A ceiling plinth is a product that looks no different from its counterpart for flooring. It is also called a fillet. This item serves to mask the joints of the wall and ceiling. It is installed at the very end. finishing works, since the element does not carry any functional load, but only plays a decorative role. The installation process of the product is quite simple, but many are faced with the dilemma of how to make the corner of the ceiling plinth. Depending on the selected materials and tools that are available, the corners of the fillet are cut different ways.

Modern construction market offers the following product options:

• Polyurethane. They are considered the highest quality and most reliable. In addition, they are moisture resistant and elastic. Among the shortcomings, it is worth noting the high cost and exposure to temperature extremes. Due to this feature, the corners of the ceiling plinth made of this material may crack if installed from below. kitchen stove. It is also important to remember that with inaccurate trimming, slight deformations are possible, which in the end can lead to significant curvature.
• Polystyrene. They practically do not differ from the previous material, but they have a lower level of strength, so they break easily due to mechanical stress. Also, polystyrene products cost a little less.
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This is the cheapest material available. Low cost left an imprint on quality: products are difficult to work with, they are prone to dents. To make an external or inner corner PVC ceiling plinth, you need to have a lot of experience and special tools. But the manufacturers of these products do not stand still, and today for these purposes you can purchase special fittings - corners for ceiling plinths, thanks to which even a novice home master can install plastic parts.
• Wooden. These plinths look impressive. Unlike all other products, wooden materials are installed on self-tapping screws or nails, and not on glue.

The options above are available in various sizes, have a relief coating or be completely smooth. Usually the color of products is white, but if you wish, you can find or order any other.

Creating fillet corners

To connect two planks, you can use decorative corners for ceiling plinths. But in the absence of such, the material will have to be processed. Next, we will talk about how to properly cut a corner on a ceiling plinth.

How to use the treatment chair

A miter box is one of the simplest carpentry tools, with which they cut various products under different angles. Usually it is a plastic, metal or wooden tray with several slots in the walls. V simple version there are slots for 45 and 90 degree angles only. In more complex ones, there are more angles, and professional tool equipped swivel mechanism, which allows you to direct the cutting element at any angle. The principle of operation is simple: before cutting off the corner of the plinth, the workpiece is fixed in the tray, and then processed with a cutting tool (knife, saw, and so on), lowering it into the slots.

Trimming the ceiling plinth with a miter box

How to slaughter ceiling plinth for the inner corner on the stool:

1. The first step is to attach the baseboard to the surface and mark the required length with a pencil.
2. Then install the item in the tray so that its current position coincides with the position on the surface.
3. Using the clamping mechanism, the plinth is fixed on the far wall of the tool container.
4. The product is taken with the left hand. After that, it is necessary to choose the correct position of the cutting element (angle of 45 degrees). In this case, the handle of the tool should be as close as possible to the left hand.
5. Applying light pressure on the part, trimming begins. It is important not to press the product too hard, otherwise you can deform it.
6. The same manipulations, only in mirror image, must be carried out with the second plinth.

Then the trimmed strips must be checked for correct processing. To do this, it is enough to connect the ceiling plinth by simply attaching the planks to the surface. If a wooden product is used, then it will most likely have to be further processed with a file.

On a note! First of all, it is necessary to arrange the internal corners on the ceiling plinths, only after that proceed to the external ones. V otherwise the length of the purchased strips may not be enough.

How to properly cut the ceiling plinth for the outer corner:

1. Before cutting the corners, you need to attach the fillet to the edge of the wall so that the product extends slightly beyond the surface, and make a mark.
2. Then do the same operations as in the previous instructions.
3. At the end, make a fitting and, if necessary, additionally process the edges with a clerical knife or file.

Important! To cut the corners of the skirting boards with a miter box, you need a perfectly even angle of the surfaces of 90 degrees. If there are any irregularities on the walls, due to which deviations of more than 2 degrees will be present, other tools will have to be used.

Processing fillets using markup

Most often the result final alignment are straight corners. But in some cases, the deviations are so large that even after fitting and filing the fillets with a file, gaps remain. And then the question of how to properly cut off the ceiling plinth with the help of a miter box will be meaningless, since in this situation it is better to cut the planks with a preliminary fitting on the spot. To carry out this procedure, you will need the following:

• A thin hard pencil or marker (such a tool leaves clear lines, so you don’t have to peer).
• A small fragment of a fillet.
• Ruler or tape measure.
• Special construction or clerical knife for processing polystyrene, polyurethane or PVC baguettes.
• Saw or hacksaw for processing wooden skirting boards.

