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- How to properly glue the ceiling plinth
- How to make installation
- How to cut the inner and outer corner of the ceiling fillet with a photo
- Masking joints and painting
- Way, guess
- Video tips to help you glue the ceiling plinth
Do you want to cut and glue the skirting board correctly, but don't know how to do it? At first glance, this does not seem difficult, but if you look at it in more detail, then everything is not so simple. The photo below shows how to properly cut and glue the inner and outer corner of the ceiling plinths (fillets) made of foam or polyurethane. All instructions are written in stages in an understandable form with examples.
Ceiling skirting boards are usually made when it is necessary to close the gaps between ceilings and finishing materials on the wall. For example, you decide to glue the wallpaper, and the further along the wall, the larger and wider the gap between the ceiling and the wallpaper becomes. I know one person with whom such a situation occurred, he did not listen to experienced people and in the end result he got what he least wanted. And he had to run to the nearest store and buy fillets.
How to properly glue the ceiling plinth
So let's get started. First, measure the footage of the perimeter of the room and determine how many fillets you need. The length usually goes according to the standard 2 meters. But it is best to purchase with a margin, just in case. Also decide on the width that suits you. They can be glued to the wall in different ways.
Before installing the ceiling plinth, you need to prepare the ceiling or wall - check their evenness. If there are defects, then level and putty, with the obligatory priming of the surface. If there are small irregularities, for such a case, you can use fillets with soft edges, which will not create very noticeable drops.
The first way: on a special putty or acrylic (before gluing the wallpaper). And the second: immediately on the wallpaper and on the sealant.
Most people prefer to attach directly to the wallpaper. As an option, we advise you to glue on a silicone sealant, it is perfect for this job. The manufacturer does not play a special role here. Everything will hold up perfectly. But this method is even suitable for those who have curved walls, since gaps can form between the wall and fillets, they will need to be covered with the same sealant. It is white, so it will turn out more or less normal.
It is advisable to align the walls. The master advises to glue the ceiling plinths on the putty, that is, before pasting the wallpaper. In this way, the gaps are filled with a putty. And accordingly, adjust the wallpaper to the fillets themselves. This option will suit the more experienced.
Basically, craftsmen prefer to glue the foam plinth on an acrylic white sealant; it can be easily applied, it holds well and dries quickly. Its main property is that it can seal cracks, corners, and it stains well. The cost of acrylic sealant is within 100 rubles. and it makes little sense to buy expensive.
In general, everyone decides for himself which way to use.
How to make installation
You need to start from the corner of the room. And this is where problems can start. At first glance, it seems that making the corner of a ceiling plinth is simple, believe me it is not. You can buy ready-made corners in the store, they are sold together with fillets. If you can't find it, you'll have to cut the corners yourself.
You need to cut with the help of such tools: a miter box, a hacksaw, a sharp knife. Insert a piece of material into the miter box at a 45 degree angle and press down firmly. Now it remains at the right angle and cut the ceiling plinth from the right side.
Take your time to glue the eaves along straight sections. Take care of the corners first - in this case, you can trim them if necessary, or sand them to a good seam.
Now let's figure out in more detail how the installation of the ceiling plinth is done with photo examples.
How to cut the inner and outer corner of the ceiling fillet with a photo
Thus, we cut the skirting board, if you need to get the outer corner.
As a result, such fillet edges are obtained.
Then the inner corner. Pay your attention, but at what angle and on which side of the miter box you need to cut the ceiling plinth.
Tip: When cutting any of these materials, a fine-toothed hacksaw should be used. Otherwise, you may get an uneven end of the part. The large tooth of the tool will bite into the material.
This is what happened in the end, after cutting and gluing on the wall …
Do-it-yourself apartment renovation website advises to start practicing on pieces, if everything works out, then go ahead, cut out the inner and outer corners.
If everything was done correctly, then it turned out to cut the first corner. You can glue two corner skirting boards to the wall. If you have chosen the method of gluing on the wallpaper, then coat the fillets with glue and attach them more tightly to the wall. Remaining glue can be removed with a soft cloth. Also glue the gaps between the wall.
If you have chosen a way to fix the ceiling skirting boards before gluing the wallpaper, then you need to fix them with a putty. Apply the putty to the fillet with a spatula. And attach it more tightly to the wall. Remove residues with a spatula or a damp cloth. The cracks can also be covered with putty.
Tips to ease the installation of ceiling dumbbells:
- To correctly measure, the bar is measured between two corners. At the same time, for internal corners, the length is measured from the internal elements, and the distance from the external corners is measured from a point that is spaced from the internal by a distance equal to the width of the plinth deep into the room.
- When installing foam skirting boards at the junction between the wall and the stretch ceiling, glue is applied to the part of the skirting board that is in contact with the wall, not the canvas.
- The final fixation of the skirting board is carried out after adjusting the corner of the adjacent plank to it.
- If there is a right angle against the wall, ceiling and floor, it is easier to fit the planks at the bottom by spreading the parts on the floor or on a prepared table.
- Small gaps remaining in the corners are putty.
- Particular attention should be paid to the installation of rare wood skirting boards. In this case, the putty of the gaps will most likely not give the expected result. A bright spot appears on the texture background.
Well, are the inner and outer corners ready? So you are doing the fillet installation correctly. Now take the next plank and in the same way attach it to the wall to the glued plinth and do not forget to grease the corner joint. When you proceed to the next corner, then carefully measure the distance that remains, and cut off the missing part, everything should be very accurate. The side that goes joint to joint with the skirting board will remain unchanged. So cut out every corner. When everything is glued, then they can be painted to match the color of the ceiling. Good luck gentlemen and remember to cut after determining the exact size.
Masking joints and painting
If, after gluing the ceiling plinth, there are small gaps between the planks, this is absolutely not a problem, because they can be easily eliminated by rubbing in a white sealant. If you haven't whitewashed or painted the ceiling yet, then the next best option would be.
With a light putty, you need to go over all the glued strips, smearing them like a dye composition, and after drying, you should remove the excess with a fine sandpaper or a special grinding sponge for plastering. After such a final finish, the ceiling and moldings will become a single whole, and you, in turn, will not find a single gap.
After you have glued the ceiling plinth and eliminated all the flaws, you can start painting the plinth. The process of painting the skirting board is considered optional, but if you want to give your ceiling a finished and more attractive look, you still need to paint the skirting board.
Way, guess
A simple "collective farm" option is to cut "by eye" at 45 °. For this, the abutting part is taken, which is adjusted to the previous angle in fact.
You can try on the structure by weight, it is quite a long and painstaking business. You need maximum precision!
Continuously try the mate in place as you fit. Only after a few fittings can you achieve a good result, and then glue the baseboard to the base. In short, you can't do without experience:)
Video tips to help you glue the ceiling plinth
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