I am not a pro, but I can put crown molding up. I want to put crown up in a room with no outside corners. A few years back I read an article about how to do this without double coping the last piece of crown and everything went fine. Now I can’t remember how I did it and I want to do it again.
Thanks for any help.
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I think you start with a short (12") scrap tacked in place, then cope the first full piece to that. When you get back to the starting point, pull out the scrap and slide the butt end of the last piece into place.
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You start off with a cope and then slip the final straight cut end piece inside it.
Use a test piece about a foot long and nail your starter piece up to it to get the angle on. Shoot your first nail about 2' back from the adjoining wall as to leave a little play in the spring angle, (like I do with all the crown I install). When you get to your final piece, slip it inside and adjust accordingly.
Rooty toot toot, away you shoot and.....
Voila!
Start your first piece with a cope on one and and butt to the far corner. Use a short piece of crown to set that first cope joint. Proceed to install crown around the room, with the last piece slipping in behind the first cope.
In other words, each piece will be coped on one end and square at the other.