How to sheathe walls with panels in a bathroom with your own hands

How to sheathe walls with panels in a bathroom with your own hands

At the beginning, you need to measure the height, width and length of the walls to determine the amount of material necessary, as well as the parameters of the panels. During the measurements, all the protrusions and areas around the door should be taken into account. Also, communication should be taken into account, which will have to be closed with a box. For work, in addition to ordinary plastic panels, you will need to purchase the so -called starting and final profiles. You will also need external and internal corners, a special ceiling plinth and miniature corners to it. Buying materials should be with a small margin. First, wooden rails are mounted, to which the frame will be attached. If a current source is planned to be equipped in the toilet, then it is necessary to immediately determine the place where the outlet can be installed.

Wooden rails must be treated with a special composition that protects wood from mold and fungus. After preparing the frame, you can proceed to fastening the panels. Cut the angular or starting profile (depending on the selected place) of the desired size and attach it to the frame through small screws or a construction stapler. In this case, it is recommended to use the level, t. To. The entire structure will be fixed on the correct installation of the starting element how harmoniously the entire structure.

The next panel is cut in size and is inserted into the start profile until it stops. To fix its position should also be a stapler. Subsequent panels are fixed according to the same system. You can try to fix the panels directly to the wall with a frameless way. However, this can only be done if the walls in the toilet are perfectly even, which does not happen so often.