Suspended ceilings from plasterboard in the planning phase of
Even before you are ready to buy materials, you need to design a future ceiling, whether it is a regular plane, or a multi-level construction. And, no matter what decision you take, you need an accurate calculation and a correct marking of the points where the profiles will be laid and the hangers fixed.
Ideally, the sheet area should be identical to the quadrature of the ceiling, and if the walls are finished with gypsum boards, then taking into account this cladding. Profiles from which the frame is assembled are used in two ways - both basic and bearing, the difference between them is only that one is attached to the ceiling, and the second one is mounted on the facing sheet.
However, this is far from all the elements that are necessary in order to get reliable suspended ceilings from plasterboard. You will need guides for profiles, numerous connecting elements for mounting, as well as various self-tapping screws and polymer dowels for them.
How to make gypsum board ceilings with backlighting?
The purpose of suspended ceilings is not only to level the overlapping surface, they are also used to hide electrical wiring, as well as other communications. And it is very convenient, if you need ceilings from plasterboard with illumination.
Regardless of how many fixtures you want to install on a ceiling structure, two wires must be connected to each of them, which, being hidden by the lining, will not spoil the overall design of the room.
When the marking of the ceiling and gypsum board is made, it is necessary to make holes for the fixtures in advance, since after the installation of the entire structure has been completed, it will not be convenient to cut the lining. Cuttings are made either with a special "crown" for the drill, or with an electric jigsaw, if you know this tool better.
The main thing is that the hole should fit under the diameter of the lighting element, which is fixed by means of springs fixed on its body( pressing them, insert the luminaire into the socket, then release the latches).
Installation of a suspended ceiling from gypsum plasterboard by one's own hands
The way of fixing the skeleton of the suspended ceiling to the base depends entirely on the material in which you will make the holes for the locks. For example, if it is a concrete slab, installation of a false ceiling from gypsum board begins with perforation of holes for special plastic dowels, intended for fastening of hinged structures to load-bearing walls and ceilings of solid section. Typically, this anchor dowel or anchor wedge.
For wooden bases, piercing or drilling self-tapping screws without plastic dowels are used. Next is the installation of hangers, to which the main profiles are fixed, fixed along the perimeter by guides installed on the walls.
There is no need for perforation between the profiles to bond them, since special screws( piercing LN and drilling LB) perfectly penetrate the thin-walled metal.
If it is necessary to fasten the light elements of the frame to the first level of drywall, you can use the MJP anchor with a self-tapping screw.
The next step depends on whether your ceiling is single-level or two-level. In the first case, we can confine ourselves to joining profiles in one plane with special cross elements. The second option involves the use of two-level or one-sided connectors to secure the carrier profiles to the main ones. In this case, it is possible to use vertically installed short sections of the profile to create three-dimensional shapes and multi-level structures.
