The quality of the ceiling finish greatly affects the appearance of the room. That’s why they try to do everything perfectly, or very close to it. The finishing touch to the design is ceiling plinth. They give the finish a finished and holistic look. The planks themselves are easy to install on flat surfaces: using special glue white, but problems arise with the design of corners. Without knowing how to make the corner of a ceiling plinth correctly, a lot of material is spoiled. We’ll tell you how and with what to cut it in the corners.
The very first plinths on the ceiling were made of plaster. They were cast in special forms, then the solution was installed on the ceiling. Such figured decorations were called fillets. Today you can rarely see them: they are expensive, but in appearance they are almost no different from cheaper options. And this name is almost lost.
The most popular ceiling plinths today are made of polyurethane or polystyrene. They are inexpensive, look great, are easy to install, and have a wide range of profiles and patterns. The width can be from 5 mm to 250 mm. They are used in almost any room, decorated in any style. Exception - wooden houses with a matching interior. Most often used here wooden crafts— style dictates its conditions.
Part of the assortment in a specialty store
There is also a similar plastic finish. It is mainly installed in bathrooms. But also in wet areas You can safely install polyurethane strips - they are not afraid of dampness.
You need to cut ceiling plinths in corners from any material using one of the methods described below. The only exception is plastic skirting boards: such a corner can only be created using ready-made corners.
Working with skirting boards made of different materials involves using different instruments for cutting. When working with wooden ceiling plinths, it is more convenient to use a wood saw. All others, including plastic, foam and other polymers, are better cut with a metal blade. The result is a more even cut, less burr. Saws are usually used when working with a miter box.
Properly designed corners look attractive
When working with foam baseboards without special tools, cut them with a good stationery knife. Its blade is quite thin and even, the cut is smooth and not wrinkled. If you work with polyurethane or polystyrene with a saw, do not press hard: you can dent it.
In general, to get a little used to the tool and material, take a piece and practice on it: cutting, sawing, trimming. This way there will be fewer problems during work.
You can read about ceiling design in this article.
The most problems when working with ceiling skirting boards arise when decorating the corners. Since the surface of the products is complex, simply cutting at the desired angle will not work: it is also necessary to trim so that they fit together and, preferably, without large cracks. In fact, there are several ways to make the corner of the ceiling plinth ideal (or almost).
If the corners and walls in the room are smooth, you can use a special carpentry tool - a miter box. This is a gutter in the shape of an inverted letter “P”, in which lines are marked for cutting at an angle of 90° and 45°. The part to be cut is placed inside, and a saw is inserted into the guides. The part is held in place and cut at the required angle.
This is what a miter box looks like. Can be plastic, wood or metal
In the case of baseboards, not everything is so simple: they must simultaneously adhere to two surfaces, so they need to be pressed against one or the other wall of the miter box. When working with ceiling ones, they are pressed against the side closest to you.
The sequence of actions when finishing the outer corner is to make a cut at an angle of 45 degrees. Place the miter box in front of you. You try on how the plinth will be positioned, determining which part of it will be attached to the ceiling. In order not to get confused and to cut the ceiling plinth correctly, place the plank that will be located on the right on the right, and the one on the left on the left.
How to cut a corner on a ceiling plinth: install it correctly in a miter box
Press the part that ends up on the ceiling to the bottom of the miter box. The second side is closer to you and raised. You rest it on the wall of the device so that it does not wobble when cutting. That is, the front part of the plinth turns away from you. Make the cutting direction as shown in the photo below. By putting the two cut pieces together, you get a protruding corner - an outer or outer corner.
How to make an outer corner of a ceiling plinth using a chair
First place the sawn parts in place “dry”, without applying glue. If the geometry of the corner turns out to be not so ideal, you can correct it a little with a knife. It is easier to cover up small errors with special putty.
The situation with the inner corner of the ceiling plinth is very similar. First, try on which side will be on the ceiling, press this part to the bottom of the miter box, rest the second part on the wall closest to you and make cuts as shown in the photo below.
How to make an inner corner of a ceiling plinth using a miter box
And again, first try it on without applying glue, and if necessary, adjust it slightly. Then apply a thin bead of glue to both surfaces that will be attached to the wall or ceiling.
Your version of how to use a miter box correctly is shown in the video.
Few apartments or houses have angles exactly 90°. Small deviations can be easily corrected after trying on. But not always. Then you have to mark everything “in place” - under the ceiling.
You will need a finely outlined pencil (hard - it is not so visible on the ceiling, but leaves fairly clear marks up close), a small piece of plinth, a ruler and a good stationery knife, if you work with baguettes made of polyurethane (polystyrene) or a metal saw to work with other materials.
Place the plinth against the corner and draw along the outer edge with a pencil. Apply to the other side of the corner and also mark. You have a cross on the ceiling, the center of which marks the place where the ceiling plinth strips should meet (look at the photo). Having placed a piece of plinth in the corner that will be glued there and resting its end against the wall, transfer the mark to it.
