This Old House senior technical editor, Mark Powers shows how to install 3-piece crown molding. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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A common decorative flourish for traditional homes, crown molding enriches a space by forming an eye-catching transition between the walls and ceiling. But if your ceilings are high or your room has generous moldings around windows and doorways, a single strip of crown molding might get lost overhead. To get the right effect, you could opt to use a large-profile molding, says This Old House senior technical editor Mark Powers. "But you'll pay a hefty price for large profiles," he says. To lower the cost without sacrificing aesthetics, Mark came up with a way to install a simple L-shaped half beam first, then attach crown moldings to the fascia and soffit for a handsome, built-up appearance. Recruit a buddy to help you make cuts and lift the bulky pieces into place, and in just a couple of days, you'll have pulled off a room transformation that will draw all eyes upward.
Shopping List for How to Install Three-Piece Crown Molding:
- Primed crown molding. Select a larger profile for the upper run and a smaller one for the lower run. To calculate how much to buy, round the length of each wall to the nearest foot and add the lengths together.
- Primed fascia board, with a decorative profile on one edge.
- Primed 1x6 soffit board
- 2x2, for cleats on the walls and ceiling, to which the half beams will be attached.
- 1x1, for the nailing strip that will help you join the soffit and fascia boards.
- 2x4m to rip at an angle for making backing blocks for the gable ends of the room.
- Painter's tape
- 1 1/4-inch and 3-inch screws
- 1 1/4-inch and 2-inch finishing nails
- Toggle anchors
- Paintable caulk
- Semigloss paint
Tools for How to Install Three-Piece Crown Molding:
- stud finder
- chalk line
- miter saw
- coping saw
- drill/driver
- nail gun
- hot-glue gun
- spring clamps
- caulk gun
- fine-grit sanding sponge
- paintbrush
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