The execution of the arches of drywall

The drywall arch is an architectural element that allows you to create an arched ceiling in the wall, doorway or partition. Most often the arches are door, because they are the easiest to do. However, if partitions are created, they often use curvilinear overlaps for a decorative effect.

Such designs are being created to bring some newness to the boring interior. Therefore, you can see them in the most different rooms of the apartment. In some cases, they have an applied character. For example, the arches of plasterboard into the kitchen allow you to throw out unnecessary doors and not steal space from yourself.

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• 1. Types of arches and their design
• 2. Prepare materials and tools
• 3. Which drywall to choose and how to bend it
• 4. Simple and affordable step by step instructions.
• 5. Other methods
• 6. Typesetting arch without profile
• 7. Finishing the arched opening

Types of arches and their design

The most popular types of drywall arches

It would seem that we are talking about a simple arcuate design, so talking about the types and design does not make sense. However, it is just the opposite, and there are various types of drywall arches. It is very easy to work with gypsum boards, and the metal profile bends well. Therefore, variations on the theme of the doorway there is a huge set. Before you make an arch of plasterboard with your own hands, you need to decide what form it will be. Consider the most popular types of this design.

1. The classic version assumes the presence of the correct circle at the top of the structure. To be precise, it must be a semicircle. In order for a variant to be considered a classic, the diameter of a given circle must be the width of the doorway. This option looks great in apartments with high ceilings or in large rooms. Such decorative arches of drywall in the hallway are not uncommon.

Classic is not often used in apartments because of their small area.

1. Semi-marks are very often used in interior partitions. The rounded corner of such structures is only one. Increasingly, semi-arch starts to appear in modern interiors, but extremely rarely they are created during repair in old doorways.

Often semi-used as an element of decor

1. Interior arches of drywall in the apartment may have the shape of an "ellipse". This form is used in cases where the opening is small. This option looks beautiful when the doorway width is either 60 cm (instead of the usual 80 cm), or, conversely, is very wide, as in the hall. In both cases, the elliptical shape does not look cumbersome.

Arches in the shape of an ellipse belong to the style of "Romance"

1. Figured arches have a non-standard shape. From profiles can create the most bizarre arched structures. Most often assembled curved arches of drywall in the hall, because they must be large in size so that you can realize all your fantasies. Such designs are the most difficult to create. Often the arch in a niche of plasterboard is exactly figured.

Without the help of a professional to create curly arches is almost impossible

1. Portal. Typically, this design is used in old doorways, when they want to do a minimum of effort, without sacrificing free space. In fact, for such a construction, it is necessary to round the corners of the doorway only slightly. Sometimes it is not the corners that are rounded, but only the upper part of the portal. This design is as close as possible to the shape of a conventional doorway. Very often, such a door arch is made of drywall with their own hands in the kitchen.

The portal is an opening with a slight rounding of its corners or top.

1. The design of the arch of drywall can be made in the style of "Modern". For an opening of this type is characterized by a sharp transition at the junction of the vertical and horizontal parts. Also, the radius of curvature should not be very large. The resulting design is considered to be quite ordinary and looks good if there are no more pretentious elements of the interior. Such openings in the hall look very good.

"Modern" style is good for wide and low arched opening

1. The “trapezium” is an arch for the lazy. There are no arcs in this design, only broken lines. So it will be much easier to create. This option is suitable for those who do not dare to create round-shaped openings. Installation of arches from drywall with your own hands is difficult, but in the case of the “Trapezoid” everything is much simpler. This kind of application is extremely rare, because few people see the point in making a trapezoid from a rectangular opening.

If you make the corners rounded does not work out, then you can fix everything on the "trapezoid"

We prepare materials and tools

Making your own arches from drywall is impossible without certain tools and materials. During the work just can not do without the following tools:

• using scissors for metal profile will be cut. After that, it will be possible to give it any desired shape;
• a screwdriver with a bat speeds up and simplifies installation with self-tapping screws. You can do all the figure screwdriver, but with a screwdriver much faster and easier. Also, it does not hurt to acquire a special bat, which will allow you to drive the screws to the desired depth to "drown" the cap. The device will especially appeal to beginners who find it difficult to apply the right effort when working with screws;
• punch or drill will be needed to attach the frame to the walls;
• level, a tape measure and a pencil are used to correctly mark the future arch and to draw guidelines on the wall for work;
• wallpaper knife is necessary for cutting plasterboard. Not bad, to make an arch out of the HL with their own hands using a jigsaw. But the tool may not be available for most, so you will have to cut the sheets with a regular knife.

