The secret of installing drywall. How easy is it to lengthen a profile without special connectors?
One of the most popular building materials for indoor wall cladding is drywall. It is a relatively inexpensive and practical material that is fairly easy to work with. With the help of drywall, you can not only easily align the walls and ceiling, but also create all kinds of decorative designs.
The most important stage in the installation of drywall is the installation of metal profiles, which will be the basis of the entire structure.
Often, when installing profiles, a situation arises when they need to be increased (lengthened) with each other, since their standard length may simply not be enough. In this case, you can use special connectors (extension cords), which are provided precisely for such purposes. But then there may be a problem! Sometimes these special extension cords are difficult to find on sale
in local stores (at one time I encountered just such a problem) or, as often happens, they may just endat the most inopportune moment. What to do in this case?There is a fairly simple way out of this situation, because drywall profile can be easily extended without special connectors!
And now I will share this little secret with you.. As an example, let's extend a standard metal profile with a width of 60 mm. First, we will need to cut a small piece from this profile about 20 cm long.
Then we tightly insert the resulting piece into the profile itself.
Now we need a round metal pipe with a diameter of about 20 mm or a wooden handle that can be sawed off from an old broom.
We install the handle on top and lightly press on it with both hands so that the piece of the profile bends.
Then we take out the resulting copy of the M-shape from the profile. Look carefully. He reminds us of something, doesn't it?
Now we insert the self-made connector into the profile half of its length, and on the other side we insert the second profile.
That's it, we've grown the profile and saved on connectors! Such a connector has a rigid structure due to the bending and it fits quite tightly between the profiles. At the end, it remains only to secure it with self-tapping screws on the sides. Well, how do you like this way?