Imitation of a bar - a type of facing panels, giving the feeling of a real wooden log house. It has a beautiful appearance and a nice price. For its characteristics, designers like it and is used in various interior concepts.
The design of the interior imitation of timber is suitable for many rooms.
In order to understand where and how to apply the imitation of timber, you need to develop a design project for the living space. The presence of skills in the installation of such panels and familiarization with the master classes will help in the design. If there is a fear not to cope with the calculations, it is better to entrust this stage to a professional.
Photos of the interior imitation of timber will be given in the article below.
Designing rooms for wood finishing
Before drafting a project you will need:
- measure the planes on which the cladding is supposed to be;
- think over the places for wiring, if the equipment will be installed nearby;
- mark out sockets;
- choose a grade and timber imitation timber;
- deal with the dimensions of the bars, if necessary, make adjustments to the project;
- calculate the amount of material required;
- pick up the material for the frame, navigate in the positions on the fittings.
Layout is an important step in the repair process. Deficiencies at this stage will lead to errors, additional costs and delay. Before starting work, everything should be checked and counted again.
Calculations and costing of materials
With a ready-made finishing plan, you can determine the amount of materials.
The calculation of the number of boards is made from a given coverage area. The formula is familiar from school - height is multiplied by width. It is convenient to use a detailed plan of the walls of the room, on which corners and joints are visible. The width of the timber is indicated without locks. Since the size of the board is already selected, for example, they took 100 mm to 3000 mm, it is easy to consider further. On a wall with a height of 2500 mm and a length of 2000 mm, you need 20 false bars of this size for vertical installation.
Now you need to understand how many cubes (cubic meters) of board you need to carry out the given work. The project has already entered data on the quality of the timber and its size. The most popular size for the interior decoration of imitation timber is 20 × 120 × 6000.
In addition to this size, there are:
- A - thickness: 18, 20, 22, 28, 34 mm;
- B - width, universal parameters 110-190 mm;
- C is the length, usually 3000 and 6000 mm.
The volume of the board is calculated by the formula A x B x C. The resulting value is the value necessary for the calculations. Now you need to find out how many false bars will go into one cubic meter. For this, the formula 1m³ / A / B / C = D is applied, where D is the quantity of interest to us.
As a result, it is known how many boards are needed and how many boards will go into 1 cube. The total number is divided by the number of bars in the cube, the resulting number of cubes of material is multiplied by its value. The amount for the estimate is ready. For the calculation from a specialist outlet you need to pay extra. Sellers use the same formulas, having performed simple manipulations with formulas, you can save.
To calculate the cost of work, it’s enough to find an online calculator on the Web where the user is prompted to enter the dimensions of the room (you can take into account windows and doorways), as well as the price of a square meter of lining. After that, just click the "Calculate" button, and the site itself will produce the result.
Let the dimensions of the room have the following indicators (in meters): 3.35 x 2.47 x 2.5 - and the price per square meter of lining is 340 rubles. Then you need 29.1 square meters of material, the total cost of which will be 9894 rubles.
Finishing Quality Choice
When choosing the parameters of the false rail, not only the cost and size are considered, but also the external characteristics and features of the view. Wood is hardwood and coniferous, differing in structure and color of the surface. If you do not take the boards for painting, you need to take into account the natural parameters.
The example in the photo of the interior decoration with imitation of the beam clearly demonstrates how it looks.
Conifers
Pine is most often used for lining living rooms, dining rooms, walk-through rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms. The surface color turns yellowish-pink, light tone. Finished panels are smooth, as the wood structure is soft and lends itself well to polishing.
The spruce finish is more porous and resistant to decay, lasts longer on dry and clean surfaces. To spruce beams longer retain their properties, they need to be processed more often.
Cedar wood is also valued in the lining, as it has antibacterial properties, a beautiful dark shade, interesting texture, which gives this finish a noble and expensive appearance. In addition, cedar products exude a pleasant delicate aroma. But for the same reason, they are not recommended for use in bedrooms due to headaches. Cedar perfectly retains heat and prevents the penetration of noise into the home. All this makes it an elite species of wood.
In humid rooms with temperature extremes, for the covering of terraces, they are traditionally used raised beams from Karelian or Angora larch. This type of wood is most resistant to high humidity and temperature changes, has a strong structure, which is difficult to process. The longevity of the breed is due to the polymerization of resins inside the wood, which leads to an increase in service life. Piles for houses in St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Venice are made of this tree and do not rot until now. Larch retains heat well, thirty percent more than pine. Lamels are usually light in color, with a rich selection of textures, which gives it good decorative properties. Larch is durable, durable, but also expensive.
Hardwood for decoration
As a rule, hardwood is rarely used in interior decoration with imitation of timber, unless this is a direct wish of the customer, for example, for interior lining of a bath.
Traditionally used wood.
Alder. The content of resins and essential oils in it is small. It does not emit harmful fumes and resins, which characterizes alder as a good option for children. It has a beautiful color, soft silky structure, lends itself well to processing and, in the finished version, is resistant to abrasion. It can also be stained and painted can mimic valuable wood species. It conducts air well, does not accumulate moisture and does not form condensation on the surface. It has proven to be an anti-allergenic and antibacterial coating.
