To create a holistic interior, owners need to take care of all the details of the design of different premises. They should pay particular attention to closing unattractive communications. We examined the most convenient and practical options that will tell you how to decorate a pipe or hood. In the work can be used improvised materials or special building panels, sheets. Depending on the location of the communication interchanges, different types of decor can be used. It is also important to remember the requirements of public services, which may limit the number and type of solutions for different nodes. Having carefully considered all kinds of decoration, the owners will be able to choose an acceptable way to decorate communications, without violating the general style of decoration of residential and non-residential premises in the house.
Before carrying out work with the creation of false walls, boxes, you should take care of the communications themselves. Damaged components or old connecting units should be replaced with new ones. So, it will turn out to prevent problems with their condition in the future. Above the heating elements, it is necessary to install small ventilation hatches. This will eliminate the possibility of moisture accumulation, poor-quality heating of the premises. Around or under water pipelines should be waterproofed. To do this, thin roll materials or denser, tiled analogs cut to the size of the boxes can be used. Their use will eliminate the accumulation of moisture and the destruction of the finish, the appearance of mold. As for the old metal communications, they should first be cleaned with sandpaper and covered with a new coat of paint (resistant to high temperatures, moisture).
Decor Features
Before you beat communication, you should consider some of the features and requirements for them. For example, a gas pipe in a kitchen cannot be completely closed. The best solution for her would be decoration or painting. In residential premises, mounting of false walls and boxes is allowed. If necessary, they can be supplemented with a mesh or ventilation grill. Any materials can be used for decoration and assembly: they will not be subjected to special influences. But in the bathroom it is necessary to use only those materials that stably tolerate high humidity. These include wall paneling, moisture-resistant plasterboard sheets. Different solutions can be used to close vertical communications: lining and decoration will not reduce space. But horizontal communications should be closed only after a careful consideration of available solutions.After all, even a small lining can lead to a limitation of free space.
Painting
A stylish and unusual way to arrange communications in any room is their stylization using paint. Decisions in this direction can be divided into the following types:
creating emphasis.Great for heating systems in bedrooms and halls. For example, against the background of blue, turquoise, purple walls, yellow and orange batteries, wiring will look catchy.
neutral design.For this method, the paint should be matched to the tone of the finish used. The optimal solution for communications located in front of plain wallpaper, paint, tile.
stylization for the interior.In order for toilet wiring or wiring in the bedroom with colorful tiles, wallpapers to stand out minimally, it is recommended to supplement the monophonic painting with themed patterns, ornaments or drawings.
Using paint, you can stylize a vertical wiring in a tree in the corridor or in the children's room or living room. To do this, the crown is depicted on the wall, and the tubes themselves act as a trunk.
Decoupage
A simple way to decorate communication in a living room or in the dining room is to carry out decoupage. For it, you can use decorative paper, newspaper and even napkins with small pictures. Do-it-yourself work is quite easy and fast. For its correct execution, you can use the following scheme:
To clean the surface of communications with fine sandpaper. Remove dust with a stiff brush.
Coat communications with building glue, resistant to temperature extremes, high humidity. It is recommended to do the work in stages: conditionally dividing communications into several parts.
On top of the glue, attach newspaper sheets, napkins, pre-cut according to the diameter of the communications.
Carefully process the applied materials with a flat stiff brush, removing air bubbles and leveling the surface of the pattern.
After the adhesive composition has completely dried, the paper materials should be coated with acrylic varnish with a high degree of stability.
Use bamboo
The use of bamboo will help to decorate communications in the kitchenette, sanitary facilities and living room outside the box. Hollow trunks with different diameters are sold in construction and garden stores. It is recommended to select them, after having previously measured the diameter of the issued communications. In this case, the selected bamboo inner diameter of the cavity should be at least 0.5 cm larger. Otherwise, problems may arise with their installation. Close communications with such columns is quite easy. It is necessary to make 1-2 vertical cuts on bamboo. And then just put it on top of the piping. If necessary, one of the edges can be glued with glue for reliable fixation.
