(Trust me, I made this mistake the first time and had to cope the last backer piece to the crown profile like a schmo.) To account for the final backer piece I just held a scrap of backer against the first backer piece and gave myself a pencil line not to exceed with the crown. In other words, you can't install the crown from wall to wall or it will get in the way of the last backer piece. We just tack the two ends of the backer and then move back to installing the crown.īefore installing the first piece of crown on the first piece of backer, you need to accommodate for the fact that a final backer piece will butt up against the first end of the first backer piece. This lets you test fit the next crown piece before moving forward with nailing. The other important piece is to not fully nail the next piece of backer into place until you finish up the prior crown piece. This order lets us ensure the crown and backer work well together without getting out too far ahead of the crown, which can lead to the whole thing being out of whack, which results in needing to take down sections to rework, which results in spousal spats and abandonment while holding pieces of moulding above your head. The idea here is to stay one backer piece ahead of each crown piece. I used 2-1/2" 16ga nails on the backer and tried to hit studs wherever possible.Īfter the first backer piece was installed we then moved onto the next backer piece. When it comes to nailing all of the backer piece in place we were able to flex it slightly up or down to match the pencil line.The flat piece of backer flexes far easier than crown. The line represents where the bottom of the backer would fall if it more or less followed the ceiling all of the way around the room. This would allow me to hold it in place around the room in sections and mark the bottom line on the wall with pencil. The first template was a representation of the two part crown itself. This would hopefully prevent the need to pull installed pieces off of the wall as we had to do previously. The first step in our process was to create a few templates or jigs that would help us identify issues *before* nailing pieces of trim in place, rather than after. This time around we decided to do things a little differently. "Fool me once, shame on you.fool me ain't gonna fool me again." Prep Work When we installed three pieces of backer and then tried to put the crown on that backer, and it was all completely off, we were shocked. Our first attempt at the two part crown had an underlying failure that was based on the simple assumption that the ceiling was level around the room. We had a pre-game pep talk to remind ourselves to be patient with the other if things went sideways, and tried to come up with a better game plan than the first time around. We'd hoped for the best but prepared for the worst. But alas, we want to be cohesive on the first floor, so two part crown it is!Īfter giving enough time to fully cure, Wendy and I moved into the daunting phase of hanging crown. Two part crown helps mask wavy plaster walls, and provides a great nailing backer for crown when studs aren't predictable or available, but the difficulty of install when your ceiling and walls are not consistent (because you live in an old house), certainly makes it tricky. Though we really love how the crown turned out in the living room, the strife it caused during the process had us a little gun shy when it came to doing the same in our dining room project. Upon her return, I politely asked her to hand me my nail gun before my arms fell asleep. I ended up holding that piece in place for nearly 20 minutes until Wendy returned. The problem was that she chose to walk away to take a walk around the yard (and out of ear shot) without realizing I was standing on a ladder and holding the crown in place above my head.with one end already nailed.and my nail gun out of reach. I'm talking ugly on both the initial work on the install, and our frustrated communication with each other.Īt one point in the process Wendy got so frustrated with me (which was likely well deserved as I had gotten very frustrated with the crown moulding) that she had to walk away and cool off, lest she end up maiming me with my own nail gun. The first time we tried to install two part crown was in our living room project, and it was ugly. Okay, so I may be exaggerating a little, but it wasn't pretty. The last time we tried to install two part crown moulding, I think we almost got a divorce.
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