How to make corners on ceiling plinths without using special tools
Now take a ruler and connect the edge of the baseboard with the marked mark. If you simply put the plinth on the table and cut it along the line, the two parts in the corner will still not fit together: the inner part will get in the way. It can be trimmed later by trying it on the ceiling. The second way is to install the piece that needs to be cut on the table with the part that will be on the ceiling. And cut along the line, but holding the knife at an angle of about 45°. You will still need to make adjustments, but much less (and less likely to make mistakes).
Repeat the same operation with the second bar. You attach it to the right wall, rest the end against the adjacent wall, mark the place where the cross is drawn, draw a line and then cut it off. Adjustment is carried out “dry” without applying glue.
You repeat exactly the same steps for the outer (protruding) corner. Now you know another way to make a corner of a ceiling plinth, without a chisel or other special devices.
How to install sliding doors interior doors you can read it here.
There is another, simplest way. For skirting boards made of polyurethane or polystyrene, use ready-made, factory-made decorative corners. They are installed in a corner, and the strips are glued tightly to them. Trimming them if necessary is very simple: a few millimeters with an ordinary stationery knife.
Examples of finished corners for fillets
If the installation of the first corner is completed, you can assume that you have already learned how to do almost everything. “Almost”, because you still need to learn how to connect the corners and cut the planks to length. When some part has already been glued and there is a small distance left to the corner, how can you not make a mistake with the length? The answer is simple: leave a reserve.
At first, you can cut a piece 10-15 cm longer: you will have the opportunity to redo it several times if something doesn’t work out right away. Then you make an angle in the manner described above, try it on dry, adjust everything so that the result suits you. Only after this can you place the already cut strip in the corner and mark the place to which it can be shortened. You need to cut exactly 90°. It is not necessary to use a miter box. Just try to place the knife (hacksaw) perpendicular to the surface.
High-quality repairs require careful and careful attention to detail. When finishing work with the ceiling, you need to decorate it well - ceiling skirting boards are used for this. As a rule, installing the planks does not cause any particular difficulties; you will have to tinker with the corners. Let's take a closer look at how to cut ceiling plinths in the corners, let's talk about in different ways, let's give useful recommendations on this topic.
Ceiling plinths from any material can be cut using one of the methods described below. They are suitable for all except for plastic ones: these are designed using ready-made corners.
For ceiling plinths, the following tools may be useful, depending on the chosen method of work:
The most difficult thing is to cut a corner so as to get a perfectly flat one: the surface of the materials used is not easy to cut, in addition, you need to maintain a good fit, preferably without huge gaps. How to make a corner on a ceiling plinth? You can use several methods: with a miter box, without a miter box, using decorative corners, as well as in an alternative way.
How to properly cut ceiling plinth without a miter box? To work, you will need a well-sharpened pencil, a small piece of plinth, a stationery knife (for polystyrene or polyurethane) or a metal saw (for other materials), and a ruler.
You need to attach the baseboard to the corner and draw a line with a pencil along the outer edge, then attach it to the other side of the corner and also mark it. As a result, you will get a cross on the ceiling, the center of which will mark the place where the ceiling plinth strips should meet. Place a piece of baseboard where you will glue it. Leaning the end against the wall, transfer the desired mark to it. This way you can cut the corners of the ceiling plinth without a miter box.
If the walls and corners of the room are smooth, you can use a miter box for work. To properly cut a corner, you should place a part inside the miter box in which a person will make a cut, then insert a saw into the guides. This will keep the piece in place so it can be cut at the desired angle. For high-quality cutting of the plinth, it must simultaneously adhere to both surfaces, so it should be pressed against the wall of the miter box. The ceiling plinth is pressed against the side that is closest to you.
Using a miter box, you will need to cut a 45 degree angle. First you need to decide how to position the plinth in the miter box. To avoid confusion and cut correctly, place the right strip on the right and the left on the left.
Carry out the work according to the following instructions:
Attach it to the ceiling and check the geometry. If it is not even enough, it can be slightly corrected with a knife, and in case of minor defects and wide gaps, you can use putty.
With their help you can easily and quickly obtain the desired angles in skirting boards made of polystyrene or polyurethane. Install them on the ceiling, and then glue the strips tightly to them. It's easy to trim them using a utility knife.
In this way, you can make a ceiling plinth without special tools, using improvised means.
You don’t have to make the fillets yourself, but immediately purchase those that are initially prepared for joining. This is how polystyrene foam fillets are produced, which do not need to be adjusted to each other.
The baguette that will be fixed on the left must have a right cut, and the right baguette must have a left cut. When creating an internal corner, make sure that the lower section rises above the upper; for the external corner, everything should be the other way around.
Attach the baguettes to each other, if necessary, make cuts at the joints of the base. If everything is in order, the skirting boards can be fixed with glue or screwed to the walls with further sealing of the seams.
When a certain part of the plinth is glued and there is a small distance left to the corner, in order not to make a mistake with the length, you need to leave a margin. To begin with, you can cut a piece that will be 10-15 cm longer. Then cut the corner in a convenient way, try it on a dry surface, place the bar on the ceiling and select the place to which it needs to be shortened. Trimming is performed at an angle of 90°.
