Working with ceramic skirting boards: features
Wooden skirting boards: corner trimming
- We put the left plinth on the left, right – on the right.
- We apply the floor plinths to the far wall, the ceiling plinth to the near wall.
If you work according to these two rules, the angle will always turn out to be even and practically invisible during the final installation. Before trimming corners, it is very important to measure the length of the plinth: for the floor on the upper mowing line, for the ceiling on the bottom. And only after that you can start pruning. Thus, we answered the question of how to cut the corners of wooden skirting boards.
Corner trimming: polyurethane skirting board
How to cut the corners of skirting boards? We make out the corner of the plinth with our own hands
Repairs. it’s never easy. Especially if it is done with your own 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 many meters of expensive material. Everyone is especially concerned about the question of how to cut the plinth in the corners. We will talk about this and much more today..
Metal skirting boards: methods of working with it
What is a plinth and its types
A skirting board is a kind of decorative element that hides the joint between wall and floor or wall and ceiling. This interior detail is very important for the house and therefore, when installing it, you need to be careful about all the nuances of installation. Especially how to cut the corner of the skirting board and fix it correctly.
There are many different types of skirting boards, which have their own characteristics for attaching the trim. These types include skirting boards made of various materials:
- wooden;
- polyurethane;
- PVC;
- ceramic;
- metal.
Each of these types, depending on the purpose and material, has its own rules for cutting and further installation. The corner of the plinth should be as even and beautiful as possible. The poor appearance of the skirting board can ruin the picture of your entire renovation. So, let’s figure out how to properly cut the corners of the plinth for each of its types..
PVC skirting boards: how to cut corners?
- how to choose a plinth;
- which plinth is better;
- how to cut the corners of skirting boards;
- how to fix the skirting board yourself, etc..
So let’s get it straight from the beginning. What is a plinth, what is it for, what type to choose and how to properly cut the corners of the plinth for each of its types?
How to trim the skirting board inner corner
How to cut the corner of a skirting board evenly
When we evaluate a new renovation, we involuntarily turn our gaze, first of all, at the ceiling. No matter how mind-blowing the interior would be, its score from the curves of the finishing joints will drop sharply. In this article, we will tell you the instructions about the ceiling plinth – how to make the joint angle perfectly even.
Having completed the decoration of the walls and ceiling, ugly transitions between them will involuntarily remain. For this, fillets are used at the place of transition of two materials. When installing them, it is important to maintain the evenness and accuracy of the joints..
Related article: how to properly glue the ceiling plinth with glue and putty.
The first way is with a miter box
Professional miter box with a rotary hacksaw For a long time already carpenters have come up with such a special box with slots – a miter box. It is easy to recognize it, among the variety of repair equipment, by its characteristic appearance. This is the most convenient and irreplaceable device in solving the problem that has arisen, how to cut the corners of the ceiling plinth.
The miter box usually looks like a tray with vertical holes for a hacksaw. It can be made of wood, metal or plastic. This tool represents the oldest and simplest carpenter’s tool for cutting wood pieces at 90 and 45 degrees. There are types of such a device for professional work, with a rotary mechanism, in which the cutting tool can be rotated and fixed in any position.
How to cut a ceiling plinth correctly
Ceiling corners can be divided into internal and external corners, the method of joining on them is slightly different.
If necessary, you can make a miter box with your own hands. To do this, you can use 3 scraps from plywood or boards of the same size. First, for this you need to attach them in the form of an inverted letter “P”, and make a marking of the corners. Then, according to the marking, slots are cut out for a hacksaw almost to the very bottom, and the boards are twisted.
- Making the right measurements.
- After that, we install the plinth strip in the miter box so that this position exactly coincides with the placement on the ceiling.
- The plinth should be firmly pressed against the opposite wall of the miter box. Hold and press with your left hand.
- We put a hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees in a special hole and cut off the part.
When cutting soft materials (PVC, Styrofoam), use a metal hacksaw or a regular utility knife. Then your work will be neat and with smooth edges. For an accurate cut, you need to start cutting it from the front..
- Measure the length of the skirting board from the nearest wall to the outer corner, leave the line on the wrong side with a pencil, indicating the desired length. Keep in mind that the edge (its upper part) should protrude slightly outward.
