Installation Of Crown Moulding

The crown moulding is the most commonly used decorative ad on for the walls. It comes with variety of material including wood, polyurethane and concrete. The price may vary because of the material that’s why most preferred materials are wood and polyurethane. A number of companies out there provide custom make crown moulding as per the provided specification.

Where do they build?

This is quite simple as the designer sends their measurements to the companies where they are made and they create the moulding for that measurement and then they deliver them to address them provided. Not only that many companies even reach to the location where the moulding work has to be done and they carry out the installation work by themselves.

Application of Moulding

The simple formula behind the installation is that measuring the corner right. The installation can be done by yourself as well if you take the proper care about that. Start with the proper measure. Start with holding the moulding to the place on the wall where it needs to be installed. Position it at its best by using a pencil mark the position.

If you need to cut the readymade moulding to fit into the place, then place it on a holder, and at a 45 degree angle cut it at the length you need.  Before the installation the cut sides should be Smooth out with a sanding block. Now by using something such as joint compound, place the moulding where it is required. After the compound dries, it would be better to add nails in it so that the crown moulding stay fixed strongly in position.

Further Notes:

For better furnishing of the corners it’s better to try and fit the cut the corners properly. And with white mud you can fill the rest of the gaps. You can even use this to fill any other gap that may have arisen. And to make it look much smoother you can use hands or a knife on the excess compound and mud.

Once you have used nail in the moulding you can make the hold much stronger with some more compound by using the putty knife and again you will need to smooth out with the sanding block. Though you can do it by yourself but you can call the professional to get the best of crown moulding in your room.