The most visible areas in the apartment are walls. If the floor defects can be disguised by laying a high -quality flooring, and choose plasterboard structures as a ceiling finish, then with wall surfaces not everything is so simple. If the wall is uneven, then this drawback is extremely difficult to hide. For example, such distracting elements as huge carpets on the walls are already irrelevant today, and other interior elements uneven and verticality of the surface do not level. The output in this case is the only one – the alignment of the walls.
The essence of the problem
If we talk about a city apartment, then most often even in a new building you have to redo the finishing work independently, and even in houses with the history of wall changes by 5-10 cm and is completely the norm. Unfortunately, unprofessional plastering of walls with poor tools is the reason that the implementation of the finish decorative finishing coating is impossible. And no structural plaster, and other modern tricks will quickly rectify the situation.
The correct set of tools and materials
Spatula – the main tool when leveling walls
CCC – dry building mixtures that are mixed with water before application. This includes putty, dry plaster, t. p.;
Panels – plastic, wood, drywall, metal.
Spatulas of several types and sizes – choose such that the metal component is not made of soft material.
A capacity of 15-20 liters-necessarily with straight walls.
A special type of stirrer fixed to the drill or construction mixer.
Roller or brush – for primer.
Rule – for leveling.
Skin – for stripping.
Attention! When leveling walls, you must have work clothes. This process belongs to the category of “dirty”. It is better if the “Roba” will be canvas.
Simpler: leveling walls in the apartment with leaf material
Hyps cardone alignment makes it possible to perform additional thermal insulation
Setting the walls of drywall-this method I prefer a master with a little practical experience in the production of repair and final work. Alignment is performed relatively quickly, little dirt, applying the finish also does not cause difficulties. That is why the most popular material is drywall sheets. Such a sheathing is mounted on a pre -built frame of metal profile. Although the option and gluing is possible directly to the wall using special glue. The key requirement for such work is to remove the vertical level of the wall surface at the stage of installation of a metal profile.
Attention! The use of drywall sheets for leveling walls is appropriate only if the differences are not more than 5 mm.
The use of sheet material is unacceptable:
if increased humidity is observed in the room;
if the wall is subjected to spatial deformation;
if the wall freezes;
If condensate appears.
The base for drywall is treated with a primer of deep penetration. If the material does not absorb such a composition, for example, concrete. Then for low -porous surfaces, a special primer is used, on the package of which there is a note – “concrete”.
DIY wall alignment: use of wet mixtures
Can be called traditional, due to very popularity. The method of leveling walls with building mixtures is also called alignment with wet mixtures. To perform such work yourself, two things are needed: desire and minimum skills of handling a spatula. And you also need an understanding of the excretion of lighthouses. The used solutions for alignment are prepared simply – the recipe and technology by the manufacturer are indicated on the packaging.
It is important to properly prepare the base for wet mixtures
Before you start directly aligning the walls with mixtures, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work. At this stage, the old finishing coating is removed, that is, you need to get rid of paint, whitewashing, wallpaper. A flimsy dumping plaster is also subject to removal. Practical experience shows that if work is carried out in a long -erected housing, then you will have to knock down the old plaster up to brickwork or basic concrete.
Important! Before starting preparatory work, it is necessary to disable power supply in the room.
A mandatory step is to apply a primer. Such processing will provide higher moisture resistance, prevent the relaxation of materials, and will also contribute to the better clutch of the applied materials and the surface of the base. We recommend that you see how the base is prepared before aligning the walls of the video – it can be found without problems in the free domain.
After preparing the base of the mixture for alignment of the walls, they are not applied immediately. Initially measured changes under the entire length of the wall. For this, a long specification is usually used – the building level. Although in this procedure it is allowed to use any cord stretched along. The vertical of the wall surface is checked using a plumb line. If the detected differences do not exceed 30 mm, you can apply a wet mixture.
Lighthouse alignment: preparation for painting
To paint the walls is easiest according to lighthouses serving as guidelines. First, putty is applied between the beacons – the solution is distributed from the bottom up. In the process, the ends of the spatula must necessarily come into contact with the lighthouses, standing one from the other at a distance equal to the length of the rule. By the finish leveling of the walls, the beacons mean grouting the surface with the plowker. it implies the grout grouting. Then the putty layer must be thoroughly primed, which will ensure better paint adhesion.
Lighthouse alignment allows you to achieve an ideal surface for painting
Mixtures and hypos cardboard: pros and cons of
Alignment of the walls with building mixtures does not lead to a decrease in the living area of the apartment, but is characterized by high labor intensity and a large amount of garbage and dirt.
The use of drywall does not require preparation of the basis. Also, behind a metal frame, you can lay soundproofing and heat -insulating material, as well as disguise various communications. However, at the same time, part of the interior space is “eaten”. In addition, the resulting surface is able to withstand a much smaller load than when treating with a wet mixture.
When purchasing drywall, you should pay attention to its color. Manufacturers highlight sheets of various moisture resistance in color. Green indicates increased resistance to moisture, and gray sheets are ordinary drywall.
If you need to align the walls in the kitchen or bathroom, then preference should be given to the sheets of GKLV.
An important criterion affecting the method of leveling walls is price. With independent work, it is formed exclusively by the quality and number of materials used. In our experience, you can save at this stage – the purchase of materials should be done via the Internet. Since there is no trading allowance, the price of the material is always lower than the retail.