The skirting board is needed for decorative decoration and protection. In addition, a cable is often laid inside it so that the wiring is not visible. It can be made from both natural and synthetic materials. We will talk about the features of the use and installation of a wooden skirting board.
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Varieties of skirting boards
The following types of products are distinguished:
- Plastic.
- Wooden.
- Metal.
- Polyethylene.
- From the laminate.
- From MDF.
Characteristics:
- The type of skirting board is selected depending on the material used for the flooring. For example, for carpet, ceramic tiles, laminate or linoleum, it is recommended to use a plastic skirting board. It is suitable for rooms with high humidity, office premises and offices. There are many options for colors and shades of this building material on sale. Each of them differs in moisture resistance, aesthetics, resistance to household chemicals. In addition, they are strong and durable. Just do not use them with wooden floors. Of the shortcomings, one can note the fact that they have an unreliable mount, which is why they have to record them additionally. For plastic skirting boards, you should buy plugs and the necessary connecting elements. The price of products is relatively low.
- A few more expensive plastic skirting boards are wooden. They are most suitable for dry rooms. It is best to install them for wooden floors and parquet. They are environmentally friendly, reliable, durable, wear -resistant and strong.
- Metal skirting boards are made, as a rule, of stainless steel, aluminum and non -ferrous metals. They are most suitable for the kitchen, hallways and bathrooms. These materials are durable and moisture resistance. Only the prices for them are quite high.
- Also on sale there are polyurethane skirting boards that are distinguished by flexibility, resistance to mechanical damage, temperature changes and humidity. In addition, they easily wash. Thanks to all these properties, such materials are very suitable for bathrooms.
- Laminat skirting boards do not need additional accessories. They are most suitable for floors with a laminate.
- The appearance and properties of laminate products are similar to the skirting boards from MDF. MDF panels are used for their manufacture. They are considered more durable than wooden.
To make it easier to choose a skirting board, it is recommended to follow some rules:
- It should be combined in color with walls, floor and doors.
- The product should approach the type of flooring and correspond to the features of the room.
- You should take into account the supply of the length of the product for cutting.
- In some cases, the completed appearance can be given thanks to the skirting board, which differs slightly in color from the flooring.
Read more about wooden skirting boards
The tree has been used by man as a building material since ancient times. It earned its reputation thanks to such properties as durability, strength and environmental friendliness. In addition, this material is easily processed, which allows it to give it the desired shape.
The only thing is that any wood does not tolerate moisture. Therefore, do not lay wooden floors and skirting boards in rooms with high humidity. Especially easily deformed under the influence of adverse conditions of soft wood (cherries, linden, nut). Solid rocks are more racks to such indicators, but they are much easier to crack when drying.
Skirting boards are best purchased from the same material as the flooring. If possible, it is worth ordering wooden planks from the same manufacturer who made the floor boards. This is the more likelihood that the products will be the same color with the flooring.
Wooden floor plinth can be different in pattern and color. Most often, these lumber are made in the form of a triangle or the so -called "Europroplintus". The latter differs in a small area of \u200b\u200bthe sole in the form of a bar. It is convenient in that it allows the furniture to almost close to the wall. You can make skirting boards of any design to order, for example, with a small recess that allows you to effectively “hide” the wires in it.
There are two types of products: from veneer and from array.
Own products are cheaper than from an array. Often, pine or spruce is used as the basis for their manufacture. The veneer of valuable wood of wood is overlaid on top of the base. Its appearance is as good as the products from the array.
Assume skirting boards are usually made of valuable wood or coniferous species. These products are resistant to mechanical abrasion, durability. At the same time, it is difficult to install. The price of such a skirting board is determined, first of all, by the cost of a wood breed, which is used as a basis. In addition, the quality of the assembly affects the price. The cheapest wooden skirting board is considered to be pine material, and the most expensive - from oak.
Today, using special technology, skirting boards from oak, maple and ash are manufactured, which have increased flexibility and elasticity. Such products need to be stored in airtight packaging, because in the open air they harden.
Wooden skirting boards can be bought today in any construction store.
Requirements for the plinth
Wooden plinth: photo
When buying any finishing and building materials, it is necessary to be guided by certain quality parameters. So, there is a standard for skirting boards-this is GOST 8242-88. It indicates what requirements are imposed on the product. The wooden wide skirting board should also meet this GOST.
So, according to this standard, the product should:
- Have a smooth and even surface without signs of rot and defects.
- Be environmentally friendly.
- Well dried.
- Durable.
- Have a humidity indicator of not more than 16%.
High wooden skirting board is processed on milling machines, with which the product takes the desired shape. It can be covered with tinting and protective varnish or have a natural natural color.
In addition to Russian quality parameters, there is a European standard for this lumber. So, according to him, such a product on the back side should have grooves made specifically for laying a cable. They meet the requirements of the German Institute for Standardization or DIN. It is these norms that are used today throughout Europe.
Installation of a wooden skirting board
Tools
The following tools will be needed for work:
- Khosuovka on the tree.
- Construction corner.
- Flow.
- Roulette.
- Scurgery.
- Self -tapping screws.
- Pencil.
- Countersink.
- Electricity.
- Dowel or butterflies.
- Long nail.
- Wooden skirting boards.
Stages of installation
For an independent installation of wooden skirting boards, at least basic skills in working with wood as a building material are needed. It is also important to adhere to the installation instructions.
