Ceiling for Bathroom
What ceiling options are best suited for a bathroom?
You can list the main drawbacks of ceilings not suitable for bathrooms:
- they let water and moisture through, which causes mold to grow;
- they collect moisture on their surface, leaving streaks that look unattractive.
The best choices are glossy, lacquered and special waterproof ceilings. Additionally, a bathroom looks great with "metallic" and "starry sky" designs, as well as films that mimic marble. You can find reviews of such ceilings on manufacturers' websites and choose the best option.
The design of a bathroom ceiling can be varied by combining several colors and shades, using multi-level ceilings, and implementing original lighting solutions. A bathroom ceiling can also be very unusual if you use the photo printing service and print any image or photo.
Today, one of the most stylish solutions is to use a black or brown glossy ceiling in bathroom interiors.
Photo 1 — Black ceiling for bathroom
Photo 2 — Brown ceiling for bathroom
Photo 3 — Starry sky in bathroom
Photo 4 — Two-level glossy ceiling
Photo 5 — Multi-level ceiling for bathroom
In a bathroom, humidity is constantly high and there is a significant risk of harmful mold growth for human health. Some manufacturers offer their customers to install waterproof ceiling made from special moisture-resistant film. This film does not allow moisture through, thus preventing moisture accumulation between the ceiling and regular ceiling, which helps prevent mold spread.
These waterproof ceilings are offered by the following manufacturers:
- PVC (France);
- Pongs (Germany);
- RENOLIT (Germany);
- Malpensa (Italy).
Regarding the well-known manufacturer of ceiling films, Clipso (Switzerland), only the Clipso "Waterproof" texture has 100% waterproof properties.
Characteristics of the waterproof PVC film for ceiling:
- retains a large amount of water (100 liters per square meter) for an extended time. Fabric ceilings can only retain moisture for no more than 24 hours before it starts seeping through the fabric;
- after water is poured on it, the ceiling returns to its original state;
- does not let moisture through, preventing mold growth between the ceiling and regular ceiling;
- no streaks form on the surface of the film.
Photo 6 — Ceiling after flooding
Ceiling for bathroom: price
How much a ceiling installation in a bathroom will cost depends on the material, room area, manufacturer and some other factors. For example, how to calculate the cost of a ceiling installation in a standard-sized bathroom? Let's take a color film with glossy finish from a popular Italian manufacturer Malpensa for a bathroom area of 3 square meters with four spotlights. Number of corners — 6, masking tape and 'economy' profile. Installation 'turnkey'. Installing such a ceiling will cost approximately 142 UAH.
A more expensive option for a bathroom ceiling is a special waterproof ceiling from Clipso. The price of the Clipso 705 Nosweat (anti-water) ceiling, 3m, 4m and 5.1m wide, per square meter is 27.50 UAH.
Glossy ceiling from manufacturers:
- Malpensa (Italy): glossy white 2.2m 8.95 UAH, glossy colored 2.2m 10 UAH;
- Pongs Textile (Germany): glossy colored 1.3m 11.8 UAH, 1.8m 17 UAH; metallic and pearl 1.3m 25 UAH;
- Renolit (Germany): glossy white 2.2m 24.65 UAH, glossy colored 1.5m and 2m 19 UAH;
- stylish colored 1.5m 26.20 UAH;
- Alkor Draka (France): marble, metallic, patterns, glossy, exclusive, chameleon 1.42m 22.40 UAH;
- CTN (France): lacquered colored and white 1.48m and 1.65m 15 UAH;
- Eline (Russia): glossy white 1.5m 6.15 UAH;
- ECOfolie (Germany): glossy white 4m 29.50 UAH, 6m 37 UAH; glossy colored 4m 31.50 UAH;
- Lackfolie (Germany): glossy white 1.3m 13.90 UAH, glossy colored 1.3m 15.45 UAH; glossy white 1.8m 22 UAH, glossy colored 1.8m 23.75 UAH;