Next, you need to properly join the corners. The ceiling moldings made are attached at an angle of 38-45°, so the classic 45° angle is not always suitable at the joints. IN different cases the cut edges do not meet and leave gaps. For this reason, after the initial trimming of the corners, it is necessary to carry out a “dry” and most accurate joining of the baguettes directly to the ceiling. You will especially have to tinker with wooden and plastic materials.
After completing the rough joining of the skirting boards, glue or screw the fillets to the walls and ceiling, then, if necessary, use putty and finally seal the seams.
Let's look at how to correctly cut the corners of ceiling plinths and get an excellent result the first time. Follow some useful tips:
Start working from the corners of the room, as they are easier to work with, then move on to other parts of the room. Seal the corners in such a way that, if possible, no gaps are formed or, if unavoidable, defects are minor. For plastic skirting boards, finishing putty is used.
Water or soil is applied to the fastening areas. After the putty mixture has dried, all cracks must be sealed - various sealants are used for sealing ( professional builders It is recommended to choose acrylic-based products). In general, one package is required per room. Installation using sealant is carried out in the same way as when using putty.
In this article we will figure out how to properly cut the corners of a ceiling plinth using a special tool - a miter box. Of course this useful device Not everyone has it, and buying it for a one-time repair is a dubious undertaking.
If so, let’s try to figure out how to cut the corners of the plinth without a miter box.
Our goal is to achieve equally ideal angles
First, let's study the materials from which our test subject is made.
To understand how and with what to cut, it is advisable to know the density and other features of the material.
Advice: it’s better with fine and frequent teeth. This will make the cut much smoother. A cloth for metal will also work.
At what angle should I cut the ceiling plinth? If we are trying to decorate a right angle with a ceiling plinth (in all apartment buildings and most private houses you will not find other angles) - 45 degrees.
Right angle divided into two equal sectors.
How to cut ceiling plinth at an angle?
Most often, a simple carpentry tool is used for cutting at an angle - a miter box.. It is a structure made of an aluminum, plastic or wooden tray with grooves that guide the hacksaw blade at certain angles to the axis of this tray.
How to cut corners with this tool?
How to cut ceiling plinths in the corners? We need a simple tool - a miter box
How to cut ceiling plinths in corners? We will need a simple tool - a miter box.
Cutting the corners itself is very simple; Avoid too much effort, however. Polystyrene foam crumbles easily. And it’s easy to split a wooden plinth if you’re too enthusiastic.
How to cut corners if you don't have a miter box at your disposal?
One of the simplest solutions is to make an analogue of the miter box yourself.
The miter box is very easy to make yourself. If you have to adjust a lot of corners, this work will pay off.
You can get by with a tray without a slot. Make an angle template out of paper or cardboard (this is especially important if the angle is not exactly 90 degrees) and draw a line on it to guide you.
Nail the boards together at right angles (in this case it’s easy to get by with two rather than three).
How to cut corners in this case?
We will need an impromptu tray in this case as well, but it can be absolutely anything. Can simply use a table moved towards the wall or a corner between the wall and the floor.
How to cut corners with such a strange tool?
How to cut skirting boards in corners with a minimum set of tools? Easily. All you need is a pencil, a knife and an eye.
Even if you cut the plinth according to the risks on the weight, the remaining cracks can be hidden with putty
Please note: in general, all the hassle of adjusting skirting boards can be easily avoided. For corners, inserts are often sold that are connected to a plinth cut perpendicular to the axis.
If it is still not entirely clear to you how to cut the corners of a ceiling plinth, then videos of cutting and installation are easy to find on the Internet. A visual demonstration of all stages, it seems, will dispel all ambiguities. Good luck with the renovation!
Installing a ceiling plinth is the finishing touch, giving overall completeness and integrity to the top finishing the room. This detail not only adds aesthetics to the room, but also allows you to hide technical gaps, specially left taking into account the thermal expansion characteristic of finishing materials. Despite the overall ease of installation, one detail – the corner joints – causes the greatest difficulty. If executed incorrectly, it will not only look foreign and unattractive against the general background, but also spoil the overall favorable impression of the renovation.
First of all, solutions to the problem - how with your own hands cutting corners correctly can be avoided by simply purchasing special fittings - a corner element. Today you can select corner elements for any type of connection - both external and internal - simply insert the ends of the outer fillets (plinth strips) into the corner.
This is the simplest option, which, on the one hand, provides a high-quality corner connection, on the other hand, does not require serious skills and allows installation without loss of time.
However, it is not always possible to select a corner element that would stylistically match the existing baseboard strips. In this case, you will have to independently trim the edges of the skirting boards at a certain angle, which will ensure an even and tight fit of the fillets to each other.
In this case, cutting can be done in two ways:
There are two main designs of miter boxes:
Simple miter box– a wooden (plastic) tray, it has vertical slots in the walls into which a hacksaw will be inserted. This design allows you to accurately trim the baseboard vertically at an angle of 90 or 45 degrees. In addition, it is convenient to work with such a miter box, because it is possible to use a hacksaw not only to cut vertically, but also to tilt the blade at 45 degrees.
Miter box with rotating mechanism – a tool for professionals, it allows you to fix the hacksaw blade at any desired angle. If a regular miter box is only suitable for cutting skirting boards for joining at right angles, then with a rotating mechanism it is suitable for installation at any angle.
