Ceiling molding that slopes unattractively downward

[S&N]

I understand that it was tricky to install crown molding right here (stairs above the toilet) but letting the molding bend downward as the carpenter has done looks completely wrong to me. What can be done to change/improve it? Is there a risk of damaging the drywall behind if you try to remove the piece that tilts downward? Can it be cut in some way?

 

[Trafikverket1]

I would have had it finish toward the angle. Looks completely weird as it is now.

 

[Intet]

WHO on earth installs moldings before it's spackled and painted/wallpapered?

 

[S&N]

Well, I didn't even want moldings there - but maybe I expressed myself unclearly "we don't need moldings up there" ... But now they're there and hiding some uneven panel ends. But can something be done about this?!

 

[swirve]

WHO on earth puts up moldings before it's plastered and painted/wallpapered?

If you have wallpaper, the molding should go up first! So you cover the gap by extending the wallpaper slightly over the molding. However, I would have painted the molding before it was installed and plastered beforehand as well as primer-painted the wall.

 

[Trafikverket1]

Well, I didn't even want moldings there - but maybe I had expressed myself unclearly “we don't need moldings up there” … But now they're there and hide some uneven board edges. But can something be done about this?!

Just take it down. Put up a new one that's cut so it goes straight into the angle in the corner.

 

[S&N]

If you have wallpaper, the molding should go up first! This way you can cover the gap by extending the wallpaper slightly onto the molding. However, I would have painted the molding before installing it and filled and primed the wall beforehand.

Just take it down. Put in a new one that's cut to fit straight into the angle in the corner.

Thank you both for your response! I won't have wallpaper there, but the walls will be painted. But how fragile are regular plasterboards? Can the moldings be removed without damaging the boards?

 

[Trafikverket1]

Thank you both for your response! I'm not going to have wallpaper there, it's going to be painted walls. But how fragile are regular drywall sheets? Can the moldings be removed without the sheets breaking?

Yes. But even if they do break, it doesn't matter, the painter who will be plastering the sheets will fix it anyway 😀

 

[Intet]

If you have wallpaper, the molding should go up first! So you cover the gap by extending the wallpaper slightly onto the molding. However, I would have painted the molding before it was installed and spackled and primed the wall beforehand.

Even with wallpaper, I wouldn't put up the molding first. It's easier to wallpaper without the molding and it looks significantly better. But oh well. Everyone is satisfied with their own way.
Here's my latest wallpapering. -First wallpaper. Then molding!

 

[Karrock]

Even with wallpaper, I wouldn't put up the molding first. It's easier to wallpaper without the molding and it looks significantly nicer. But, well. Everyone is satisfied with their own way.
Here is my latest wallpapering. - First wallpaper. Then molding!

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Some paint the molding, for example with ceiling paint, and then place the wallpaper against the edge. These are untreated, so this points to such a design being underway.

 

[T-dog]

WHO in the world puts up moldings before it’s plastered and painted/wallpapered?

All painters?