How to fix a plastic ceiling skirting board

Installing a ceiling made of plastic panels is one of the most popular methods of construction decoration, in the conclusion of which there is always a need to close the gap formed between the ceiling and the walls. Plastic skirting boards are well suited for this purpose. They will successfully look like a decorative insert, as they have an external resemblance to stucco molding. But at the same time, this material is quite budgetary and has good operational characteristics.

Advantages of plastic skirting boards

The ceiling skirting board has a number of characteristics that determine the popularity of its application in construction work. Consider such parameters in more detail:

• ceiling skirting boards allow you to solve two problems at the same time: mounting panels and decorating the ceiling;
• polymer baguettes do not require special care, and also do not absorb unpleasant odors;
• an important advantage is that the presence of plastic skirting boards does not create restrictions for ceiling panels. This helps to protect the ceiling from deformation;
• such products do not absorb moisture, which is positively reflected in their operation;
• the material is simplicity and installation rate;
• the advantage of plastic skirting boards is also the relatively low cost of the material.

Substates selection parameters

The ceiling skirting board for plastic panels in length is always a standard size of 2 m. However, the situation with the width of the skirting boards is different - this indicator can vary from 1 to 20 cm. In order not to be confused with this variety, we consider the features of the use of wide and narrow skirting boards for the ceiling:

1. Wide baguettes help to visually smooth the corners of the room, mask defects, which, as a rule, occur at the joints of the ceiling with the walls, and also hide the clearance of the suspended structure.
2. Narrow skirting boards are decorative and used for facing a perfectly smooth ceiling.

When choosing the size of the products, you should take into account the height of the ceiling, since the price of ceiling plastic skirting boards will depend on this:

• for a low ceiling, it is preferred to give narrow skirting boards, since the wide in this case will look too bulky and visually even more reduced the level of ceilings;
• it is recommended to use fillets no wider than 35 mm;
• before fastening a plastic ceiling skirting on a high ceiling, you should choose a product with a width of 70 mm or more;
• on the average ceiling with a height of 2.5-3 m high, fillets from 40 to 60 mm wide will look successfully.

After choosing the width of the ceiling baguettes, you should think about the color scheme in which they should be selected for the overall design of the room. To decide on the most optimal option, you need to take into account the following points:

1. For ceilings of medium and low altitude, white skirting boards will be the best choice. This color visually lengthen the room.
2. The talls of dark shades will look good with a high ceiling, since the room will look lower.
3. Also, more than 3 colors should not be combined in one room, in this case the space will look too colorful.
4. Black and white shades will successfully harmonize with any palette of interior decoration. The skirting boards of contrasting colors will also look quite spectacular. But in this case, the palette of products should coincide with the color of some interior detail.

And in conclusion, you need to decide on the form of ceiling bahanets:

1. Complex relief forms of panels look very harmonious. But they will look appropriate only if there is an expensive decoration of the room, stylized under the antiquity of the room.
2. More universal are skirting boards with simple straightforward lines. They will approach the decoration of any style and direction.

Recommendations before starting work

In order for the installation of skirting boards to be made neatly and have an aesthetic appearance, you need to take into account the following process features:

1. For high -quality work, it is initially necessary to measure the length of the room in which the skirting boards will be laid.
2. The installation process should begin with the angles of the room. In this case, you need to take care of the masking of the joints. To do this, you can purchase specially designed corner parts or independently perform corner correction.
3. If necessary, the surface should be leveled with putty. In some cases, the installation of products on top of the wallpaper is also allowed.
4. The installation process has its own characteristics depending on the type of wall. We fasten the material on the walls of wood using wood screws.
5. If we are dealing with the surface of the walls of drywall, then for fastening the screws for metal should be used. Such fasteners make it possible to fix it on a metal frame profile through facing material.

