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Uneven Ceilings and Cabinet Crown
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From contributor M: You don’t say how old is this older home, but I’ll assume plaster and lathe ceilings. My suggestion is a longer way around this barn, provided you are good with a trowel or have a plaster guy who'll work with you. Cut out the low-hanging portion of the ceiling, wire-lathe it, and rebuild the plaster to surrounding levels. The old plaster may have taken 7/8", the new repair won't necessarily require as much depth. If need be, you can locally pare down the ceiling joists a bit to get your finished surface where you need it. If it's wildy out of whack, then do this coupled with the scribe and slant methods already suggested. It's just the way it is in old houses. I recently did a job where I had to cheat 1.5" in less than 4' but unless you knew where to look, you'd never see it. This will work even if you're starting with a drywall lid. From contributor U: I've been through this many times. I always check the ceiling out good and see how much the ceiling height changes around the room. I always guarantee the customer that there will be areas that the crown won't touch the ceiling and usually that will cause them to drop the cabinets down. If it doesn't I put it in writing, that way nothing can come back on me. All the ways to fix this problem have been mentioned and to be honest none of them really look good in my opinion, at least to a trained eye. We have to face it, we just can't work miracles. From contributor F: Two solutions to this problem that I have used in the past are: 1. Glue a 1" riser to the top of the crown, then use this to scribe. It works, but doesn’t really look good. 2. Keep the crown about 1" down from the ceiling all the way around and add a 1/4" strip that is about 3-4" wide to the ceiling just behind the front edge of the crown. This little 1/4" strip should be sprayed black. What this does is create the optical illusion of a shadow line and actually works quite well. You have to try it to believe me. Your best option is to just bring the crown down about 3-4" from the ceiling - then it doesn’t look like a band-aid.
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