How To Install Crown Molding On Vaulted Ceilings

Crown molding on cathedral sloped ceilings using a miter saw.

How to install crown molding on vaulted ceilings. Cut a vaulted angled up crown. The ceiling at the crown is longer than the compound miter. Once you master the tools and angle theories of cutting crown molding adding ceiling crown molding to your vaulted ceiling can be a fun home improvement project.

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. We have provided many examples and photographs that will explain how you can easily install crown molding.

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. When measuring and cutting crown molding pieces you will also need to take the measurements and angles of filler pieces into account.

Ceiling crown molding is a great way to highlight the architectural details of a vaulted ceiling. One of the most common methods for fitting crown molding to a slanted ceiling is to attach the molding to a filler piece that is in between. The best way to do it is to make a small transition piece of crown molding that acts like the crown is being installed on a flat ceiling on one side of the piece but on the other edge it is making a transition as if the crown molding is climbing a stairway making the bend that happens as you transition from the sloped ceiling along the stairs to the flat ceiling below or at a flat landing.

Chapter 5 of our new 2nd edition book covers cathedral vaulted ceilings. Installing crown molding on a vaulted ceiling is flying crown molding at the vault line. Installing crown molding on a vaulted ceiling or cathedral ceiling can be an overwhelming task.

Place your angle measuring tool perpendicular to the wall fig. Install a flying crown molding instead find a consistent height in your room with the vaulted ceiling say 8 to 9 high or follow the lowest point in the ceiling and simply run your crown molding horizontally around the room.