Should a chair rail be:
1) proud of the door casing, i.e. protrude further from the wall than the door casing
2) flush with the door casing
3) below the depth of the door casing
I guess in the end it’s a matter of personal taste. I was just wondering if there was a rule of thumb that most people follow. I just installed a chair rail and it is almost flush (slightly thinner than the casing) and I’m not sure if it looks right or not.
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As a rule horizontal trim pieces do not exceed the depth of the vertical trim. Unless you plan on terminating the vertical trim on the horizontal (i.e. window casing on a window sill). After this rule it's all about taste....good luck
p.s. in your specific case thicker casing(or a back band) might do the trick.
john7
To me it should all meld together but if in fact you can come up with a design that "far" exceeds the depth of the trim you can simply put returns on the chair rail to make it look as though it was most definatly the plan rather than "trying" to tie in.
Some people want to combine a chair rail with the look of a shelf/chair rail.
right.its up to you but consider one thing.....don't try and make it look like you figured out a a way to blend them together in order to create an esthetically pleasing job.
Put it together ...IMO...as separate thoughts done in a craftsmans way and mind.
I donno.I don't think I said that right.
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right.its up to you but consider one thing.....don't try and make it look like you figured out a a way to blend them together in order to create an esthetically pleasing job.
Put it together ...IMO...as separate thoughts done in a craftsmans way and mind.
I donno.I don't think I said that right.
Sounds ambiguous but it's all clear to me.
chair rail is usually thicker than door casing, therefor i put a return into the wall at 45 degrees ie both mitre angles are 22 1/2
looks sharp and easy to do
caulking is not a piece of trim
The rule of thumb is never beat your wife with a stick thicker then your thumb.
What's that got to do with chair rail?
That sounds interesting. Got a pic? & how do you measure it? Don't worry, we can fix that later!
There is no hard and fast rules, it depends on the style of trim too. As long as you handle the juncture with the approach that Andy outlined, you'll be fine.
For the best, I like to make it proud of the casing and return onto it.
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