Ceiling plastic skirting board how to make a corner. Fixing the ceiling plinth: the secrets of correct angles without using a miter box

The installation of the skirting board is the finishing touch of the renovation. And if the installation of the product on straight sections of the joints of the walls and ceiling is easy enough, then facing the corners often causes problems. Many people, not knowing the technology for cutting the plinth, spoil more than a dozen planks in the hope of joining them in difficult places. We will tell you how to properly refine the outer and inner corners so that they look neat and give the interior a complete look.

Varieties of ceiling plinths and scope

Before moving on to the issue of cutting a product, let's consider its varieties. Indeed, it depends on the choice of this finishing element whether the room will receive the desired visual volume and whether it will become more comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

Pick up perfect option finishes ceiling joint, which will be harmoniously combined with the design of the room, is not so difficult, because the range of products today is very wide. On sale there are ceiling plinths (fillets) made of different materials: plastic, foam, polyurethane, expanded polystyrene, wood and gypsum. Moreover, all strips can have a different color, texture, profile configuration, and dimensions. Consider the features of the use of fillets, depending on what material they are made of.

Knowing which type of skirting board is better to use in a place that needs finishing, it will be easier for you to navigate when choosing a product and pay maximum attention to creating your own unique interior design.

Plastic products, in addition to the decorative function, can be used as a groove for fastening wall PVC panels... Such fillets are not glued to the surface, but are attached to a pre-assembled frame by means of brackets or self-tapping screws.
It is advisable to use foam strips for decoration false ceilings from drywall. You can also install them on your own concrete base, previously plastered. This is the most a budget option ceiling plinth, as the product has a rough surface that is prone to contamination. Therefore, it is advisable to apply a layer of paint on such fillets after installation.
Polyurethane decorative elements are used for the final finishing of false ceilings made of PVC panels. The fillet is fixed using a special glue for PVC products.
Styrofoam ceiling skirting board is versatile finishing element as it can be used for finishing primed surfaces as well as ceilings lined with plastic panels. The plinth can be fastened with special glue or plaster putty.
Plaster products are often used to give the interior a certain pomp, typical, for example, of royal houses. Installation of such skirting boards is carried out on gypsum materials, that is, putty or alabaster.
The fillet made of wood is classic version decorating ceiling-wall joints. This is the most expensive skirting board option, but also the most durable.

Gallery of types of ceiling plinth

Tools for the job

The first question asked by people who are going to install the plinth with their own hands is how to cut it? The tool is selected depending on the material from which the fillet is made. For example, PVC products have a hollow structure. Therefore, in order to make the cut edges as smooth as possible when cutting them, you need to use a hacksaw with fine teeth. Otherwise, cracks and chips may form on the finish.

The best option is to use a saw for metal - its teeth are small, and the width of their set is suitable. However, the use of a hacksaw is limited to products with a rigid structure, that is, it is not suitable for thin-walled fillets. The fact is that the teeth can severely damage the surface of the skirting board.

For cutting fillets, you can also use manual jigsaw... When cutting products with such a tool, the corners are as even as possible. But this device has several disadvantages. Due to the small length of the cutting blade, the use of a miter box (a special tool for cutting skirting boards) becomes very problematic. In addition, cutting is slow.

Helpful advice: If the fillet has thin walls, then use a clerical knife to cut it, namely its construction modification with a reinforced blade.

What is a miter box?

High-quality cutting of the product is possible only with strict adherence geometric shapes... When installing the skirting board, the fulfillment of this condition is extremely important, because in order to obtain a neat connecting seam between decorative elements, it is necessary to have even cut... If this procedure is carried out "by eye", then the gapless connection of the two skirting boards will not be possible, because the ends will not correspond to each other.

The highest quality cut can be made using a special carpentry tool called a miter box. Its design can be different, but the principle of operation always remains the same. There are devices with manual adjustment the angle of the cut, however, builders often use the standard variation of the tool, which is a wooden or plastic tray with vertical grooves in the walls for inserting the saw. Thanks to the miter box, you can easily perform vertical trimming of skirting boards at an angle of 45 and 90 degrees.

In addition to cutting tool and carpentry fixtures, when installing the fillet, you may need: a pencil, a protractor, a self-tapping screw, assembly glue and sealant.

