Fixing plinth in the kitchen countertop

Plinth kitchen countertop to give finality the interior of your kitchen, as well as easier to maintain cleanliness in the room.

To choose the right skirting board, you need to learn more about their types and characteristics of the material.And it will help you to install the photo and video instruction given in the article.

Features material

Kitchen plinth for countertops performs a variety of functions, and decorative - not the most important.

First of all, the kitchen plinth protects the space between the countertop and the wall from getting into the trash, crumbs and other small waste, remove that from this place will be very difficult.

material protects from moisture and which, if stably accumulate on the back wall furniture, provokes a deformation of the material - it swells and breaks.

Thus, the kitchen baseboard to protect and extend the life of your furniture will delay the need for service and repair.

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Finally, with the help of accessories, you can hide surface irregularities, or its features, which prevent the tabletop to move up close to the wall.

without plinth at the interface of furniture will turn an ugly gap, and if you use the accessories, the room will look much more attractive.

As a rule, if you ordered kitchen furniture, then complete it will and fittings for table top, fitted to the desired size.In other cases, have to buy their own.

main rule here - to select accessories from the same material as the kitchen furniture.

If the furniture is wooden, it is better to choose accessories made of wood, or even chipboard.

for granite countertops are well suited moldings made of artificial stone.There is another option - plastic moldings, it simulate any material, and therefore is suitable for different types of countertops.

aluminum and plastic plinth - the most common variants of the hardware.Plus plastic in its low price, high moisture resistance, and ease of installation.

This kind of hardware is made of coextruded PVC.During this process, the molten plastic is added a special pigment which determines its color.

Due to this, the material gets a natural color.

aluminum material with properties superior to plastic: its installation is not much harder to clean it simply, it provides protection against ingress of moisture and debris, and additionally has thermal stability.

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Therefore, if you want to install the baseboard near the gas stove, it is best to choose products from aluminum.The only disadvantage of aluminum skirting - the limitations of design options.

As a rule, it is best to install the product made of stainless steel or similar material.

To worktop and plinth look more organic, it is better to order accessories in the same place where you buy a kitchen set.

The same applies to accessories: even if you decide to install the plinth alone, all the necessary materials are better to buy in one place.

Before buying you have to decide on the shape and size of the plinth.It depends on the size of the gap - the larger it is, the greater must be the hardware.

products are flat, triangular, rectangular, rounded and shaped forms.

most important thing - to choose the right size and shape of the product can be any of your choice, and depends primarily on the overall design of the kitchen units.

How to put the baseboard?

If your kitchen is made to order, it is likely, in the price included and assembly of structures, including the installation of a plinth on the countertop.

If you decide to do the installation yourself, then look first video, as well as use the photo to make it right.

Before starting the installation, check all the necessary components: you should be the main part of the plinth, which must be attached to the wall and countertop, decorative outer part, plugs, connectors, which are fixed at the corners and joints and fixing elements.

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Setting it on the table takes place in several steps, properly executing that you will get the correct and beautifully installed element kitchen furniture.

first step is to measure the surface of the countertop and cut material according to get the size.

then need to separate the base of the plinth and set it to the installation site.In applications often need to do a through hole with a punch, where it will be fixed.

in the resulting hole to insert the plastic anchors and then screw the metal elements, securing thus the bulk of the plinth.

install hardware is most easily using the screwdriver, and to attach the fillet on the table, use screws.

install base part need checking with a level that the material was evenly.

After the main part of the plinth is fixed, you need to install on top of a decorative element and engage it with the help of special hardware.

Along the edges of the plinth you need to put the plug and seal the corners using the corner connector.

joints connecting parts plinth to be treated with silicone sealant.

can also treat them places where the coating is connected with the tabletop - it will help better fix it.

For this purpose, you can also set the parietal bumpers that are more tightly block the gap and become a kind of skirting to the frieze.

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Another option is to mount the plinth - on glue.This process is similar to the installation on the screws, but in this case it will be possible to do without the gun, and screwdrivers.

First you need to clean the surface and wash and degrease it, then the plinth, cut to the appropriate size, to be treated with glue and attach to the wall.

Setting glue is much easier, but it has several disadvantages: you can not leave a niche in which to hide electrical wiring, becausebaseboard will adhere to the wall.

And if you want to remove it, on the wall traces of adhesive will inevitably remain, to get rid of that will not be easy.

This is the plinth installation.

You may want to upgrade the resulting structure, for example, set the LED lights on the wall, or to make a painted wall (the look of design options, you can see in the photo).

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To make LED lights, you need a plinthmade of translucent plastic.

In any of the ends of the material will have to make a hole through which the wire will be displayed.Some choose the usual Christmas garland - a more economical option.

In the case of mounting the LED backlight, you get not only an additional source of lighting, but also will attach your kitchen an unusual original design.

Mounting lighting can be more complicated, but with the help of videos and instructions you will be able to cope with it, and the installation of a plinth made similarly.

No matter what design you choose kitchen units, attach the plinth is necessary becausewithout it in the kitchen unsanitary quickly appear: for countertops will accumulate dirt causing unpleasant smells and spoiling the furniture, and cockroaches may appear in the future.

Total is easily avoided by installing a simple and inexpensive device, which is an independent assembly does not cause any problems.

Finally, skirting on the table will give the kitchen headset completeness and improve appearance.

Due to various designs and types of materials from which they are made, choose the coating can be absolutely any furniture.

If you ordered the kitchen to order, then you do not even have to mess with the installation - you will collect it with skirting.Self

same setup takes you no more than half an hour, and with a minimum experience of finishing the repair and viewing videos, while the entire process can take more than a few minutes.