The most convenient material for cosmetic repairs is drywall. With its help, you can easily hide irregularities or other imperfections on walls, ceilings, arches, doors, and so on. This material is firmly mounted, but it does not require a very large expenditure of physical strength, since it can be safely called light. Most often, the above building material performs several important functions:
- It is used to level walls or to create an unusual geometric relief (arches, podiums, shelves, etc.). In this case, medium-thick drywall is ideal;
- For finishing or creating a flat surface on the ceiling, you can use the thinnest types of material;
- Arched openings are also processed with thin sheets;
- Partitions between rooms require a more thorough approach, and therefore drywall with a width of 12 millimeters or more is suitable for them.
Features of the choice of material
When choosing material here , you need to specify the exact place, where it will be used, for example, in the living room, where there is a fireplace, it is actual to use fire-resistant material, but for the room that precedes the sauna or pool, you can purchase moisture-resistant drywall. Naturally, the most economical is the standard version, that is, ordinary gypsum, covered on both sides with cardboard or just a layer of very thick paper.
Application for decorative purposes
Drywall, as mentioned above, has a small thickness, therefore it cannot be a protection against noise or cold, its purpose is to create flat surfaces, in this it has no equal among the whole variety of building materials.
