I have a small business doing renovations. This guy is one of my to-go-to people for when I have some doubts. I like how in none of his videos he edits out his mistakes. You see his errors and if you don't think that in itself is knowledge, then you go ahead and screw up and learn the hard way yourself. Crown molding is tricky, so give the guy credit because the final result looks how it should.

Too many DIY videos depict perfect joints. I like real world examples that show how to cope with less than perfect environments! GREAT JOB!!!!!

I have been doing drywall for 135 years now and this guy definitely knows what he’s talking about

I' ve been doing crown molding for about 35 years now, and the best way to cope is to pull down with the saw and keep it at about a 5 to 10 degrees going inwards. Also to fix the outside miter issues, and inside miters ,refrain from nailing the molding about two feet from the cuts. At this point you can move both sides up or down to create the perfect miter everytime.

Searched how to install crown molding. Looked at the times on the other videos. Less than 5 mins. Said fudge that. Watched this detailed video instead. This is the man to go to for home improvement. Awesome video man. Never leaves anything out. 👋 well done sir.

I'm a bored stay at home mom who decided to renovate the Master by herself is becoming a dyi KZfaq vocational graduate. It's videos like this that have made it possible for me to actually learn real life skills that have made this project possible.

I love the fact that everything you do is real world and not a bunch of theatrics. Thank you.

Great real world problem-solving. Thanks for having the courage to show the walkthrough when things aren't perfect like a DIY cable show pretend they are supposed to be. For those of us with older houses and are looking for improvements, this is a great how-to video. Have a good one!

I love reading all the posts even the haters comments. Making a video, cutting,hanging pieces and trying to teach at the same time has to be the most difficult part of the video. Good Job doing your part to aid others.

Just opened a small business, and this is by far the best video I’ve seen. I work in a old apartment complex. People trash the place, recently just flooded the place. I installed a drop ceiling and the walls were in even. I’m glad you show things up close good and bad. I’ll probably watch this video a couple times. Thanks man

I appreciate your integrity in showing alot of the issues that come up in real life when doing the actual work. Thanks

I like that you run into the same problems that us average carpenters do and problem solve them. I for one am not interested in a perfect job but a job that has had some problems and you have solved it with perfection. Awesome job love your videos keep up the good work. Thanks for keeping it real

Shannon.. I honestly CANNOT thank you enough my friend. You have seriously taught me so much and have helped me advance in my career and make more money in my life. So much love and respect to you buddy. Keep on keeping on and don't let the haters get you down. You are awesome, good sir.

Man I like how you keep things clear and simple I've watch other videos and man they just like to complicate things. Thanks for posting God Bless you.

Found your site today. Thankyou so much for this video it is super helpful. I'm not a builder just a dyi-er and the moldings had me stumped. Also your easy going style induces me to give it a go. Many thanks from me down here in New Zealand.

Joe took the woods out of my mouth! I like the fact that you show real life application and do not edit. Great job!

I Really appreciate the extra time you take to explain and demonstrate. For those of us who have not yet attempted the jobs you demonstrate it gives one more confidence to experiment and atleast try a project. Lack of appropriate tools is the biggest issue for me. Thank you so much for all the great tips along the way too!

I love how you are so humble. great job Shannon!

Awesome instruction. No nonsense video with no aggravating music playing in the background. Straight to the point. Thank you. 🤗✝️

A good technique I've used for helping to get coped corners really smooth is to wrap a scrap piece of moulding in sandpaper & use the profile as a sanding block on your coped edge. Gets it SUPER tight 😉

Always do the longest pieces first. That way if you make a mistake! You can still re use the pieces

New home owner here. I'm really excited to do a lot of the design implementations around my house. I just want to thank you for such a helpful detailed video. I will definitely re-watch this video for my crown molding job. Keep up the fabulous work. All the best to you!!

Excellent presentation. Very low key. The star of the show is the finished crown molding. I congratulate you on your delivery and competence. Perfect for the average/beginner person. Thank you.

As a female DYIer, thank you so much for this. I'm like other posters and when looking for a video to fit my needs after 5 minutes in of watching others, I'm lost. This is so basic and exactly what I was looking for. Being left-handed, I also needed really good visuals from basic start to finish. Much appreciated!

Thanks for ALL the info that you provide in this video and all your other videos. My DIY projects are extremely limited and I was intimidated to try to install crown molding by myself, but this video definitely lessened my hesitation. YOU ROCK!!!

You are one of the pros n I must say u have molding silicone the cuts are perfect great work 💯

I'm very thankful that gap presented. It will help me remain calm when I inevitably create the same gap. It was also very rewarding to see just how well it will turn out after appropriate filling. Think of it this way, had you slapped up perfect joints - we never would have learned that!

