DIYbanter - View Single Post - Crown moulding on 12/12 pitch cathedral ceiling

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On 7 Jul 2004 06:38:14 -0700, (Stephen Maye) wrote:

I am buildig an entertainment center up against a cathedral ceiling.
The pitch is a 12/12 or 45 degree. When I try to use a piece of crown
at the top the back of the moulding just lays on the 45 degree ceiling
because the angle of the sprung crown is the same as the ceiling
pitch.

Any clues? Do they sell crowns that are cut at a different angle?

what's the problem with the crown being tight to the ceiling?

Here is what you do. You make a filler strip to fill the gap between
the crown mouling and the ceiling.

1) rip some square stock at the same angle as the ceiling. 2x2 will
probably do.

2) Nail that up to the Ceiling. Spaced away from the roof/wall joint as
far as needed so that when you put the crown mouling agaist the wall it
goes up to the piece you added.

It will make the crown moulding look a little bigger. A good thing for
cathedral ceilings.