Leveling the surface of walls and ceilings by plasterboard cladding has become quite popular. It turns out to be relatively inexpensive and fast, but at the same time, albeit slightly, the volume of the room decreases. This option, how to make a niche from drywall, may well expand the usable space, and not only visually. In any case, plasterboard walls with niches will look great both in the living room and in the corridor, and when using waterproof material, they will also be used in the bathroom.

Drywall niches increase the usable space of the room.

Do-it-yourself drywall niche is an interesting and creative task, quite doable for anyone home master... First you need to figure out how your design will look and transfer all the dimensions on paper. This will make it easier to calculate how much and what material is required. After that, you can purchase material and prepare the tools necessary for the production of work:

Goggles for working with drywall, building level, plaster saw, metal scissors, pliers, side cutters, hammer, knife with replaceable blade, tape measure with a lock.

• puncher;
• grinder and / or scissors for metal;
• screwdriver or screwdriver set;
• level, plumb line, tape measure, pencil;
• stationery knife, hacksaw;
• putty, container for it, spatulas;
• serpyanka;
• fasteners: dowel-nails, bugs.

Additionally, you may need a needle roller, glue, paint, dry building mixtures, for example, rothypsum, power tools. But it already depends on what kind of design you come up with.

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Plasterboard niche installation technology

The easiest way to place a niche in the wall is to move its lining to a distance equal to the depth of the niche. Such niches can have a small width, 15 centimeters, but they can be built not one, but 2 or 3, equipped with additional shelves, mirrors.

Installation of any niches begins with marking according to the drawing of the base wall and installing a metal profile on it along the perimeter of the niche.

To cut and set the profile exactly according to the markings, you will need scissors or a grinder, a tape measure and a building level. We use dowel-nails for fastening.

In our case, you can use almost any profile, rack or guide, since the recess of the niche is not wide and does not imply a large load. To cut and set the profile exactly according to the markings, you will need scissors or a grinder, a tape measure and a building level. We use dowel-nails for fastening. Then we begin to assemble the frame for the wall cladding.

It is more convenient to start by placing a guide profile (PP) on the floor of the room. To do this, measure the required distance from the main wall with a tape measure, taking into account the thickness of the gypsum board. Sheets with dimensions of 2500x1200x12.5 mm are usually used. We make marks, draw a line along the profile. You can transfer the marks for the ceiling NP using a plumb line, or you can do otherwise. Assemble the frame from the upper and lower NP, installing vertical rack profiles (SP) of the required height along the edges.

The length of the profiles is usually 3 m, so it will be necessary to cut them. The height of the profile in each place where it will be installed, it is better to measure separately

The length of the profiles is usually 3 m, so it will be necessary to cut them. It is better to measure the height of the profile in each place where it will be installed separately. In different places of the room, the height may differ by 1-1.5 cm. Each room is imperfect and has its own errors. Applying a level, we achieve a strictly vertical position of the racks. Now the guides need to be fixed on the dowel-nails. If desired, you can assemble such a frame using only NP around the perimeter. When moving from wall to floor or ceiling, it is enough to cut the side walls with scissors and bend it at right angles.

Exactly opposite the profile fixed on the main wall, we put vertical posts and horizontal jumpers between them according to the size of the niche. Then we install the jumpers from the racks towards the main wall. These can be profiles for attaching shelves or simply connecting straps at the corners of the structure. We fix it on bedbugs.

If such niches run along the entire wall, the frame will be strong enough, otherwise additional profiles and lintels must be fixed to the wall.

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What if you need a wide and solid niche?

For the manufacture of large shelves and niches, a conventional galvanized profile with a back width of 75 mm is used. Products of the German company Knauf are also distinguished by their high strength.

The combination of a metal profile with drywall allows you to make a wide variety of designs, arbitrary shapes and sizes. Everyone knows a multi-level furniture wall - a slide. Such a wall can be built independently using gypsum board. Only the profile needs to be selected more durable.

For the manufacture of large shelves and niches, a conventional galvanized profile with a back width of 75 mm is used. The products of the German company Knauf are also distinguished by high strength, the metal they use is thicker. The frame itself for the shelf is made somewhat differently.

A rectangular frame is bent from a single piece of the profile, which is attached with dowel nails to the wall. In the place of bends, only the side of the profile is notched, then the adjacent sidewalls are fastened with self-tapping screws (bugs) or a cutter. If the frame is long, it is reinforced with transverse bridges spaced no more than 400 mm from each other. Covering the frame with plasterboard on the top and bottom gives it additional strength.

Two such frames, fastened together with jumpers, form a frame for a wall cabinet, and if you attach them with profiles to the floor, you get the base of a rather voluminous niche built into the wall. By combining such designs with each other, you can create built-in furniture with shelves, niches, cabinets of any configuration. The slide is no exception.

Even more original things can be done if you use Flext's flexible profile for installation. Each section of the profile consists of 2 L-shaped halves with locks at the ends. This allows you to create a profile of the required length, with the ability to obtain a closed structure of an arbitrary shape. Using Flext together with a regular profile, you can include round, oval, heart-shaped elements and so on in the frame for drywall walls with niches.

Today's renovation is almost impossible without using drywall as the main finishing material. With its help, you can achieve the ideal surface of the walls and ceiling, as well as create a variety of structures: partitions, niches, shelves and arches.

This material has several advantages:

• environmental friendliness;
• availability;
• ease of attachment;
• easy finishing;
• there are different options sheets differing in basic characteristics.

In addition, a do-it-yourself drywall niche is very simple. It is enough to know the basics of the technology of working with drywall and your house will be transformed beyond recognition.

Plasterboard niches can have a wide variety of designs. Among all possible options the most common types are:

• open type of construction. Open niches from drywall most often installed in the living room to display souvenirs, collections of small items, etc. With their help, you can create a unique entourage of the room;

• closed type of construction. The most functional and used for storing clothes, books and other things. They are mainly made in the corridor or bedroom, where it is necessary to hide household items from prying eyes;

• backlit. Such a plasterboard niche will help add additional lighting to the room, and will also allow the original highlight and focus the guests' attention on it. Looks great if interior decoration combined with the use of mirrors;

• without backlight. Has the lightest design. A partition with such niches will perfectly fit into any apartment interior.

Niches also differ in functionality:

• decorative. It is part of the interior of the room and does not carry a special practical load. Such drywall niches in the living room will look best;
• for storing various things. Most practical. Such plasterboard niches in the wall will help rid the room of bulky cabinets and hanging shelves. Moreover, they will fit very organically into small rooms;

• zonal. Such a partition with a niche will help not only visually, but also really divide the room into several functional zones. For example, the dining room, kitchen and resting place.

Today it is very important to use plasterboard structures instead of some furniture elements. So, drywall niches can be used instead of hinged shelves, for placing a TV in the wall, creating decorative fireplace or dressing room, etc.
All of the above options can be easily done by hand. Therefore, the choice of design depends solely on your wishes and capabilities.

Create a structure diagram

If you want to design drywall niches with your own hands, you definitely need to develop a drawing of the future design.
The scheme is developed according to the following algorithm:

• we decide on the appearance;
• choose its position inside the room;
• we draw on the diagram the parameters of the wall on which the installation will subsequently be carried out;
• we apply the dimensions of the niche itself to the drawing. Be sure to calculate it deepening;

Note! Deepening the structure directly depends on its purpose. If a TV is installed in it, then the recess should be sufficient for mounting and connecting it. In such a situation, the deepening should be at least 30 cm. If the structure has a purely decorative function, then 10-15 cm is enough.

• if it is planned to make a partition, then we put the parameters of the room on a scale on the drawing in order to correctly assess the dimensions of the structure in relation to the entire room.

