How to glue the ceiling skirting to the tension ceiling with your own hands

Today, stretch ceilings at the peak of popularity. Thanks to their aesthetic appearance, they perfectly emphasize the modern interior, and also suitable not only for a living room, but also for a kitchen or a bath. But in order to give a certain completeness of the room, they need to glue the ceiling skirting.

What you need to know before buying a ceiling baguette

Before you glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling, you need to understand that its material should be light. As a rule, it is a foam plastic. It is not only easy to glue, but also has a varied pattern and size, which allows you to choose it for any design of your room. In addition, it attracts buyers with its low price. But the only drawback is that the foam is not strong. Although this is not the main thing in this situation.

Some use extruded polystyrene for these purposes. This material is more durable, but slightly more difficult to handle. To cut it, you also use an ordinary knife or a hacksaw, as with a foam.

Undoubtedly, natural wood has no analogues. But before you glue the ceiling skirting on the suspended ceiling from this material, you need to learn how to handle the tree, and also be patient. Here it is necessary to use exclusively a hacksaw, besides with the smallest teeth. This will make the cut smooth. This is especially true for corner joints.

Considering all of the above, consider how to work with a plinth of foam.

When you need to glue the ceiling skirting

First of all, we will focus on the fact that a ceiling baguette of foam should be glued before gluing the wallpaper. This will protect your new wall covering. In addition, you will not need to re-paste the plinth before the next repair. When in the future will have to shoot the old wallpaper, the glued baguettes will remain in place. It is also worth noting that if you glue the ceiling skirting for the first time, then experts advise closing the ceiling with a polyethylene film. This will help to protect the surface of the new ceiling as much as possible.

But what if you have already completed the repair? How to glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling on the wallpaper? It turns out that in this case the baguettes can also be glued with glue. The only thing - you need to be more careful not to get stained wallpaper and ceiling.

What you need to know before buying a skirting board

First, before buying a material, you must know the exact dimensions of your room. In addition, in no case should not neglect the purchase of a spare baguette. He will help you out in case of damage or miscalculation of the amount of material.

Before you glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling, it can be painted in any color you like.

Choosing a ceiling skirting board

We have already examined, from what material can be a ceiling skirting board. Since we came to the conclusion that polystyrene is the optimal solution for gluing to a stretch ceiling, let's move on to determining the required dimensions.

The size, shape and pattern of the ceiling skirting must be chosen based on the future design of your room. Therefore, you clearly need to imagine what color solution and style of your room should be obtained after the repair of your room.

If the ceilings are low and the room is small, then in no case should you choose the massive wide baguettes. They will only "crush" from above and look massive. For large rooms with high ceilings, you can choose any ceiling skirting you like. As a rule, its width can be either minimal or maximum.

In addition, for larger premises it is better to choose baguettes of maximum length. Usually it is 2 meters. This will allow you to quickly mount them and avoid additional joints. In a small room, for example a bathroom, on the contrary - with a minimum length.

What is necessary for installing a ceiling skirting board

Before you glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling, you must prepare the following materials:

1. The baseboard itself.
2. Cutting chair. This tool is an auxiliary tool for working with various materials, including foam. With its help you can make a clear angle of cut. The simplest stool is a tray with grooves for the saw, usually at an angle of 45 and 60 degrees.
3. Glue and brush. In this case, the quality of the baguette cling to the wall surface will depend on the quality of the glue. Therefore, his choice is to be taken responsibly. Specialists recommend using a certain glue "Moment" or otherwise known "Dragon". As for the brush, your choice is to stop with a tool of this width, which is slightly less than the width of the baseboard itself.
4. Hacksaw. Cut the foam plastic exactly, you can only hacksaw with the smallest denticles.

Sticky Baguette

How to glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling with your own hands? Here it is worth starting with applying glue directly to the inside of the baseboard, which rests on the wall. On the tension ceiling of the adhesive should not be!

You need to start from the corners. If you have purchased a corner-baguette of foam, apply glue on its lower inner part. If you do not have a ready corner, you can make it yourself.

To do this, cut the edge of the baguette at an angle of 45 degrees with a chair. Take the second skirting board and on the edge from the opposite side set it the same angle. Join the two skirting boards, which together must form 90 degrees, try on your corner. If these two joints lie tight and clear, apply glue with a brush to the inner underside of the baguette that will be in contact with the wall, and start gluing them from the corner, holding them until they "clutch" the wall. This work is not easy, so it is better to stock up with an assistant before you glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling in the corners.

Then, in the same way, continue to glue all the corners. When they are glued, attach the remaining baguettes to the remaining empty places, adjusting them to the size of a hacksaw.

We fix the ceiling skirting on the putty

If you have a baguette of heavier material than styrofoam, then the glue should be replaced with putty. She grasps faster and can withstand a larger load. But how to glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling putty? First of all, it is necessary to knead a solution of the desired consistency. It should not be liquid. It is better if it is thick, but well mixed. Approximate proportions of putty and water are 3: 1. Some add a little bit of alabaster to this solution. It helps to reduce the time of gluing the baguette to the wall.

General recommendations

We have already examined how to glue the ceiling skirting to the stretch ceiling. I would also like to advise you to pay attention to the appearance of the material before buying. Especially it concerns baguettes from foam plastic. Often in specialized departments you may get a damaged or dirty skirting board. This can be the result of the banal negligence of the sellers. Therefore, to avoid this, inspect each baguette in a well-lit place and watch how you pack the goods.