Do the screen under the bath yourself: step by step guide

Types of screens and materials for their manufacture

Basically for the creation of this design use such materials:

1. Plastic;
2. MDF;
3. Acrylic;
4. Ceramic tile;
5. Drywall.

Sometimes these materials are used in pairs. In this article we will consider a combination of drywall and ceramic tiles.

Also, the screens for the bathroom differ by manufacture type:

1. Deaf;
2. With sliding doors;
3. With footwell;
4. With one door, allowing you to monitor the condition of the plumbing.

Choosing materials for creating a bathroom screen with your own hands

The first step in creating a bathroom screen is choosing the materials, calculating and purchasing them. Next, we will consider in detail one of the options for creating a screen for a bath.

To make the screen we need:

1. Moisture-resistant plasterboard;
2. Metal profile;
3. Ceramic tiles;
4. Consumables( screws, dowels, glue);
5. Tools.

Make a screen frame for the bathroom

Before you start creating a frame under the bathroom you need to make a layout on the walls and floor. For this, vertical lines are drawn on the walls and then connected along the floor. At the stage of marking, one should take into account the thickness of plasterboard, ceramic tile and glue, so that the finished structure does not go beyond the bath, but is its logical continuation.

To create a frame we use metal ceiling guides. From them we make blanks, notching the edges and bending them.

Make a frame for the screen under the bath, preferably with a metal profile. In the bathroom, high humidity, you can not make a frame of wood, because it quickly deteriorates under the influence of moisture.

Once everything is ready you can start fixing. To do this, take the profile and fix it, respectively, the markings, to the walls and floor using dowels or screws. Additional stiffness of the structure can be given by fixing several vertical profiles along the perimeter.

Fastening the gypsum board to the

frame. Once the frame is completed, you can proceed to the next stage - plasterboard plating.

From gipsokartonnogo cloth we measure and cut out the parts necessary for us in size.

Prepared pieces of drywall are fixed to the carcass with self-tapping screws with a gap of 25 cm, sinking a little cap so that they are in level with the canvas.

When assembling a drywall screen, it should be noted that over time, we may need access to the siphon and the pipes under the bathroom. Therefore, we do not attach one piece of plasterboard with screws, but we use furniture magnets.

Cladding with ceramic tile

Before beginning tiling, it is necessary to surface priming.

We lay the tiles in the direction from the bottom up. We apply glue both on a drywall and on a tile. When laying the tile, as a landmark, we use the horizontal seam of the tile in the entire canoe room.

Once the entire surface of the screen is tiled, wait until the adhesive dries completely and wipe the fugue under the tile color all the seams.

We fill the seams of the hatch made for the maintenance of sanitary ware with sanitary silicone, and after drying we cut through the blade.