When planning repairs, each owner tries to do everything so that the walls in his house become not only beautiful, but also even. Not so long ago, it was very difficult to achieve this for a long time, but today professional and home builders can solve this issue using drywall. In addition, using gypsum boards can quickly solve the problem of redevelopment - to make partitions, arches, alcoves. But so that the material can be fixed on any surface or create a new design, it is necessary to make a skeleton. What materials can it be made of, how to install a drywall frame on walls, how to fix it - more on this later.
Methods of attaching paperboards
The frame is the skeleton on which the drywall will be attached. Since gypsum plasterboards have a weight, and by no means small, the crate must be strong. There are two types of material from which the
frame for drywall can be made on the wall. This is a bar and a
metal profile. In addition, canvases can be installed directly on the wall. Which way to choose? It all depends on the purpose of the room to be tiled: if the room has high humidity (kitchen, bathroom, veranda), then the base is best made of metal - for example, the aluminum structural profile perfectly resists moisture and does not bend over time.
Thanks to the use of a metal base, it is possible to make a structure not next to the wall, but stepping back to the desired distance. So sometimes you have to do in order to hide communications, create partitions, lay insulation. The disadvantage of this design is excellent sound insulation: if you hit on its surface, the sound will be like from a blow to the drum.
The wooden skeleton is assembled in the same way as the metal skeleton - it has racks and jumpers, only the structures are attached directly to the wall. But how to make a frame for drywall on the wall, if it has large differences? In this case, the installation of wooden elements will be quite difficult, since it will be necessary to find the most protruding points inside the room and use them as a guideline for the installation of all parts. Another way is to squeeze the protrusions as far as possible, and then begin mounting the base.
You can also install the canvas by attaching them directly to the wall using glue. But a similar method can be applied only when the walls are perfectly smooth, which is extremely rare, otherwise there will be drops. To install plasterboard cloths directly on the wall, glue is applied to the seamy side of the strips, put them in place, check the location using the level and fix with props and wedges. The disadvantage of this technology is the inability to attach cabinets and paintings to the wall in the future.
Benefits of using a frame structure
Making the basis for the installation of drywall paintings has several advantages. This is an opportunity:
- Hide all bumps and other wall defects.
- To create an original structure - to make ledges, niches, to realize other ideas. And you can make a design of any size.
- Hide various communications.
Depending on the purpose, the material for the base is also selected. So, if you just need to align the walls and at the same time take as little space as possible, you can make a base from timber and battens. If it is planned to hide, for example, pipes or other communications, it is possible to use an aluminum structural profile for the manufacture of the base, which will create a skeleton at the desired distance from the wall.
Profile Types
Today, manufacturers produce different types of metal profiles. To choose the right material, you need to know its purpose.
- Mon This is the name of the guiding element. Designed for the manufacture of the contour of the crate. The part is made in the shape of the letter P. The width of the shelf is 5-10 cm, and the legs are 4 cm. The guide is attached not only to the walls, but also to the ceiling and floor.
- PS. This is a stand designed to be fixed only to walls. It differs from the guideline by the presence of special two longitudinal grooves necessary to increase the rigidity of the part. The width of the shelf is 5-10 cm, and the legs are 5 cm.
- PP This is how the ceiling profile is marked . The product has three longitudinal grooves. Dimensions - standard 2.7 x 6.0 cm.
- PNP. Marking indicates that the product is a ceiling guide designed for the manufacture of contours of suspended structures. Dimensions - 2.8x2.7 cm.
- PA - arched element. It is necessary for the manufacture of arched doorways.
- PU. This is an angular element, with the help of which they create not only the corners of the structure in the room, but also built-in cabinets, partitions. For this, manufacturers produce internal and external corner products. All corner elements are perforated and have an angle of 85 °.
- Crab. This is an element in the form of a cross for joining four profiles at one point.
Why know the above information? Then, if the profiles are chosen incorrectly, the design is unlikely to be strong and durable, and the mounting of the frame on the wall is reliable.
The necessary tools and materials
To assemble a metal structure, it is necessary to prepare not only the material, but also a set of tools.
Material is:
- Profile products of different types (ceiling, rack-mount, guide).
- Connectors to join pieces.
- Suspensions.
- Dowels, screws.
- Crab Connectors This is the element by which the profiles are fastened in the places where they intersect.
- If the skeleton is made of wood, you will need a wooden beam, nails, dowels, screws.
The necessary tools for a wooden base - saws, jigsaw, hammer.
If the frame is from a profile, for work you will need:
- Levels.
- Square, tape measure.
- Screwdriver.
- Impact drill or hammer drill.
- Scissors for metal.
