How to make a ceiling in the hallway

Repair work in the hallway, functionally different from other apartment premises, is performed, as is known, as the last thing. When organizing them, special attention should be paid to meeting a number of requirements for the design of the walls and ceilings of the room. To a large extent, these requirements relate to the choice of the type of ceiling covering that best fits into the design of your hallway, as well as the material used.

Note! Only the carefully thought-out composition of the ceiling covering, as well as the tastefully chosen material of decoration can completely transform the design of this room.

Note that the use of special design techniques (use of mirror reflectors, lights, etc.) will allow you to change the visually perceived space of the hallway in the direction you need (increase or decrease it).

Ceiling finishes

Before you make the ceilings in the corridor, you should familiarize yourself with the existing decorative finishes that can not only change the appearance of your room, but also eliminate all the defects on the surface to be trimmed. In addition, even before starting work in the hallway, you will need to thoroughly work out the question of choosing a source of lighting in it.

There are several ways to finish the ceilings in the corridor, different used in this material. It:

• painting the ceiling surface or whitewashing;
• pasting with special wallpaper for ceilings;
• use of PVC or expanded polystyrene plates;
• closing the ceiling with plasterboard.

To this it should be added that today so-called stretch ceilings are very popular, for arranging such modern materials as elastic PVC film or polyester-fabric impregnated with polymers are used.

One of the most common and cheap methods of decorating the ceiling in the hallway is his whitewashing, in some cases involving the subsequent painting with water-based paint. This method is remarkable in that whitewashing and painting the ceiling with your own hands does not require special training from the performer.

The essential "disadvantage" of this finishing option is the impossibility to completely get rid of the defects on the ceiling, so that they can be used only in the case of perfectly smooth surfaces.

Finishing the ceiling surfaces with special wallpapers has certain advantages listed below:

• low cost of the material used;
• convenience of working with wallpaper;
• the ability to choose any color solution.

And yet the best option for finishing the ceiling in the hallway is a tile of PVC or polystyrene foam, which favorably differs from other materials by the following unique features.

• Firstly, its use significantly improves the overall performance of finishing works.
• Secondly, the material from which the tile is made is light enough and highly resistant to sudden temperature changes.
• Well, and, thirdly, tile products from expanded polystyrene differ in a wide choice of design and color schemes.

Often, the ceilings in the corridors are closed using such a common material as drywall. To accommodate gypsum boards on the ceiling, a special frame is used, made of metal profiles or bars.

Note! Particularly attractive are the designs of plasterboard, having several levels in height with lighting around the perimeter of the ceiling surface.

Suspended systems

Note! When considering the various options for the manufacture of suspended systems (including with the use of drywall), it is necessary to take into account the fact that the level of the ceiling in this case will be lower than the ceiling. In this regard, it is not recommended to use such systems in small apartments of old buildings.

Regarding the use of tension structures in modern rooms with high ceilings, it should be noted that this option has a high complexity of execution. In addition, its implementation will require you to significant costs, due to the high cost of film material. Installation of stretch ceilings should be made by specialists who have some experience with suspended structures and have all the necessary equipment.

More detailed comments on the installation of suspended structures can be found by watching the video.

Video

This video shows how you can make a soaring stretch ceiling in the corridor: