Plasterboard library guide

Here are easy step-by-step instructions for making a plasterboard library:

Create the "skeleton":

• Lay on the floor, to protect the flooring, corrugated cardboard and cover cloths or, alternatively, felt cloth;

• Outline on a sheet of paper and then transfer to the wall with a construction pencil, helping yourself with the measurements with a professional tape measure, a positioning scheme of the plasterboard library by calculating dimensions and centimeters well, in order to avoid laying errors. Note: the number of shelves, the depth and the total height of the structure must be taken into account.

• Draw the depth to be obtained on the ground. Note: it is recommended to make a niche of at least 10 cm and not less.

• By placing a magnetic level with vials on the wall, check that the lines drawn are straight and, if they are not, draw new ones perfectly leveled;

• Take the aluminum profiles and with the tape measure and a marker bring the measurements just calculated on them;

• Cut the now marked "guide" profile with specific scissors for aluminum;

• Mark on the wall with the carpenter pencil where it will be necessary to make holes to put the nylon expansion plugs with diameter 6; Note: make several signs at different distances from each other.

• Drill holes exactly in the center of the "upright" aluminum profile at a distance of about 15 cm from each other with the screwdriver drill with depth adjustment and rest the profile on the wall by matching one or more holes of the profile with one or more pencil marks on the wall and overwrite with a marker at least two points that match. Then always mark with the same marker all the other holes in the profile on the wall line;

• Now drill the wall (with a screwdriver drill, paying attention to inserting a drill bit SDS 6x110) on the points marked with the marker;

• Clean the holes with a brush and place nylon expansion bolts with a diameter of 6 in the holes;

• Rest the holes on the profile again in correspondence with the dowels and pass a screw through the hole of the profile, screwing it to the dowel with a professional screwdriver or with a screwdriver with depth adjustment; Note: repeat the operation for all the other holes in the profile by carrying out small tensile tests to check the tightness of the bar on the wall.

• In this way the perimeter of the structure of the library will be created and the positioning of the various shelves will be established;

• Finally fix with a double-sided tape the guide on the ground which establishes the depth of the library and place the same guide also on the ceiling with specific steel plugs. NB: apply the ceiling guide in correspondence with the one on the ground, checking the result with a plumb line or with a laser.

• Insert the vertical "upright" profiles to the "guide" profiles placed on the perimeter and on the ground until you create a frame that represents the skeleton of the bookcase; Note: check that the whole frame is level with the help of a magnetic level with vials.

• Attach the profiles together with the help of the 4.2x13 flat head teks screws (or with a punching pliers);

Coverage of the "skeleton":

• With a professional measuring tape, take the measurements of the internal and external walls, of the upper and lower part of the structure and put them on the plasterboard sheets so as to create rectangles which will then be applied on each side of the niche;

• Attach the pre-shaped slabs to the profiles with 3.5x25 self-tapping screws with the help of a screwdriver with depth adjustment so as to cover all sides of the library;

Shelves creation:

• Now cut the appropriate plasterboard modules, pre-assembled with the internal honeycomb, paying attention to the measurements indicated on the wall;

• This operation will create the shelves of the library;

• Insert the plasterboard modules above in the wall profile. NB: if the measurements and cuts have been made with accuracy, the operation will be particularly easy, otherwise we will proceed by filing the excess plasterboard parts or cutting the excess in aluminum that hinder the entry of the profile in the hollow of the "C" .

• Now fasten the plasterboard module to the bar on the wall by penetrating some 3.5x25 black phosphated self-drilling screws against the wall in correspondence with the bar with the screwdriver drill with depth adjustment. Note: put the screws at a distance of about 10 cm from each other and perform small tensile tests to check that they have tied the plasterboard module to the wall profile bar.

• Check with the magnetic level with vials that the shelf is perfectly straight, otherwise tighten or loosen the screws just fixed;

Work finish:

• After cleaning the joint between the slab and the wall with a brush, silicone it with a paintable acrylic sealant (see details on the sealing on plasterboard), by carrying out the same operation in the lower joint and on all sides of the library;

Grouting:

• Now, with a professional spatula, proceed to grouting the joints and the heads of the screws and affix the micro-perforated paper on the corners, bending it with your fingers at 90 degrees after having moistened it.

• Then wait for the grout to dry and if necessary pass a second coat (see article on grouting and follow the instructions).

• Sand everything with a manual grinder by removing the excess grout present and flattening any discrepancies in the work.

Decoration and fantasy:

• Now brush with a brush a layer of fixative;

• All that remains is to proceed to decorate and paint the newly created niche, leaving room for imagination.

Tools and materials:

• High quality corrugated cardboard

• 4x4 cover cloth

• Felt cloth

• Meter (measuring tape or folding wooden meter)

• Construction pencil

•Felt tip pen

• Scissors for aluminum

• Punching tool

• Screwdriver drill with depth adjustment

• Professional cutter

• Hacksaw for plasterboard

• Manual grinder

• Magnetic level with vials

• SDS drill bit 6x110

• Brush

• Bowl

•Ladder

• Pre-assembled plasterboard modules with internal honeycomb

• Teks screws 4,2x13 flat head

• Black phosphated self-tapping screws with 3.5x25 nail tip

• "upright" profiles in aluminum

• Guide profiles in aluminum

• Hydro green slabs 12.5 mm thick

• Specific grout

• Painting or finishing coating

• Steel expansion bolts with diameter 6.

ATTENTION: being this type of intervention very delicate, the advice is to contact a highly specialized company that can help you.

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