Probably, almost everyone had to buy modern plastic skirting boards. Or at least everyone saw them. They are beautiful, inexpensive, there are various colors, give the room a complete look, and, most importantly, they are easily installed. This article will tell you how to install plastic skirting boards yourself. Let’s start by listing the necessary tools for light and convenient installation. In general, it is always useful to have a minimum set of tools and devices in the house. In our case, the following tools will be needed:
1. Shock drill or punch (for drilling concrete walls) 2. Simple drill or screwdriver (for drilling walls made of drywall and wood) 3. Hacksaw or trimmed machine (grinder). With a grinder, time for trimming parts is significantly reduced.4. Screwdrivers, and \ or set of nozzles (bit) for screwdriver.5. Roulette.
Before you buy skirting boards, clips for their fastening, dowels and self-tapping screws, you must carefully measure everything and calculate. Since the standard length of skirting boards is 2.5 meters, in those places where the wall has a large length, you will have to put connectors. It is best to calculate so that the connectors are in places where they are not visible – (behind the sofa, bed, or cabinet).
Accessories for assembling skirting boards look as follows:
Connecting profile. End, plug (left) end, plug (right) inner angle. The outer angle. We recommend that you calculate the required amount in advance so as not to return to buy the missing number of details. The store may not be the right fittings of a suitable color. When buying, pay attention to that the article of the plinth coincides with the articles of the fittings.
In general, the methodology for installing mounts is as follows – the clip is tightly pressed at right angles to the floor and to the wall. After that, with a pencil, we mark the place where there will be a hole under the self -tapping screw with dowels.
In order to drill a hole of precisely the necessary depth, on the storm (drill) you need to put a limiter from paper, islands, traffic jams, or just mark the place to which we will drill with pencils. Even if the walls are thick, do not neglect this advice, the limiter will prevent dowel to fail to the wall too deep and problems with screwing the screw.
To drill concrete, use a shock drill or punch, for drywall – screwdriver. The standard diameter of the drill for fastening skirting boards is 6 millimeters.
When screwing screws, avoid using too thin a screwdriver. This can damage the slope of the screw head. It is recommended to screw screws with screwed, but not until the end. It is better to twist it to the end with a screwdriver so as not to damage the mount and do not tear the screw head or thread. For fastening in drywall and plaster, you need to use special dowels for drywall. They are twisted with a screwdriver, and self -tapping screws are already screwed into them. Be careful, excess efforts can damage drywall.
Manufacturers usually recommend setting fasteners at a distance of 30 centimeters from each other, but practice shows that in rooms with very even walls it is not necessary to install clips so often.
Be sure to try on the baseboard to the wall before the clip mount. If the wall is uneven, in the places where it is concave, you need to install additional clips, so that later there is no backlash and cracks.
In those places where the connector will stand, you need to put two clips nearby – for a reliable attachment of the ends of the plinth. Install clips not too close. Consider the connector width.
The length of the skirting board in complex places is better to adjust in place, given the size of the accessories to the external and internal corners, and the plugs on the ends of the skirting board.
As already noted, with the help of a grinder it is very convenient to cut the plate, this is much more even, more precisely and faster than a hacksaw. In addition, work with a hacksaw takes noticeably more time and effort. A trim of a circle can be used almost any, such as a diamond.
Before the final installation on clips, make sure that there is a small supply along the length of the skirting board (1-2 mm). Otherwise, when mounting or changes in temperature during operation, the voltage of the skirting board may occur, and it will bend.
Start fix the skirting board for clips from the corner. With a little effort, press it with your finger against the wall at the site of installation of the clip, move from one edge to another. It is not recommended to use a hammer in order to avoid damage and deformation of the plinth.
So that it does not happen that the skirting boards cannot be fixed on some clips, make sure that all the clamps are in order. If it happened, carefully bent the baseboard and replace the clip, of course, if there is such an opportunity. It is extremely recommended to completely remove from the mounts and install the baseboard again, since the fastening is very hard, and with such manipulations you can break plastic.
Put a plug on the end of each skirting board. With proper markup and installation, the result is always happy with the look.