We seem to have a continous problem of gaps opening at cabinet crown moulding to ceiling intersection also side cabinet to wall intersections opening up as well. Any ideas?
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it's that time of year... lemme guess.. you live in a cold climate...you don't have a humidifier in the house..
if you can measure the floor joists .. what do they measure?
do you have a moisture meter? can you measure the moisture content of some typical framing? some furniture? do you havea hydrometer.. or a sling psychrometer ?
take some typical moisture readings ... the air should be above 30% RH.. probably more like 40% RH.. bet yours is 10 or 20..
when the framing starts drying out (super dry) it will shrink.. i've been in houses with wood stoves where the 9 1/4" joists measured 8 7/8" .... something has to give.. so it pulls away from the ceiling and the wall
course i could be wrong....
but hey, whadda i no ?
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Saw the post and thought it was about cold water in the pool at the nudist colony. Or trying to go outdoors with thick bibs on.
George on the infamous Seinfeld episode at the beach. "Shrinkage! It was shrinkage!"
I never met a tool I didn't like!
Yep. That's what I thought too.
Seasonal.
Once had someone very obsessive show me how to install crown attached primarily to the ceiling, essentially leaving a 'slip joint' at the cabinet face.
Basically involved installing flat trim along ceiling first (edge was part of built-up moulding effect). Angled backing blocks were secured to that, and crown was secured to blocks. This allowed the crown to 'slip' on the cabinet faces, so no visible seasonal gaps.
Somewhat more work overall, but the results were very nice.
Just using the flat stock on the ceiling alone makes a neater transition, and gaps are less noticable when the color and materials are the same.
Csnow has it right. Moulding fastened to the ceiling and walls, not to the cabinets.
When I first saw the title of the thread I thought,"Gee, thats a little personal for a forum."
Stef