The drawing will help you correctly assess the scale of work and buy required amount materials.

Tools and materials you will need

Plasterboard niches can only be easily made if you have the following set of tools:

Necessary tools

• puncher and drill;
• building level, tape measure and pencil;
• spatula and sandpaper;
• special fasteners, dowels and screws.

In addition, the following materials should be purchased:

• plasterboard sheets;
• guides and rack profiles;
• serpyanka, putty and primer.

Today the best manufacturer drywall and all finishing materials for it is the German firm Knauf.

Preparation for work

The list of preparatory operations that must be carried out before installing the frame of a niche in a plasterboard wall includes:

• remove all irregularities from the working surface;
• treat the wall with a primer;
• mark the wall using a previously created drawing.

Note! We apply the markup based on the level. Otherwise, the niche device may turn out to be crooked and uneven.

Frame installation

Many people ask themselves the question “how to make a niche in the wall”? To do this, you first need to create metal carcass.
The frame is made as follows:

• apply a guide profile to the applied lines and drill a hole in the wall and in the profile with a puncher;
• we attach the profile to self-tapping screws;
• in a similar way we form the entire perimeter of the structure;
• then mounts the rack profiles to the finished frame. We also fasten them with self-tapping screws. The length of the rack profiles corresponds to the depth of the niche itself;
• we fasten the guides to the withdrawn rack profiles with self-tapping screws.

Finished frame

If a partition with niches is needed, then we construct the frame as follows:

• first, we mount on the floor and ceiling from the base guides;
• then we connect them with vertical guides;
• where necessary, according to the scheme, we attach the rack profiles and additional fasteners. The partition structure is ready.

If it is necessary to install additional lighting, after installing the frame, we wire the necessary wires.
The frame device is now ready for further finishing work.

Plasterboard installation

So, the frame of the plasterboard niche is ready and now it remains to complete it with plasterboard trim.
Fastening drywall to a metal frame is carried out as follows:

• cut drywall sheets into the desired pieces;
• we apply them to the frame and fasten them to the screws;
• goes first finishing the outside and then the inside.

Sheathing the frame with plasterboard

If a plasterboard niche has additional lighting, then holes for spotlights must first be made in the drywall. In this case, the installation will proceed as follows:

• insert lamps into the prepared places;
• we connect them to the wiring that was carried out at the stage of assembling the frame;
• we fix drywall with lamps to the structure using self-tapping screws.

The niche device is now ready for the final finishing work.

Note! The caps of the self-tapping screws must not protrude above the surface of the drywall sheets or be strongly sunk into them. Otherwise, the final finish will not be very high quality and neat.

Final finishing

The final finishing is necessary in order to give it a finished and aesthetic look. The niche and the interior of the room should be decorated in the same style and complement each other.
The final finishing involves:

• sealing all joints with serpyanka;
• smearing a niche with a rough layer of putty;
• rubbing the rough putty to a smooth state;
• surface treatment of the structure with a deep penetration primer;
• application of the final putty after the primer has dried. If there are any roughness, we wipe them with sandpaper.

Almost finished construction

Now all that remains is to create a niche for the design idea of \u200b\u200bthe room. To do this, it can be painted, pasted over with wallpaper, overlaid artificial stone or make decorative plaster moldings.
It is quite easy to construct a drywall niche. The main requirement is to follow all the recommendations and not skip a single step. As a result, your creation will become a worthy addition to the interior of the room.

Such a voluminous decor element allows you to remove many household problems without destroying the base. When assembling plasterboard niches with wall mounting (this is a more correct definition of the essence of the work), various goals are pursued - arranging a place for storing toys (if it is for children), installing household appliances, optimization of usable space, which allows you to more rationally place furnishings in the room, additional decoration of the room, or otherwise.

