Decorating the kitchen with plastic panels or a new boom
The kitchen has a system of engineering communications and electrical wiring, there is a large number of household appliances. Finishing the kitchen with plastic panels will allow you to get a comfortable, beautiful, functional room.
We can’t just miss an important moment when repairing a kitchen - its working area, where food is prepared. Adjacent areas to the stove are splashed with grease and quickly get dirty.
Ceramic tiles serve as cladding for these surfaces.
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Plastic panels or why they
Tile for many years been associated with kitchen decoration material and bathroom. She was dreamed of as the ideal way to get a beautiful, durable, easy-to-wash surface with a wide variety of patterns.
Properties of new finishing materials
More recently, kitchen trim panels were considered unhealthy. Chemical products, what if a fire?
Such common judgments existed among many. “Facts are stubborn things” and they say interesting things.
So:
- Finishing with plastic panels of the kitchen will provide a surface that does not support the combustion process and has a high level of security.
- For the manufacture of panels using environmentally friendly material. It does not have harmful components, such as cadmium, asbestos and others.
- The durable finish of the kitchen panels is ensured by their moisture resistance and high material strength. It does not deform from mechanical stress and temperature changes.
- The plastic panel has increased thermal conductivity and sound insulation.
- Panels for wall decoration of the kitchen consist of insulated cells and there are no pores on its surface, which meets the requirements of hygiene.
- Plastic panels do not undergo deformation during shrinkage of the walls of a new house.
- They do not require preliminary preparation of surfaces before their installation.
The benefits of paneling
The old coating of paint and wallpaper, small cracks can not be touched, there is no need for plastering the surface. There is no dirt, dust, associated elements of any repair.
Advice on how to decorate the kitchen with plastic video panels allows you to see and understand with your eyes that one of the cleanest, driest and easiest ways to finish is demonstrated.
As:
- Repair and kitchen finish Wall panels are made quickly and with pleasure.
- Perfectly smooth walls are obtained.
- The diverse texture and colors of the panels provide the opportunity to get the kitchen to your liking.
- Roughnesses, ledges of walls, electrical wiring, pipes are easily hidden.
The surface of the walls of the kitchen, the windows of which face the sunny side, it is recommended to finish in "cold" colors. They create comfort, peace and tranquility.
The wall paneling of the kitchen on the shaded side in golden yellow, beige or other bright colors attracts attention and causes a joyful mood.
Attention: Plastic panels are mounted directly on the wall or ceiling if the work is carried out in a dry room and the walls have a flat surface.
PVC - a new generation of material
A new life and further development of the well-known material polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been given by its practicality, durability, visual appeal and the latest developments - environmental safety.
Wall paneling is becoming quite popular. It can be said more that the installation of PVC panels is so simple that even an amateur can do it yourself.
Plastic installation
Determining the amount of materials begins with measuring the surfaces and calculating their area. In the video, representing the variety of plastic panels, their different lengths and widths are noticeable.
Attention: Buy panels with a stock and identical shades.
Do not forget that finishing the kitchen with pvc panels requires the purchase of fittings (connecting profile and molding), which are used between the panels during the assembly of the main decorative transition.
Tools
- Mounting level.
- Rotary hammer and screwdriver.
- Roulette, square and pencil.
- Hacksaw, scissors and office knife.
Finishing a kitchen with pvc panels begins with the device of the frame. A wooden or metal frame of guides is used.
The wooden frame is made very simply from 10–20 mm thick slats. The slats (slats) are vertically attached to the wall after 50-70 cm, horizontal slats are strengthened horizontally at the top, bottom and center.
Horizontal rails are placed strictly in level, parallel to each other, in order to avoid “cornering” of corners during installation.
Plastic panels or how to fix it
Pvc kitchen paneling is done with special metal holders:
- Holders are inserted into the joint edges of the panels themselves.
- Attached with nails to horizontal strips.
- Similarity in work, and gradually, plastic panels are assembled one after another on the frame.
Attention: The direction of installation of panels from the corner to the doors.
- The angle of the panel row ends with an external and internal docking profile (depending on the angle), and the edges with a finish molding. The kitchen is the place where the oven and gas stove work, that is, there is a thermal expansion of materials.
Therefore, the bonding of the panels is carried out with a small gap. - PVC paneling of the kitchen is done in another way, called the “new installation profile”.
Replaces wooden blocks and snaps the plastic panel with special brackets included in the mounting profile. Fastening is done in the same way as wooden planks, after 30-50 cm.
So:
- The first panel, inserted into the corner profile, is latched by a bracket to the mounting rail.
- The next panel, inserted into the first, is also latched by a bracket. The mounting profile refers to material that is well cut by a hacksaw.
Finished do-it-yourself pvc panels in the kitchen using the installation profile showed the advantages of the new material. - Instant installation of panels.
- The profile itself is made of plastic, not afraid of dampness, mold, fungus.
- It can serve as a cable channel for cable connections and wiring.
- The dismantling of plastic panels can be done without damage or breakage.
- Installation does not require the purchase of additional tools.
Significant savings compared to decorating the kitchen with tiles by 40%, the ability to carry out all the work yourself with minimal time and cleanliness is what plastic panel trimmings provide and that's why it has been so popular in recent years.
