Recently, drywall has become fashionablematerial for finishing both ceilings and walls in the room. This is due to its many advantages and the ability to make the imperfect surface perfectly smooth and ready for any kind of decorative finish. 
Drywall helps to make the surface perfectsmooth. The compliance of the material allows carrying out a variety of designs. More and more people want to learn how to work with plasterboard with their own hands. After all, then there will be a unique opportunity to transform not only your home with minimal financial costs, but also make money on repairs. In addition, if you make the ceiling and walls of plasterboard with your own hands, the confidence in the quality result will increase.
Tools and materials for work
Tools for the installation of drywall. The process of finishing with gypsum boards (GKL) walls and ceiling in something similar, but it has some differences. Therefore, we will consider separately all the basic subtleties. But, before proceeding with the installation of structures, it is necessary to stock up with all the necessary tools and materials. These include:
- construction plummet and level;
- putty knife;
- roulette and pencil for markings;
- perforator;
- Screwdriver;
- a set of screws and dowels;
- construction knife;
- scissors for metal;
- putty;
- primer;
- Brush.
In addition to the tool, you need to buy the most important thing -drywall. As a rule, there are sheets of different sizes on sale. You need to choose a material with such dimensions that you will be more comfortable working with. It is better to stop on standard sheets. The number of them depends on the area of the room as a whole. But the sheets just do not stick to the surface. Therefore, you need to buy more and profiles. They are sold in stainless steel in different sizes. You also need two types of profiles: special ceiling and galvanized for the installation of the frame. The length depends on the height of the walls and the size of the ceiling. But the missing parts of the profile can easily be added with shorter ones. For this purpose, special extension profiles and connecting crabs for their fastening are purchased, if necessary. Back to contents</a>
Installation of gypsum plasterboard on the ceiling
Back to contents</a> Preparation and marking of surfaces So, nowit's time to go directly to the process itself. We begin work from the ceiling. First, the surface is carefully taped for the presence of loose-fitting plaster or plaster. If such are available, then the old material must be dismantled, the ceiling should be primed and the resulting cavities and cracks should be covered with fresh solution. 
Scheme of the installation of the ceiling frame from plasterboard. After setting the solution, the surface is again ground and covered with putty. You can use a thin layer. When the putty completely seizes and dries, you can proceed to the next stage of work. It consists in choosing the ceiling design and layouts. First, it is advisable to determine the design of the future design. Drywall allows you to make the ceiling non-standard, which can be achieved with several levels of so-called steps. But you have the right and just make a normal ceiling on the basis of GCR, just aligning this method surface. So, if you are going to make a regular flat ceiling, then you need to draw a line along the wall, showing how much the leaf will be lowered. It does not make any sense to take a lot of vertical space, if you do not plan under the sheets to have a multi-layer insulation. It is necessary to try to make markings so that as a result, there is as little emptiness inside the structure as possible. 
Scheme of painting of plasterboard. The only thing that should be mentioned here is the type of lighting. If you plan to mount point lights, you need to provide enough space under the sheets. The same goes for the ordinary chandelier: from it, the wires in fact also have to be hidden in the ceiling from the plasterboard. But here the vertical space will need much less than for luminaires. If you want to see a multi-level ceiling, the main markup is done in the same way. Just then you need to add below the wall the required number of levels. Note that mounting the luminaires in such a stepped ceiling will be a little more difficult. All markings, for both level and stepped ceilings, produce, using the level. Otherwise you can get a curve ceiling. Markings must be done not only on walls, but also on the ceiling. It is necessary to draw lines parallel to each other every 40 cm. They will serve as places for fastening the suspensions of the metal frame. On the walls we will attach the guide profile. Back to contents</a> Fastening the frame and sheets Now is the timego to the installation process. First, the frame is attached to the ceiling. To do this, take the necessary length of the bar and with a perforator (you can screwdriver) and dowel-nails mount to the surface. Remember that if the ceiling of a powerful concrete slab, it is more convenient to work with a perforator. In this case, you may even need to make holes first, then plug in the dowels, and then fix the frame after that. Mounting is performed in specially marked places already on the slats. As a rule, the slats already have the necessary holes for the screws. Therefore, you will not have to suffer from drilling metal. In the process of work, check that everything keeps firmly. In the same way, we attach the guides to the walls, adhering to the clearly marked line. So, the frame for the ceiling is ready! Now it remains to cover it with sheets. To do this, either we take the sheets ready or cut them, so that there are at least 5-7 cm from the edges until it is fixed. It is more convenient to work together: one person should hold the sheet flat against the ceiling and the second with a screwdriver to fix it. Experts advise in advance on the sheets with a pencil to make notes, where it will be necessary to plant self-tapping screws. First the sheet is applied in the draft version, it is marked out, and then the installation is already carried out. Now, carefully cut out the luminaire places in the sheets immediately. You can do this in advance, relying on accurate measurements. The ceiling of gypsum cardboard is finished! Back to contents</a>
Subtlety of the construction of walls from plasterboard
And now as to the walls. Drywall walls themselves make it faster and easier. After all, you do not have to constantly look up and support the frame and sheets with great effort. The procedure is the same as with the ceiling. Therefore, consider only the main differences and subtleties for the installation of gypsum plasterboard on the walls. 
