Comments on: Family room trim, day 2 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:09:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dawn http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Dawn Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:17:19 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/?p=772#comment-515 Come finish my house kthx! Good to know about the plaster. I keep debating whether we should make the disgusting mess of tearing down the old plaster or not. It sounds like it may be worth it as long as we can keep the dust mostly contained to the room and not our entire house again. Yuck! Both bedrooms are the exact project you are doing and about the same size. 10x11 and 12x10. Gotta sock up some $$ to pay for it all, though. Come finish my house kthx!

Good to know about the plaster. I keep debating whether we should make the disgusting mess of tearing down the old plaster or not. It sounds like it may be worth it as long as we can keep the dust mostly contained to the room and not our entire house again. Yuck! Both bedrooms are the exact project you are doing and about the same size. 10×11 and 12×10. Gotta sock up some $$ to pay for it all, though.

]]> By: julio http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-501 julio Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:38:00 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/?p=772#comment-501 Thanks, Joe. We ended up getting this from McCoy, but it was the exact same profile I found at Mr. Plywood. The original one in the house is slightly different, but it's not something that would be noticed without a microscope ;) Thanks, Joe. We ended up getting this from McCoy, but it was the exact same profile I found at Mr. Plywood. The original one in the house is slightly different, but it’s not something that would be noticed without a microscope ;)

]]> By: Joe http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Joe Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:51:34 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/?p=772#comment-500 Oddly enough, the cap that you put on top of the base is called "Base Cap". If you don't find what you need at McCoy be sure to checkout Rejuvenation. I get all of my molding from those two places. Oddly enough, the cap that you put on top of the base is called “Base Cap”. If you don’t find what you need at McCoy be sure to checkout Rejuvenation. I get all of my molding from those two places.

]]> By: julio http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-497 julio Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:53:53 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/?p=772#comment-497 Thanks, Heather! Bob, thanks for your tip. It always amazes me what the "old timers" came up with. Now that we have power tools for every single thing, we (meaning me) have to struggle to come up with solutions that for problems that were solved (by hand) 100 years ago. I managed to fudge my way through ours, and now that everything is all stained, the extra pieces of wood really blend in well. The rabbeted jambs sound cool, but to be honest, I've never rabbeted anything in my life. Thanks, Heather!

Bob, thanks for your tip. It always amazes me what the “old timers” came up with. Now that we have power tools for every single thing, we (meaning me) have to struggle to come up with solutions that for problems that were solved (by hand) 100 years ago. I managed to fudge my way through ours, and now that everything is all stained, the extra pieces of wood really blend in well. The rabbeted jambs sound cool, but to be honest, I’ve never rabbeted anything in my life.

]]> By: Bob http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Bob Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:10:29 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/?p=772#comment-496 Julio, this may come too late, but the way the old carpenters dealt with your jamb situation (which was very common with plaster!) was to use 2-piece jambs, with one piece rabbeted on the front and the other rabbeted on the back where they met - they could slide them together or apart to compensate for uneven wall thicknesses or even walls that weren't parallel front & back. The joint would fall under the stop moulding so it wouldn't show. You could rip your jambs without the rabbets, although it would require more exposed nailing... all in all, an awesome job you're doing! Julio, this may come too late, but the way the old carpenters dealt with your jamb situation (which was very common with plaster!) was to use 2-piece jambs, with one piece rabbeted on the front and the other rabbeted on the back where they met – they could slide them together or apart to compensate for uneven wall thicknesses or even walls that weren’t parallel front & back. The joint would fall under the stop moulding so it wouldn’t show. You could rip your jambs without the rabbets, although it would require more exposed nailing… all in all, an awesome job you’re doing!

]]> By: Heather http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/09/26/family-room-trim-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Heather Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:41:30 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/?p=772#comment-495 Wow! That all looks amazing. I can appreciate the work that you have put in, as I've lost my mind simply doing the baseboards, which in our house is basic MDF square edge trim. Very impressive work, really!! Wow! That all looks amazing. I can appreciate the work that you have put in, as I’ve lost my mind simply doing the baseboards, which in our house is basic MDF square edge trim. Very impressive work, really!!

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