Cutting the inner and outer corners of the skirting board
All complex construction work eventually comes to an end and smoothly flows into the stage of external and internal decorative finishing of the constructed building. Considering the interior decoration of a house or apartment, attention is primarily drawn to the walls, floor and ceiling. With regard to the walls, it should be noted that the most convenient option would be the traditional pasting with wallpaper, which can also be used when decorating the ceiling, now this is very common. If it seems difficult to pick up the wallpaper or there is a desire to build something grandiose, then experts will be able to help you by plastering the inner surface of the walls and ceiling, which is subsequently brought to an exceptionally smooth and even state and subjected to staining, and, if desired, painting. There is the option of installing suspended ceilings, rack or stretch.
After you have installed the floor or ceiling, the final stage is the installation of the skirting boards, which helps to hide the joints.
In any case, with the correct and responsible approach to business, ceilings and walls will look beautiful and neat. And everything seems to be ready, but something is missing. The resulting picture looks unfinished because the joints between the walls and the ceiling are not finished.
It is very important to put the formed gaps and gaps in order.
Fillets are also called decorative skirting boards, which allow you to close the gaps between the ceiling and the wall.
Tools needed to prepare and glue the skirting board
As you know, no room can boast of ideal evenness in the ratio of the angles between the walls and the ceiling. Therefore, measurements and sawing off the corners of the plinth will have to be done with your own hands, using the minimum number of tools. Such as:
- simple pencil;
- ruler;
- stationery knife;
- glue moment, express.
Ceiling plinth
Ceiling skirting boards are made from different materials. When choosing, the buyer is guided by his requirements.
The plinth is divided into ceiling and floor. From the name it is clear that the ceiling is used as fillets, serving to decorate the junction between the wall and the ceiling, and the floor decorates the place where the wall and floor meet. Both the one and the other type of skirting boards are now very popular among those who are under construction, or who are renovating the interior of rooms. The secret of popularity is simple. this is the most convenient way to get rid of imperfections in the interior decoration of the premises. over, the skirting board is made of a very light material, polystyrene, which has no way of causing any harm to human health. And, what is most important for people who prefer to do everything with their own hands, the ceiling plinth is easy to mount to the ceiling or the upper parts of the walls. At the same time, a small amount of money is spent on the manufacture of polystyrene skirting boards, which affects its very inexpensive market value. Its cost is charged for one running meter, which is on average 30-40 rubles.
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As a rule, there are no problems with joining ceiling plinths. Because the skirting boards, which are sold in small elements. by a meter, one and a half or two meters, have perfectly flat edges that are tightly pressed against each other, and when using glue, the occurrence of gaps between them is completely excluded.
The scheme of joining the ceiling plinth in the corners.
Slowdown mostly happens when it comes to cutting corners. The first time and by eye, only a highly qualified specialist with many years of experience can cut the correct outer or inner corner. And the amateur who has undertaken such work for the first time will spend more than one hour and cut more than one m of the baseboard before reaching the desired result. When measuring internal or external, you need to act “by eye” tactics, since the attachment of the plinth to the surface of the ceiling or wall is made at an angle of 38 to 45 degrees. Therefore, cut evenly and glued to the joint, inner corner or outer corner, it becomes the result of meticulous measurements, calculations and sawing off. Here is how the popular building principle works nowhere. measure seven times, cut once.
How to cut a plinth into an inner or outer corner?
If you decide to use a clerical knife in order to cut the skirting boards, make sure that it is well sharpened.
The most popular tool you can use to cut a plastic skirting board is a utility knife. Make sure that the clerical knife with which you plan to make the saw is very well sharpened. Since the structure of the skirting board, characterized by a high level of strength and rigidity, requires the application of great forces at the time of sawing. And the porous structure of the skirting board, when cutting it with a blunt blade or a hacksaw with large teeth, you risk making the cut wrinkled and uneven or even completely breaking the skirting board. In the event that a clerical knife is not at hand, you can use a well-sharpened kitchen knife instead. It will allow you to do a good job. In order to smoothly cut the corner of a wooden plinth, it is recommended to use an electric jigsaw, which, due to its structure, can change the angle of inclination and in no way spoil the baguette. You will not find a single burr on the mowing line.
How to make the inner and outer corner of the ceiling plinth with your own hands?
