Installing Crown Molding On Cabinets With Uneven Ceiling

One practical and creative solution combining molding profiles to create a custom built up crown will minimize most gaps when installing crown molding on an uneven ceiling.

Installing crown molding on cabinets with uneven ceiling.

We want the crown to the ceiling. Position the molding against the upper face of the cabinet and ease it upward until the upper edge contacts the ceiling. Crown molding can be intimidating because walls often aren t flat and nailing is difficult. Cut crown molding pieces to fit in the uneven areas as before.

Step 6 drive nails through the wall section of the molding as before. The most clean and simple way to resolve the noticeability of a wavy ceiling is to purchase flat stock crown moulding like you have but a little bigger and have your installer scribe it to fit. Hi we just installed kitchen cabinets and the ceiling is uneven. This three piece system solves those problems.

Here we ll show you how to install trim on the walls and ceiling first then add the crown molding. The three combined look elegant and go up more easily than a single large piece. Because of the unevenness there will be small gaps along the ceiling section. When you install the moulding align it with the layout lines.

If the ceiling above the cabinets is not flat and level crown moulding will touch the ceiling at one point and have significant gaps at others. Line up the wall section of the molding with previous pieces. Advice on uneven ceiling in kitchen and uneven crown molding. Scribing is essentially following the ceiling as precisely as possible.

Properly installed cabinets are flat and level. By video journalist luis diaz website. The gap is about 1 inch. Uneven ceilings can create issues in kitchens when it comes to crown or other mouldings that finish out the tops of cabinets.

We dealt with it by putting a flat piece of trim from the top of the cabinet up to the ceiling and then installing the crown on top of that.