Installing Crown Molding On Angled Walls

Presented by frank fredericks custom homes this video explains how to install crown moulding on a vaulted or cathedral ceiling without using a 3rd piece tr.

Installing crown molding on angled walls.

Crown molding accents the colors and the dimensions of any room. How tilted it is when it attaches to the wall crown typically comes in three spring angles. Coping the wall rails is just like coping the crown photo 11 except that you stand the trim upright against the saw s fence when you make the 45 degree miter. My molding was the 52 degree variety.

Lengths of scrap baseboard and put 45 degree angles on the ends. The wall rails are mitered at outside corners and coped at inside corners. Steps on how to install crown molding. Position the board at the correct distance from the saw s fence to hold the crown at the proper angle.

Mark the wall measurement on the bottom of the crown molding image 2. 38 45 or 52 degrees. Measure corner to corner. It is fairly easy to install if your ceiling is flat but adding this feature on sloped surfaces can be challenging.

Paint your trim before you install it to save time and energy. The good news is that this can be accomplished rather easily with accurate measurements and an adjustable miter saw. Draw a small line just past your measurement indicating the direction and angle of the cut. Set the crown molding upside down against the saw fence and the 1x4 stop block.

The crown molding tips and techniques shown in the rest of this article will help you install the wall rails. Use a self locking c clamp to secure a short 1x4 to the saw table. First hold the base molding against the wall after you cut it to length and look for gaps. Painting crown molding on the wall is likely to leave you sore from raising your arms overhead for hours.

It is fairly easy to install if your ceiling is flat but adding this feature on sloped surfaces can be challenging. The best way to do it is to make a small transition piece of crown molding that acts like the crown is being installed on a flat ceiling on one side of the piece but on the other edge it is making a transition as if the crown molding is climbing a stairway making the bend that happens as you transition from the sloped ceiling along the stairs to the flat ceiling below or at a flat landing. For every cut measure the wall where the bottom of the crown molding will sit image 1. In order to cut crown molding correctly for a slanted ceiling it will need to be cut differently than it would be for a flat or vaulted ceiling.