Crown molding is one of the many ways of molding that is meant to cap walls, house cabinets as well as pilasters which will be used extensively for creating the exterior and interior corner assemblies as well as the doors and window hoods. The molding are meant to add flare to one’s house especially the ceilings and the door edges so as give an implication of a detailed finishing leaving an elegant and stylish look on any home. There are ways the crown molding can be installed such that the workmanship should leave little or no room criticism. There are also steps on crown molding installation that will help in making the installations a success which are:

There are various tools that you will need when making the crown molding installation. They are utility knives, coping saws, measuring tapes, miter saws. Finish nails, as well as hammers.

After having all the required tools you will need to take measurements on the footage that you will need trimmed then ensure that you have added at least 10% of the measurements deduced as to take care of any mistakes whether by reduction or addition. Considering there are many ways to choose from the styles and finishes for the crown molding select the one that suits your needs the most. It is important that you get your trims in lengths such there will very few slices. After that, paint the molding and give it time to dry. Then ensure that you are able to work on a long bench where you will make the trimmings much easier and in precision. Use a miter saw to trim corner of the trims since they have more accurate cuttings.

Most of the time during the crown molding installation the corners are barely square corners and hence you will have a coped joint. Run the first piece followed by the cope-cut second piece into the corner. Then try using the miter box and a fine toothed-saw that will make cuts that reveal the molding profile. The position of the molding should be placed upside down in your miter box while the face of the molding that is at your miter box should be at the bottom of your miter box.

Then ensure that you have cut the right miter so as to find out the molding profile. Then trim excess woods on the backside by using the profile line for the cutting with a coping saw. Then use a utility knife for removing the excess material that may have been missed while using the coping saw ensuring that you do not “touch” the face of the molding. Then you can place the piece against the place to see if it fits and should there be adjustments to be made, do more carving.

It is also important to plan your work for the crown molding installation as this will increase in having more precise measurements and finer finishing on the crown molding. Then you can work out a pattern whereby you will use the scarf joint for the long runs such that the joints end at 45º so that they can overlap. After this you can place the molding where you need them ensuring that you make pilot holes so as to keep the molding from splitting.