In general, in order to make a beautiful inner or outer corner from a plinth with your own hands, you need to be patient and building material. Proceeding from the fact that almost all rooms of any house or apartment have internal corners, the description of the course of work should be started on the example of this particular type of corners.
Cut out the inner corner for the skirting board
First, you should decide in which direction the parts of the skirting board will be glued. The most correct is the beginning of work from one of the corners of the room. For the premiere corner, choose one that is not in plain sight. For example, the one that is near, and not opposite the entrance. This will slightly hide the possible shortcomings of the first corner in your life. And from it it will be possible to disperse in different directions, driving the elements of the ceiling plinth, one after another, and so on until the next corner.
Scheme for trimming the inner corner of the ceiling plinth.
Having decided on the place to start work, we will organize a comfortable workplace for ourselves. What is determined by the need to move a high chair to the corner or, even more convenient, a table from which it will be comfortable for you to try on and glue the corner, and behind it a flat plinth. Plus, organize a place on the floor where you can conveniently and easily saw off parts of the baseboard and stick express glue on it.
After the preparatory work, you can proceed to directly designing the selected corner. To do this, we take an element of the plinth, which will play the role of the right side of the corner being created, and apply it to the joint, so that its left end part is tightly pressed against the inner corner. On the mowing line where it joins the ceiling, we draw a line with a simple pencil. After which we put this plinth aside, not forgetting that it will stick to this particular wing of the corner.
After trimming the corners, check the fit and alignment accuracy.
We take the second part. the left-sided one, and try on the end side in the same way, pressing it firmly into the inner corner. And along it we also mark out the line of the connection with the ceiling. On which, after removing this plinth, two perpendicularly located and crossed lines should appear. The point of their intersection is the most important for us. It will need to be marked one by one directly on the parts that fold into a corner. On the right, one of them should be drawn, using a ruler and a simple pencil, a fishing line connecting the resulting mark with the extreme angle of the opposite side of the plinth. According to this line, cut off the corner so that the cut is even, that is, both the front and rear walls of the plinth will be cut off.
On the second part of the inner corner, on the left, you also need to draw a fishing line connecting the intersection point of the lines transferred from the ceiling, along which you will need to cut off the corner, which will slightly differ from that on the right side. The difference is that it must be done by slightly tilting the incision angle. That is, the back side of the skirting board should remain in its original volume. After both pieces are cut off according to your marks, do not rush to use the glue. First, it is best to apply the resulting parts to the corner dry. This will allow, on occasion, to eliminate some defects, if any. They can be easily corrected by aligning the sides of the joint on the plinth elements that are combined in the corner.
How to measure and correctly cut the inner or outer corner of a skirting board
There are, however, several options for measuring and cutting the right angle into which the skirting board should fold. The first option is to use in this process a tool that is actively used by locksmiths. this is a construction miter box. With its help, you can quickly and evenly cut angles at an angle, which are folded into the corner of the junction of two walls.
When trimming skirting boards, special attention should be paid to the edges of the fillet shelves, which can have different thicknesses.
You just need to correctly insert the plinth into the tool and, using a clerical knife, evenly cut the required angle from the correct end of the plinth. But this, at first glance, very easy way of cutting corners, which would seem to consist only in acquiring a miter box and correctly inserting a plinth into it, has its pitfalls. The fact is that an angle, a plinth cut at an angle of 45 degrees, namely, these are cut using a miter box, will be suitable only in those rooms in which the walls, ceiling and floor are located strictly perpendicular to each other. The miter box will help to make the cut extremely smooth and precise.
Method Applied universal
45º trimming is common, but what if you need a different angle and only have a hacksaw and a pencil? It turns out that there is a very simple way out of this situation. Plus, this method is universal, it is suitable for both external and internal corners.
over, I can assure you that those angles that visually seem to be straight, in fact, have deviations by a couple of degrees. As a result, you buy a good tool, cut it off at 45º, and when joining, the gap between the skirting boards “comes out”. This problem disappears here. And then, using an example, consider how to cut the ceiling plinth in the inner corner.
Take a fillet, apply it to one side of the corner and use it to guide 2 mowing lines, along the wall and along the ceiling.
Tip: to make the mowing line unobtrusive, they can be carried out not with a pencil, but, for example, with a nail or the edge of a knife.