Hardware
To attach suspensions and guides, it is necessary to select hardware, taking into account the material of which the surface is made.
For instance:
- For concrete walls, you will need to use dowels 6x60 or 6x40 (depending on the quality of the surface).
- If the crate is wooden, you will need screws 6x80, 6x70 mm. The head of the screws should be the flattest, then less putty will be needed to level the surface.
- Self-tapping screws are needed to connect all the metal elements of the base. For the installation of drywall to a metal profile, experts recommend the use of self-tapping screws made of galvanized steel 3.5x25 mm with frequent threads. It is best to purchase white items, as blacks break more often.
- The expanding dowels will securely attach the rails to the plasterboard ceiling.
Work sequence
In order for the final result to please with a beautiful view of the walls, you need to know some of the subtleties of how to make a frame for a wall from drywall. Work does not begin with creating the foundation, but with a careful study of the room. It is necessary to determine how vertical the walls are.
You need to start manufacturing the structure from the side that is more inclined inward. If this is the bottom, then you need to start from the floor: fasten the guide to and from it using the laser level (and if you start from the ceiling, then using a normal plumb line) mark the location of the upper element and immediately fix it.
Thus, the basic elements are already installed, now it is the turn to install the racks. First of all, the extreme parts are mounted, connecting them to the guides. After that, every 0.6 m you need to draw vertical lines. The figure of 0.6 m depends on the size of the sheet, since the most common is 1.2 m, then its length must be divided in half so that the sheet can be fixed in the middle. This is done as follows: mark the ceiling guide and from it, using a plumb line, lower the points to the element located on the floor. Now it remains to connect the dots - and the markup is ready.
Along the received lines, you need to mount direct suspensions, to which then attach the racks. In order for all the posts to be arranged vertically, between the extreme elements in several rows (3-5) it is necessary to stretch the thread, set each guide on it and then fix it to the suspensions.
To create a reliable and durable structure, the frame for drywall on the wall should be "checkered". This design is obtained when the transverse and longitudinal parts are connected by crabs.
Mounting a wooden base
Only dry timber can be used for work. In no case can you build a frame for drywall on a wall of freshly sawn timber: over time, it will dry out, it will surely be "led", and the created wall of sheets will collapse.
Before starting work, it is necessary to process with a moisture protective agent all the wooden elements of the future design. Particular attention is paid to the places where the cut was made.
Further marking is carried out and the bars are fastened along the laid lines. To fix the battens of the battens correctly, stretch the fishing line between the guides with an interval of 0.4-0.6 m.
The slats for the manufacture of lathing should be about 4 cm wide. In places where there will be joints of drywall sheets, you need to use 8 cm wide slats. If there is no material of this width, you can install the frame on the walls using a double rail. For fastening the structure to wooden walls, self-tapping screws are used, to brick or concrete - dowels.
Metal base
The frame from the profile is much stronger than wooden. The advantages include indicators such as:
- Fire safety.
- Easy installation.
- Resistance to decay, deformation.
- Less weight.
Given this, most consumers prefer a metal base. What does it take to install a metal frame for drywall on the wall?
Drywall
A few practical tips from experts will help to correctly install drywall sheets:
- Before attaching drywall to the frame, you need to make sure that all communications are in good condition.
- If you plan to install a heater, then first it is laid between the racks.
- Plasterboard cloths are fixed with self-tapping screws so that their heads are slightly, by 1 mm, sunk in depth.
- If the work is carried out in a room with high humidity, it is necessary to use only moisture-resistant plasterboard cloths.
- Sheets can not be joined end-to-end - between them there should be a gap of about 2 mm.
- The beginning of the fastening of the paintings is the middle of the wall.
- Where there are no chamfers on the sheets, you can make them yourself. To do this, cut the edge at an angle.
Features of joining drywall sheets
Horizontally, each subsequent sheet is laid so as to avoid the appearance of a long longitudinal line. Specialists call such laying of cloths "with a shift" or "unscrewing". The minimum displacement of the canvas relative to the lower one is 40 cm, the maximum is the middle of the sheet. If you do not make the displacement of the sheets, cracks will necessarily appear on the seams over time.
If the wall is to be faced with two layers of drywall, then it is necessary to shift not only horizontal, but also vertical joints: that sheet, which is installed on top, must be placed so that the joint of the previous one is in its middle.
Sheet fastening
The work is carried out as follows:
- The sheet must be pressed to the frame and secure it.
- When sinking a self-tapping screw into the canvas, you need not to overdo it, so as not to break through it.
- The self-tapping screw should enter the sheet strictly perpendicularly. This will protect the cardboard layers from damage, since the rigidity of the structure depends on their integrity, and therefore - strength.