Need advice on caulking crown moldings over colored walls/ceiling
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Now what? Crown moldings are 1/4' to 1/2' from ceiling.
Comments (19)Just because it's a "Style" does not make it right. I hate the look frankly, and yet no one even notices it in DS's room. It was a very expensive mistake for the contractor (May he rest in terminal heckfire) (he's not dead, just fired). I should have had it taken down the day I saw it frankly, and I'd advise you to do the same. It's worth the wait to do things right, it is, and this from a chick who's working on a three year (NOT DIY) remodel. Mine looks like it was done on purpose, so it's ok. I live in a house on pilings so I can understand the idea of floating the molding, I just don't care for it. In other rooms, where the ceilings aren't remotely flat, there are some gaps in the crown to ceiling but they're hidden in the shadow line (it helps that my trim is tint de'negre which is brown so dark it appears black). So in these rooms, you don't see at all where there is a gap unless you're on a ladder with the crown in your face. Since firing the contractor I've found some areas where his wife caulked on our baseboard. She didn't worry about the fact that he obviously didn't nail it into studs so there are big gaps between wall and trim, instead she just filled the gaps with caulk. They look like crap, really really bad. I'm going to redo all of these rooms myself to correct the problem, which involves cutting through the caulk, then pulling the molding off the wall, hopefully not damaging the wall to badly, then new molding, paint blah blah...I'm not a little peeved about this issue. If you do decide to keep it, I really do suggest repainting the ceiling which helps immensely. I had a white ceiling in my son's bathroom and changed it to a color called parchment by ralph lauren. It flows well with the wood and somewhat hides the issue to the naked eye. It's so much better than when it was white with a huge contrast. The difference being mine was purposely hung to float...so It's somewhat "ok" since it's just a style issue...it sounds like yours might just be more error than anything...in that case, I just wouldn't live with it. here are pics of my bath to show it sort of disapears with the ceiling painted... and in this pic there are areas where the crown does not touch the ceiling due to slope issues (particularly the inside corner you see here...and yet it's rather invisable): In this room the ceilings really have slope...we just tented it :oP Another option heh heh...See MoreCrown Molding - Attach to ceiling?
Comments (9)Liquid nails will work fine, if you anchor the bottom to the studs, the molding will never move in your lifetime. Use phenoseal latex caulk to fill any voids between the molding and the ceiling/wall. "First, you need to discover what is supporting the ceiling." This makes no sense. Crown molding reaches out into the ceiling 3 or 4 or greater inches depending on the crown molding size. There is 16" between joists, so the poster is saying his molding is in this void area so he cannot nail the top of the crown molding into anything other than sheetrock....See MoreMedia Room color: walls, ceiling, crown molding
Comments (14)Thanks for all the help. I'm adjusting my mind to the idea of a really dark ceiling and trying to imagine how the room will look when the room isn't being used as a "theater". I probably should have said in my original post that this our general rec room and will probably also act as the grandchildrens' "dorm" at some point. This room also has two windows and a glass door to a porch. I was planning on using white plantation shutters in the rest of the house and I don't think the white plantation shutters will work well for light control. Since these windows will be very visible from the street do you think it's important to keep the window treatments uniform or can I do something different on these windows from the rest of the house? I'm definitely way out of my comfort zone on this and any help will be appreciated....See Morecrown molding size advice with 9 ft ceilings
Comments (16)A 4 1/2" profile on crown would give a drop of 3 1/4" - 3 1/2" which, IMO, would look skimpy with 9' ceilings. What your carpenter did by adding a backer board with a profile is frequently done in our area (and appears to be used frequently elsewhere given the number of photos on Houzz of this treatment). If the size appears to be proportionate when looking at it in person, then the product looks fine once it is caulked and painted. If the total affect still looks small to you, I would stop now, return what you can and go with a larger crown. You can do a search here on Houzz for crown moldings in photos and you can see the finished product....See MoreUser
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