I had this vaulted ceiling to crown that has a o/s corner on it and did some research on what was going to be the best way to go around it. i checked a bunch of sites and could find nothing but info about using an o/s corner block. i was not to keen on putting one in as it would be the only on in the house. so i set up my scaffold, got a pencil and started thinkin and tinkerin. half an hour later i did this. how did i do for my first time. i also was able to go from horizontal to the vault without having to do one of those transitions.
Tmaxxx
Urban Workshop Ltd
Vancouver B.C.
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Looks great!
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My guess is that he cheated the spring angle.
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the answer to that would be 'thats exactly what i did'. only on the top and the bottom. the sides are normal. but you would have to stand there and study it to see it. the vault helps trick the eye and i think it looks a lot better than the other ways.Tmaxxx
Urban Workshop Ltd
Vancouver B.C.
cheers. Ill buy.
Looks good. I knew because I've used that trick on exterior cornice.http://grantlogan.net/
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the vault helps trick the eye and i think it looks a lot better than the other ways.
I liked your solution, looks good!
I cant stand the alternatives/other ways. They seam like an easy way out.
Very nice
Doug
I've never done crown on a vaulted ceiling. I understand the challenge, but I don't understand your solution. You cheated the spring angle on the "top and bottom". Do you mean the crown actually has a twist in it?
The "spring" angle is the angle between the back side of the crown and the wall. By moving the top of the crown closer or further away from the wall (changing the spring angle from it's natural position), the crown height grows or shrinks as needed.http://grantlogan.net/
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Looks good.
Another tip is to rip the point off the back side of the crown (at the bottom of the crown) that touches the wall. When you cheat the spring angle the bottom edge rolls away from the wall, leaving a gap to caulk and a larger shadow, if you don't back cut the bottom of the crown.
Also, if the vault is much steeper than yours...the transition piece starts to become a good option.
Backcutting the crown for a vault is pictured on p.10 of FHB issue #164 (June/July 2004)...just accidently ran accross it looking for something else.
You do have to build a jig to rip an angle like that on a table saw (blade won't tilt that low), still not a bad idea though. Might sound crazy, but I have ground that point off with a 36 grit sanding wheel on a RAG too.
Looks Great.
I had to look to see the cheat but I knew what to look for.
The average person would never see it. ]