Crown Molding Rope Lighting Installation

Design fabricate and install low cost led indirect lighting behind crown molding.

Crown molding rope lighting installation.

An led driver ac transformer for led rope light connector cord from lights to driver rectified power cord for rope light. 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. This time we installed crown molding and dropped in led ropes to create accent lighting for our living dining and kitchen. I took the easy road and bought rope lighting at a factory determined length with a wall plug.

Outlet we recommend a 20 amp afci outlet junction box for outlet and or dimmer switch installation. More work on our home. An appropriately rated receptacle i e. Down from the ceiling.

Add accent lighting to your home with our diy crown moulding lighting ideas. 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. An appropriate length of led rope light or strip light tape light equivalent to the length of your molding. Our cove is built from crown molding and set 2 in.

I think i spent 40 00 on the lights. Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place. To provide sufficient space behind and conceal the lights a 1x2 board is added to the back and the crown is hung upside down. The crown is installed in reverse so the thicker ceiling edge can hold the weight of the floating molding.

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Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn. Once i decided to install crown molding with rope lighting i measured the room and went to the store to buy rope lighting.