Linden is traditionally used for baths and saunas because of the heat resistance of this wood. The fiber structure is homogeneous, has a low density. As a result, the wood inside the hot bath practically does not heat up and does not burn the skin. Also in the linden there are no resins that can heat up, burn and stain a person. But a large concentration of essential oils with increasing temperature begins to evaporate and give off a pleasant aroma. Linden is a moisture-resistant rock, cracks appear on it extremely rarely. The color of the lamellas is light yellow or pinkish. All these properties make fake false bars an excellent option for covering wet rooms with a large temperature difference.
Oak, ash. Expensive wood is used more often for decorative cladding panels, as it has a beautiful pattern and colorful texture. In addition, it has virtually no damage from insects due to the chemical composition of the fibers, which are toxic to pests. Valued for durability and abrasion resistance. Often used for classrooms and living rooms.
General advice - for interior decoration with imitation of a beam, do not use too wide beams, as visually this will lead to a narrowing of the space.
The benefits of using imitation timber for decoration
False bars belong to one of the subspecies of the eurolining. It is popular because of the ease of wiring under the panels. The main advantages of using:
- not subject to shrinkage and cracking due to the complex profile having grooves to relieve stress from the lamella;
- ease of installation;
- external indistinguishability from more expensive options like glued panels;
- resistance to temperature extremes;
- color fading resistance;
- environmental friendliness;
- high heat and noise insulation properties.
You can even make the interior of a wooden house imitation of timber.
All the disadvantages are found only when buying low-quality material. This means that unpleasant surprises can be eliminated by choosing a trusted supplier.
Features of the installation of imitation timber
How to fix imitation timber for interior decoration?
A pleasant property of working with imitation of timber is the ease of installation, which does not imply special skills. The connection of the panels occurs through a tenon groove. And the weight of the boards is small, which makes installation easy even on the ceiling.
For installation you will need:
- bars or profile 25 x 25 mm;
- mounting hardware such as screws;
- vapor barrier material;
- hand-held mobile grinding tool with a fine-grained nozzle;
- devices and liquid for impregnation.
Facing horizontal surfaces
The wall is prepared, cleaned of debris and dust, treated with an antiseptic against the formation of fungus and mold and the appearance of pests. Impregnation dries up a day, after which you can start work.
A vapor barrier film is attached to the wall with a smooth surface to the wall. This will ensure air circulation and heat preservation indoors. A vapor barrier is mounted to a concrete or brick surface using a crate, and they are simply shot to a wooden surface with a construction stapler.
If the panels are parallel to the floor, the crate is mounted vertically, starting from the bottom using a step of sixty to seventy centimeters. If the wood is light breed, the distance between the profiles can be expanded, and if the heavy breed - it is better to narrow it to half a meter. Self-tapping screws are driven into a wooden base. In concrete - dowels. During installation, a level is used to maintain an even plane.
In places where furniture and equipment are hinged, additional profiles must be laid for installation.
On the resulting frame, starting from the floor, the imitation of the beam is laid. To fix the first lamella, use the so-called kleimers.
A photo of the interior decoration of the house with an imitation of a beam will illuminate some moments of the facing.
Features of mounting false bars on the ceiling
The preparatory phase does not differ from such a stage for the walls. The frame for attaching the boards to the ceiling is done in increments of forty to fifty centimeters. The bars of the frame are positioned from the window. The installation of imitation begins from the outer walls - so the seam between the lamellas is less noticeable. The use of light, narrow panels will help visually increase the height of the ceiling.
Ideas for applying beam imitation in the interior
This material is versatile and suitable for interior decoration with imitation of timber. A variety of wood species from which the false beam is made will allow to fulfill any author’s idea. The interior decoration of the house with imitation of timber will look very attractive.
Accent wall in the interior
The reception is used in the Scandinavian style, loft and fusion style. One of the walls is sewn up with textured panels, the processing of beams emphasizes the structure of wood. To enhance the effect, the wall is highlighted with accent lighting. The remaining walls are best painted in neutral colors so that they do not argue with a wooden surface.
A photo of painting the interior decoration with imitation of the beam is given below.
Apron in the kitchen from imitation timber
In the classic interior of the kitchen, lining is often used. With the help of lamels, kitchen aprons are often made. Here you should think about a good extract, since fat deposits from wooden surfaces are more difficult to remove than from tiles.
Lining the corridor and toilet half the height of the walls
A traditional technique for small rooms, visually increasing the height of the ceilings. Part of the wall is sewn up with a board, decorated with a painting of the interior decoration of the imitation of the beam from the top or glued with wallpaper. As a rule, choose the vertical orientation of the lamellas.
Children's wall decoration
In a children's raised beam it looks especially relevant if the task is to create a thematic room, for example, in a marine style. In addition, the wall of the crib, lined with a board, will always be warm and pleasant to the touch.
Which decision to apply is everyone's business. As a result, even in a city apartment, due to the imitation of the beam, a feeling of cozy suburban housing will appear. And your own house, with interior decoration imitation of timber, will delight its inhabitants with warmth and environmental friendliness, beauty and nobleness of this type of decoration for a long time.