- Move the skirting board to the miter box and cut it.
- The adjacent bar also needs to be measured with a margin, and cut off in a mirror image to the first part.
Trying on the ceiling plinth – the joining of the parts should be perfectly flat. If the result is not achieved, and there are protrusions at the joints, you can trim the edges with an ordinary knife until a perfect fit.
Checking the smooth docking
In the video in this article, all the nuances are well described:
Method two – no additional tools
For the inner corner, you can use the simplest way of perfect joining – by marking on the ceiling. Another example of how to cut a corner nice and even.
Do the same with the adjacent part on the other side..
Mark the point of intersection of the lines.
The end result is an even 45 degree angle when you draw the line from the point of intersection to the edge of the part. This method of how to cut a skirting board is available to everyone, without the presence of special tools..
With a good eye and accuracy of hand action, you can use a homemade template that resembles an imitation of a miter box. To do this, take a thin board or thick plywood, and draw the layout in the form of a horizontal rectangle. Use a protractor to mark 45 degrees on the right and left sides of the rectangle. Draw mowing lines connecting opposite edges.
Now you can solve the problem of how to cut the ceiling plinth using this layout. The actions are simple and similar to the description above in the first option. Only the ceiling parts should not be inserted, but placed on the drawing and the hacksaw should be combined with the layout of the layout.
Description of methods for gluing ceiling skirting boards (cornices) to the ceiling. The method of gluing with glue, putty and sealant. How to make even corners on the ceiling.
How to cut ceiling plinth and floor
The most difficult part when installing ceiling and floor skirting boards is the corner design. It is necessary to dock the planks in such places very carefully, otherwise the appearance of the decor will be hopelessly spoiled. Of course, you can use quite aesthetic special corner pieces..
However, naturally docked planks usually look more harmonious. And in this case, you will not have to spend money on additional parts. Therefore, later in the article, we will consider how to cut the corner of the ceiling plinth correctly and how to process the seam.
Trim ceiling plinth
Ceiling skirting boards are made from a wide variety of materials – foam, polyurethane foam. plastic, wood. To trim them, the tools available in every home can be used. Styrofoam strips are cut with scissors or a knife. The wooden plinth is cut with a hacksaw for wood. How to cut a plastic skirting board is also not a question. You can saw it with an ordinary hacksaw for metal.
Cutting a wooden skirting board is done with a regular hacksaw
What is miter box?
Cutting planks at an angle of 45g is done in a miter box
Cutting the skirting board in the miter box
Trimming in a miter box is done as follows:
How to make a corner of a ceiling plinth
Important: When trimming, remember that when decorating the inner corner, the edge of the skirting board adjacent to the wall should be longer than the edge adjacent to the ceiling. When decorating the outside – on the contrary.
Planks are attached to the corner and an adjustment is made
How to join the corners of the skirting board? You can do this from a stepladder right on the wall. But this is not very convenient, therefore, experts advise to combine and glue polyurethane and foam elements with each other on the floor with special glue for joints..
The corner is best glued before installing the skirting board on the walls.
How to cut a skirting board:
What to do if there is no miter box?
Thus, we figured out how to cut down the ceiling plinth (the video above may help someone figure it out better) using a miter box. But what if this tool is not at hand? In fact, you can adjust the slats exactly without using it. There are two main ways to solve this problem: marking directly on the wall and making an imitation of a miter box.
In the first case, the procedure is as follows:
How to properly cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box. Making the first line
The second line is drawn and a mark is put on the plinth
Then, according to the resulting mowing line, the actual cutting of the plinth at an angle is performed.
Without the use of a tray, mounting the planks in the corner can be quite neat
In order to cut an even corner, you can also use an imitation of a miter box:
How to cut the corner of a ceiling plinth using an imitation miter box
The impromptu miter box is ready. Now it remains to attach the right ceiling element (wrong side) with the lower edge on the right to the mowing line closest to you and cut it off. The same with the left bar (only you need to apply it on the left).
Tip: You can cut the polystyrene strips with a knife. However, sharpen it properly. Otherwise, the material at the ends will simply crumble..
How to cut a skirting board without a miter box:
How to connect the planks if the corner is uneven
In city apartments, and especially in old ones, the walls are rarely even. Therefore, the angles between them are often not right at all. How to properly saw down the ceiling plinth in this case?
