Once i decided to install crown molding with rope lighting i measured the room and went to the store to buy rope lighting.
Crown molding rope lighting installation.
Our cove lighting design.
An appropriately rated receptacle i e.
Standard 52 crown molding is used in this project.
I took the easy road and bought rope lighting at a factory determined length with a wall plug.
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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.
Down from the ceiling.
The crown is installed in reverse so the thicker ceiling edge can hold the weight of the floating molding.
Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place.
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.
More work on our home.
Our cove is built from crown molding and set 2 in.
An led driver ac transformer for led rope light connector cord from lights to driver rectified power cord for rope light.
Follow along to learn how to install lighted crown moulding to your rooms.
Outlet we recommend a 20 amp afci outlet junction box for outlet and or dimmer switch installation.
I think i spent 40 00 on the lights.
Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn.
Orac decor c380 high density polyurethane crown moulding primed white 2 1 2in face x 78in long for indirect lighting and hiding wires cornice molding 4 4 out of 5 stars 14 29 99 29.
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How to build the molding.
An appropriate length of led rope light or strip light tape light equivalent to the length of your molding.
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