Pattern Crop method
Most often, both ceiling and floor skirting boards need to be cut at 45º. If there is no specialized tool nearby, then an impromptu miter box can be drawn on a notebook leaf. From the school geometry course, we know that the diagonal of any square in relation to the base has an angle of inclination of 45 degrees.
The 45º angle can be set by attaching the plinth to the diagonal of the square.
Next, you need to draw a square and draw 2 diagonals in it. these will be the required 45º. You just have to correctly attach the plinth to the leaf and mark it. True, in order to cut off the plinth exactly without guides, you need a good eye and a right hand.
Three working ways to trim skirting boards
For floor and ceiling skirting boards, the trimming instructions are almost the same. But if on the floor the curved corner can be covered with something, then on the ceiling this is already a problem, so we will pay more attention to how to cut the ceiling plinths.
How to cut a skirting board at any angle and without gaps. 3 working ways from a practitioner
There are more than enough tips on how to cut a plinth at 45 degrees on the net now, the only bad thing is that most of them are given by people who have never done this. Next, from the point of view of practice, I will tell you how to cut skirting boards at the corners with your own hands in 3 options, and you will learn about both traditional methods and folk universal recipes.
The science of how to properly trim ceiling skirting boards in corners is not as difficult as it might seem.
Important nuances
If you tried as best you could, but a small gap at the junction still “got out” do not be discouraged. In wooden fillets, such a gap is easily covered with furniture wax. To cover the gap on the baseboards made of polyurethane, foam, plastic or gypsum, a putty is perfect. Naturally, the color of the composition should match the color of the skirting board.
All cracks in the area of the ceiling fillets are sealed with putty.
Wide ceiling fillets are certainly beautiful, but they can only be mounted on perfectly flat walls. If the plane of the wall in relation to the ceiling is a wave, then it is better to buy narrow polyurethane fillets, they are elastic and will smooth out this drawback.
Perfectly flat walls are needed for a wide fillet.
Most of the questions arise about how to cut the wallpaper for the ceiling plinth. There is nothing complicated here: the wallpaper is glued with a slight overlap on the baseboards and when the wall is completely glued, take a large spatula, put it in the corner and cut off the excess along the blade with a knife.
How to cut wallpaper for a ceiling plinth with your own hands.
But keep in mind. neither the knife nor the spatula can be torn off the wall until you have passed the entire plane. That is, they put a spatula from the corner, cut off the wallpaper along the length of the blade, and then, without taking the blade off the wall, move and cut it until you reach the next corner.
Method Classic miter box
The classic miter box is a U-shaped bed with slots in the opposite sides. A part of a suitable size is inserted into this stock and sawed off with a hacksaw through the slots in the sides. The idea is not new, the tool is already several hundred years old, but despite the simplicity, not everyone knows how to properly cut the corner of the ceiling plinth using such a miter box.
Not everyone knows how to cut a ceiling plinth in a corner using a classic miter box.
Tip: when trimming, the ceiling plinths are applied to the side of the miter box that is closer to you, and the floor plinths, on the contrary, must be applied to the side of the tool farthest from you. This is not a dogma, but it is much easier to work this way.
It is easier to work with skirting boards, since the miter box lies on a horizontal plane, it is easier for you to orient yourself in the position of the skirting board. People most often make mistakes when trimming the ceiling fillet, it is simply incorrectly put into the tool. There is a simple but important rule here.
Important: the side of the ceiling fillet, which touches the wall, should be directed to the upper edge of the side of the miter box, and that part of the plinth that borders on the ceiling is placed on the bottom of the miter box.
As you know, there are 2 sides to the corner, so, in order to make less mistakes, train yourself to insert the bar that will be mounted on the right side of the corner into the miter box on the right, and the bar that is attached to the left, put it into the miter box on the left. Details about the intricacies of using a classic miter box are described in the video in this article.
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How to properly trim the inner and outer corners of the ceiling fillet.
In addition to the classic U-shaped miter box, there are two more types of similar designs. a professional and a rotary tool. As for the professional version, only masters use it. The device is quite bulky, but it turns at any angle and has a hacksaw that can be fixed in the desired position.
Professional miter box with the ability to fix the hacksaw and part.
The swivel device can be safely called a “” miter box. The only advantage here is the ability to clearly fix the angle of rotation of the bar. On the one hand, it is easy to work with it. set the corner, put it on the plinth and cut it off. But on the other hand, you need to get used to such a tool, if you do not have experience with a hacksaw, then you should not take a rotary miter box.
