Despite the constant improvement of construction technologies, it is quite difficult to meet the ceiling of ideal quality today not only in typical buildings, but also in modern elite residential complexes. Meanwhile, the solution of this problem is familiar to a person for more than one hundred years.
Even at the time of ancient Rome, a way of draping the ceilings was invented with fabrics, and even then the interior design was given great importance: the first stretch ceilings were created from fabrics that harmonize in color with walls in the dwelling. The next significant step in the development of technology for the manufacture of suspended ceilings was taken in the XVII century in Armenia, where they learned to create flat ceilings using fabric stretched on the frame. Then the fashion for light ceilings appeared, which were created using a whirled chalk byazi.
The modern type of suspended ceilings appeared in the 60s. the last century, when the ceiling was first decorated with an elastic film made of PVC stretched between aluminum profiles. Starting from this moment, the production of films began, originally designed for use as a basis for a stretch ceiling.
PVC film has a significant number of advantages over ordinary fabric. First of all, with its help it is possible to significantly increase the level of comfort in the room due to its excellent soundproofing qualities: the sound insulation factor reaches 0.4. Also, stretch ceilings from the PVC film allow you to adjust the light level. For example, films with a velvet texture are able to absorb up to 95% of the world and with their help you can provide a twilight. If, on the contrary, it is required to create the impression of bright lighting, then you can use glossy PVC films that absorb no more than 30% of the world.
The thickness of the PVC films for suspended ceilings varies from 0.17 to 0.22 mm with a specific weight of a square meter from 180 to 320 grams. In this case, the film has the ability to stretch more than 2 times, as well as maintain elasticity at temperatures up to -30s.
The ability of the films to elasticly stretch and not to pass moisture gives stretch ceilings an important advantage: they are able to withstand flooding from the upper floors, thereby saving furniture and household appliances from damage. Stretch ceilings themselves do not suffer at all and can further be used.
Another type of stretch ceilings are ceilings created not from the film, but from polyester fabric. They are even more practical than film. Possessing all the same qualities of elasticity, refractory and ease of care, they have higher strength characteristics. For example, with the same thickness as the film, polyester fabric can hold weight up to 80 kg even in a stretched state. And this means that it is almost impossible to accidentally damage such a ceiling. So that these properties can hardly be considered a disadvantage.
Due to the fact that there is constantly demand for stretch ceilings, prices for them continue to remain at a relatively high level. However, technologies for their manufacture are continuously improved and new varieties of PVC tin and polyester fabrics are being developed. Accordingly, newer technologies allow saving in production. And this makes stretch ceilings more affordable, prices for which are reduced almost daily.
In general, the use of suspended ceilings allows you to create unique interiors of premises of any type without significant difficulties, with the level of comfort unattainable for other finishing materials.
