How to plaster the wall with your own hands

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Sheathing the walls with plasterboard sheets, we can dream up and create with their help an interesting and unique interior

What can not a single repair do without? What finishing materials are most popular and in demand today? Try to ask these questions to your friends, and in 90 percent of cases, the answer will be - drywall.

Indeed, construction stores are littered with drywall under the very ceilings. They buy it in tons, and for several decades now it has not lost its popularity.

In this article, we will not only show how to sheathe the wall with plasterboard video, but also talk about three different installation methods, each of which has its own characteristics and nuances.

Why drywall

With the help of drywall constructions, we can allocate any specific part of the room and create additional places for storage

At the beginning of the article, I would like to dwell briefly on this issue. Indeed, what is the secret to the popularity of this material? After all, it does not differ in high strength, and moreover, there are many alternative options for it.

In fact, the answer is not so simple, and contains several main points:

• Price. One of the highest priority arguments when choosing building materials for many. Compared with other sheet materials, drywall is cheaper, although not inferior to them in quality and durability.
• Versatility. Due to its qualities, gypsum plasterboard can be used to decorate any part of the room, whether it be walls or ceiling. In addition, with its help they build interior partitions, and make decorative elements of the interior.

With the help of drywall constructions, we can divide the rooms into several necessary zones without much labor and expense

• Ease. Compared to other sheet materials, drywall weighs much less, therefore it is easier to work with, and also, it does not create additional load on the walls and foundation, which is especially important for houses built using frame technology, for example.
• Reliability. Despite the fact that gypsum itself is a very fragile material, in combination with cardboard it creates a reliable coating that is not so easy to damage mechanically. Of course, walls made of drywall will not be able to withstand a full siege, but in an apartment or private house it is an ideal option.

Advice! Never save on the properties of drywall. The price difference, for example, between a simple sheet and moisture resistant, is insignificant, but the second option will last much longer, and besides, it is easier to care for.

Plasterboard sheets vary in thickness and quality, so you need to choose them, given the room in which you intend to use them

As you can see, there is something to choose from for this material, and modern manufacturers, maintaining a high level of demand, are developing more and more new models, and one of the latest innovations has become fireproof, self-extinguishing sheets that can be used in rooms with increased fire hazard.

So, we figured out the qualitative characteristics, which means it’s time to go directly to the topic of our article, but before that, we recommend that you watch the video in this article, which shows detailed instructions for working with drywall. This knowledge will never be superfluous, especially if you plan to do the repair yourself.

Installation in many ways

There are two ways to install plasterboard sheets on the walls, depending on what you want to see in the end, and what kind of finish you will use next

So, as we said above, there are three main ways to install drywall. Next, we will dwell on each of them in detail, and videos and photos will help to visually understand the whole essence of the process. But before moving on to the description, I would like to note that not depending on which method you choose, it is first necessary to carefully prepare the surface.

Repair with drywall is not done for one, or even two years, but over time, condensation begins to form on the walls, which can subsequently become fungal mold. To avoid this, be sure to treat all trimmed surfaces antifungal primer, which kills spores of fungus and mold even at the stage of their origin.

Glue mounting

Drywall sheets can be immediately glued to the walls, it is less costly both in finance and in time, but the walls should be flat

The easiest and most economical installation method, in which drywall is directly glued to the surface (seeHow to stick drywall to the wall yourself) Due to direct contact with the base, this method is often abandoned, but if, for example, you are going to sheathe the wall around the window with drywall, then there are simply no other options. Of the advantages of the adhesive mounting method, simplicity, speed and low cost can be distinguished.

But there are a number of negative factors that also need to be considered when choosing this option for your home:

• If your walls come in contact with the street and condensation appears on them in the winter, then it will switch to drywall, and over time it can destroy even moisture-resistant material.