Advice! If there is a need to simultaneously cut the outer corner on one side and the inner corner on the other, cut out a more complex element first - the inner corner.
The procedure for trimming adjacent fillets for internal and external corners:
Advice! The most accurate cut can be obtained by making a simultaneous cut of two joined skirting boards. Since the plinths are sawn in a mirror image in relation to each other, you can fold both plinths with their inner sides facing each other and secure them tightly in the miter box, after which you simply make one cut at an angle of 45 degrees.
Typically, the installation of foam or polyurethane ceiling moldings, as well as the installation of floor plinths, becomes the final stage of implementation repair work. And if gluing fillets on a straight surface is not particularly difficult, then you will have to work hard with the corners, especially when there is no skill and little experience. With all this, the joining itself is not a difficult matter; the main attention and diligence is given to cutting the sticks at the desired angle, which, by the way, can be external or internal.
The most difficult thing is with the external joints. But even in this case, do neat design You can do this on your own in two ways:
Using a miter box to cut fillets
This tool was originally created for cutting finishing materials, which subsequently need to be mounted at a specific angle. The appearance of such a device and its design may differ slightly depending on the model, but the principle of operation remains the same.
So, for example, by cutting a ceiling plinth, future angles can be adjusted, and the simplest version of the tool is a wooden tray with vertical slits on the walls. They are needed so that it is possible to insert a hacksaw and make a cut at an angle of 45 or 90 degrees. If desired, you can make a miter box yourself.
A slightly more complex modification is a tool that allows you to make cuts at an angle of 60 degrees, or position the file at an angle of 45 degrees. Professional repairmen use a miter box with rotating mechanisms that allow them to secure the hacksaw as needed in each specific case.
Tools for cutting skirting boards
Before you make a corner on the ceiling plinth with your own hands, it is recommended to study the simple instructions:
Please note that you do not need to immediately cover the baseboards with an adhesive mixture and mount them on the ceiling. To begin, eliminate all cutting inaccuracies by connecting the parts and checking whether they form a perfectly straight joint. To add to everything else, the outer and inner corners for the ceiling plinth are cut differently.
If we are talking about cutting a plinth to create an external corner, then:
Trimming adjacent fillets for outside corners
In the case when you need to refine the inner corners, proceed as follows:
Trimming internal corners of ceiling plinths
Cutting skirting boards without using a miter box
Now we offer an option on how to cut the desired corner of the ceiling plinth, if not the right tool. In this case, you can make a marking and then use a file or knife along it. To begin, prepare a ruler, a pencil and a stationery knife, and the process itself is as follows:
Uneven corners can be corrected using sandpaper, or trimmed a little to the desired position, but for a ceiling plinth with a large error in the straightness of the angle it is difficult to come up with something, and it is better to start cutting new planks.
After reading all this, it may seem that you won’t be able to cut the required corners yourself. But if you carefully read all the recommendations, it turns out that everything is much simpler and faster.
How to cut the edge of a ceiling so that the corners are perfect
In the corners of a room, when installing edges such as foam, there may be slight inconsistencies that can damage general form rooms. Of course, this can and should be avoided.
So, how to accurately cut a stand with your own hands? The first assistant in this case will be both a tool and a chair. But a one-time purchase is not always recommended. Although, if you decide to help with renovations for all your relatives and neighbors, and then earn more money about it, you will need this device.
Example of ideal angles
If you are still limited to one mounting fabric at home, then such carpenter tools are not needed.
This can happen without him. To explore all the ways correct circumcision edges of the ceiling, we will know what it is made of.
To understand how to properly coat a footer, you need to understand its composition. This will help you choose the right cutting tool and technology.
like plain polystyrene. The most common knife is used to cut such material.
Tip: Use a knife before use. This eliminates the presence of ragged edges at the cut points.
How to iron surfaces smoothly
Tip: Smaller and more frequent tooth saws, smoother edges.
You can also use sheet metal for metals.
With regular saw blade
The product is arranged around a period of rectangular space.
Trimmed to full corners. That's why we'll look at how the sidewalk should be cut at 45 degrees.
What is dirt?
This is a special tray made of wood, aluminum or plastic with guaranteed grooves that guide the saw at right angles.
Here's a quick guide to using such a tool:
This could be a knife or saw. And he bravely went broke. The device does not allow you to miss a planned location.
You should know: Metal canvas is suitable for cutting foam.
Woodworking may need to be finished using a smooth cut file. Plastic or polystyrene can be repaired with a knife, but the main thing is that it is sharp enough.
Advice. Do not press the device while cutting. The polystyrene may deteriorate and the wood may thicken.
This is such a simple and easy to use chair
If you don't have such a device and don't buy one to use at one time, you can use the following methods to shorten your leg by 45 degrees.
To do this, the most common tree tray is destroyed. Then measure the hash lines with a backboard or school square. We cut furrows and had a primitive setup.
We don't need a tray.
There are many two plates with a drop below 90 degrees and a cardboard pattern with the orientation oriented.
Future connection points are marked directly on the product itself, on the wall and on the ceiling.
Place the footer when we intend to install it and cover it with labels.