Before cutting off the ceiling plinth, it is necessary to lean the plank against the corner and draw a line along the outer edge of the product on the ceiling surface. Then attach the same fillet fragment to the opposite wall and draw the same line.

As a result, an intersection will be obtained on the ceiling surface, in which it will be necessary to dock the cut products. The resulting mark is alternately transferred to the parts that will be joined.

Then you need to take a ruler and connect the edge of the fillet with the markup. After that, the product is placed on the table and cut along the line.

This method is quite simple, but it comes with some risks. As a result, the inside of the skirting board can interfere with the connection of the parts on the surface. To prevent this from happening, you can do this: before cutting the ceiling plinth in the corners, it must be placed on the table in the same position in which it will be glued to the wall. Then cut outer corner or internal at an angle of 45 degrees. Similarly, the next bar should be processed. In this way, lengthy processing after fitting can be avoided.

Next, you need to adjust the joint, but already at the installation site of the fillet. That is, before gluing the ceiling plinth in the corners, it is necessary to check the internal joint without applying adhesive or fasteners. Then carry out the same manipulations for the slats of the outer corner. After preliminary fitting and bringing the corners to an ideal state, you can glue the products.

Now the question is how to join the ceiling plinths on uneven corners, should not occur.

Trimming with a square

Now let's look at how to cut a ceiling plinth using standard set tools. For this you will need:

• ruler or tape measure;
• square;
• construction, stationery knife or hacksaw.

How can I cut off the corner of the ceiling plinth if the surfaces are perfectly flat:

1. A ruler is applied to the fillet at an angle of 45 degrees. Using a knife, an unnecessary fragment is cut off with one movement of the hand.
2. In the presence of a wooden product, the plinth is first marked with a pencil, after which it is sawn off with a saw or a hacksaw.

If the wall surfaces are uneven, then the first step is to measure the degree of the angle, and then divide it into two. Let's say the angle is 80 degrees, which means that each product needs to be cut at an angle of 40 degrees.

If adjacent walls do not form a right angle, then in order to cut the baseboard, you will have to do some calculations.

Decoration with decorative corners

The easiest way to join ceiling plinths in the corners is to use special products. They are sold in hardware stores and are immediately ready for use. Fillets are simply glued to the surface, and the junction is closed decorative element. In this case, the question of how to properly cut the plinth does not make sense. Even if the joint turned out to be uneven, this defect will be hidden by a decorative corner.

How to replace the miter box with improvised means

How to make the corners of the ceiling plinth using improvised means? There are several ways:

• First way. It is necessary to prepare three wooden planks the same thickness and width. Using nails or self-tapping screws, connect them into a U-shaped structure. Mark the 45 and 90 degree angles (you will need a square or a protractor for this), and then make cuts with a hacksaw. The result is a homemade miter box. How to cut ceiling moldings with this tool, indicated above.

• The second way. In this case, before cutting the ceiling plinth, a simple structure should be built to hold the fillet. To do this, you need to take two boards and put together a corner from them. Then take paper and draw lines on it, going at different angles. Now let's look at how to cut corners using the resulting tool:
  • fillet is laid on a wooden corner;
  • in the marked place - a template with drawn lines is applied to the product and trimmed.

• The third way. This method is the easiest, but it requires some experience and a steady hand. In this case, you can use any design that has a right angle, for example, a table.

On a note! Before cutting a corner, measurements should be taken at the fixation point. To mark the inner corner, they begin to measure from the junction of the walls. Before cutting out the outer corner, it is necessary to mark, taking into account the fact that the product will go beyond the surface boundaries by its thickness.

The process of making a miter box at home demonstrates the video:

Installation of skirting boards

This operation will be successful if you follow a few recommendations:

1. Installation of ceiling fillets begins precisely with the design of the corners. After completing this operation, you can proceed with the installation of the remaining parts.
2. During fixation of products, it is necessary to press their edges so that there are no gaps left. In this case, excess glue should be removed immediately so that it does not have time to dry.
3. If a PVC skirting board was purchased, then to fix it, you can use the finishing putty, which may have remained after the finishing work.
4. Before gluing the skirting boards to the ceiling, it is necessary to treat the surfaces with a special primer or simply with water. Then the fillets are installed in their places and wait until the surface under them dries out. At the end, the seams and cracks are sealed with sealant or other material with a similar composition. It is better to use sealants containing acrylic.

Installing ceiling plinths is a fairly simple procedure that even a novice master can handle. The main thing is to follow the above recommendations and regularly check the correct installation with a level, even if the fillets look perfectly even to the eye. It is also important to remember that this element carries an exclusively decorative load, so even the smallest oversights are unacceptable.

