Wainscoting was still relatively popular in previous years. However, now there are fewer and fewer of them.
In fact, at this stage of home decoration, few people have considered installing wainscoting, which also shows that wainscoting is indeed gradually being eliminated.
Why are more and more people not installing wainscoting? The main thing is that the 5 problems that appear are too prominent, and it is not surprising that they were eliminated.
Will you still install wainscoting?
What is wainscoting?
For wainscoting, many friends may not know much about it. However, it is true that it is being used less and less now.
The so-called wainscoting is a kind of board installed on the wall, which plays a protective role in the wall, so it is called wainscoting.
In fact, to put it bluntly, wainscoting is a decorative material for walls, similar to wallpaper and latex paint.
Types of wainscoting that are common in home improvement. There are wooden wainscoting, bamboo wainscoting, plastic wainscoting and so on.
The installation method of wainscoting is to use glue or fixed nail clips to install the board on the wall.
Therefore, in the process of installation, the wainscoting should use certain other auxiliary materials, and after installation, it is protruding from the wall.
The biggest advantage of wainscoting is that it has a certain decorative effect and has a certain protective effect on the wall.
For other aspects of wainscoting, it can be said that there are almost no advantages, and there are often various problems.
Why are more and more people not installing wainscoting?
For home decoration at this stage, it is true that more and more people do not install wainscoting.
So, do you know why this is happening?
If you have installed wainscoting at home, you may have a special experience of what I am going to say next.
The following is my summary, many friends feedback the problems caused by the wainscoting.
(1) The —— — smells
The first problem caused by the installation of wainscoting in home decoration is the problem of smell.
I don't know if you have noticed that most of the families who install wainscoting will install wainscoting at the head of the bed.
In addition, even on the wall of our living room, a circle of wainscoting will be installed along the wall.
In fact, these wainscoting, no matter what the material, are ultimately installed on the wall.
After the installation is completed, many friends have reported the following problems.
Odor problems of wainscoting. In particular, the wainscoting at the head of the bed, every day when I lie on the bed and sleep, I always feel a smell, and it was later found that it comes from the wainscoting.
The smell problem of wainscoting generally comes from two points: one refers to the wainscoting board itself; Another point is the material used in the installation of the wainscoting.
Because in order to fit the wall, many wall panels use styrofoam during installation, and use styrofoam to paste on the wall.
Therefore, after installation, the wainscoting emits a very pungent smell.
For this situation, we try to avoid it, not only does it smell bad, but it will also bring harm to our body.
(2) —— — staggered seams
After the wainscoting is installed, the second problem that is more protruding is the problem of staggered joints.
The so-called staggered seam here does not mean that the gap is not in the same line, but that the gap formed by this is not at the same height.
Because the wainscoting is directly pasted on the wall, and the wainscoting itself is a fixed size, it cannot rely on itself to make up for the unevenness of the wall.
Therefore, there is a situation that if the flatness of the wall is poor, after pasting the wainscoting, you will find that there is a height difference in the gap of the wainscoting.
It may not be possible to see without looking closely. If we scratch the wall with our hand, we will find that it is a scraper, which means that the height of the two sides of the gap is not the same.
This situation may not be obvious after it is first installed, but it becomes more and more obvious as the time of occupancy increases, and it is becoming more and more unsightly.
Therefore, this requires that the wall surface on which the wainscoting is installed must be leveled. If the flatness is poor, it is not possible to install the wainscoting.
It is also this situation that has caused many friends to dare not install wainscoting, for fear that it will be more ugly after installation.
(3) —— — mold
When installing wainscoting at home, there will also be a problem, that is, the problem of mold.
In fact, this problem is still very prominent, especially for many regions in the south of our country.
During the rainy season in the south, the humidity in the home is particularly high, and water droplets may appear on the walls and floors.
And if you install wainscoting at home, there are a lot of water droplets on the surface of the wainscoting. However, in the process, the inside of the wainscoting is also damp.
Over time, you will notice that the inside of the wainscoting always exudes a musty smell.
If it is serious, the cracks of this wainscoting will begin to become moldy and black. There was even a lot of fluffy mold growing up.
At this time, if we remove the wainscoting, we will find that the position of the wainscoting on the entire wall is black, in fact, it is moldy.
Therefore, for this situation, many friends will not install the second time after installing the wainscoting once, because the impact is really prominent.
(4) —— — cocking
The wainscoting installed at home will also have a relatively protruding problem, that is, the problem of warping.
As I told you above, most of the wainscoting is glued to the wall.
Part of it is the use of styrofoam, which is glued to the wall. Some of them are fitted with nails and then fixed.
However, for many wainscoting, thermal expansion and contraction occur due to the influence of humidity.
In addition, if you use glue, these glues will age after a long time.
And when you put these problems together, you will find that the wainscoting we want to install is, in a certain position, warped.
Among them, the most prominent performance is the position of the wainscoting close to the ground, which is completely warped and separated from the wall.
In this case, it is almost difficult for us to repair. If you want to repair it, you need to replace this whole wainscoting.
In the case of traditional latex painted walls, this problem is almost non-existent.
Therefore, after experiencing the wainscoting, many friends are worried about maintenance, so they will no longer install the wainscoting.
(5) —— — and ash accumulation
Home decoration and installation of wainscoting will also bring a more prominent problem, that is, the problem of dust accumulation.
Because we all know that no matter which way the wainscoting is installed, it will protrude from the wall.
Depending on the plate and installation, the protrusion is due to the size of the wall.
After the common wainscoting is installed, most of them protrude about one centimeter from the wall. Some thicker wainscoting may protrude 2~3 cm from the wall.
And these protruding parts are on top of the wainscoting.
So, after a while, it was found that the top of this wainscoting was a layer of dust. If you don't take care of it, it will accumulate more and more.
If the dust is damp, it will slowly stick to the top of the wainscoting, and it will not be easy to wipe.
Later, you will find that if you wipe it with wet water, you may wipe the latex paint on the wall.
After experiencing this annoying headache, many friends also decisively gave up installing wainscoting.
Written at the end of the article
For the wainscoting, we really have to consider carefully, and the personal point of view is that it can not be installed.
In this issue, I will share with you some of the more prominent problems that will occur in the wainscoting in the family. That's the end of sharing, thank you all for reading, and we'll see you in the next installment!
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