Last night on DYI show with David Thiel he had a way cool jig setup for
doing crown molding so you don't get confused when installing them....here's
a link for it...makes doing crown molding easier

http://www.diynet.com/diy/hi_tools/a...387707,00.html

Tina

"Mike" wrote in message
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On 13 Jun 2005 11:09:15 -0700, "Silk" wrote:

I am about to install crown molding in my house but I have never done
that before. I think I got the cutting part down but I am not sure
about the installation part. Any one has ideas about what the best way
to install them? Is it better to nail it from the corners in or from
the center out? On the mitered corners will nails be enough or should I
glue the corners as well (regular wood glue is good for that)?
If anyone can help I will appreciate it.

Everyone has given you good advice and I agree with the suggestion to
cope the inside corners. For some reason (being right handed) I find
it easier to cope the left end of my pieces. So I will work around
the room from left to right and will have only one cope from the other
direction if the room is a simple square If the room has an outside
corner, I will probably end there because I can hold the coped piece
up and mark the outside corners from each direction.
Starting to nail from the middle and leaving the ends loose is a great
suggestion and allows you to move the piece up or down in the corner
if needed. I always glue and nail the outside corners. Depending on
how big the crown is, you may be able to nail near the middle of the
crown and hit the top plate of your wall. Nailing near the bottom
will allow you to hit the wall studs. Nailing through the top of the
crown will let you hit the joists or trusses on the two walls where
you have them.

Mike O.