There is no need to consider all the options, since the specifics of cutting and fastening drywall (and for a niche built by your own hands, gypsum board is the most best material) remains unchanged, regardless of the implemented plans of the owner. If the reader understands all the features of each technological stage, then he will be able to make a niche out of drywall with his own hands without any difficulties according to his own drawings - of any size and configuration. The nuances of designing and assembling the box are the topic of this article.

Preparatory activities

Drawing up a drawing

Nobody will work “blindly”. Therefore, you need to choose a place and take all the necessary measurements, taking into account the volume of the niche and the convenience of attaching its frame to the wall, not only with your own hands, but also using the tool available in the house. Especially for such a one-time job, it is hardly reasonable for the owner of a city apartment to acquire, for example, a "grinder".

The remnants of the material after its cutting are, as a rule, unnecessary expenses. And whether trimming of a profile, slats or small fragments of gypsum boards will be useful in the economy is unknown and unlikely. Everything you need to homemade niche materials are sold as blanks in standard sizes.

To reduce the amount of waste, it is desirable to correlate them with the dimensions of the place where the structure is supposed to be installed, thereby optimizing costs. Consequently, the design features depend on those products (samples) that are supposed to be purchased. By the way, this particular nuance is often not taken into account if something is done in the house with your own hands.

The dimensions of the niche compartments in those places where it is supposed to install household appliances on the shelves (for example, a TV) should be several more sizes technology. This is due to the need for natural cooling of the equipment in operation. Otherwise, overheating and equipment breakdown are inevitable.

Choice of materials

For frame

There are few options for a niche - wood or metal profiles. From the point of view of practicality, it is better not to mess with wood, regardless of the specifics of the room. The main reason is that it gradually dries up, and changes in humidity and temperature affect. As a result, the entire structure will "lead" over time.

And since drywall, by definition, is a rather brittle material, then a niche for a long time, the frame of which is assembled from wooden slats, will not stand.

It can be different, so it is wiser to opt for aluminum - and the weight is less, and the workpieces are cheaper, and the processing is easier (since the material is soft).

For niche cladding

There are several as well. One thing is certain - for a niche it is necessary to choose products of the category "moisture resistant". But in terms of thickness, one should be guided not only by the shape and dimensions of the box, but also by the purpose of the shelves. If it is not supposed to put something massive on them, then arched drywall is quite enough. Its thickness is less than that of the ceiling and wall counterparts (about 6 mm), respectively, and the cost is lower.

Niche construction procedure

Wall markings

Nothing complicated - the drawn drawing is projected onto it (taking into account the scale).

Preparation of the base

There is no need to talk about her thoroughness, since the niche will close all the flaws. But in order to assess the convenience of fastening in this particular place, you should attach the profile rail to the wall and see how tightly it fits, and whether there are significant distortions. If necessary, you will have to make at least partial alignment. The technique is selected depending on the size of the defect.

It is easy to knock down the bulge (chisel + hammer), seal it with mortar in the recess. In some cases, to give the profile the correct position, you can use wedges, pads, and the like during the fastening process.

Electric / wiring laying

If it is decided to highlight a niche, then about the connection method lighting fixtures need to think ahead.

Recommendation - in order not to gouge the wall under the groove, you can start up the main part of the line under the baseboard. By the way, plastic products are just intended for secret laying of wired (cable) communications. Convenient and modern.

Assembling the frame

The specifics of the work depends on the dimensions of the future niche.

If the box is small, and the base for the mount is quite flat, then it is more convenient to first assemble the frame, and then fix it on the wall.

What to consider - when assembling the skeleton of the box, one cannot do it. To check the correctness of the geometry of the niche frame, it is advisable to use a square. It is easy to make it yourself, and the length of the "rays" of this device should be commensurate with the smallest side of the mounted volumetric form. Then the total value of inevitable measurement errors will be minimized.

A niche of impressive dimensions is assembled in parts, like any prefabricated structure. Bearing profiles are attached according to the markings made. They also function as guides. It depends on how accurately (in accordance with the drawing) and reliably they will be fixed on the wall. appearance niche and its stability under load.