Corner trimming technology

Fillets for outer corners are cut in the opposite direction

You can cut the skirting board with and without a miter box. Let's consider each of the ways. Cutting a corner with a good quality is very easy with a special tool. First, the required fillet length is measured. Then the first plinth is laid in the miter box, and the cutting tool is inserted into the vertical holes. The location of the hacksaw is selected based on the angle at which the product needs to be cut. Next, the cut is made. At the second stage, the second plank is trimmed, which will dock with the first. In this case, the hacksaw should be inserted into opposite grooves at the same angle.

Important: When combining two planks, a right angle should be formed between them. Only in this case, you can proceed to the next stage - fixing the product.

Cutting corners without the use of carpentry tools is carried out using the markings at the installation site. The greatest inconvenience in this case is holding decorative element under the ceiling. First, measurements are taken here: the strips cut at a right angle are in turn applied to the place of their installation and outlined with a pencil. The result is a connection point for the elements. Then a cut line is drawn on the strips from the joint point to the corner and the products are cut off, followed by checking the accuracy of the connection.

Cutting instruction

For joining the trim element at inner corner you need to cut the left and right planks. Consider a cutting method using a miter box. The procedure is as follows:

For ease of cutting, insert the right plinth into the tray from the left side, turning it over

First, we mark the corner in order to eliminate the situation with a shortage of the length of the prepared product.
We take the left bar in left hand and install it in the miter box at the farthest side of the device. In this case, we place the fillet at an angle at which it will be installed to the ceiling.
Next, we insert the saw into the near right and far left vertical holes of the miter box (at an angle of 45 degrees to the bar). We make a cut.
We set the right bar by analogy with the left one. In this case, the product must be turned over so that its ceiling edge lies on the base of the miter box.
This time we insert the hacksaw into the near left and far right grooves. We carry out the cut.
We take both planks, join them on the floor and check the accuracy of their fit to each other.

As for the outer corners, they are rarely found indoors, but, unlike the inner ones, their flaws are more noticeable. In this case, an extremely accurate docking is required. If the internal angle is 90 degrees, then the external angle is 270 degrees. Therefore, fillets are cut in the opposite direction here.

For finishing outer corner the left plinth of the plinth is cut in the same way as for the right for the inner corner, and the right - in the same way as for the left

Stages of work:

We measure the sides of the corner.
We take the left plank in the left hand and set it in the miter box.
We insert the hacksaw into the near left and far right grooves at an angle of 45 degrees to the plinth and cut the product.
We start the striker by turning it over. We put the saw in the near right and far left holes. We make a cut.
We check the accuracy of the joint of two planks on the floor. If everything is in order, then you can proceed to fixing the decorative element.

Video: How to cut the skirting board correctly

How to cut fillets correctly

If your home has rounded corners, then finishing them will take more time and labor. Installation of a plinth in this case requires certain skills. Such corners can be refined in two ways:

We cut the fillet into pieces 5 cm wide. Depending on the length of the arc, it may be required different amount parts, but it is advisable to use at least four. Straight ends should be only at the extreme parts, which will dock with the skirting board itself.
Now we glue the outermost pieces to the previously installed straight fillets.
We adjust the rest of the pieces, trimming them as needed. We glue all parts end-to-end.
We close the gaps with a sealant or putty. We tint and mask the joints, giving the finish a complete look.

Helpful Hint: Number each piece to avoid confusing the order in which they are placed.

The installation of the plinth on the columns and pillars located in the room is carried out in the same way.

The use of a flexible fillet allows you to reduce the number of corner parts to the maximum, because in some situations one plank is enough to finish the corner. These skirting boards are often made of polyurethane, so they can be bent at any angle. By the way, the product is often used for cladding complex ceiling structures with rounded elements.

Video: Washed down corners from fillets

Presence in the interior connecting parts not always appropriate. A more aesthetic approach to joining the ceiling plinth is to form connecting seams... Accurate cutting of the product is the key to a beautiful appearance all finishes.

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 it. Further, from the point of view of a practice, I will tell you how to cut skirting boards at the corners with your own hands in 3 options, and you will learn how about traditional ways, and about folk universal recipes.

