Nuances of the installation of the ceiling plasterboard

ceiling of plasterboard can now be found in many homes and apartments.

reason for such popularity is that the drywall - an inexpensive material, it is convenient to operate, and it is very plastic, which allows to make the ceiling literally all shapes and pick it up for the premises of any size and layout.

If you want to have the ceiling in his apartment, but do not know how to do it yourself, then you will help this article: Here you will learn all the nuances of the selection of material, proper installation, as well as find the design options andfinishes.

Video instructions will help you make the ceiling of plasterboard with their hands and save on attracting professionals.

features and choice of material, tools for working

Plasterboard ceilings can be found in any room of the apartment or housethey are ideal for the living room, nursery, bedroom, hallway, kitchen and other rooms.

Their advantage is that in each case you can choose custom design and have, therefore, beautiful and unusual ceiling in every room of the apartment.

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Select drywall and due to its characteristics: this material is environmentally friendly and does not emit any harmful impurities person has good heatand sound insulating properties, it is flexible, so you can make him a structure of any shape and size, as well as easy to work with, so you can make a ceiling of plasterboard with their hands and not to overpay for the involvement of specialists in the installation of ceiling structures.

and ceiling mounting device of this material requires a number of tools that you can buy at any hardware store.

better to purchase them before the start of work, not to be distracted by this in the future.

You will need:

• water level;
• punch;
• screwdriver with a drill;
• triangle to measure out equal angles;
• dowels;
• few screws and hangers;
• profiles to the ceiling;
• hacksaw to work with plasterboard;
• paint cord.

Most likely, some of these tools you already have, and the Buy-the other parts will not cost a lot of money.

If you want to do on the ceiling lighting, in addition to these tools, you will also need to be recessed spotlights and wire layout and tools for their attachment.

Before you start working, you need to decide how it will look the final design: if you want to make them the drywall ceiling of one level or two-tier structure.

decide it is necessary, on the basis of the height of the walls and the total area of ​​your room.

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Note that the installation of each ceiling level take at least 4 cm space, and if you live in an apartment with low ceilings and bathrooms small area, for example, in Khrushchev, it is better to stay on the construction with one level.

for small rooms with high ceilings also optionally make too heavy ceilings, asin the narrow space they will look bad.

Multilevel types of drywall ceilings are suitable for large rooms with high ceilings, for example, Stalin's building houses or buildings - where you can make the ceilings of two or more levels, and to choose their form and layout as you wish - it all depends on your imagination.

Whichever design of the ceiling plasterboard you choose, you can always use the video, which shows step by step instructions for installing ceilings of any type, which will greatly facilitate your work and save time.

Installing ceiling

Installing ceiling plasterboard takes place in several stages.First you need to make a layout surface.It consists in applying marks on the wall in areas where the profile will be set.

Here you will need to plumb in U-shape, to keep the right distance, because of the drywall construction should not fit tightly against the ceiling, in addition, you will want to hide communication, if you do spotlights.

To validate the markup, use level, and use it to evaluate whether the start and end lines converge, which you did.

addition to markup, you pre-select a form design: better arrange your ideas in the form of the scheme, so that you can take into account possible differences of height, the place where will be installed lighting fixtures, decorative elements, etc.

plan is needed to create complex multi-level ceilings.if you decide to make the device the usual smooth ceiling, you can do without it.

more on this point, you can learn through video.

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next step you need to fix the profiles: this can be done using screws, guided by markings that you previously raschertili.

To make skirts, you will need the uprights, which set in compliance with the steps in the 30-40 cm.

To make rounded corners, you need a profile with transverse cuts, which can be bent according to the desired radius.

Almost all decide to supplement the ceiling design of the cardboard-gypsum sheets spotlights, becauseIt is not only beautiful, but also convenient, since they allow you to adjust the brightness of the light and illuminate only the desired areas of the room.

To install fixtures on drywall constructions became possible, you have to do the wiring of the cable before the sheets of material to be installed, becausecable must be hiding behind them.

If you wish, you can make a different device for each group of fixtures, then they can be turned on and off by means of different switches.

There are a few simple rules that must be followed when you set gipsokartonnnuyu design on the ceiling.

Keep joints sheets coincide with the established transverse profiles.Profiles, in turn, must be free to move, so you can give them the right position.

Avoid a large number of seams and joints when making installation material.To do this, install the drywall sheets intact rather than cut it into pieces.

Besides the fact that in this case the surface will look better, you will also significantly save the purchased material.

