Installing Led Lights In Crown Molding

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.

Installing led lights in crown molding.

Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place. Our cove is built from crown molding and set 2 in. 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.

Plan to hang the molding a minimum of 5 inches from the ceiling to allow room for installing the lights. 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. 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. We installed the crown on top of a baseboard to create a wider space for the light and tacked a small cove molding onto the bottom of the base to finish it figure a we fastened a led light strip to the wall so the lights would rake across the ceiling and in order to maximize the light we.

Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn. Installed by professional finish carpenter michael stiller. Install indirect led with easy to install foam crown molding.