When choosing an interior element such as bamboo, it is worth considering the possibility of its implementation in the general appearance of the room. Such a solution would be appropriate to look against the background of light brown linoleum or wooden flooring, wooden walls. It fits well into the oriental, Japanese style.
Fabric upholstery
It is considered quite elegant to play with PVC and old metal vertical communications with the help of fabric. This is a profitable solution for living quarters or rooms where cooking takes place. Usually a translucent tulle is used to close communications. The same canvases should be used to close the windows. You can completely copy the curtains on the windows and use both light and dense canvas for drapery wiring. In order for the chosen method to look harmoniously in the room, it is necessary to extend the cornice to the corner where the vertical communications are located and mount next to them (on an adjacent wall). Thus, the canvas in the floor will not cover 1, but 2 walls at once. Dense canvases can be hung on one side of the window opening and near communications. And you can use them near the pipe and on both sides of the window. The rest of the space is covered with translucent paintings.
Ropes
The original decor of vertical and horizontal communications can be done with ropes. For work, it is not recommended to use the cheapest jute ropes (with an uneven surface), since they are quickly covered with dust and it is difficult to remove. But neat smooth analogues from jute (plain or colored) are suitable for use in living rooms, toilets. Vertical wiring with the help of such material can be stylized as a tree, palm tree. For such decoration, it is recommended to fix artificial greens, twigs with plastic lemons or oranges in the upper part of the braided communications.
In small Khrushchev, using thin ropes, you can create original marine jewelry. White cotton ropes are suitable for work. At the same time, horizontal wiring can not only be braided, but also decorated with flowing ropes. In addition to the braid, small shells can be glued.
Stained-glass windows and furniture cornices
The use of non-standard solutions for styling the apartment and hiding the communications of gas, water, heating makes it easy to transform living quarters and dining rooms. For vertical wiring, it is recommended to use stained glass. They can decorate living rooms, adults and children's bedrooms. The stained-glass window will not only close communications, but will also become a stylish decoration. If behind the multi-colored glasses framed by a wooden or similar case, you place a backlight, then the finished object will become an auxiliary lamp. In the case when communications pass upstairs (ceiling placement), their closure will be closed with furniture cornices. They are installed on the side of cabinets, headsets from above and are fixed under the ceiling. At the same time, access to communications remains simple, and the space around them is free.
Curly cornices will fit into classic headsets, but are unlikely to complement models with bright facades or chrome rails.
Drywall Box
It is quite easy to close the exhaust ventilation duct, the wiring for the water supply using drywall. From it you can assemble any design in shape and size that allows you to change the layout of the room. Moreover, all communications will be closed from prying eyes. This approach is also applicable for concealing chimneys. The assembly work is carried out as follows:
Marking of the sides of the structure relative to the closed communications. Requires consideration of the thickness of the drywall sheets used for the job.
Screwing on guides and bearing profiles.
Screwing plasterboard sheets (pre-trimmed) to the profile frame. For work in plumbing rooms it is recommended to take moisture-resistant sheets, for residential premises - ordinary.
Grouting and protection of joints, installation of additional elements (corners, plumbing hatches)
Finishing the structure with tiles, dyeing, wallpapering.
Laminate box, MDF
The assembly of structures made of wood-based panels and similar materials is suitable for communications located above baseboards leading to the basement. Their base should be assembled from battens. The use of timber, boards will allow you to quickly make a durable frame, complemented by a raised door made of MDF or a fixed top. With the help of rails, you can assemble a completely removable structure. From above it can be covered with a laminate. The sizes and materials of different types of boxes are determined individually. The use of battens and laminate will lead to significant costs. Wood boards, plywood will be cheaper, but their appearance will be more simple. Therefore, this type of box is recommended to be made for rooms in which strict styling is not needed. The use of an expensive laminate mainly for rooms with a distinguished stylistic direction (for example, modern, Provence, Scandinavian).