Plinth is integral element necessary to decorate the room and give it a complete and neat look. It can be made from various materials, but plastic plinth 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 plastic plinth right, so that it can be neatly docked in the corners?

Previously, skirting boards were made mainly of wood and were considered precisely wooden products. But now in hardware stores you can find such decorative elements that are made from metal, plastic and other materials.

Wooden plinth is a classic. It is a natural product, as it is made from solid wood. This type is distinguished by high strength and durability - skirting boards, installed back in Soviet times, 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 is growing - not everyone can afford such skirting boards.

Because of this, veneered skirting boards appeared on the market - their prices are an order of magnitude lower. However, outwardly, they practically do not differ from products made from 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 a veneered plinth from an ordinary wooden one.

On a note! For cutting skirting boards - wooden and veneered - an ordinary hacksaw is used for wood.

Plastic plinth, that is, made of PVC, is especially popular now. It partially replaced the conventional wooden crafts from the market, as it has a number of advantages:

• looks beautiful and neat - able to imitate natural wood products;
• easy to install, flexible and very easy to cut;
• can serve as a cable channel for laying wires;
• is not afraid of exposure to water, and also does not rot, mold does not start on it;
• It is inexpensive compared to wood or veneered products.

The plastic plinth is made of polyvinyl chloride, which is passed through special molds under high pressure. After solidification of the mass, a neat plastic product is obtained.

On a note! Some manufacturers decorate the edges of plastic baseboards with rubber. This measure helps the product not to slide on the walls and floor during installation and to fit snugly to the surfaces.

There are several types of plastic skirting boards - for example, used for carpet(have a special shape in the form of the letter G, fix the material) or for linoleum. There are also universal products that can be installed on any type of floor covering. They can also be classified according to hardness.

Table. Types of plastic skirting boards depending on the rigidity.

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	In shape, they resemble ordinary wooden skirting boards; they can be installed both near the floor and under the ceiling. The product is based on ordinary polyvinyl chloride, due to which the skirting boards have all the qualities inherent in this substance - strength, rigidity, various colors and moderate flexibility. However, with strong pressure on the fracture, the product can easily be broken.
	This type of skirting boards appearance resembles a flexible tape that is laid along the wall without the need for cutting, which makes installation much easier than with rigid skirting boards. They are also made of PVC, but due to their modest external data, they are not as popular as regular hard ones. Their main advantage is the possibility of using indoors with uneven walls, and products are glued to a special glue based on polyurethane or putty.

How to cut the corners of a skirting board

Since it is hard plastic skirting boards that are increasingly being used during repairs, it is about them that we will talk. 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 carried out will depend on how the plinth is docked.

Methods for cutting plastic skirting boards

Cutting a skirting board is a seemingly simple, but responsible task. If the corners are cut incorrectly, they will not fit properly and all work will go down the drain, since the product will no longer have beautiful view- there will be gaps between the two sections of the plinth and decorative inserts (corners, docking elements, etc.).

Most often, for cutting the plinth, the usual hacksaw for metal which has small teeth. However, it is not suitable for thin baseboards, as the product will simply tear under the influence of this tool.

Sometimes the plinth is cut and scissors for metal. But the method also has its drawbacks, because the product can be crushed under the pressure of the blades. Less often, but still used and grinder. However, the cutting line after it can be sloppy, as the tool often "tear" soft plastic. Especially often this method is unsuccessful for beginners in the world of repair, who still do not know how to fully control the work. So the grinder can be attributed to rather specific methods.

On a note! To cut a thin baseboard, you can use a sharply sharpened knife or a clerical knife. But such work requires some skill, so it is recommended that you first practice on scraps of an old plastic baseboard.

The most important thing in the process of cutting the plinth 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.

Stencil cutting

The method is recommended for cutting products intended for installation in non-standard rooms with angles that differ from the standard mark of 90 degrees. Stencils of the desired angle can be made from paper or thin cardboard. First from draft material stripes are cut that have exactly the same width as the baseboard. Then they are applied to the corner and fixed, after which they are cut to the shape of the corner. Then, according to the obtained stencils, the plinth itself is cut off at the required angle.

Cutting floor plinth with a miter box

For correct pruning plinth, a special device was invented, which was called miter box. It is a small bar with a recess for the plinth 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 desired angle and direction of the cut are selected in a particular case.

On a note! If it is necessary to form nice corner using a miter box, then one segment of the plinth is cut at one angle, and the second - in a mirror image.

When working with the miter box, it is important to ensure that the edges of the plinth protrude beyond the edges of the selected slot for a small distance. If the cutting tool is wider than the baseboard itself, it is recommended to securely fix the product inside the miter box before cutting. Otherwise, the plinth can move inside, the cut angle will constantly change, because of which it (the cut) will turn out to be incorrect and incorrect.

