1. How to nail the baseboard correctly
When repairing a floor, it seems unfinished unless a skirting board is nailed around the perimeter. These are small corners that are needed for a smooth transition of the floor into the wall. It is also a great way to hide the junction of glued wallpaper and laid linoleum. The process of nailing the baseboard to the floor is not very complicated. You just need to know a few working tricks to make the job easy and neat.
You can fix the baseboard with nails or self-tapping screws. It depends on the material of which the wall is made. You need to start with measurements. First you need to measure the necessary areas on the corners and cut off the required piece. After you have distributed all the parts around the perimeter of the room, you need to secure them. Attach a piece of baseboard to the floor and wall, and mark the points where you will hammer nails or screw in screws in the future. For this kind of work, you will need the simplest pencil. Fastening should be done along the edges of the baseboard in order to securely fix it. But if the size of the corner is very large, you can additionally fix it in the middle.
Holes can be made on the previously obtained marks on the wall and baseboard. If you are making a floor in a private house with a tree at the base, then you can safely arm yourself with nails and a hammer, and nail the baseboard to the wall. But in a house where the walls are concrete, nails and a hammer are not enough. Here you will have to drill a wall. The marks that were made earlier in pencil will help you navigate. To make the hole, you need to apply a drill bit slightly larger than the diameter of the dowel. If you are planning fasteners using self-tapping screws, then you need to install a plastic dowel under them. And if the fasteners are nails, then wooden dowels will do.
To make your baseboard look beautiful, you should use special furniture nails. Their little hat will be less noticeable. And if you used self-tapping screws for fastening, then you can fix special plugs on top of them, which will not differ much from the color of the baseboard.
Liquid nails are an alternative for fixing the baseboard to the floor and walls. In the event that you choose ordinary nails, you need to hammer them very carefully. Strong hammer blows on wood can damage the baseboard. In order to hammer the nail to its full length, you can use a chisel with a thin end. The tip of the chisel should be placed on the nail head and carefully continue to hammer it inside. Pak je moment en ontdek het aanbod op Betsixty — waar elke klik kan leiden tot extra spanning.
