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Molding & Trim

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Custom Trim, Windows, and Pocket Door
Custom Trim, Windows, and Pocket Door
New custom Pella windows give a view onto the yard from the dining room. The windows are trimmed out in custom millwork that ...
Cutting a Valance Pattern
Cutting a Valance Pattern
In Naples, Florida, Bob helps Al Stiles build a jig valence over a kitchen window to match the decorative stiles on the ...
Cutting and Installing Baseboard Trim
Cutting and Installing Baseboard Trim
In the master bedroom, Bob Ryley is installing the medium density fiberboard baseboard trim. Where two pieces of trim meet in ...
Cutting and Installing Door Trim
Cutting and Installing Door Trim
With the door to the master bath installed, Ryley conceals the rough carpentry work with door casings. Three boards make up ...
Decorative Molding
Decorative Molding
A way to get a good fit when installing decorative molding is to install the first piece with a square end. Then cut the ...
Designing and Crafting Historical Reproduction Crown Molding
Designing and Crafting Historical Reproduction Crown Molding
Brent Hull, of Hull Historical Millwork, is on location to help with the installation of the dining room's crown molding. The ...
DIY Molding
DIY Molding
If you are frustrated with the choices of molding styles at the lumberyard, make your own. A 15-piece molding head set for ...
Door Molding
Door Molding
Here's how to trim out an elegant door molding. Custom millwork is available in a variety of historical profiles. Miter the ...
Engineered Wood for the Home's Exterior Trim
Engineered Wood for the Home's Exterior Trim
Bob meets with Dave Probst of Louisiana Pacific to learn about LP's Smart System Products being used as exterior trim.
Engineered Wood Siding
Engineered Wood Siding
Here's a new concept in exterior trim work. Pre-engineered lumber has several key features that make it a practical option. ...
Fabricating and Installing Colonial-Style Wood Wall Panels
Fabricating and Installing Colonial-Style Wood Wall Panels
Carpenter Bob Ryley is on location to begin work on a reproduction wood-paneled wall in the project home's formal dining area. ...
Finishes and Molding for the Rowley Victorian
Finishes and Molding for the Rowley Victorian
Bob walks through the interior noting the reproduction bed molding, door molding, and rosettes that match the original ...
Finishing Touches for Windows
Finishing Touches for Windows
Behind the Scenes - Vermont Farmhouse
Halfway Through the Project Home Tour
Halfway Through the Project Home Tour
Bob tours the ongoing remodeling project pointing out some of the trials and tribulations of such a large project. Rooms that ...
Hammer Check
Hammer Check
If you will be working in close quarters attaching new molding to walls or ceilings with finishing nails, first check out your ...
Hand Crafting Reproduction Moldings
Hand Crafting Reproduction Moldings
On location at the project house, Robert Adam from the North Bennet Street School demonstrates the tools and techniques used ...
Installing a Brick Walkway
Installing a Brick Walkway
House six of the Elmwood project. The brick walkway goes in and the railings are replicated by Forester Moulding.
Installing Baseboards and Making Moldings
Installing Baseboards and Making Moldings
Bob meets with Ryley to install baseboard and then goes on to Paul Morise's workshop to make the moldings.
Installing Baseboards and Window Casings
Installing Baseboards and Window Casings
Bob meets with Ryley to install baseboard and window casings. Bob discusses a few time saving techniques and the various cuts ...
Installing Crown Molding
Installing Crown Molding
Carpenter Bob Ryley visits the project house to install the WindsorONE crown molding in the dining room. The five-piece crown ...
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