By following certain standard steps, you can make it easier to put wall and ceiling cladding up and do better work. In the sections that follow, we'll look at some important steps. No effort has been made to cover all the details. Instead, the goal is to give an overview and draw attention to some key points.
The first thing you need to do is screw the bottom and top edge pieces to the wall. The next step is to slide the sheets of cladding into these pieces. Once the sheet is in place, the horizontal joints are screwed into the wall and connected to the vertical ends of the sheet. The next step is to fix the angles on the inside and outside of corners and around doors and windows.
We'll talk about these steps a bit more in the next section.
"Bottom and Top Edges"
All sheets must be attached to the wall on all four edges. Most of the time, you can do the job with J edges, H joints, and internal/external angles. If you need to, you can use Maxbash Skirting instead of a J edge at the bottom. Two-piece joints can be used between sheets for walls that aren't even at all.
When only wall cladding is going up, a J edge can also be used to secure the top edges. If you are also putting up cladding on the ceiling, you might want to trap the top of the wall sheets with the ceiling. A 2-piece internal corner can also be used as a coving.
Between the wall and the J edge/Maxbash skirting, good quality silicone beading is used to seal them permanently to the wall and floor.
Putting up cladding sheets
Flex a cladding sheet into the top and bottom J edges and fit a one-piece H joint to the vertical edge of the sheet, leaving room for the sheet to grow. Attach the piece to the wall.
Now, bend a second sheet into the J edges and H joint, and put a joint on the other vertical edge of the sheet. Keep doing this until all of the walls are covered.
Silicone sealant is used to seal the sheets at the J edges and H joints.
Corners
Usually, internal and external angles are used to fix corners. A universal angle is used when the corners are not square. This kind of angle has a flexible centre that can be bent to any degree.
General
The outline above is only meant to give you a general idea. There may be smaller details that need to be mastered in order to solve certain problems when working. You can follow the instructions that come with the sheets for these. Please take the time to carefully read the manual. It could mean the difference between good work and work that isn't as good as it could be.
Conclusion
This article talked about how sheets of cladding are put on walls. Usually, you start by screwing the bottom and top J edges, then bend a sheet into place between them, attach a H joint to the sheet's vertical edge, bend the next sheet into this joint and its own J edges, and so on.
Internal and external angles are used to fix corners.
Good quality silicone sealant is used to make sure that the whole surface is watertight.
