For most people, the balcony is an important place in the dwelling. Many owners store conservation on the balcony, as well as many other things that will definitely use the farm. It should be borne in mind that today the balcony is also often a continuation of the main rooms. In this room, people often spend full repair
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It is also interesting that from the balcony you can make a full-fledged room in which you can live without any problems. Of course, with this scenario, a table is installed on the balcony, a bed is created a full-fledged workspace.
However, the first thing you need to take care in such conditions is the decoration of the room. Balcony itself, in its original condition, looks very modest: brick walls, no glazing. Most often, plastic panels are used to reflect the balcony. They will not only make the appearance of the room attractive, but also create ideal conditions for living. There is a huge selection of plastic panels on the market, which can be selected not only on the basis of the appearance of products, but also based on the necessary characteristics.
In this material, we will look at the main advantages and disadvantages of plastic panels for the balcony, as well as consider the technology of the balcony of the balcony by this product.
The main characteristics of plastic panels
The main feature of plastic panels for the balcony is the practicality of their use. The technology of arrangement of surface panels is designed in such a way that the entire volume of work can be carried out very quickly. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the fact that all other finishes options are not only calculated for a longer work, there are still many problematic parties.
The plastic panels themselves are incredibly reliable in terms of operation. Even after dozens of years, they will have a source appearance. However, this applies only to those housing, which are located in the zones of cool climatic conditions. The most interesting thing is that the most suitable type of plastic products can be selected. For example, to enhance sound insulation you need to look at the plastic panels that have an impressive thickness. Similar situation and other parameters of this product.
When buying plastic panels, it is necessary to take into account even the most insignificant factor that at first glance may seem not very important.
Advantages and disadvantages of plastic panels for balcony
It should be noted in advance that the plastic panels have much more positive parties than negative. However, it is worth understanding that even one of the shortcomings can be a ban for the use of plastic products in certain conditions. For example, if we are talking about fire safety, then in this matter, many types of plastic panels are frank outsiders.
The advantages of the material are as follows:
- Decorative component. Unlike many other finishing materials, plastic panels can have various drawings and textures. This allows you to implement a unique designer idea, which has no analogues. Many manufacturers offer a huge range of plastic products, and some are at all producing panels under the order (buyers themselves offer the picture you like). These design moves may look gorgeous together with other objects in the dwelling, and this is definitely plus.
- Installation on various types of surfaces. As you know, for most finishing materials you need to prepare the surface. Accordingly, it is a waste of time and money. At the same time, plastic panels can be placed almost everywhere. A kind of framework creates, and a plastic surface is placed on its basis. There are no strict restrictions in this regard. This positive side once again accelerates the process of finishing the surfaces by plastic material.
- Soundproofing. Surprisingly, plastic panels are perfectly isolated outward noise. Of course, this material is still far from specialized construction resources, but should not be understood by the merits of plastic. Sound isolation occurs due to emptiness inside the panels where there are thin partitions. Moreover, if we make a choice in favor of large plastic panels, you can be confident in fairly high sound insulation of the room. If you use special soundproofing materials and plastic panels at the same time, we will get a very high quality result.
- Use at low temperatures. Many industrial premises are distinguished by a low temperature regime, which is especially tangible in the winter. Most of the finishing materials in such conditions very quickly comes in disrepair. But not only plastic panels. They do not lose their primary properties at all, even if indoors are minus temperature. Accordingly, in many industrial workshops, huge walls covered with plastic panels can be detected. If we are talking about the balcony, there is also an influence of low temperatures, but the plastic material will always show itself well during the entire period of operation.
- Fire safety. Unfortunately, this applies not to all plastic panels, but most of these products present in the market is not ignited. Definitely, this is a very important factor, before purchasing the material you need to be sure that the panels will not make threats during the fire. Even if the fireproof material is somewhat more expensive than usual, it makes sense to overpay. First of all, this is the products that will be used for the inner lining.
- Ecology. Again, as in the past case, most modern plastic products can be used without any restrictions. The environmental friendliness of the material means that it can be used not only in ordinary rooms, but also in hospitals, children's rooms.