Important! During cutting, the pressure on the baseboard should be moderate. Otherwise, it may break.

Using a ruler and pencil in the absence of a miter box

If there is no miter box at hand, and you don’t want to make stencils, then you can try to apply the necessary markings on the plinth with a pencil. In the case of the formation of an internal corner, the width of the product is measured with a ruler, then the resulting value is deposited on the end part of the plinth, and a line is drawn from its corner to this marked point with a pencil, along which the cut will be made. The second plinth, which will form a corner together with the first, is simply cut off along the first one attached to it.

Important! If the installation of skirting boards is carried out in a room with complex geometry, then all angles will have to be carefully measured in order to avoid a mistake.

Experienced craftsmen recommend starting the installation of the plinth from the inside corner. At the junction of two walls, which form the inner corner, the cut on the baseboards will be equal to 45 degrees (in a room with correct and accurate geometry). Cutting is recommended to be done with a miter box - this is the only way to achieve a perfectly even cut.

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 you can get rid of sharp edges, and it will be easier to work. And cutting skirting boards with cable channels is carried out only after disassembling the product - a decorative strip designed to hide wires and attachment points of the skirting board is cut separately.

It is recommended that immediately before installing the skirting board, cut the pieces to the required length and shape the corners so as not to be distracted by this procedure during the assembly of the skirting board. Do not neglect the use additional elements- plugs, corners and other products for plinth. With their help, it will be possible to give the finished work a finished and harmonious look.

Advice! If the corners where the plinth is laid and joined are uneven, then even decorative caps and other elements can be trimmed if necessary.

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 each have an angle of 45 degrees. 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 of 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 in a different way: markings are drawn on the floor with a pencil, where on one and the other side of the corner the border of the plinth is drawn - 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 markup, on which the markup 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 desired cutting line.

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 as follows: one of the skirting boards is applied to one of the walls, its borders are marked with a pencil. The same procedure is carried out with another product - again a rhombus flaunts on the floor, the diagonal of which will become a guideline for cutting products.

Skirting board cutting instructions

Consider how the plinth is trimmed with a miter box and a hacksaw.

Step 1. After all taken dimensions the plinth fits into inner part miter box and pressed against one of its walls.

Step 2 Using a hacksaw, the plinth is trimmed. The cutting (sawing) tool is inserted into the selected groove - a cut is made.

However, sometimes it is enough to cut plastic skirting boards at a right angle - now it has appeared on sale a large number of various additional products for them. For example, there are such corners that will allow you to hide even cuts and decorate everything beautifully. Your attention - instructions for installing a plastic plinth.

How to fix the plinth? The answer is here!

In general, all existing methods skirting board fixings can be divided into two categories - installation by fixing to the floor and mounting to the walls. You will have to choose depending on the type of skirting board and the design features of the living space. Read more in.

Step 1. All measurements are taken - the required length for the plinth segments is determined. These values ​​are deposited on two products from which corners will be formed.

Step 2 Skirting boards are cut with a miter box and any cutting tool and applied to the walls - this is necessary to make sure that the products are cut correctly and have the required length.

Step 3 If everything is done correctly, then the skirting boards are screwed to the wall using self-tapping screws and dowels. But before that, plugs or corners are put on their ends.

Step 4 At the outer corners, the plinths are interconnected with special plastic devices.

Step 5 The plinth is installed in its designated place and screwed to the wall with self-tapping screws.

Step 7 The cable channel with laid wires is closed with a decorative plug.

Step 8 External corners are closed with special corner plugs, which are simply put on the edges of the skirting boards that form the corner.

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The question of how to cut a skirting board at 45 degrees may seem quite simple to an experienced person. However, for many young families who decide to make repairs on their own, such a seemingly trifle turns into a real problem. If small inaccuracies and installation errors on the floor can often be covered with furniture, then the ceiling frame is always in sight, so further we will pay more attention to how to properly cut the ceiling skirting boards in the corners.

By and large, the floor and ceiling frames differ only in size and materials, and the trimming technology is absolutely the same. At the moment, plastic reigns in this direction, and if you figure out the ceiling work, then the question of how and with what to cut the plastic plinth for the floor will be decided by itself.

The classic cut

Before you properly cut the ceiling plinth, let's deal with the tool. By far the cleanest and most precise cut is obtained from a moving bed miter saw.

The angle on this tool can be set to any, both in the vertical and in the horizontal plane. The cleanliness of the cut is ensured by a disc with small tooth rotating at high speeds.

Trimming can cut any material with high quality, from polystyrene to metal. But this is a semi-professional tool and the price for it is very solid.

Buying such a serious unit home often simply does not make sense. Much easier to buy plastic or metal.

The miter box can be safely called one of the most ancient carpentry devices. It is a kind of U-shaped box with vertical slots on the side walls.

These slots act as guides for the hacksaw blade. As a result, the cut on the bar is obtained at a strictly defined angle.

For one-time work, a device with slots at 90º and 45º is quite enough.

Tip: it makes sense to buy a professional miter box with cutting angle adjustment and hacksaw blade control only with a large amount of work in non-standard rooms. This is a highly specialized tool and is rarely used for homework.

• Now let's figure out how to cut ceiling plinths with a miter box with your own hands. Do not forget that the ceiling fillet rests on 2 adjacent surfaces of the corner, respectively, and it must be cut in this position, otherwise a gutter or slot will turn out at the junction;
• Before cutting the ceiling plinth in the corner, decide which edge of the fillet will border the ceiling. It is this edge that will lie at the bottom of the miter box;
• Next, firmly fix the bar, resting it on the bottom and side of the tool, after which you carefully cut the part at 45º with a right inclination;

• Accordingly, the adjacent part of the plinth must also be installed, only cut with a left-hand slope;
• Cutting tool selected according to the material of the plinth itself. For foam or polyurethane, a sharp carpenter's knife is sufficient. Hard PVC plastic or a tree needs to be cut only with a hacksaw;

• Internal and outer corners cut in the same way. The main thing here, before cutting the ceiling plinth in the inner corner, double-check the correctness of the markup several times. Indeed, for the inner corner, the upper edge of the fillet is made shorter than the lower one, and vice versa for the outer one. For clarity, we show a diagram of such pruning.

Alternatives

We figured out the classic miter box, but how to properly cut the corner of the ceiling plinth if there was no specialized tool at hand? Do not despair, such a misunderstanding is easy to fix. Moreover, some masters prefer to rely more on folk methods.

Homemade miter box

The main task of a standard tool is to clearly maintain an angle of 45º or 90º. But these classic corners can be marked without resorting to the use of a miter box. In fact, for this it is enough to use a leaf in a box from a school notebook.

With a right angle, as it were, everything is clear. And the angle of 45 degrees is the diagonal of the square.

If you are dealing with a soft material such as foam, then such a square drawn on paper is embedded in any correct angle. Next, you just have to attach a fillet to this corner and cut it off with a knife at the desired angle.

Things are a little more complicated if you are dealing with a wooden or PVC fillet. Here, before cutting the plinth at the corners, you will have to build a miter box with your own hands.

To do this, you need to knock down two wooden or any other planks at a right angle, mark and cut guide holes in them. After that, you can put fillets into such an impromptu miter box and, as the sculptors say, cut off the excess.

Simple and Affordable

Now let's talk about the simplest, most affordable and at the same time universal way.

There is an instruction by which you can quickly, and most importantly, accurately mark not only traditional corners, but also any other non-standard corners.

Important: in this method main problem is considered an accurate cut. After all, most often you will have to hold and cut the bar on weight. In this case, a good hacksaw skill is indispensable.

• First you need to cut the fillet so that the lower edge clearly goes into the inner corner, in standard rooms it is 90º. After that, it is placed in its future place and a line is drawn on the ceiling along the upper edge with a pencil, as in the photo;

If after studying you still have questions, state them in the comments, we will be happy to help.

The ceiling plinth performs not only 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 ceiling plinth, but most often general form the premises seem unfinished without it. In fixing this element - fillets - there is nothing complicated, 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 simplest room there are internal corners where the planks of the ceiling plinth must be precisely and beautifully joined. And in a more complex configuration of the room, you will also have to dock the skirting boards, making the outer corner. In this article, we will look at various options for how to cut a ceiling plinth with and without improvised tools.

First you need to deal with the question of how to cut the ceiling plinth, the answer to it depends on the material from which the fillet is made. At the moment, ceiling plinths made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), expanded polystyrene (polystyrene), polyurethane and wood are sold.

PVC ceiling moldings are the cheapest. Dents and creases are easily formed on them, which cannot be eliminated, so the product has to 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 moldings are also cheap. This material very fragile, easily crumbles during processing, therefore it is necessary to cut polystyrene foam with a sharp knife or a hacksaw for metal, without making too much pressure.

Ceiling moldings made of extruded polystyrene foam slightly more expensive than polystyrene foam, denser than them and more difficult to cut. However, they crumble less, so they are easier and more comfortable to work with. They are cut with a construction knife and a hacksaw for metal.

