Modern materials provide ample opportunity to transform the interior design to the taste of the owner of the room. If you yourself started a repair of the ceiling, then you may encounter the fact that you have to choose from several options. There are stretch, adhesive, hemming, suspended and plasterboard ceilings. Along with them remains the usual version of plastering. Let us dwell on a detailed examination of how to create a two-level ceiling from drywall with your own hands, what rules you need to follow.
Ceiling preparation
Installing a gypsum board ceiling is more complicated than filing, but there are general principles. It is necessary to create a suspended two-level structure, not only parallel to the ceiling, but also perpendicular to it. To begin with, the ceiling needs to be cleaned and freed from the plaster, then the gaps formed between the plates should be plastered.
Before you make out a two-level ceiling made of drywall, you need to take care of the availability of the necessary tools. To do this, you will need UD and CD profiles, press washers, dowel nails, metal screws, mounting plates, with which metal profiles, drywall and a punch, to which you need a drill for concrete, will be attached to the ceiling . You will also need a grinder and a knife designed to cut drywall, a water level and a screwdriver.
Installation of a two-level ceiling
Before you begin installation, it should be noted that installing a two-level ceiling made of drywall, you can not do without an assistant. Since it is very difficult to fix sheets of drywall at high altitude alone. In addition, this is a rather capricious material that requires accuracy in work.
First you need to determine the point that is relative to the floor of the lowest on the ceiling. From it with the help of a hydraulic level, as well as marker thread around the entire perimeter, it is necessary to beat off the level of the future ceiling structure. Laser levels can also be used to mark the boundaries of the ceiling frame.
Attach the UD profile at the beginning of the frame along the intended line. Then the ceiling needs to be expanded with a CD profile along and across. In this case, it is necessary to observe between the profiles a distance of fifty to sixty centimeters. Each strip of the CD profile must be fixed to the ceiling using mounting plates and dowel nails. To avoid deflection of the profile, tension the kapron thread perpendicular to the CD profile.
To create a two-level ceiling made of drywall, it is necessary to mount the next level to the first using press washers. The frame can be made rectangular or curved. In order to get a bending radius, the grinder needs to cut the profile into fragments of five to ten centimeters. Drywall can be mounted on the frame using screws. Moreover, they don’t need to “sew up” the entire ceiling. It is not necessary that the first level occupy the entire ceiling, if the second covers most of it.
To form sheets of the right size, it is better to use a cutter or knife. If the sheet width is 50 or 100 millimeters, then a profile is attached to the main level of the corresponding width. When installing the ceiling, the ends of the levels must be covered with drywall, the sheets of which must first be cut from one side. After the two-level drywall ceiling is fully assembled, the parts of the sheets that protrude must be trimmed with a knife. Between parallel profiles for strength should be inserted pieces of the profile of the same length.
At the end, stick on the seams of the ceiling. Decorate the bends with an arched perforated profile. Cover the surface of the ceiling with 2-3 layers of putty. When it dries, you can start painting the ceiling. It is convenient to apply paint with a short-nap roller.
Having become acquainted with this material, you can independently cope with the task of how to make a two-level ceiling without resorting to the services of specialists. Moreover, adhering to the basic rules, there is an opportunity to show your imagination and design abilities.