Carpentry and Woodworking - Miter Problem
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Donna J
06-19-08, 08:15 PM
I'm trying to cover up a mistake that I made when I replaced an exhaust fan in my bathroom. I damaged a piece of the drywall in the ceiling and now I'm trying to frame the exhaust fan with small trim pieces that I have mitered to fit perfectly. Well, guess what? They don't fit perfectly and I've nailed them into the ceiling and tried to cover up the gaps with caulking. What a mess.
HELP!!!!!!!!!! How can you gurantee a perfect fit with trim when mitering?
I used a 45 degree angle cut.
Dennis
HELP!!!!!!!!!! How can you gurantee a perfect fit with trim when mitering?
I used a 45 degree angle cut.
Dennis
Just Bill
06-20-08, 05:37 AM
Drywall compound and a piece of screen or a piece of drywall are the best solutions, but the cover that fits over the fan often covers minor oopps.
Donna J
06-20-08, 07:26 AM
It's too bad that this isn't a minor oops, but a major one. There are times when I wonder if we just need to hire everything out instead of trying to do things ourselves. We end up making a bigger mess than we started with!
We are not drywall savvy, and especially not on the ceiling. We have our house for sale, and we have someone coming to see it this weekend. We need a quick fix, so the moulding seemed like the best idea to us. This is a purely cosmetic problem.
What would keep the moulding from fitting together properly? Why doesn't it meet perfectly? There are huge gaps in it. I think I will take it down and start over, but is there a wrong way to miter?
Thanks.
We are not drywall savvy, and especially not on the ceiling. We have our house for sale, and we have someone coming to see it this weekend. We need a quick fix, so the moulding seemed like the best idea to us. This is a purely cosmetic problem.
What would keep the moulding from fitting together properly? Why doesn't it meet perfectly? There are huge gaps in it. I think I will take it down and start over, but is there a wrong way to miter?
Thanks.
chris8796
06-20-08, 08:01 AM
I agree, fixing the drywall is the best way to go. But, If your in a hurry, I would assemble the moulding on a flat surface. You can use a hot glue gun w/ wood glue to hold the frame together. If you can make a nice looking frame this way, nail the whole piece to the ceiling (hopefully you have something to nail too). If you can't make a nice frame like this it's probably beyond your skills. It is much easier to make a frame off the wall (and install as one piece), rather than assembling in place for a novice.
Real25
07-02-08, 01:37 AM
I agree, fixing the drywall is the best way to go. But, If your in a hurry, I would assemble the moulding on a flat surface. You can use a hot glue gun w/ wood glue to hold the frame together. If you can make a nice looking frame this way, nail the whole piece to the ceiling (hopefully you have something to nail too).