Reinforcing tape and the importance of its use

Today, during construction or repair work, the emphasis is on the quality of both the structures themselves and their internal or external decoration. Thanks to the use of a wide variety of building auxiliaries, modern buildings and their decorative finish can survive for many years in perfect condition. Reinforcing tape - this is one of these tools. It is widely used in finishing works.

Reinforcing tape - an indispensable tool

Reinforced tape is not used, of course, as decorative material. Its application is aimed at achieving other goals - auxiliary ones. The main reasons and cases when This material is used, proceed from its purpose.

• Reinforcing tape prevents the formation of cracks, which can occur if technology or proportions were not observed in the preparation of building compounds, if there are constant temperature changes, or the surface is subject to mechanical influences, etc.
• Very often the need to use such a tape is due to the fact that the surface requires additional strengthening from physical influences.

As is known, cracks can occur globally, i. E. On the entire surface, and locally - at the interfaces between individual elements of walls and ceilings (for example, in the places of contact of window frames or doorways with walls). Global cracks usually occur at the time when the finishing materials lose their chemical and physical properties due to Various reasons. Local cracks mainly appear due to mechanical influences, such as opening and closing doors and windows, touching surfaces and furniture, etc.

Reinforcing tape is designed to eliminate not only cracks, but also to prevent the appearance of sifting of finishing materials, their swelling, flaking. Most often this kind of material is used to create strong joints between gipsokartonnymi sheets and various panels, corners, formed by walls and ceiling, for many other purposes. The use of tapes gives an additional guarantee of the strength of the surface, which is related to the physical properties of this material.

Reinforcing tape and its main characteristics

A feature that should be distinguished from such tapes is good moisture absorption (if it is paper or fabric) or, conversely, - resistance to moisture (if it is made of PVC).

There are two types of tapes - with an adhesive backing and without. Simple paper reinforcing tape is mainly used for fastening simple joints, while adhesive (because it is more convenient to use) is most often used to seal joints of gypsum boards. However, this is not the only one of its purpose. If such a reinforcing tape consists of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a waterproof material, it is used for sealing sewage pipes, gluing containers, for waterproofing, etc. It can be used even as insulation of electrical wiring, since it has dielectric properties.

In a word, the reinforcing tape is an excellent assistant when performing various finishing and repair works.