What is the standard height above the floor? TIA
Chair rail
Feb 04, 2005
4 Replies
For midgets?
Based on the height of your ceilings, chairs, and common sense....
I install mine btw 31" and 36"
There is no standard. Place the chair rail where the crest rail of the chairs touch the wall.
There is no standard. If you're using it to keep chair-backs from banging up your walls, it should be wherever the backs of the chairs hit the walls. If you're using it decoratively, it should be 38.2% of the way up the wall, and if anyone asks why, it's because Y/X=X/(X+Y). If you're a cheap bastard, either the space above or the space below the rail should be exactly 48", so that you can use uncut sheet-goods over it, or under it, with no waste.
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