In fact, it is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. You just need to measure the angle. To do this, you can use a special tool malku, or just make a template out of paper and use a protractor.
An uneven angle can be measured using a small goniometer.
Divide the resulting angle by two, draw the corresponding “miter box” on the plywood and cut the strips. Next, you just need to connect them with glue.
How to finish finishing the corners
Roomline UPVC Skirting Board Installation Guide
We have figured out how to cut the corner of the ceiling plinth. Now let’s see how to finish the joints. How to cover the joint in the corner? In the event that a small gap remains here, the filling can be done with ordinary putty to match the color of the skirting board. Joints can also be sealed with silicone sealant.
The gap between the planks in the inner corner can be filled with putty
Important: Only the inner corner can be sealed with putty or sealant. The outer should be fitted as closely as possible. It will be simply impossible to remove even a small gap in the future imperceptibly here. Especially when the skirting board is wide.
Corner pieces for ceiling plinths
Cutting ceiling strips when using corner elements (special connectors) is also usually done in a miter box. How to cut the planks in this case? It’s very simple – the cut is done at right angles. If there is no tray, you can use a regular protractor or square. Corner elements (photo):
When using corner elements, the strips are cut at right angles.
How to properly trim a floor plinth
Floor skirting boards can be made of PVC. polyurethane. wood or MDF. Just as in the case of the ceiling plinth, they need to be cut, depending on the material, with an ordinary hacksaw (wooden) or a hacksaw for metal (plastic).
Now you know how to saw down the ceiling plinth. Next, let’s see how the floor trimming and trimming is done. How to use the miter box in this case? When trimming the floor plinth, the procedure is approximately the same as when trimming the ceiling. For the inner corner:
Roomline UPVC Skirting Board Installation Guide
We take the first strip and put it in the tray from right to left so that it lies in it just like on the floor. We lean it against the far wall of the instrument as against a wall;
The strip is inserted into the tray and pressed firmly
How to trim a skirting board in a corner if it is external:
How to cut a ceiling plinth for outside and inside corners
Next, we mount the planks in the corner of the room..
Tip: The end at an angle of 45g should be done not only in order to cut the elements in the corners, but also for making joints on the wall itself. In this case, the connections will not be as noticeable..
Thus, we have examined in the most detailed way how to cut a plinth in the corners. This procedure is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. When you start trimming in a miter box or by imitating it, you will see for yourself.
How to cut a ceiling plinth correctly
This is how the correctly cut corners of the ceiling plinth look
You can make such an ideal ceiling plinth with your own hands if you follow these instructions..
For the manufacture of ceiling cornices, three materials are mainly used, these are:
They also make stucco ceiling cornices, but this is a different topic..
- The weakest and cheapest of them is polystyrene, although strength on the ceiling is not very required.
- Expanded polystyrene is much denser than it can be easily cut with a knife and, of course, it is more expensive.
- Wood is the most difficult to handle. In order for the corners of wooden skirting boards to be ideal, you must use an exclusively fine-toothed hacksaw, and even better a hacksaw for metal and a sandpaper. Only in this case can you achieve an even angle.
Cutting the ceiling plinth with your own hands
We will analyze in stages how to correctly cut the corners of the plinth (also called fillet).
In the vast majority of modern apartments, the corners of rooms and other rooms are 90 °. Cut the ceiling plinth at an angle of 45 ° or 90 °.
How to cut a ceiling plinth? For this, a special tool is used, which is called a miter box..
This tool already has 45 ° and 90 ° slots. A seemingly simple task to cut the skirting board.
But the fact is that it is glued to the ceiling at an angle of 38 ° to 45 °, which means that the cut corners will not join, leaving gaps. To prevent this from happening, they use a miter box.
It looks like a miter box
Cutting the inner corners with a miter box
To do this, you need the following tools:
- The fillet is laid on the bottom of the miter box with the side that will stick to the ceiling, and the lower side is pressed against the wall of the miter box, to its right slot.
- Fillet trimming is done with a hacksaw or a sharp knife. It should be trimmed carefully, without excessive force, so as not to deform the ceiling cornice and to avoid chipping..
- In this way, we cut off the adjacent corner of the plinth, but with the help of the left slot on the miter box.
