Question about crown moulding

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When putting up crown moulding and you come to a doorway that has no wall for you to right angle on, how do you terminate a length? Do you cut it even with the doorway or angle it back 45 degrees or what? Thanks in advance!

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[NickDanger]

Crown molding, as I unnerstand it, decorates the ceiling where it meets the wall. Are we on different wavelengths or do you have doorway trim that extends to the ceiling?

If we are talking about floor to wall trim, it depends on the trim. The baseboard usually terminates in a 90 to set up flush with the door trim. If there is a quarter round that accompanies the baseboard, then it usually terminates with a 45 to the trim of the door.

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[Mrs. Reboot]

What CAD is talking about is when you have, for example, crown molding in your kitchen and you extend it to the edge of the kitchen and the living room ceiling is not the same height. So there is a corner where the crown molding would abruptly end. How would you do the cut to end it at a corner where two rooms meet but the ceilings don't?

 

[NickDanger]

I scratched my head for a while until I realized that the living room is higher. At least I think it is.

2 things come to mind. A square rosette at the point where the ceiling heights change or take the crown and mitre it so that it turns UP. Do a 45 and turn it towards the ceiling instead of parallel. Not like you are going to go up to the living room ceiling, but go up to the kitchen ceiling. The mitred piece may only be 2 or 3 inches long. I may not be describing that well. It's going to be a compound mitre, though.

 

[EEE]

i think you are looking for what's called "return crown to itself".

here is a really good crown site: link

 

[LazyEngineer]

Another good crown site.

 

[NickDanger]

How many words is a good picture worth?

 

[suttree]

You could also make a little furdown for the transition so you can crown mold the entire room.

 

[NickDanger]

Yeah. That's got my vote. A faux beam.