How to make a false ceiling design with lighting

Properly made lighting can advantageously emphasize the strengths of the design solution. The room can be transformed by the use of light. The most common are false ceilings with lighting.

You can make them yourself, using plasterboard that will hide all the shortcomings of the ceiling surface, even global ones. You can make a multi-level false ceiling, with inserts and transitions. That is, the master can embody his boldest ideas. The backlight, which can be built, can create a cozy room in the room and emphasize originality. Let's consider in detail how to make a false ceiling and mount the lighting.

false ceilings with lighting

Modern design solutions offer a wide variety of ceilings with the use of different materials. Recently, ceilings from plasterboard with built-in lighting are widely popular. The appearance of such designs is very creative and cute. The room acquires an exquisite appearance, and the design idea allows you to make the ceiling original. The ceiling with the use of gypsum cardboard allows to apply various variants of fixtures, to regulate quantity, form, to build in lighting devices based on the taste and preferences.

How false ceilings has advantages over the use of other materials:

• Using gypsum plasterboard you can even out the defects of the ceiling;
• there is no need to perform preparatory work before installing tension ceilings;
• under the material you can hide all the wires, the exhaust compartments;
• great scope for imagination, the opportunity to make a multi-level project.

Types of false ceiling designs

the false ceiling can decorate and public institution, and a dwelling. It is very difficult to choose a material, especially to an ordinary buyer, who is not familiar with the details of the constructions in detail. We can distinguish between such types of false ceilings:

• from gypsum board;
• tiled ceilings;
• stretch ceiling;
• modular structures;
• aluminum ceilings.

Let's consider each of the options in more detail.

Ceilings from plasterboard - this is an opportunity to turn around and come up with any form of false ceiling. It can be a design with the use of lines, squares, levels, curly parts. Niches and transitions, ledges and decorative fragments are allowed. For a quality result, gypsum boards are attached to profiles that can withstand the construction and strengthen it. The more complex the design, the more fuss for the master, but the result will be pleasing for a long time. To enhance the effect, lighting devices are mounted. Here you can also apply any fixtures. These can be incandescent, LED, halogen or energy-saving fixtures.

For rooms with a normal humidity level, standard drywall sheets are used, for "wet" rooms, such as a laundry, bath, pool, it is advisable to use a waterproof material. They can be ordinary waterproof sheets and waterproof super sheets.

Mounting material is a noisy and dusty event. To perform the work, you need to invite a specialist if you plan on doing the installation of a false ceiling from plasterboard on your own, invite an assistant, since you will not be able to do this work yourself.

Tiled false ceilings are not as cozy as plasterboard constructions. They are recommended to be installed in office premises in storage rooms. The buyer is impressed by the low cost, multifunctionality, fast speed of mounting. There are ordinary plates, there is a water resistant. The downside of this material is its inability to withstand mechanical influences. The material breaks easily when falling. But its low cost balances the lack of such a plan.

Aluminum ceilings are rails of two types of length: three and four meters. The width of the rails varies from five to twenty centimeters. The material is covered with various shades: for silver, gilding, chrome plated. The surface can be varied - from flat to relief.

Using this material, three basic types of construction are made:

• Italian style;
• design style;
• German style.

The lightness of the design makes it possible to install the ceiling without additional fastening, it is durable and gives the room a business look. A similar design is used in non-residential premises.

Modular structures are options in which different elements are combined. They can be of several types:

• tiled;
• raster or cassette;
• rack-and-pinion;

cellular. The use of modular structures makes it possible to level the ceiling, combine shades, create decorative elements and patterns. Such structures are easy to assemble and can be installed independently, as they are relatively light.

false ceiling tension-type

Stretch ceiling requires more attention and detailed description of the structure. The stretched ceiling is the most popular among all false ceilings. He is in demand and recognized as one of the best. Such ceilings are made of a thin film or fabric, the pattern of which corresponds to the area of the ceiling surface and tightly stretched on a special frame. Depending on the type of material, the construction will glare, shimmer, have a reflective surface or be different from the freshly-ground ceiling. For lighting, light generators are built in.

Stretch constructions are in great demand because a wide variety of materials allows you to create different surfaces to taste, the room is transformed, looks luxurious and exquisite.

The advantages of installing a false structure are the following:

• stretch ceiling can be installed in various types of rooms, they carry both low and high temperatures and temperature differences;
• resistant to mechanical damage, such a ceiling is so easy not to cut and not tear;
• if there is a flood, do not sag, but distribute water evenly;
• the surface of the false ceiling is impregnated with the means. Which repels the dust, as a result, to care for the surface is very easy, if necessary, you can use a wet sponge, it does not hurt the surface.

In a room with such a design, it is very light, because it reflects and enhances the light.

