How to choose a ceiling finish

There are a huge number of different ways to decorate the ceiling, but apartment owners often face the need to choose from the three most common.





Stretch ceilings, drywall and water-based paint. Each of these options has its advantages and disadvantages, to analyze which and help with the choice of the most suitable material will help our article.

Options for finishing the ceiling stretch ceiling The cost of installing a stretch ceiling It is quite large, but this is partially compensated by the high speed of installation and the absence of debris and dust.





Although it is easy to care for the stretch ceiling, it can be damaged by sharp objects, and it will be difficult to repair.

Dignities

1. High installation speed (specialists can complete the work in one day).
2. There is no dirt and dust, as in painting or working with drywall.
3. The color and shape of stretch ceilings are very variable: you can order ceilings of any color and any shape.
4. Perfectly flat surface.
   
   
   
5. Aesthetic appearance.
6. There's no need for staining.
7. It's pretty high moisture resistance.

Deficiencies

1. Insufficient resistance to mechanical stress.
2. Sagging. If the room is large, then there is a chance that the canvas will sag over time.
   
   
3. Impossibility of self-correction of defects.
4. Insufficient environmental friendliness (synthetic materials do not pass air). This means that if the room in which you make repairs, poor ventilation, then from stretch ceilings should still refrain.
5. Many housewives complain that washing stretch ceilings in the kitchen from fat and soot is very difficult.
   
   
6. Immediately after installation, the ceiling may smell like a new jacket or shoes. This smell can wear off after a couple of days, but there are cases when the unpleasant smell does not disappear for a long time.

Gypsum cardboard systems allow you to implement the most daring and extraordinary projects, create various geometric shapes and unusual figurative details on the ceiling.





Drywall significantly loses in the speed of installation and will cost less than a stretch ceiling only if the work is done independently, without the involvement of a master.

Dignities

1. Eco-friendly.
2. Durability.
3. The relative simplicity of partial dismantling.
4. The possibility of self-staining or gluing wallpaper.
5. Possibility to hold wires and communication under the sheets of drywall.

Deficiencies

1. A serious disadvantage of drywall ceilings is insufficient moisture resistance.
2. Taking into account materials and work (installation of the frame and sheets of drywall, sticker and putty seams, skinning, primer and painting), drywall finishing will cost more than installing stretch ceilings.
   
   
   
3. The frame together with drywall takes up a lot of space, so this method of finishing is not suitable for rooms with low ceilings.
4. Over time. drywall It might crack.

Painting or whitewashing



The traditional way of finishing the ceiling in the recent past is whitewashing, recently increasingly giving way to coloring. Both options are ideal for rooms with low ceilings.

Dignities

1. The ability to apply to any surface.
2. Eco-friendly.
3. Rich choice of colors and shades.
4. Price availability.

Deficiencies

1. High labor intensity associated with preparation for painting. The surface should be perfectly flat, and for this you need to consistently perform priming, alignment, slapping and skinning.
2. All preparations are accompanied by large amounts of dust.

Despite the relative cheapness of paint, the total cost of finishing is significantly increased due to the cost of plaster work. This option will be beneficial for those who can prepare the ceiling for painting on their own.

It is obvious that all the options presented have their strengths and weaknesses, and everyone has to make the choice based on a comparison of cost, time and associated inconveniences.