crowded and depressing. Just like many netizens complained: It's obviously the same house, why is the neighbor's house bigger than mine?
Suspended ceilings, in home decoration, play a vital role, and doing it well is the icing on the cake;If you don't do it well, you can "ruin" the whole design, which is not bluffing, but a lesson learned from those who have come before.
Why do you want to make a suspended ceiling?
Divide the space
Suspended ceilings are used to divide the existing space functionally and visually.
For example, most of the living room and dining room are directly connected without partitions, and at this time, the visual division can be carried out through the ceiling. ）
Make up for the shortcomings of the original building structure
If the floor height of the original building structure is too high, the ceiling can be used to reduce the floor height, and the floor height is too low, or the visual floor height can be increased through special treatment of the ceiling.
The original building structure is uneven and sloping, and the defects can also be compensated for by the ceiling shelter.
decorative role
Decoration and aesthetics are a great part of the ceiling. No matter what kind of ceiling, it can greatly enrich the top shape, enhance the visual appeal, and make the top of the house full of personality, so as to reflect the unique decorative style.
Shade the line
For some hydropower renovation projects, the wiring is in the ceiling and the heating ducts are exposed, so you can rely on the ceiling for shelter.
How to choose the right ceiling?
Entrances and corridors:
According to my experience, small aisle spaces such as entrances and corridors, especially in the case of relatively narrow and long, there will be beams in the top ten, and it is recommended to do a suspended ceiling, usually adding embedded downlights, so that the space is simple and generous, and the lighting is brightAs a transitional space, even if the top of the head is about 40cm away from the ceiling after the ceiling, there will be no problem.
Living room: between the living room and the dining room, the ceiling factor should consider whether to install ** air conditioning and other equipment, whether there is a beam in the middle, if there is one of the above two situations, it is to do the ceiling;
If the floor height of the living room is not very sufficient, a partial ceiling can also be used to meet the needs of installing equipment and hiding beams
In addition, if the curtain is made of guide rails, the window area generally needs to be partially made of suspended ceilings.
Bedroom: Bedroom as a space for sleep and rest, most of the bedrooms are equipped with wall-mounted air conditioning, no ceiling requirements, unless there are beams, otherwise there is no need for ceilings;
If the bedroom is also made of ** air conditioning, you can make a little ceiling in the bedroom entrance area, which can save the cost of the ceiling and reduce the length of the copper pipe of the air conditioner.
Of course, from the perspective of space design, the bedroom can walk around the double eyelids to make the space more hierarchical.
Kitchen and bathroom: Kitchen and bathroom, almost all of them are made of suspended ceilings, and the kitchen and bathroom space of ordinary home decoration are made of aluminum gusset ceilingsIn the open kitchen, the kitchen ceiling can be consistent with the hall, maintaining the unity and harmony of the sense of space.
Balcony: If the balcony is connected to the living room, the ceiling will follow the living roomIf it is a private balcony or a drying space, then there is no need for a suspended ceiling.
Suspended ceiling details
Do side hanging, not whole house ceiling
The current house roof generally does not have too many structural problems, so there is no need to do a whole house ceiling.
The so-called whole house ceiling is to wrap the entire ceiling with a ceiling, one is the labor cost and material cost is more expensive, and the other is to lower the floor height.
Most of the houses on the market have a floor height of 2About 8m, in addition to the height of the bricks, if you do a 15cm whole house ceiling, the actual indoor height is only 25m-2.6m, it will look very depressing.
Now the more popular practice is the side hanging design, only along the intersection of the ceiling and the wall to make a circle of ceilings, the middle of the ceiling retains the original appearance, which not only divides the space level, but also does not affect the indoor height.
The common side hanging design has a single eyelid side hanging and double eyelid side hanging, the double eyelid side hanging is on the basis of the single eyelid side hanging, and a layer of gypsum board is added, and there will be a few centimeters of height difference between the original ceiling, and it looks like the sense of hierarchy will be stronger.
The design of the side crane is simple and atmospheric, and it is very friendly to small houses and houses with relatively low floor heights.
Compared with the whole house ceiling, the cost of the side crane is also relatively low, which not only saves the decoration budget but also ensures the aesthetics, which is very suitable for friends with a low budget.
The corner of the ceiling is made of "7-character craft".
The detailed design of the ceiling is very important, and many friends around me have not dealt with the details of the ceiling during the decoration, which leads to the problem of cracking the ceiling.
Generally speaking, the ceiling is "square", if it is spliced together with two pieces of gypsum board at the corner position, it will be easy to crack due to "thermal expansion and cold contraction" for a long time.
Therefore, at the corner of the ceiling, we must do the "7-figure process" and cut a whole piece of gypsum board into a "7-shape", so that there is no gap in the corner position, and cracking can be avoided.
Staggered stitching of the ceiling
Now the commonly used ceiling material is gypsum board, and its standard size is 12m*2.4m。In the process of splicing gypsum board, there will definitely be gaps, if you encounter adjacent gypsum board, you must do staggered splicing.
The staggered stitching method consumes more material than the staggered stitching, and the construction period will be longer, which requires adding a layer of seams above the puzzle and gluing them together with white latex.
Even so, I still recommend that you choose the method of staggered splicing to make the ceiling, because this method can cope with the "thermal expansion and cold contraction" of gypsum board and avoid the problem of cracking of the ceiling in the later stage.
The gypsum board staggered splicing is the same as the "7-figure process", which is to improve the stability of the ceiling, thereby prolonging the service life of the ceiling.
The screws should be coated with anti-rust paint
The connection and fixing of gypsum board ceilings rely on screws, generally with self-tapping screws. Screws are made of iron and are exposed to the air for a long time, which makes them prone to rust.
If the rust penetrates outward, it will not only discolor the ceiling, but also affect the stability of the ceiling.
After the ceiling is installed with screws, a layer of anti-rust paint should be applied around the screws, and then putty should be scraped and latex paint brushed, so as to avoid the screws being oxidized by air.
Determine the distance between the spotlight and the wall and the opening
In the ceiling of the living room, spotlights are generally installed, and spotlights, as an auxiliary lighting design, are of great help to enhance the sense of indoor atmosphere.
Therefore, before we make the ceiling, we also need to communicate with the master in advance about the distance of the opening, as well as the distance between the spotlight and the wall.
The spacing of the spotlights is recommended to be 90cm-120cm, too close or too far will affect the effect of wall washing, we can choose a small hill lamp, the light shines on the wall like a rolling hill, very beautiful.
The spacing between the wall and the spotlight is recommended to be 15cm-20cm, if the spacing is too close, the effect of the light will be too stiff and not advanced enough.