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Reader question: Experiences with a PVC ceiling

By Submitted Message
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October 31, 2017

Dear readers,

After about 5 months (for the necessary formalities and medical checks) in Belgium, back in my beloved Thailand/Isaan. Built a new kitchen/living room last year, behind the house including wash-shower and pantry.

Nice and cool there and is used intensively for several hours / day by my girlfriend-family and acquaintances. Would have liked to install ceilings (Faa) this month, in the places, where I thought of a PVC (plastic), implementation, is easy to install and maintain.

Does anyone with this have more information on this? Possibly points of sale / prices and / or experiences with placement of these, and the possible advantages and disadvantages.

We live in the area NE Kalasin/Yangtalad/Isaan.

Regards,

Sai and Pete

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18 responses to “Reader question: Experiences with a PVC ceiling”

  1. Harm says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 11

    I had a PVC ceiling in NL, but after a small fire in the house (extinguished by the fire brigade) it was made clear to me to demolish this ceiling as quickly as possible. It was made clear to me by means of an example that the PVC will drip at great heat and thus cause very dangerous burns because it does not immediately go out but continues to glow inside. Advice: DON'T.

  2. Martin says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 22

    Keep in mind that PVC ceilings are very fire-hazardous. Perhaps something to take into account.

    Otherwise, check with your local hardware store

  3. ruud says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 34

    I don't recall ever seeing PVC ceilings anywhere in Thailand.
    I wonder if they are for sale here.

  4. The Inquisitor says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 35

    I would just use plasterboard. Fast, easy and cheap. You have to paint, of course, but use washable paint.
    (In Belgium we call that gyproc panels, here they say "yip together").

    • TheoB says up
      1 November 2017 at 17: 26

      In NL, these boards are called gypsum fiber boards. Popularly abbreviated to drywall.
      It is a fibre-reinforced gypsum board covered on both sides with a layer of cardboard.
      Gyproc is a brand name, It seems to me that jipsaam is the Thai pronunciation of the English word for plaster: gypsum.
      They are – in the Netherlands at least – available in 2 widths (60cm and 120cm), 2 thicknesses (9,5mm and 12,5mm), various lengths (varying from 200cm to 480cm) and 2 qualities (the normal (usually) gray for dry areas and the impregnated (usually) green ones for damp areas).
      The boards with bevelled sides give a nicer flatter result after the seams have been eliminated.
      I read that the cardboard is not termite resistant. The termites eat up the cardboard (behind the paint layer).
      I don't know if there are products that protect the cardboard against termites after treatment (on both sides!).
      Do a search on the internet with the term “drywall termites”.

  5. Jan Scheys says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 42

    is that possible with those high temperatures? isn't there a risk that those shelves will bend due to the heat and fall on your head?

  6. Bert says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 53

    The usual plasterboards are also easy to maintain, once they are in place you don't have to worry about them anymore, paint them occasionally and you're done.
    Conwood is also often used for outside, which is a pressed material with cement.
    Slightly more expensive, but quality.

  7. Rick says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 58

    Dear Thai blogger,

    As a former firefighter (retired) I dare to say that this would be a completely wrong choice. Not only because, as the previous members noted, this could cause extremely incendiary burns, but the flue gases released during combustion are extremely toxic (styrene gas). So I would say. ” do something else “….!!

    Gr. Rick.

  8. Rob Thai Mai says up
    31 October 2017 at 10: 58

    The problem with gyproc plates is not the heat when they bend, but the humidity. Gyproc is plaster.

    • en Bang Saray says up
      31 October 2017 at 11: 25

      If you use the wrong plates yes, I don't know if the kind is also for sale here that is also used in bathrooms in the Netherlands.
      These are also gypsum plasterboards, but in a different packaging that are often used.

  9. Ton Ebers says up
    31 October 2017 at 11: 25

    Glass Fiber Reinforced Panels (GFRC or GRC boards) available in Thailand? Totally incombustible (fiberglass and cement without any polymer resin) and hardly affected by moisture as with plaster. Available here in Indonesia in different thicknesses, even on my remote island. Have done the ceilings of all our bungalows with this - right on the beach and also damp here - and have been doing it for more than 10 years.

  10. Cees1 says up
    31 October 2017 at 12: 59

    Just take those big plasterboards. They have that system here with the aluminum suspension rods and it works fantastic. And you can take those drywall with insulation. I have it everywhere and ,I must say they make it perfecet. Nicely finished.

  11. Lunghan says up
    31 October 2017 at 14: 41

    I would use Smartboard, are cement plates, in different thicknesses, also non-flammable and waterproof, if you say Smartboard at the construction trade, they all know them, plates 1.22 × 2.44 m
    Best thickness for ceiling is 4mm, close the joints with acrylic sealant, not with plaster or the like, it will shrink. Then waterproof tex,
    Succes

    • Ton Ebers says up
      31 October 2017 at 15: 57

      Sounds like my GRC board, also the same standard size. Much better than plaster in the tropics.

  12. Renevan says up
    31 October 2017 at 15: 21

    Ask for smartwood or smartboard, at a building materials store they know what you mean. This is used almost everywhere for outside, such as for fascia boards, finishing roofs and lean-tos, garden fences and even patio floors. Paint and don't worry about it anymore. Do not try to cut through with a regular saw or jigsaw, as they will no longer have teeth. Use an angle grinder with a cutting disc for this.

    • Ton Ebers says up
      31 October 2017 at 16: 08

      Correct in terms of sawing: it is about high density cement (concrete actually), mixed with fiberglass (even harder). But if you have an old saw blade lying around that you don't actually use anymore, a circular saw sometimes works better than an angle grinder.

  13. Piet says up
    31 October 2017 at 15: 40

    Dear Thailand bloggers and editors.
    I have been reading your blog daily as much as possible for years now, and have enjoyed several / and sometimes to a lesser extent, fascinating stories and certainly the information provided.
    As can be seen from some of my word choices, I am from Belgium, Antwerp area, and will therefore translate “Antwerps” as much as possible into the more common “Dutch”.
    Thank you very much for the information, and I will opt for a GYPROC ceiling (as appointed by the Inquisitor), but I don't like filler-smoothing, and hate painting even more, but then take that with you. Girlfriend will have to live with it, because I'm in my apartment / Antwerp, oooooo already 5 years behind and she doesn't care anymore. I can always put that off under the guise of choosing the right color—always go a few shades lighter than her, with the usual Isaan shades of orange-green or last possible choice of dark blue. WELCOME TO HELL.
    Another small question, are the Gyproc plates resistant to termites? I bought two green panels last year at the hardware store (WR=water resistant - just ask the Belgians) but they may have forgotten to mix the fibers into the plaster????. These are now waiting behind the cupboard, until I get a full bucket of my famous “GUSTING work ethic”, and so far they have not been consumed by our little red hungry friends.
    Thanks and feedback/write to Sai and Piet

  14. rene gerritsma says up
    1 November 2017 at 01: 05

    In answer to Sai and Piet's question:

    I am also working on a plastic ceiling (easy to apply and not heavy).

    There is indeed something similar for sale in Thailand. It is called “soffi” here and it is made by the SCG group. I contacted this company directly ([email protected]) and they replied within a day that in my case it was best to order from SCG Home Solution in KhonKaen
    043916333, 0953659654


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