The design of the walls of plasterboard

Today, one of the most common building material is gypsum board.The developed technology of installation by Knauf drywall sheets, you can create different designs, make your apartment nice and comfortable.Create a wall design of the drywall in the room can not only structural elements, but also by using different materials: wallpaper, ceramic tiles, decorative plaster, fabric and wood.But how to do it, and described in the following article.
Just note.Plasterboard sheets can be easily processed, cut, bend.It's easy to fix.With it you can create any design elements.

begin with relief decoration

design of walls made of plasterboard can be issued construction of various structures such as arches, niches, cabinets, wall openings.

Arch Arch design is called, represents the curved ceiling blind or through-flight.Mounted between the columns or pillars for creating a lateral thrust.It serves as a pass-through, and acts as a decorative element.

Niche Niche is called an architectural element of any geometric shape, is made in the form of a recess in the wall, which serves to accommodate the decorations: vases, figurines, fonts, appliances, pots with flowers.Most often used when installing the recess walls or as a decorative element.

Cabinets
pedestals called structure designed to accommodate not only within, but on top of various objects or things.Gypsum stone decide not only the functional task, but also equipped with spotlights, creating a spectacular design.

Wall openings
wall openings are called through the aisles, made out of decorative holes in the form of various geometric shapes.Wall openings are made in the form of shelves to accommodate books, toys, figurines.It is important to know the thickness of the walls.

Finishing materials

But any designer design requires exterior trim.As the finishing materials will use wallpaper, ceramic tiles, decorative plaster, fabric.The interior walls of plasterboard is well complemented by well-chosen furnishings, curtains, lighting.

Wallpaper as a finishing material
surface mounted sheets of drywall, is most suitable for wallpapering.This surface requires little or no additional training, except plaster, cleaning of joints, screws and caps primer before pasting.
note at once!By wallpaper with paper base is not required even surface primer.

ceramic tile
Attention!Ceramic tiles are placed only on moisture-resistant paperboard referred gypsum plasterboard and having a greenish color.As a rule, the Monad design for ceramic tiles stacked two or more layers of drywall.Using a moisture-resistant gypsum board, ceramic tiles can be installed in any room.If you are going to impose communication, first Construct a box made of plasterboard, and have them overlaid with ceramic tiles.

Putty and decorative plaster
Although the resulting surface when applying drywall does not require additional alignment, but the joints, place caps screws need to putty.To do this, apply the finish coat.You can use satin-plaster.The resulting surface
often hang wallpaper, paint.
But for designs using decorative plaster, which provides inexhaustible finishes.Not only that, the plaster itself allows you to find a variety of interior decoration, and the use of textured rollers or Venetian plaster technology can create real works of art.

Application of tissue in the interior walls of plasterboard
Especially popular in the decoration of the walls, including plasterboard, use cloth.Application for upholstery fabrics makes them special elegance, originality and charming beauty.Used fabric of any type and texture.The most popular are the tapestry, woolen cloth, cotton, silk, velvet.For a budget option it is best suited for furniture fabric.Using tissue, novice designers to choose the best synthetic fabrics.
glued best velor and suede.If you decide to pull the fabric to the frame, use a cotton or viscose.Wall hangings are preferably made of a light fabric.

Useful tips for beginners

To solve design problems not only use architectural techniques, but using different finishing materials.
Fashionable design of walls made of plasterboard in the hall, you can get not only the use of expensive finishing materials.We need a fresh idea and unexpected decision.

Design plasterboard walls in the hall
main room of any apartment is considered to be a living room or hall.It often receive visitors, gather the whole family.From competent design space design depends not only on ease of use, but also the atmosphere.
Here are a few design decisions that enhance the overall look of the room.
Niche under the TV
Modern TV has a flat design and low weight.The installation of a wall mount for support.TV mounted in such a way, harmoniously looks in the interior of public institutions because it provides an overview of each visitor.
In my room the TV looks more harmoniously in the niche.And security is provided in such a design is higher.