- Then these parts are applied to the corner to check, if there is a gap, then you can trim with a knife.
Tip: In order not to translate the material in vain and acquire skills, practice first on small pieces.
How to properly lay the fillet in the miter box
Trimming adjacent fillets
Cut off outer corners with a miter box
- Place the skirting board against the corner and mark with a pencil where the outer corner begins on the skirting board..
- Then the plinth is placed in the miter box. The side that will be attached to the ceiling is laid on the bottom of the miter box, and press the other side against the wall.
The mark on the skirting board should be near the slot on the left. Cut off one edge. - Then, in the same way, we cut off the other half of the corner. Only the mark on the skirting board should be located near the right slot.
We attach both halves to the corner and check if there is a gap. If everything is in order, then you can glue the skirting board in place.
How to cut a skirting board without a miter box
Cut the skirting board for the inner corner
If you do not have a miter box, then you can do without it:
- To do this, we apply the plinth to the ceiling as it should stand, and draw a line along the ceiling.
- Then we apply the plinth to the ceiling to the right of the corner and draw the second line.
- In the place where the mowing lines intersect, make a mark on the plinth and draw the line from the mark to the bottom corner of the plinth. This line will be the trim line of the skirting board..
Marking for trimming the left corner of the skirting board
We do the same with the left corner. Cut strictly along the lines with a sharp knife.
Then we apply it to the corner and check if there is a gap. If there is a gap, then carefully cut the corners.
Then the skirting board can be glued in place.
Advice. Do not use too much force when trimming the skirting board. It may wrinkle and after you stick it in place after the glue dries, deform.
Marking for cutting the right corner of the skirting board without miter box
Trim the right corner of the skirting board
Cut the skirting board for the outer corner
Without a miter box, you can easily cut the fillet for the outer corner:
- To do this, apply the ceiling fillet as it should be to the right of the corner. Draw the line with a pencil across the ceiling beyond the corner..
- Then we apply a fillet to the left of the corner and draw the line along the ceiling until it intersects with the first line..
- On the fillet we make marks at the intersection of the lines and at the place where the corner of the room is.
- We connect the marks with a line on the fillet and cut it off with a sharp knife. The cut should go inside the fillet.
- We check the joint along the corner, cut it if necessary and glue the fillet in place.
Outside corner marking
it should be noted that for 1 running meter. Count the number of meters in your apartment, multiply by 100. This will be the amount that you will save if you do this work yourself.
How to cut the ceiling plinth correctly This is how the correctly cut corners of the ceiling plinth look like This is such an ideal …
How to cut the ceiling plinth correctly This is how the correctly cut corners of the ceiling plinth look like This is such an ideal …
How to cut the corner of a ceiling plinth evenly When we evaluate a new renovation, we involuntarily turn our gaze …
How to cut the corner of a ceiling plinth evenly When we evaluate a new renovation, we involuntarily turn our gaze …
Cutting the inner corners with a miter box
To do this, you need the following tools:
- The fillet is laid on the bottom of the miter box with the side that will stick to the ceiling, and the lower side is pressed against the wall of the miter box, to its right slot.
- Fillet trimming is done with a hacksaw or a sharp knife. It should be trimmed carefully, without excessive force, so as not to deform the ceiling cornice and to avoid chipping..
- In this way, we cut off the adjacent corner of the plinth, but with the help of the left slot on the miter box.
- Then these parts are applied to the corner to check, if there is a gap, then you can trim with a knife.
Tip: In order not to translate the material in vain and acquire skills, practice first on small pieces.
How to properly lay the fillet in the miter box
Trimming adjacent fillets
What is miter box?
Cutting planks at an angle of 45g is done in a miter box
Cutting the ceiling plinth with your own hands
We will analyze in stages how to correctly cut the corners of the plinth (also called fillet).
In the vast majority of modern apartments, the corners of rooms and other rooms are 90 °. Cut the ceiling plinth at an angle of 45 ° or 90 °.
How to cut a ceiling plinth? For this, a special tool is used, which is called a miter box..
This tool already has 45 ° and 90 ° slots. A seemingly simple task to cut the skirting board.
But the fact is that it is glued to the ceiling at an angle of 38 ° to 45 °, which means that the cut corners will not join, leaving gaps. To prevent this from happening, they use a miter box.
