Repair is always difficult. Especially if it's done by your hands. There are always some nuances or processes that are performed by a person for the first time. So, working for the first time with a plinth, you can spoil a lot of meters of expensive material. Especially everyone cares about the question of how to cut the plinth in the corners. We will talk about this and many other things today.
Introduction
At any final stage of repairing the floor, ceiling or walls, the final stage is pruning and installing skirting boards. At the onset of this stage, especially for beginners, there are many questions. For example, about:
- How to choose a plinth;
- What skirting board is better;
- How to cut corners of skirting boards;
- How to fix a plinth yourself, etc.
So, let's figure it out from the very beginning. What is a skirting board, what is it for, what kind of shape to choose and how to properly cut the corners of the skirting board for each of its types?
What is plinth and its types
The plinth is a kind of decorative detail that hides the joint between the wall and the floor or the wall and ceiling. This detail of the interior is very important for the home and therefore, installing it, you need to carefully treat all the nuances of installation. Especially to how to cut off the corner of the plinth and properly fix it.
There are many different types of skirting boards that have their own peculiarities of attaching trim. Such types include skirting boards of various materials:
- Wooden;
- Polyurethane;
- PVC;
- Ceramic;
- Metal.
Each of these types, depending on the purpose and material, has its own rules for trimming and further installation. The corner of the plinth should be as flat and beautiful as possible. The poor appearance of the baseboard can ruin the picture of all your repairs. So, let's figure out how to properly cut the corners of the skirting board for each of its types.
Wooden skirting boards: trimming angle
Working with a tree is not particularly difficult. Like any plinth, wooden should have the most correct angle of docking, as often the joints between its parts can not be covered. Curve pruning or the gap between them immediately striking. How to cut a corner on a skirting board so that joints practically were not appreciable? For proper cutting, we need two tools: a chair and a saw. In order to use the chair, you must remember two rules:
- The left skirting board is applied on the left, right - on the right.
- Floor skirting boards are applied to the far wall, ceiling skirting - to the near wall.
If you work with these two rules, the angle will always be smooth and at the final installation is almost imperceptible. Before cutting corners, it is very important to measure the length of the plinth: the floor - on the upper line, the ceiling - on the bottom. And only after that you can start pruning. Thus, we answered the question of how to cut corners of skirting boards from a tree.
Cutting corners: polyurethane plinth
Like a wooden skirting board, polyurethane is very simple in pruning. This kind is used most often in a house with uneven walls. Such a plinth perfectly passes all the irregularities and snug against the wall. In the same way as when cutting corners of a wooden plinth, we need two tools: a special saw (for metal or a string for polyurethane) and a chair. The rules for working with the studio do not change. The correct definition of the length of the plinth, and then its correct pruning will serve as a pledge of perfectly even and clearer attachment between each other in the corners. Do not forget that the plinth must be cut off immediately from two sides - this will save your time and nerves.
PVC skirting boards: how to cut corners?
So, how to cut corners of PVC skirting boards? This is a great material that can be perfectly processed. Its distinctive feature is that if you do not have a chair at hand, it does not matter. This material can be cut to the eye. This is due to the fact that the joints in this material, as well as the corners are covered with special plugs that hide all the unevenness of the joints, making the plinth perfect. Of course, if you are not sure, you can use a chair - with it the edges will be more even. When working with this material there is only one nuance - between the edges of the skirting should be free space - about 5 millimeters. It is necessary for the installation of corners, both internal and external, as well as stubs, if you decide to join the plinth somewhere in the middle of the wall. The final places, for example, emerging on the doorway, should be even. Special places are put on these places.
Metal skirting boards: methods of working with it
We already know how to properly cut the corners of the skirting from wood, polyurethane and PVC material, now it's worth talking about metal. This type is best cut by a Bulgarian. Metal - a very hard material, so to simplify the work it is better to use it. She will not bend the metal, will not leave a dent on it. To cut the corner on such a material, the stool does not help. We need to manually measure the angle of 45 degrees and cut off the plinth on our own. It is worth noting that the angle of 45 degrees should be the opposite for the right and left side of the plinth. You also need to clearly understand the inner corner you are cutting out or the outer one. After the determination with these moments, there are no problems with installing a metal skirting board. In the end, even if you get a not quite smooth joint, it will cover a special corner.
Work with a ceramic skirting board: features
Ceramic plinth - this is an excellent solution for bathrooms and official institutions. The fixing of the plinth from the ceramic is significantly different from the fixing of other types, since the material used instead of the finished skirting is a conventional floor or wall tile. Cutting the corners for this type of skirting is not difficult. We just need to cut off the width of the tile, which is necessary for docking. This tile is fixed to a special glue. Between separate parts of this material it is necessary to leave a certain, but necessarily even distance - for this use special crosses for tiles. When the glue dries, we pull out the crosses, make sure that all the gaps between the tiles are equal and put a special sealing seam in the remaining slits. Similarly, we process the outer and inner corners of the ceramic skirting board.
Choosing a skirting board: advice to buyers
When choosing a plinth, you need to pay attention to a lot of things. For example, if the walls of the house are perfectly even, you can use rigid views, if they have irregularities - soft, such as PVC skirting or polyurethane, which will fall on all irregularities and will be tightly attached to the wall. Knowing how to cut corners of skirting boards, you will be able to determine for yourself whether you will cope on your own, for example, to make perfect joints using wooden skirting boards, or you better choose a material such as tile, metal, PVC, etc. Do not forget about the design of your room and the shades that are used in it. Selecting the material, decide on the color scheme. Having found out for yourself all these moments, you can choose exactly the material that is suitable for work and with which you can easily handle on your own.