How to attach the plinth to the countertop in the kitchen (+ photos)

When arranging kitchen furniture along the walls in the places of their contact, slots are usually formed, which can be hidden only with the help of special baseboards, which ensure a smooth transition from the walls to the worktop. Such elements are most often made in the form of a prefabricated structure consisting of a strip and a rail attached to a furniture base. Attach the plinth - which means fix the decorative strip on the previously fixed guide.

Channelless kitchen plinth

Installing such a kitchen plinth will allow you to realize the following features:

• to protect the furniture from water ingress into the joints with the wall;
• to hide all the irregularities of the mating surfaces;
• to use the cavity as a cable channel for laying electrical wiring.

Kitchen baseboard for wiring

This last feature will allow you to safely hide electrical wires, supplied to the sockets, and provide easy access to them.

Since the plinth is also a transitional element at the same time, pay special attention to its color scheme, which should match the color of the walls and the table top.

Methods

Features of the installation

Before starting installation work it is necessary to calculate in advance the length of the strip used to close the gap along its entire length. Many users, based on their own experience, recommend to purchase this consumable with some margin.

As for the mounting of the plinth, in addition to the method of mounting it on the rail we considered, the following options are possible:

• using nails or screws;
• “hard” installation on glue.

Aluminum kitchen plinth

Self-tapping screws for fastening are used only in those rare cases when Installed products are made of materials other than plastic. This is explained by the fact that when using them you can easily damage the plastic workpiece being mounted. Well, the "hard" glued plinth complicates its replacement if necessary to update the decorative strip.

In the case when a regular reinstallation is supposed (for cleaning from dirt or its replacement, for example), then it would be best for you to use the previously mentioned construction with a central guide and a decorative strip.

Fastening order

Kitchen skirting made of plank and guide

Let's look at the general As a rule, in the following sequence:

1. before assembling, in the kitchen, make accurate measurements of all the prefabricated blanks in the pre-assembled form and determine the number of plugs and corners to be installed.
2. Prepare the joint (having cleaned it before of dust and dirt), and then degrease the joints.
3. Now you can take a plastic base and smear with glue on both its surfaces, abutments. The decorative latch with a "latch" set aside for a while. You can also glue the appropriate sections of the wall and table top.
4. After that, the base of the baseboard is pressed against the gap in the sealing zone and fixed in this state for a time, which is usually indicated in the instructions for use of the adhesive.
5. Immediately after this, accurate measurements of the length of the patch panel are carried out, taking into account that it should wind up to about 5 millimeters under the corners.
6. In view of the foregoing, cut off the decorative blank, and after placing it under the corner, snap it, slightly pressing it.
7. Repeat these operations for all strips and install end caps locally (on both sides).

Video

The following video presents a variety of forms of aluminum baseboards for the table top:

And this is how the installed baseboard looks like with a guide:

Photo

Narrow aluminum baseboard

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