The easiest way without using special tools
One thing to remember: when cutting, hold the tool strictly vertically to get the correct angle.
We shared general technology, how to cut sliding plates.
However, it also comes in multiple shades that cut different angles of this product.
Internal corner type
First, place your left and right legs at right angles.
The left product was placed in mud, which refers to outside, which cuts the left inner corner. Then we perform the same operation on the right one. Ready.
External corner view
In this case, using the chair, we are not the inner edges, but the outer edges. The rest of the operation is similar.
External ceiling type
The corners are already inside the device.
Insert your left foot into the dirt, cut out the left outer corner. Set the right path to the right outer edge.
Type of internal ceiling corner
By analogy with the outer corner, we cut out the inner one.
Cut the inner left and right edges correctly.
It is important to remember: the ceiling is always attached to the ceiling. So paste it into an overloaded style. This will help you align your footer correctly.
It's better on the ground, not under the ceiling.
Whales hide them. Be careful with the tree.
Efforts are bearing fruit
If you have any questions, the visual in this article will help you solve them.
Choose the method you like and go! Everyone gets you (check out the benefits of PVC base).
Installing a ceiling plinth only at first glance seems like a very simple task.
In fact, you may encounter small and not so small problems that can not only exhaust you, but also completely discourage you from doing repairs. One of these problems is joining the ceiling plinth in the corners.
Quite a few copies were broken by ordinary apartment residents over the question of how to make the corner of the ceiling plinth, because it cannot simply be cut at an angle of 45°.
What to do in this case? Let's turn to professionals for advice.
Yes, the main and most insidious nuance in the technology of installing ceiling plinths is how to properly cut the plinth and join it at the internal and external corners.
The fact is that, unlike ordinary skirting boards, ceiling molding It is attached to the base at an angle of 38-45°, which makes it difficult to make a classic 45° cut at the joints.
On the inside, the cut edges do not meet, leaving gaps.
The secret of successful cutting is that the plinth must be cut not only along the outer edge, but also from front side(or from the inside, if we are making an outside corner). The video will tell you in more detail how to cut the corners of ceiling plinths. The master used a professional miter saw, but you can get by with home tools.
After performing the procedure on the face or back side cornice, the texture of the cornice should be clearly visible. 
But these are all complex professional lyrics. How to make a corner of a ceiling plinth at home?
The easiest way to work is with foam accessories. First of all, measure the angle between the walls. If it's 90° or so, cut the edges at a 45° angle. Do the same with the second cut. For uneven joints between walls and ceiling, the corner radius is divided by two. Do not confuse the parts with each other: the baguette that will be glued on the left should have a cut on the right side, and the right fillet on the left.
To create an internal corner of the plinth on the ceiling, its lower part must protrude above the upper; for the external corner, the opposite is true.
Thanks to their soft and pliable texture, it is not necessary to adjust polystyrene foam fillets to each other, but you will have to tinker with plastic or wooden ones. After making the side cuts, try the planks on the ceiling and, if necessary, cut them in accordance with the direction in which the accessory joins the surfaces.
After rough joining the ceiling skirting boards, screw or glue the fillets to the ceiling and wall, and then seal the seams.
To cut the corner of the ceiling plinth, you will need certain tools.
If you want to make joints as well as a seasoned repairman, then an electric miter saw or miter box will be useful to you. With the help of these devices it is possible to achieve high cutting accuracy. There is no need to make any effort. You just need to set the necessary parameters and lower the sharp saw blade onto a plastic or wooden surface.
You can cut the ceiling plinth more economical materials such as a hacksaw or a hand miter box. A simple saw is very cheap, and it is extremely easy to operate.
The only drawback of this device is its roughness. There is always a risk of spoiling the material. If you bought plastic or wood of poor quality, then during operation the product may begin to crumble or delaminate into fibers.
A jigsaw will help you make a corner on the ceiling plinth without burrs.
The advantage of this tool, in addition to high accuracy and efficiency, is also ease of operation. The jigsaw can be set to any direction of movement and make the highest quality cuts.
But these are all products that help solve the problem of how to join a ceiling plinth made of wood or PVC.
To work with polystyrene foam, it makes no sense to use such a complex technique. An ordinary construction knife will do here. The main thing is that it has a well-sharpened blade, then you will be able to make a high-quality cut without tearing or delamination of the material.
Still haven't decided how to cut the ceiling plinth? No problem. In stores you can find fillets already prepared for joining in the corners.
IN in this case The opposite principle applies. When working with such a plinth, you need to make not oblique, but only straight cuts to connect the parts frontally.
True, the cost of such accessories is higher compared to classic ones.
In order to start cutting the corners of the plinth, you need to acquire a tool such as a miter box.
This device adjusts the desired angle for cutting with a mounting knife or spatula. Its dimensions depend on the complexity of the work being done. For installation plastic construction It is enough to use miter boxes with low inclinations of up to 90 degrees. The most difficult point here is, perhaps, joining all the elements so that there are no gaps between them. First you need to make a sketch. The plinth is placed directly on the wall. If you don’t have a miter box on hand, you can get by with a regular stencil. The photo shows the process of cutting a small piece of foam with a knife. 
In order to make a corner on the ceiling plinth, you need to acquire two important elements.