The science of how to properly trim ceiling skirting boards in corners is not as difficult as it might seem.

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 that of floor skirting boards, but the lineup 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 is 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 more detail.

The best, practically perfect tool for trimming all kinds of skirting boards and more - this is a miter saw with a swivel bed. 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 considered to be one of the best hand tools for precise cuts of small blocks - this is a butt saw. In principle, this is true, but to be honest, a really high-quality saw, even with the current range, is not easy to find. If you still decide to buy a similar tool, then take a saw with a fine tooth.

In theory, styrofoam and polyurethane can be cut with any sharp, sturdy knife. But at the same time, you need to have a firm hand and at least a little experience in cutting foam. Plus, cutting wide fillets with a knife is very problematic.

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 trim plastic skirting board for the floor, and so - take a hacksaw for metal and you definitely won't be mistaken.

For trimming skirting boards, a hacksaw is considered one of the best tools.

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.

Method number 1. Classic miter box

The classic miter box is a U-shaped bed with slots in the opposite sides. A piece 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 floor 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 put 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.

In addition to the classic U-shaped miter box, there are two more types of similar structures - a professional and a rotary tool. Concerning professional version, then 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 parts.

The swivel device can be safely called a "pocket" 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 ability to fix a part inside is much more convenient to work with.

Method number 2. Cutting by template

Most often, both ceiling and floor skirting boards need to be trimmed to 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 45º.

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.

Method number 3. 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.

Moreover, 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 good tool, cut off exactly 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.

Illustrations	Recommendations
	Stage 1. Take a fillet, apply it on one side of the corner and draw 2 lines with it, along the wall and along the ceiling. Advice: to make the lines inconspicuous, they can be drawn not with a pencil, but, for example, with a nail or the edge of a knife.
	Stage 2... Do the same on the adjacent side of the corner.
	Stage 3... If you draw a diagonal from the intersection of the lines on the ceiling to the inner corner, then you will get the desired cutting line.
	Stage 4... Then take the tool and cut it according to the finished markup. If you are good at using a hacksaw, the skirting boards should fit perfectly.
	... As I already mentioned, the outer corner can be trimmed using exactly the same technology.

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 in 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.

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 with a knife along the blade.

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.

Conclusion

All three methods I have described work, the choice depends on which tool you have and what your professional skills are. If after watching the video you still have questions, welcome to the comments, 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.

The ceiling plinth not only performs a decorative function, visually separating the walls from the ceiling, but can also hide the joints of various finishing materials ceiling and walls. Not every interior design involves the use of a skirting board, but more often than not general form the premises seem unfinished without it. There is nothing difficult in fixing this element - fillets - almost all types of skirting boards are attached with glue. But the question of how to properly cut the ceiling plinth in the corners of the premises can confuse many. After all, even in the very simple room there are internal corners where the plinths of the ceiling plinth must be precisely and beautifully docked. And in a more complex configuration of the room, you will also have to dock the skirting boards, performing the outer corner. In this article we will look at different options how to cut a ceiling plinth with and without tools at hand.

First you need to figure out how to cut the ceiling plinth, the answer to it depends on the material from which the fillet is made. On the this moment sold ceiling plinths made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), expanded polystyrene (polystyrene), polyurethane and wood.

PVC ceiling skirting boards are the cheapest. Dents and creases are easily formed on them, which cannot be repaired, so the product must be thrown away. Also their disadvantage is electrostaticity - the ability to attract dust. You can cut them with a sharp construction knife or a hacksaw.

Styrofoam ceiling skirting boards are also cheap. This material is very fragile, it easily crumbles during processing, therefore, it is necessary to cut the expanded polystyrene with a sharp knife or a hacksaw on metal, without making too strong pressing forces.

Extruded Styrofoam ceiling skirting boards slightly more expensive than expanded polystyrene, denser and more difficult to cut. However, they crumble less, making them easier and more comfortable to work with. They are cut with a construction knife and a hacksaw for metal.

Polyurethane ceiling skirting boards are the most expensive at the moment. They are durable, elastic and moisture resistant, can be easily cut with a construction knife and do not crumble. The disadvantage of polyurethane skirting boards is their dependence on temperature changes. For example, over gas stove the polyurethane skirting board will permanently deform and crackle slightly. If you try to process or cut such a plinth, it can bend or deform in other ways.

