Wallpaper is one of the most common decorative wallcoverings. The rich abundance of materials and color solutions allows you not only to refine your home, but to make it as you wish. And the vast majority of people are well aware of this. But few people are familiar with such a building material as a wallpaper substrate. With its help, it is possible to significantly increase the operational characteristics of the walls that are planned to be glued.
The substrate for the wallpaper is a roll of material. As a rule, it is a
foamed polyethylene coated with paper on both sides. The purpose of this building material is to improve sound and heat insulation characteristics. Similar properties will be especially relevant for walls that look onto the street or onto the landing. The substrate can be used when pasting surfaces with any
kind of wallpaper, which indicates the versatility of this material. At the same time, a high-quality result is always ensured in the form of a flat and smooth wall.
The substrate for the wallpaper has a number of operational properties:
- Thermal insulation. This is one of the key properties that determines the choice of this material when performing repairs. This characteristic not only makes it possible to live comfortably in a house or apartment, but also allows you to save on heating.
- Soundproofing. In apartment buildings, there are a huge number of sources of various noise. This is a street, and neighbors, and a landing. In this case, the soundproofing substrate for the wallpaper is sometimes simply vital. After all, the house should be not only beautiful, but also comfortable.
- Environmentally friendly. This material is hygienic and harmless. It does not rot and is resistant to chemical compounds.
- Durability. A wallpaper liner is not a fragile material. For its rupture or other deformation, considerable effort is required. And this means that working with him is quite simple. In addition, in a new house with a possible shrinkage of the foundation, the substrate will not crack.
- Resistance to microorganisms.
- Prevention of condensation. A similar property is achieved due to the insulating layer.
- Durability. Various manufacturers give a guarantee on their products for a period of 20 to 50 years.
In order to paste the walls with a substrate, they should be prepared in advance. It is necessary to remove the old coating and smooth the surface with putty or other mortar. That is, you should perform the same operations as when gluing the walls with wallpaper. Next, the leveled surface should be treated with a primer. The substrate for the wallpaper is fixed with glue. The sheets of the product mount the joint in the joint, avoiding too much tension. Further, the glued material should dry. This usually takes at least 24 hours. After that, you can glue the wallpaper.
An important issue when performing repairs is the cost of both the material itself and the work on its arrangement. There are a fairly large number of manufacturers producing such building materials. One of the most common is the substrate for EcoHeat wallpaper. The price per square meter of the product is 137 rubles. It is quite inexpensive for a qualitative improvement in the operational performance of walls. As for the work, the cost of wallpapering will increase by only 50 rubles per square meter. The total cost will increase by about 190 rubles.