Installation of the profile under the drywall do it yourself

The organization of work on the installation of the profile under the drywall with their own hands involves a series of operations related to the preparation of a solid foundation for the plasterboard coating. To solve the problem, you can use one of the most common methods, namely frameless and frame technologies for laying gypsum boards.

Elements of frame structures

The essence of the frameless method of laying drywall is to glue sheets of material on an absolutely smooth surface using special gypsum glue. Modern technology for decorating decorative surfaces involves the preparation of a frame construction of profiles, which is then sheathed with sheets of drywall. For the assembly of such structures, special support profiles are used, as well as fasteners of one kind or another. In the construction practice there are several types of profiles used for arranging the sheathing for drywall:

• CB profiles (vertical or rack-mount) for the manufacture of partitions;
• guide profiles of the type of HC and UD, used as horizontal elements of the frame;
• ceiling profiles for the manufacture of frame bases.

In addition, for the preparation of the frame you will definitely need the following connecting elements:

• U-shaped pendants used for fixing the SD profiles on the mounted base;
• cross-type connectors that serve to cross-connect SD profiles that are located on the same level;
• U-shaped connectors used for cross-connecting SD profiles at different levels;
• T-shaped suspended brackets with special clips used for arranging the frame of the suspended ceiling.

Installation procedure

Prior to the installation of the profile structures, the markings for the location of the guides of the future frame are made, which determine the positioning of the entire structure as a whole. At the end of the marking, the guides are fastened on the supporting base with dowels, and then they are interconnected by means of self-tapping screws. It should be noted that the preparation of the gypsum board frame is carried out when arranging structures of the following type:

• false ceiling frame single-level;
• suspended two-level frame;
• wall partitions with one or two rows of racks.

Consider each of these options for arranging the frame in more detail.

Single-level and two-level hanging frames

A single-level frame construction is usually used in cases where, after the manufacture of a suspended ceiling, it is desirable to maintain a given height of the room. During installation, the frame elements are attached to the ceiling base with the help of special hanging brackets, while the transverse guides are placed between the main profiles. As the basic guides are used standard ceiling profiles SD, fastened together with cross-connectors.

The installation of the suspended part of the system begins with the installation of the UD profiles along the perimeter of the room (the retreat from the ceiling or the depth of the suspended structure is selected locally). Note that the correctness of the installation of DD profiles should be checked using the construction level of a particular type.

After the wall construction elements are fixed - you can proceed to the installation of the main guides, the ends of which are fixed in the recesses of the DD profiles. After their fixing, it will be possible to tackle the transverse guides, which are installed with a step of 40-50 cm.

The frame is assembled under a two-level ceiling in the same way with the only difference that the transverse guides are transferred to another level. At the same time for fastening them with the main guides at the intersection points, U-shaped connectors are used. When arranging such ceilings sheets of drywall are stacked along the line of placement of the main rails.

Frames for partitions

In this case, the installation of the profile under the drywall with your hands begins with the installation and fixing on the walls of the guides already familiar to us, forming the piping of the future partition. In the grooves of the profile strapping with a step of 30-50 cm, profiles CB (rack elements) are strictly vertically fixed.

In order to improve the sound insulation of the structure, the attachment points of all its elements are sealed with a special insulating tape. The double frame is made in the same way, but two sets of profiles are installed, which are then sheathed with drywall.

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