How to align walls

There are many ways of finishing walls, but most of them require a smooth base and direct, but in reality things are not so smooth.The walls of modern buildings and the more old buildings just seem smooth, but not suitable for tiling, laminates or panels, because they have invisible swings horizontally or vertically.In this article, we'll show you how to properly align the wall for finishing any material.

Preparations

Any repair begins with the preparation and alignment of the walls is notexception.In this case, it is first necessary to determine the degree of surface roughness to know better than the leveling and the wall materials as needed.

How to determine the degree of curvature of the wall:

1. armed with long construction rule 2-2.5 m long.In the corner of the room near the ceiling, hammer a nail, leaving the hat to hang around 2-3 mm (to a nail could tie string).This nail - your starter lighthouse.
2. Tie to lace or strong thread a nut or any other sinker and hook a nail so that the weight does not touch the floor.Wait, so he stopped rocking, and the yarn formed a line.
3. Drive a nail-second beacon at the bottom of the wall, and will drive him just enough to cap and thread are aligned.
4. Repeat this procedure with a different angle on the opposite wall.As a result, you get 4 of the lighthouse on the perimeter and two straight lines, respectively.
5. Take a long thread or cord, and pull it between the upper nail one part of the wall and the lower - the other (on the diagonal).Repeat with the second pair of beacons.When you attach the thread crosswise, make sure that they do not touch the surface of the wall.
6. now using these threads strung on four points, you can determine the condition of the wall in any room.

Choice alignment method

To determine how to align the walls in the apartment, it is necessary, first, to find out the degree of curvature, and secondly, to determine the finishing trim.If you want to apply a decorative plaster, painted or pokleit wallpaper, use the GCR.If you want to know how to align the walls under the tiles, mosaics, laminate or other such materials, it is best to use dry mixes.Experts strongly recommend laying tiles on gypsum board, as he is too smooth surface with insufficient adhesion.However, despite this, there are some installation technologies to get a strong and durable tile covering on a base of the GCR.More information on this topic is disclosed in the article "Laying tiles on gypsum board."

Alignment dry mixes

Align the walls with plaster, as practice shows, is the most versatile option for any actual finishing material, whether wallpaper or tile.Despite the high volume of work involved with the mixtures, you get better and more durable results.

How to align the wall putty:

1. Prepare the wall, clearing them from the former coatings and completely turning off electricity in the apartment.
2. Cover the wall with primer deep penetration.If you are in a room with high humidity levels, apply water-resistant primer in two coats, waiting for the complete drying of each.So you make the wall stronger and more resistant to the effects of moisture vapor.The walls in the bathroom or the bath is recommended to additionally impregnate antiseptic to prevent mold or mildew.
3. Since you already know how to determine the degree of curvature of the wall, set the beacons rail is not difficult.Take a perforated metal profiles - they will serve as reference points.Plumb determine the vertical position of the beacon and fix a plaster solution (apply a profile to multiple locations and gently push the wall, sinking so that its outer face was on a level with plumb thread).
   
4. first set side beacons on different ends of the wall, and then the intermediate.The distance between profiles should be slightly smaller than the length of the tool, which you will apply the plaster.A few words about the tools: you need a spatula for application and smoothing solution, drill-mixer, a mixing and plaster falcon.Many work without plaster falcon, and yet it greatly simplifies the process.This square board with a pen about the size of 40x40 cm, which is applied to the plaster, so that every time not to bend to the bucket.
5. When you are ready, you can apply the plaster.Take in one hand and a shovel in the other - the falcon, and type it a little solution.Throw in a small amount of the mixture on the wall and start leveling.To transfer the mixture to a falcon on the wall, attach it to the surface and point upwards.
   
6. At first, achieve a completely smooth surface is difficult, but with practice and skill will come.Lighthouses are very helpful to understand how to align the walls in the house, but for the landmarks you can take any slats to length up to 3 cm and a thickness in the thickness of the plaster layer.First, flatten trowel mortar between the beacons, then set them generally, and slide it upwards.Throws solution until the plaster will come flush with the tops of the lighthouses.
7. When the surface is smooth, gently remove the beacons from the wall, and the remaining grooves fill with a solution and level with a spatula.
8. Another problem - how to align the corner of the wall.At the junction with the ceiling and two adjacent walls need to create a perfectly smooth corners.This can be done on the level or on mounds (by plane) - it all depends on the nature of finishing.If you glue the wallpaper on the Align the level, if you plan to cover the walls with plaster or paint - on hillocks.
9. For internal corners, many using reinforcement tape.Coat the inner side of the corner putty spatula dipped in water.Moisten with water and reinforcing strip along the bend in half, put in the corner, and slightly imbedded in the putty.Carefully align it, smoothing the top down.Finally spend a wet spatula on both sides of the angle, keeping its edge as close as possible to the place of the fold.Your task - to drive out of the tape once the solution.Finishing coat Apply corner trowel.If you see a slight corrugation, fix it with a thin layer of finishing putties.

