Nowadays, interior arches have become very popular.instead of a door. They add extravagance and elegance to the room, and help free up space in small apartments that the doors used to take up when opened. They are installed between adjacent rooms, in the hallway or in the kitchen. You can .
Calculation of the dimensions of the arched lintel. The arch can have different configurations and be made of different materials. Usually they are made of plasterboard. It is suitable for installation and bends well.
Preparation for work
Options for arches for an apartment.Before making an arch instead of a door, you need to measure the opening, plan a specific shape of the arch and calculate its dimensions. You need to measure the width of the door opening and its height from the floor. It should be taken into account that the arch will reduce the opening by about 10-15 cm. If the height is less than 2 m, then it is better not to make an arch, but to decorate the opening with decorative details made of foam. The width of the arch will be equal to the distance between the side walls of the opening. Measure the opening and divide the distance in half. This value is necessary to make a correct semicircle. Before installing the arch, you need to find out what shape it will be. You can install a semicircular arched structure made of plasterboard. When planning the installation, you need to find out whether the walls are vertical and even enough. This is necessary for the structure to be correct. If the walls of the door opening are not even enough, then you need to level their surface with putty. Materials and tools:
Types of interior arches.
- drywall;
- rack profile;
- dowels;
- Screws;
- self-tapping screws;
- roller with needles;
- corner arch with holes;
- latex putty.
First, make the front parts of the arch. You need to select 2 pieces of plasterboard. Measuring and cutting the pieces is done the same way for all materials. An even semicircle can be made in two ways.
Tools for installing plasterboard.If the width of the opening is 1 m, then the radius of the semicircle will be 50 cm. From the edge of the plasterboard sheet, where the top of the arched structure is located, you need to measure 60 cm and draw a straight line. This value was obtained by the following calculations: 50 cm + 10 cm = 60 cm. 10 cm is the distance from the top of the opening to the top point of the arched structure. Then the plasterboard sheet is cut to the dimensions of the width of the opening (100 cm). Then the middle is marked on the drawn segment. To do this, you need to measure 50 cm from the edge. You have received a point for drawing a semicircle. You need to take a pencil with a rope, measure 0.5 m, and draw a semicircle from the resulting point. This is how a kind of compass was made. If everything was done correctly, the semicircle should be even.
Scheme of an interior arch. Then, using an electric jigsaw or a blade knife, cut out a semicircle. Thus, a rectangle with a semicircle was obtained. The width of this rectangle is 100 cm, the height is 60 cm.
Take a soft skirting board and bend it on both sidessides. This way, you get a semicircle. The most convex part of the semicircle should be at the same level as the mark. The edges of the semicircle should connect with the edges of the rectangle. Draw an arc and cut it out. It is better to do the work together with an assistant. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to make a frame
Construction of the arch frame.To make the frame, you need a profile prepared earlier. The frame will be made of guides. First, you need to attach two guide profiles along the width of the opening (1000 mm). They will be installed on both sides of the opening. They are fixed with dowel screws if the walls are concrete. If the walls are made of wood, then self-tapping screws must be used. In order for the arch to be flush with the wall, its frame must be installed 11-12 mm deep into the opening. After installing the drywall and filling, the plane will be level. Then, on both sides of the opening, 2 side parts of the frame 600 mm long are installed and fixed. To do this, the bottom of the profile must be cut at an angle. If this is not done, then this part of the profile will be noticeable, due to the fact that the arch narrows at the bottom.
Drywall bending options.The main part of the frame is now complete. Next, the front arched elements are installed on it. The work is done with metal screws. If you want to make an arch of a more complex shape, then you need to make a corresponding frame for it. Next, you will need to close the end part of the arched structure. For this purpose, you need to make a frame on which the bent strip will be installed. This frame must be made from a 27x28 mm profile. The work is done with metal scissors that have a spring mechanism. In order for the profile to have the shape of an arc, it must be cut accordingly: 2 of its 3 sides. The profile has a U-shape. It is necessary to turn the profile clockwise to the side, then it will be located inside the installed right part of the arch. The second profile is fixed in the same way opposite it. Then cuts are made along the middle and upper parts of the profile every 40 mm. This way, a kind of snake of the required length is obtained. It is installed along the edge of the semicircle. The steeper the bend should be, the more often the cuts should be made. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to strengthen the design?
For this purpose, crossbars are made andinstall them in the resulting snake-shaped frame. They are made from a rack profile, then they are fixed with screws. After this, you need to cut out a piece from a sheet of plasterboard that has a width equal to the thickness of the walls of the doorway.
Metal profiles for plasterboard.If the arch is to be made in a load-bearing wall, the plasterboard sheet should be wide enough. If the installation is carried out in thin partitions, the sheet dimensions will be small. To avoid damaging the material, the strip length should be made with a margin. Then the excess length can be cut off. Next, you need to bend the plasterboard strip. You need to wet one edge of the strip with water, then run a roller with needles along it. Now you need to attach this strip to the support at an angle. In this case, the sheet will begin to bend. Then it must be carefully attached to the frame. In order for the structure to have the correct shape, you need to fix the arched corner with perforation along the entire arc. Then you need to prime the surface with a deep penetration solution. After this, you need to wait for it to dry. Now the arch must be covered with putty, paint or wallpapered. To emphasize the shape of the arch and protect its corners from damage, you can glue decorative elements to the sides of the doorway.
