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Ask your QuestionWhat is the difference between a picture rail and a dado rail? How much do they usually cost to have installed in an average-sized living room?
Asked by Patrick on 30th May 2022"All depends on the size of the room and how much wood is needed"
Answered on 8th Jun 2022 - Member since Feb 2022 - report"Picture rails, usually pine timber but you can now get in m.d.f. This is fitted to the wall around the room at a certain dimension down from the ceiling, (depending on what the client would like. In Victorian or Edwardian houses this can vary because of the height from floor to ceiling in each property.
Dado rails, usually pine timber but you can now get in m.d.f (modify density fiberboard)..this is man-made.
Once again this will depend on the property but usually fitted 1m off the floor."
"Dado rails are in the middle of your wall normally to split the wall in half paper or paint. The picture rail goes more to the top of your wall as if it was to hang pictures off"
Answered on 7th Jun 2022 - Member since Feb 2020 - report"A picture rails is high and a dado rail is usually between 1000mm to 1200mm from the ground.
It would depend on which species of timber for costing but I would say approximately £220 per room.
Taking into consideration that multiple rooms would roll into one another reducing the cost."
"Hi the honest answer is not a lot the picture rail generally has a lip on top to hold the picture back in the day !!! The price is different from shop to shop and by mdf of pine from £ 7 pounds say to £ 25 and as for price to fit that also depends on what people willing to do it for !!! I.e a bob a job man may be £ 50 but a proper joiner who will put his name to it etc may be his day rate from £120-180"
Answered on 30th May 2022 - Member since Aug 2020 - report"Now days there are so many different styles ..etc
All depends on the meter to materials
But fitting of … depends on the carpenter"
"Picture rail is usually about 300 mm from ceiling and dado rail normally about 1-1.2 m from floor
Cost depends on what type of rail you use eg mdf it hardwood"