Crown Molding Cathedral Ceilings Installation

Cut a scrap of lumber to the correct dimension and draw layout lines on the wall and ceiling.

Crown molding cathedral ceilings installation. Details are on page 42 in our new 2nd edition book. To obtain the ceiling slope measure the angle between the wall and ceiling at a location where the top of the wall is horizontal. This tutorial will teach you how each piece needs to be cut to correctly install the crown molding.

Measure the angle between the adjacent walls in the corner with your take a close look at the above picture of a typical cathedral ceiling. Joint a is a horizontal turn of the crown molding. Put the moulding against a framing square noting the distance between the face of the moulding edge and the corner.

With a compound miter saw and a nice angle finder you can create transition pieces for the corners out of two smaller pieces. Our main living room has vaulted ceilings so it made cutting the crown moulding a little go. Can only be done on a compound miter saw.

Installing crown molding on vaulted ceilings is not hard if you have the proper tools and some basic math knowledge. Crown molding installation on a vaulted or cathedral ceiling installing crown molding on a vaulted ceiling or cathedral ceiling can be an overwhelming task. I did a crown on a cathedral ceiling a while back.

Joint a is a standard inside corner. The cathedral molding is cut at a 45 degree as well and the compound angle is cut at the angle required to make the end line vertical. When installing crown on a cathedral sloped ceiling you must know the slope of the ceiling.

The illustration shows the room that we will be working with for our cuts. Place your angle measuring tool perpendicular to the wall fig. Cut the horizontal molding at a 45 degree angle just as if you were turning the corner flat.