Dado Rails

 

“The main purpose of these is to be artistic in contemporary households but it also serves to fortify walls from fixtures and other contact.”

These are also known as chair rails. They are a type of moulding preset parallel to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The main purpose of these is to be artistic in contemporary households but it also serves to fortify walls from fixtures and other contact. The height of the dado originally is 900mm and this was appropriate to guard the wall from chair backs and it is widespread to see a dado rail at 1500mm from the ground. Public environments such as shopping centers, hospitals and schools are subject to a lot of wear and tear thus they do not need full dado treatment for shielding purposes.