The procedure for installing wooden skirting boards is as follows:
- Measure the walls. Clean and prepare all the corners of the room.
- Drill holes for screws. There should be approximately 80-120 centimeters between them.
- Scroll through the self -tapping screw and drown his hat. The distance from the floor covering of 15-20 millimeters should be observed.
- Lubricate all the joints and places of installation of the product with a special putty on wood.
- If necessary, then paint and cover the product with varnish.
- The skirting board from veneer can be fixed on clips or glued. When using the first method, it is necessary that the walls are absolutely even.
Now we will talk about the stages of installation in more detail.
How to install a wooden skirting board on a brick wall
To begin with, it is worth remembering one important rule - not to mount the baseboard on the day of acquisition. The material must be given time to adapt to the room where it will be installed. Therefore, it is better to put it, at least from the beginning of the second day after the purchase.
Work order:
- It is best to start installation from the inner corner of the room. To do this, you need to know its size. They are performed with a roulette.
- The resulting result is schematically transferred to the skirting board. After that, a piece of the desired length is cut off from the material using a hacksaw or circular saw.
- It is very important to correctly join the skirting boards with each other. For this, first of all, their ends must be trimmed exactly at an angle of 45 degrees. But sometimes, nevertheless, a gap appears due to the presence of an uneven and low -quality angle in the room. Violation of the geometry of the angle is observed quite often. The appearance of the gap in this case is not an occasion to throw out a cut -off piece of skirting boards, because the gap can be thrown. With large sizes of gaps, it is recommended to adjust the joints of the material using a grinder.
- If it is known in advance that the room has uneven corners, then the markup should be done a little differently. It is necessary between the wall and the floor to the corner to put the plinth stick, after which the marking line is drawn closer to the junction on the floor. This must be done on both sides for each corner. After that, saw a piece of the required length and draw a marking at the end of the rail.
- As the upper point, you can use the upper angle of the stick, rested into the opposite wall. The lower point will be the line that was made during markings. These two marks must be connected by the line and cut the bar at right angles to the floor. If you make a neat cut, then there should not be a crack. The skirting boards are seized with each other if, in relation to the length of the wall, the length of the circumcised skirting board will be maximum.
- In some cases, two skirting planes are required over the entire length of the room. So that the joint is not noticeable in the middle, they should also be connected at an angle of 45 degrees. If one skirting board was enough on the wall, then it connects to another only in the corner of the room.
- Sometimes you may need even more than two segments per wall. So that in this case it turns out a beautiful and strong docking, you need to cut the skirting boards at an angle of 45 degrees. Such a joint, processed additionally with sandpaper, will almost not be noticeable. If trim at right angles, then the joints will be visible.
Important! It is worth saying that the quality of the docking depends not only how the baseboard is cut off, but also on the quality of the product itself. Therefore, it is worth carefully inspecting the material before buying in the store. So, along the entire length, it should have the same thickness. In addition, the product should not have Zazubrin and knots.
How to attach a wooden baseboard to a concrete wall
- First you need to mark the place where the fasteners of the dowels will be placed. This is done quite simply. If the wall is flat, then it is enough to make marks every 50 centimeters. In the presence of defects on the surface, fasteners and, accordingly, there are more holes for them.
- Holes are drilled according to the marking. If the wall is brick, then plastic dowels will be placed in the connectors made. When fastening the skirting board to the wall, self -tapping screws or “butterflies” are used.
- Fixing wooden skirting boards to the wall is quite simple. It is only necessary to take into account some important points. So, the bar is allowed to be fixed only after the joints are carefully fitted. In addition, it is important that the holes for the dowel have the correct depth - it should not exceed the length of the dowel by more than one centimeter.
- To comply with the specified depth, you can do as follows. To measure the desired length on the drill and mark this distance with the help of wrapped island. Next, on the baseboard, you should make deepening to the heads of self -tapping screws and dowel screws so that then they are not noticeable. The diameter of the drill should be slightly larger than the mounting hat. A hole for a hat can also be made with a zenkovka.
- When the baseboard is well fitted, it remains to fix it. Then you need to start the exterior decoration. To do this, the surface of the bar is first cleaned of contaminants, and then putty, covered with varnish or painted. The varnish (paint) can get to wallpaper or floor. In order to prevent this, the surface should be covered with something.
Installation of wooden skirting board on a wall of drywall
The installation sequence in this case is as follows:
- Using a pencil, mark the places where the screws will be screwed on the wall.
- The same marking needs to be made on a wooden bar.
- Drill in the bar in the marked places holes, the diameter of which is equal to the thickness of the nails used. Accordingly, choose the appropriate diameter of the drill. In order not to spoil the floor when drilling, you need to put a wooden board under the bar.
- Take Zenkovka and make small recesses in the holes. This is necessary so that the hat of self -tapping screws or nails plunges into the baseboard.
- Finally, we fix the baseboard in our place.
Rules for the care of a wooden baseboard
- You can’t moisturize the baseboard too much.
- When washing, the product must be applied to the sponge, not on the product.
- To remove dust, it is best to use a dry or slightly damp cloth.
- As a care products, you can use a cleaning household spray and degreasing dishes soap.
- If the floor is processed by potent cleaning products, then immediately after that it is necessary to wipe all the sinks.
- The stain can be tasted with abrasive powder, but this should be done extremely carefully.