Installation of a skirting board with the availability of a cable channel

This method of installing plastic ceiling skirting boards involves the presence of a channel for laying cable networks. This is a rather practical solution, since it becomes possible to carry out or remove the phone cords, an Internet cable or television communication. And there is no need to dismantle the skirting board. This installation technique has its subtleties:

1. The connection place is covered with a lid that is easily removed.
2. Material strings are connected using angular connectors.
3. Installation of ceiling skirting boards with this method will require the installation of certain clips.
4. Clips are installed near the wall, retreating several millimeters. This will allow stationary cables in the formed space.
5. It is advisable to initially place the wires, and then mount the baseboard. This will make it possible to replace the desired cable by failing to a fragment of the product from the clip latch.

Aesthetic method of mounting skirting boards

It is also allowed to fasten the plastic ceiling plinth in such a way that does not provide for the installation of internal and external corners, as well as connectors. This method does not correspond to the manufacturer’s instructions, but has advantages aesthetically and looks more carefully. Consider in more detail the procedure for manipulations:

1. The cable channel should be removed primarily.
2. After this, the edges of adjacent skirting boards are cut at an angle of 45 °.
3. Then you need to insert a channel for the cable into the provided place, while its middle should be on the cut of two skirting boards. This will become an additional support for the installation of the material.
4. Next, you need to cut the channel from the other bar in half and insert on both sides of the structure.
5. Installation of plastic ceiling skirting boards is completed.

Fixation of the ceiling skirting board for dowels

This method is the most common in the installation of skirting boards and involves the following actions:

1. Starting from the corner of the room, you need to install 2 layers of material.
2. Then using the drill, make a hole in the skirting board, and with the help of a perforator we make a hole in the wall.
3. In order to avoid difficulties with dismantling work or with the redistribution of cables under the skirting boards, it is important to attach a limiter to a punch, which will be more than 5 mm than the required opening depth.
4. Such a limiter is quite possible to do with your own hands. For example, you can fix it with island at the drill a small piece of the tube. Or glue the island to the required drill length. The size of the mount is determined depending on the strength of the walls and material.
5. After that, drive the dowels into the finished holes and fasten the bar of the baguette with screws. You should take care of the recesses on the bar in the place of each hole for screw hats. This can be done using a drill that will be larger than what we used. In order to avoid deformation of the baseboard, screws should be screwed as neatly as possible.

With this method of installation, the mounting location is clearly visible, which negatively affects the aesthetic type of finish. To improve the situation, the most suitable option would be to glue plugs for screws, the color of which will be the identical color of skirting boards.

Photo skirting board ceiling plastic:

How to correct the skirting board correctly

An important point in the process of installing plastic skirting boards is the correct pruning of the angles of the material and its justification at the external and internal angles. Unlike other types of skirting boards in the ceiling baguette, the mounting angle to the base is 38-45 °. Because of this, it is difficult to make a slice of 45 ° in the joints. To carry out work carefully, it is necessary to adhere to such recommendations:

1. The skirting boards should be cut off from the front side, as well as along the outer edge.
2. If it is necessary to make the outer angle of the trim from the inside.
3. After the trimming procedure, the cornice texture on the external and inside should be visible.
4. After side sections are made, a plastic skirting board should be tried on the ceiling and, if necessary, adjusted.

The tools for execution will require the following:

• end of the end;
• flow.

Using them, you can get a fairly accurate result, it will only be necessary to set the required parameters and perform pruning. A hacksaw and manual knock is also suitable. But as a result of the use of these tools, there is a risk of damage to the material.

Before installing a plastic ceiling plinth, you need to know the following features of working with the tools:

1. The stamp is used if the ceiling and walls in the room have an even surface. We make a cut of 45 °.
2. Then we perform a similar cut on the next skirting board, but in a mirror reflection.
3. If the walls and ceilings are uneven, then a layout is required.
4. The skirting board, as in the previous case, is cut at an angle of 45 °.
5. After that, we are trying on a cut piece and the next fragment.
6. Thus, cut the corners in all skirting boards.

Instructions for mounting a plastic skirting board are presented in the video: