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Installing Cedar Trim onto Brick We were recently asked to dress up the rear entrance of the Concord Book Shop with a custom door surround. The brick surrounding this door has some sort of pink paint that the building owner wanted to hide. The ultimate goal was to create nice looking custom door surround that…
Perfect Tight Fitting Miters Perfect tight fitting miters are only a small part of finish carpentry. Finish carpenters must develop an eye for proportion and detail. They must learn to visualize the steps, to measure, mark and cut more accurately and work with smaller tolerances. It’s easy to misread the tape measure, confuse numbers and…
Using Large Head Casing for Windows and Doors My wife decided to convert our parlor into an office. My job today was to remove the old Rosettes and top casings [photo below] on all the doorways and windows and to replace them with trim that matches the stain glass window [ two photos down] The…
Entry Door Cap – Molding Detail My customer asked me to save and restore this small roof over their entryway and to keep the same moldings and details. We removed the moldings and old tin roofing and decided it was best to rebuild this as a copper door entablature. This house has a very fancy…
Applying Window or Door Trim In Confined Spaces Applying trim in confined spaces frustrates many people. In a perfect finish carpentry world all doors and windows would be installed with enough space to apply full width trim like in the picture below. The reality is that we sometimes we have to rip trim…
Installing Door and Window Trim One common problem when trimming a window or door is the jamb of the door or window does not come out flush with the interior wall. This causes the trim to rock. Below is a simple tip for installing door casing. In many of these cases it is necessary to…
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