Recommendation - if the niche is designed so that it reaches the floor, then you should not limit yourself to only wall mounting the slats. At the bottom, they should all be “fastened” (if possible) to the floorboards as well. This installation will give the entire assembly additional stability.

All that remains is to assemble the niche frame from individual parts (sections of the metal profile) and check its geometry and resistance to deformations.

Plasterboard sheathing

Fragments of the required dimensions and geometry are prepared in advance. Immediately after cutting, each should be fitted at the place of installation. If necessary, adjust to the required size. At the same stage, holes are drilled for self-tapping screws.

What to consider when sheathing

• The heads of the niche fasteners must be recessed into the drywall sheet. Consequently, chamfers are necessarily made with a larger diameter drill.
• How will it be produced finishing niches. Proceeding from this, the necessity and method of sealing the joints of sheets at the corners are determined. There are several options for this work. Since it is unlikely that you can make an ideal cutting with your own hands, you can remove a part of the plaster along the edges (in the form of a chamfer). After joining the fragments of the gypsum board, the seams formed on the surface of the niche can be easily filled with putty, leveled and sanded. Additionally, it is recommended to stick a serpyanka tape on top and paint over with a thin layer.

Niche finishing

If the niche is supposed to be painted to match the walls, then its surface should be prepared. Firstly, the paint on the "clean" drywall will fall badly, and secondly, it is partially absorbed into the gypsum, and the sheet will swell. Therefore, it is advisable to first treat the entire box with a finishing putty. Its difference from analogs is that all solid fractions in the mixture are microscopic. After leveling such a coating, it is sanded with the finest sandpaper.

For all other types of finishes (for example, wallpapering), all sides of the niche should be treated with a primer. It will significantly increase the adhesion of the surfaces and provide a stronger adhesion of the cladding.

If it is necessary to equip a backlight in a separate compartment of the niche, then it is more expedient to use (cords). Installing spotlights is a more complicated process. First, you will have to drill out the drywall. Second, count optimal power light bulbs. In addition, the ribbons can be repositioned at any time, changing the lighting and design of the room. You won't be able to experiment with lamps like this, unless you turn off one or more of them.

When using luminaires with bulbs, the circuit must be powered through a step-down Tr (36, 24 or 12 V). More high voltage, given that the niche frame is metal, it is not recommended to use it.

When arranging a niche with your own hands, you do not need to be afraid to experiment. There is no standard for such prefabricated structures. If desired, swing-open or sliding doors can be made in separate compartments.

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How plasterboard niches are assembled: simple instruction, plus a photo report

A very popular solution is a niche at the head of the bed

Hello readers of my blog. Today you will learn how to make drywall niches in the living room for TV and other equipment. However, those structures, the assembly of which I will discuss later, can be installed with equal success both in the living room and in the bedroom, in the kitchen for the refrigerator and in other rooms where there is a need for it.

A distinctive characteristic of those structures, which I will discuss below, is the simplicity and tight assembly time. This means that you are guaranteed to cope with it.

A few words about niches and their assembly

It is very difficult to make a niche in the wall with your own hands, using traditional building materials, such as brick, and it will take a lot of time to implement the project. The situation is quite different if the quality building material use GCR. After all, a gypsum board, reinforced with two layers of cardboard, is simply cut and also easily attached to the supporting frame with self-tapping screws.

There are several varieties on sale gypsum plasterboard... Some varieties are moisture resistant, others are ordinary and their price is more affordable. Also, drywall differs in standard sizes, and above all, in sheet thickness.

What to choose from this variety so that the drywall niche is durable and looks good?

It all depends on the purpose for which the quick-assembly structure is being assembled. For example, a niche for curtains or a similar structure that will be used exclusively as a decorative element, can be assembled from thin gypsum board with a thickness of 6.5 mm. Such material is widely used for cladding walls and ceilings, and therefore is not designed for significant mechanical loads.

