Interior decoration of walls with plywood

Plywood is a material that is known to many developers. With his help, you could always decorate any room. Today, there are many building materials, but the plywood wall has not lost its relevance. After all, the natural structure of the tree is still used. It should also be noted the availability of plywood. Therefore, anyone can transform their home using this material.

Material Advantages

Regardless of the type of surface of the wall, plywood can easily replace various finishing materials. It is not necessary to use a variety of decorative finish coatings. After installation, the wall becomes smooth and beautiful. On such walls you can not glue the wallpaper. They can be treated with paint or stain. In addition, the texture of the material can be different. So you can even out the walls in different rooms.

The advantages of plywood include:

• Ecological compatibility of the material.
• Sound and heat insulation.
• High surface strength.
• Flexibility.
• The minimum weight of material, construction.
• After installation, a smooth surface is obtained.
• Relatively low cost.
• Easy and simple installation.

Types of plywood

Plywood is made by gluing veneer. Therefore, the sheets may differ from each other. There are such basic types of plywood:

• Laminated.
• Building.
• Water resistant.

Laminated plywood is ideal for finishing living rooms. The advantage of this material is a variety of shades. Thus, you can use it in different rooms without additional decor.

It is the construction plywood used as the main material during the plating of rooms, where the appearance of the walls is not important. The main advantage of finishing the walls with plywood is the minimum cost. Most often this material is used for the plating of ancillary rooms.

Appearance

According to the appearance of the surface, plywood is divided into 4 varieties:

1. On the surface there are up to three small knots with a diameter of up to 1.5 cm. Small cracks in 1 m ² not more than 2 pieces are allowed, drop-out elements up to 0.6 cm. A color change of the material may be observed.
2. On the surface there may be pinheaded or fused knots up to 2.5 cm in diameter. There may be small cracks in 1 m ² not more than 2 pieces, drop-down elements up to 0.6 cm. Color may change. Sometimes there are tree fragments.
3. Sometimes knots with a diameter of 0.6 cm drop out, cracks up to 30 cm long and up to 2 mm wide are present. There may be a change in color, waviness, ripples.
4. Dropping knots with a diameter of 4 cm is possible, there are multiple cracks, waviness, ripples, fragments of wood.

Plywood grades

The degree of moisture resistance of the material is determined by the grade of plywood. Exist:

• FC;
• FB;
• FAA;
• FSF;
• FOP.

FBA - sheet material glued with albumino-casein glue. This material has the least resistance compared to the rest. But such plywood belongs to environmentally friendly products.

FC - a brand of plywood, which is made from birch veneer. This is the most common type of material. It is characterized by an average index of moisture resistance, therefore, this material is most often used for interior finishing works. The main advantage is nontoxicity, environmental safety. But with high humidity, the surface of the plywood can deform, swell.

Attention! Plywood brand FSF is characterized by increased moisture resistance, but when it is made use a glue based on phenolic resins. Inside the room, this material can not be used, because it is characterized by a high level of toxicity. This plywood is used for external construction and finishing works.

FOF is most often used in furniture production.

FB - the most moisture resistant and durable brand of plywood. During its manufacture, phenol-formaldehyde resins are used.

Type of wood

Are you planning to finish the walls with plywood? Then you need to get acquainted with the types of material by type of wood :

• Coniferous. The use of coniferous wood in the manufacture of plywood contributes to the presence of natural resin in the fibers. It reliably protects the surface of the material from destruction. Such plywood is characterized by a long operating period.
• Deciduous. Such material is often made of birch.
• Combined. This plywood is made of different types of wood. This improves the material characteristics.

Ways to attach to the wall

Interior decoration of walls with plywood is, first of all, reliable fastening. There are several options for fixing plywood to the wall, which predetermine different types of surface. For example, the leveling of the brick wall surface differs from the finishing works in a wooden house.

Finishing with racks and nails

Most often perform in wooden houses the wall decoration with plywood. This method is simple, reliable and fairly common. To perform the work, you should prepare wooden slats and small nails. They should have small hats that will be virtually invisible on the surface. The length of the nail should be 2.5 times the thickness of the plywood sheet.

Finishing the walls with plywood in a wooden house must be carried out in accordance with the requirements and recommendations of specialists. You should pay special attention to the fixing rails. The cladding can be different. Its step directly depends on the load that will act on the material. Plywood flooring involves the construction of a crate with a step of 40 cm. Such a structure can provide rigidity and stability. If plywood is used for leveling walls, you can give preference to a material with a thickness of about 9 mm.

The distance between the fastening elements is from 10 to 30 cm. In addition, the joints of plywood sheets can be glued together.

Screw fastening

This method is more complicated, because it assumes the manufacture in the crate of special holes for the screws. It should be noted that in the lining material these holes must coincide with the diameter of the screw. In the rack, the diameter of the hole should be 2 times smaller.

Often this method is used for sheathing of metal surfaces. When choosing screws, it is necessary to give preference to such fastening elements, which will not damage the surface of plywood. Also use additional washers.

By the same principle, you can finish the walls with plywood inside the house with bolts. Remember that the fastening elements can not be strongly screwed. Otherwise, the surface can be worn, cracked and lost its properties.

Installation of plywood with glue

Most often, the glue is used for wall mounting on an unlined material type. To do this, you can use a different wood glue. For interior work, it is better to use a colorless PVA that does not break the appearance of the plywood. To attach to the metal surface, use epoxy adhesive.

It is better not to finish the walls with laminated plywood in this way. If there is a need for carrying out this operation, it is first necessary to clean the surface of the plywood with sandpaper. Thanks to this, the adhesion of surfaces will be more qualitative.

Installation

First of all, prepare the surface. Remove all old finishing materials, remove dust, dirt. The surface can not be leveled, because after the construction of the frame it will still not be noticeable. When choosing a sheet of plywood, you should pay attention to the height of the room. In this case, you do not have to attach small pieces of material with insufficient length of sheets.

It is also necessary to prepare and rejki to installation. They are treated with antiseptic, which protects the wood from insects, fungus, etc. First fix 2 bars (next to the ceiling and floor). Directly on them, in the future, the other racks are attached. Between them should be a distance of about 45 cm.

If the wall is made of concrete or brick (or similar materials), then it is necessary to make metal suspensions for the rails, which are fastened with dowels. If necessary, a waterproofing material and a heater can be laid between the blocks. Now you can start fashionable wall decoration with plywood. Fastening occurs in one of the ways described above.

Conclusion

Having looked at the photo of the finishing of the walls with plywood, we immediately see that this process is not complicated. It is enough to choose the right material, to study the peculiarities of its installation and to properly perform the installation.

Plywood - an excellent, economical, environmentally friendly material that will allow for a short time to level any surface in the room.