False wall
In a situation where the pipe wiring is large and the creation of a small box will not solve the problem, a full-fledged wall should be made. It is assembled from profiles and drywall sheets. The created ledge is recommended to be supplemented with a plumbing hatch. This will allow owners to easily access communications and repair or replace them. In plumbing rooms the false wall may be non-standard. To do this, boxes are assembled on the left and right, and plumbing shutters are hung on top of them. Such a solution will allow you to instantly gain access to the wiring, eliminate the leak and immediately complete the complete replacement of communications. The false wall itself can be pasted over with wallpaper or painted, tiled. As a basis, moisture-resistant plasterboard sheets should be used.
Conclusion
Using recommendations for decorating and closing communications, it will not be difficult for owners to choose the best way to style their homes. The simplest solution is to color and paint the decoupling. But also communications under the sink, next to the sink, can easily be sewn up. Correctly selected building materials will help to easily make a small ledge or a full false wall in the form of a ledge for storing cosmetics and towels. The same method is optimal for residential premises, but other types of materials can be used in them: a more unusual type and with less requirements for operating conditions. For example, it can be wood raw materials or polymer panels. Selecting the materials used according to the possibility of application, practicality, shade and embossing, it is possible to correctly and at the same time originally complement any stylistic direction.
To create a holistic interior, owners need to take care of all the details of the design of different premises. They should pay particular attention to closing unattractive communications. We examined the most convenient and practical options that will tell you how to decorate a pipe or hood. In the work can be used improvised materials or special building panels, sheets. Depending on the location of the communication interchanges, different types of decor can be used. It is also important to remember the requirements of public services, which may limit the number and type of solutions for different nodes. Having carefully considered all kinds of decoration, the owners will be able to choose an acceptable way to decorate communications, without violating the general style of decoration of residential and non-residential premises in the house.
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Preparation for work
Before carrying out work with the creation of false walls, boxes, you should take care of the communications themselves. Damaged components or old connecting units should be replaced with new ones. So, it will turn out to prevent problems with their condition in the future. Above the heating elements, it is necessary to install small ventilation hatches. This will eliminate the possibility of moisture accumulation, poor-quality heating of the premises. Around or under water pipelines should be waterproofed. To do this, thin roll materials or denser, tiled analogs cut to the size of the boxes can be used. Their use will eliminate the accumulation of moisture and the destruction of the finish, the appearance of mold. As for the old metal communications, they should first be cleaned with sandpaper and covered with a new coat of paint (resistant to high temperatures, moisture).
Decor Features
Before you beat communication, you should consider some of the features and requirements for them. For example, a gas pipe in a kitchen cannot be completely closed. The best solution for her would be decoration or painting. In residential premises, mounting of false walls and boxes is allowed. If necessary, they can be supplemented with a mesh or ventilation grill. Any materials can be used for decoration and assembly: they will not be subjected to special influences. But in the bathroom it is necessary to use only those materials that stably tolerate high humidity. These include wall paneling, moisture-resistant plasterboard sheets. Different solutions can be used to close vertical communications: lining and decoration will not reduce space. But horizontal communications should be closed only after a careful consideration of available solutions.After all, even a small lining can lead to a limitation of free space.
Painting
A stylish and unusual way to arrange communications in any room is their stylization using paint. Decisions in this direction can be divided into the following types:
Decoupage
A simple way to decorate communication in a living room or in the dining room is to carry out decoupage. For it, you can use decorative paper, newspaper and even napkins with small pictures. Do-it-yourself work is quite easy and fast. For its correct execution, you can use the following scheme:
Use bamboo
The use of bamboo will help to decorate communications in the kitchenette, sanitary facilities and living room outside the box. Hollow trunks with different diameters are sold in construction and garden stores. It is recommended to select them, after having previously measured the diameter of the issued communications. In this case, the selected bamboo inner diameter of the cavity should be at least 0.5 cm larger. Otherwise, problems may arise with their installation. Close communications with such columns is quite easy. It is necessary to make 1-2 vertical cuts on bamboo. And then just put it on top of the piping. If necessary, one of the edges can be glued with glue for reliable fixation.
