Ceiling and wall strips. How to install? Trim strip installers-decorators advise
Before choosing wall and ceiling decoration details, you need to think carefully about where they will be installed, what kind of ornament and how many wall and ceiling strips you will need. After purchasing decorative elements and deciding to install them yourself, work according to the instructions of professional craftsmen presented in this article.
1. To make the work go more smoothly, invite an assistant. It will be easier to do all the installation work with two people: measure, attach evenly, press, etc. Ceiling strips are best glued by two people.
It is best to glue the strips in pairs.
2. Prepare the necessary tools: You will need glue for installation, glue joints, acrylic, putty, nails, sandpaper, and a cutting machine.
3. Sand the walls on which the wall strips and ceiling trim will soon be installed. The walls must be perfectly clean, dry, dust-free, and covered with a primer.
4. When cutting the strips, pay attention to the accuracy of the joining lines and corner cuts, measure the inner and outer corners very carefully and cut them carefully. Priming and marking the ceiling strips at the bottom edge. Cutting the corner of the ceiling strips with an adjustable angle saw.
Fitting and marking of the bottom edge of the strips.
Cutting the corners of wooden strips with an adjustable angle cutting machine.
5. Having the required length, the ceiling and wall strips are glued to the prepared walls. Apply a thin layer of glue to the joints to avoid visible excess glue. Ceiling wall gluing.
Gluing of plasterboard walls
6. After gluing the strips, it is recommended to drive a long thin nail under the lower edge of the wall strip or ceiling strip every 50 centimeters. If the strip height is more than 12 centimeters, drill it. All this is done to hold the strip from possible slipping until the glue dries completely and hardens. The next day, carefully remove the nails, and if you drilled, fill in the drilled areas. Additionally drill wide ceiling strips. Additionally drill wide ceiling strips every 50 cm. Carefully drill wide ceiling strips at the corners, making sure that the joint seam does not align.
Additionally, screw in wide ceiling strips.
Additionally, screw in wide ceiling strips every 50 cm.
Carefully screw the wide ceiling strips to the corners, making sure that the joint seam does not shift.
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