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| I thought I had posted on a similar subject about a week ago, but I didn't receive any responses, and I can't find it. So, I hope this is not a duplicate.
I am planning to install a simple crown molding in a bedroom with 8' ceilings. The house is about 25 years old and has current wood framing, I believe. I believe the (second floor in a two story home in this case) wall has a double 2" by 4" wood plate on top of the wall studs. Taking the real dimensions into account that would mean the top of the wall frame has a 3" wide wood backing where the ceiling joist rest. Given a half inch drywall ceiling that would mean the finished wall would have about 2 1/2" of wood below the finished ceiling. Thus, one could drive a nail into the wall anywhere from the ceiling to about 2" below the ceiling and be sure of hitting structural wood with the nail. Is this correct? I may not have clicked on the post I think I made and that's why I didn't get any email notice of answers/inputs. Thanks, |
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| Use a drill with a small bit and drill in the area and direction the nails will go---that will tell you for sure. |
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| "Use a drill with a small bit and drill in the area and direction the nails will go---that will tell you for sure." This. Go exploring with a 1/16 or 1/8 drill bit. Any holes that might show are easily filled with Spackle. |
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- Posted by sombreuil_mongrel (My Page) on Sun, Apr 17, 11 at 12:32
| Your surmise is correct. Exploratory with a finish nail; will be covered by crown anyway. Along the wall that is parallel with the joists, you may have a continuous nailing strip (a 2x4 or a full joist) the whole way, or you may have ladder blocks every 16" or 24". These would give you another nailing opportunity at the ceiling edge of the crown. Casey |
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| "Exploratory with a finish nail..." Just do not hit the wall. A small drill bit in a drill has a lot more control. |
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