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Wainscoting height 8 foot ceiling.
I have a craftsman home.
We did a beautiful crown moulding ceiling crown that is about 4 5 it was the perfect scale for our 8 foot ceiling.
Since wainscoting only covers the bottom portion of a wall you can cut the beadboard or add railing.
For an 8 foot height ceiling 32 inches height wainscoting is ideally suitable.
Someone said 54 inches.
And really you had to get right on top of it to realize that it wasn t the real recessed moulding.
Hi my ceilings are 10 feet high.
For example if your walls are 9 feet tall cap the wainscoting at 6 feet with the thickness of a plate rail figured in if needed.
You say you have a craftsman style home and that people have recommended 54.
36 40 give or take an inch.
If you are installing beadboard as wainscot you can cut 8 foot beadboard panels into thirds making each piece 32 inches in height.
Vertical battens for ease of purchasing and cutting as most trim is sold in 8 ft.
Looks better than having a shelf above the uppers.
Tall with base and chair rail section of wainscot.
Taller wainscoting applications are typically placed at two thirds the height of the wall.
For higher height ceilings one can use up to 5 feet height wainscoting.
The house of fara 8 linear feet mdf the house of fara 8 linear feet mdf overlapping wainscot paneling is primed and ready for painting.
You might add a 8 drop soffit around the kitchen if your upper cabinets are standard to 8 heights.
Carole sorry for the late response but the height of wainscoting depends on a lot of details.
Cut your vertical 1 x 3 mdf pieces to the correct length.
There are some compelling advantages to doing the wall applied moulding for wainscoting.
Always the height of the wainscoting will make the ceiling look shorter.
9 ceilings are nice and still work with 6 8 standard door amp.
This paneling kit will help you to create an 8 linear ft approximately 36 in.
We chose to go with 48 in.
Yes i agree with your builder.
Adjust wainscoting height to be taller 36 to 48 inches in a room with a lofted ceiling.
How high should my wainscoting be in my back entrance.
This gave us a finished height on the board and batten of 58 inches including the baseboard chair rail and top ledge piece.
Gary katz january 14 2020.
In a room with a lofted ceiling and 15 foot walls the rule of thirds would have wainscoting height at 5 feet.
I always followed the rule of thumb that it should be standard chair rail height in a kitchen or dining room.
For a 9 foot ceiling 36 inches is ideal.
Of course taking the upper cabinets to 9 is worth it too.
If this is for living room or bedroom it is very common now days to go up to 5 to 6 foot depending on the ceiling height.