Scheme of fixing the basic profile of the framesystem. So, first we mark everything up. The walls can also have complex levels, only they will already take the horizontal space. But let us dwell on the simple wall covering with sheets of GKL. So, first prepare the surface, as well as in the case of the ceiling. After complete drying of the material, proceed to the measurements. You need to take a long roulette and pull it as straight as possible from one edge of the wall to the other so that it touches the most protruding sections. You can use a long cord instead of roulette. Also you need to call an assistant, since you yourself do not measure everything correctly. This method allows you to remove under gypsum cardboard as little space as possible, thereby saving the area of the room. The marks should be placed on perpendicular walls. In the same way, marking is done for other walls. Just put the marks in a different color, so as not to get lost in them. After this, it is necessary to mark where the guide bars to the frame will be located. Unlike the ceiling, on the walls they need to be installed at a distance of about 50-60 cm from each other. This will be enough to make the frame and on the wall hold tight, and keep the sheets on itself. Again, use a plumb line and a level so that the lines are parallel to each other. 
Scheme of works on the installation of decorative partitionsfrom gypsum board. Now just fix the straps to the wall. The hardness of the wall depends on what to use, the puncher or the screwdriver. For concrete and cinder block walls it is quite possible to do with a screwdriver. For a plate it is better to use a perforator, and then to stage in stages a fixation, as has already been described for a case with a ceiling. It's time to fasten the sheets of drywall. It is rather difficult to mount a large sheet directly from the floor line to the ceiling line. Therefore, it is better to cut it into two or more parts. Again, at first it is better to make markings on plasterboard with future places for self-tapping screws, and then make the installation itself. Everything is done in a similar way, with simultaneous verification of the reliability of fastening the sheet to the frame. Back to contents</a>
Final processing of seams
So, all the major works on the installation of walls andthe ceiling of plasterboard are considered. But it is very important to bring the matter to an end, so that you only have to decide with the final decorative coating and apply it to the surface. 
Joint putty scheme.For this, it is necessary to process drywall sheets. First you need to cover them, especially the seams, with a primer with antiseptics that will protect against fungus. When it is absorbed, take a putty knife and putty. It will be necessary to carefully seal up all the joints between the sheets, trying to immediately smoothen everything as much as possible and level it with the main surface of the sheet. Do not be afraid if a small amount of putty falls into the middle of the sheet - this will still not be visible later. Particular attention should be paid to the corners and transitions between the ceiling and the wall. They require particularly careful and careful handling. After all, an excess of putty, like its lack, can have a bad effect on the final result. When the putty is dry, cover everything again with a thin layer of primer. Finishing finished! Plasterboard walls Now you just have to make the final finish. Plasterboard walls and ceilings can be finished in any way. It is allowed to use paint, wallpaper, tiles, decorative plaster - in general, whatever you want. So, the main points on the device of drywall structures were considered. It is quite possible to do all this with your own hands, having called only one person for help. If you work slowly and carefully, you will be able to achieve a high quality ceiling.
