Paneling - features of use in a modern interior

Paneling is one of the popular ways of interior and exterior decoration of housing, relevant due to the relatively low cost of materials and a simple method of installation. They protect the walls from high humidity, help keep the heat in the room or prevent it from overheating on a summer day.

Room decoration with panels

The walls of any apartment or house are prone to contamination and damage due to frequent touches, activity of children and pets, cooking in the kitchen. Decorating with decorative panels has several advantages over other materials:

1. They are easy to clean with or without a cleaning agent. Not all kinds of wallpaper or plaster are not afraid of water and household chemicals.
2. As the material is used not only textiles or ceramics, but also wood, plastic, cork, pressed sawdust: there is even a paneling for a brick.
3. Easy assembly and dismantling, which do not require special skills and team assistants.

Wall paneling

For facing, the edges chosen for the design of the room and its color solution are selected. They can cover up unevenness, lack of plaster and other flaws in construction. The finishing of the house with wall panels assumes the following stages:

1. Manufacturing of the crate. Orienting on the most protruding section of the wall, you need to install horizontal rai on the screws, located one from another at a distance of half a meter.
2. Installation of panels for decoration. You need to start from the corner, setting the sheets so that everyone next hides the spike of the previous one. From the side of the groove are fixed by clasps.
3. The last sheet, as a rule, is fixed not completely, therefore it needs to be cut to the appropriate size.

Finishing the ceiling with panels

When the paneling has to take into account the fact that the slightest pressure during the installation will leave a dent, which will definitely be noticeable after switching on the light source. The decoration of the ceiling with plastic panels is more common than with a tree or dial-up lines. It should take into account such nuances as:

1. As the material is allowed only high-quality plastic: cheap options for possible heating from the chandelier release hazardous to health evaporation.
2. Panels from it do not have to be treated with moisture-resistant compounds, because they do not pass the liquid initially.
3. For mounting, you need self-tapping screws with a press cup and end fasteners.

Kitchen Panel Finishing

As this room presents increased requirements to the wear resistance of all materials used for repair, it is logical to choose between plastic and MDF plates . We must not forget that the kitchen is equipped with plastic panels on any part of the walls or the ceiling, except for the "apron" - the space behind the stove, where there is a risk of fusion and dents. It is recommended that this area be decorated with glass sheets:

1. Skinali (so called panels for decoration from tempered glass), thanks to its thickness, can withstand even a shock with a metal object.
2. They are resistant to high temperatures, but the brightness of the shade can be affected by rough mechanical cleaning tools.
3. Remains of drops of water and fat are easiest to remove from skinned soft rag from microfiber or paper napkin.

Bathroom Panel Finishing

In conditions of constant risk of moisture and ideal soil for the development of the fungus, ceramic tiles are more often preferred, but it also has its drawbacks. Finishing the bathroom wall panels is not so laborious and expensive as buying glue and tiles themselves. You can install them correctly in the bathroom in one of two ways:

1. Mounting on the crate - a classic option with a frame of wood or plastic for uneven walls.
2. Landing of slats on "liquid nails": it is suitable in cases where the walls and ceiling do not need to be leveled.

Finishing the hallway with panels

To preserve the design of the corridor in its original form will help the competent choice of the material for the cladding. The walls in the hallway should not be afraid of drops from the umbrella or from the melted snow, as well as the footprints from the shoe cream that can accidentally get on them. The finishing of the room with panels is carried out only after the pros and cons of each of the materials are evaluated:

1. The plastic is hygienic, but light shades in the corridor will quickly lose the original gloss.
2. MDF panels - are limited in colors, but are fireproof and provide high sound insulation.
3. Natural veneered wood - such paneling has a low price tag and a palette of natural wood.

Finishing the balcony with panels

The decoration of this room is difficult due to the large area of ​​the glazed surface. Finishing the windows with panels requires a special effort to further on these sites they do not break down and do not begin to stagger in the grooves. Before plating it is useful to provide room temperature mode on the balcony - this will last much longer. To do this, it needs to be glazed, insulated and sealed. And only after this begins the finishing of the loggia with panels:

1. Between the heat-insulating profile strips of the silicone, the foam is pasted, then the crate is made. Profiles are attached to the screws, otherwise after a few years the lining will begin to sag.
2. The plastic panels are cut to the required size. Each is inserted into the groove of the profile from below - for this it must be held by hand.
3. The board is bent by an arc and its upper end should fall into the groove. By the same algorithm, the paneling is continued and further, provided that the presses are fixed.
4. The last two boards are joined together by piles that enter the grooves. The length of the finishing profile is applied silicone.