- Easy care. Yes indeed, the plastic panels are very easy to clean, just just walk with a damp cloth to remove dust and small contamination. Moreover, there is practically no dust on plastic panels, so you can forget about the constant procedures for cleaning surfaces. Often, plastic panels are used in medical facilities, as they correspond to hygienic standards.
Plastic panels have disadvantages:
- Fragility. Many plastic panels are actually very easy to damage. Just just stumble and touch the material shoulder. Accordingly, it's easy to restore the surface will not work. It is necessary to make a complete replacement of the damaged plastic strip. However, there are on sale and especially strong materials that definitely pay attention to.
- Reducing space. It so happened that the plastic panels are placed on a special framework. Accordingly, there is a slight reduction in the useful space in the dwelling. If the walls are finished in a small room, such changes will be noticeable. However, in the case of a balcony such problems should not be.
The process of preparing the balcony for decoration by plastic panels
First you need to prepare, which will make care of all important aspects of the process.
First of all, it is necessary to understand that for the use of plastic panels, the balcony should be glazed, otherwise, the material will quickly come into disrepair. Often in this case use PVC double-glazed windows that are ideally suited for specific conditions. It should be understood that for the balcony we need double glazing without ventilation sources.
The next stage is insulation and sealed balcony. Warming will help to avoid the negative effect of low temperatures. The plastic material itself completely does not suffer from the cold, but the tenants themselves will be able to freely go to the balcony in winter. Before insulation, you need to use all the cracks. This often uses mounting foam or silicone or other sealants.
As for insulation, in most cases a foam is perfectly suitable as the main insulation. Material sheets are located behind metal rods in the balcony fence. In some cases, it also makes sense to insulate the visor of the balcony room. To do so, use ceiling profiles of U-shaped cross-section, which will crate for warmth.
In addition, you need to create a similar crate and fencing balcony. There is nothing complicated in this, since here we will need all the same construction profiles. Thus, on the rods of the fence are created by holes in which the thread is done. Next, the perimeter is located with CD profiles to which plastic panels will be attached. It is also worth saying that under the created cladder you can position another layer of insulation materials. It is important to do everything so that the material perfectly approached the created space. The profiles themselves must be attached to the screws so that in the case of which it was possible to simply twist.
Balcony wall shap
For the inner walls of the balcony, you need to use wooden rails, which will become part of the main crate. However, this is only if there are no problems with high humidity in the house. Otherwise, it is better to look at metallic CD profiles. Already after all profiles are located on the walls, you need to start the calculation of the required panel volume. In the process of this analysis, it will be clear that we need various profiles, including straight, corner dihedral and triangular.
The direct profile is a P-shaped box, which is attached to the base through the sidewall or cross. A dumpy corner profile is a simple connection in a place where there is a straight angle. Accordingly, here we have a connection in most corners, while it is worth understanding that in some cases it can be completely limited to direct profiles. The trigger angular profile is used if we are dealing with triangular corners. Moreover, it should be borne in mind that for external and internal angles you need to use different profiles.
Fastening panels
Now the most responsible moment comes - fastening the guide plastic panels. Such panels are attached to the base with the help of self-tapping screws. Accordingly, it's easy to remove the panels no longer work. At the same time, you need to make the framing of doors and windows to create a peculiar fence from the use of plastic material.
Next, everything happens much easier. It is only necessary to place plastic panels in the groove, which is located at the floor level. Of course, you should consider the fact that the panels must be perfectly approaching each other, as they all have a kind of key design.
The most responsible in this process is the installation of the finish panel. It should be borne in mind that this stage of work can go far from being planned. In this case, we need to immediately connect the last and penultimate panel with the help of grooves. Next, it will be necessary to cut part of the last panel (along). Accordingly, a small emptiness must be formed, which will be fill in with construction silicone. For this case, just a few drops suggesting all the height of the panel. After installing the last panel, it is necessary to tightly place the penultimate in the appropriate groove. The process can pass a little tight, so you have to apply strength. After placing the panels in the necessary places, you need to do not touch the finish for some time (so that the silicone is frozen, and the connections have strengthened).
After that, there is a covering of the openings to which special attention is necessary. In this case, it is necessary to cut panels and to docile them with high quality using different types of plastic products.
