The standard layout of rooms in apartments is not always like its owners. Often we want to change something in it: move the wall or divide one room into two. The construction of the capital walls is not an easy task, and it also requires coordination in the relevant bodies. And the easiest way is to install a drywall partition and.
Advantages of plasterboard walls
Gypsum cardboard in the modern world takes a leading position when it comes to the redevelopment of housing. This material is easy to handle and install, it is moisture resistant, lightweight, perfectly holds its shape and can serve for many years.
Working with plasterboard is easy, so you can map the wall and erect it yourself without much effort and time. Today, gypsum plasterboard walls and walls can be found in many houses, office and shopping centers, cafes and restaurants.
With gipsokartonom you can build unique elements of the decor of the room, which "hide" all unsightly communications: water and sewage pipes. And it's time to learn how to make a wall of drywall yourself.
How correctly to make a wall from gypsum cardboard?
Before you learn how to make a wall from gypsum board, we need to deal with its types and the right choice, depending on the type of room where the wall will be installed. So, for bathrooms and kitchens necessarily gypsum cardboard with the raised or increased vlagoustojchivostju - GKLV or GKLVO is necessary. If you plan to mount it in a room with a moderate level of moisture, you need only conventional GCR and GKLO.
Next - we need to prepare all the necessary tools:
- screwdriver;
- stationery knife;
- scissors for metal;
- putty knife;
- level;
- gloves.
For the metal frame of our future wall, it is necessary to purchase two types of metal profiles - the guide and the rack. They self-tapping will be fixed on the ceiling and walls, as well as with each other.
How to make a frame for a wall of plasterboard?
First, on the floor, walls and ceiling, markings are made for our wall, after which the installation of the metal profile guides begins.
Gradually, the frame is built. The larger the profile design, the more solid the wall will be, and even small shelves can be hung on it or the door can be embedded.
How to make a false wall of drywall?
When the frame is ready, we begin to coat it with one side of the plasterboard. We try to heat the screws so that their hats do not protrude above the wall surface.
The next stage will be insulation and noise insulation of the wall, for which you can use mineral wool. Do not forget at this stage to lay in the wall all the necessary communications - electrical wiring, switches, sockets and so on.
When the wall is sheathed by the GKL on both sides, you can start plastering and mashing the seams and other irregularities that result from the installation.
On this our wall is ready for finishing.