Tip: when choosing a classic U-shaped miter box, firstly, do not take Chinese products. And secondly, try to buy models with the possibility of rigid fixation of the part inside, one of these models is shown in the photo below.
A miter box with the possibility of fixing a part inside is much more convenient to work.
A few words about tools and materials
Floor skirting boards are now made of wood or polyvinyl chloride (PVC), in other words, plastic. Ceiling fillets have a slightly larger list:
The range of ceiling skirting boards is much wider than that of the floor direction.
- Polyurethane. these skirting boards have good elasticity and can bend around radial and other curved surfaces, but in any case they need to be cut at clear angles;
- Foam plinths are the simplest budget option, the price of foam plinths is low and they are cut very easily;
- PVC. the principle is the same as for floor skirting boards, but the range is much wider;
- Wooden. similar to the floor ones, only here there are still wide models;
- Gypsum. with the advent of polyurethane and polystyrene, gypsum ceiling fillets receded into the background, firstly, they are heavy, and secondly, fragile. But in fairness, it’s worth mentioning them.
Since it is impossible to properly cut the ceiling plinth and its floor counterpart without a good tool, we will dwell on this issue in a little more detail.
The best, almost perfect tool for trimming all kinds of skirting boards and more is the swing miter saw. The high-speed disc makes smooth and precise cuts, and the bed in these units can be rotated at any angle. The only problem is the serious cost of this tool.
The miter saw is almost the perfect tool for trimming skirting boards and more.
It is believed that one of the best hand tools for accurately cutting small pieces of wood is the backsaw. In principle, this is true, but to be honest, a really high-quality saw, even with the current assortment, is not easy to find. If you still decide to buy a similar tool, then take a saw with a fine tooth.
The bow saw is convenient when working with a miter box.
In theory, foam and polyurethane can be cut with any sharp and sturdy knife. But at the same time, you need to have a firm hand and at least a little experience in cutting foam. Plus, it is very problematic to cut wide fillets with a knife.
Without experience, making a clear cut with a knife is very problematic.
Personally, in the absence of trimming, I only use a hacksaw for metal. It is suitable for cutting absolutely any material, from styrofoam to wood. By the way, they often ask the question of how to cut a plastic baseboard for the floor, and so. take a hacksaw for metal and you definitely won’t be mistaken.
For trimming skirting boards, a hacksaw for metal is considered one of the best tools.
All three methods described by me work, the choice depends on which tool you have in stock and what your professional skills are. If after watching the video you still have questions, welcome to the Комментарии и мнения владельцев, than I can, I will help.
If you are not confident in your abilities, then for both floor and ceiling skirting boards there are connecting elements that allow you to do without trimming.
How to properly trim the corners of the skirting board
Since it is hard plastic skirting boards that are increasingly used during repairs, it is about them that will be discussed. Their installation is inevitably associated with the need to cut and form beautiful joints in the corners. The quality of all work and the appearance of the room where the repair is being made will depend on how the plinth will be joined, in general.
Cutting skirting boards with a miter box
For the correct trimming of the plinth, a special device was invented, which was called the miter box. It is a small block with a notch for the skirting board and with gaps located at different angles. for the cutting tool.
With the help of a miter box, you can get neat and even cuts. The plinth is fixed inside the product, then the angle and direction of cut required in a particular case is selected.
On a note! If it is necessary to form a beautiful corner using a miter box, then one piece of the plinth is cut at one angle, and the second. in a mirror image.
When working with a miter box, it is important to ensure that the edges of the skirting board protrude a short distance beyond the edges of the selected slot. If the trimming tool is wider than the skirting board itself, it is recommended to securely fix the product inside the miter box before trimming. Otherwise, the plinth may move inside, the cut angle will constantly change, because of which it (cut) will turn out to be incorrect and incorrect.
Making cuts for joining skirting boards using a miter box
Important! The pressure on the skirting board should be moderate when cutting. Otherwise, it may break.
Methods for cutting plastic skirting boards
Cutting skirting boards is seemingly simple, but responsible. If the corners are cut incorrectly, then they will not fit correctly and all the work will go down the drain, since the product will no longer have a beautiful appearance. there will be gaps between two sections of the plinth and decorative inserts (corners, joining elements, etc.).