This is the material you will use to glue the ceiling, as well as a measuring ruler with which you can measure the corners on the ceiling. If the wall is smooth, then, as a rule, no special problems arise with measurements, but if there are gaps on it, then you cannot do without improvised means.
It is better to pre-treat the corners with sealant; sometimes painting may be required. It is important to remember that you first need to decide on the angle of the product, and then carry out following operations, such as cutting out a ceiling corner.
In the diagram you can see a hint on how to make corners correctly. 
Ceiling baguettes are special decorative strips for the ceiling, which can be decorated in various elements. Such a product can give the surface a beautiful aesthetic appearance. Most often, the baguette acts as a cornice and is used in theaters and other buildings of cultural education.
However, now you can buy varieties of it in stores for home use. Most often the product acts as additional element. Its design can be different, both the inner corner of the plinth and the outer corner of the plinth. Baguettes are recommended to be installed by experienced repairmen.
The figure shows one of the types of ceiling baguettes. 
In order to cut ceiling skirting boards in corners, you need to have a few important building materials and follow certain important rules:
Miter boxes can be purchased at any hardware store your city.
In the figure, mark the area whose corner needs to be trimmed.
Watch the video for more details:
Ceiling fillets are now gaining wide popularity due to their ease of installation.
To begin installation, you need to measure the perimeter of the room using a regular ruler. We divide the area by approximately 2, depending on the area of the room itself. You need to decide how many fillet strips you need to take. You can glue them in two ways: using glue or putty.
In the first option, you will need a flat surface of the wallpaper; for the second, we cut the corners of the PVC baseboard with a stationery knife, and then strengthen the products with putty. 
In order to cut the ceiling plinth, you need to use a miter box.
If you resort to professional repairs, then you can buy the simplest option with a narrow range of corner radii, approximately from 45 to 90 degrees. In order not to be mistaken about how to cut the plinth, draw a layout.
This can help, for example, when installing a plastic product. It is cut off with the very edge of the miter box; if there are uneven edges, they are sawed off with a mounting knife. For plastic skirting boards, it is advisable to measure out several pieces of stucco molding, and then start separating them. You can use a regular saw to cut the ceiling plinth. 
Corners for ceiling plinths, or, as they are also called, baguettes, are special pieces of plastic that have a decorative finish.
In everyday life you can also come across such a name as ceiling cornices. They were originally used for decoration in buildings of cultural importance, but over time their use expanded to simple home decoration. For corners, it is also necessary to first measure the length of the ceiling. Corners are most often made of polystyrene and have a dense texture and structure.
In order to install such baguettes, concentration and attentiveness are required. Installation is not much different from conventional ceiling finishing.
Corners for skirting boards come in various shapes. Their main feature is decorativeness and protection of the outer corner. 
We will give you some tips on how to properly join ceiling plinths.
And it doesn’t matter whether you have a narrow or wide ceiling plinth. In order to start joining each piece, you need to place one piece of foam baseboard on the diameter of the wall and draw a line with a pencil to the other corner. This way you can measure the joint of the ceiling plinth and its corner connection. Next, you need to place the fillet directly on the corner (not on the mark!), and use a regular stationery knife to cut it.
For a successful connection, you should use bars with sandpaper. The corners are assembled directly into monolithic structure and one color. 
Wooden ceiling plinth - variety decorative finishing for the ceiling, which allows you to hide visible unevenness of the wall and add attractiveness to your room. In addition to standard plastic products, there are also wooden ones.
You can get them at the warehouses of logging factories, or at a regular hardware store. You should only choose one that will match the decoration of your home. Be sure to purchase nails or screws to hold wooden cornice ceiling.
Installing these elements takes some time, but the installation process itself is not as complicated as it seems.
You need to carefully file down the pieces, cut out the corners, and process the areas of future joints. You will need various tools and accessories to cut wood. The joining technique is practically no different from other types of similar products.
The main thing is to carefully read how to calculate and how to adjust all the joints. Then the connection will proceed without problems. 
In order to begin the process of joining skirting boards, you need to prepare several tools:
First, measure the length and perimeter of the ceiling and mark it with a pencil.
If your surface is flat, you can get a regular miter box. The device is used when laying skirting boards at small angles, approximately 90-120 degrees. One strip of the product is placed under the miter box and cuts are made with the help of a knife in order to form grooves for the arrangement. A docking utility knife is used if the corners of the ceiling are not even. 
Found for ceilings wide application namely the baseboard is made of polystyrene foam. Such products are now readily available and can be bought at absolutely any construction market. Polystyrene foam has good decorative properties. This type of plinth is usually supplied in pieces. To secure it, several objects are used, such as a miter box, a stationery knife.
In order to measure the length, you can get by with an ordinary well-sharpened pencil 
How to cut a corner? In order to begin installing ceiling plinths, you first need to know how to cut the corner of a ceiling plinth.
Angles are measured using protractors and a marking pencil, with which we can calculate which side of the corner we need to apply the piece on.