If a niche is going to be in the bathroom or a TV stand built into the wall, I recommend using a sheet with a thickness of 9 mm or more. Such dimensions provide the casing with high resistance to mechanical stress, which is important if the plasterboard structure is assembled under a TV with a large diagonal.

If gypsum plasterboard niches are assembled in rooms with excessive moisture, it is advisable to use not ordinary drywall, but a gypsum fiber sheet, which does not have a surface paper reinforcement and is more resistant to moisture.

Two types of materials can be used to assemble the structural frame:

• Wooden slats and bars - perfect solutionif for some reason you are afraid or do not know how to work with assembly metal structures;
• Galvanized metal profile - allows you to quickly assemble lightweight metal structures of any complexity, the price of which will be slightly lower than the cost of wooden counterparts.

Comparing the characteristics of the listed materials, we will use a metal profile and a gypsum board with a thickness of 6.5 mm to assemble a niche, taking into account the fact that we will assemble a decorative niche.

Installation of plasterboard construction

Now we will find out how to make a drywall niche with our own hands. The assembly instructions are as follows:

• We measure the mounting surface, in this case the wall, and, in accordance with measurements and our preferences, make a drawing;

• With the help of putty, we completely level the wall, since at the end of the installation it will be very difficult to level the niche openings;

• We grind the surface leveled with a putty and coat it with a primer to prevent dusting;

• Via laser level (if this is not the case, we use a spirit level and a plumb line), in accordance with the prepared drawing, we apply markings on the mounting surface, along which the profile will be attached to the wall;

• Using tinted laces, we connect the marking points to the perimeter along which the installation will be performed;
• In accordance with the markings, the required number of profiles of suitable length;
• In the profile, according to the diameter of the prepared screws, we drill through holes at a distance of 20 cm from each other;
• The pieces of the profile prepared in this way are applied to the wall according to the markings made;

• By inserting a pencil into the holes, we transfer the location of the holes to the mounting surface;
• According to the marks made, we drill holes to the depth and width of the dowel;

• We fix the perimeter of the crate on the mounting surface;
• Using punching pliers, we install vertical posts that will be pushed forward relative to the wall;
• We strengthen all joints that were made with punching pliers with self-tapping screws;
• We cut the drywall strips along the width equal to the distance at which the front of the niche will protrude forward from the wall;

• We fasten the prepared strips perpendicular to the wall along the perimeter of the niche;
• From the inside of the fixed drywall strips, at a distance of no more than 50 cm from each other, we attach reinforcing jumpers, which will make the end part of the structure more rigid;

• We also strengthen the sides of the frame with jumpers installed perpendicular to the wall;

• We cut and fasten longitudinal jumpers;

I recommend that you take a few photos of the assembled metal structures before you start covering the frame with plasterboard. As a result, it will be easier for you to navigate the location of the profiles to which the gypsum board will be attached.

• We cut the vertical stand and jumpers 20 cm long;

• From these blanks we collect the front sidewall of the niche frame, as shown in the photo;

• Similarly, we assemble the frame of the front part along the entire perimeter of the opening;

• We assemble the frame on which the LED strip will be mounted;

• We completely sheathe the lateral opening of the side console with plasterboard;
• We completely sheathe the side console with a solid sheet;

• Then, with a hacksaw, cut out a rectangle using the markings made and open the opening;

• We sew the front edge of the frame on which the backlight will be mounted;

• We sew the lower part of the frame, which remained open;

• After the entire structure is assembled, we check that the seams between the pieces of drywall are cut at an angle of 45 °, and we also make sure that the heads of the screws do not protrude above the surface;
• Preparing the putty mixture;

• We glue the technological gaps with a serpentine and align the seams;
• We completely plaster the surfaces sheathed with plasterboard;

• After the putty has completely dried, the surface is sanded and primed for subsequent painting.