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Most often, an ordinary metal hacksaw, which has fine teeth, is used to cut the plinth. However, for thin skirting boards, it will not work, since the product will simply tear under the influence of this tool.
Sometimes the plinth is cut with metal scissors. But the method also has its drawbacks, because the product can be crumpled under the pressure of the blades. Less commonly, but still used is an angle grinder. However, the cutting line after cutting can be inaccurate, as the tool often “tears” soft plastic. Especially often this method turns out to be unsuccessful for beginners in the world of repair, who still do not know how to fully control the work. So the angle grinder can be attributed to rather specific methods.
On a note! You can use a sharpened knife or a utility knife to cut thin skirting boards. But such work requires some skill, therefore it is recommended to first practice on the scraps of the old plastic skirting board.
The most important thing in the procedure for cutting skirting boards is the observance of the required geometry. The procedure is never performed “by eye”, the accuracy of measurements and accuracy are important here. Therefore, there are other methods for cutting skirting boards.
The absence of fittings implies the use of other methods of connecting skirting boards. This is an option with and without clipping templates.
The main types of floor skirting boards
The wooden skirting board is a classic. It is a natural product, as it is made from solid wood. This type is distinguished by its high strength and durability. the skirting boards, installed back in the times of the USSR, still serve faithfully in some apartments and houses. Now they are made mainly from pine wood, but there are also products from walnut, oak, ash and other species. However, due to this, the cost of products increases. not everyone can afford such skirting boards.
Because of this, veneered skirting boards have appeared on the market. their are an order of magnitude lower. However, outwardly, they practically do not differ from products made of expensive wood. The fact is that their upper part, which plays a decorative role, is just made of a thin layer of expensive wood. Without certain knowledge and experience, it is almost impossible to distinguish veneered plinth from ordinary wooden skirting.
On a note! For cutting skirting boards. wood and veneer. use a regular wood saw.
It is convenient to cut wooden skirting boards with a hacksaw for metal
The most popular now is the plastic skirting board, that is, made of PVC. It has partially displaced conventional wooden products from the market, as it has a number of advantages:
- looks beautiful and neat. it is able to imitate natural wood products;
- easy to install, flexible and very easy to cut;
- can serve as a cable channel for laying wires;
- not afraid of exposure to water, and also does not rot, mold does not start on it;
- is inexpensive compared to wood or veneered products.
Plastic skirting board is made of polyvinyl chloride, which is passed through special forms under high pressure. After solidification of the mass, a neat plastic product is obtained.
On a note! Some manufacturers decorate the edges of plastic skirting boards with rubber. This measure helps the product not to slip on walls and floors during installation and to adhere tightly to surfaces.
Plastic skirting boards are of several types. for example, used for carpet (they have a special shape in the shape of the letter G, fix the material) or for linoleum. There are also universal products that can be installed on any kind of flooring. They can be classified and depending on the hardness.
Table. Types of plastic skirting boards depending on the hardness.
How to cut off a plastic skirting board: how to cut it off and how to do it correctly, cutting methods
A skirting board is an essential element for decorating a room and giving it a complete and neat look. It can be made of various materials, but the plastic skirting board is especially popular now. It is easy to install, but even in this process there are some subtleties that are important to know about. How to cut a plastic skirting board correctly so that you can neatly dock it in the corners?
Useful Tips
Experienced craftsmen recommend starting the installation of the skirting board from the inner corner. At the junction of the two walls, which form the inner corner, the cut on the baseboards will be 45 degrees (in a room with correct and accurate geometry). It is recommended to cut with a miter box. this is the only way to achieve a perfectly even cut.
Cutting floor and ceiling skirting boards with a miter box
Advice! If necessary, you can slightly adjust the skirting boards to each other using a grinder or rasp, slightly “removing” their edges.
In general, in any case, the cut edges of plastic skirting boards should be sanded. this way it will be possible to get rid of sharp edges, and it will be easier to work. And the skirting boards with cable channels are cut only after disassembling the product. the decorative strip designed to hide the wires and attachment points of the skirting board is cut separately.
It is recommended that immediately before installing the plinth, cut the segments to the required length and arrange the corners so as not to be distracted by this procedure during the assembly of the plinth. You should not neglect the use of additional elements. plugs, corners and other products for the baseboard. With their help, it will be possible to give the finished work a complete and harmonious look.
