How to work with plasterboard
The wall covering with the above mentioned material is very similar to the assembly of cabinet furniture, although there are differences. In particular, if the furnishings can be assembled from the prepared parts with just one screws, then the gypsum board requires the use of special profiles. Of course, you can fix the cover directly to the wall, but the slightest irregularity will be clearly visible, and in the corners, the edges of the sheets may become incoherent.
It is not necessary to saw the drywall, it is enough to mark the dividing line, make cuts along both edges and draw along the line with a sharp construction knife, deeply pressing it into the material. Now you need to lightly hit the hanging part, so that the sheet breaks up into two fragments without excess dust.
This is why the work with gypsum boards begins with the marking of the location of parts and the installation in the appropriate places of the frame fasteners. With the help of plumbs and level, we determine all the unevenness of the wall and expose the supports of the supporting profiles so that all the elements of the frame are at the same level.
If you plan to trim the ceiling, start with it, then the wallboard will become an additional support for the ceiling structure. You must clearly understand what you will get. It's better to spend a few days designing than to allow the wrong cut sheet.
Slopes from plasterboard - a worthy rim for windows
Many faced with the finishing of slopes and know perfectly well that an ideal result with plaster is extremely difficult to obtain, it takes a lot of experience, which is usually always a little, but not enough. Therefore, it makes sense to go the simplest way, the more so, it is almost the same as facing the walls with plasterboard.
We take a moisture-resistant gypsum cardboard, we measure and cut off the necessary pieces, which we postpone for a while. The slope is cleaned and primed. To the very edge of the window frame we fasten the starting strip for the plastic lining, in the future we will insert the end of the gypsum strip into it. As fasteners for the n-shaped bar, metal screws can be used.
Now there is very little to complete the work. We prepare the glue for gypsum and cover it with primed slopes abundantly, after which we insert the part into the prepared U-shaped bar, letting silicone in there. Press the strip against the wall, from the opposite side do the same operation.
At the top of the window, the starting stripes are screwed not only to the frame, but to the side slopes at the same level, as a result, the upper strip will drive into the intended place smoothly, as in the furniture sled. Around the window opening slopes from gypsum cardboard can be finished at your discretion, for example, with special plastic corners.
Than and how to fix drywall?
Actually, a little bit higher has already been said about how to fix drywall on the walls and ceiling, but without special details. Now is the time to expand this interesting topic a little. Being confident in the evenness of the walls of your apartment, you can finish without installing the frame. In this case, you have two options - nails or screws.
If the walls are brick or wooden, the first method of fixing is easier, the nails excellently penetrate the plasterboard and reliably get stuck in the listed surfaces without leaving it. For work, you should use a special hammer, which you do not break the brittle sheets of the coating.
If you are a lucky owner of a screwdriver or an electric screwdriver, which is exactly the same, expressed in different form factors, use screws to fasten them, twisting them with your hands is inappropriate, too much work. When choosing profiles for fixing, be sure to purchase the correct sets, there are two of them: ceiling profiles and profiles rails .
When we make a wall, we immediately run along the whole perimeter of the floor of the line parallel to the walls. The indentation will be composed of the thickness of the drywall and the profile, summed with the gap between the profile and the wall to correct irregularities and conduct various communications. Too much of this indentation is not worth doing, otherwise the volume of the room will noticeably decrease. For the ceiling, the same marks are made on the walls.
Installation of the profile begins precisely with these lines, then follows the fastening of the suspensions with dowels, with intervals not more than one and a half meters. Profiles rack mount vertically in the guides, the ceiling is laid horizontally. The ceiling and rack elements of the frame are fastened to the hangers and guides by screws.
Gypsum board in the same way fastening mount on the frame, retreating when using panels from the edge of 10 centimeters, and in the case of plates for all 15, so that the edge does not crumble. Screws are desirable to drown in plasterboard, so as not to create irregularities, which are so hard to get rid of.