Is it always proper to cope joints at inside corners? I’m installing 3/4 by 3/4 cherry cove molding (shoe) in a small bathroom with tight access. It would be quicker and easier to miter, but I want it to look professional.
Thanks
Is it always proper to cope joints at inside corners? I’m installing 3/4 by 3/4 cherry cove molding (shoe) in a small bathroom with tight access. It would be quicker and easier to miter, but I want it to look professional.
Thanks
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Bengal: Its not only proper...but preferred! You cant beat a coped joint for staying together. I even coped corners that only changed 45 degrees.
Stan
It definitely makes for a better joint.
One of the advantages of coping instead of mitering is that when th e joint is mitered and the wood moves ( which is very likely in a damp environment like a bathroom) , a mitered joint can open up even if it was perfect at beginning, while the coped joint will still stay tight or hide the gap if there is one.
Now illuminate me - where in a bathroom would one use a cover mold that needs to be jointed either way? I'm thinking baseboard or crown, but cove I used is only in the vertical corners.
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Yeah, I thought that too.
He says he's using cherry cove moulding, but then he says "shoe". I wonder if he's planning on using cove as a shoe?
Wouldn't be my first choice for that.
I missed seeing the word 'shoe'.might be he is buying at the big box store and has limited choices for parts.Ouch
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Do they have cherry at some of the big boxes? Around here they don't carry it. Just oak, poplar, and maple. Maybe Philipine mahogany.
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Do I look like I shop at a big box?;)
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But-
I thought you were the all wise, all knowing guru of BT. <G>
Just goes to show, you can't believe everything you read here.
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Many of the historic district homes around here use what looks like cove for the shoe. I call it scotia mould, but the lumber yds don't know what I'm referring to. Maybe he/she is confused.or maybe I am. :)to the OP, coping usually ends up being faster then trying to fight miters anyway
Barry E-Remodeler
Left to my own designs, and not being asked otherwise, I miter all shoe and would the scotia as well. With a Lion type miter trimmer, I can scoot along and never have to stand up to saw anything..shoot it on as I scoot.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I wasn't sure of the proper term. It's at the baseboard. Pic below of the bathroom.
To be honest, for something that small and in that location, nobody is going to notice how you make the joint.
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Cope.
I actually find it quicker to cope, than get those 2 miter joints to fit properly.
When you cope, you only need to cut one miter. The other one's square, but really doesn't have to be perfect. The coped joint will take care of that.