It looks like a miter box
other methods
With a good eye and accuracy of hand action, you can use a homemade template that resembles an imitation of a miter box. To do this, take a thin board or thick plywood, and draw the layout in the form of a horizontal rectangle. Use a protractor to mark 45 degrees on the right and left sides of the rectangle. Draw the mowing line connecting the opposite edges. Now you can solve the problem of how to cut the ceiling plinth using this layout. The actions are simple and similar to the description above in the first option. Only the ceiling parts should not be inserted, but placed on the drawing and the hacksaw should be combined with the layout of the layout.
Description of methods for gluing ceiling skirting boards (cornices) to the ceiling. The method of gluing with glue, putty and sealant. How to make even corners on the ceiling.
Inner corner
- Making the right measurements.
- After that, we install the plinth strip in the miter box so that this position exactly coincides with the placement on the ceiling.
- The plinth should be firmly pressed against the opposite wall of the miter box. Hold and press with your left hand.
- We put a hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees in a special hole and cut off the part.
When cutting soft materials (PVC, Styrofoam), use a metal hacksaw or a regular utility knife. Then your work will be neat and with smooth edges. For an accurate cut, you need to start cutting it from the front..
Corner pieces for ceiling plinths
Cutting ceiling strips when using corner elements (special connectors) is also usually done in a miter box. How to cut the planks in this case? It’s very simple – the cut is done at right angles. If there is no tray, you can use a regular protractor or square. Corner elements (photo):
When using corner elements, the strips are cut at right angles.
How to cut a ceiling plinth correctly
This is how the correctly cut corners of the ceiling plinth look
You can make such an ideal ceiling plinth with your own hands if you follow these instructions..
For the manufacture of ceiling cornices, three materials are mainly used, these are:
They also make stucco ceiling cornices, but this is a different topic..
- The weakest and cheapest of them is polystyrene, although strength on the ceiling is not very required.
- Expanded polystyrene is much denser than it can be easily cut with a knife and, of course, it is more expensive.
- Wood is the most difficult to handle. In order for the corners of wooden skirting boards to be ideal, you must use an exclusively fine-toothed hacksaw, and even better a hacksaw for metal and a sandpaper. Only in this case can you achieve an even angle.
Cutting the skirting board in the miter box
Trimming in a miter box is done as follows:
- The right strip fits into the tray from left to right with the wrong side to the bottom (with the part that will subsequently adjoin the ceiling). The part of the abutment to the wall should be leaning against the side board of the tray (closest to you);
- The bar is pressed tightly against the tool and is cut through the slot.
How to make a corner of a ceiling plinth
Important: When trimming, remember that when decorating the inner corner, the edge of the skirting board adjacent to the wall should be longer than the edge adjacent to the ceiling. When decorating the outside – on the contrary.
- A second ceiling strip is inserted into the tray from right to left and cut off;
- The finished planks are attached to the corner and the joint is adjusted with a knife;
Planks are attached to the corner and an adjustment is made
- How to join the corners of the skirting board? You can do this from a stepladder right on the wall. But this is not very convenient, therefore, experts advise to combine and glue polyurethane and foam elements with each other on the floor with special glue for joints..
The corner is best glued before installing the skirting board on the walls.
How to cut a skirting board:
Cutting and joining techniques for baguettes
In the picture above, you can see the process of cutting the cornice along the cut of the miter box, but how can you cut the ceiling plinth without the miter box? We offer you several options with descriptions, as well as making a template for the simplest miter box on your own. Let’s consider all the methods in order:
How to cut a skirting board without a miter box:
- Try on the cornice to the ceiling surface, run a marker line along the ceiling surface;
- To the right of the selected corner, press the product against the ceiling, draw another straight line;
- At the intersection of straight lines, mark the plinth itself with a dot, then draw the line from the markings on the baguette to its lower corner. Along it you will cut off the required corner on the fillet;
- The left corner is marked in the same way;
- After cutting both skirting boards, press them into a corner and check for precision. If there are gaps, trim the corners again. Remember – so that the bar does not become shorter than the required length, do not shorten its unmarked part until you achieve an exact connection;
- After adjustment, the fillet is glued or screwed on. The ceiling plinth for stretch ceilings cannot be attached to the surface of the ceiling material – it is glued only to the plane of the wall.
