Every year, materials for decorating ceilings are becoming more and more perfect. A range! What is not on the shelves of construction stores ... New, effective and stylish material has already managed to earn rave reviews. Designers of the whole world rightly consider satin stretch ceilings to be a real breakthrough in the modern home improvement. They are successfully used in any size and functional loads rooms. They are aesthetic, affordable, do not require too complicated care. Manufacturers offer their customers a huge range of such products.
Most customers prefer a white satin stretch ceiling. Most often this is due to the desire to lighten and expand the boundaries of the room. But you need to know that the color palette of such paintings is diverse. To make the right choice, it is better to turn to the services of a designer.
Advantages of Satin Ceilings
Satin ceilings have become very popular today. The pros and cons of these coatings are obvious.
They blend perfectly with the classic interior of the living room or bedroom, look great in the kitchen and bathroom. They do not have reflectivity and do not have texture. At first glance, they resemble the whitewashed ceilings familiar to us.
Photo printing is easy to apply on such a surface. In addition, manufacturers offer a huge color palette of such coatings. In our country, the most popular were white, light yellow, beige, light green, light orange satin stretch ceilings. The pros and cons of such designs are distributed approximately the same.
disadvantages
Like any finishing material, such a ceiling coating often receives negative reviews. Satin ceilings are not resistant to temperature extremes. At temperatures of 0 degrees and below, cracks may appear on them, so they are not suitable for an unheated country house.
The satin ceiling is easily damaged by sharp objects.
During installation, a heat gun is used, which can damage the surface of furniture in the room.
Satin or matte ceilings: what to choose?
To answer this question, you need to know the advantages of one and the other material. Matte ceilings are also popular. And there are objective reasons for this:
- They can be purchased in fabric (seamless) performance or in the form of PVC film. In the first case, it attracts an unusually wide canvas - 5 m, but its price is higher than that of the film.
- Matte canvases do not change color depending on the lighting.
- The appearance of glare is excluded.
If you are faced with a choice of which stretch ceilings to choose - matte or satin, it will be useful for you to know that the last option is an intermediate link. Already not matte, but not yet glossy.
Satin ceilings in small rooms (hallways, kitchens, bathrooms) look spectacular, as the room becomes light and bright. They are very reminiscent of frosted glass.
With heterogeneous lighting, it is the satin ceilings that look more interesting. Matte canvases do not give such an effect.
Satin or gloss?
With the merits of satin and matte ceilings you are familiar with. Now you need to consider another kind of coating. After which it will be possible to decide which option suits you best - satin or glossy stretch ceiling? So let's get started.
Glossy ceilings are often called lacquered. This is a perfectly smooth canvas with a mirror surface effect. The reflection coefficient often reaches 90%, and therefore visually (like all mirror surfaces) they expand the space of the room. This is especially important if the room is quite modest in size and has low ceilings. In this case, glossy canvases reduce the impression of “pressure” from above.
Such material has a significant drawback - often the seam line is clearly visible on it.
Experts advise using satin ceilings to decorate the living room, but only if you are used to spending quiet family evenings in this room. If you often receive guests and have parties, then a glossy finish is more suitable for you. But for the bedroom and other rooms where a person is resting, it is not recommended to install it, because it will tire.
Satin stretch ceiling: price
These coatings are quite affordable. But the cost depends on the width of the canvas and the manufacturer.
For example, a Chinese-made white satin ceiling with installation costs from 520 to 650 rubles per square meter (depending on width). A similar version of white satin made in Germany will cost you 580 rubles, and color - from 680 to 730 rubles. The French ceiling can be purchased for 1600 rubles, the Russian - from 470 to 550 rubles per square meter.
The best manufacturing companies
Before ordering a new cover, many consumers study reviews. Many have already installed satin stretch ceilings, so finding out how much they meet the declared characteristics will not be difficult. In order to make the right choice, it is necessary to study the market, to figure out which companies' products are reliable, and is distinguished by the high quality of the material and the fastening system that are time-tested. Today we will present you the rating of suspended ceilings, list the best manufacturers of these products in the Russian market. The most popular of them are companies:
- France.
- Germany.
- Italy.
- Belgium.
- China.
Chinese materials are attractive for their price, but we would not risk guaranteeing the durability of such structures.
French ceilings
BARRISOL is the undisputed and globally recognized leader of our ranking. This manufacturer of ceiling structures since 1976 conquered the markets of Europe and Russia. What you need to know when placing an order for the products of this company? It will not be possible to get the desired product as soon as possible - you will have to wait 25-30 days from the moment of taking the measurements. The cost of such structures is on average 10-15% higher than other manufacturers. But the quality is always excellent, and this is confirmed by reviews. BARRISOL satin stretch ceilings are sophistication and sophistication. In addition, you can recommend the company ALKOR, DRAKA, CTN.
German ceilings
German manufacturers didn’t have enough to make their products considered standard. They take the second place, but it should be noted that the quality of their ceilings is actually excellent, and the assortment is even richer than that of the French. For example, matte canvases of German companies have the largest width - 270 cm. The companies represented on the Russian market are Renolit and Pongs.
Italian ceilings
Closing the top three manufacturers of stretch ceilings Italian masters. They did not set records either in breadth or in the richness of the assortment. But at the same time, over the years, they have been able to maintain the excellent quality of their products. We recommend that you take a closer look at Malpensa products.
Belgian ceilings
Manufacturers from Belgium have not yet managed to get into the top three, but the quality of their products is fully consistent with European standards, and the appearance of the ceilings is excellent. In addition, Poliplast is the only European company to supply 500 cm wide PVC film to our market.
Chinese ceilings
In Russia, Chinese-made goods are wary. It affects the shaft of low-quality products from this country during the perestroika years. However, today you can find Chinese ceilings of quite decent quality. For example, MSD products.
Russian ceilings
I would like to say a lot of good words to Russian manufacturers of suspended ceilings. Unfortunately this is not possible. As you can see, they do not even fall into the top five. And there is an explanation for this. The matte ceilings of Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod plants have uneven density, to put it mildly, an unimportant structure. Glossy paintings do not lend themselves to criticism at all. Due to the poor quality, many installation companies refuse to work with this product.
Customer reviews
It must be said that the bulk of buyers are satisfied with their satin stretch ceilings. They mark a perfectly flat surface that could not be achieved with other materials, and an affordable price. The speed of installation is noted by absolutely all survey participants. Many are happy that in this case it was not necessary to move the furniture and cover it with plastic wrap.
Buyers (especially owners of small apartments) are delighted with how their home has changed: it began to seem spacious and bright.