Is it possible to make a door made of plasterboard?

Gypsum plasterboard construction tools

1. Plumb bobs for
2. profiles Metal profile
3. Bars
4. GKL
5. Electric wires, insulation for them and sockets / switches
6. Laser level for profile marking
7. Hammer with different nozzles
8. Screws with self-tapping screws
9. Measuring tape and building level

Construction workon the creation of gypsum cardboard door: instruction. Step 1: Creating the skeleton of the

partition First of all, you need to determine the place where the doors will be located. Then a metal profile is placed on the floor and fixed with screws using a perforator. This profile should be laid from one or both sides of the walls to the point where you decided to make a doorway.

As you know, when installing an opening in the middle of the room, the sections of the profile are placed on opposite sides of the opening, and for the door against the wall a continuous section is necessary to the opening.

Determine the location of the profile on the ceiling. To do this, you will need a laser level, which will draw a clear line to place the bar. In the absence of this tool, take a plumb and lower from the ceiling to the floor, and mark the points and draw the lines.

Further it is important to attach vertical profiles with screws and dowels at a distance of 40-50 cm from each other. They will act as a support for the construction.

Important! To ensure good sound insulation of the frame, when installing the profile to the surfaces, glue a special tape on them to seal the coating.

Step 2: Determination of the doorway and mounting of the

racking profiles To form the opening, you need to create a rack by cutting a length of the profile piece along the width of the doorway and two short 10 cm racks separately. These elements need to be folded with the letter "P", but the topfeet to the horizontal profile above the door.

1. Trim the profile to the desired height and place it on the floor and ceiling guides.
2. The top and bottom of the opening must be the same, so check the construction level for a strict verticality.
3. To ensure the strength of the structure, use pieces of wood of different sizes and place them in the profile. Be sure to put them in the profiles that will hold the door frame.
4. Fasten the rack-mount profile to the wooden block with self-tapping screws( length 35 mm).
5. The rest of the racking profiles are installed over the entire width of the wall, and the places where they should be placed are determined by the width of the drywall sheet. Often these are three pillars per sheet of drywall.
6. Check the posts and secure them to the guides.
7. In the cross profiles above the door, also lay wooden bars, but so that they do not distort the structure.
8. When installing each new transverse profile, mark its location on the rack and fix it strictly to the intended places. There should not be any distortions.
9. In rails for racks, it is necessary to make a nail connector, which is made in order not to break it when hammering a nail into a bar.
10. You can fasten the beams in the profile with a standard hammer.
11. Profiles located transversely are fixed with screws with a short tip.

The video tells how to make a good GKL-design with a doorway.

Step 3: conduct electricity wiring

Wiring inside the profile is usually carried out through special holes in the slats provided by the manufacturer. The holes are of sufficient size so that any cable can be carried.

To conduct a wire inside the profile, a special insulation is required, which is used in various construction works and helps to protect the cable from damage and to preserve its durability.

Step 4: fixing the drywall

Mount the sheet drywall only on one side and only in an upright position. Screws must be screwed on the edge of the sheet every 15 cm, retreating 1.5 cm from the edge. And it's also important to retreat 6-7 cm from the corner for strength, otherwise the angle can crack.

The screw of the screw should not be screwed more than 1 mm into the sheet, and the screw must not be longer than 2.5 cm.

For outlets and switches, determine the location and cut it out on the sheet. Next, check how well all the cables are routed and the sockets are installed and proceed to the second side skin.

It is necessary to install a box for the socket, remove the wires and fix the drywall.

In the construction for sound insulation can be placed mineral wool, which also acts as a heat insulator for the racks.

Joints in plasterboard before embedding it is necessary to expand in order to place a solution in them, and then putty. This will ensure better fixation of joints and simplicity of finishing in the future.

When the installation is complete, you only need to attach the protective rims and eliminate the seams.

Step 5: finishing the gypsum plasterboard partitions

When jointing gypsum plasterboard joints, the most attention should be paid to joints. For the reinforcing effect, you can use a special mesh( serpyanka), which will allow aligning the seams and corners. The principle of its action: pressing the mesh into a fresh layer of putty, and after applying a second layer on top of it.

On how to properly make gypsum cardboard doors, will tell on the video.

The main tip: do not rush and you will succeed!