A niche of plasterboard can be made practically in any room. This is a deepening in the wall, which is installed both the shelves and various devices.
On the shelves can be folded things, collectibles, books, equipment, such as TV, musical devices, columns and more.
Niche perfectly harmonizes with most types of interior design.
It visually expands the space, transfers accents from the disadvantages of repair on the embossed shape of the wall, part of which niche is.
What is needed for a drywall niche
First of all you will need:
- plasterboard;
- profile;
- putty knife;
- screwdriver;
- fasteners;
- A sharp knife (you can buy in a construction store with replaceable blades and a rising under the tree and drywall sharpening).
Also suitable for filling niches and drywall do it yourself tools - drill, hammer, screws, level, marker (pencil, if it leaves tracks on the surface to which fastening will be carried out.
Create finishing materials - primer, putty or other coating.
If a niche is planned from a tree, more precisely wooden shelves, they should not be too heavy, as plasterboard is not considered particularly strong material.
True, it is of different thickness, but for a niche too thick material is not suitable.
Preparation for the creation of a niche with their own plasterboard hands
Installing a niche of plasterboard sheets must be started after a plan is created based on all sizes.
In some cases, niche manages to make an existing deepening, if such is provided for by the structural features of the walls.
Plan with a pencil, if necessary, mark the starting points on the wall with a pencil or marker.
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We check the measurements, celebrate them on paper, and then we start cutting.
How to cut drywall for a niche?
It depends mainly from the knife used. Try before you begin to produce a clean work, cut a piece of material in a place that will not be assigned to installation. That is, simply practice.
Please note that if the niche is created to install the TV, equipment or lighting devices, you need to hold the first electricity (connect sockets, for example).
After conducting the wiring, we proceed to the installation of the frame elements.
How to install a frame for a niche
Frame installation rules:
- It is created from profiles, the number of which can be pre-calculated, knowing where the angles will be, what are the dimensions of the niche, its depth. Relieve yourself from the location of the angular profiles, the locations of the installation of ordinary will be calculated from them;
- The frame is also increasing by profiles, fixing the existing fasteners;
- Do not forget to measure the distances after attaching each of the frames of the frame. If somewhere it starts to mow, it should be revealed immediately, otherwise to mow all the other elements and nothing will happen in the end.
Covering Hypzart Niche
A niche of plasterboard with his own hands is solved quite easily. The main task is to create a symmetric frame and correctly cut sheets so that there are no properms between them in the already installed version.
When installing, each of the sheets is taken, applied to the required place. It is worth considering that in places where you plan to embed aquarium, a TV or another object, the lining is not required.
Now they come to a screwdriver and directly self-tapping screws. It is better to work together together, so that one person holds reliably, and the other was engaged in fastening.
Important: Fasteners hats need to start to start, but only after checking the level, whether everything was done correctly.
Mounting plasterboard sheets is symmetrically as important as it is evenly installed profile.
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And one more advice: self-tapping screws are of different lengths. Clean this nuance in advance, will not be fastened too long.
Decoration of plasterboard niches with their own hands
Processing shelves in the interior of drywall is necessary with the help of primer, and then putty.
You will need a spatula, with which you can smoothly and gently apply the mixture.
It is necessary to primine the surface in two layers, be sure to thoroughly distributing the composition throughout the perimeter.
After the first layer, we wait until everything dries, then we apply the second layer. Similarly, we are waiting, putty. And we wait again until the putty is dry.
All this may be needed for several days - the putty makes it a long time, but much depends on the layer.
Options for coating the surface of the niche and drywall:
- Leave a putty main material if it is applied beautifully and neatly. True, this option will be impractical - the shelves will serve as a decorative element of the interior, since the material will "take", albeit rustling;
- Apply a water-to-emulsion paint;
- get decorative wooden panels;
- treat laminated chipboard;
- process decorative material;
- Secure mirrors.
Niche and drywall can be closed, for this can be made with their own hands.