Trimwork - Page 36 of 49

Q: The interior walls of my mountain condominium are covered with tongue-and-groove clear cedar paneling. The paneling, installed about 15 years ago, has darkened with age as cedar usually does. I’d…

Flanking a shed dormer with a pair of gable dormers adds light and space inside while jazzing up the roofline.

Careful layout and accurate miters make installing a two-part trim an easier process.

I recently had to install a lot of 3/4-in. quarter-round trim. I prefer coped corners to mitered corners, but given the amount of trim required by this job, I had…

A cabinetmaker re-creates period detail with redwood salvaged from wine vats.

You can't cope polyurethane molding, but a template, a simple jig and a little bit of luck make it possible to preassemble perfect miter joints.

Q: I recently remodeled my home using scissor trusses to create a cathedral-roof section. The trusses terminate at a beam on each side. I’ve just started to notice moisture soaking…

As trim carpenters, we often run into problems when windows or doors are not hung plumb or parallel to adjacent millwork. Take the situation shown in the drawing, for example.…

Limited exterior-trim choices offered by window manufacturers create an opportunity for dressing up stock windows.

Lay out the curved plates with a trammel, then use them as a bending form for laminated trim.