Top of the stack
Crown cap
A crown cap is the upper finishing member of a cornice stack. It closes the top of a build-up where a single crown is not tall enough.
- Best for
- Layered interior cornices and the top of an exterior eave assembly.
- Scale
- Modest stick, serious effect. MD1768 is 4 5/8 in projection by 5 9/16 in height.
When a cornice is built from more than one profile, the top piece has a different job than the crown in the middle. It has to die into the ceiling or the soffit and cover the top edge of whatever sits below it. That piece is the crown cap.
MD1768 is 4 5/8 inches in projection, 5 9/16 inches in height, and 12 feet long. Used alone it is a medium crown. Used above flat stock, dentil, or a larger bed, it is what makes the stack look finished instead of like leftover lumber.
Order the cap and the pieces under it from the same Spectis run so the primed color and the sharpness of the arrises match. Mix the cap with a wood crown below it only if you plan to paint everything and you have checked that the projections actually overlap.
At a glance
- Job
- Upper termination of a build-up
- Also works as
- A medium single crown
- Adhesive
- PLP100 on bedding and butts, per the cut sheet
Profiles in this guide
A sample of this filter. See the current price on spectis.us. The category has the rest of the line, including pitch pieces.
| SKU | Type | Projection | Height | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD1768 | Crown cap | 4.625" | 5.562" | 144" |
Questions about crown cap
Do I need a crown cap if I already bought a two-step crown?
Usually not. Two-step profiles already include the upper plane. Add a cap only when the measured cornice is still short of the ceiling or fascia.