Don't crowns have sharp points that hurt?
OK, so it's been a week since I posted. Chalk it up to the idiot who invented crown molding! Lovely to look at, a beast to install.
Actually, my handy-dandy This Old House magazine had a great tutorial on crown molding installation recently, and I saved it just for this purpose. Unfortunately, my situation is unique (aren't they all?) and nowhere in the tutorial does it explain how to make a cut to join an angled wall to a straight portion of the wall. It's not a simple inside or outside corner. Those instructions just don't cut it. (No pun intended.) Anyway, I spent several hours "playing" with my crown molding. I purposely bought a piece smaller than I will need because I figured I'd be messing it up trying to figure out the whole thing. Nice to know I can accomplish something!
The magazine's tutorial was very helpful, though, in getting started. It showed how to make a temporary fence for my power miter saw, which is not a compound miter saw. After only two tries, I succeeded. I would've made it on the first try were it not for the weak glue gun I was using.
Despite my crown debacle, I have installed all of the flat trim, however. I want to finish the crown, though, before I install the side pieces of quarter round molding and cove molding. (I just thought I'd throw that in there for my sis, who would be the first to admit she doesn't know what the heck I'm talking about.)
Speaking of This Old House, my TOH e-newsletter had an interesting article about building a temporary partition for an attic room.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/adding/article/0,16417,199843,00.html
I'm wondering if this technique might work for me in building a closet for my daughter's room. The contractor who came out and examined the room months ago has never given us an estimate. He was also supposed to give us an estimate on expanding our bathroom.
What's with these contractors? Are they so much in demand that they will only consider a project that's over $100,000? This is the third or fourth time we've had someone come out, only to ignore our follow-up calls. They're very nice while they're here and promise to give you a written estimate. We give them a respectful amount of time before following up. And then, zilch.
I should'a gone into the contracting business.
Actually, my handy-dandy This Old House magazine had a great tutorial on crown molding installation recently, and I saved it just for this purpose. Unfortunately, my situation is unique (aren't they all?) and nowhere in the tutorial does it explain how to make a cut to join an angled wall to a straight portion of the wall. It's not a simple inside or outside corner. Those instructions just don't cut it. (No pun intended.) Anyway, I spent several hours "playing" with my crown molding. I purposely bought a piece smaller than I will need because I figured I'd be messing it up trying to figure out the whole thing. Nice to know I can accomplish something!
The magazine's tutorial was very helpful, though, in getting started. It showed how to make a temporary fence for my power miter saw, which is not a compound miter saw. After only two tries, I succeeded. I would've made it on the first try were it not for the weak glue gun I was using.
Despite my crown debacle, I have installed all of the flat trim, however. I want to finish the crown, though, before I install the side pieces of quarter round molding and cove molding. (I just thought I'd throw that in there for my sis, who would be the first to admit she doesn't know what the heck I'm talking about.)
Speaking of This Old House, my TOH e-newsletter had an interesting article about building a temporary partition for an attic room.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/adding/article/0,16417,199843,00.html
I'm wondering if this technique might work for me in building a closet for my daughter's room. The contractor who came out and examined the room months ago has never given us an estimate. He was also supposed to give us an estimate on expanding our bathroom.
What's with these contractors? Are they so much in demand that they will only consider a project that's over $100,000? This is the third or fourth time we've had someone come out, only to ignore our follow-up calls. They're very nice while they're here and promise to give you a written estimate. We give them a respectful amount of time before following up. And then, zilch.
I should'a gone into the contracting business.
posted by Tif at 5:11 PM
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You're right - I don't know what the heck you're talking about!
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