Panels for interior wall decoration: types and installation rules

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Wall panels for interior decoration

Wall panels for interior decoration can often be found in the cladding of the premises. There are several types that are different in manufacturing material, size and shape.
In this article, we will consider panels for interior walls, their types and installation rules. You can see photos and videos on this topic, select the right material and the right design.
Instructions will be given for fixing this type of cladding.

Advantages of wall paneling

Wall panels for interior decoration can be applied to any type of room, but before you make a purchase, you should familiarize yourself with the advantages and study the disadvantages. It is likely that after that you will change your mind and choose another finishing material.
So:

• The price of the material is quite different, everyone can choose exactly what his wallet will allow;
• Not a complicated installation, which is quite possible to do with your own hands: and this will reduce the total cost of work;
• The ability to install additional heat and sound insulation, this is especially true in prefabricated houses;
• The installation of panels is done on the frame and therefore do not particularly worry about the evenness of the reference plane. Moreover, it is possible to hide unnecessary communications without special problems;
• A fairly large selection of such material in retail, it is possible to choose the optimal length and width and reduce waste. Large color gamut allows you to choose panels for any design;
• There is also a drawback in this type of finish, the frame installation method will reduce the usable area and this should be avoided.

Panel Views

Before choosing the facing panels, you should choose the material of their manufacture and shape.
This finishing material can be divided into three types:

• Facing typesetting panels of rack type. These include plastic and wood, which are the most common and popularly referred to simply as lining (seeLining decoration: features of work performance);
• Facing tile panels;
• Facing sheet panels, which have a large volume and are perfect for finishing a large plane.

Also, panels should be divided by type of material:

• Wooden;
• Plastic
• Glass panels;
• MDF panels;
• Soft panels, for example with leather trim.

There are a lot of materials for the manufacture of panels and you should choose them correctly.

PVC panels

This material is quite common in everyday life. It has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Here you should pay attention when installing on a host environment. PVC panels and their function.

The use of PVC panels for interior decoration

Let's now figure out how such a finish will be bad and where you should not install them:

• This material cannot be called environmentally friendly. Just when heated, they can emit a smell that does not immediately disappear;

Attention: when buying PVC panels, you should always look at the quality certificate. There is a chance of buying a low-quality product.
Which can not only emit odors, but also produce harmful ones that will harm human health. Therefore, it is worth giving preference to trusted brands, and not to anyone unknown to Chinese manufacturers.

• Plastic is quite poorly resistant to temperature changes, it becomes fragile. Therefore, do not install panels in cold weather, this should be done at +5 and above.
  When buying, pay attention to the quality certificate that it can withstand temperatures. There are facing materials for exterior and interior decoration.
  Therefore, if we are talking about a room without constant heating, then it is worth giving preference to the material for exterior decoration, it is less susceptible to low temperatures;
• Do not finish the room in the bath. Such material, although it tolerates high humidity, but only not at high temperature.
  In this embodiment, PVC panels can be simply harmful;
• Such material is quite easy to damage mechanically. Therefore, finishing the utility room before you do it is worth thinking a few times.

Wood panels

Such material is quite common in our time. Perhaps there is no more environmentally friendly one; there are installation options that you should know before making a purchase.

Wood finish

• When decorating a room, the surface should be properly treated, otherwise such a finish will not last long. There is a detailed article on this topic on our website;

Attention: If you plan to make the cladding in the bath, then only organic materials should be used for processing. Synthetics can be harmful to human health when exposed to a humid environment and elevated temperature.
In retail, there are special materials that are designed specifically for the processing of such wood. When buying, you should carefully study the certificate of quality and compliance.

• For a long service life, you will need to do surface treatment, which is money and time. Although it should be said that a richer finish is difficult to find.
  There is the possibility of using expensive varieties of wood. If you really want to do this, but the means do not allow it, then you should do the processing of the material with special means.
  They will age the tree and outwardly change its structure, as in expensive varieties. This process is not so fast, so you should take care in advance;
• This finish is pretty tough. Therefore, when installing the frame, you should take care of the correct placement.
  Everything must be done in one plane. Before starting work, correctly determine the mounting configuration.
  Make the right selection of panels in length. After all, it will not look beautiful if at the end of the plane panels are installed short.
  Therefore, if you can’t mount the whole parts, then do it symmetrically or in the form of a pattern. But this issue must be solved at the initial stage of installation;
• It is necessary to choose the correct installation height. This finish takes a usable area, as it is done on the frame.
  But this is also a plus. Simply, if you plan to mount the insulation, then immediately note that the panels should not deform it, otherwise it will lose its properties. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a gap of the order of two cm.

Attention: When facing with wood, special ventilation removal must be taken. If you fasten the lining, then this issue is resolved, there are special grooves at the ends.
But if you take ordinary material, then you have to take care of it yourself. Do not neglect this, the service life of the entire structure directly depends on this.

Glass panels

Such a finish can not be found so often, but this does not mean that they do not want to do it. Moreover, it is possible to make exactly the original interior solution, which will not be found anywhere.

We use glass to finish the kitchen

So:

• This design is quickly installed. The main thing for you is to take measurements correctly.
  There are two ways to attach, you just do it on liquid nails. But this is only possible with a perfectly flat wall.
  Therefore, the second is used most often, this is with the use of special runners, where the glass is placed.

Attention: Before ordering glass, skids should be purchased.They have different lengths, heights and widths. Therefore, measurements should be taken only if they are available and customized for mounting, taking into account its dimensions.

• In questions of care, there are pros and cons. You just need to wipe the front part and it is not difficult.
  But it’s bad that you can’t use abrasive solutions. Therefore, for example, in the kitchen and do not install them. There, fat can get on the panel, and it will sometimes be difficult to remove;
• There is still a drawback, they should not be placed close to a source of elevated temperature. Therefore, when decorating the living room, do not do the decoration near the fireplace;
• The installation of panels on the sunny side should also be avoided. Avoid direct sun exposure.
  Now often various designs are used for such decoration, and so, after such a hit throughout the year, you simply do not want to show it to anyone;

MDF panels

They can perfectly decorate an office or office (see.Cabinet finishing: a non-standard approach) They look official, but bulky.
The fastening is carried out by the frame method, so it is worth considering what we said earlier.

Use of MDF panels for decoration

So:

• Do not mount MDF panels in direct sunlight. Then they will not last long;
• It is worth doing the installation in rooms with high humidity and without constant heating. They simply nourish moisture and quickly become worthless;
• Such a finish will in itself already serve as insulation and increase sound insulation;
• During installation, you will not care about the roughness of the walls and their fine finish. And moreover, you will be able to hide all communications.

Soft paneling

This design is not often found, but it also has its fans. Mounting is done on the frame and from this you get all the advantages and disadvantages that are described above.
But there is one point, you can make a decoration to the style of the room and make a close-fitting with almost any material. Create a cozy and comfortable environment.

Soft cladding

For wall decoration, you can apply a variety of materials. Only the most important thing in this matter is the temperature regime of the room and the issue of air humidity, no mistake can be made.