So, I told you how to make a niche in the opening of which you can install a large mirror or push in a sofa, wardrobe or another. I offered a photo report on the work done so that you have a general idea of \u200b\u200bhow to work with drywall and metal profiles. Now that you know how to work, I suggest you familiarize yourself with examples of niches in the interior.

Examples of niches in the interior

I'll start with unfinished, but very interesting project... The structure, which you can see in the next photo, is probably suitable for small spaces.

The niche will be able to accommodate a lot of modern household appliances, such as a thin TV, a small stereo system, etc. The only obvious drawback of this design is that it is very difficult to assemble due to the large number of small parts.

The next photo shows a similar design, but with smaller dimensions, and with built-in lighting. This technique is perfect for a bedroom or living room.

In this case, the niche is made not as a functional, but as a decorative element on which lighting fixtures, photo frames and various knickknacks can be placed. That is, a niche is, in fact, a large beautiful lamp in the interior.

This niche attracts decorationmade using wallpaper. The layout of the lighting devices is interestingly implemented. But, unlike the first example, this structure is not functional, but serves as a decorative element of the interior.

At the end of the review, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with an example of a functional, well-made design, combined with a tastelessly implemented color illumination scheme. If you do not pay attention to the torn-eyed lighting, we can assume that such a niche will be an excellent addition to a children's room or living room.

Conclusion

From this article, you learned that with your own hands, with the help of a quite affordable tool, you can assemble good drywall niches in the bedroom, in the living room, in the kitchen and in other rooms.

I hope that the proposed photo report with instructions will be useful to you and you will be able to collect something similar. If you encounter problems during assembly, ask questions in the comments - I guarantee the answer!

In the repair and decoration of residential premises, a person's desire for beauty is expressed in different ways - some want to decorate their home finishing materials incredible colors, others focus on designer furniture, and still others prefer the structural elements of an apartment or house. In principle, both are partly right, all these methods are designed to improve the comfort of the premises and create coziness in them. But few people understand the fact that the greatest results are achieved exclusively in the process of using all methods at the same time - in an apartment or house there should be good furniture, and high-quality beautiful surfaces of walls, floors, ceilings, and, of course, decorative structural elements... We will talk about one of them in this article, in which, together with the site, we will deal in detail with the question of how niches are made of drywall with our own hands, what material is needed for this and what tools are used to create them.

Do-it-yourself drywall niche photo

How to make a drywall niche: frame device

As in all gypsum plasterboard products, the frame is the main component of the entire structure - the shape, rigidity, reliability and even the appearance of the finished product depend on it. The final result depends entirely on how responsibly you approach the structure.

To build a drywall niche frame, you will need three types of materials - these are ud guide profiles, with which the structure is attached to the walls and the formation of the product contours, cd profiles designed to stiffen the structure, and sheet thickness 12.5 mm (better moisture resistant, but you can also use the usual one).

How to make a drywall niche frame with your own hands

Before starting work, you must clearly understand the complete picture of what you want to get in the end - you cannot do without it. You may even have to draw a small sketch or a simple drawing that needs to be transferred to the wall in real dimensions. Plasterboard outlines drawn on the wall really make the job easier. You will have to draw everything - every shelf and every bend. The more precisely you do this, the easier it will be to create it.

Guiding profiles ud are set along the drawn contours. Fasten them with dowels and a punch. There will be no problems with straight sections of the structure, difficulties appear when designing radial surfaces - for their construction you will have to learn how to bend smoothly metal profiles... In principle, this is not difficult - in order to obtain a smooth arc, the shelves of the guide profile are notched in 50 mm increments. If you do not want to do this work, then purchase a ready-made arched profile, in which the cuts are already laid at the enterprise. In my opinion, this is an extra waste of money - it is quite simple (within 2 minutes) to be cut with a grinder or even scissors.

