What to do first wallpaper or suspended ceiling
When repairing it is necessary to observe the sequence of finishing, in order not to stain and not spoil the ceiling during wall decoration, for example. That is why questions arise, similar to what to do first wallpaper or suspended ceiling.
In order to accurately understand everything, it is necessary to find out what actions need to be done to stick the wallpaper to the walls and how the ready-made stretch ceiling can interfere with these processes or how this can adversely affect it. So, we calculate the perfect moment to install a stretch ceiling.
Stage of surface preparation for wallpaper
In order for new wallpapers to be enjoyable as long as possible, it is necessary to prepare the walls for sticking well. Preparatory or draft work - the first stage of repair. In a newly built house, for example, they may consist of priming, plastering, puttying and sanding. Is it possible to install the ceiling before the start of this stage or during this work? Of course not. After all, the profile, in which the stretch ceiling is fixed, is attached to the wall, and in fact it is not there yet, a layer of plaster will be applied to it. Maybe then the stretch ceiling can be installed after puttying? Also no. Because during sanding a huge amount of dust will settle on the ceiling.
The same story happens with drywall. Before its installation on the wall, the profile for the stretch ceiling is simply nothing to attach. And after installing the plasterboard sheets, it is necessary to putty the seams and, accordingly, sand them. And this is again an inconvenience and dust, as in the first case.
The technology of preparation of the walls may vary slightly. It depends on the condition of the surface. If the walls were hung wallpaper, they should be removed. Work is often done using a roller, spatula, water and additional tools that will help remove the wallpaper.
Stage wallpapering
Seemingly removed the wallpaper, now you can install the ceiling. But not everything is so simple. New wallpaper still need to glue, and for this they use a roller, glue, smeared this wall composition. It will be very inconvenient to work if the ceiling is already installed, and the risk to damage the ceiling is great. In addition, adjusting the wallpaper with a pattern, you have to with a knife in your hands to climb to the ceiling to cut off the top edge of the wallpaper - one wrong move - the ceiling is damaged. Hence, we conclude that before installing the stretch ceiling, the walls should be covered with wallpaper, i.e. all nodes of contact with the future stretch ceiling are prepared for fair.
Do not spoil the wallpaper when installing a stretch ceiling
If the wallpaper is already hung, then there are other concerns. Will the wallpaper become unusable during the installation of the stretch ceiling? With the installation of wall profiles can be one single problem. Everything is simple there: you need to drill a few holes and fix the profile with fasteners. But during the drilling process, dust is formed that can ruin the new wallpaper. In this case, you need to use a tool with a dust removal system.
People often ask if the wallpaper will move away from the walls when the room is warmed up with a heat gun?
To heat the tensioning cloth, the room is heated to 70–80 degrees. It is established that this temperature does not harm not only vinyl wallpaper, but also paper. So the stretch ceiling can be safely installed when the wallpaper on the walls is already glued. However, after installing the stretch ceiling, the apartment is aired, and when the wallpaper is only recently hung, this cannot be done.
Wallpaper before installing the stretch ceiling must be glued in advance. After pasting wallpaper should take at least two weeks.
So, we draw some conclusions from our reasoning.
We found out that installing a stretch ceiling should at least begin after leveling the walls with plaster or gypsum plasterboard, completing all the preparatory work for sticking wallpaper, as negative factors such as dirt and the possibility of damage to the stretch ceiling occur during leveling the walls. During the installation of the stretch ceiling, everything should be clean.
The heat that will be in the room while heating the canvas with a heat gun will not damage the wallpaper, since the wallpaper will not experience direct contact with the gun. Even the thinnest paper wallpaper will not be damaged. And vinyl, which are now popular, especially. But to install a suspended ceiling, say, the next day after wallpapering is impossible. They are guaranteed to fall off.
If you glue the wallpaper after mounting the ceiling, you need to be very careful and accept some inconveniences.
Thus, you can glue the wallpaper before and after installation of the stretch ceiling, however, in each case you will have to take into account some limitations.