The ceiling of plasterboard with their hands

Today ceiling plasterboard - this is probably the best solution, if you want a sleek, modern and aesthetic ceiling coverage, at a cost not so much money.Another plus plasterboard ceiling - is that to cope with the work on its installation can be yourself!No, no one will certainly assure you that this task can handle even a child.Of course, to mount plasterboard, you need to know how to do it.That is what we are going to teach you today.And if you, first carefully read the recommendations, and secondly, will carefully do them, that you are all sure to succeed!

Benefits of creating a ceiling plasterboard

To begin with a closer look at its ceiling.Do you see cracks, bumps, chips and a bunch of other defects?Now imagine how you all this smooth, putty, masking, leveling ... I do not really want to get involved in this "adventure", right?A false ceiling of plasterboard simply close all these defects, and no one will see any of the cracks here, nor out of the spot.

In addition, gypsum board - a real godsend for designer home.The ceiling of plasterboard with a man with respect to the skillful hands can mount decorative illumination without effort.Or ventilation.Or mirror.Imagine a mirror on the ceiling?It can give a unique charm to your bedroom, but that's another story ...

Necessary material for

Before you go to the market for plasterboard building materials, you need to decide what type of material you need.Too thin drywall is out of place in the room where you decide to hang a large chandelier or, as we mentioned above, reinforce the ceiling mirror.Thin sheet may simply not survive, break, and all your beauty design collapses down.If you choose too thick sheet, your room can visually be significantly reduced in size (of course, if your goal - it is visually reduce the room with too high ceilings, the thick drywall is a great choice!).Most designers choose all domestic sheets 9.5 mm thick.Such drywall and pyatirozhkovuyu chandelier stand, and your living space does not "steal".If the ceiling that you have decided to decorate the plasterboard is in the bathroom, bath, sauna, choose water-resistant and flame-retardant material.

determine the type of drywall, make a list of tools and fasteners.So, you need a tape measure, a spatula, a drill, sandpaper, level (water or laser, as you are more accustomed to use), screwdriver (you can use a screwdriver).Buy special hangers, anchor-wedges (dowel-nails) for their mounting, screws and screws with gimlet metal (for fixing the actual drywall), ceiling and guiding profile, connecting crabs.

Mounting ceiling

Step One.Take level (what you have - a laser or water) and note at what level will be suspended ceiling.If your intention is to make the built-in ventilation or lighting, turn away from the present ceiling of 10-12 centimeters.

Step Two. drilled holes in the guide profile by dowels (optimal spacing between holes - 50-60 centimeters), and most of these dowels fasten the profile to the wall.

Step Three .Suspensions are fixed (for them then you will strengthen the support section).Suspensions are attached to the guide profile with metal anchors.Attach them need parallel.

Step Four .Takes part of the load-bearing frame and carefully insert them into the guide profile.Bearing frame is attached to the suspensions (using screws, metal).To frame was rigid, anchoring the longitudinal profiles.By guiding profile is fixed by means of special crab (which you bought too, remember?).

Step Five .You should have a frame of the profiles.His neat sheathe sheets of plasterboard (do it with screws on metal, distance between screws - about 20 centimeters).The joints between the sheets obscure filler.Then impose a reinforcing mesh or bandage-serpyanku, puttied and carefully shlifuete irregularities.

ceiling is ready, but as we see the joints still remain.Do not worry - it does not matter, but it must be so now it is necessary to take the putty and plaster all joints and openings of a self-tapping screws.All the ceiling is ready, but we will not stop there !.Let's do the second tier of the ceiling, thereby otdekoriruem our ceiling !.Let's start !.

decorating the ceiling of plasterboard

The first thing we need to define the pattern that we want to do, of course, you can draw a star in the middle or intricate shapes, but to save time, I would advise you to do the least sophisticated form, because whatform will be heavier and more intricate, the more time it will take to create the framework for it.But we do not discourage, but rather if you do - do something, let's take the shape of a wave.First, we will draw drawing.

installation process will not be described, because it is about assembling and mounting profile much has been said above, and here we will look at how to bend metal profile detail below.

Do not forget to bring the wires under the spotlights.

Finish, it remains only to stock up on putty and plaster all irregularities andenjoy new potolku.V this article, we looked at several methods of installing ceiling drywall, as we have seen nothing complicated main desire and patience.To complete the picture, let's see the video.

Video - installation of the ceiling of plasterboard with their hands.