Installation of plasterboard partitions with their hands
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Throughout life everyone is faced with the need to create additional partition in the house or close the ugly parts of structures, such as pipe.
Plasterboard is the easiest and most reliable way to resolve the issue. This material has excellent technical indicators, it does not burn, is resistant to moisture, easy to install and requires no complex processing after installation.
Due to its flexibility, drywall allows you to perform a rather complicated construction is not experienced, simply view on the Internet of material and Assembly instructions.
When working with plaster walls can solving a number of problems. For example, the soundproofing, the material itself is perfectly sound waves, and when using an additional sound insulation pads inside the wall, you fully protect yourself from unnecessary noise.
When working with plasterboard it is necessary to keep the indoor temperature is not below 14 degrees. This allows work in the winter.
Plasterboard partitions photo which you can see allow everyone to make at home something special with your own hands.
Installation of drywall partitions ↑
The installation process of drywall construction implies some knowledge and experience.
The design consists of the following materials:
Metal guides, which form the basis of the design. They are attached to walls and ceiling, and have them sew the sheets of drywall. For installation use screws screws.
Mineral wool or glass wool, it is an insulating material that absorbs sound and provides warmth.
The material allows you to create partitions of any size, the length of the structure, no restrictions, and the height depends on the height of the ceiling in the room.
Plaster wall may include a door or window. You need to carefully calculate the weight and size of this design, consider the location of the door frame. These partitions generally use thick sheets of drywall or install it in two layers.
Electrical cable inside the wall are laid either inside the rails metal, or perpendicular to them. Be sure to use high quality insulating materials.
How to make plasterboard wall ↑
- To start works on installation of plasterboard partitions with necessary markup. She is on the floor and ceiling of the room. On the floor you first lay a complete design drawing, then using upholstery cord, and a plumb Bob, transfer the drawing on the ceiling.
- Markings on the floor and the ceiling includes all of the features of construction, the location of the rack profiles, the thickness of the drywall sheets, the location of doors or decorative cutouts.
- Profile paste over with a sealant on the inside. After that they are fixed to walls and ceilings by means of special dowels. For this purpose, the walls and floor of the drill hole at a certain distance from each other. Then set the profile and the screwdriver to attach the design to the base.
- When working in wooden houses for the fastening design used coarsely threaded wood screws without pre-drilling holes.
Installation of drywall partitions is very diverse and each individual case may have its own complexities and nuances. So please remember when performing complex work independently, as often as possible to seek further information from the experts who post competent the videos in the Internet.
- After you have completely set up the frame, plasterboard systems, you can start the wiring. Usually profile, which is attached to the drywall, remain unused. The wiring is installed in a special conduit perpendicular to the mullion profiles.
- Set of sockets, they are easier to fix on special plates. By this mounting the outer part of the socket is easily attached and ensures high reliability design.
- After that, the whole structure is sheathed with sheets of drywall. Remember! It is important to observe the sizes, to clearly measure each segment of the plate. Seams between sheets should be practically invisible.
Installation of doors in plasterboard wall ↑
In order to in the plasterboard to install the door, it is necessary in the construction of metal constructions, to create the opening. To do this, measure the door frame. According to the outer contour make installation profiles. The outer part of the profile, which will come into contact with the door frame must be absolutely smooth, without seams and joints.
- After the drywall is installed, you can proceed to install the door. The process is as usual when the doors.
- Start with mounting the box. Set it into the opening and fix with screws screws.
- Then hang the loop. Be very careful, obey the sizes.
- After adjusting the hinges, hung door leaf.
Door installation is not difficult, much more difficult to establish a basis under it. It is very important the size, even a small deviation from the specified size may lead to distortion of the door leaf.
Sliding door in drywall partition ↑
To make the sliding door in the drywall partition is even easier than inserting a regular. This is because construction is mounted immediately. The guides, which moves the door leaf, is mounted together with the primary design.
Some features of installation of a sliding door can be important:
- Inside the structure, to the movement of the door, there should be no additional obstacles and elements of design
- All works on installation and fastening of steel structures shall be made strictly on the level, distortions are unacceptable.
- Important. In such construction it is undesirable to install a cable, sockets and switches!
- When used in indoor flooring it is important to pay careful attention to the bottom rail of the door. If the movement will constantly get lint from the carpet or the friction will torn linoleum, the whole beauty and convenience of sliding doors will be spoiled.
Plasterboard wall with their hands ↑
Make a partition made of plasterboard with their hands is not difficult. Especially, given the large number of learning materials located on the Internet.
However, there are a few recommendations from specialists that you should consider before starting work.
- Before starting work, it is necessary to accurately determine the location of the partition, calculate and purchase all the necessary materials.
- In the drawing you must complete all marking work on the floor and then the walls and ceiling, and only then get to work.
The wizard is not recommended to immediately undertake the creation of complex structures. Try to first do some simple. For example, just a shelf or a small wall in a bathroom. Do not try to just make cutouts in the design and conduct her electricity, it requires minimal skills.
Plasterboard walls in the room require even more experience. Typically, they are decorative in nature and quite difficult to implement. To assemble such a structure, without certain knowledge it will be very difficult.
When working with drywall, you must use a quality measuring instrument and level. Do not spare money for these materials. Creating a single partition of the drywall, you’ll want to keep it fun.
Examine as many videos showing the process of marking and plating. They are the most difficult, but it is necessary to pay attention to the processing of sheets of drywall already in the finished design.
Finishing drywall construction ↑
Once you have finished all the work on the hull profile of the plasterboard, you can start to finish. Depending on what you want to process a partition, the assigned list of works.
Often such partitions paint or hang Wallpaper, so the work begins with gluing the seams mounting tape. It allows you to strengthen the joints and to align the design.
Gypsum Board is quite smooth initially, so it makes no sense to invite experts. Enough to buy a universal plaster mix, treat the surface with primer and gently to plaster all the seams and surface design in General.
After that plaster should be dry and you can start painting or pasting of walls. There are times when design trim decorative tile or plaster, to carry out such work, it is better to invite a specialist.
Shown here is the step-by-step instructions for working with plasterboard