How To Install Crown Molding On Kitchen Cabinets With Soffits

Then simply use a wide enough crown molding to hide the row of fasteners.

How to install crown molding on kitchen cabinets with soffits.

This video teaches you how to install crown molding on cabinets with clever tricks and tips it would take you years to learn on your own. The bottom edge of the fascia can hang down as low as you wish. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs crown molding on kitchen cabinets with full overlay doors subscribe to this old house. How to install crown molding on kitchen cabinets.

Provide a nailing surface for crown moulding by attaching solid wood mounting strips to the top edges of the cabinets. Set the miter saw to a 45 degree angle cut. Use a straight edge to mark where the bottom of the crown moulding will sit on the cabinet face frame. Use a pin nailer to nail into the corners of the two pieces of crown molding image 2.

Use one long strip for a row of cabinets the same depth then apply wood glue to each strip nail it in place and let dry. Cut strips of straight 3 4 in x 1 1 2 in wood to fit the front and sides of each cabinet. Using a nail gun nail the crown to the baseboard. Crown molding that sits atop kitchen cabinets gives them a solid finished look.

Watch this video and even your first crown molding installation will look neat and professional. You can just run the cabinet up to within an inch or so of the ceiling and attach the fascia board with nails or screws into the edge of the top of the cabinets. Cut at one mark then move the molding along to the next mark. Dry fit the crown molding by holding the front piece and a side piece against the front and side of the baseboard image 1.

Place the crown molding so that it is rests upside down and at a 45 degree angle against the saw fence.