What are wall panels: the main varieties
Wall panels are now actively used as a material for walls in various rooms. This is explained by many factors, but one of the most important is the variety of similar products. Wall panels vary according to different criteria. Advantageously - form and by manufacturing the starting material used for manufacture. The principal embodiments of such products.
1. The dimensions and wall panels format
Are divided wall panels into 3 types depending on the size and format. The first option - large format. Such sheets have a length of 100 cm or more, and a width of about 80 cm. Panels are convenient in that they can be quickly oblitsevat smooth surface of a large area.
Another option - the usual sheet panels. Their width is about 40-50 cm. And finally, there are the so-called slab panels. They really are a "tile" with a side dimension of 25 or 50 cm. They are used when you want to get a more interesting alternative design.
2. The starting material for the production of
Still, more attention to the choice of the owners is usually paid to the materials make the panels. The most expensive years are panels made of natural wood. It's incredibly presentable and at the same time environmentally friendly material. But let it alone can not every owner. In addition, for the wood-paneled need to look very seriously.
Much cheaper and easier to handle panels of MDF and particleboard. At the same time, they too can look spectacular. In fact on the basis of such a material is applied or wood veneer or a melamine resin. As a result, there is a lot of interesting solutions in the manufacture of wall panels.
But still the most popular are the PVC panels. Perhaps they are not so presentable, their environmental friendliness "lame." But it is easy to deal with them, they are suitable for use even in the bathroom or in the kitchen, where there are very tough operating conditions.
3. Methods of fixing materials
And still it is possible to divide the panel at the options, depending on the method of attachment. Previously used for wall panel, which was enough to join with each other tightly as possible. Now they are almost not used because they were replaced by models with Paso-ridge system. These materials form the skin without gaps that are much more practical and presentable.