How to install drywall on the ceiling yourself

In the modern world, the construction market offers many ways and a huge range of materials for ceiling decoration. They all have their pros and cons, and it is sometimes very difficult to understand all the nuances. Often the choice is made based on practicality, your own aesthetic vision and budget. But there are situations when the installation of drywall (or GKL - an abbreviation for "gypsum plasterboard") on the ceiling becomes the only option for surface finishing.

Advantage of plasterboard ceiling

With certain restrictions on the use of this material, plasterboard construction is indispensable for:

• obvious serious defects in the ceiling: it is more economical to sheathe an uneven surface than to level it with plaster, and even on such a surface;
• the need to hide eye-catching communications - ventilation ducts, ceilings, beams, cable bundles;
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• the embodiment of the design idea - the sheets are plastic and allow you to create elements that are complex in shape;
• the need for sound insulation is an excellent solution, especially in apartments with high audibility;
• the formation of a flat ceiling under the tiles - moisture resistant gypsum board with antiseptic additives will serve as an excellent basis for laying ceramic tiles even in bathrooms.

Tools and materials

GKL ceiling sheathing work begins after the preparation of the walls (putty / plaster). After that, measurements of the room are made and the amount of materials is calculated. For an economical use of material, decide how it is more profitable to lay the sheets: along or across.

Of the materials you will need:

1. GKL (the recommended thickness is at least 12.5 mm, the dimensions of a standard sheet are 2.5 × 1.2 m);
2. Profile: guides - PPN 0.6mm, for lathing - PP 0.6mm;
3. Suspensions: anchor - allow adjustment of the finished metal structure in height, straight - their height is selected during installation;
4. Sealing tape.
5. Fasteners and connecting elements: "crabs", extension cords, dowel-nails, self-tapping screws for drywall and with a press washer.
6. Reinforcing mesh.
7. Putty, primer.
8. Protective equipment: glasses, gloves.

Tools:

• puncher;
• screwdriver;
• scissors for metal;
• construction knife;
• level;
• spatula, construction trowel.

Mounting

Before starting work, large cracks in the ceiling are pre-putty, then the entire surface is treated with a primer with an antiseptic. Let's get down to the most interesting thing - editing.

Profile

The procedure is something like this:

1. Find the lowest section of the ceiling and set the height of the structure, add the height of the luminaire to the result. Using a level, draw a horizontal line corresponding to the perimeter of the ceiling, along the walls at a given height.
2. We attach PPN along the line (the number of dowels on one piece should be at least three), from the inside to the profile we glue the sealing tape.
3. We mark the ceiling for the profiles: the step width of the main PP should correspond to the width of the drywall sheet.
4. We fix the suspensions along the bearing profiles with a pitch of 50 cm and a distance of 25 cm from the wall.
5. We fix the longitudinal PP, taking into account the 10 mm difference with the length of the room (prevention of instability of hl from humidity), fix it with suspensions.
6. We install the "crabs" on the main profile with a step of 50 cm and an offset from the wall of 10 cm.
7. We form the lattice: we fix the transverse PP with "crabs" using self-tapping screws.

Installation of gypsum board

Fastening the sheets is time consuming, you will need an assistant. Without him, no matter how you grimace, it will be very tight. Plasterboard is attached to the frame using self-tapping screws with a pitch of about 15 cm around the entire perimeter and an indent from the wall of 5-10 mm. Pay particular attention to the fact that the heads of the fasteners must be recessed into the sheet at a right angle by 1 mm. The sheets are arranged as follows: after laying the first row, they go to the second, but in the opposite direction (checkerboard order).

Surface preparation for finishing

We have finished with a difficult, but very exciting task, you can prepare the ceiling for further finishing work:

• priming joints, seams;
• fill in the gaps and caps of the screws with putty;
• we lay a serpyanka (who does not know, this is such a reinforcing mesh);
• putty again;
• after drying, level with a grater.

Additional components

Additional work may be required when installing a plasterboard ceiling.

Soundproofing

To reduce the noise level, sheets of mineral wool are used. They are laid between the base and the ceiling at the stage of finishing the installation of the metal crate. Laying is done tightly, without sagging parts into cells. If the cavities are not filled with mineral wool, you will remember more than once with a kind, quiet word of neighbors from above (if any).

Lighting

The electrical connection must be done at the planning stage. At the end of the drywall installation, holes for the lamps are made with a core drill.

Installation errors

Beginners can make annoying flaws when working:

• non-observance of the checkerboard order - the joining seams will coincide;
• the close location of the screws to the edge of the sheet - when the temperature drops, the gypsum will burst;
• weak, strong, oblique fixation - a bulge forms under the putty or the gypsum will crumble;
• incorrect cutting of sheets - with a construction knife they cut the top layer of drywall, and then simply break it, this is fraught with uneven breakage;
• ignoring the front and back side - will complicate the puttying.

Having mastered the basic technology of installing a plasterboard ceiling, you can proceed to more complex multi-level constructions, and interesting, creatively executed finishes and lighting will make your creation a masterpiece of the family scale.