The baseboards at the bottom of the walls have many uses:

- To cover the gap between the wall and the floor

- Perform a clean finish

- Protect the walls

There are two ways to put baseboards: The installation by nailing and installation by gluing.

The installation by gluing

Materials needed:

- A wood saw and Tab

- Sandpaper

- Square, meter and pencil

- Glue wood putty gun

Cutting skirting

Pay attention to the cutting direction. Install the baseboard along the wall until your arrival at a corner. Draw a line perpendicular to the point of cutting and a second mark to the cutting direction. Use a saw to cut the baseboard. Sand where the baseboard was cut to remove small defects cutting.

Joins

You can cut through the baseboards in order to make the joints more aesthetic. And baseboards will overlap rather than follow.

Join the corners.

For a more aesthetic appearance, making cuts at 45 ° as explained in the "cutting baseboards.

Paste the baseboard to the wall using construction adhesive wood.

If this technique does not suit you, you can use the installation by nailing.

Posed by nailing

Only the wall-mounting technique and the necessary equipment differs from the bonding technique.

Materials needed:

- Hammer

- Nails

- A nail hunting

- Saw

- Sandpaper

- A meter and a level

Attaching the baseboard to the wall

Use nails head man. They must be at least two times longer than the thickness of the baseboard. We must be careful to push your nails at distances that can not split the wood. Place the nails about 5-7 cm lateral edges of the baseboards and about 15mm from top and bottom edges. Space the nails about 30 cm over the length of the baseboard.

The baseboard is installed, use a nail set to hide the ends.

Join

To be aesthetically pleasing most successful, cutting through the baseboards with a saw as explained in the first method. The joints are the same way as the bonding technique.