What is the plasterboard sheet?

The plastering sheet is a building material that is usually used to produce inner walls and ceilings of houses. It is usually made of plaster plaster, which was pushed between two thick sheets of paper. Usually, the color is light, so it can be easily painted in the desired inner color. Other common names for plasterboard are the wall plate, Sheetrock® and plasterboard. More leaves are suspended side by side to cover the room. First, the sheet is cut to a size for a particular wall or ceiling. Then a small saw is used to create cutouts for light switches, outlets and other small holes. Each plasterboard is then attached to the room frame using nails or screws of plasterboard.

The area where both leaves meet - called the joint - are glued and covered with a joint compound. To ensure that the final wall or ceiling is even, the compounds must be and often ground. This is one of the most difficult and accurate tasks related to the plasterboard suspension and oftenThe experts feel that there is an art for proper recording and smoothing the joint compound.

plasterboard sheets can be prepared in different ways to satisfy building needs. For example, they can be made as a focus to reduce the sound or resist the bathroom moisture. The plasterboard leaves are usually sold in 1/2 and 5/8 inches thickness (12.7 and 15.8 mm), although some may be narrow as 1/4 inch thickness (6.35 mm). They often have 4 feet up to 8 feet (1.2 m x 2.4 m), although larger leaves are available. Specings, which is large for particularly large space; The larger each sheet, the fewer leaves are needed and less joints are left and exterminated.

Unlike traditional gypsum, a plasterboard can be installed very quickly with an experienced plasterboard, or even managed to-you-yourselfers. If plasterboard leaves are small enough, one person cando the job alone. Since it is such a popular building material, it is easy to obtain in stores of buildings of general retail buildings, not only in specialized shops

To help the process of building architects, suppliers and owners communicate about the appearance and feeling of plasterboard sheet, four trade associations in 1990 issued recommendations for the surface level of plasterboard. The levels range from 0 to 5, each level representing an increased quality of the final product.