Cutting Crown Molding For Vaulted Ceilings

Cut two sample pieces with 15 degree miter cuts to test drive the joint.

Cutting crown molding for vaulted ceilings. Measure the distance from corner to corner on the first wall. This simple cut is how to cut crown moulding to be used in between crown. With the miter saw set to 0 degrees make a straight cut to create the butt joint where the end of the moulding will be.

Our first miter cut is going to be on the crown molding that will come along the tallest part of the ceiling and then run into the molding that goes down the slope of the vaulted ceiling. A quick and dirty crown molding tip use a pencil to mark the drop on the wall the amount of space the crown extends down from the ceiling. Continue reading below our video of the day step 1 find the initial angle.

Transfer the measurement to moulding. With a compound miter saw and a nice angle finder you can create transition pieces for the corners out of two smaller pieces. Place the bottoms of the samples on the pencil.

Luckily they can be calculated rather easily with only a few steps. Crown molding miter cuts. Making the cuts in the molding for a vaulted ceiling requires setting the miter saw to angles other than 45 degrees and these angles are somewhat different for differently sized ceilings.

In order to cut crown molding correctly for a slanted ceiling it will need to be cut differently than it would be for a flat or vaulted ceiling. When the joint is.