If we have a flat surface, we do this with a miter box at small angles, and then, using a stationery knife, we cut out the designated corners. If it is a plastic plinth, you need to draw an approximate diagram in order not to make a mistake in joining the elements. Circumcision must be done carefully 
In order to know how to cut a baseboard during installation, you need to have a miter box (for smooth surfaces) or a stationery knife, which is used for uneven corners.
If you have plastic product, it is best to use a special hacksaw for metal, then trimming will be much easier.
It is necessary to trim the baseboards carefully, without pressing hard on the knife or saw, so as not to cut your hand instead of the corner of the baseboard. The miter box is used only for flat surfaces. The product is most often cut at small angles, at a distance of up to about 90 degrees. The stationery knife protrudes universal solution. When cutting, it is advisable to avoid places with cracks. 
A miter box for ceiling plinth is essential tool for processing plinths in the ceiling.
It is distinguished by the presence of cutting tips on both sides at different angles from 45 to 90 degrees, which are located, as a rule, on the left and right sides. Using these tips, the plinth is clamped on both sides and sawed off cutting tool. In order to attach the parts of the plinth, you need to use a pencil to draw the necessary corners for joining. The marked product is inserted into the miter box so that it stands stably on its surface. The plinth is held with one hand, and with the other, from another angle, you need to cut the material. 
In order to know how to glue ceiling plinths, you need to follow several rules:
Places for fastening are moistened with soil or ordinary water.
After the putty has dried, it is recommended to seal the cracks on the surface. To seal them, sealants of various contents are used, but it is best to take the substance on acrylic base. For small room One package is enough. Installation with sealant is similar to putty. 
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Hello all readers! Today we’ll talk about how to properly glue a ceiling plinth with your own hands, quickly and without particularly straining. Having done this work, we will not only hide all the irregularities and joints of the materials with which the walls and ceiling of the room are finished, but also add some zest to the interior of the room.
On construction market You can find fillets made from materials such as:
Flexible polyurethane skirting boards are ideal for installation in rooms with complex configurations, including those with round columns, semicircular projections or niches.
Other types of skirting boards are hard. The standard fillet length is 1300 or 2000 mm.
When purchasing a ceiling plinth, pay attention to its width and pattern.
Wide fillets are suitable for rooms with high ceilings (note that with a large baseboard width, you will not be able to use a miter box to accurately trim corners). And products with a pattern are much more difficult to join, since you will have to adjust the ornament very precisely.
The method of gluing it depends on the material of the plinth.
Gypsum elements are glued with putty, polymer skirting boards with “liquid nails” or other suitable construction adhesive, wooden fillets can be secured with self-tapping screws, but they can also be glued with a polymer adhesive.
To carefully decorate the junction of the ceiling and walls with a plinth, you will need:
If you plan to cover the walls with wallpaper, it is better to do this after installing the ceiling plinth - firstly, the fillets will be more securely fastened, and secondly, the plinth will not have to be dismantled when the wallpaper is subsequently replaced.
Lightweight skirting boards made of foamed polymer can also be glued on top of wallpaper. To protect the wall finishing from accidental contamination with glue or sealant, apply masking tape around the perimeter of the room, leaving a distance from the ceiling equal to the width of the fillet.
If you want to make a colored ceiling edging, it is more convenient to use pre-painted skirting boards.
If you decide to paint the fillets yourself, check how the second layer of paint applies - whether you can subsequently unnoticeably paint over the joints between the elements filled with sealant or putty.
To calculate the amount of material, you need to calculate the perimeter of the room and divide it by the length of the selected fillet.
The resulting value is rounded up, plus one more fillet is added - a reserve for adjusting the elements and for accidental damage to the plinth during installation.
When purchasing, be sure to inspect each plinth - all elements must be from the same batch (so that there is not the slightest discrepancy in geometric dimensions and color).
Gypsum and foam plinths are joined in straight sections with vertical cuts, and the seams are filled with putty/sealant.
If you are gluing polymer fillets, including painted ones, it is advisable to make oblique joining cuts at an angle of 45° using a miter box - then the joints will be almost invisible. They do not have to be puttyed or painted. It is also recommended to cut the ends of wooden fillets at an angle, or fill the vertical seams with pieces of veneer of the appropriate color.
The most difficult operation is joining elements in the corners.
It is from the inner corner that the baseboard sticker begins. If the corners of the room are relatively even, the profile is simply cut at 45°. The most convenient way to do this is to use a miter box.
Attention! If we are working with the right fillet, we insert it into the miter box on the right side; at the bottom there should be a part that will later be pressed to the ceiling. When working with the left fillet, it’s the other way around.
Don't confuse the direction of the cut!
If the angles in the room deviate greatly from 90°, you will have to make markings on the ceiling.
Press the plinth into place, resting its end against the wall, and draw a line along the ceiling. Then repeat the same operation on the adjacent side. From the point of intersection of the lines to the inner corner, draw a segment and measure at what angle you will have to file the fillets. This will have to be done by eye. To increase accuracy, make appropriate markings on your workbench and use them as a guide when cutting the baseboard.
Please note: for some types of ceiling plinths, corner rosettes are available that are suitable in size and design.
Their use simplifies the work, since you do not have to join the elements in the corners - the vertically cut ends of the fillets are inserted into the socket.
Sticker for “liquid nails”.