Attention: Do not press with great force on the foam or expanded polystyrene cornice when cutting it – it may lose its shape, and after gluing, dents and other irregularities will be visible.
The method is as follows: how to cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box along the outer corner of the ceiling:
- Press the plinth to the right of the corner and draw a line 200-300 mm long with a pencil or marker along the ceiling;
- Press the cornice to the left corner, mark up to the first mowing line so that the markers intersect;
- On the plank, mark the points at the crossroads of the markers and in the corner of the room;
- Connect the marked points on the cornice, cut the plinth along the markings with an angle of inclination towards the inside of the plank;
- Check the accuracy of the joint in place, trim again if necessary.
Classic baguettes are made of wood, but it is difficult to fit them exactly without the use of a factory miter box and appropriate cutting tools. Wooden baguettes are formed with a cross-cut saw, and in its absence – with a carpenter’s hacksaw with a fine tooth, an electric jigsaw or a hacksaw for cutting metal.
Important: A cornice made of polyurethane or aluminum is considered reliable in terms of moisture resistance. But the polyurethane cornice should not be exposed to temperature changes, so it is not recommended to mount them in the kitchen or bathroom..
Whatever the skirting board, if the angle in the room is not 90 0, then it will be difficult to make an exact cut for joining the planks. In old buildings (stalinka, Khrushchev, and even brezhnevka), the angle in the room can be formed as 88 0 or 93 0 (for a piermer), and it is problematic to cut off such an end according to a template. Then how to properly cut the corner of the skirting board without a miter box, avoiding large discrepancies and without using a complex and expensive tool? Use the presented method.
The figure shows cornices made of materials such as:
- Polyurethane (PPU);
- Polyfoam (PP);
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC);
- Wood.
To form an exact inner corner from the planks, follow these steps in sequence:
- Try on a baguette to the corner of the room, for example, on the right;
- Draw a fishing line with a pencil along the plinth;
- On the left side, do the same operations with the cornice;
- The point of intersection of the marker lines will be the upper mark, from which it is necessary to cut;
- Place the curtain rod in the corner and transfer the crossing point to the plank;
- Connect the upper and lower marks on the cornice with a pencil;
- Cut the ends along the markings;
- For the second plank, the points are repeated in the same sequence..
Important: Before gluing the strips, check the accuracy of the cut: attach the curtain rods to the corner, and if there are no gaps between the fillets, attach them. If there are irregularities at the ends of the joining surfaces – trim the skirting boards more precisely.
The following solution is how to cut accurately and how to glue the skirting board without a miter box to the inner corner of the ceiling:
- Find out the fillet width;
- On the bottom, mark a point at the distance of the width of the plank;
- Connect with a diagonal line the point of the upper corner with the point of the lower mowing line, cut the product along this mowing line;
- For the second cornice, all points are repeated in the same sequence..
Recommendations for the home master
- Experienced builders recommend cutting the planks from the side and trying them on immediately on the ceiling. If irregularities are found, you can trim the baguette in the direction of the product adjoining the ceiling;
- After preliminary fitting, the finished cornices are attached to the wall and to the ceiling. Seams and corner joints are sealed with silicone sealant;
- Before cutting wide skirting boards, make a few test cuts on short skirting boards to help you avoid making mistakes when finishing cutting;
- At home, a table pushed against the wall can serve as an accurate miter box:
- To mark the inner corner, the length of the bar is counted from the corner;
- To mark the outer corner, the baguette should protrude beyond the corner of the room by its own width;
- The skirting board should be cut on a flat, hard surface, unmarked surface downwards;
- Ceiling products are glued or screwed after cutting both planks;
- Small errors when joining wooden, aluminum or PVC baguettes are removed with a file. The curvature of the foam fillets is leveled with a sharp knife or cutter;
- If a small gap still remains, it is masked with Knauf, ABC finishing putty, or white silicone sealant.
How to cut a skirting board without a miter box
Docking of ceiling fillets without an industrial miter box
Factory miter box. This is an aluminum, plastic or wooden tray with depressions 45 0 or 90 0. Such a device is rarely used at home, so it is not found in everyone. But few also know how to cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box, so we will consider a few simple solutions that will allow you to dock the ceiling plinths in the corners of the room with great accuracy.
