Wall of plasterboard with own hands

Drywall is the most popular finishing material. With its help, you can easily turn a curved wall into a perfectly flat surface, and also possible the erection of interior partitions in a fairly short time. Walls, ceilings, partitions, decorative designs of any complexity - all this can be made from plasterboard. And to work with this material you do not need to have any special skills. If you are going to make a partition or a wall made of drywall, it is enough to learn the basics of working with this universal material, and you will understand that the wall made of drywall with your own hands is very simple.

Before you make a wall of gypsum board, you need to learn a bit of theory and prepare the necessary tool for this. To build a wall you will need a building level, plumb bob, pencil, tape measure, metal scissors, dyeing cord or thick thread, chalk, puncher and screwdriver. In order for you to get a high-quality and solid plasterboard wall with your own hands, you need to build a reliable frame that will serve as the basis of the wall.

The frame for gypsum board walls is made of wooden racks or metal profiles. We in this article will consider the assembly of a framework of profiles. Naturally, before making a frame for gypsum board it is necessary to make markings. The quality of the future wall largely depends on the layout.

To begin with, using a rope or a dyeing cord, you should note an even line on the floor. This line will be attached to the lower profile. After this, using a plumb line, you must mark the same line on the ceiling. Remember that this procedure should be given special attention, since the slightest inaccuracy will lead to the fact that you will get a simple curve wall.

So, the top and bottom lines are marked, and you can proceed to fixing the guide profiles. Depending on the floor covering and the ceiling material, the profile is fixed in various ways. To the wooden coverings the profile is fixed with the help of ordinary screws, and for fastening to the concrete base nylon dowels and screws are used.

After the upper and lower profiles are fixed, it is necessary to install vertical profiles on the walls. Vertical profiles are inserted in the horizontal and fixed with screws or rivets. In this case, the vertical guides must also be attached to the walls.

Now you can start fixing the rack vertical profiles. The minimum distance between the rack profiles is 60 centimeters. Vertical profiles are attached to the upper and lower profile, as well as to the wall using hangers. Since to mount the hangers to the wall it is necessary to drill the holes, it is necessary to attach a vertical profile and mark the points of attachment on the wall. Then strengthen the suspension on the wall at the rate of one at the level of the knees, one at the shoulder level and then no less than a meter. But it is better, of course, to increase the number of hangers.

After the hangers are fixed in the walls, you can begin to mount the rack profiles. They are also fastened using self-tapping screws or rivets. If this design seems to you not strong enough, then you can strengthen horizontal reinforcements between the rack profiles with the same profile. The number of horizontal profiles is at your discretion. But you should not overload the framework either.

When the frame is assembled, it is necessary to conduct necessary communications in its cavity, such as electrical wiring, telephone cables or water supply. As you can see, a wall made of plasterboard by one's own hands is not only simple, but also functional. After all the cables and pipes are laid, you can proceed directly to the installation of gipsokartonnyh sheets.

The sheets are attached to profiles using self-tapping screws, in our case it is necessary to use self-tapping screws for metal. The minimum distance between the screws is 25 centimeters. It should also be noted that all edges of drywall sheets should be attached to the profile, no edge should hang in the air. After all the sheets are fixed, you can start finishing. Seams between sheets are glued with reinforcing mesh and shpaklyuyutsya. Further finishing - at your discretion.

A gypsum board wall with its own hands is a fairly simple and functional structure. As can be seen from the article, there is nothing complicated in this, and even an unprepared person will cope with this task. The main thing in this business is to have a good tool and a desire to do something with your own hands.