For mounting profiles and drywall need dowels with screws. As for the profiles themselves, a rack profile of 60 * 27mm and a guide 28 * 27mm are usually used (other profiles can be used). Also not to do without the perforated reinforcing angle. Instead, you can use fiberglass mesh. Finishing materials and the gypsum board will also be needed. About him and his flexibility I would like to talk in more detail.

What drywall to choose and how to bend it

There is a special arched drywall 6 mm thick. It is quite possible and even necessary to use to create arches. However, there are a few points that can lead to the use of a conventional wall GCR 12.5 mm thick. Although the arched material is two times thinner than the wall material, but it is twice as expensive. If only one or two arches are made, then very little wall gypsum is required, and you will have to buy a whole sheet.

Arched plasterboard easily bend with your hands

At the same time, wall plasterboard is probably already used when repairing an apartment, once the question arose about the manufacture of the arch. Therefore, this material is at hand. But it is too thick to bend normally. There is a way for how to bend the drywall for the arch.

If during the bending of a sheet of arched gypsum cracker it starts to crackle a little, then this is a signal that it is time to stop. A little more effort and it will simply crack.

The dry method involves bending the gypsum with their own hands to the desired radius. If it is an arched gypsum cracker, then it is easy to bend and bend. A wall sheet is generally not amenable to such a procedure, therefore it is bent by a wet method.

To create a beautiful arch of drywall it must be arched. To do this, create a frame for the entire sheet. It should be a curved frame with the same radius as the arch. A sheet of wall plasterboard is placed on the floor and many holes are made from its back side with a needle roller. Then moisten it for about ten minutes with a wet roller. Then the sheet is laid on the frame and from both sides it is gently bent. It is necessary to moisturize carefully so that the sheet does not soften completely.

Wet leaf gives in easily, but no need to hurry. When the GCR will fall completely on the frame, then you will need to fix it in this position for the night. During this time it will dry out and take on a new shape. More details about this process and other subtleties of bending GKL can be viewed on the video.

Not necessarily fooling with the whole leaf. If there is one or two arches, then you just need to cut the GCR strips according to a given size and bend only them. It is much easier, and the framework for arching will then go to work for the same sheet.

Simple and affordable step by step instructions.

Before you make the most of the drywall arch you need to prepare. All that may be required for this is described above. The design is selected, with the tools and materials sorted out. Therefore, you can proceed directly to the process itself. There are several ways to create an arched doorway from drywall. The easiest and most accessible of them will be considered now.

Arch from drywall do it yourself: step by step instructions.

1. Fastened to the doorway U-shaped profile. It should be two letters P. The profile is attached inside the opening to the walls (to the height of the arch) and to its upper part. In this process will help drill and dowels.
2. Cut the sheet of drywall into rectangles by the size of the opening and profile. Fasten it to the profile with screws, closing the upper part of the passage. You just need to attach on time.

With a GKL thickness of 12.5 mm, we deepen the profile to the inside of the opening during this fastening. Then the gypsum board attached to it will be flush with the wall.

1. Draw an arc on the attached rectangle. It will then be a guide for the arch. How to draw an arch on drywall? Very simple. It is necessary to measure out the center of the sheet horizontally and attach a small piece of profile to it so that it hangs loosely. So we get some kind of compass, which can be drawn semicircle.
2. When the contour is drawn it's time to cut the arc. For this purpose, the jigsaw is ideal. But you can also use a variety of saws and a hacksaw. This interroom arch is made by hand from drywall, also with the help of a knife. But the procedure is heavy and there will be many defects. In any case, the sheet will have to be removed to cut the arc. Then, using sandpaper, you can trim the edges.

Profile must be completely hidden behind drywall.

1. We make similarly the second side of the doorway. In this case, the second sheet can already be done on the first, which will greatly simplify the drawing of the arc. When two sheets are attached to the frame, you will need to check them for evenness so that there are no elevation differences. You may have to slightly raise and lower these sheets to level the height. Making the arch of drywall with your hands on.
2. Now you need to take the guide profile and cut its sides perpendicular to the back with a step of 5 cm. Only the base of the profile (its back) along which it will bend remains intact. The profile bends in an arc and is attached to both sheets of drywall from the inside. Work will have to wear gloves so as not to cut your hands. You also need to be careful not to fall into the finger with a self-tapping screw, when a drywall arch is made. The cut profile will be bent strongly during installation. It is desirable to deepen the profile's back by a centimeter so that the further fastening of the gypsum board to it is flush.
3. To make the design more rigid, jumpers should be inserted into it. After this step, the drywall arch framework will be ready. For lintels used rack profile, from which the ribs are made. They are attached to the overall structure with metal screws.