When renovating an apartment, installing a new ceiling is often necessary to create a complete design idea. The completed ceiling is decorated with beautiful fillet skirting boards. The baguettes are glued, nailed or screwed along the perimeter of the room, their position is previously marked in the corners at the joints of the walls and ceiling. Ceiling cornices are often rigid and solid strips (although there are elastic silicone ones), so they need to be beautifully docked in the corners of the room with each other, and without a miter box it is difficult to do this, but it is possible.
Fillets for framing the corners of the ceiling are made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), expanded polystyrene (PPU), polyurethane (PU), polystyrene (PS), polystyrene (PP), wood or metal:
- Foam decorative cornice is fragile, but this does not matter for unloaded ceiling structures. PP skirting boards can have different widths, the standard length is 1 meter, the surface is bas-relief with various patterns;
- Expanded polystyrene – the material is dense, easy to install, the edges of the cornice do not crumble during cutting;
- Aluminum or wood is the most difficult to dock – great accuracy is required, which is difficult to achieve without the use of a miter box. It is recommended to cut the corners of such cornices with a sheet for metal, to calculate the correct cutting angle, use the methods below.
Products and the nuances of their application:
Parameters and requirements
Polyvinyl chloride is easily crushed, after which it is not restored. When machining requires care and minimal pressure
Cut with a carpenter’s cutter or a hacksaw for metal
The foam plank is fragile and crumbles easily. It is recommended to cut the PP plinth with a very sharp cutter or a special tool – an electric nichrome cutter
Cut with a carpenter’s cutter or a hacksaw for metal, hot wire clamped in clamps
Durable and aesthetic material.
It is cut with an ordinary hand or special tool (a side saw, a saw for wood with fine teeth, a blade for metal), the cost of products is higher than the curtain rods of PPU, PP OR PVC
Working solutions for baguette preparation without miter box
Another option for trimming the plank is to create a kind of structure from thick cardboard and a wooden block. The first step is to bend the cardboard at the angle that you measured in the corner of the room. Then, to the wooden block intended for cutting the corner, press the cardboard and draw the line along which you want to cut the block – this will be your template. To cut the fillet, place the wooden template on top of the plank, and cut the required angle along the block.
Current offer in the construction market. Kindecor skirting board made of expanded polystyrene, made by extrusion technology. Therefore, the ceiling slats of the Russian company Kindecor do not have the disadvantages of PPU cornices. The cost of cornices is much lower than foam or other analogs.
But in old houses with “floating” corners, such sets are unlikely to come in handy – in the kit you will find only angles at 45 0. 60 0 and 90 0. How to fix the situation? You need to roughly cut the end of the baguette. an angle of approximately 45 0. and then, during several fittings, cut the angle in place to the required value.
When cutting the baguette and shaping the outer corner, use this method:
- Press the plinth to the right side of the corner so that the plank protrudes beyond the corner by at least its own width;
- Use a pencil to mark the line on the ceiling;
- Press the plinth to the left side of the corner so that the plank protrudes beyond the corner by at least its own width;
- With a pencil, mark the line on the ceiling, mark the intersection of these two lines;
- Copy the markings to the plank, connect the dots with a line, cut the baguette along this mowing line;
- Check the evenness of the cuts by applying the prepared baguettes to the outer corner;
- Before gluing the ceiling plinth without a miter box, remove any inaccuracies (irregularities, chips, gaps, inconsistencies) on the fillet surfaces.
How to make a miter box template yourself
In the absence of a miter box or unwillingness to buy it, it is not necessary to purchase a special tool in order to use it once or twice in the entire history of repairs. You can make a homemade template with the same capabilities – it doesn’t take much time. As a blank for an impromptu miter box, take a board, thick paper or cardboard, and mark the required cuts on them..
Then draw two parallel mowing lines on the template, find the center in the drawing, and use a school protractor to set any corners. This simple technology gives very accurate results, while you can draw and cut any angle greater or less than 90 0.
The technology for working with a homemade miter box is no different from operations with an industrial product. The baguette should be attached to one of the lines, put the hacksaw at the selected angle, and cut off the workpiece. If you do not plan to spend money on miter box pr