General information on the skirting board
The skirting board for the ceiling is a edging made of wood or plastic, running around the perimeter of the room. Its main task is to hide the junction between the wall and the ceiling itself. Thanks to this decor element, you can smooth out some defects in the room, whether it is uneven angles or surface roughness. Plus, the material does not require any additional care for it.
Note! In order to clean the plinth from the dust, it is only necessary to wipe it with a damp sponge!
It should be noted that a variety of types of ceiling skirting can meet the requirements of almost any homeowner. Regarding products made of wood, they will perfectly fit into the interior of the classical style. There are two types of wooden decor elements. The first is the most expensive and is made of such valuable wood species as oak, cherry and others.
To more budgetary can be attributed from spruce or pine. The most common type of represented element is plastic. It can bend in any direction, and is also decorated for any kind of decoration. The construction markets also include polyurethane foam, which, as a rule, is widely used in office-type premises. Next, we suggest to consider how to choose a ceiling skirting, so that it perfectly harmonized with the main design of the room.
We select the decor on the ceiling
Before you go to the building materials market, you should carefully study the interior features of your room. After all, depending on how the decoration material is decorated with your walls and ceiling, the type of edging of the ceiling will change. For example, one type is suitable for stretch ceilings, and if the surface is finished with plasterboard, then the assortment of suitable border elements increases noticeably. Let's take a look at all the subtleties of the choice:
- The most affordable in the price segment are the skirting boards of domestic production. They do not differ in quality from foreign analogues, but are much cheaper. Therefore, you can safely support the domestic manufacturer.
Tip! Choosing a decor for the edging of the ceiling, pay attention to the height of your room! The higher it is, the more massive it is to choose the product.
- If you are an owner of an apartment, a country house or an office, then you can choose the material from polystyrene. The installation of this decor element takes place with the help of special adhesive compounds that do not contain a solvent.
Note! When making the edging of the fringing, do not strongly press the material, as it can be marked by dents!
- If your room is pasted with wallpaper, then to fix the skirting you will need a special glue. As a rule, a polymer solution is used.
- Having defined the width of the decorative fringing of the room, you can visually increase it or, conversely, reduce it, depending on the overall design idea.
Tricks in the choice of skirting boards
As already noted, the correct selection of the presented building material will allow you to visually change the dimensions of the room. We will share some secrets with you. So, to increase the room, you should get a fringing, the width of which will not exceed 6 cm.
If the room is already impressive in size, then the flight of the design idea is much higher in this case. You can use a combination of the frieze and the elements of the edging of the ceiling, thus creating true works of design art.
For sure, choosing which ceiling skirting is better, each owner wants the decor element to serve for a long time and reliably. In this case, you can choose to choose polyurethane or polystyrene foam. The first type is more easily subjected to additional processing, cutting, and so on, and the second type of material allows to bend it in any directions, accordingly, it is possible to make complex elements on the ceiling.
