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I’m getting ready to install some crownmold in a vaulted ceiling family room but I’m wondering how to figure out the angles on the cut where the vault meets the straight wall? Is there a rule of thumb or is it trial and error?
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I'm doing crown all around my spec house right now and had he same detail to deal with in one room.
I found the profile maker (that tool that looks like a big comb) really helpful. I did use a scrap piece of crown and held it up onto a level line I drew on the wall where the bottem of the crown went and made a few cuts before I got it right. I also found it helpful to cut it on a back angle (which you wont see because its behind the moding face) so that I could file it where necessary.
*Todd - search the archives - this one was discussed ad nauseum some time ago. Basically, you can't resolve this condition in a traditional way since traditional rooms weren't finished this way.Jeff
*If you mean horizontal moulding meeting vertical moulding.....Jeff above is right. You need a wider version of the same profile to run the vertical angled section......or clever use of corner blocks. Jeff
*this might be really lame and inappropriate for your situation, but what about continuing the crown across the gable wall at the same height as the horizontal section of moulding? This would create a kind of picture rail, up at eight feet (or whatever the wall height is) but it might also change the way the room feels....I'm not really trying to duck a difficult technical problem, but just an idea...g
*Crown molding is a vestige of the classical orders of architecture, so one really ought to keep that in mind when applying it. Isn't it basically the cornice of an entablature? It should be treated as such. Running it horizontally across a gable wall would technically be a very correct way to apply it. If one does wish to run it along with the angle of the ceiling, one really ought to use a raked profile. Otherwise it would just look wierd.
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I'm getting ready to install some crownmold in a vaulted ceiling family room but I'm wondering how to figure out the angles on the cut where the vault meets the straight wall? Is there a rule of thumb or is it trial and error?