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order after installing drywall has not started to sag, it necessarily needs to be fixed with screws before releasing.

Thus the screws have to be hidden in the surface of the material, and outside they should not be seen.

mounting screws usually carried out to a depth of 2-3 mm into the ceiling so that they could not be seen, but also the design while remaining solid.

After installation they need to be added to putty, to make it more noticeable.

joints sheets of material should also be treated with a special tool - a rasp to make the ceiling surface smooth and continuous.

sure to watch the video before starting work, then the installation of drywall on the ceiling will not be a problem for you.

After installing the structure need to sheathe.First you need to sheathe material around the edges, and then go to the bottom to get a high-quality finish of borders.

Sometimes plasterboard sheets need an additional round to the ceiling look more attractive.

In this case, not to break the material, moisten it with water first, and then use the template to make it a few small incisions.

Where sheets converge to do parallel fold markings and following steps 1 cm. Along these lines on the one hand the sheet to be cut, having thus edge.

Her you can bend in accordance with any desired radius of you.After installation is complete, seal the slots in these places a plaster solution.

plasterboard need to cover the putty, paying special attention to the seams.If the installation was performed correctly, then after the putty seams become invisible, and the design will have a smooth appearance.

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After applying the putty to the joints have to wait, and then glue them to a paper tape and then putty, and after re-drying them to walk on sandpaper.

Installation of plasterboard ceiling, even the most complex designs, presents no particular difficulties, especially if you use the video at each stage of work: manual will help you deal with this case and to make things right.

design Design

Design ceiling plasterboard better to consider separately, asThis material gives a real space for imagination.

If you do not know what type and ceiling decoration suitable for your interior, you will help photos, where all kinds of designs: how the simplest single-level design, and the ceilings with multiple levels and unusual design.

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Most often, the beauty and unusual appearance give the ceilingby staining in some unusual color: it can be done even with the standard single-level structure, for example, turning it into a starry sky in the nursery.

Another variant design - choice of illumination for the ceiling.

You can choose fixtures that have an unusual light, or buy a special LED tape - it can be of different colors and help you make any room originality.

Mounting it is simple, but in the case of incomprehensible things, you can always use the video in this article, which shows all the stages of its installation on plasterboard ceiling.

If the area of ​​the room and height of the walls allows, you can make a ceiling of plasterboard with multiple tiers of different geometric shapes.

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often can be found, for example, oval orround ceiling installed on the first square level.

They can paint, paint, or apply special design templates, which can be purchased in the store.

Thus, ceiling decoration, as well as the installation, you can do it yourself and do not spend money to hire experts.

Or you can just think about the concept of the future of design, and the wizard will do everything for you, in which case you should not worry that the ceiling will be ugly or look unprofessional.

lamps look great on both single-level and multi-level structures in the plasterboard.

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Optionally choose exactly Recessed Lighting: on flatceilings, for example, you can set a beautiful chandelier, which will decorate the interior.

Multilevel design better not to clutter up the additional volume lights, and select a point light or a place in the middle of some beautiful chandelier, if the design form allows.

Spotlights good use in the hallway or the kitchen: they will give you the ability to zone the space and change the brightness of the light as desired, and will also be the most inconspicuous, which is quite important, if small rooms.

The living room and the living room is better to choose a more interesting option of lighting, provided that the ceiling of plasterboard - photos, not too bulky and a large chandelier, you will not make the room too small or cluttered.

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Very original look sloping ceilings: they can be used in both residential as well as in other areas of apartments and houses, whileprovided that the space permits.

Originally looks ceiling, decorated as a starry sky, in the children's room (you can supplement it with spotlights).

make similar effect by using a fluorescent dye, which is visible only when the light is off, or by using a stretch ceiling.

The only disadvantage of this design of structures in that the height of the room is reduced by about 30 cm, and in each room you can afford it.

But there is another design option when not paint the entire ceiling, and only one of its levels, leaving the rest neutral or even white.

This method of design also reduces the height of the room, but not so critical.

popular now as "floating" or "floating" ceiling.

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A similar effect is achieved due to unusual lighting,which is created by LED strip or lighting directed upward.

To make such a ceiling, you will need at least two tiers."Floating" good ceilings in homes where shrinkage occurs, asthey are not restricted to the walls.

Design ceiling plasterboard has a lot of options, most importantly, to relate how well a particular method of execution would look in your home, or to use the video to know how to make plasterboard with their hands.