Great video. I love that you cover all the details and show what we normally deal with in an older home.

For the people that are commenting negatively, he is not doing this video for you ! He is doing it for people like myself whom don't know how to do it properly, and he explains as such that we all get it. He shows us how to do it "beginner style" and then fix up some minor defects because he knows that only an experience chippy can do it perfectly ! If he showed us how to do it perfectly, how would WE be able to copy that ? KZfaq brings out the worst in humanity unfortunately.

Just bought a house with the wife and I know she wants crown molding. Much appreciated! Also saw other videos for projects that will be going on in the future. Thank you Shannon!

I've watched your videos on more than one subject and I think you are the best. You are a very good instructor and cover the subject matter in a manner to let a person understand why you do something, not just do it and let them try to understand why. As always, great video.

Thank you so much for the "real world" tips and how to fix almost perfect cuts. So much more helpful than edited "perfect" videos. Thank you!!

That was very helpful! I just did my first room, taking my time and it came out excellent with very minor gaps which I caulked. Thank you for all your instruction.

Thank you for your time. You take to make sure the people looking at your videos can understand. you’re the best

Thanks for this time given to us, Will have this jig soon, What a nightmare this is without these videos

Excellent video. I like that you've shown the various cuts and angles and had good camera shots to show the specific details. What I like most is that you showed some of the issues I've experienced with walls out of square and small gaps. This video will help me with the crown molding project I'm starting this week. Thanks for the nice job. Very helpful.

Good tip to write the measurement on the wall which will always be covered! As many times as I've done floor moulding, it never occurred to me to do that:) I think it would be a good video to show people how to do both inside and outside corners that are really off from 90 degrees and show the necessary math up close so it's clear.

Shannon is the only guy I trust for my home improvements on youtube

Best instructional moulding video I've ever watched...details, less than perfect conditions, imperfections....you covered it all...Thank you

Thank you so very much for your video. We are moderate DIY'ers. We try to do as much stuff as we can to save money. Only certain things we know we can't do or can't do well, we will hire a pro to do as it is past our knowledge and experience. A lot of people can do more than they think they can. My late father was pretty big into woodworking and as a kid, I kinda followed his passion. Usually girls don't care for car stuff and getting dirty and cutting wood and making things. I still do the girly things, but I enjoyed every day I could follow my dad around the house when he was fixing things. My biggest thank you is for showing and explaining to us how to cope the corner. Funny thing is I have that exact coping saw, but never knew this use for it. My dad had this saw and used it for other cuts similar. My husband and I are going to put up crown molding in our master bedroom and living room and both rooms have vaulted ceilings. Usually that is not done because it is too complicated for many that they won't install it. I've seen a few vaulted ceilings with crown and it is gorgeous. Crown molding makes the nicest statement when you walk into a room that has it. It also makes a nice transition from ceiling to wall or wall to ceiling. I found a guy on KZfaq that explains how to cut and install crown on a vaulted ceiling, but he doesn't exactly show us how to cope the corner and I was left confused at how. So I kept looking and found your video. I just recently bought the Kreg Crown Pro (my dad was a big Kreg fan-hence I followed suite). I am so glad you use the Kreg Crown Pro in this video so my husband can better see how it is used. Also, just like others have mentioned, thank you for showing us how to do this and that not every corner will be flawlessly perfect. Houses settle and joints aren't always perfect all the time. Plus, nothing is perfect in life anyway. New subscriber here. Thanks again for the taking the time to make this video and share it with us.

Great job! I feel as if I could handle it to know I could expect mistakes and you showing how to fix them gives me a ton of confidence. Thank you for your posts!

This channel is the best! Thank you for explaining everything so thoroughly and showing how to fix the inevitable issues. I've cut plenty of angles (doing home projects) and I still get confused on which way to cut, so it helps to watch someone do things before I do it. My husband doesn't explain well, he just does it, and I like to do things on my own when he isn't around to do it. So thank you for such great tutorials!

This man is such an awesome teacher! He teaches everything well.

Good video.Shannon. I've heard it said that, " A little caulk and a little paint makes a carpenter what he ain't". But as a life-long "do-it-yourself"er, I have a lot of respect for the carpenters of the world.As I'm sure we all do. Recently my girlfriend and I began remodeling our "newest" older home.Built in 1926, it has become a great learning experience.And up till now, Mother nature, poor material choices, and several layers of paint have all been just part of it's 90 yr history.But our work continues, because of the craftsmen who built her and those of us who believe in all of it's corners.Inside and out! Thanks for sharing and helping us with the finishing touches.

Chris Silver Watching you makes it easier for me to try on my house . I'll be looking for more video's. Awsome Job . Thanx for your time

One word of advice, if you leave your intersecting joints un-nailed a foot or so in each direction, you can 'roll' the corners in or out to get a tighter joint.

