What is the use of skirting boards?
Decorative effect
The skirting board has the role of beautifying the decoration, it is the contour line of the ground, people's eyes will naturally fall on it, from the skirting board to the door cover to the ceiling, will form a visual transition, the skirting board is the intersection of the ground and the wall. Using their linear feeling and materials, colors, etc. to echo each other in the interior, different skirting board designs have different decorative atmospheres, which can well reflect the decorative style to play a good beautification effect.
Practical features
Skirting board in addition to the decorative role also has its own practical value, skirting board can protect the bottom wall, which is also the origin of the name of the skirting board, the skirting board protects the wall area where the foot can be kicked, to prevent the wall near the ground part of the shoe kicked. Usually walking indoors, it is inevitable to kick down the wall, if there is no skirting board protection, a long time, the bottom of the wall is likely to accumulate stains, paint, damage and so on.
Skirting boards also cover the gap between the ground and the wall, which is conducive to the combination between the ground and the wall. Skirting board can also be used to cover the line, hide the line into the skirting board, and integrate various network cables, wires, etc. with the wall, avoiding the abruptness and embarrassment of the wire outside. The installation of skirting board is also easier to clean, dust is not easy to fall into the corner gap, when mopping, the water of the mop belt is not easy to penetrate into the wall, which can better protect the wall.
Is it okay not to install skirting boards?
The answer is yes, skirting boards do not have to be installed, and it is optional to install or not to install. In some minimalist style spaces, large white wall cement floor, in this case, the skirting board will appear redundant, but want to omit the skirting board, get a clean and neat visual effect at the same time, the price paid is the construction difficulty increases, in the design is subtraction, in the construction is addition, so that the processing between the wall and the ground becomes more difficult.
For example, for the space of laying the floor, it is usually necessary to install skirting boards, generally when laying the floor, due to thermal expansion and contraction, it is necessary to reserve a gap of about 5 mm to the wall to prevent the floor from squeezing and warping. If you decide not to install skirting boards, then some other processes are required between the walls and the ground, such as playing glass glue, loading and collecting edge strips, using wall panels or using construction processes such as wall pressing.
Skirting board decoration options
Color selection of skirting boards
The color selection of the skirting board generally has two ideas, when the wall and the tone of the ground are relatively close, the contrast method will be used, so that the color of the skirting board is different from the wall and the ground, forming a contrast to make the demarcation more obvious. The other is the approach method, that is, let the skirting board integrate into the wall or the ground from the color, the general area of the room is not large, the skirting board should choose the color close to the wall, and vice versa, the skirting board should choose the color close to the ground.
Choice of size of skirting board
The conventional height of the skirting board is 8-12cm, and the finished skirting board on the market generally meets this numerical range, if it is a space with a higher floor height, you can also choose a skirting board of 12-15cm. In recent years, the decoration trend, the height of the skirting board has gradually decreased the trend, some people who install skirting boards but do not want to make the skirting board too conspicuous will choose a small skirting board of 3-6cm, which is small and beautiful.
Skirting board material selection
The main materials of skirting boards on the market are wooden skirting board, stone skirting board, aluminum alloy skirting board, pvc skirting board. In general, wood and stone are often chosen. Special spaces should also be selected according to the design needs, the right material. In general, the material selection of the skirting board is as consistent as possible with the ground. Lay out wooden floors, then try to choose wooden skirting boards. If it is paved with stone, then choose a matching stone skirting board.
The way the skirting board is installed
In fact, the skirting board also has different installation methods, skirting board installation can be divided into wall type, flat wall type, wall type, wall type directly mounted on the wall surface, is also the most commonly used way, generally suitable for wood, tile and PVC and other materials of skirting board. Many people's understanding of skirting boards may only stay on the wall-mounted skirting board, in fact, the skirting board installation has already had more forms and processes.
If you just don't like skirting boards protruding from the wall, flat wall and wall-entry skirting boards can also meet the visual needs you want. The flat wall type is to slot the base of the wall to install the skirting board on the same plane as the wall, which is suitable for tile or stone skirting boards and can make the space look more open. The wall-entry type is deeper than the flat-wall installation, and even a visual feeling of wall suspension will be generated from a distance.
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