Which skirting board is better for laminate?

If you have a laminate flooring, then the surface looks more advantageous, at the joints of the walls you need to install skirting boards. They will perform not only decorative function, but also protective, closing all the cracks from getting debris. The presence of skirting helps to hide small defects and flaws, which are often when laying a laminate. Let's look at what skirting is better for laminate, what you need to pay special attention to when choosing.

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Basic selection criteria for

When choosing a skirting board, several basic points must be considered.

Size

Now on sale there are a variety of options - from the smallest to large and massive. The choice of size should be made according to the height of the ceilings in the house:

• If you use a small thin plinth in a room with a high ceiling, it visually distorts the geometry of the room. In this case, it is better to choose a wide plinth, which is attached only to the wall.
• In a small room with low ceilings, thin skirting boards will look good, which will, as it were, continue the walls, visually pulling the room in height.

Width of joints

A gap of at least 10 mm should remain between the wall and the laminate. But as practice shows, this indicator is much larger. Therefore, before buying carefully measure all the indentation so as not to be mistaken.

Invoice

As a rule, all skirting boards have their own texture, and it must be combined with the flooring. The plinth should not be looked in the room in a foreign place, so as not to spoil the whole impression of the room.

Important! Regardless of which option you choose, first check the quality, there should be no flaws, chips or other damage on the front surface.

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What are the skirtings?

Three types of finish accessories are suitable for this type of covering. We'll figure out what skirting is better for laminate.

Wooden skirting boards

Wood is always there and will remain the most environmentally friendly material. Planks made of this material have a presentable appearance, do not require special care, but have a rather high cost.

Important! Made from pine, oak, linden, walnut, etc. They are sold without varnished coating, so to determine their final color( after coating with varnish) is a bit difficult. They are made from solid or veneer.

When buying such skirting boards, two things need to be considered:

• The wooden bar does not bend at all. If the room has round curves, there will be a lot of inconvenience. Because of this, crevices can be formed between the plinth and the wall.
• The material is sensitive to moisture drops. Do not install such plinths in rooms with high humidity. Although with the help of varnish and other protective agents, the moisture resistance of the material improves slightly.

Important! When choosing a wooden skirting board, carefully inspect it - it should not have protruding fibers, the surface should be smooth.

Plastic skirting boards

This is the most popular type of skirting which is characterized by:

• beautiful appearance;
• low price;
• variety of colors and textures, which allows you to choose the most appropriate option to the surface of the floor and to the interior in general;
• does not need to be painted or varnished;
• is easy to care for;
• has water-repellent properties;
• is not afraid of temperature changes;
• is suitable for any room, whether it is a kitchen or a bathroom;
• there were skirting boards made of polyurethane, which are highly flexible.

Important! The only drawback is the fragility of the material, it can not tolerate large mechanical loads.

Laminated plinth

It is based on MDF, and on top the plinth is covered with a special film simulating the surface of the tree:

• They differ low price, but are afraid of moisture.
• If they get water on them, they can swell.

Important! Their service life is not very long, they quickly fail, so they are not very popular.

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Choose the color

If you are wondering how to choose the color of the skirting board to the laminate, then use the advice of professionals:

• The simplest option is to pick out the elements that either completely match in the shade, or differ from it by one tone. In this case, you need to purchase them from the same manufacturer, then all elements will have the same texture and color.
• The second way, how to choose a plinth to the laminate in color - the exact opposite: use a contrasting hue. It will look original, the main thing is to select the color correctly. It is better to use the advice of a designer or act on your taste.
• You can choose a skirting board for the color of the doors, so that they look like one composition together.
• Recently there was a fashion for white skirting boards. It looks especially beautiful in classical interiors and gives solemnity.

Important! When buying white skirting boards, keep in mind that they need special care, because dust and dirt on their surface will be clearly visible.

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Install skirting board

Since the laminate is not attached to the base of the floor, but simply laid on top, it can change its characteristics during operation. Therefore, the bar is attached to the wall, not to the floor.

The installation of plastic skirting boards is not difficult even for an inexperienced home master. The main thing is to have some tools and follow the sequence of actions.

Tools

From the tools you will find useful:

• tape measure;
• hacksaw;
• drill;
• screwdriver;
• screwdriver;
• hammer.

Instructions for

You need to proceed as follows:

1. We begin the laying of the skirting board from the corner of the room and go clockwise.
2. First you need to make a marking of the places of fixing the skirting to the wall. The bar is leaning against the wall, marking the height and the attachment point. Points should be placed evenly at a distance of 50-65 cm from each other.
3. Now you can proceed with the installation. Fastening can be done with self-tapping screws, dowels, clips or glue. If the wall is even, you can use liquid nails.

Important! When installing, do not tighten the screws - this can lead to deformation of the bar. Better - at the end, after installing all the screws to finish the tightening.

Fastening of wooden skirting boards is carried out with the help of self-tapping screws, with a perfectly flat surface of the wall, liquid nails can be used.

In this article, we dismantled various versions of skirting boards for laminate, and we hope that thanks to this information you were able to decide which material is better for your house. And if this is so, then you managed to make a complete interior, and now you are comfortable and comfortable in your house. And this is the most important thing. Enjoy the comfort!