Polyurethane ceiling moldings are currently the most expensive. They are durable, elastic and moisture resistant, easily cut with a construction knife and do not crumble. The disadvantage of polyurethane baseboards is their dependence on temperature changes. For example, over gas stove the polyurethane baseboard will acquire residual deformations and begin to crackle slightly. If you try to process or cut such a plinth, it may bend or deform in another way.

Wooden ceiling moldings are dense, heavy products that can only be cut with a hacksaw, preferably with fine, frequent teeth. You can also use metal sheet.

Before moving on to listing ways to properly cut a ceiling plinth, I would like to note that it is possible not to cut a plinth with particular accuracy. Available for sale special corner elements into which the edges of the plinth are inserted. In this case, it is enough to cut the skirting board 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 somewhat larger than the baseboards themselves, so the corners in the room will stand out against the general background. Sometimes it can look sloppy. However, if the design of the room allows the use of corner elements for ceiling plinths, it makes sense to use them. The following instructions will be useful to those who still decide to accurately cut the skirting board to a given angle.

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

How to cut a ceiling plinth with a miter box - inner corner:

• We apply the plinth to the ceiling, measure the required length.
• Then we install the plinth bar into the miter box so that the position coincides with the position of the plinth on the ceiling.
• The plinth strip should be pressed against the far wall of the miter box.
• Hold the plinth with your left hand.
• We choose such a position of the hacksaw when the angle is 45 degrees and at the same time 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 trimming the plinth striker. We also install it to the far wall of the miter box.
• Press and hold with your right hand.
• We choose a position for the hacksaw when the angle is 45 degrees and the hacksaw handle approaches the right hand.
• Cut off the plinth.

Next, we join the trimmed skirting boards and check the cutting accuracy. For a more accurate orientation, they also say that in order to make an internal corner, it is necessary to start cutting from the front of the plinth. Wooden plinths after trimming, most likely, will still have to be adjusted with a file.

How to cut a ceiling plinth with a miter box - outer corner:

• In order not to make a mistake 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 straps may not be long enough.
• It is necessary to attach the bar to the ceiling and outline the dimensions.
• We install the ceiling plinth bar and press it against the nearest wall.
• Hold with your left hand and select the position for the hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees, when the handle approaches the left hand.
• We cut off the workpiece.
• We set the reciprocal bar to the nearest wall, hold it with the right hand.
• We set the hacksaw at an angle of 45 degrees, when the handle approaches 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 leaves much to be desired, you will have to use other methods.

How to cut 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 downside this method is that it is difficult and inconvenient to keep the skirting board suspended during the cutting process. For the rest, it is possible to outline the angle for cutting in this way even more accurately than in other ways. When applying the skirting board to the installation site, all wall flaws and deviations in the size of the corner are immediately taken into account.

Trimming the corner of the ceiling plinth:

• First of all, two blanks must be cut at an angle of 90 degrees.

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

• We remove this bar and apply the reciprocal bar, also resting its end against the wall. Let's draw a line.

• The point of intersection of the marked lines will be the mark at which the plinth must be cut.
• Again, we apply each bar in turn and mark the cut point on them.
• We draw a line from this point to the other edge of the plinth.

We cut off the skirting boards along the marked lines, join them and apply them to the installation site. Please note that using this method it is more convenient to cut internal corners.

Something resembling a miter box can be made by applying the necessary cutting angles to paper, cardboard or wood. It is necessary to draw two parallel lines, determine the center, and then set aside the necessary angles 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 with a corner and measure with a protractor.

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

Improvised tray-miter box do-it-yourself

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

Method 1. You will need three wooden planks or boards that need to be hammered into a U-shaped box. Then, the necessary angles are marked on the walls of the box, and a cut is made with a hacksaw. The result should be a wooden miter box in which grooves are cut.

Method 2. A combination of an impromptu miter box and a template with outlined lines. For the convenience of cutting, it is necessary to build something in which it will be convenient to hold the ceiling plinth bar, since it is difficult to keep it on weight. 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 plinth blank to the corner, press it with our hand, as described in the technology for using the miter box, move the 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 paper.

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

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

It is not necessary to fix the strips of the ceiling plinths before you cut the reciprocal strip and tried on their location. Only after the two reciprocal strips have perfectly converged in the corner, you can begin to mount them to the ceiling. Minor flaws can be modified with a file or nail file in the case of wooden and polyurethane skirting boards. To fit the 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 putty. Trimming the ceiling plinth yourself is not difficult. But in order not to spoil a lot of products, it is better to pre-train on small blanks.