Stiffeners can be installed every 20-30 cm

1. Now it remains to fix the drywall along the arch in order to completely sew the structure. Earlier it was considered how to arch GCR. Door arches made of drywall by this method are made fairly quickly.

Other methods

The above method is not all can please. There are other options, how to make an arch of plasterboard. Many will not want to work on site, because they prefer to carry out preparatory work. There are advantages to cutting out the drywall arch and making the framework in advance.

With this method, arches are laid out and cut out on drywall sheets even before they are attached to the frame. It is necessary to calculate the width of the arch, and then the center on a drywall sheet prepared for it. You can draw a semicircle using a normal lace, one end of which is held in the center of the sheet, and a loop is made on the second. A pencil is inserted into this loop, the string is stretched and an arc is drawn.

Another way to properly make a drywall arch is to use a plastic strip. It bends and creates an arc. For this arc and draw an arch on the GCR. But with this method you need to work together. If you turn on the fantasy, you can easily understand how to cut the arch of plasterboard. Some even take a sheet of drywall, make a lot of cuts on it and nadlamyvayut in all these places. As a result, the arc is not straight, but broken.

When there are two pieces of drywall for the outer parts of the arch, and they are already cut along the contour, then you can proceed to the creation of a frame. All the necessary dimensions are already there. It is created on the same principle that was described in the step-by-step instructions, but now we can use an arched profile for drywall. It does not need to be cut, because it bends like anything.

Using an arched profile greatly simplifies and speeds up work.

On the creation of the frame has already been written earlier. It is attached to the U-shaped base, and jumpers are inserted into it. Then the whole structure is sheathed with prepared GCR. If the profile is arched, then in the jumpers are inserted into it very simply.

Typesetting arch without profile

How is an arch made of drywall in a doorway without a profile? Is this even possible? Yes it is real. And we are not talking about some wooden sticks, which are attached to GCR. The essence of the dial-up method is that with the help of pieces of plasterboard the necessary curvature in the doorway is created.

In the selected corner on the putty attach the longest piece of plasterboard. Then they attach a shorter piece to it. Then shorter and shorter, and so on. For greater reliability, PVA is added to the putty and diluted with water as needed. To know how long the pieces should be, lay them mono on the table and see if the desired curvature is achieved. Here's how to assemble a drywall arch without the help of a profile. If you only need to round the corners a little, then the method is perfect. For more complex structures, it is not suitable.

The excess putty will be removed immediately, otherwise it will be problematic to clean it when it dries. Also, for better adhesion, all pieces of gypsum plasterboard are preferably primed.

It will be necessary to put washers under the caps of the screws so as not to break the drywall.

So that the plates certainly do not fall off, they are periodically attached with screws. There may be more than ten such pieces at each corner. When the whole structure is dry, it is puttied in such a way as to smooth all corners from the plates. Now you know how to make an arch out of hl without a profile.

Arched opening

Regardless of the method chosen for creating the arched opening, the arch on the drywall wall must be divinely presented. To do this, putty caps screws and existing joints between the sheets. In place of the joints of the corner sheets need to attach a special corner. It will make the construction more reliable, and the corner edge itself more durable. Usually such reinforcing corners are attached to the putty, but not in this case.

The corner can be plastic or metal

For greater reliability, the corner is attached to the opening with a stapler or small screws. Then this corner is filled. Here's how to make an arched drywall door more durable so that the corners are never trimmed. Instead of a corner, fiberglass reinforcement mesh can be used. It can cover not only the joints, but also the transition from the gypsum wall to the wall.

The whole arch is puttied together with the corners. For this purpose, ordinary plaster putty is used. You can choose acrylic putty. It is sold in ready-made form, and the gypsum will have to be diluted with water. The procedure will need to be repeated 2-3 times to get the most smooth and even surface. The first layer is about trimming everything, and the second is completely smoothed.The newcomer may not go out to create a smooth surface and they will need to putty all the third time. Nothing wrong with that.

No one should have problems with how to putty a drywall arch. If the surface comes out rough and with tubercles, then you can take sandpaper and sand it. Then certainly it will be possible to achieve a smooth base for further finishing.

You will need several spatulas to finish

How to decorate the arch of plasterboard? Usually for finishing use wallpaper and paint are more traditional. If you choose a wallpaper, you will need to cut a strip for the inside of the arch and stick it, speaking a little over the edges. Then this protrusion is carefully cut with a knife. The front part of the opening is also plastered with wallpaper, which protrudes beyond the plane. Then they are also carefully cut with a knife. With this option it will seem that the wallpaper glued overlap.

With how to paint the arch of plasterboard, difficulties should not arise. Brush, roller, paint and forth. It is extremely rare to finish using tiles. Sometimes for more decorative arch trim wood.