How to level the ceiling

The use of building mixtures is permissible only if the skew of your ceiling is not too noticeable and it will be enough just to rid the surface ofbumps, dents and small cracks. If the unevenness of the ceiling is visible even with the naked eye, as is often the case in houses with panel overlapping, it is necessary to make a suspended ceiling from gypsum board.

In order to determine the skew of your ceiling in relation to a flat surface, it is enough to approach one of the walls of the room and look at the opposite line of the ceiling. Besides, You can use the laser level for greater visibility. If the height difference is not more than two centimeters, the ceiling can be leveled using construction mixtures.

First of all It is necessary to clean the surface of the ceiling from the old coating. It can be a layer of chalk or water-basedpaints. This procedure can be performed with the most common spatula or scraper. Remove the old coating can be "dry", and wetting the surface. The latter method allows you to remove the coating much faster. Be careful and careful, as dirt and dust from the ceiling can get into your eyes. It is recommended to carry out similar work in special goggles.

After cleaning, the ceiling must be cleaned. To do this, you will need a sponge and a few bucketswater. It is worth noting that it is better to do all the work itself, but to take someone as assistant. The fact is that working with the ceiling is always quite heavy, since the hands must always be held up.

The next stage is application of soil. Today in the stores of building materialsyou can find a large number of different primers: for shpaklevku, for water-based paint, as well as universal, which are suitable for any type of work. We recommend using the latter option.

Now the most responsible part is read. First to cover the most noticeable cracks and potholes with plaster plaster. After that you can proceed to puttying and leveling the surface. Preparation of the solution is notnothing complicated: just add to the container with putty water to get a uniform thick mass. The solution should be applied with a wide spatula. Thus it is necessary to try, that movements of the tool were viscous and uniform. The layer of putty should be from 1 to 3 millimeters, depending on the unevenness of the ceiling.

The solution can dry for 5 to 8 hours. This time depends on the thickness of the applied layer. After the putty dries, the dirtiest stage of work begins - sanding. This procedure is carried out using a grid stretched to a special tool. Thus, the whole surface of the ceiling is treated to eliminate small irregularities.

As you could see, align the ceilingpretty hard. However, everyone can handle this, despite the large amount of effort that will have to be made to do this. If you doubt that you have enough strength to do such a job, we recommend that you seek help from specialists.