Before you start
Before you begin the process of finishing the archway of the doorway, you need to prepare a number of necessary tools that will be useful in the work. The list of these tools may look like this:
- A simple pencil and ruler.
- Drywall sheets.
- The guides are vertical and horizontal.
- Homemade compasses, which are made of slats and nails.
- Cutting tools. For example?a jig saw.
- Several self-tapping screws.
- Arched corners.
Step-by-step instruction for
The work on decorating a doorway will consist of the following steps:
- Performing calculations
- Selecting source materials
- Attaching guides
- Marking on material
- Fastening materials on guides
- Joining two vertical halves using a profile.
- Puttying and painting the finished arch.
Performing the work of
- Step 1. Carrying out calculations. It is necessary to measure the height of the door and add to it five centimeters. The length will be the height of the arch.
- Step 2. Selection of source materials. For the work on decorating the doorway different materials are suitable. It can be different wood, plasterboard or plastic. Gypsum board is the most widely used and convenient material in the work. It is on his example that the way of working in this article will be shown.
- Step 3. Mounting the guides. After carrying out the measurement work, as well as selecting the material for installation, you can start work. The first stage of arch mounting is the fastening of the guides. After installing them, you need to measure the distance from the ceiling to the bottom of the horizontal guide and the width of the resulting opening.
- Step 4. Layout on the material. The results obtained in the third step are transferred to a sheet of drywall. Then you need to calculate the radius of the arch, which will make up the width of the arch, divided by two. Further, with the help of a self-made compass, which consists of a nail and a rail, it is necessary to draw the circumference of the arch. Repeat all of the above steps to markup on another sheet of plasterboard. Then it is necessary to cut the marked pieces with a jig saw. Thus, we will receive the necessary components for mounting the decorative object on the doorway.
- Step 5. Fastening materials to the guides. It is necessary to attach the cut out workpieces to the guides using self-tapping screws. Further it is necessary to make slopes, in the course of manufacturing of which the fastening profile is attached to the arched workpieces. It is necessary to focus on ensuring that the guides along the circumference coincide.
- Step 6. Join the two vertical halves using a profile. This process occurs with the help of a small section of the profile, which must be inserted into the guides already attached.
- Step 7. Puttying and painting the finished arch. During this step, it is necessary to fill in the surface of the arch and joints. After drying putty it is necessary to make painting of the received design.
Thus, the article described in detail several steps to make the arch of the doorway from gypsum board.
