Solid wood skirting installation steps

Solid wood skirting is usually used with solid wood flooring. Its main role is to protect the bottom of the wall from damage, in the whole home improvement is a very inconspicuous issue. But it is a living room to draw the finishing touch, solid wood skirting installation is very important, follow me to see the installation of solid wood skirting!

Solid wood skirting installation process

1. Solid wood skirting installation-preparation

(1) In the installation of solid wood skirting, you need to prepare the corresponding materials and check the wall, first, check the material color whether the correct, model and size whether it is in line with my requirements, and second is the number of inventory solid wood skirting.

(2) Look at the ground and wall first, if it is too dirty, clean it up first, wipe it directly with a wet towel, and finally dry it with a dry towel.

2. Solid wood skirting installation-measurement

(1) After preparing the conditions for the installation of solid wood skirting, you need to measure the area where the skirting will be installed, because the length of skirting needed for each area is not the same, but the length of skirting is fixed, we need to use a soft ruler to measure, and be sure to pay attention to the accuracy to minimize the error.

(2) In order to reduce the waste of the installation, do not cut all the solid wood skirting at once, you can get a part of it first, and then cut it according to the number of needs.

3. Solid wood skirting installation - cutting

(1) According to the measured data, we will be a fixed length of skirting cutting process, to ensure that every length of skirting in line with the required length of each area, in the cutting, you need to pay attention to the correct use of the teeth of the saw, do not hurt their hands.

(2) For the accuracy of the cut, mark it well, and then process it from the marked position, also pay attention to the neatness of the cut edge.

4. Solid wood skirting installation - drilling

(1) Solid wood skirting installation to the wall, you need to drill holes in advance, this can use a point drill machine, but you need to plan ahead of time the spacing and depth of the holes.

(2) because the house of the plumbing pipes are buried under the wall, and the switch socket right below is generally the location of the pipeline, before drilling, you need to figure out the location of the pipeline, and then avoid, do not add unnecessary damage.

5. Solid wood skirting installation - fixed

With flooring nails solid wood skirting fixed to the wall, solid wood skirting wood materials, with a certain degree of thermal expansion and contraction, and therefore can not be completely close to the wall, you need to leave a 1 cm or so of the expansion joints, this point you need to grasp.

6. With flooring nails - splicing

When the skirting is fixed, start to skirting the corners of the trimming process, try to improve the beauty of the skirting splicing, generally need to skirting the corners of the edge of the cut into 45 ° angle, so that skirting in the corners of the edge of the natural splicing of the state of the overall installation effect is also reasonable excessive.