Many apartments and houses built in Soviet times have not yet been repaired today, and we are not talking about petty repairs without a significant change in the interior, but about the complete update of the home. Yes, you can take, for example, not an old house, but a new building, apartments in which they sell without any finish, just naked walls, and the ceiling. And since the repair is not the most cheap and affordable, you should think about repairing your own. We are talking about the ceiling, or rather how to make a drywall ceiling in a house or apartment with your own hands.
First of all, you need to understand that in addition to its essential advantages – sound insulation, hiding defects, depending on the type of drywall, increased resistance to moisture and fire, wide possibilities in design. There are some disadvantages-you need to sacrifice about ten centimeters of height, using gypsum plasters ceilings, as well as if the neighbors are flooded, or something like that, it will be necessary to replace the completely ceiling, or its individual parts.
By mounting a gypsum plasterboard ceiling with your own hands, the following tools will be needed: a screwdriver, an electric drill (if there is a speed controller, a screwdriver replaces), a perforator, a hammer, a level (ordinary and water), metal scissors, roulette.
Performing a plasterboard ceiling with your own hands for the kitchen, and other places where there is fire, or at least some risk of fire should be used by drywall, which has increased resistance to high temperatures (GCllass). For baths and other places with high humidity, drywall ceilings are also planned, of course, you need to use moisture -resistant sheets of drywall (GKLV), and for rooms and other rooms, ordinary drywall (GKL) is suitable, which is also much cheaper. A drywall of 9 thickness will come down to the ceiling.5 mm. You can certainly use 12.5 mm. But the order is harder. The width of the drywall sheet is 1.. and the length is different – 2 m., 2.5 m., 2.6 m., 3 m. This should be taken into account when installing a drywall ceiling with your own hands, and buy sheets of the most suitable size and of course, before buying, you should calculate the area, but this must be done with a margin, since in repair work there are quite often unforeseen circumstances.
