Finishing the toilet with PVC panels: advantages and installation

Despite the fact that the toilet is one of the most important rooms in the house, the owners try to leave repairs to the very last moment. In principle, the PVC paneling of the toilet can be carried out independently.
To do this, you only need to know what tools and materials will be needed, as well as the sequence of repair work and some features.

The fact is that this room in many apartments is considered the smallest, so it is quite difficult to carry out repair work in it with your own hands. With the involvement of professionals, the cost of repairs can be even higher than in the bathroom.
At the same time, the toilet room also requires a beautiful design and high-quality finish.

Advice. Before you decide on the choice of new finishing materials for the walls and ceiling in the toilet, you need to replace the old, obsolete, sewer and water pipes with new, more modern and reliable ones. Timely replacement of communications will avoid further repairs in the future.
As soon as these works are completed, you can proceed to the main work.

Given that the air in the toilet is less humid than in the bathroom, the choice of materials for lining the ceiling and walls is increasing. Finishing materials should be chosen in such a way that the walls and ceiling are easy to clean and do not absorb odors.
Therefore, the most ideal materials for the toilet are:

washable wallpaper,
ceramic tile,
PVC panels.

The latter option, as practice shows, is considered the most convenient and economical option when finishing the toilet with your own hands.

Advantages of PVC panels

The advantages of PVC panels are that the range of these finishing materials is large, the buyer can choose a plain material for this room, panels with imitation of wood, marble, malachite, etc. You can create a brighter design in the toilet using PVC panels with abstract drawings and patterns.
In addition, the cost of panels per square meter, as a rule, does not exceed eight dollars.
So:

The length of one plastic panel ranges from 2.5 to 3 meters. This makes it possible to use one sheet along the entire length of the wall.
Another plus of this material is that it can be used for finishing not only walls, but also ceilings. True, for such surfaces it is better to use narrower plastic panels.
In this case, the ceiling covering will look more neat and harmonious.
In addition to all this, wall decoration with PVC panels for the toilet is much faster and easier. For wall cladding with this material, rough work on leveling and priming wall surfaces is not required.
The positive point is also that behind the panels you can easily hide all communications.
Installation of panels can be carried out without preliminary heavy leveling of the walls with plaster. You can quickly level even the most uneven and crooked walls using a special crate that can be mounted on the surface without removing some old coatings (wallpaper, whitewash, tiles and putty).
In addition, when creating a crate, special skills or any special knowledge are not required.

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PVC is considered the most attractive material due to its moisture resistance. The same coating allows for quick and very easy cleaning indoors.

Advice. To clean the surfaces of walls and ceilings from limescale, dust and stains, it will only be enough to do a wet cleaning with a soft sponge or cloth soaked in detergent.

Instructions for finishing the toilet with PVC panels

All repair work on the cladding is reduced to the main three stages. First you need to prepare the surfaces, then create the crate, and at the end you can install the panels themselves.
So:

Repair begins with measuring the toilet. You need to measure the length, width and height of the room, and, when measuring, all sections and protrusions along the perimeter of the door should be taken into account. Do not forget that you will have to create a decorative box with which you can hide communications, that is, you will have to make measurements.
Now you need to properly prepare the room for repair work. If the toilet room PVC paneling will be done only on the surface of the walls, then it will be necessary to remove all old coatings and clean the walls.
If the finishing will be carried out on the ceiling, then its surface will also need to be thoroughly cleaned of old coatings and dust.
After removing old coatings from wall and ceiling surfaces, construction debris should be taken out and the room cleaned, since repairs are easier to make in a clean room. If the walls in the toilet were covered with wallpaper, then plastic paneling can be done without removing this old coating.
But, the wallpaper can only be left if the room is dry enough and condensation does not accumulate on the surfaces. Otherwise, fungus will collect under the new coating on the damp wallpaper.
Next, you will need to create a crate of timber, 20x40 mm in size. At the same time, it is worth remembering that a wooden beam can be prone to rotting, therefore, in a toilet with a high level of humidity, it is advisable to make a metal frame.
Between the elements of the crate, it is necessary to observe a distance of no more than 500 mm.

Advice. To create a crate, wooden slats 10x50 mm are suitable, with their help it will also be possible to level the surfaces of the walls. In addition, all wooden parts of the crate should be treated with a special compound to protect against fungus and microorganisms.

Then it remains only to install the PVC panels. Before starting work, you should see a step-by-step photo of the installation.
First, it is recommended to decide where exactly the plastic strips will be installed from. You can fasten this finishing material to the crate using staples of a construction or furniture stapler or small self-tapping screws with a press washer.

Each subsequent plastic bar should be installed in the previous one. As a result, you can get a uniform glossy finish.
The same applies to those planks on which any patterns or drawings are depicted. In the process of work, there is no need to adjust the pattern or pattern of one plank to another.
When installing PVC panels, it is advisable to use a level, and the panels will need to be cut to the required size, then inserted into the profile until it stops. With the help of small screws or a stapler, one panel is fixed, and the rest are installed in the same way.

In order for a small toilet room to look attractive, well-groomed and visually larger, it is advisable to use light-colored panels, for example, pale blue, light pink, beige, pistachio, sand. At the same time, plain panels can be combined with those that depict an interesting pattern or pattern.

Finishing the ceiling in the toilet with PVC panels

After facing the walls with plastic panels, you can proceed to finish the ceiling with the same material, if necessary. The installation of this finishing material on the ceiling surface differs from the installation of panels on the walls only by creating a frame.
Lightweight bars with a small cross section or ceiling profiles are installed on the ceiling surface with the help of direct suspensions.
So, you can easily adjust the height of the ceiling and make it easier to install lighting fixtures. Holes are cut under the lamps with a thin and very sharp knife.
It is also necessary to leave small gaps at the edges of the ceiling for the future installation of ceiling skirting boards. After installing the frame, you can install PVC panels in exactly the same way as on the walls.

Finishing the toilet at the location of communications

The owners of the apartments, who themselves decided to carry out the renovation of the premises, are also interested in the question of how to close the communications in the toilet in such a way that it looks attractive.
Naturally, you must first install a box of metal profiles at the locations of the pipes. Next, you need to cut off all unnecessary pieces of the profile.
Those parts that have been cut off are connected with self-tapping screws, and the structure itself must be fixed with dowels and screws to the wall. After that, it remains only to sheathe the created box with PVC panels.
Do not forget that plumbers should have constant access to communications, so it is also necessary to make doors with fittings with a mechanical lock or latch in the box. What will be the cost of repair - you decide.

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