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How to make a niche for TV
For manufacturing niches under the TV from sheets of drywall you will need tools and materials.
From the materials you will need a metal profile with markings CW, UW.This so-called guide and rack profile.With it's going to frame a future niche.
As a material for the frame can be used wooden beams cross section 30 × 30 mm.
niche for skin use drywall thickness of 6.5 ... 12.5 mm.
going frame by means of screws, installed and fastened with special connections and plugs.
To make use niche curved contour arched profiles and thin sheets of drywall.From
tool you can not do without a drill with adjustable speed frequency, shutupoverta, knife construction and hacksaws for metal, metal scissors, planer.Spacing, set the measure is necessary to design using roulette, plumb, cord and level.

started on manufacturing niche should begin with the development of the project, taking into account the dimensions of the TV.You need to provide a space that discolors the ventilation device, the connecting cable laying, installation of additional devices.
developing a niche for TV installation, consider the simultaneous creation of shelving to accommodate books, flowers, decoration items.
This will not only give the interior a more harmony, but also serve as additional space.
appropriate to install the original illumination.
This layout allows to lay a variety of communication, organically fit into the design.More details about the design of the installation profile.

Learn how to hang the TV and at the same time save on a bracket, having made his own hands.

Build Niche

• Any work begins with marking the place of installation niche.
• On the wall, apply the installation location of the future niche.
• cut to the size of the vertical rack rail profile, attach them to the wall with dowels.From
• guide profile cut horizontal carriers and secure them to the rackmount with screws.
• To increase rigidity, install additional jumpers.

You have turned frame future niche.

• To trim design cut plasterboard workpiece.Fasten the workpiece on the frame with screws in increments of at least 25 ... 30 cm. Do not forget utaplivat cap screws to a depth of 0.5 mm.
• Perform installation accessories for switches, sockets and lighting fixtures.
• niche resulting framework is putty, clean and apply a finishing layer.

We design and assemble the arch
Arches should be used in the construction of walls, processing wall.Harmonious look arches that adorn the entrance to the kitchen, loggia.Installing the arches allows you to expand the space of the room significantly increase the doorway to get rid of the doors.Arches are particularly relevant in small apartments.

To install arches

work begins with the acquisition of the desired amount of material.You will need a sheet of plasterboard, metal profiles or wooden beams, fasteners, putty.
defined the look of the future arch, make a sketch or drawing.

• Add dimensions to the wall.
• Count, what and how much material you need.
• walls, which will be attached arch frame, it is necessary to align.
• Secure the rack profiles to the walls, floor, ceiling with dowels.
• You should get a U-obrznaya design.
• Because drywall is cut the upper part of the arch and fastened with screws to the resulting structure on the perimeter screws with a pitch of 20 ... 40 mm.
• is now necessary to fix the lower shelves of a U-shaped design of pre-cut blank of plasterboard.For radius profile in several places an incision with scissors for metal.
• If you need a certain width of the arch, follow the above work in the second part of the arch.
• To sew up the arch radius, you must cut blank plasterboard bend.Plasterboard is well bent, if the width of the incision on one side with a pitch of 10 ... 20 cm. Step size depends on the arch radius.The smaller the radius, the more often a step cut.
• Mounted curved drywall screws.
• All irregularities and cavities necessarily shpaklyuyut and lights.Top finishing material is applied.

few words about the use of tissue in the interior walls of plasterboard
As used both soft and durable fabric, the methods for their attachment and there are several.Fabrics can stick, pull on the frame.
glued fabric on a well-aligned plane, which are the walls of plasterboard.
fabric stretched over a frame can hide small irregularities, save on plastering and sanding operations.

How to glue fabric

• Surface under pasting fabric should be smooth, without ridges and valleys.
• Wall thoroughly cleaned with a spatula, puttied.The surface is cleaned with an abrasive material is processed by mold and fungi.
• After drying absolutely smooth surface is primed and checked for the absence of grains and cavities.
• application of a primer layer removes residual grains of sand and dust.

If you are using a curtain, it is necessary to glue the paper surface sheets overlap.

• fabric is glued on the stripped and dried layer of paper.
• Especially it must perform, if before any tissue at the surface is not glued.
• Sticker tissue itself produces special mastic, flour paste, or casein glue.

Remember!Fabrics warp when wet.Choose those tissues, which are subject to less deformation.

• Typically, soaked and glued after completely dry before pasting tissue.
• Pasting lead to corners, wall plastering paste or putty.
• Edge glued cloth to dry fixed wooden slats, hammering nails do not end up in increments of 50 cm.

The preferred fabric liner is attached with wooden slats.

• lower rail fixed to the floor, the top is attached at potolka.Zadelyvayutsya rail in the plaster layer in advance.
• tensioned fabric strips attached, nailed.

Good luck to you.