I think you did a great job! looks so pretty. Gaps are always going to happen. Don't worry about the negative comments. People have nothing better to do with their lives but be ugly. I am so grateful for the teaching. You keep making these videos. You have helped me tremendously.! You remind me of my precious grandson.

I've been watching Shannon for 10 years. Always amazed at his skill level.

You do a good job of educating. Thanks.

good work, and thanks for your time to explain whit details.

After getting quotes for some crown moulding work I said that's out of my budget, and decided I need to figure out how to DYI, and saw some videos of pros installation and I knew my installation wasn't going to look like there work. I finished my install and I was surprised how well it came out. So thanks to you for explaining the instructions, Good job!👍🍻

Down to earth dignified Canadian pro. Seen many of his videos and truly a seasoned tradesman tackling multi construction task. Kudos to our humble Northern cousin.

12:55 Tip of the day right there. After nailing on a long piece I found out the corner was messed up and wouldn't line up with the next piece. After rewatching this video I made the 2 test pieces with inside and outside corners. 1st it helped me confirm the corner joint will be as it should be and will line up nicely with the next piece, but since I labelled them all I used them to confirm that I was cutting the next piece the correct way. Easy to get confused cutting upside down and backwards. (O_o) Thank you and your camera person for your efforts.

You guys need to start making videos again I enjoy watching Shannon despite anyone hating on him he still knows what he doing and shoes experience

After 3 years, still a relevant and great video! Perfectly explained! THANKS!!🙏

Thank you! This is probably the best video I have watched on how to install crown molding.

Thank you for this video..helped me a lot DO-it-myself in my house.

Thanks,great idea to for my next project this give me 100 percent knowledge about crown molding.

This was a great real world video. We moved into a new house a few months ago and my wife wants me to install crown moulding in some rooms. I learned a lot here. :) Thanks!

I know others have stated this but I felt compelled to repeat their sentiment. THANK YOU for showing real world solution to mitering crown molding on walls that aren’t perfectly aligned. The glue and tape trick is the EXACT things we need to see. I’m rebuilding my home due to damages from hurricane, etc and finally at the molding stage. ✊

That is how its done in the real world. Good job

Shannon, Thanks for the tips, your video is very helpful.

I've been a Finnish carpenter for 35 yrs. I always cut my outside corner miters at 46 degrees on base and crown.

I don’t care what people say. This is by far the best video I have watched ....and I have watched many. Great voice, great instructions and nice to look at. Thank you

Than you for being so professional teaching, the perfect video I was looking for, thank you thank you...

You can use wood shims to shim out the corners for a tighter fit!

Ive been following u & im learning new technics speally crown molding..godbless u & ur honesty..thk u so much..

I have yet to see a perfect 90 degree wall and a perfectly flat wall. It ain't gonna ever happen. Thanks Shannon for keeping it real.

I've done finish carpentry for over 35yrs too. Every single cut has its own circumstances to why you would miter cut or cope. sometimes you have to do both depending on whats going on in the corner. Half the time you can't tell if the ceiling bows up and/or down until the crown is on. Then your stuck with the dilemma of cutting at 43, 44, 45 sometimes up to 47 degrees on an outside corner that exceeds 90 degrees. So there is no right or wrong way. The house will show you what you have to do. But I do the long pieces first after I write down the measurements so it minimizes scrap. Or roughly write down all your cut lengths and go see what you can make with what you have.

Thanks for all the videos. This has added to my knowledge and understanding. Great vids!

Hi Shannon, stop worrying about what “they” are going to write in to you about, let “them” make their own video. The Real World is the BEST teacher! Please keep making your videos, your advice is very helpful to young and old. I’m 65 and still picking up your good advice. Hope to see a stair way hand rail with spindles, and hard wood floor replacement………Thanks again……..Mark McD. Boston, MA

I know this video is old but so true when cutting crown. You’re realistic when talking about it. Home owners are shocked when they find that their home isn’t square. Can be very frustrating for trim guys too.

I’m only 12 and I’m learning how to do this

GREAT VIDEO, THANK YOU!!!