Wooden ceiling plinths are dense, heavy products that can only be cut with a hacksaw, preferably with small, frequent teeth. You can also use a cloth for metal.

Before proceeding to the enumeration of the ways of how to properly cut the ceiling plinth, I would like to note that there is a possibility not to cut the plinth with great precision. Available for sale special corner pieces into which the edges of the skirting board are inserted. In this case, it is enough to cut the plinth strip at an angle of 90 °, and the corner element will hide all the flaws. But this method is not always used, since the dimensions of the corner elements are slightly larger than the skirting boards themselves, so the corners in the room will stand out against the general background. Sometimes it can look bulky. However, if the design of the room allows the use of corner pieces for ceiling skirting boards, it makes sense to use them. Further instructions useful for those who nevertheless decided to accurately cut the skirting boards at a given angle.

The miter box is a simple carpentry tool that allows you to cut the workpiece at the desired angle. Most often it is a plastic, wood or metal tray with vertical slots for cutting at an angle of 90 ° and 45 °. There are also more complex miter box designs - for cutting at angles of 90, 60 and 45 degrees. For more professional work, a miter box with swivel mechanism where the hacksaw can be fixed at any angle to the workpiece.

How to cut a skirting board with a miter box - inner corner:

We apply the plinth to the ceiling, measure the required length.
Then we install the plinth strip in the miter box so that the position coincides with the position of the plinth on the ceiling.
The plinth strip must be pressed against the far wall of the miter box.
We hold the plinth with our left hand.
We choose such a position of the hacksaw when the angle is 45 degrees and the handle of the hacksaw is as close as possible to the left hand.
We cut the workpiece without making excessive pressure on the saw.
The next step is to trim the plinth striker. We also install it to the far wall of the miter box.
Press and hold with your right hand.
We choose such a position for the hacksaw when the angle is 45 degrees and the handle of the hacksaw approaches the right hand.
We cut off the skirting board.

Next, we join the trimmed plinths and check the cutting accuracy. For a more accurate orientation, they also say that in order to complete the inner corner, it is necessary to start cutting from the front of the plinth. Wooden skirting boards will most likely need to be filed after trimming.

How to cut a skirting board with a miter box - outside corner:

In order not to be mistaken with the dimensions, it is better to start by marking the inner corner, and then cut out the outer corner. Otherwise, a situation is possible when the planks may not be enough in length.
It is necessary to attach the plank to the ceiling and outline the dimensions.
Install the plinth strip and press it against the nearest wall.
We hold it with the left hand and choose a position for the hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees, when the handle approaches the left hand.
We cut off the workpiece.
We install the striker to the nearest wall, hold it with the right hand.
We set the hacksaw at a 45 degree angle when the handle comes close to the right hand.
Cut off the workpiece and join the corner.

Trimming the workpiece with a miter box is only suitable if the angle between the walls is even - 90 degrees. If the accuracy is poor, you will have to use other methods.

How to trim the corner of a ceiling plinth using ceiling markings

Marking the skirting board on the ceiling also allows you to cut the corner evenly and accurately. The only drawback this method is that it is difficult and inconvenient to keep the plinth strip suspended during the cutting process. Otherwise, it is possible to mark the angle for cutting in this way even more accurately than in other ways. Applying the plinth to the installation site, all wall flaws and deviations in the size of the corner are immediately taken into account.

Cutting the corner of the skirting board:

The first step is to cut two workpieces at an angle of 90 degrees.

Then we first apply one plank, resting its end against the perpendicular wall. We draw a line on the ceiling, outlining the contour of the plinth.

We remove this bar and apply a striker, also resting its butt against the wall. We outline the line.

The point of intersection of the marked lines will be the mark at which the skirting board needs to be cut.
Again, we apply each bar in turn and mark the cutting point on them.
Draw a line from this point to the other edge of the plinth.

We cut off the skirting boards along the outlined lines, join them and apply them to the installation site. Please note that this method is easier to cut inside corners.

