Picture rail and dado rail definition and costs?

Question

What 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?

Martin · Answer

A picture rail is shaped to take a standard picture rail hook. Dado rail can be any shape you like …. Cost Depends on the profile (moulding) type of wood and size. Also ‘off the shelf’ or made to order.

Ross · Answer

All depends on the size of the room and how much wood is needed

Jay · Answer

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.

John · Answer

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

Norman · Answer

Hi A picture rail I’d approximately 1ft from your ceiling whereas a dado is approximately at waist height, this prevents chairs from damaging your wall.
Regards
Norman Styles

Nathan · Answer

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.

Christian · Answer

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

Billy · Answer

Now days there are so many different styles ..etc 

All depends on the meter to materials 

But fitting of … depends on the carpenter

Steven · Answer

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

Picture rail and dado rail definition and costs?

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