Choosing ceilings for suspended ceilings, the owner of the apartment or house wants the light flow to spread evenly around the room, be moderately bright, does not cut his eyes and does not distort the colors of the interior elements. Is it possible to achieve all this by placing a chandelier in the center of the room? No. Even if you buy the most elegant, you can’t get rid of dark areas. Therefore, the best choice is point lamps. In competently treating them, you can provide:
high -quality and even lighting of the kitchen work area;
a comfortable environment for the eyes and the lack of darkness in the bedroom;
Singleant, soft glow in the living room.
Of course, only the indicated light sources can not be limited to (with a chandelier they will be combined very well).
By what principle is the stretch ceiling with lamps equip? The so -called rack is first attached to the draft ceiling region. It is the basis that carries a design for built -in devices. They are installed after stretching the canvas: cut holes and fix it with enhancing rings, glue the thermal insulation ring, mount the lamps.
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Depending on the type of fastening, built -in lamps for suspended ceilings are divided into two groups: with the outer and internal location of the lamp. In the first case, it is separated from the canvas with a platform and is below its level, in the second – higher. You should choose an option with internal placement very carefully: the wrong installation jeopardizes the integrity of the structure of the film or fabric.
With which lamps lamps for stretch ceilings are best chosen? In general, they can do several types:
ordinary incandescent lamps;
fluorescent;
halogen;
LED.
The best option for our case is R63 lamps with a regular light bulb or MR16 with “halogen”. Luminescent are poorly suitable, as they have large dimensions. LEDs – a solution that can only be used as a decorative backlight.
If you do not want unnecessary worries, you can prefer ecol lamps for suspended ceilings. They belong to the category of high -tech light -saving lighting. With their help, you can organize a unique design of almost any room.
Their main advantages:
high intensity of lighting without heating the canvas;
excellent technical characteristics;
modern design;
lack of the need to install a transformer;
safety;
service life of at least 10,000 hours.
You need to pay attention not only to which light bulbs for suspended ceilings should be chosen. Two more parameters are also important:
The appearance of the lamp – the form is allowed only round. Please note: there are square models with landing nodes in the form of a circle. These are also suitable. There must be a flange on the inside – landing. The difference between the external and internal diameter of the case should be at least 10 mm (more – you can). The coating of light -resistant paint is extremely desirable;
Power – for incandescent lamps, limit 60 watts, and for “halogok” – 35. There may be more power, but then it is necessary to provide additional thermal insulation, because when heated to 60 degrees, the film made of polyvinyl chloride will begin to melt and deform.
Calculation of the required amount
The luminous flux directed down, illuminates about one and a half to two “squares” of the area. Accordingly, calculating the amount required for the bedroom or living room is completely easy. In this case, you need to think very well the location of the bulbs on the stretch ceiling so that the surface does not turn out to be oversaturated. This is not very favorable to affect the design of the room as a whole.
Installation
Installation of lamps in stretch ceilings is carried out as follows. The first stage is the marking of places in which they will subsequently be installed. This procedure is of great importance if the design consists of several levels. Each of them creates its own lighting circuit.
The distance from the lamps to the walls should be at least 600 mm, and 1,000 from each other. If you plan to hang a chandelier, this also needs to be taken into account.
Since neither the film nor the fabric can withstand the weight of lighting devices, the embedded elements and adjustable racks are attached to the black surface. This is the second stage of installation.
All work must be performed with an eye on the fact that there is still an installation of a stretch fabric ahead.
The third stage is electrical work. The cable is laid to the place of installation of each element.
Когда полотна натянуто, наступает время установки светильников. In places where fasteners are located, the profile is glued (has a round shape). Then holes are cut in the canvas along its [profile] inner contour. Special caution is needed here: excess movement with a knife and damage to the film/tissue is guaranteed.
The next action is the setting fasteners at the same level with the ceiling, output through the opening of the conductors, connecting devices. Before installing the latter, a thermal insulation ring is put on their case. Now it remains only to adjust the lamps and screw into each of them along the lamp. After that, you can proceed to checking the work.
In addition to the tools necessary for the installation of a stretch ceiling, you will need: pliers, screwdriver, cable, mounting knife, drill, terminal, branch boxes.