Designing a false ceiling

Now false ceilings are very popular, as well as each design, it has its advantages and disadvantages, but nevertheless, in almost every office, apartment or salon you can see a different kind of false ceilings. Depending on the design features, the following variants are distinguished:

• cellular;
• tiled;
• cassette;
• latticed;
• rack-and-pinion;
• solid;
• decorative.

In the form of these structures:

• planar;
• modular;
• curvilinear.

Installation of any type of ceiling coating implies the work of at least two, independently, and even a beginner, do such manipulation is not recommended.

 false ceilings with lighting, advantages

false version with lighting is very nice, cozy and exquisite. Such designs are popular and popular due to a number of circumstances:

• the light weight of the final design;
• ease of installation;
• there is no need to pre-prepare the surface;
• possibility to hide the wiring, hatches.

Gypsum plasterboard material is perfectly combined with other types. A varied design idea is possible.

It is also possible to apply various lighting devices depending on:

• financial opportunities;
• shape and type of ceiling surface;
• insulating materials;
• designation of lighting devices.

Types of false ceiling lighting

To mount the lighting in false ceilings, these types of lamps are used:

• point - budget option, used for night lighting or zoning of the room;
• LED - inexpensive, giving diffuse light, long service life;
• classic - an ordinary chandelier, which is not always combined with the type of false ceiling;
• Daylight - economical and long-lasting devices in non-residential premises, are easily installed, but very responsive to voltage fluctuations in the network;
• fiber optic - these lamps allow you to create effects, are expensive, installed with great effort, take the height of the room.

There are recommendations for which you should pay attention before installing the backlight:

• it is better to install zonal lighting, using several light sources of light than one very bright one;
• the option of highlighting should be thought out in advance, to estimate, whether such a variant will be highlighted in the right places;
• when installing lighting in the kitchen, it is advisable to separately lighting the work surfaces and the general part;
• in the bedroom you should set the highlight over the important objects of the interior - above the bed, table, wardrobe;
• in the corridor, it is also preferable to make zoning of the lighting devices;
• correctly installed lighting will emphasize design ideas, such as the starry sky, the northern lights and the like;
• for various zones, various switches are mounted;
• Before installation of devices, it is necessary to make the detailed plan on which it is necessary to note type, the sizes, an arrangement of lighting devices and switches.

Installation instructions for false ceilings

Lighting on the surface of the ceiling area of gypsum board material is most often performed in two ways:

• open;
• hidden.

Implement the first option is easy enough: a vacuum is made in the ceiling and a lighting device is installed. The total weight of lighting devices should not exceed ten kilograms since the ceiling will not withstand the load.

For the second option, it is proposed to install lamps in a special niche between sheets of gypsum board. This option looks very good since the stream of light is directed clearly down.

To perform work on installing a false ceiling, it is important to prepare tools:

• drywall;
• profiles;
• hangers;
• fixatives;
• grid for joints;
• scissors for metal;
• pliers;
• screwdrivers;
• screwdriver;
• putty knife, putty;
• lamp.

false ceiling independently, with their own hands, is not easy to establish. If you are determined to do this without involving specialists, you need to familiarize yourself with the theoretical basis and try to see firsthand how others do it. For the successful implementation of the work, it is necessary to calculate the amount of material required, prepare tools, and plan the placement of lighting equipment. 

The technology of installation of plasterboard false ceiling

The first stage in the installation of a ceiling is considered to be the device of a top-level skeleton. This is done like this:

• To draw ten centimeters from the level of the ceiling surface along the perimeter of the whole room;
• on a number of places starting profiles;
• place the main profile;
• between the main parts of the profile correctly arrange the jumpers.

The resulting frame is covered with sheets, fixed with self-tapping screws.

All stages can be conditionally divided into the following:

• Mounting the box for lighting;
• carcass plastering with plasterboard sheets;
• installation and connection of devices for lighting.

lighting of false ceiling

What can be zoned to highlight the room makes the false ceilings even more attractive to use. The backlighting is not done spontaneously, it is necessary to plan the type of lighting, the number, and quality of the lamps. The lighting of the false ceiling can be divided into three groups:

• general lighting;
• detailed lighting;
• lighting for mood.

For general lighting, central lights are used, for detailed - zone lighting as needed, and lighting for moods can create any situation - working, intimate, festive.

Make your home original and stylish with false ceilings and lighting. A wide variety of materials makes it possible to create masterpiece designs that will be in a single copy. To get acquainted with the options of false ceilings, the algorithm for setting the lighting, the peculiarities, and variety of lighting devices, you can find answers to all the questions in the video and you will be able to see with your own eyes that the false design with lighting is very beautiful and creative.