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   woodguy99 | Apr 19, 2005 02:15pm | #1

   How far down from the ceiling is the top of the cabinets, and how big is the two-piece crown?  Is the first piece of crown flat? 

   Keep the cabinets as low as possible, talk them into the smallest crown possible, and roll the top piece of crown a little bit along its length.  That way most of the height difference is taken up between the bottom of your first piece of crown, which reads as part of the cabinet, and the top piece of crown, which reads as the room trim. 

   It's still gonna look like cr*p whatever you do.  Suggest they return the 36" and get 30"; if they don't like the space above, build a soffit.

    

   Mike

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   zendo | Apr 20, 2005 03:42am | #5

   Hey Mike,

   Ive got some cabs at my place in Eustis that must be 3 inches out you wanna go fix um for me?  Oh and thats 3 inches over about 12ft.

   Hows business?

   -zen

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   woodguy99 | Apr 20, 2005 04:02am | #6

   Oh sure, you offer work in Eustis now that ski season is over!

   Business is good.  Been subbing to Fine Lines.  Doing a stairway I'll post when it's done, and some other interesting stuff.  You?

    

   Mike

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   zendo | Apr 20, 2005 04:21am | #9

   Thats great, is it just a common stair or are there some tricks?

   Im slammed at the moment.  Thats a switch... months of barely anything, now everyone is wanting me tomorrow.  The kicker is a lot of it is interior work!  I could have done it in January.

   -zen

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   woodguy99 | Apr 20, 2005 01:43pm | #10

   The stairs aren't too fancy, but have 3 runs plus a step in the landing, so they turn 270 degrees.  The posts have recessed panels that follow the rise of the stair.  Quartersawn white oak treads.  The framers did an awesome job of setting it up so everything just kind of snaps into place.  I'll post pics in a week or so, once the handrail is in.

   Glad to hear you're busy.

    

   Mike

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   calvin | Apr 19, 2005 02:28pm | #2

   Dips in the ceiling cause more problems than a gradual fall.  Is one pc of the material meant to lay flat to the face of the cab?  Run that level with the cab, run the crown with the ceiling.  It helps if the base bd is tall, less chance to quickly pick up the deviation from the ground.  Sometimes, reverse perspective.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   DougU | Apr 20, 2005 03:15am | #3

   jk3

   I installed these cabinets and the ceiling was out 1& 1/4" from one end to the other.

   I had no choice as to where they were going to go so they had to have the ceiling floated to fix the problem.

   The floater did a damn good job.

   Doug

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   zendo | Apr 20, 2005 03:39am | #4

   Doug,

   those cabinets are cool.

   Did you mean it was mudded and feathered in to the rest of the room?

   -zen

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   DougU | Apr 20, 2005 04:13am | #7

   Yes, mudded in, feathered in if you will.

    

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   zendo | Apr 20, 2005 04:18am | #8

   Thanks,

   Your term was more proper, I just wanted to make sure I understood you.

   -zen