Install indirect led with easy to install foam crown molding.
Installing led lights in crown molding.
Down from the ceiling.
This is part of my how to install crown molding series it s been a long time since a professional finish carpenter submitted his work to the joy of moldings.
And what you are looking at here is the work of.
Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place.
So if you install a linear led product such as tape light hybrid light rope light or light bars that emits 80 lumens per foot and the overall linear run length of the crown molding around your room is 50 feet that means the cove lighting will be giving off 4 000 lumens in total.
Our cove lighting design.
In addition to crown molding a piece of stop bead and a small squared strip are used to add dimension to the finished profile and give the whole thing a more elegant feel.
Hold the coped piece against the piece butted against the wall and run a pencil along the back side of the coped molding to mark a cutline.
Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn.
Led lighting behind flying crown molding.
Installed by professional finish carpenter michael stiller.