I'm working on my in-laws place and this video is a god send! Thanks soooooo much

Great instruction video. You point out the real world issues with the gaps in this project. Nothing is ever exact in home construction, and to expect perfection, then not attain it, is what sets most people back from completing the job. There is always a workaround. Thank you for the effort, although 9 years later, its very relevant today!

leave corners loose and carry a block with you....tack pieces in place and you can use block to "roll" crown up or down to get corners tight....if the pieces are just "tacked" with one nail it will stay in place but will still be able to roll the crown up or down wall with hammer and block of wood.......example on outside corner your gap was top....take a block against the top edge of crown and flush with ceiling. ..hammer block towards wall to roll crown down the wall to close up that gap......I always nail the field off and leave all corners loose.....come back and roll the corners up or down to get joints tight

Shannon, I use a dremel sanding drum to shave the back of the inside cut of the crown. this will allow you to get the cope cut closer in to the square cut side. I find that you can be more precise and quickly remove the excess wood from the back of the crown without damaging the contour of the cope. The dremel comes with different diameter drums in order to get closer to tighter contours and configurations. I hope this tip helps you.

I purchased that jig and it is well worth it. I was able to figure out the angles using my mitre saw but once I used the Kreg jig it saved a bunch of time. Your videos are always great!

You are one of the best teachers I've ever came across. So patient , humble crystal clear and a thorough knowledge of your subject.

Just remember, the amount of focus is lessened when combining a teaching session and very detailed carpentry. Some of you people can't drive and chew gum, so stop it with negative comments just because of a (fixable) gap. If he wasn't sidetracked with having to explain his procedure, im positive that gap would not be there. Just stop being so negative, people!

My Gosh People, nothing is perfect in the fix-it / construction world. The normal homeowner doesn't know how many imperfection there are until... DIY comes into play. In my house every darn wall isn't straight, even a 2 inch joining wall is bowed in ~ at the corner. The floor is UN-level as heck and different size plywood was used for the sub-floor. I know this because tiling (Qty. 500 13"x13" tile) proved its ups and downs. Then there were the walls in fitting quarter round trim, along with some baseboards. My goodness so many variables and then working hard to get it as-perfect-as-perfect can be. So we shot for perfection, but still nothing came out perfect. By the way Great Video! You talk slow like my husband and have a pleasant voice. Your voice makes it for easy listening, unless I'm on caffeine lol Just the same, finally someone slows down to explain the details and what type of tools they are using. From a 1-5 rating I give you a 10 for all the helpful information. Now I can hang crown with a bit more confidence. Again, thank you for taking the time to post the video.

Guys professional and proves with a worked finish any foreman or inspector would sign off. All products have time scales and allowed tolerances, he meets both!

Any time I am having trouble sleeping, I put on this video.

@14:37 I know this is an old video. I've installed quite a bit of crown molding as DIY. What I've learned is that it's better to leave the ends of each piece loose, don't nail them yet until you butt the other piece to it. That allows you to make any minor adjustment and minimize the gaps before nailing.

Great job. Really enjoyed watching this. Thank you.

Shannon. Once again you've been a huge help. You are the go-to guy for home improvement projects. Thank you!

VERY NICE PRESENTATION! It's nice that you showed how a project always has problems and you showed how to resolve them. Thanks

Instead of using a coping saw, I like to use a dremmel tool with a large and small sanding drums. It's 10 times faster and you make even more precise fittings. Cheers!

We put a piece of tape on the fence and scribe a line . Feels more secure for me ,especially working with long runs. And cut lefty or righty so you don't cross your arms up! Safety first! You can use shims to get the joint tight and bring it off the wall a tiny bit, looks better and easier to fill gaps. Fine finish deals in half of half degrees! Glue joints. Putty is not my buddy. Bondo , it's ok the painter will fix it!

I'm in South Central Alaska building my cabin. I wanted to put heavy duty crown molding for utility, for hanging stuff on so I hatchet trimmed 2x4s to fit the wall/ceiling but had trouble with the corner angles. Almost decided to just go flat on the wall until I came across your video. I rigged me a homemade miter box for my handsaw. Works like a charm and looks good too. Thanks for the video.

Nicely done. So a man’s home is his castle. I’m brave enough to try this myself. Thx for posting.

No house is built perfectly there is always differences in measurements, thank you for the video

im using a tube of caulk per joint, is this normal?

I appreciate the fact that it was an imperfect fit. Usually, that is the case. existing homes are never perfectly square. Thanks for posting

This man is the Bob Ross of home improvement. Love their videos.

I would make sample cuts for all corners on a small scrap bit ,see if it fits tight,adjust the angle to fit . I would be pretty disappointed if one of my outside corners was that open

yeah this guy seems to know what he's doing to a point me on the other hand I've been doing it for 15 years and I learn something new everyday. you always start with the smallest piece first no matter where it's at then you work your way out small pieces first all the way up until you hit the biggest piece and the biggest piece is popped in place then and only then you will have a 100% tight connection on all fits. and we don't cope anymore. when do 45 degree cuts 22 + 1/2 33 + 1/3

This sure makes installing crown molding a lot easier. I like the protractor trick. Thanks Shannon!

From today I am going to your big fan keep watching your old ones also and stay safe my brother God bless you