Suspended ceiling with lighting

Suspended ceilings are very often used in cottages, houses and apartments. With their help, you can not only make the surface more even, but also give the ceiling a unique original shape. The latter option is achievable usually when using a two-level hanging system from gypsum board.  

Especially effective looks suspended ceiling with lighting. To make such a design with your own hands is not so difficult as it seems at first glance. A single-level ceiling made of plasterboard is mounted elementary. Practically every master can do it. A metal profile is attached to the walls , and already on it is the plasterboard itself. The joints between the sheets are sealed with a special putty. A two-level implementation is more difficult, however, and this is quite possible.

So, how to make a false ceiling with a backlight? Before you begin to mount the sheets, you must take care of the wiring. The following simple rules should be observed:

• Do not lay wires directly on the profile. For example, if you are flooded by neighbors, this can lead to a very unpleasant situation. In addition, getting to the wire to replace it, in this case will be very problematic. Therefore, special sleeves are used for laying the wire, which must have perfectly sealed joints.
• Connect the wires only in specially designed boxes.
• Wires should be selected in such a way that they correspond to the future load.
• The switch must open the "phase", not the "zero".

Suspended ceiling with backlighting, if it is executed in two levels, looks much more impressive than a single-level ceiling. However, its device is only possible in rooms with a high ceiling, since at the same time it will need to retreat from its surface no less than 15 cm. And it is undesirable in a low room, for obvious reasons. The first level is fixed in exactly the same way as when installing a single-level ceiling. The second is mounted on the profile, but through the hypocarcone of the first layer.

At the same time, a huge number of design ideas can be realized. The first level, for example, will be well finished with a mirror film or veneer, and the second one will be covered with a water-dispersion matte light paint. Transitions between levels are often performed not only direct, but also figured. Suspended ceiling with lighting can also give the designer a huge field for creativity in terms of lighting the room.

The central light source is usually hung on the first level. Most often it's a classic chandelier. Of course, it needs to be selected taking into account the peculiarities of the whole interior of the apartment. In the sides, between the levels, the LED strip looks very impressive. For its installation you will not need the participation of a specialist. All that needs to be done is to properly fix it in a niche and connect it to a power source. Suspended ceiling with illumination can be made and with the use of conventional lamps equipped with LED or energy-saving lamps. They do not warm themselves and look very impressive.

In the event that the lighting fixtures will be located in the same plane with gypsum plasterboard, the main difficulty in mounting may arise only in making accurate and inconspicuous holes for them. If they perform a little, you can skip the wiring and through the joints between the sheets.

We hope you understand in general terms how to make a suspended ceiling from gypsum board and decorate it with lighting. Deciding to choose such design for your apartment, you will get an unusually stylish and original interior. Such a ceiling design is considered one of the most effective ways of decorating a home.