Gluing drywall sheets to walls in contact with the street, over time you may encounter problems such as fungus or mold

• It’s impossible to hide communications under glued drywall, therefore, all wires and heating pipes must either be removed inside the wall itself, or let them outside, which does not always look beautiful.
• It will not work with this method and install an additional insulation, so either your walls should be initially warm, or conduct insulation from the outside, which is much more expensive than doing it from the inside.
• Significant curvature of the walls can also become an obstacle. The maximum allowable difference on the surface is only 2 centimeters, so if you have very curved walls, you need to either choose a different method or pre-align the walls, which will also entail additional costs.

Pasting walls with plasterboard sheets, you will not be able to use heavy finishing materials on them in the future

Important! If you stick drywall to the wall, then finishing it with heavy materials, such as ceramic tiles, is no longer possible. Over time, the surface may begin to sag, and a dense tile will simply destroy the drywall, and all repairs will have to be redone.

As you can see, this installation method has a lot of disadvantages, but if your room meets all the stated requirements, then you can safely use it, and you will significantly save on additional materials that are necessary with other methods of fastening.

Dowel mounting

In the photo you see an example of sheathing an old brick house with plasterboard sheets using plastic dowels

If you are looking for an answer to the question of how to plasterboard a wall of foam blocks, then perhaps this option is just right for you. The fact is that the foam blocks themselves are very warm and rarely freeze to such an extent. So that condensation begins to form inside the house.And the drywall in this case is attached directly to the base, but not glue, as in the first case, but plastic dowels are used as fasteners here.

The method is very simple and reliable. You simply apply a sheet of drywall to the wall, and with a drill or punch, depending on the material of the walls, drill holes into which you plug the dowels.

The process of mounting drywall sheets with dowels is not much more complicated than installing with glue, you can easily do it yourself

The requirements for the base and the features are the same as in the first version of fastening, with the only difference being that here you can adjust the density of the sheet against the base. The fact is that after you have glued, nothing can be fixed, and if in some place the drywall is not glued tight enough, this can no longer be fixed.

With dowels, everything is much simpler, after installation, you can manually check the tightness of the pressure, and in places where there are voids, add new fasteners.

A large assortment of dowels will allow you to choose the right sizes for your wall and drywall sheets

The only rule that you need to remember before you plaster a wall of foam blocks with drywall is that for drilling holes in the wall, you should use a drill several millimeters in diameter smaller than necessary. The foam block is a soft material, and if you use a drill of diameters like a dowel, then the fasteners in such a hole will not hold tight and will simply fall out over time.

Frame mounting

Building a frame for plastering the walls gives additional opportunities, for example, you can insulate the walls

The most popular and common method of installing drywall (seeGypsum plasterboard cladding: finishes) It has practically no shortcomings, well, except, perhaps, for the total cost and laboriousness.

But there are just a lot of positive aspects, so we will not list them all, but focus only on the most basic ones:

• Between the guides of the crate, you can lay a layer of insulation. This method of wall insulation is much more economical than insulation from the outside, and besides, it can be done independently, and not resort to the help of builders.

The construction of the frame for plasterboard sheets allows you to align even the most imperfect walls, making them ideal

• You can hide any communications, even ventilation ducts, under drywall. It all depends on how far from the wall you will be installing the guides.
• The curvature of the walls is not important. The frame guides are fixed to the wall using special suspensions, thanks to which you can adjust the level of installation of the profile.
• Any type of finish can be attached to drywall mounted in this way, even as heavy as ceramic tiles (seeFacing with gypsum plasterboard: do it right) or porcelain stoneware.

The plasterboard walls on the crate can withstand any weight, and your finishing with heavy finishing materials, and hanging cabinets will not fall on your head

It should also be noted that if we are talking about finishing in a newly built house, then this method is the only one possible. The fact is that in the first few years after construction, the walls of the house will be deformed and shrink, and the frame can absorb the changes, and your finish will remain intact.

And in conclusion

Regardless of the method of installing plasterboard sheets on the walls, you will get a flat surface on which you can fantasize further

As you can see, the installation methods are very different and each has its own characteristic features. The main thing is to remember that the choice of mounting method depends not only on your personal preferences, but also on the features of the room in which the repair is made.

Be very careful when choosing a fastener method, and after you decide, we recommend that you read the detailed manual for each method that is already on our website.