The ceiling plinth is used to hide the irregularities that form at the border between the wall and the ceiling in order to give the interior an aesthetic completeness.

How to stick a ceiling plinth, how to cut it using a miter box or in the absence of a fixture - such questions are asked by many beginners who prefer to make repairs in the apartment on their own. This article is devoted to these issues.

Skirting materials

Before you cut the ceiling plinth, you should get acquainted with the materials for their manufacture, which differ in the density of the components used. This also determines the way the elements are cut.

Features of materials for ceiling plinths are presented in the table:

Skirting board material	Advantages	Flaws
	Fade resistant and high strength. Flexibility. Moisture resistance Different sizes and ornaments, which allows you to choose for any interior. Can be dyed.	Big weight. Relatively high price.
	Light weight. Low cost. Soft edges. Diverse design. Easy to cut and install.	Fragile. Not used on curved surfaces. The grainy structure of the material and uneven edges require additional processing - trimming, coloring.
	Strength. Smoothness. Easy to mount. Low cost. Large selection of sizes and patterns.	Tip: When purchasing a baguette for a polystyrene ceiling, you should give preference to more dense materials made by extrusion.
	An abundance of colors. Low cost. Moisture resistance. Ease of use.	Cannot be repainted. Cracks easily. The corners of the baguette are not rigid when connected, it is necessary to use an additional adhesive composition.
	Ecological purity. Elite material. Serves for finishing rooms, stylized antique (see).	Hygroscopicity, which can lead, due to the absorption of moisture, to a change in the dimensions and geometry of products. High cost. May rot. Lit. Difficult to fit to size.

Tip: When cutting any of these materials, you should use a fine-toothed hacksaw. Otherwise, an uneven end of the part may result. The large tooth of the tool will bite the material.

Before installing a baguette on the ceiling with your own hands, you need to determine how to cut it. The main difficulty is to maintain the required angle of joining elements. Only in this case it is possible to obtain a butt weld without a visible gap.

Tip: If gaps form after installation of baguettes, they need to be sealed special glue, silicone or white sealant.

Skirting cutting tools

A high-quality and correctly selected tool will allow you to perfectly join the plinth at all corners. For trimming a baguette for the ceiling, apply various tools, which have their own characteristics of use.

It can be:

• Miter box with a hacksaw.

This is a special box with several holes. When performing the operation, a workpiece is inserted inside the device, and then a baguette is cut with a hacksaw. The work is quite simple, but the edge of the part turns out to be quite rough, sometimes the product, especially from foam, even deteriorates from the impact of an ordinary hacksaw.

Tip: After cutting plastic or wooden baguettes in the miter box, the cut points should be processed sandpaper or a file.

• Electric miter saws.

With this tool, the cut is of the highest quality. When cutting, an electric tool is lowered with a blade onto a baguette and the desired result is obtained.

• Electric jigsaw.

With such a tool it is very convenient to cut a plinth made of wood, as seen in the photo, plastic and other products at an angle. A feature of cutting is the precise marking on the workpiece, and then the smooth lowering of the working file onto the plinth.

An electric jigsaw creates cuts in different directions, at the right angle. The advantage of the tool is the efficiency and accuracy of the work.

• Construction sharp knife.

With this tool it is easy to cut foam products. After preliminary marking of the part with a knife, the plinth is carefully cut at the desired angle.

Despite the simplicity of cutting, in order not to spoil a brand new plinth, it is better to use scraps of material and determine the technology for performing the process until the desired result is obtained.

• To measure correctly, the bar is measured between two corners. In this case, for internal corners, the length is measured from the elements. And the distance from the outer corners is measured from the point that is away from the inner.
• When installing foam skirting boards at the junction between the wall and stretch ceiling, glue is applied to the part of the product in contact with the surface.
• The final fixation of the skirting board is carried out after adjusting the angle of the adjacent plank to it.
• In the presence of the wall, ceiling and floor right angle, it is easier to adjust the planks at the bottom by laying out the parts on the floor or on a prepared table.
• Small gaps remaining in the corners are puttied.
• Particular attention should be paid to the installation of ceiling plinths made of rare wood. In this case, puttying the gaps will most likely not give the expected result. A bright spot will appear on the background of the texture.
• High-quality ceiling plinths, in addition to the main strips, have special inserts for right angles. Such inserts will greatly simplify installation and improve the quality of the work performed.

Features of trimming and docking baguette elements

Watch the video before you get started.

