Until recently, the fireplace in any house performed only one function, namely - the heating of the room. His rich decoration literally demonstrated the social position of the owner of the dwelling, which gradually made a luxurious piece of furniture out of the fireplace, which even in an ordinary city apartment would create the illusion of the comfort of a country house. Construction shops and salons offer an excellent choice of these products, surprising with their shapes, size and principle of operation. But sometimes making a fireplace from plasterboard with their own hands is much more pleasant, both in moral and financial terms. This is especially true when after repairs there are remnants of profiles and drywall.
What do you need to make an imitation of a fireplace from plasterboard?
First you need to understand what kind of design the future product will have, determine its dimensions and the place of permanent placement. In fact, the profile and drywall are unique materials that allow you to create any configuration of the fireplace. So, we need:
- profile from metal;
- drywall;
- screws for metal and plasterboard;
- screwdriver;
- putty;
- scissors for metal and Bulgarian;
- level, measuring tape;
- pencil.
Before making a fireplace from gypsum board, the finished sketch must be transferred to the wall near which it will be mounted. Then, according to the available dimensions, it is necessary to cut the n-shaped profile into pieces, for which scissors for metal are useful. Screws the frame and screw it to the base.
Next, you need to cut the rest of the profile into elements of such dimensions that were pre-calculated in the sketch. Of these, there will be a frame of the fireplace, some parts of which are also fastened with screws. Approximately here such a design should be obtained in the end.
To make the frame for the fireplace of plasterboard even more original, its upper part can be made in the form of an arch. To make it easy enough: on the whole profile, on the one hand, small incisions are made, after which it bends into the desired radius and is attached to the base. To make the whole framework of the necessary rigidity, you need to make a lot of jumpers. Also, if lights and other electrical appliances are used as a "fire", it is worthwhile to make a rosette for them and remove the cable.
The next stage will be planking the fireplace with plasterboard. For this, the drawings of individual pieces of skin are transferred to the material sheets, which are then cut out with a knife and fixed to the structure by screws. Drywall can be either moisture-resistant or not, ceiling or wall-mounted, in general, the one that remained or was available at that time. It should be noted that it is better to frame an unattached frame, otherwise all the work will be greatly complicated. And in order to use the material as rationally as possible, it is worthwhile to make additional jumpers that will match the dimensions of the existing pieces of drywall.
After that, any homemade fireplace made of gypsum plasterboard should be zadekorirovat. It can be decorative putty, PVC film, wallpaper or paint. We offer a slightly more luxurious option, namely - artificial stone finish. First you need to apply a primer to the gypsum board, after which, with the help of a special glue, the stone itself sticks. After a day, when everything is completely dry, the seams between the trim must be sealed with a grout or fugue.
It is worth noting that to give a fireplace of luxury will help a variety of devices, such as: table top for knickknacks, mirror rear wall, columns and moldings of plaster or polyurethane, stucco and so on. You can constantly improve and change the appearance of your man-made diva.