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   Sphere | Feb 27, 2004 04:57am | #1

   like putting a 1x2 on edge around the casing..adds depth for the profile of say wainscot or ext. siding. A real nice touch when used judiciously.

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   mrhodes | Feb 27, 2004 05:44am | #2

   Backbanding is actually the name of a piece of trim that one would add to the back of another door trim.  It adds depth.  The profile looks like an L sort of.

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   RW | Feb 27, 2004 06:31am | #3

   I'd add that it's something that's much more commonly seen in houses with some history. It isn't used much for our modern cookie cutter homes. Backbanding makes sense sometimes for more than aesthetic reasons - it's easier to get the thin stock of the banding to conform tight to an uneven wall, like plaster can be, than solid 1x stock. If the wall is particularly bad, it's also easier to scribe something thin like that than try to relieve the back of the whole jamb leg.

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   NickNukeEm | Feb 28, 2004 07:08pm | #4

   What Sphere said.  Go to lumber yard to their trim/molding section, you should find some examples there.  It is called, not coincidently, backband molding.  Cross-section is 'L' shaped with one leg attached to the outer edge of casing, the other leg lying flat on the face of the casing.  It is used a lot to dress up plain 1x casings that are butted at the head.  Backband is mitered, giving more of a picture frame detail.  You'll find more examples of it in older houses than new, for whatever reason...

   Usually economics.

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   RalphWicklund | Feb 28, 2004 08:34pm | #5

   And, if you don't want to pay the ridiculous prices for that L shaped moulding, get out the old table saw and rip some appropriately sized rectangular material, ease two edges (the narrow side) with a 1/8" or so round over bit and nail it up to the outside of the installed 1x or 5/4 casing. Same effect.

   I got about 1,000 lf of offcut from my local mill shop for free (measures 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 16') and it's been great for zipping out small mouldings and trim work.

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   JeffBuck | Feb 28, 2004 11:09pm | #6

   here's a pic.

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   RalphWicklund | Feb 28, 2004 11:46pm | #7

   Could ya get any more paint on that trim, Jeff??

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   JeffBuck | Feb 29, 2004 10:18am | #10

   house built in 1902 ......

   guess it builds up after a coupla years?

   I'll relay yer comments to the resident paint prep guy ... aka .... Cathy.

   maybe she needs to hear .. scrap then sand ... from more than one person?

   You got one of those wife things ... U know of what I speak ......

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   Lateapex911 | Feb 29, 2004 03:50am | #8

   Here's a pic of some backbands I did recently. Don't ask about the wall on the left!

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   DougU | Feb 29, 2004 06:32am | #9

   Nice looking work, but whats with that wall on the left?

   Doug

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   Lateapex911 | Feb 29, 2004 08:54pm | #12

   Heh-heh-  I KNEW posting that pic, which was the best "Backbanding" picture I happened to have, would prompt this question!

   Well, the client wanted to re-do her kids room, with new walls, windows, etc. Here's a shot of the original wallpaper, so you can see why.  But there were other big picture considerations, like new windows all around, new siding, an addition and so on in the plans. So while doing the interior was proceding in the wrong order, I did it anyway, as she was strongly desirous of getting his room under control. I convinced her to wait on the outside wall until the windows were in, to avoid ripping out a whole wall of work.

   (Sorry you asked??)

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   JeffBuck | Feb 29, 2004 10:20am | #11

   I think I've seen that pic before ...

   as a matter a fact ...

   I think I have it sitting in "my pics' from when I stole it the first time!

   Very nice ... mind if I use that sometime?

   (there .. does that make the stealing legal?)

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   Lateapex911 | Feb 29, 2004 08:57pm | #13

   Sure, go ahead, but just don't take credit!  But use this one instead, as it's a better shot of the wall, (Althought it's marginally worse in showing the backband).

   Thanks for the kind words guys!Jake Gulick

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   Lateapex911 | Feb 29, 2004 09:01pm | #14

   OK, hit the wrong button, and the pic never made it to the post.

   So, "Justins room" is another view,

   and just so you all don't think I never complete a project, here's one of the bathrooms I redid in that particular house. "Guest bath, 20mm," or something like that.Jake Gulick

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   JeffBuck | Feb 29, 2004 11:12pm | #15

   not gonna use the pic ...

   just the "design idea"

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   Lateapex911 | Feb 29, 2004 11:53pm | #16

   Thats totally cool, let me know if you want more pics, and what details and I'll shoot 'em!

   Jake Gulick

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   CarriageHouse Design

   Black Rock, CT