What you need to know about the plasterboard for the bathroom.
Drywall has long been in the forefront of finishing, but you need to understand for what purpose, what type is suitable and also the options for using it. For the repair of bathrooms, there is a special drywall - moisture resistant. It is usually painted green, it contains antifungal and water-repellent elements, so that moist air can not be harmed in any way. Experienced masters, able to adapt and conventional GKL for bathroom repair, but about this another time.
So, to apply gypsum cardboard in the bathroom, it is even possible, and sometimes without it it is simply impossible to do. It is impossible to do in cases where the design of your room implies a large number of shelves or peculiar niches, when you need to hide pipes or make a box under the bath. Well, if it's just a disgrace to the curved walls? This all could not be done without plasterboard. With the help of GKL, we not only reduce the cost of preparatory repair work, because the cost of plastering in this case will exceed the cost of sheets of GK, but we also implement the boldest bathroom design projects.
Just need to remember which drywall is best for the bathroom, and how to protect it from moisture:
- Install GCR sheets with a clearance from the floor and fill it with tile adhesive.
- Before fixing the sheets, it is necessary to cover the frame with dense polyethylene, so as to wrap the upper end of the sheet and then.
With these simple rules, you can significantly improve the moisture resistance of the material.
How to cover the bath with plasterboard.
In order for the repair to please you for many more years, you need to pay attention to all the work processes, from preparatory to final finishing. Therefore, even if we hide the walls behind the GCR, this does not mean that they should not be treated with antifungal mixtures and mold protection. In order to ensure sufficient evenness of the walls, the GKL frame system is used. With the help of galvanized metal profiles, a frame is built. Throughout the perimeter of the room, using a dowel, a guide profile is fixed, sixty centimeters are placed in it. With this frame, you can already build a niche and a box. Now, with the help of a prepared frame, you can sew a bath with plasterboard.
For work you will need:
- Galvanized profile.
- Hammer.
- Hacksaw.
- Roulette.
- Level. Dowels, screws.
- Screwdriver.
- Sheets of moisture-resistant plasterboard.
The principle of operation is the same for building a duct for pipes and for a niche and for sewing a bath. In the beginning, you need to make measurements, then build a metal frame, and at the end to cover the bath with plasterboard. It should be taken into account that when we prepare a tubing box in the bathroom, we check the operability or change them to new ones. If the pipes are metal, then we necessarily cover them with a primer or paint in several layers, pipes of any materials must be covered with thermal insulation and noise insulation. It should be remembered to leave room for the inspection hatch, so that there is access to the counters, gates, and drain pipe at the bath.
As you can see, sewing a bath with plasterboard, the process is not too complicated, especially when you are familiar with all the subtleties and do not even have special training. Once you have tried it, you will understand and easily take up other works.
