How to glue a ceiling skirting board, cut corners of a fillet correctly

Do you want to cut and paste the skirting on the ceiling correctly, but do not know how to do it? At first glance, this seems not difficult, but if you look more and more in detail, then everything is not so simple. In the photo below, it is shown how to cut and paste the inner and outer corners correctly, for ceiling skirting( fillets).All instructions are written in stages in clear form with examples.

Ceiling skirting boards are usually made when it is necessary to close the gaps between the ceilings and the finishing materials on the wall. For example, you decided to paste wallpaper, and the further along the wall, the larger and wider the gap between the ceiling and wallpaper. I know one person with whom this situation occurred, he did not listen to experienced people and in the end he got what he least wanted. And he had to run to the nearest store and buy fillets.

How to properly glue the skirting board

So, let's get started. First, measure the perimeter of the room and determine how many fillets are needed. The length usually goes according to the standard of 2 meters. But it is best to buy with a margin, just in case. Also determine the width that will suit you. They can be glued to the wall in many ways. The first way: for a special putty or acrylic( before the wallpaper is glued).And the second: immediately on the wallpaper and on the sealant.

Most people prefer to mount directly to the wallpaper. We advise as an option to glue on silicone sealant, it is perfect for this job. The manufacturer here does not matter much. Everything will be fine. But this method even fits those who have curved walls, since crevices can form between the wall and fillets, they need to be covered with the same sealant. It's white, so it's more or less normal.

It is advisable to align the walls. Masters advise to glue the ceiling skirting on the putty, that is, before gluing the wallpaper. Thus, the crevices are sealed with a putty. And accordingly you customize the wallpaper to the fillets themselves. This option will suit more experienced.

In general, masters prefer to glue the foam plinth to acrylic white sealant, it can be easily applied, it keeps well and dries quickly. Its main feature is it can fit the slots, corners and it is well painted .The cost of acrylic sealant within 100 rubles.and there is not much point in buying expensive.

In general, everyone decides for himself which way to use it.

How else to make the installation of the ceiling skirting board

You need to start from the corner of the room. And it is here that problems can begin. At first glance, it seems that making a corner of the ceiling skirting simply, believe it not. You can buy ready-made corners in the store, they are sold together with fillets. If you can not find it, then you have to cut the corners yourself.

Cut need with the help of such tools: stool, hacksaw, sharp knife .Insert a piece of material into the stool at an angle of 45 degrees and tighten it tightly. Now left at the right angle and cut off the ceiling skirting on the right side. Now let's see in more detail how this is done with photo examples.

How to cut the angle of the ceiling fillet inner and outer with the photo

So cut the plinth if you need to get an outside corner.

As a result, these are the edges of the fillet.

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Then the inner corner. Pay attention, but at what angle and from which side of the chair you need to cut the ceiling skirting.

Here's what happened in the end, after cutting and pasting on the wall. ..

The apartment repair site with its own hands advises to start to practice on the pieces, if everything works out, then go ahead for the deal, cut the inner and outer corners.

If you did everything right, then cut the first corner turned out. You can glue two corner skirtings to the wall. If you chose the method, glue on wallpaper, then grease fillet with glue and attach more tightly to the wall. The remnants of the adhesive can be removed with a soft cloth. Also glue the glue between the wall.

If you have chosen a way to fix ceiling skirting boards before wallpapering, then they need to be fastened using putty. Put the putty on the fillet with a spatula. And attach more tightly to the wall. Remove the residue with a spatula or a wet rag. Slots can also be covered with shpaklevkoy. Posle drying plinth two times painted and you can proceed to wallpapering.

Well, is the inner and outer corner ready? So you are doing the correct installation of the fillet. Now take the next bar and in the same way fasten to the wall to the glued skirting board and do not forget the joint of the corner. When you proceed to the next corner, then carefully measure the distance that is left, and cut off the missing part, everything should be very accurate. The side will remain unchanged, which is a junction with the skirting board. So cut every corner. When everything is glued, they can be painted under the color of the ceiling. Good luck and remember that you need to cut after determining the exact size.

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