Hanging Wood Crown Moulding To Plaster Walls And Ceilings

Make a marking gauge the same size as the crown then use it to position the crown on the rail.

Hanging wood crown moulding to plaster walls and ceilings.

Crown molding is a decorative element that is installed where the wall meets the ceiling. Use the marks to position the crown molding. If you re having oversize crown molding installed your carpenter may have to install. Recently i installed crown molding around several bullnose drywall corners and opted to use this technique.

I skip all that by installing a plywood backer board to the top. So it came time to close the. The furring strips add more. For lighter items simply screwing into the plaster with a 1 1 4 drywall screw is usually enough to get the job done.

Molding typically comes in wood or plaster but you can find it in other materials such as polyurethane as well. I ve found that it s expedient to make curved interior trim details in plaster rather than in wood see making plaster molding fhb 93. Use wood putty or paintable caulk to fill slight gaps where moldings intersect. I ran the 61 2 in wide crown around the room first.

Caulk along the top and bottom edges to seal the moldings against the wall and ceiling. I left a few inches where the wall meets the ceiling when i painted the walls and added some pizzazz to the ceiling with gold paint. If you are installing crown molding to the ceiling consider nailing 1 by 3 inch furring strips along the perimeter of the ceiling before adding the crown molding. So you ll also discover ways that might not work for you if you also have plaster walls.

However my husband and i had a lot of trouble hanging crown molding on our plaster walls. If you have any nails protruding from the molding use a hammer and nail set to the recess them. Screws and screws with masonry anchors for heavy items are your best choice for hanging things on plaster walls without picture rail. Use spackle to fill in the nail holes if you are painting your molding.

Crown molding is usually nailed to the wall studs along the bottom edge and into the ceiling joists above a lot of stud finder work.