Ceiling Systems Can Conceal Extensive Pipes and Wires
Date:2019-04-08 Views:1471
Ceiling decoration, also known as overhead ceiling or ceiling lining, refers to the finishing work applied to the indoor top surface. It serves multiple functions including thermal insulation, heat insulation, sound insulation, and remedying defects inherent in the original building structure. With technological advancement, ceiling designs have become increasingly diversified, better satisfying the evolving demands for versatile interior decoration. Today, let’s take a closer look at the key features of suspended ceilings.
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Remedying Deficiencies of the Original Building Structure
If the floor height is excessively high, the room may appear empty and desolate; a suspended ceiling can be installed to lower the visual height appropriately. If the floor height is too low, clever ceiling design can create optical illusions to make the room feel “higher”. In many residences, structural beams and heating pipelines are exposed, which significantly affects the aesthetic appearance. A suspended ceiling can perfectly cover these unattractive elements, keeping the top surface neat, orderly and unified.
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Enhancing Decorative Effects
A suspended ceiling enriches the three-dimensional modeling of the top surface, strengthens visual appeal, and endows the ceiling with personalized characteristics, thus presenting a unique and distinctive decorative style.
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Concealing Extensive Pipes and Wires
Suspended ceilings can hide a large number of pipelines, wires and cables, while reserving installation positions for lighting fixtures. They enable the coordinated interplay of spot lights, linear lights and ambient surface lights, creating layered and elegant lighting effects that greatly enhance the interior ambiance.
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Thermal Insulation and Heat Insulation
For top-floor residences without an insulation layer, direct sunlight in summer can make the indoor space unbearably hot, like a steamer. By installing a suspended ceiling, an additional insulation layer can be formed to block heat and lower the indoor temperature. In winter, the ceiling acts as a thermal barrier, reducing the loss of indoor heat through the roof.
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Dividing Indoor Spaces
Ceiling suspension is an effective method of spatial division. By designing ceilings at different heights, two connected spaces with the same original floor height can be visually distinguished into two separate functional zones. For instance, using different ceiling designs between a living room and a dining room clarifies their respective functions while maintaining the continuity and openness of the lower space, achieving two purposes at one stroke.
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Facilitating Light Source Supplement
Many original residential buildings are equipped with simple lighting circuits and basic fixtures, which fail to create an ideal lighting environment. A suspended ceiling can conceal a great number of wires and pipelines, and reserve embedded positions for various lamps. With the combination of spot lights, linear lights and surface lights, it forms a layered, soft and well-distributed lighting system, upgrades the indoor atmosphere, enriches light levels and achieves high-quality illumination.
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Easy to Clean and Maintain
Kitchens and bathrooms are spaces prone to moisture, water vapor and oil fumes. Suspended ceilings can prevent water vapor from penetrating into the roof structure and stop oil fumes from spreading. Most modern ceilings for such areas are made of metal-based materials, which are waterproof, oil-proof and very convenient for daily cleaning and maintenance.
