Installing Curved Crown Molding

 

Installing crown molding on curved walls.

We had a project with quite a few curved walls and crown molding need to be install all through the house.

First, the radius and the length of each of these curved walls has to be measured and calculated, so specific length of latex flexible crown molding matching the profile of the straight 6 ¼ crown to be install could be order.

The maximum length you can get in custom made flexible molding is 9 feet ( that's the size of the molds they have ), so for longer walls, and we have a few, two pieces has to be order and we have to deal with a joint, which it was not a problem because even if we could get it all in one piece, practically any piece longer than 9 feet it would be too heavy to properly hold.

Latex flexible crown is much heavy than crown made of any other material including solids wood.

When the radius is ordered right you will get a piece of crown that will adjust and run around the curved wall very tight and nice, as it was made for that unique wall. It glues and sands with no much problem and holds nails very well as long as you nail far enough from the edges.

Due to its weight and flexibility it needs solids proper support pieces previously install for backing.

The fact that we have to deal with the curved walls and the height we had to reach to install the crown in places like the stairs ( a platform was built ) it made a very interesting project out of this one.