Toilette paneling

The modest dimensions of this room do not allow to make a full lathing, because it will "steal" precious centimeters. When the style to which the toilet design applies is selected, the paneling should be preceded by:

• wall leveling;
• waterproof impregnation;
• finishing with plaster or a thin layer of insulation.

Finishing the house with facade panels

The profile used for external work must also have high strength, as well as anti-corrosion properties. Panels for finishing facades should be resistant to the impact of harmful external factors and contribute to the preservation of heat in the house. There are three popular types of exterior walls:

1. Sheathing under a tree. Natural wood, if used in external processing, it is necessarily impregnated with special liquids, but it quickly deteriorates. Today it is perfectly imitated by fiber-cement facade rhea, which have a service life of more than 50 years.
2. Finishing the house paneled under the stone. It can be both natural and artificial - created from facade vinyl panels, resistant to scratches and burn-out in the sun.
3. Binding for brick. Blocks of clay and sand can be replaced with vinyl: there are options that simulate different textures - for example, aged or burned.

Baseboards for exterior decoration of the house

The material used to create them, called siding : it includes a variety of additives that impart waterproofness, ductility, high temperature resistance. The plinth facade panels for external finishing are of such types as:

1. Siding made of wood - pressed fibers of natural rocks.
2. The metal racks are made of steel with an admixture of zinc or aluminum.
3. Vinyl siding is made from durable PVC.
4. Plinth PVC sheets - they mimic masonry made of stone or brick.

Wall panels for interior decoration

They allow you to quickly and easily change the design of any room in the house or apartment. Their main advantage is the ability to hide uneven surfaces, but the decoration of walls with decorative panels plays an equally important role as a decorative element. Using different textures, you can create an imitation mosaic, natural marble, wallpaper and even a vinyl or matte surface. As materials for panels are widely distributed:

• wood;
• plastic;
• MDF-profile;
• Particleboard;
• Fiberboard;
• PVC sheets;
• gypsum.

PVC paneling

For their creation, solid polyvinyl chloride is used with a minimum amount of softener. PVC panels for interior finishing are fireproof and do not deteriorate even with direct water hit on them. If they are patterned, then you can not be afraid that it will be damaged by washing, because the plastic is always covered with a layer of clear lacquer. For interior work, there are three types of moldings made of polyvinyl chloride:

1. Lining. The length of the panel should be 3 m, in width - 10 cm. The European profile has a wide lock, and the American one - narrow. Often produced in white.
2. Classic panel. Its length is 260, 270 and 300 cm with a width of 15-50 cm. It can be painted or processed with a thermal film.
3. PVC sheet. It is also called a plate: its width is 80-200 cm, and the length is from 150 to 405 cm. The most popular is foamed polyvinyl chloride.

Finishing with MDF panels

Pressed slabs from finely dispersed chips easily withstand additional loads - for example, in the form of suspended shelves and lockers. The walls are decorated with MDF panels in bathrooms, hallways and kitchens. These boards have a higher density and weight than the fiberboard and chipboard - they do not swell and do not buckle under the influence of moisture. MDF moldings have several advantages:

1. "Dry" method of finishing the walls. Installation does not provide for preliminary preparation of the base surface - puttying or priming. No large amount of dust is present during installation.
2. MDF paneling is not static and does not attract dust.
3. A variety of ways to attach - adhesive or wireframe.

Wooden panels for interior decoration

Plates for cladding, made of natural wood, have different colors and sizes, so picking them to frame any room is not so difficult. The wood paneling is environmentally friendly and does not harm the health. In the conditions of a bathroom or a toilet it is better to cover them before the beginning of operation by special wax, without forgetting to process grooves and ridges. The sheathing of this material has several nuances:

1. Preferred are tree species such as oak, maple, cedar or alder.
2. Finishing of slopes with panels from a file assumes a covering of a basis with a veneer from valuable breeds which is necessarily grounded at a final stage.
3. Prevent mechanical damage by covering the edges with a laminating film.