How high do I place a chair rail in a room...?

Question

If there is no speific height, what is a good adverage?

Answer 1

28" to 36" with 32" as a good average, although some may go as high as 48" if the purpose is decorative only.

If you actually want to protect your walls while being decorative, you should pick the height that works best with the chairs you intend to use.

Also, once you pick a height, go around the room with a small piece and hold it next to all windows, outlets, counters, etc. at the height you choose and check that nothing meets up awkwardly. The rail should either go completely under window trim, outlets, etc. without cutting or it should be completely cut. Likewise it shouldn't set snug against the bottom of a window nor should the bottom edge of the rail be exactly even with the bottom edge of the window trim. If either of these happens then move it up or down a couple inches.

Answer 2

Test it using the backs of your chairs. The chair back should hit the rail, not the wall. It will typically end up being approximately one third of the way up measured from the floor.

Answer 3

it's call a chair rail for a reason.
it goes as high as the back of the chair or chairs in the room

Answer 4

Place it the same height as any wainscoating...approximately 36" including trim. Most wainscoating pre-cut is 32" high and if you add base molding and top molding and a rain it is 36"

Answer 5

between 3 and 4 feet from the floor

Answer 6

Let me give you some actual information about the subject you have requested.

Ehow has a great article about installing chair rails.
http://www.ehow.com/how_15091_install-chair-rail.html

Answer 7

Where the back of the chair would hit the wall.