I sub’d some crown out to a trim guy the other day. I noticed he was using a technique i hadn’t seen before to nail it up.
He was shooting two nails in each spot (with in a few mm’s of each other) in a crossing patern (one nail shot in a 45 deg on way, the other shot 45 deg the other.
He said if you do it like this, the nails hold into the drywall like togles and you dont have to hit the studs.
Anybody else do it that way…. Should I be afraid?
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Unless it's a heavy crown, eg. more than 3 1/4, I wouldn't be afraid. If he does that every once in a while because the stud is in an awkward spot, well, we all do that.
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I install blocking behind the crown (ripped on the corresponding spring angle), anchored to stud/plate/joist. Angled nailing is fine once in a while but I wouldn't count on it to hold tite with little or no movement later. More work/more money.
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I do cross nailing like that on 31/2" or less on the cieling nailing only, where the cieling has no joists running perpendicular to your crown. Where the joists do run perpendicular, I nail into them. All wall nailing I do through to the stud. I like to use a spot or two of construction adhesive on that lip of the crown where it touches the cieling. If the crown is any bigger or heavier I run a nailing strip of plywood or blocks.
he is right it does hold very well. i have used this method for years. a friend of a friend built a 8000sf+ mansion his trim carpenter was a well seasoned trim carpenter (his son/helper was in 50s). he used ripped backing on all his crown. 1 year later there were alot of gaps. i think this happens because when i see people using backer they tend to nail only straight into it. nails that are all straight pull out too easy. using the cross nail on thousands and thousands of feet, twice i have gone back to recaulk a few tiny gaps. fact is the house settles, most of the time nothing happens but some times no matter what you do gaps can appear. the easiest way to find out if if its strong is try to rip a piece off.
Tmaxxx
Urban Workshop Ltd
Vancouver B.C.
cheers. Ill buy.
I've done it that way on a lot of crown and I havent seen any problems yet.
Doug