Something resembling a miter box can be done by applying the required cut angles to paper, cardboard or wood. You need to draw two parallel lines, determine the center, and then set aside the necessary corners using a protractor. The advantage of this method is that you can postpone any angle, including more than 90 degrees. Of course, before cutting the corners of the ceiling plinth, you must first check the angle between the walls using a corner and measure it with a protractor.

The technique for cutting a ceiling plinth using a painted miter box is exactly the same as using the miter box itself. We press the plinth plank to one of the parallel lines, then set the hacksaw at the desired angle, which is already outlined, and cut it off.

DIY impromptu miter box

Making a miter box with your own hands is also not difficult.

Method 1. You will need three wooden planks or boards, which must be put together in a U-shaped box. Then the necessary angles are marked on the walls of the box, and a cut is made with a hacksaw. As a result, you should get a wooden miter box, in which the grooves are cut.

Method 2. A combination of an impromptu miter box and a template with marked lines. For the convenience of cutting, it is necessary to build something in which it will be convenient to hold the plinth strip, since it is difficult to keep it suspended. It is enough to put together a corner from two wooden planks or boards. On paper, you need to draw lines with angles for cutting at 45 degrees or at any other. Then we apply the skirting board blank to the corner, press it by hand, as described in the technology for using the miter box, move the piece of paper with the template under the edge where we are going to cut, and cut it off. In the process of cutting, we focus on the line drawn on the paper.

Method 3. As an impromptu miter box, you can use anything you want, anything - that we form a corner. For example, a table pushed against a wall.

Important! Pay attention to the rule of making measurements for trimming the ceiling plinth. To mark the inner corner, you need to measure the length directly from the corner itself. To outline the outer corner, it is necessary to be guided by the fact that the plinth will protrude into the depth of the room by a distance equal to its width.

You should not fix the plinths of the ceiling plinths before you cut the striker and try on their location. Only after the two strikers are perfectly aligned in the corner, you can start attaching them to the ceiling. Minor imperfections can be finished with a file or a nail file in the case of wooden and polyurethane skirting boards. To fit foam products, you will have to wield a sharp knife.

If suddenly, even after adjusting the skirting boards, a small gap remains between them, do not despair, it can be repaired with a putty. Cutting the ceiling plinth yourself is not difficult. But in order not to spoil many products, it is better to pre-practice on small blanks.

Corner of the skirting board. Photo

After completion of execution finishing works the final stage is the installation of ceiling and floor skirting boards. Today, many people think that installing skirting boards after a well-finished room is an unnecessary element. However, any room that is well finished without skirting boards will not look good. Therefore, on this page we will try to figure out how to make the corner of the ceiling plinth.

Expanded polystyrene and polyurethane are the main materials from which ceiling skirting boards are made. When installing ceiling plinths on a wall surface that is not flat enough, it is better to purchase such elements made of expanded polystyrene, since they fit quite tightly even to uneven surface the walls, in addition to everything, are quite easily cut with an ordinary knife and are lightweight. Polyurethane skirting boards have a higher weight and high density, so it is better to glue them on a perfectly flat surface.

It should be noted! When making a choice, it is very important to take into account the design of the ceiling, since fillets can not be glued to any ceiling. For instance; skirting boards must not be fixed to modern suspended ceilings.

Outside corner of the skirting board. Photo

When installing them, many are faced with the problem of joining in the corners of the fillets. However, there are no insoluble problems in this matter. When constructing the corner of the ceiling plinth, there is practically nothing complicated, so everyone is able to do it independently.

The most banal and simple way of how to make a corner of a ceiling plinth does not require any practical skills from a person. It consists in the acquisition of specialized shopping centers ready-made (external and internal) corners in place with skirting boards, which only need to be accurately and neatly fixed in a certain place on the ceiling.

The second solution to the problem that has arisen in the construction of the corners of the ceiling plinth is to trim its edge at a certain angle, which will ensure a fairly tight fit. There are two ways to trim the ceiling plinth: using a miter box or a utility knife. How this can be done is discussed below.

Cutting skirting boards with a miter box. Photo

Pruning with a miter box

If there are even ceilings and walls in the rooms, it is quite simple to equip the corner of the ceiling plinth with the help of carpentry miter box.

