How to replace the boring openings in the arch of the 6 easy steps

Change the usual doorway to the arch - is not new, but it does not lose its effectiveness the way of interior transformation. To do this, you can buy ready-made design, but you can do everything with their own hands. The simplest method and the budget - construction arch made of plasterboard.

dismantling the box

If there is one, it is better to dismantle it completely. You can, of course, limited only by removing the upper transverse part. However, in this case not be able to expand the aperture. Moreover, as a result of arch structures it will be even longer than it was before.

Dismantling is carried out with the help of hacksaw and mount. For this rasp vertical elements at the top and bottom and gently tear them. Then disassemble the upper transverse portion. Next, increase the height of the opening, if necessary, to prepare the site for construction of the carcass and to get a normal arch height. Thereafter, the side parts of the opening is aligned with the help of putty or cement mortar.

Preparation of parts for the arches

First is to determine the order which will be used drywall. you can buy a special arched GCR thickness for the construction of the planned design 6 mm. But it may be that would be more appropriate to apply a common wall drywall for home owner.

The fact that the arch GCR expensiveDespite the fact that he was twice thinner wall. And if you build arches 1-2, the material will need a little bit and have to buy all the same the whole sheet. While the wall drywall can be quite handy, since I started in the apartment repairs.

When GCR selected, perform the opening measurements and draw arches on sheets of material. To do this, screw in drywall screw, and the rope tied to it with a pencil. That will have a sort of compass to be drawn on a sheet of the required GCR arc radius. Further detail is cut using a hacksaw or jigsaw Drywall. The resulting fragment was applied to the sheet encircled pencil and the second is made of the same element. The result should be two identical arc-shaped parts.

Mounting frame side members and arches

Step 1. This part of the construction is constructed from metal profile. First, two fragments are cut to fit the width of the opening and are mounted horizontally in the upper part thereof. Further, on both sides of the opening is fixed on two vertical profile. Their size will depend on the radius of the upper parts, which have been previously cut from a GCR. The frame is attached using dowels and screws.

Step 2. After mounting, the profiles can be fixed arched parts of plasterboard. When using the wall thickness of the GCR 12.5 mm suitable for mounting screws 3,5h35. If the material is thinner, and the screws can take less.

Step 3. Next you need to bend the two pieces of profile and install them on the edges of drywall arches. For this measure the length of one of them, an appropriate size is cut profile and in its lateral faces are made incisions every 12-15 cm.

After that, the details can be easily formed into the desired range. The ends of the bent metal parts are attached to the lower parts of the steel frame, plus the profiles themselves are bonded together by transverse fragments. Then plasterboard arched elements are screwed to the bent metal parts.

Step 4. After the frame construction and the installation side of the arch is necessary to close the space between them with a piece of bent GCR. First, in accordance with the dimensions of the arched portion of the drywall cut fragment, after which it must bend.

Step 5. To do this on one side across the rectangular parts are applied parallel incisions with a knife. The blade must cut through the paper layer. Then the item is applied to the arch incisions up and gently bent to the desired shape. After that, the bent fragment is attached with screws to the metal frame.

Step 6. The final stage - finishing. All edges and joints drywall fiberglass mesh parts are stuck, and over the GCR is applied several coats of spatula. After drying, the composition of the surface sanded and painted.