How to make a drywall niche photo

Okay, let's move on and give our frame volume. In accordance with the required depth of the niche and drywall shelves, it is also necessary to install guide profiles on the floor and ceiling - their ends located on opposite surfaces must lie in a strict vertical level. Together with the volume of the structure, the front plane of the plasterboard niche is simultaneously set, which should be perfectly flat.

Installation of a drywall niche with your own hands photo

Now let's start forming the corners - as a rule, they are made from two guide profiles twisted together. Their shelves should be at a 90 ° angle to each other. These corner pieces are installed vertically and inserted into the top and bottom profile, respectively, on the ceiling and floor. It is imperative to check the level of their installation in two planes at once (on the front and side surfaces). If everything is in order, then you can safely fasten the guide profiles and the corner post to each other - for this, self-tapping screws ø3.5mm by 7.5mm are used (people call them "texas" or "fleas").

Having given a volumetric outline to the frame, at the next stage, a drywall niche with your own hands will require you to make it tough. It is not worth hoping that drywall will cope with this task. The frame is reinforced simply - for this, the cd bearing profile is used. It is cut into small pieces, the length of which corresponds to the distance between two opposite guides, inserted across them and fastened with two tex on each side. Again, do not forget to control the level and plane of the resulting surface. Such a reinforcement of cd bearing profiles on the side faces of the structure will need to be installed with shelves in different directions - in addition to giving rigidity to the frame, they additionally also serve as the basis for screwing drywall. And it is necessary to twist it in such products both inside and outside the niche.

Plasterboard niches in the wall photo

After the frame of the drywall niche is reinforced, you can start forming the shelves. The principle of their manufacture is practically the same as that described above. First, using ud, a level and self-tapping screws, the plane of the shelf is set, after which it is reinforced with load-bearing profiles arranged with shelves up and down every 300mm.

Most craftsmen (and myself among them) practice plastering it with plaster at the same time as making the frame. Before installing the shelves, the entire internal cavity of the niche is sheathed with plasterboard - believe me, it is easier to fix one large sheet than to pervert over its individual pieces. And the structure, thanks to this approach, acquires additional rigidity.

Do you know the golden rule of drywall? Less joints means less headache afterwards. This principle applies to all products, including plasterboard niches.

In addition, this approach will help to diversify a little this tedious and monotonous work.

Niches and drywall shelves photo

An important point in the creation process decorative niches from drywall is its illumination and noise reduction - all this must be thought out at the stage of making the frame. It is necessary to determine the location of the lamps and lay the necessary electrical cables, and fill the entire internal space of the frame mineral wool... In principle, if you are satisfied with the ringing rumble even with light blows of objects on the niche, you can refuse noise reduction - some people put up with this phenomenon very well, and some are annoyed.

Decorative niches made of plasterboard photo

Plasterboard niche installation: frame sheathing

This stage of the formation of a plasterboard niche is quite simple and has no special nuances, with the exception of a few, which we will consider below.

1. Firstly, this is the joining of individual parts of the drywall. At the junction of individual parts sheet material it is necessary to install additional stiffeners to which two separate pieces of drywall are screwed. If you ignore this nuance, then during operation you will get a crack in this place, even despite the high-quality sealing of the seams.
2. Secondly, the absence of which again leads to the appearance of cracks. At the junction of individual sheets of drywall at their cut edges, it is necessary to chamfer.
3. Thirdly, this is the step of installing self-tapping screws. It is standard and is 150-200mm.

Well, in conclusion, I would like to pay a little attention to decorating a niche, or rather preparing for this process. If you think that you can refuse its putty, then you are deeply mistaken - a drywall niche does not provide for putty only in one case, when it is tiled or tiled. It is this stage of manufacturing a gypsum plasterboard niche that is the most laborious - you will have to install a huge number of perforated corners, lay several tens of meters of reinforcing mesh in the corners and at the joints and qualitatively fill even the smallest cavities.