The importance of baseboards in home decoration is often overlooked, many people choose big-name tiles, high-grade latex paint, exquisite wooden doors, but do not pay attention to the selection of suitable baseboards, resulting in the appearance of the entire decoration has been lowered.
Written on the front: Why stick baseboards? Home improvement stickers have at least three functions:
If there is no baseboard, the junction of latex paint and ceramic tiles will be pitted, or even wavy, and the texture of the decoration will be affected;
The second is to protect the wall and floor, if there is no baseboard, shoes, brooms, mops or sweeping robots in daily life will directly touch the foot of the wall, and the latex paint surface will be destroyed. If your home has a wooden floor, then the moisture on the floor may seep under the floor, causing the floor to be damp and deformed.
The third is to enhance the visual integrity of the space, the baseboard is generally the same color as the wooden door or the same color as the floor, and the space vision of the wall or ground can be extended after the actual paste, creating a concise and atmospheric space visual effect.
So the question arises - which is the best for the different materials of baseboards on the market? As a person who has come over, in this guide, I have summarized the advantages and disadvantages of 5 common baseboards on the market, and told you how to choose the right one:
1. Tile baseboard
Cutting floor tiles to stick to the wall as baseboards was the mainstream way to use home improvement baseboards more than a decade ago, but if you still use tile baseboards, it's old-fashioned.
Pros: Affordable.
Shortcoming:
(1) Rustic. Because it is cut with tiles, it means that it is a section by piece, and after pasting it on the wall, it must be seamed with the tile, and the tile is to leave a seam, and the baseboard must also be seamed, so it will be very messy when pasted.
(2) Easy to accumulate dust. There are two ways to stick the tile baseboard and embed, and the inlay is better, but the labor cost will be higher. If it is an external sticker, it will begin to accumulate dust after half a month of staying, and it will be very troublesome to clean up, and it will turn yellow and dirty directly after a long time, and it will look very ugly.
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2. Stone baseboard
Marble, granite and other natural stones are usually used for cutting, and they generally have to be embedded to be firm. Stone baseboards have a sense of luxury, but they are destined to be a niche choice.
Pros: Luxury, atmospheric.
Shortcoming:
(1) High cost. The price of stone should be understood, the cost is really not affordable by the average family, maybe a living room stone baseboard is enough to buy ordinary home decoration a living room tiles.
(2) It's not easy to match. Although the stone has its own luxury and atmosphere, it is limited to European-style decoration, and it must be matched with the stone floor to produce the effect. If you put the stone baseboard in other styles, it must be a rollover scene.
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3.PVC baseboard
It is processed and molded with PVC plastic, the color is very rich, and it can also imitate the texture of solid wood, and it is very simple when pasting, but it is the material I least recommend everyone to choose.
Advantages: low price, easy paste, various styles.
Shortcoming:
(1) Poor texture. Although most of the PVC plastic can imitate the texture of solid wood, it does not stand up to scrutiny, but has a sense of cheapness of plastic. No matter how high-end home decoration materials are used, as long as the PVC plastic baseboard is pasted, it will become a rental house in seconds.
(2) It is not environmentally friendly. This kind of plastic material often has a peculiar smell, especially after sunlight exposure, it will be more obvious, and may contain harmful gases, affecting the environmental protection of the home and bringing risks to the health of the family.
(3) Unreliable. PVC baseboards are susceptible to aging, and some may be made of recycled plastic, which will take a few years to make a hole.
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4. Solid wood baseboard
Cut with solid wood boards, lacquered or wood lacquered on the surface, suitable for most home decoration, is currently the most chosen baseboard.
Advantages: The material is environmentally friendly, the color and style are relatively rich, and the style of the wooden door or wooden floor is integrated, and it is versatile and good-looking.
Disadvantages: The disadvantage of the solid wood baseboard is that the moisture-proof performance is average, especially when the waterproofing of your bathroom is not done, the solid wood baseboard at the bathroom door may become moldy and fall off.
In addition, during daily cleaning, the solid wood baseboard should be careful to avoid being splashed by the wet mop as much as possible, and should not be used in places where there is often sun exposure, which is easy to deform.
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It is suitable for most home decoration use, but the baseboard of all solid wood and MDF on the market is called "solid wood", so special attention should be paid to the distinction, and the difference between the two sections is obvious.
The most common baseboard heights are 4 cm, 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm.
5. Aluminum alloy baseboard
It is a material that has gradually become popular in recent years, and it is generally made of aluminum alloy strips with metal paint surface, which is more compatible with the minimalist decoration that everyone likes at the moment.
Merit:
(1) The shape is simple and versatile, and can be matched with most decoration styles, especially the aluminum alloy baseboard used in the decoration of the simple and modern series.
(2) The aluminum alloy material is durable and durable, and the protection effect of the wall foot is very good, and there is no need to worry about the problem of moisture deformation.
(3) It can be bent to make an arc, for the decoration of the arc wall such as cream wind and surprise wind, the aluminum alloy baseboard can be broken into various arcs on the spot to fit the wall.
Disadvantages: high requirements for installation conditions, low cost. Since the aluminum alloy baseboard has very high requirements for the flatness of the wall, it is recommended to make a circle of the baseboard flat when scraping putty in the early stage, otherwise there will be an obvious gap between the aluminum alloy baseboard and the wall, and the problem cannot be solved by playing beauty glue.
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Well, the characteristics of baseboards of 5 different materials and the selection suggestions have been shared! If you think it's useful, like it and collect it! Which one did your family choose? Let's talk in the comment area!