The main advantages of drywall - it's low price, low weight and the possibility of making partitions of non-standard shapes and sizes.
Gypsum plasterboard partitions can be made by hand, and one person without help can easily cope with this. To do this you will need metal profiles, screws, plasterboard, damper tape, corrugated pipes and material for soundproofing. And also tools: a drill with a perforator, a screwdriver, a saw, a metal scissor, a level, a plumb, a tape measure, a string, a pencil, a chalk, a spatula.
Consider step by step how to make a partition of plasterboard with your own hands.
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- We begin by marking the place for the future partition. To do this, we measure the required distance from the wall, in parallel, which we will install the profiles. It is necessary to do this from corners and a few marks in the middle.
- We beat off the line with a thread between the walls, on which chalk is previously applied.
- To transfer to the ceiling, use a plumb line. We place it directly above our line and mark on the ceiling with dashes with a small interval, then connect it with a line.
- After carrying out all the preparatory lines, we prepare a profile - we paste a damper tape on it, this is necessary to ensure that it fits snugly against the walls and ceiling and there is no vibration.
- Now you can lay the profile - do it strictly along the lines with the tape out. For fixing we use self-tapping screws or screws with dowels, depending on what you need to screw on.
- Places for the doors are pre-marked and the frame is not installed on them.
- We cut the profile depending on the height of the ceiling, sometimes this distance is larger than the profile, in this case it is necessary to increase the desired piece. We insert it into the guides at an interval of 50-60 cm.
- Immediately they can not be fixed, the main thing is to tighten the profiles near the doorway and be sure to check that they are strictly vertical.
- For the lintels (they serve as reinforcement of the openings) we cut off the part of the profile by 6 cm wider with the scissors than with the doorway. At the ends in the bases we cut out 3 cm, but we leave the sides, after that we fix them at a height of 2 m 7 cm from the floor in the place of the opening.
- In addition, for fixing we fix perpendicularly the lintels and the upper guide piece of the profile.
- In parallel with the opening, we set the profiles at a distance of 10 cm so that the construction in this place is more powerful.
- Let's pass to the second of the basic stages of manufacturing - fastening of sheets of gypsum cardboard. To do this, cut the sheets to the desired size, if necessary, and fix them with screws with an interval of 20 cm.
- We lay sound insulation - plates from mineral cotton wool. In order to keep it well, one side is inserted into the profile, and the other is reclined on the counter.
- Inside the frame we lay electric wires in the corrugated pipe.
- The next step is the plastering of plasterboard joints. After applying a spatula putty put a special mesh tape. Press it lightly into the putty and level the top. It is necessary that cracks do not appear at the joints of the sheets.
- Installation gipsokartonnoy septum with your own hands is completed!
For decoration, you can use almost any finish - smooth or structural filler, wallpaper, wall board, and if desired, even put the tile.
Now you know how to make a drywall partition, we considered the simplest option. If you can do everything you can start experimenting, for example, to build a septum wavy or with shelves for flowers, the arch also looks original.