Plasterboard

Plasterboard or gypsum board, fresh in prof.lv warehouses

Plasterboard can be quickly and accurately installed to create a smooth and precise surface or using specialized plasterboard to create various spatial shapes to stylize your home to your liking. These are just a few reasons to choose plasterboard as a material for yourself.

Plasterboard ceilings and partition walls

Plasterboard has many different parameters, but the first thing to know in order to make a choice of which plasterboard you need is what you will use it for. Although practically any type of plasterboard is suitable for creating plasterboard ceilings, they have the least contact and other loads, so there is no need to spend extra money on them, unless of course you have chosen a lattice design. Walls, on the other hand, have a much wider range of choices. In corridors, doorways, and other high-traffic areas, even if you decide to create a built-in wall shelf, it is better to choose one of the high-durability plasterboards, if possible, a solid option that in some cases can replace double installation. The same goes for bathrooms and kitchens, where it is better to choose moisture-resistant plasterboards, as it is good to plan how to avoid them, but at the same time be prepared for cases when they may still occur. The same applies to the choice of fire-resistant plasterboard.

Plasterboard on a wooden frame or choose metal profiles?

Metal profiles are convenient and quickly screwable, and they are not very susceptible to environmental influences and do not change their shape much, which makes them a good choice for creating static walls, especially when creating them in block or brick houses. However, wood will absorb sound better, and if it is necessary to create a frame in non-standard shapes and places, a wooden frame may be easier to install, and also leaving space for minimal movement, a wooden structure will be as stable as metal profiles.

Plasterboard installation

When it comes to installation, when it is clear where and under what conditions the plasterboard will have to do its job, it remains to choose the size of the plasterboard and the method of installation. Plasterboard comes in various sizes, from smaller sizes for small jobs and recesses to 3m long for quick coverage of large areas. However, the choice of size also comes with the choice of installation method. If you decide to glue the plasterboard, it is recommended to read in advance what the curing time of the adhesive is and whether it will be possible to hold the board in position for that long. When choosing the classic option of screwing the plasterboard, everything is quite simple - place the board in position and screw the screw through the plasterboard into the support, so that there is no difficulty in finding support, before that try to measure and mark lines on the plasterboard with the support points that will be behind it, if it is not so simple, there are also tools like stud finders, sometimes they also have a wire detection function, which can be very helpful in places where you need to be careful when screwing and also afterwards when the plasterboard is already installed and a access point or space for a socket, etc. needs to be cut into it.

In conclusion

When all of this is done and you are interested in what to do next to start painting your new walls, ceiling or anything else you have just built, you can take a look at our joint compound section, but remember that joints also need to be reinforced with tape, as well as external corners, if you don't want the edge of your work to show at the first awkward movement.

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