Used for polymer and wooden skirting boards. Work progress:
Putty sticker.
Suitable for plaster or other skirting boards, recommended for uneven walls. Work technology:
Please note: it is advisable to fix heavy plaster elements to the wall with a self-tapping screw until the putty dries.
Sticking fastener subsequently removed, or its head is recessed, and the hole is covered with putty.
Video on the topic “Gypsum ceiling plinth - how to glue”:
Plastic Sheet Cutting Methods
The basis - an integral part of the interior of any room, of course, when it comes to living spaces. Although they are not uncommon, and in cases where there is no proper final conclusion, which is simply setting the base, even a strict service area seems incomplete.
The fact is that most floor coverings do not lie close to the walls, which leads to unsettled external seams, the concealment of which is the main task of knitted boards. Luckily, installation can be done easily with my own hands, the main thing is to figure out what needs to be cut into the plastic base, as well as how to repair it.
The first and absolutely logical question that arises in every person who intends to install a pedestal is what to cut it out?
On the selected tool, you can directly determine how smooth the cutting edge will be. The fact is that PVC products have hollow structures, which makes the use sawing tool with large teeth or wide waves, very discouraging as they can end in tokens and numerous irregularities.
The teeth are quite small, and the width of the set is only allowed for PVC work. But here we can only use wafers because thin-walled spacers cannot withstand the impact of teeth, while the chip has an uneven appearance.
If you need to cut corners on ceiling tiles, you can easily do this using saw blades.
The result of the cut will be completely straight, no matter what plastic product we have discussed.
Of course, this tool also has a minus - its small size, which will make it take a long time to work with a large one. fabric material, and the use of the chair will be very unacceptable. I would like to point out that when stamping, it is strongly recommended not to use circular saw blades with abrasives, as they only complicate the entire process.
When it comes to panel thin wall panels, it can be cut with a regular office knife with a reinforced blade.
Of course, this version has its drawbacks.
For example, cleaning and even cutting can only be done if you have experience working with such tools and materials.
Proper pruning involves maintaining strict boundaries of geometric shapes.
This condition is mandatory to ensure good bonding between, for example, PVC panels and for wrapping blades.
If you do it "with your own eyes", the results are unlikely to satisfy your quality, because one page does not match the other. This is especially important for exterior design and internal corners, so a completely smooth cut is used that allows forty-five degree angles to be adjusted. 
The tool is shaped like the letter “P”, in which the grooves are cutouts, the location of which corresponds to the selected cutting angle.
Each panel should have a forty degree cut so that when attached it achieves the ideal angle in two planes in the room of ninety degrees.
Step by step for cutting drilling mud:
The panel must be applied to the device with a rough surface, since, on the other hand, the cut may damage the front. The above-mentioned diagonal slots are arranged so as to act as guides for the cutting part.
You cannot place the panel in the tray at any angle since the numbers will not be identical to each other later. PVC has a fairly elastic structure, so it is preferable not to press the pedestal while cutting because the cut is uneven. You cannot speed up the sampling process itself, as this will cause overheating and distortion of the edges.
To cut through dirt accurately, there is a rectangular cutout that allows you to twist vertically rigidly.
If the angles on the walls don't match standard parameters, you can use templates.
To do this, strips of thin cardboard or heavy paper are used, from which strips are cut that correspond to the thickness in the selected base. They apply to corner connection and secured there, and then the unnecessary part cut with an office knife. The cutting should be perpendicular to the intersection of the walls, so that you can finally get two completely identical pieces of the same corner.
I hope my advice will help you master the repair and easily reduce the plastic lining.
Good luck in your efforts!
This detail concerns how to fix the base from below and how to connect the floor, ceiling panels in the outer or inner corner.
Installation of polyurethane profiles, also called ceiling panel, is a little more complicated than installation regular design. All because polyurethane profiles are more difficult to install than sheet panels from ceiling posts. Therefore, we will talk here about how to do the installation of polyurethane profiles and how they differ from gluing the polystyrene foam ceiling tile.
For tools you will need a chair (problems with the blade), a knife (for cutting burrs), a pencil, a pistol with liquid nails and color.
Despite the fact that the polyurethane structure does not require painting, i.e.
the surface is already painted, I advise the color in two layers, why, I will explain this further.
Once the polyurethane pattern has been painted in two coats and the color has dried, you can proceed with installation.
How to measure and write angles through dirt, I will not explain clearly enough. Liquid nails should be used often, but not too much, so they don't stick out over the design if you put it in the background.
When gluing it may move under its own weight, you can fix it with finishing nails.
After the design has been stuck in place for 2-3 hours, the nails are stretched and the nail locations and joints are mixed with paint and faux brush.
This is why you should paint on the design so that joints and cut corners are less noticeable, as well as nail marks
If you need to glue a structure onto a semi-circular surface, that is, a flexible polyurethane structure, it is different in color from simple polyurethane profiles, this is another reason to draw all the shapes after installation. The main thing is to ensure that the flexible bars are not cheap, with the same model as the regular ones.
When the design sticks together.
All joints should go through acrylic, remove excess and wipe with a damp sponge.
Video on how to fill cracks in a ceiling (design)
