How to paste a ceiling tile?

Ceiling tiles - is a material for the design of ceilings, which is made of polystyrene (foam). It comes in all shapes and colors, often has a beautiful relief pattern. As a rule, the ceiling tile is a square panel, it is not difficult to glue it. They are well attached to the concrete base, brick, gypsum board, plaster , particle board. Consider how to properly glue the ceiling tiles.

The order of performance of work

To do this, you need:

Before you start, you need to prepare the surface for finishing - remove the old coating, putty cuts, apply a primer.

  1. You can glue the tiles from the corner or diagonally. In the first variant, the initial square is glued into the corner, which is most visible at the entrance to the room.
  2. In the second case, in the middle in the length and width of the ceiling, you need to pull two strands. The first tile should be fixed in the center of the ceiling at the point of intersection, or glue the first row diagonally along the thread.
  3. Apply glue to a thin layer around the edges and drops on the surface of the panel at short intervals. After applying glue, leave the tile for five minutes.
  4. Then press the tile along the perimeter to the ceiling, hold for 1-2 minutes. The next panel is to put the joint in the joint to the previous one, neatly combining the corners and edges. Similarly, the whole surface is pasted.
  5. At the edges of the room, where you need a pruning, and the cutouts under the lighting in the tile are cut with a stationery knife.

Beautifully gluing ceiling tiles is easy, this does not require special skills. All the flaws of the ceiling are hidden, and the room will acquire an updated refined look. This is the most inexpensive and affordable way to finish the ceiling in the house.