Drywall ceiling box
The ceiling is an integral part of the room, which plays an important role in the design. The overall impression of the interior design depends on the ceiling, too, so many people try to make it as beautiful as possible, not forgetting practicality.
You can put this part of the room in order in several dozens of ways at once. This is due to the continuous improvement of the range of the construction market. In this article we will focus on this type of ceiling decoration like a drywall box.
Choosing drywall
The basis of drywall is gypsum. By itself, this material is fragile, so manufacturers make the outer shell of cardboard. Below we look at how to make a box on the ceiling with your own hands.
Drywall Types
- Drywall normal. This material is used for finishing rooms with normal humidity.
- Drywalls are moisture resistant. By production of this material plaster mix with the reinforcing additives was used. Water repellency gives drywall special impregnation for the outer layer. This type of drywall is used most often as it is suitable for kitchens and bathrooms.
- Fireproof gypsum plasterboard. In its core is fiberglass with clay, which give the material such characteristics.
Training
Installation гипсокартонного короба – занятие не очень сложное. Чтобы все прошло гладко, необходимо провести ряд подготовительных операций.
Surface leveling
To get rid of significant differences, they will have to level the plaster.
Primer and painting
After leveling the ceiling must be primed and painted. Such surface treatment will help to create an additional protective layer that will prevent rust from appearing on the box, which can reduce the life of the structure and damage its appearance.
Treatment
Gypsum board when quickly in a wet environment quickly loses its properties. To avoid the appearance of fungus can be treated with antiseptic structure.
Note! After processing, the box must dry completely, after which it will be possible to proceed to the following work.
Markup
Of course, you can do without marks, but it is recommended to mount a drywall box on the ceiling with markings. During the installation process, it will be possible to focus on these small markings, which will allow you to do everything qualitatively. When applying the markings, it is necessary to take into account the dimensions of the profile and the thickness of the gypsum plasterboard.
Metal profiles
При монтаже металлических профилей мы будем сверяться с пометками на стенах и потолке. Несмотря на это, стоит постоянно проверять горизонтальность и вертикальность уровнем. Metal profiles лучше всего подбирать стандартных размеров. Для сверления отверстий прекрасно подойдет перфоратор, к нему лучше всего подобрать сверла диаметром 6 мм.
Suspensions
Suspensions are best suited for attaching the box to the ceiling. For their manufacture, it is enough to have scissors for metal, which is necessary to cut a metal profile. The length of the hangers depends on the size of the future box.
Fastening the bottom of the box
Now proceed to the preparation of the bottom box. To do this, we attach several hangers to the profile guides, the accuracy of which we pay close attention to. It is necessary to check not only the horizontal structure, but also the distance to the ceiling.
Lighting
If you decide to focus on the ceiling when arranging the room, then you need to take care of its illumination. Inserting fixtures will require additional marking of their location.
Wires
All cords and other elements of communications are hidden under the box and securely fixed.
The last stage - the manufacture of transverse guides.
Installation
Now you can proceed directly to the installation of the box itself. It is only necessary to decide which way the plasterboard box will be installed on the ceiling. There are two ways.
First method
- Bracket. First you need to make a structure on which, in fact, will be fixed box of drywall. For the bracket, a profile can be used for modeling, with which experts lay out all non-standard structures. From the tool we need Bulgarian and pliers, and from materials only a section of the profile. The profile is cut on one side by about 4 cm and bent to the sides, while the second remains. Now we drill several holes for fasteners and cut off the central part.
- We fasten the profile to the wall, checking its horizontal position with a level. It should be located in the place where the lower part of our box will be, because the edges of the drywall will be attached to it.
- Now we insert the CD-60 profile into the UD profile with one end, and the other is fixed to the bracket with screws.
- Plasterboard design plasterboard.
As a result of these actions, we get a ceiling box, which can later be finished with any materials.
Second method
This method of arranging drywall duct is best used in the kitchen, since it is in this room that there are ventilation ducts, the openings of which will need to be covered with a special grating.
We make all the necessary marks on the walls and ceiling.
- We drill several holes, focusing on the markup. To do this, you need a hammer drill and a special drill bit O6 mm.
- Now take the dowel-nails and fasten the guides.
- Scissors for metal cut several identical parts of the metal profile with a length of 60 cm, which will be used as suspensions. Fix them into place with screws.
- Installation направляющей, которая поддерживает нижнюю часть короба.
- All subsequent operations are identical to those described in the first method.
Dressing
The drywall construction turns out to be faded and unattractive, but this can be fixed with the help of decorative elements. Experts recommend to equip the box with bright illumination that will give a cosiness to the room.
Of all the lighting devices, preference is given to built-in models that are used in suspended ceilings. The number of built-in lamps and their location is determined depending on the desire.
Note! It is necessary to decide on the number of lighting products in advance by leading the wire to these places. Since drywall is easier to cut on the floor than on the ceiling, it is possible to cut holes for fixtures with a crown in advance.
When the holes are cut out and the design is assembled, it remains only to connect the lamps to the power supply and insert them into the prepared holes.
Video
In this video you can see the whole process of mounting a drywall box: