How to cut a ceiling plinth

At first glance, it seems that the procedure for installing a baguette is not particularly difficult. Indeed, this is the case if you properly cut the eaves for the ceiling. This is easy and simple to do with the help of such a device as a miter box. But if the tool is not at hand, do not despair. There are techniques that allow you to perfectly cope with the task and without it. We will teach you how to cut a ceiling plinth without a miter box.

In most houses and apartments, a right angle is decorated with a ceiling plinth, so we will cut the baguette into 2 sectors of 45 degrees. And let's start with the method, which consists in creating markup on the wall:

1. Attach the product to the corner at the place of fastening.
2. Along its edge, we draw a line on the surface, which will act as the base for the attachment level.
3. We will do the same on the other side, attaching the baguette to the docking wall.
4. As a result, two lines are formed that intersect at one point. Transfer it to the baguette, as this point is the top point of the cut.
5. Next, you should again attach the plinth to the ceiling to draw lines between the edges of the cornice to indicate the cut line.
6. Attach it to the corner of the room to trim.
7. To cut the ceiling plinth, use a knife or a hacksaw, depending on the material from which it is made.

In addition, there is a rather interesting way to cut a baguette - draw a miter box on paper. Draw this device on paper: draw two lines that should be parallel to each other, mark the corners, maintaining their degree, for which you can use a protractor. In this case, it is necessary to trim the plinth in the same way as when using a real miter box. The product must be parallel to one of the lines. Trim the corner. But this technique may not give an ideal result, since we will cut the product at an angle of 45 degrees, but the corners in our houses are usually crooked, and as a result we get a noticeable gap.

This method of trimming a ceiling plinth consists in creating a special shape. To do this, you will need 3 planks or pieces of thick plywood. In the sidewalls of the product, make cuts at an angle of 45 degrees using a protractor. Thus, cutting a baguette will turn out without a miter box.

Another simple method lies in the manipulation of paper. Bend the sheet to the desired angle. Then it must be placed on a bar and cut off along the formed line, which must first be drawn. Such a bar will serve as a kind of template: a ceiling plinth is placed under it in the position in which it will be attached, and the corners are cut off, holding the knife strictly vertically.

A rather expensive way to create the corners of a ceiling plinth without a miter box is to use special additional inserts. They are divided according to their purpose: for internal and external corners, there are also docking inserts.

If you have to work with non-standard corners, for example, those that have several intersection edges, or rounded ones, you will not need a miter box. After all, the magnitude of the angle is by no means 90 °. In this case, you should take a baguette and use a craft or clerical knife to cut it “by eye” at 45 degrees. Then the part to be joined must already be adjusted to the desired angle, constantly trying on the structure on weight at the installation site. There can be quite a lot of such fittings, so get ready. But if you wish, you can achieve a good result, even if the corners in the room are non-standard.

Thus, the absence of a miter box when installing a ceiling plinth is not a sentence. On the contrary, this is a great opportunity to learn some new techniques that will help you cut a baguette just as well. And perhaps one of them will appeal to you even more!