Mike Marlow wrote:
Bill wrote:

I've been "sweating that miters" ever since I took the old one molding
down! Though the fellow who did the previous installation didn't sweat
it--he just left a 3/8" gap inside the miter I guess that's why I
didn't hesitate to discard it.
Wow - that's either an exageration, or a really poor piece of workmanship.


Maybe didn't have a miter saw and just eye-balled two 45 degree miters.
To his credit, he made sure the pieces
met at the outside corner. But they didn't meet anywhere else He took
a few other "shortcuts" too.. (in other areas).
Some people can go through life and ignore the details.