Advice! If the corners where the plinth is laid and joined are uneven, then even decorative plugs and other elements can be trimmed if necessary.
It is very easy to cut skirting boards at any angle with this device.
How to cut a plastic skirting board
If the angle in the room where it is planned to finish the joints of the walls and the floor with a plinth is 90 degrees, which happens extremely rarely, then the cuts of the plinths should have an angle of 45 degrees each. Such a cut is the easiest to make, especially with the use of a miter box. It is enough to insert the plinth into the miter box, then select a groove at 45 degrees and make a cut.
However, such angles of 90 degrees in rooms are extremely rare, usually they differ by several values in one direction or another. And in some rooms, the corners may even be larger. Then the cutting is done differently: a marking is drawn on the floor with a pencil, where the border of the location of the plinth is drawn on one and the other side of the corner. you get a small rhombus. The diagonal of this rhombus will be the very cutting line of the product. Next, a plinth is applied to the marking, on which the marking is performed in accordance with the diagonal of the rhombus. If you draw a straight line from this mark to the corner of the plinth, then you get the very necessary cutting line.
Advice! When trimming the skirting board, it is recommended to saw off a little less than necessary. In case of an error, this will correct the situation by lightly processing the edges of the product by hand and adjust the skirting board to the desired size.
The outer corners of the skirting boards are formed a little differently, or rather, in a room with ideal geometry, you can also cut products at an angle of 45 degrees (but in a different direction) and, after joining, close the edges with a plug. Non-standard corners are cut like this: one of the skirting boards is applied to one of the walls, its borders are marked with a pencil. The same procedure is performed with another product. again a rhombus flaunts on the floor, the diagonal of which will become a guide for cutting products.
Decoration of the outer corner of the plastic skirting board
First of all, two strips approximately corresponding to the width of the plinth are cut out of cardboard or thick paper, which are applied to the intersection of the walls. The strips are fixed in the required position, after which the unnecessary part is trimmed with a clerical knife in one motion. The cut is carried out perpendicular to the intersection of the walls, so that at the end you have two equal parts of one corner.
The use of connecting parts will not be to everyone’s taste, since their presence in the interior is not always appropriate. the formation of connecting seams is more laborious, but at the same time, a more aesthetic approach. Correct cutting is the key to a good appearance of the corner in general and the baseboard in particular (read also about the properties of the flexible baseboard). this article provides you with more visual information on this topic, see!
How to cut a plastic skirting board: technology methods
A plinth is an indispensable part of the interior of a room, without which no living room can do. Most coatings cannot lie close to the wall, and therefore, the seam between the wall and the adjacent surface will inevitably have a rather unsightly appearance. Installation of wooden, plastic, metal skirting boards is a fairly simple process, which is quite realistic to carry out with your own hands, without resorting to the services of specialists.
Installation of wooden, plastic, metal skirting boards is a fairly simple process, which is quite realistic to carry out with your own hands, without resorting to the services of specialists.
Installation of wooden, plastic, metal skirting boards is a fairly simple process, which is quite realistic to carry out with your own hands, without resorting to the services of specialists.
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As in any other case, the installation of a plastic skirting board has a number of specific features, among which, a special place is occupied by the process of cutting panels, which is necessary to form corners or linear joints. PVC panels have a flexible hollow structure. the traditional way of cutting is not suitable for them, as a regular saw on wood will leave an uneven cut edge and form chips.
Correctly cut corners of the ceiling plinths are the appearance of the future structure. Uneven cuts, chips and poorly adhering seams will negatively affect the visual impression of the panels in general, and the interior of the room in particular. In this article, you will be provided with instructions on how to properly cut plastic panels.
How to cut a plastic skirting board, cutting the corners of the ceiling fillet with your own hands: instructions, photos and
How to cut a plastic skirting board: technology methods
A plinth is an indispensable part of the interior of a room, without which no living room can do. Most coatings cannot lie close to the wall, and therefore, the seam between the wall and the adjacent surface will inevitably have a rather unsightly appearance. Installation of wooden, plastic, metal skirting boards is a fairly simple process, which is quite realistic to carry out with your own hands, without resorting to the services of specialists.