Tip: When choosing a dry mix, pay attention to the thickness of the layer, as well as the nature of the binding component.For example, plaster solutions it is recommended to take for rooms with low or normal degree of humidity, as in the kitchen or bathroom walls are otsyreyut quickly and crack.For wet rooms, choose a mixture of mineral oil-based.Cement plaster can be prepared with their own hands, mix 1 part of cement not less than 400 with 6 parts sifted fine sand and diluted with water until all smetanopodobnogo state.You can vary the amount of sand to get a different plasticity of the solution - less sand, the more plastic solution, and easier to work with him (but then need more cement, and thus increase the cost of repairs).Attention!Use ready-made solution is needed for 1-2 hours, otherwise it will freeze or lose their properties, so do not knead once large volumes.

Alignment plasterboard

Align plasterboard wall is much easier than dry construction mixtures.This work is much cleaner, faster and more suitable for novice builders.A wide range of plasterboard can work in almost any environment, even with high levels of humidity.In addition, the drywall can align the wall with strong differences in height and horizontally, which would need to be applied too thick layer of plaster.And even though this method is relevant to trim wallpaper or paint, in some cases it is the only way to get a flat and smooth walls.

There are two ways to mount plasterboard walls leveling: on the frame and glue.The first method is suitable for surfaces with significant differences and helps to align the wooden walls, the second can hide minor surface defects, and a perfectly flat surface for finishing.It is also permissible to combine these two options to ensure accurate joining of the walls and the ceiling.The frame is the most common method, so we will consider it in the first place and in every detail.

used for manufacturing a skeleton of a special metal profile under the FCL.Fixing is carried out by means of screws and bolts.Before telling instructions on how to align the wall under the wallpaper or tile should mention one nuance frame method - because of the large thickness of the resulting skin takes a few centimeters of useful area of ​​the walls on each side (about 4-5 cm).And if in a spacious room this may not be noticeable, then for small rooms is better to use another method.

instructions and videos how to properly align the wall:

1. Remove old paint from walls and smooth out the surface.
2. Priming in this case is not necessary to improve the adhesion, and to strengthen and protect the walls from moisture and mildew.If you are sheathed with the outer wall or wall in a damp environment, treat it with an antiseptic.
3. Build a frame from galvanized profile, mounting the first UD profile on the floor, ceiling and adjacent walls, to get the frame.Then, inside this box can be fixed bridge from thinner profile CD, which will hold the plasterboard.In more detail all the subtleties of mounting process described in the article "How to fasten drywall to the profile."
4. When the frame is ready, you can begin the installation of the FCL, but before that they need to be measured, raschertit and number, so that they fit well in a given area.GCR is convenient because it can be easily treated at home with improvised tools.In the article "How to cut drywall sheets" all described in detail.
5. to seal the joints between sheets of drywall, use a special net, self-adhesive.Stick it to the joints, then cover the home filler to display on the same level with the surface.Further processing depends on the wall lining.If you lay tile or other dense material not translucent, you can simply paint over putty joints and all.But before painting or pasting wall wallpaper should completely cover the white finish putty layer of 1-2 mm, sanded and primed.In the article "Wallpapering on gypsum board," said a lot of useful on this subject.

But most landlords do not want to sacrifice free space and build a frame.If the wall has local variations and defects such as hillocks or notches can be aligned plaster or skived to obtain a relatively flat surface, and then to paste it GCR.All the technology described in the article "The alignment of the walls without drywall frame" and "Installation of drywall on the glue.How to glue the drywall. "You may also be useful article "How to install the sockets in the drywall."

Now that you know what you can align the walls under the tiles, wallpaper or other finishing.Hopefully this article will help you quickly and efficiently to repair their own hands.Finally, we offer to get acquainted with another useful video, how to line the walls of plasterboard: