If there already is a crown molding in place, select a baseboard that is complimentary to the current finish work style. The living space should have a natural flow which is visually appealing. We can help with the selection if need be. Take into consideration the height of the wall and if you are looking for an elaborate baseboard or a minimal one. Consider whether the baseboards should match the wall or the floor.
It depends on the style you want to achieve. Consider having the entire home having matching finished work. Installing baseboards and crown molding which match in the entire home creates a continuous elegant look.
Select a baseboard made of a material built to last for your living space. A stud finder will make the process of finding studs and joists in the house much quicker and easier than doing it by hand. But to find studs and joists without a stud finder, simply knock on your wall. Do it over and over again very close together.
A hollow sound means that there is no stud there while a more solid sound means you have found what you are looking for. Also, look for outlets and switches because one side is next to a stud for the wire to run along. Mark where the stud is, then do the knocking once again to find the next one.
Once you find that one, mark it, then measure the distance between them. Most studs are inches apart, though some may be up to inches apart this is a bit more common in older homes. Towards the corners, you may find studs that are closer together, but this should only be near the corners. The joists are the other thing that you may nail the crown molding to. Joists are in the ceiling, so although you can do the knocking or tapping to find them, it can feel much harder than it did when doing it on the walls.
The angle of your kneck, and moving a stool or ladder around will get annoying fast. But the nice thing to think about is that they are also set 16 to inches apart, depending on the house. Plaster ceilings are mainly found in older homes but they are very thick so neither of these methods will work. What you will need to do is use a test nail. You can do this with drywall as well, to be sure of the placement of the joist or stud.
The nail will go through the ceiling easily if the joist is not there. You can fill in any holes later using putty or a drywall compound. Check out this blog for more information on plaster ceilings. Now comes the important part, figuring out the nails you should use. So a 2-inch nail is perfect. Installing Wood Molding If you are leaning toward wood molding , keep in mind there's a lot of work involved. Mark the corners: Find a small scrap section of crown molding and press it against the ceiling and wall in one of the room's corners.
Using the molding's bottom edge as a guide, draw a line on the wall with a pencil. Do the same on all the other inside and outside corners of the room. Connect the lines: Connect the pencil lines you've drawn by snapping a chalk line.
Mark the studs: Mark on the walls where the studs will go. Place the crown molding in the corner: Press the first crown molding segment up against the ceiling and wall and push it tightly into the room's corner. Mark the molding: Mark the location of the wall stud near the exact midpoint of the wall onto the crown molding.
Place it on the miter saw: Flip the molding upside down and place it into a compound miter saw. Push the molding flat against the horizontal table and vertical fence of the saw. Cut the molding: Change the miter angle to 45 degrees and then cut a scarf joint in the molding.
Place the molding: With its square-cut end in the corner of the room and the bottom edge touching the chalk line, hold the molding tightly in place. Nail it in : Using two-inch nails and a pneumatic finishing nailer, attach the molding to the studs in the wall.
Place the second length: Press the next length of molding against the ceiling and wall, and make sure it extends beyond the scarf joint of the crown molding you just installed. Mark the overlap: Put a mark where the second molding is overlapping the scarf joint. Cut the second length: Take the second length and cut a matching scarf joint. Nail it in: Cover the scarf joint in some carpenter's glue and hold the second crown molding length in place.
Ensure that scarf joint can tightly fit together, then nail in the molding to the ceiling and wall. Cut another length for the next wall: Using the miter saw again, cut out a crown molding length for the next wall.
Then use a coping saw to back-cut the miter joint, which will make a coped joint. Place and nail in the length: Put a small amount of white acrylic-latex caulk on the coped cut you made. With the coped end pressed tightly against the molding you just installed on the adjacent wall, press the molding in place.
Then, nail it to the ceiling and wall. Repeat: Repeat all the previous steps for the remaining walls, remembering to cut coped joints at the inside corners and scarf joints along walls. Deal with outside corners: If there are any outside corners in the room, cut a miter joint of 45 degrees on both ends of the mating lengths of the crown molding.
Attach the miter joints with glue and then nails. Add construction adhesive: If your wall is made of brick or concrete blocks, put construction adhesive along the full length of the molding's back bottom edge. Then, attach the molding's top edge to the ceiling with nails. Caulk the edges: Add caulking to the crown molding's bottom and top edges. Then, fill in all the nail holes using wood putty.
Paint: Apply a high-gloss latex paint to the crown molding. Installing Peel and Stick Peel-and-stick molding is perhaps the easiest installation method of all.
There are only two steps to correctly installing peel-and-stick molding: Peel Tape Off: Peel off the backing from the 3M tape.
Stick on the Desired Wall: Stick the piece to the wall and push. You can adjust the molding to the length of the wall without measuring. Although it's easy to install, this product also comes with several drawbacks: It often requires you to put nails through the face of the crown molding, which can be unattractive. It also requires you to cut angles with a high degree of accuracy — otherwise, the finished result will not look good.
If the room is not perfectly square, you will need to apply caulk to the gaps between the molding and the ceiling. If the molding is pulled off, it'll often remove paint from where it was. Installing Clip-On Molding Clip-on molding is a straightforward option any homeowner can easily accomplish in an afternoon — and the result looks polished and professional.
You will only be using the following items: Drill Tape measure Pencil Paint optional Safety glasses Saw Ladder Once you've gathered the above items, follow the steps below or watch the installation video:.
Paint: Paint all pieces prior to installation and let dry. Install Remaining Clips: Take the remaining clips and install them around the room at roughly inch intervals.
Precision is not critical.
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