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Installing Crown Mouldings in Condominiums

Installing mouldings in high rise condominiums is very different from the procedures typically used in a wood framed house.  High rises require additional considerations like:
  • The additional time it takes to cut 12 or 14ft long trims in order to fit into elevators and then reassembling them on the job site.
  • In a wood frame house, we can pin or nail the mouldings in place. In condos, where you have a concrete ceiling, wooden blocks need to be glued in place, allow setting time, and then nail the trim into the wooden blocks. 
  • Parking can be a problem
  • Arrangements need to be made with property management for use of the elevator, and an area to cut in before hand.
  • See as how individual unit owners can not control their our humidity, in many cases, this results in additional warranty calls.

The illustration on the left shows how we place returns on either sides of sprinkler heads.  We treat smoke alarms the same way.

Although these extra procedures add to cost, Elite Moulding's cornices are still faster, and simpler to install and cost less than plaster mouldings.