Even in the recent past, natural wood served as the main material for the manufacture of skirting boards, however, due to significant shortcomings, among which the most noticeable were the high price and excessive rigidity, the most rational was the use of plastic floor panels. PVC skirting boards are much cheaper than wooden counterparts and have high flexibility, which allows the installation process to be carried out more efficiently.
As in any other case, the installation of a plastic skirting board has a number of specific features, among which, a special place is occupied by the process of cutting panels, which is necessary to form corners or linear joints. PVC panels have a flexible hollow structure. the traditional way of cutting is not suitable for them, as a regular saw on wood will leave an uneven cut edge and form chips.
Correctly cut corners of the ceiling plinths are the appearance of the future structure. Uneven cuts, chips and poorly adhering seams will negatively affect the visual impression of the panels in general, and the interior of the room in particular. In this article, you will be provided with instructions on how to properly cut plastic panels.
How to cut a plastic skirting board?
A very good alternative to the skirting boards described above. plastic skirting boards. The latter have almost completely ousted wooden products from the market. Their task of creating contrast and hiding the wiring, plinths made of plastic perform in full.
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But in order for them to fulfill their role truly efficiently, you need to know exactly how to cut a floor plinth made of plastic. PVC panels have a hollow and flexible structure, the typical cutting method, as well as for wood, will not work. As a tool, we will use a hacksaw for metal with small teeth, as mentioned earlier. Or use metal scissors to make the perfect cut on the thinnest skirting board.
Dignity
Wooden skirting boards or Fiberboard panels require special conditions for their installation and further maintenance. Unlike the above materials, the PVC material rail has taken a leading position due to its positive characteristics, namely:
- Attractive appearance.
- Large selection of colors and textures of the material with the ability to imitate expensive wood species.
- Moisture resistance. They can be safely installed not only in the bedroom, kitchen, corridor, but also in the bathroom, shower, toilet.
- Plastic does not require painting or other protective coating.
- Fillets are easy to choose for absolutely any design solution.
- Easy to handle and easy to attach to the wall.
- Strength, durability and long service life.
- Complete safety of the material for human and animal health.
- All modern plastic slats are made exclusively from high quality raw materials in accordance with all sanitary standards and requirements.
- The product can serve as a kind of channel for masking wires.
- Ease of use.
- Affordable pricing policy.
Important! The only drawback of PVC bar is poor resistance to abrasive cleaning agents, which can leave scratches on the upper decorative layer.
Cutting tool
The first and quite natural question that arises from a person who is going to independently carry out the installation process is how to cut plastic skirting boards? The choice of tool will depend on how smooth the cutting edge is. PVC panels have a hollow structure, in this regard, it is undesirable to use blades with large teeth or a wide wave, as this can lead to irregularities and chips.
The best option is considered to be the use of a hacksaw for metal. its teeth are quite small, and the divorce has an acceptable width. However, its use is limited to panels, the structure of which is quite rigid. it is not suitable for thin-walled skirting boards, since the teeth can tear the surface of the skirting board and make the cut not even enough.
Cutting the corners of the skirting board can be done with a hand jigsaw
A less radical sawing tool is a hand jigsaw. This is the most gentle way to cut the corners of the skirting board. which leaves a perfectly straight cut and is suitable for all types of plastic products. However, the jigsaw has one significant drawback: due to the small dimensions of the blade, the cutting process will be quite slow and the use of a miter box will not be entirely appropriate.
Note! When using a hand jigsaw, you should use a blade on which teeth are present. the use of circular saws with an abrasive is undesirable, as this will significantly complicate the sawing process.
If the skirting board is thin-walled, then trimming is possible with a clerical knife. In this case, we mean its construction modification with a reinforced blade. This option has certain disadvantages: in order to make a clear and even cut, you need to have certain skills. It will be difficult to carry out the cutting process without proper experience.
Correct pruning is about keeping strict geometric shapes. This condition is imperative, since for a beautiful connecting seam between the panels, an even, carefully calibrated cut is required. If you do this procedure “by eye” then it will be difficult to connect two elements, since one side will not exactly match the other.
This factor is especially relevant when forming external or internal corners. In order to carry out a perfectly even cut of the panel, it is necessary to use a miter box. This tool allows you to fine-tune an angle of 45 degrees. exactly half of the ideal angle.
It has the form of a “U” shaped panel, on which there are cut-out grooves. their location corresponds to the required cut angle. When working with a miter box, you may also need a simple pencil.