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Tips on Applying Chair Rail, Crown Moulding and Other Interior Trim

Ryley and the finish carpenter install interior trim: baseboard, chair rail, picture rail and built-up crown molding and they give us some tips and tricks.
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Tips on Applying Chair Rail, Crown Moulding and Other Interior Trim

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" Benefited got a window is gonna look terrific thank you can I give you incorrect about it structure put wherever -- base -- against wall okay. Which is a pretty wide piece of paper -- and -- that the that they -- apartment want peace. It's not. The -- that's correct. I usually start nailing about three. Three feet in from wall to let this corner float so that when we cope we can adjust quarters honesty without taking a pry bar itself. Thanks and I usually start at the bottom. Bass line on this. This can next piece we've got here that the chair rail and this is the -- pop on the become so popular up. -- find it everywhere now in the interior trim work. In hand we predetermined that applied at 36 would look best at this. Profile. This molding is a duplicate of an old fashioned picture molding that detail up here with a hanger would be set it up there. And -- to hang around out of the picture. We're ready to put this time. And that's going to correct and it's fun here. Equipment -- Replaced o'clock and six inches below the top of the head jamb casing I regret them. -- yeah. What do you the level on this that's. Especially in renovations that you measure from the top of the head casing guess that there's any discrepancies. It won't show out out of level. Right colonial houses human don't -- and that's correct OK so looks like we're ready for the crown now I guess we are okay. We've got a three piece crown system going up here now Daryn this is the template that I made to get our dimensions and all we can do to see how -- How it all fits to the wall okay. We're gonna put up a square end cut right now OK -- The room. Again like the baseboard -- like the ends float about three feet so when I cope my ends I can. I can adjust accordingly. And it's the second piece of crown which is just. Tuitions type situations are pretty solid piece but then what that's gonna go to really build it up off the wall. And it's a governor on the comment regarding native code. We'll also back cut this section here so that we shouldn't the packet hits the material. Is out on front. How does that look that you. A little bit to meet me -- At the bottom. If you're out of case to make me I just about China and that's correct. -- I'm ready to nail if you are OK still part. Again I always keep it about three feet away from the wall. To. Soon to adjust the cope joints. And I don't nail my top until we can't cope joints are done. Also this'll actually lock in place right now not fall --"

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