How to apply gypsum board system in LOFT room types? Understanding is not at a disadvantage

How to apply gypsum board system in LOFT room types? Understanding is not at a disadvantage

The original English meaning of LOFT refers to the attic under the roof where things are stored. For an interesting example, in the Shanghai dialect, there is a word called "tiger window", which specifically refers to the window on the sloping roof of the attic on the top floor of the Shikumen pointed building. The original English word is "low window". When it comes to LOFT, there is naturally a style of Shanghai style and petty bourgeoisie in it. Nowadays, LOFT has been used by developers as a packaging for commercial and residential properties, giving rise to a special type of housing structure: LOFT apartments. In this article, Jason's gypsum board editor will discuss the interior decoration construction of LOFT rooms from the perspective of gypsum board systems.

Up to now, LOFT apartments generally refer to room types with a floor height of 4 meters or more, a relatively small total area, and no partitions for delivery. They need to design their own internal structures such as partitions and stairs. That is to say, LOFT rooms have a lot of self-designed space in internal decoration, and can make completely personalized spatial structures according to personal preferences and practical requirements, meeting the different needs of homeowners.

How to decorate a small area LOFT room to maximize the use of the limited space without losing its beauty and atmosphere? First of all, it is definitely not feasible to make full floor partitions. Although it can provide more space for use, it is too oppressive and completely unsuitable for living. So, when using steel structures to build floors, the difference between high activity spaces and low activity spaces should be fully considered. That is to say, in places where you need to stay for a long time (excluding sleeping), you need a higher floor height to ensure that you do not suppress it; And for the position where you briefly stay, you can reserve a lower floor height to ensure functionality is sufficient.

Let's use our fingers to calculate the design parameters. Taking a small unit LOFT with a net floor height of 4.5M (if there is a higher natural height, 4.5 is basically the lower limit) of 35 square meters, it is recommended to build a floor area of no more than 20 square meters, so that the final usable area can reach 55 square meters. The upper floor occupies a height of 1.8m, while the lower floor occupies a height of 2.3m. A 10cm floor or tile is reserved for the first floor. In this way, a 30CM layer height margin is left in the middle partition layer as a reserved height for the construction of the multi-layer structure of the partition layer. Someone may ask, is 30CM enough? Now let's listen to Jason's gypsum board editor to analyze in detail what construction technology is used and what gypsum board system can achieve such "extreme operation".

First of all, don't consider the cast-in-place floor slab for this height. Every process of building the floor slab should minimize the thickness as much as possible. We suggest using a channel steel load-bearing frame with prefabricated floor slabs, so that this node can be controlled within 15CM; A layer of cement mortar needs to be leveled on the prefabricated board, with a reserve of 2CM; As for the ground on the second floor, it is recommended to use reinforced composite flooring, and reserve 1.5CM; On the top surface separated from the first floor, PVC strong and weak electrical conduits should be arranged, and light steel keel gypsum board should be used. At this time, it is necessary to choose the "card type keel gypsum board ceiling system" to reduce the thickness to the limit of 8CM (including gypsum board thickness). Even if double-layer gypsum board is used, it is only 9.5CM. Add one more, the total thickness is 28CM, and there is still 2CM left. It is enough to make putty, latex paint, or even some top surface decoration.

Here we will focus on introducing the card type keel gypsum board ceiling system. In fact, there is a smaller thickness "U-shaped clip metal veneer ceiling system", but why do we use card type keel here? The reason is that the top of the first layer of LOFT definitely needs to be lined with PVC conduits, and the diameter of the normal 6-branch conduit can be hidden inside the card type keel frame, which cannot be achieved by thinner metal veneer ceilings. At the same time, the card type keel system is thinner than the ordinary light steel keel ceiling system and can be inserted into the conduit to achieve a compromise option for concealed engineering.

In this way, it not only ensures that the LOFT building fully utilizes sufficient floor height space, but also reasonably allocates the actual height of the two floors to minimize the thickness of the floor slab. The top of the second floor cannot be used as a suspended ceiling. It is recommended to use a combination of track lights and floor lights for top lighting. At the same time, since the height of the second floor is only 1.8m, it is not conducive to long-term activities. It is best to set it as a tatami style sleeping space and a work and learning space. This way, the functionality of sitting and lying can effectively avoid the generation of depression. The 2.3-meter floor height on the first floor can basically meet daily needs without feeling too oppressive. At the same time, leaving a 15 square meter area without a floor slab can be used as a 4.5-meter fully suspended living room. The stairs can also be combined with the storage space along the wall on the first floor to create a more atmospheric "single run straight up stairs" that takes up more space but takes up more space. It is not difficult to design a small LOFT with a large suspended duplex feeling. Jason's gypsum board editor hopes to answer your questions and help you solve more design and construction problems in indoor decoration and renovation using gypsum board systems.
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