How To Prepate Brick Walls For Sheet Rock
To hang drywall on a brick surface.
How to prepate brick walls for sheet rock. Thinset mortar is suitable for application over concrete masonry brick backerboard and gypsum wallboard. Smooth rub or wrinkle the plastic with your hand before removing from the wall to create different patterns. First you want to measure your wall in two horizontal and two vertical points. The compound will act as an adhesive to hold the wall in place.
Start by measuring and cutting the first piece. Remove the sheet to create a. Attaching brick veneer to drywall. The bricks were 1 4 to 1 2 inch raised from the wall.
Mark chalk guidelines along the wall to help ensure your rows stay straight during installation. Place the drywall on the brick surface and use masonry nails driven into the. Also make sure to cover the floor under the wall with a tarp. Prepping walls for thinset.
The yellow parts are the putty not yet dry. Then begin laying out your brick pattern in 8 inch rows. It turns white when dry. Add evenly spaced globs of drywall compound to the back of the drywall.
Apply a glaze to a wall then place a plastic sheet against the wall before it dries. Then i put a thin layer of rock hard putty bought at menards for about 9 over the bricks to make them more durable.