You can cut with it at different angles (45, 65 and 90 degrees) different materials... The miter box can be made in the most different options, which provide the ability to cut the workpiece, both at a certain and at an arbitrary angle. The miter box is an ordinary wooden tray, which has vertical slots for a hacksaw on its side walls. You can make such a tool yourself.

Wooden miter box. Photo

However, the side slots of such a miter box can have more complex structure... For instance; such a wooden tray on its side walls can have slots at a certain slope. Therefore, with the help of such a miter box, a cut can be made not only vertically, but also by tilting the hacksaw at 45 degrees. Specialists performing work that requires a sufficiently high qualification use a miter box of just such an option in their work.

Both versions of these devices are quite practical, but you can only use them when doing work, if the surface of the ceiling and walls is flat. And if the corners in the room do not have 90 0? Then the angle at which it is planned to equip the ceiling plinth must be measured, and the result obtained must be divided in half. The slice must be done by the division value. It will be very difficult to ideally join the corner elements in the current situation, made using a miter box.

Swivel miter box

It should be noted! You can achieve quite good results if you use a swivel device, under one condition that the corner of the ceiling being processed will be measured quite accurately by you.

Pruning without using a miter box

When carrying out in the house or in the apartment of the lung cosmetic repair most often ceilings and walls are not aligned, so the question arises, how to make the corner of the ceiling plinth? It is enough just to make it by cutting it out by means of the markings made without a miter box.
For which it is necessary to cut off one end of the web with a marked angle of 90 0. Next, attach the trimmed plinth to the installation site, and then make a mark on the ceiling with a small line of abutment of this element to the corner.

Then the opposite canvas, which will adjoin on the other side, in the same way as the first plinth is applied to the wall. Thus, you can independently mark the connection point of the two canvases on the ceiling. Now it remains to transfer this cut angle to the canvas and cut it off.

Before making a cut without a miter box, you must once again make sure that the markings made and the subsequent cut are made correctly, so do not be lazy and once again attach both prepared canvases to the installation site on the ceiling. If you have done everything correctly, then the connection should be perfect and almost invisible.

If you have extensive experience in performing the final stages of finishing or you have knowledge of more simple ways how to make a corner of a ceiling plinth with your own hands without a miter box? Share your experience with us. Leave your comments on this article.

A high-quality renovation presupposes an attentive and accurate attitude to details. Finishing the work with the ceiling, you need to arrange it well - for this, ceiling plinths are used. As a rule, the installation of slats does not cause any particular difficulties; you will have to tinker with the corners. Let's take a closer look at how to cut the ceiling plinth in the corners, let's talk about different ways, let's give helpful advice on this topic.

Ceiling plinths from any material can be cut using one of the methods described below. They are suitable for everyone except for plastic ones: they are designed using ready-made corners.

What tools do you need?

For ceiling plinths, the following tools may come in handy, depending on the chosen method of work:

Saw on wood. Useful for working with wooden ones.
Metal sheet. Suitable for other types of skirting boards (foam, plastic, etc.).
Miter box. The tool is a chute, which has the shape of an inverted П, where lines for cutting are marked at angles of 45 ° and 90 °.
Electric miter saw. Can be used instead of a miter box, helps to achieve high precision slices.
Electric jigsaw. Easy to operate, with the help of it you can efficiently and correctly cut a corner without burrs.
Stationery or construction knife. Suitable for Styrofoam skirting boards, it is important that it has an excellent cutting blade, and therefore must be well sharpened.

How to make an even corner: ways

The most difficult thing is to cut the corner so as to get a perfectly even one: the surface of the materials used is not easy to cut, in addition, you need to observe good joining, preferably without huge gaps. How to make a corner on ceiling plinth? You can use several methods: with a miter box, without a miter box, using decorative corners as well as in an alternative way.

How to properly cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box? To work, you will need a well-sharpened pencil, a small piece of plinth, a stationery knife (for polystyrene or polyurethane) or a metal saw (for other materials), a ruler.

You need to attach the plinth to the corner and draw a line with a pencil along the outer edge, then attach to the other side of the corner and also mark. As a result, a cross will turn out on the ceiling, the center of which will mark the place where the plinths of the ceiling plinth should converge. Place a piece of skirting board where you will glue it. Resting the end against the wall, transfer the desired mark to it. This way you can cut the corners of the skirting board without a miter box.