Work instructions:

• It is necessary to cut the plinth with front side and along the outer edges.
• When cutting the inner corner, therefore, it is necessary to process both sides of the baguette.
• When doing work, it is better to use miter saw, but at home you can get by with the simplest chairs.
• For a baguette made of foam, its edges must be cut at an angle of 45 °.
• The cut on the right is made on the plinth glued on the left. And vice versa.
• The bottom of the baguette should protrude above the top to get the optimal internal angle.

Cutting a skirting board with a miter box

A miter box is a device that can be made from:

• tree.
• aluminum.

In appearance, this is a tray, on the sides of which there are grooves at different angles.

• To cut a corner on the baseboard, the element is fixed in such a position as it will be located on the plane of the ceiling.
• The part should be correctly placed and pressed firmly to the base.
• Carefully aligned to the plane on the ceiling.

Tip: The plinth should be tried on dry before installation, and then put a mark with a pencil. This will ensure that the direction of the cut is not confused.

• The desired groove is selected and made with a free hand, better with a hacksaw for metal, trimming an element along a groove.

• For hard material skirting, it may be necessary to file the element.
• Don't use too much force when making the cut. Otherwise soft materials may warp and crumble.

Cutting skirting board corners without a miter box

Cutting the corners of the ceiling plinth can be done without a miter box or you can make it yourself.

It's easy enough using a few options:

• With the help of improvised materials:

1. a form is made of three boards or thick plywood;
2. cuts are made at an angle of 45 ° in the sidewalls of the fixture. For marking, you need to use a protractor or square.

• If there are no materials for manufacturing, or you need to cut a little, then:

1. paper is folded to the desired angle. It is placed on a bar and a line is drawn along which the cut is made;
2. the element is placed under the bar and a cut is made according to the template.

• The cutting angle of the ceiling plinth is determined and it is decided how best to cut the part. Wherein:

1. the plinth is applied to the installation site, and marks are made for the cutting line;
2. the part is placed on a solid plane, in the position in which it will be installed. A vertical incision is made with a knife or hacksaw.

• Hacksaw and from a simple bar:

1. the plinth is applied to the place of fastening to the ceiling;
2. a line is drawn on the ceiling and wall, which will be the base for fixing the baguette;
3. the plinth is applied to the docking wall, and the same two lines are drawn;
4. It turned out on the ceiling the intersection of two lines. One baguette is applied and a mark is placed at the intersection of the lines, which corresponds to the top point of the cut;
5. the second part is applied to another wall. The same mark is put;
6. the plinth is placed on a flat surface. An even bar is applied to the upper part, and the cut points are connected;
7. a plinth is cut with a hacksaw or knife.

After that, you can proceed to fixing the baguette to the ceiling.

Non-standard angles

Everything is quite complicated here, the miter box is not useful, a hacksaw is optional. In houses and apartments with non-standard layout, firstly, the angles may not be 90° at all. And secondly, they can generally be rounded or have several intersection faces.

The first, most “collective farm” option is to cut “by eye” at 45 °. For this, a joined part is taken, which is adjusted to the previous angle in fact.

You can try on the design on weight, this is a rather long and painstaking business. Need maximum precision!

When fitting, constantly try on the resulting pairing in place. Only after a few fittings can you achieve good result, and then glue the plinth on the base. In short, experience is essential.

It is much more correct to transfer the markings of the edges of adjacent skirting boards to the ceiling, as shown in the photo. This technique will allow you to get rid of fortune-telling when determining the points of the angular cut.

Advice! It is very important when cutting the skirting board to the inside corner, tilt the blade of the cutting tool to the desired part of it, approximately 45 degrees. If this is not done, then a huge hole will appear at the junction due to the concave shape of the part. If you are preparing the outer corner, then tilt the blade in the opposite direction.

It is necessary to use a very sharp tool so as not to “sweep” the edges. It is advisable not to use a cutting tool with notches on the working edge at all. That is, the saw does not fit here.

In the case when the corners are very uneven or rounded, docking can be done from several small elements. Feel free to cut the plinth into several parts, up to 4-5 pieces. Then, on each part, cut off both abutting edges at the desired angle. The next element is applied to each previous element, after which the joint is aligned.

Unfortunately, this method is not perfect, and no matter how hard you try, the result may be a gap at the junction.

You can fix this in the following ways:

• Take your time to glue the cornices along straight sections. First take care of the corners - in this case, you can trim them if necessary, or sand them until a good joint is obtained.
• If you didn’t succeed in solving the problem of trimming perfectly, just putty the cracks with the compound suitable for the material of the cornice, and then paint it.

Cutting a ceiling plinth is not at all a complicated process. The main thing is to do everything carefully, observing the rules for performing work. After that, all the butt seams of the ceiling moldings will be practically invisible, and the repair of the apartment will bring pleasure to its owner.