Ceiling plinth - how to cut corners?

Without ceiling skirting almost impossible to imagine the interior of the apartment, the overall picture seems to be incomplete without them. In addition to decorative functions, this element has a practical purpose, this part hides small defects and joints between various wall panels and ceiling. Owners always need to know how to cut a corner in a plastic or foam plinth ceiling skirting, because not always there will be an experienced builder nearby to make a clue.

How to cut the outer corner of the ceiling skirting board?

  1. You can, of course, apply the fillets to the ceiling and get a pencil markup, but we'll tell you an easier way how to do this work with the help of a simple instrument called a stool. This is a plastic object in which the grooves for cutting are made at different angles and the tray for laying the plinth in it. Depending on the material, you can cut with a sharp clerical knife or a hacksaw for metal.
  2. For clarity, we take a cardboard box and apply to it pieces of plinth. It turns out that we are now looking at them from above.
  3. Then turn the left outer part of the baguette in reverse and put it so that the bottom of the plinth lies in the lower part of the tray of the chair to the wall near the carver. At this time, the blank must face upwards.
  4. We make a sawing at 45 °, the handle of the hacksaw comes close to us with the left hand, with which we hold the workpiece.
  5. The left part is sawn off.
  6. The sawing of the right outer part of the baguette is also made at 45 °, but in the other direction.
  7. Applying to the box of the workpiece, we get the ideal outer corner.

How to cut the inner corner of the ceiling skirting board?

  1. We take the left inside of the baguette, turn it over, and place it so that the lower part is at the top, pressed against the part of the trough directed towards you.
  2. We cut the left inner corner.
  3. The bottom of the right inner corner is also stacked upwards.
  4. Cut the right corner from the back.
  5. When folding the cut pieces, we get an ideal inner corner.
  6. For convenience, the stool can be signed, then you will not be confused as to how to cut corners on a ceiling skirting board. On the left, on the instrument, we have a groove for cutting off the right inner corners and the left outer corners.
  7. On the right of the lower part is a slit for cutting off the left inner corners and the right outer corners. Such tags will not allow you to make a mistake and spoil the material.