Trimwork - Page 22 of 49

Excerpted from a contractor’s new-employee handbook, these fundamentals will improve the efficiency and quality of any finish carpenter’s work.

Scott Grice shows you how to make easy custom interior window trim and gives interior trim installation tips.

Watch as carpenter Scott Grice reveals his secrets for site-fashioning a custom sill, caulking for a weatherproof barrier, and applying a cap flashing.

The Copemaster Trim Adjuster is a two-part screw: After drilling the Trim Adjustor into the bottom edge of the baseboard, the drill is switched to reverse, and the baseboard rides out along the threads to close the gap in the coped joint

When all you need is a few feet of millwork to match existing trim, look to the tablesaw, a block plane, and some sanding blocks.

The key to durable trim and a safer and faster job is to assemble the trim first and install it later.

Before I made this jig, I checked the fit of my coped crown molding the conventional way by climbing the ladder and holding the coped piece in place against the…

Bullnosed corners on drywall can complicate crown-molding installations. A radiused outside corner is an elegant solution.

Builder Mike Maines offers tips for using the right fasteners and adhesive to keep outside corners tight on exterior trim.

Stain and finish the trim first, and then paint the ceiling.