Fabric upholstery
It is considered quite elegant to play with PVC and old metal vertical communications with the help of fabric. This is a profitable solution for living quarters or rooms where cooking takes place. Usually a translucent tulle is used to close communications. The same canvases should be used to close the windows. You can completely copy the curtains on the windows and use both light and dense canvas for drapery wiring. In order for the chosen method to look harmoniously in the room, it is necessary to extend the cornice to the corner where the vertical communications are located and mount next to them (on an adjacent wall). Thus, the canvas in the floor will not cover 1, but 2 walls at once. Dense canvases can be hung on one side of the window opening and near communications. And you can use them near the pipe and on both sides of the window. The rest of the space is covered with translucent paintings.
Ropes
The original decor of vertical and horizontal communications can be done with ropes. For work, it is not recommended to use the cheapest jute ropes (with an uneven surface), since they are quickly covered with dust and it is difficult to remove. But neat smooth analogues from jute (plain or colored) are suitable for use in living rooms, toilets. Vertical wiring with the help of such material can be stylized as a tree, palm tree. For such decoration, it is recommended to fix artificial greens, twigs with plastic lemons or oranges in the upper part of the braided communications.
In small Khrushchev, using thin ropes, you can create original marine jewelry. White cotton ropes are suitable for work. At the same time, horizontal wiring can not only be braided, but also decorated with flowing ropes. In addition to the braid, small shells can be glued.
Stained-glass windows and furniture cornices
The use of non-standard solutions for styling the apartment and hiding the communications of gas, water, heating makes it easy to transform living quarters and dining rooms. For vertical wiring, it is recommended to use stained glass. They can decorate living rooms, adults and children's bedrooms. The stained-glass window will not only close communications, but will also become a stylish decoration. If behind the multi-colored glasses framed by a wooden or similar case, you place a backlight, then the finished object will become an auxiliary lamp. In the case when communications pass upstairs (ceiling placement), their closure will be closed with furniture cornices. They are installed on the side of cabinets, headsets from above and are fixed under the ceiling. At the same time, access to communications remains simple, and the space around them is free.
Drywall Box
It is quite easy to close the exhaust ventilation duct, the wiring for the water supply using drywall. From it you can assemble any design in shape and size that allows you to change the layout of the room. Moreover, all communications will be closed from prying eyes. This approach is also applicable for concealing chimneys. The assembly work is carried out as follows:
Laminate box, MDF
The assembly of structures made of wood-based panels and similar materials is suitable for communications located above baseboards leading to the basement. Their base should be assembled from battens. The use of timber, boards will allow you to quickly make a durable frame, complemented by a raised door made of MDF or a fixed top. With the help of rails, you can assemble a completely removable structure. From above it can be covered with a laminate. The sizes and materials of different types of boxes are determined individually. The use of battens and laminate will lead to significant costs. Wood boards, plywood will be cheaper, but their appearance will be more simple. Therefore, this type of box is recommended to be made for rooms in which strict styling is not needed. The use of an expensive laminate mainly for rooms with a distinguished stylistic direction (for example, modern, Provence, Scandinavian).
False wall
In a situation where the pipe wiring is large and the creation of a small box will not solve the problem, a full-fledged wall should be made. It is assembled from profiles and drywall sheets. The created ledge is recommended to be supplemented with a plumbing hatch. This will allow owners to easily access communications and repair or replace them. In plumbing rooms the false wall may be non-standard. To do this, boxes are assembled on the left and right, and plumbing shutters are hung on top of them. Such a solution will allow you to instantly gain access to the wiring, eliminate the leak and immediately complete the complete replacement of communications. The false wall itself can be pasted over with wallpaper or painted, tiled. As a basis, moisture-resistant plasterboard sheets should be used.
Conclusion
Using recommendations for decorating and closing communications, it will not be difficult for owners to choose the best way to style their homes. The simplest solution is to color and paint the decoupling. But also communications under the sink, next to the sink, can easily be sewn up. Correctly selected building materials will help to easily make a small ledge or a full false wall in the form of a ledge for storing cosmetics and towels. The same method is optimal for residential premises, but other types of materials can be used in them: a more unusual type and with less requirements for operating conditions. For example, it can be wood raw materials or polymer panels. Selecting the materials used according to the possibility of application, practicality, shade and embossing, it is possible to correctly and at the same time originally complement any stylistic direction.