Create spaces with plasterboard

Manage spaces in the best possible way and furnish with plasterboard work

Sometimes managing the available space in the best possible way by making the most of the potential of an environment is really difficult, but plasterboard can do this and much more: solid and long-lasting walls, designer false ceilings and wall shelves, niches, shelves and bookcases as well as entire equipped walls. All this with minimal impact on the inhabitants of the house.

Thanks to DIY plasterboard, just a few steps and a short time are enough to renovate your home. Thanks to its simple and quick installation, plasterboard can be considered an excellent solution for those who want to have fun personalizing or redistributing the spaces of their home.
Utility, comfort and also aesthetic beauty. Environments with a equipped plasterboard walla false ceiling or any other element, in fact, can take on new life. A simple bend is enough to bring it to life shaped false ceilings and soft walls, capable of transforming any room, even the most banal and obvious, into something surprising and highly effective.

DIY plasterboard walls – Gyproc

A particularly large environment can be improved with a few small changes and acquire, with little, more movement and style. All this is possible with a little plasterboard wallwhich improves the perception of space, giving a large entrance a touch of contemporaneity and greater functionality.

In the homes of the past, niches, or recesses compared to the rest of the wall, were a custom. Today, in modern homes, they are coming back into fashion and using plasterboard systems is undoubtedly the best solution.

Furnishing elements and shelves with plasterboard – Gyproc

The plasterboard niches they represent a very particular type of furniture: drastic and expensive building interventions are avoided and everything can easily be removed in case of second thoughts.

For example, above the headboard of the bed it is possible to create a long niche in a plasterboard wall, which acts as a bedside table where you can place cell phones, books or whatever you need in the bedroom.

Another idea is to build a plasterboard bookcase: bookcases warm, furnish and give a touch of style to the rooms. But the plasterboard ones become real renovated spaces, elements of design. For these plasterboard work the shapes can be infinite and the results unexpected, giving life to a modern interpretation of the ancient brick bookcases present in period homes.

Ideas and drawings of plasterboard ceilings: how the space changes

There are so many aesthetic and functional possibilities that a plasterboard false ceiling can offer. You can create classic storage spaces, hide LEDs or other lighting systems, but the design possibilities go far beyond and can create particular plasterboard solutions with just a few elements.

Plasterboard false ceilings – Gyproc

With a modern plasterboard false ceiling you can vary the height of a room, thus finding original solutions and creating simple dividing walls to aesthetically separate one room from another, without necessarily having to resort to building a new wall.

The curved lines of plasterboard – Gyproc

Furthermore, designer plasterboard allows you to create curved false ceilings that can give a truly special touch to your home.

Curved plasterboard walls – Gyproc

Furthermore, another useful function of plasterboard false ceilings in the bedroom or living room is the possibility of installing spotlights, creating integrated and efficient as well as elegant lighting.

Plasterboard structures and works: can they be trusted?

There are many false myths related to plasterboard: it is often said that you cannot hang anything on plasterboard, or that if you hit it it will crack.
Plasterboard currently represents one of the most used materials in construction and in particular in renovations, but there is no shortage of new buildings that use it not only for internal partitions, but also for perimeter walls.

The evolution of construction systems, research in the construction field and new technologies have given rise to solutions capable of combining thermo-acoustic insulation characteristics with unprecedented solidity and resistance for plasterboard walls.

All construction sectors require the use of products and solutions that allow high performance to be achieved, both for the need to comply with a tightening of current regulatory requirements (safety, fire, acoustics, mechanical resistance, etc.), and for a search for maximum comfort for those who live in the built environment.

Saint-Gobain Gyproc launched in March 2016 I live in Gypsum^® Fortethe best performing solution among all coated gypsum slabs, suitable both for the residential market, historically linked to traditional systems, and for the tertiary sector (for example schools and hospitals), regulated by stringent regulatory requirements.

The resistance of plasterboard walls – Gyproc

With a single chipboard screw it is possible to hang punctual loads of up to 40 kg, making it easy for anyone, with simple operations, to install shelves, wall units, TV stands and more, without the use of mechanical tools. A true revolution, which makes the use of plasterboard possible even in situations that until now did not allow it.

I live in Gypsum^® Fortethanks to its formulation, is able to offer a very high surface resistance to impacts, so as to live in the environments in complete safety, reducing to a minimum any restoration operations due to damage.

It is also characterized by the high level of security against break-ins, the high fire resistance and the acoustic insulation performance, without forgetting the aesthetics; thanks to the special paper with a particularly white color on the visible side which facilitates finishing operations. Also, the plates I live in Gypsum^® Forte they are sustainable, 100% produced in Italy using raw materials of natural origin, free from VOCs or substances harmful to health. It is also available in the water-repellent version I live in Gypsum^® Forte Hydrospecific for humid environments such as bathrooms and kitchens.

Finally, two fundamental strengths of plasterboard dividers are: cleaning e speed. The ease of installation limits the inconvenience caused by dust, dirt and disorder, allowing work even in already inhabited environments without disturbing the regular activities of the tenants.

Gyproc brand plasterboard wall for acoustic insulation

One of the most annoying things at home is not being able to stay calm on your sofa, not being able to relax due to an uncomfortable and cumbersome presence: the noise of the neighbors.

One of the most used solutions to improve the acoustic characteristics of an existing dividing wall is the plasterboard false wall.

Acoustic insulation with plasterboard – Gyproc

The latter will finally make you enjoy the sofa in peace, but not only that: it will in fact save you on your bill because thanks to the plasterboard and the Isover glass wool or mineral wool insulation it is possible to reduce heat loss.

So, the plasterboard + glass wool insulation system, such as Ice above PAR 4+guarantees not only notable acoustic insulation but also excellent thermal insulation, for perfect comfort.

Acoustic insulation with glass wool and plasterboard panels – Gyproc

In addition to plasterboard sheets, also glass wool panels Saint-Gobain Isover they respect the environment and are sustainable: they are made from sand and recycled glass and the patented binder is based on renewable raw materials.

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Gyproc it is the brand of Saint-Gobain Group specialized in the production of dry systems (plasterboard) and plasters for the construction world. Saint-Gobain Gyproc researches and develops cutting-edge solutions that are characterized by high standards of acoustic and thermal comfort, eco-sustainability and ensure excellent fire protection.

The continuous synergy between high quality and technological evolution that accompanies the development of these systems allows us to create more high-performance, flexible and long-lasting solutions for specific application areas.