Making corners using a miter box

If the walls and corners of the room are even, you can use a miter box for work. In order to properly cut the corner, a part should be laid inside the miter box, in which the person will make a gash, then insert the saw into the guides. This holds the part in place and can be cut at the desired angle. For high-quality cutting of the plinth, it must simultaneously adhere to both surfaces, so it should be pressed against the wall of the miter box. The ceiling plinth is pressed on the side that is closer to you.

With a miter box, you will need to cut a 45-degree angle. First you need to decide how to position the plinth in the miter box. To avoid confusion and cut correctly, place the right plank on the right and the left plank on the left.

Follow the instructions below:

Fold the cut pieces together - you have an inside or outside corner.

Place it on the ceiling and check the geometry. If it is not even enough, you can fix it a little with a knife, and in case of minor defects and wide gaps, you can use a putty.

With the help of them, you can easily and quickly obtain the desired angles in polystyrene or polyurethane skirting boards. Install them on the ceiling, and then glue the strips to them. Cutting them is easy using a utility knife.

How to make the corners of a ceiling plinth without fixtures

Mark the skirting boards as required.
Using a ruler, connect the edge of the skirting board to the mark. If you just cut along the line, the parts in the corner will still not fold, since the inner part will interfere. You can trim it later by taking measurements on the ceiling.
You can lay the piece to be cut on the table, with the part that will be located on the ceiling, and cut at an angle of 45 degrees. An adjustment would be required, but less.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the second plank, making the outer corner.

Thus, you can make a ceiling plinth without special tools using the means at hand.

You do not have to make fillets yourself, but immediately purchase those that were initially prepared for joining. This is how they produce expanded polystyrene fillets, which do not need to be adjusted to each other.

The baguette that will be fixed to the left must have a right cut, and the right baguette must have a left cut. When creating the inner corner, make the bottom section rise above the top; for the outer corner, everything should be the other way around.

Attach the baguettes to each other, if necessary, make undercuts at the joints of the base. If everything is in order, the skirting boards can be fixed with glue or screwed to the walls with further sealing of the seams.

How to join skirting boards in the corners

When a certain part of the skirting board is glued and a small distance remains to the corner, so as not to be mistaken with the length, it is necessary to leave a margin. To begin with, you can cut off a piece that will be 10-15 cm longer.Then cut a corner in a convenient way, try it on a dry surface, place the plank on the ceiling and mark the place to which it needs to be shortened. Undercutting is performed at an angle of 90 °.

Next, you need to correctly join the corners. Made by ceiling baguettes fastened at an angle of 38-45 °, so the classic 45 ° is not always suitable at the joints. In various cases, the cut edges do not join and leave gaps. For this reason, after the primary trimming of the corners, it is necessary to carry out a "dry" and the most accurate joining of the baguettes directly to the ceiling. Especially have to tinker with wood and plastic materials.

Having completed the rough joining of the skirting boards, glue or screw the fillets to the walls and ceiling, then, if necessary, use a putty and seal the seams at the end.

Important points on how to cut a ceiling plinth in the corners

Let's consider how to correctly cut the corners of the ceiling plinth and get an excellent result the first time. Follow a few helpful tips:

Before fastening, both parts must be matched to each other. Place both halves together. The surface of the wall must be dry. Having found defects, you can easily level them with a knife.
Several trims may be required. Don't be discouraged if it takes a long time and has to make a few trims, especially if this is your first time doing the job.
Determine the correct length of the planks in the corners. For the inner corner, the length of the plank should be adjusted exactly from corner to corner; on the outer corner, the measurement is taken from the inner point towards the room.
If the corners generally match perfectly, but there are small gaps in the middle, they can be repaired with a putty.

How to glue a ceiling plinth

Start from the corners of the room, as they are easier to work with, then move on to other parts of the room. Cover the corners in such a way that, if possible, no gaps are formed or defects, if they are inevitable, are insignificant. For plastic skirting boards, a finishing putty is used.

Water or soil is applied to the areas for fasteners. After the putty mixture has dried, all the cracks need to be repaired - they use various sealants (professional builders recommend choosing products based on acrylic). In general, one package is required per room. Installation with a sealant is carried out in the same way as when using a putty.