Good morning,
I’m new at this and I need a few questions answered. I hope someone can help me.
I have an article on “Raised-Panel Wainscot” that my boss would like to put in his house but were not actually sure what it is or what type of lumber is needed. I have a sketch that is numbered and identified as “top rail”, “bolection molding” and “panel molding”. Does anyone know what this is? I can fax it to anyone able to help.
I also need to know what a “lip” means on crown molding. The size could be 3/16″ or 1/2″, what specifically does this measure? Which part of the crown molding?
Please help. Any feed-back would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Christine Lettera
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>>"I also need to know what a "lip" means on crown molding.
You sure what you read didn't mean lip on the lip moulding? Are you talking about the part that caps the wainscotting?
If so, the lip dimension should equal the thickness of the wainscotting (so it covers the exposed edge at the top of it).
The other pieces you are asking about are actually parts of the panels that you would make -- so this is wainscotting you are actually going to make, yes?
The bolection moulding is a profile you can use under the lip moulding (assuming the lip you use forms a shelf at the top), or it can also be cut into short lengths to make little brackets at intervals under a shelf at the top. If you use full length bolection moulding under the lip moulding, then you don't actually have to use lip moulding. You can use anything at the top that forms a shelf and the bolection moulding will support it and hide any gap between the top of the panels and the shelf.
You can also use smaller bolection moulding in making up the panels.
The panel moulding is just that.
Note that I'm making some assumptions about your drawings -- the words you are using refer more to the profiles of the moulding than what you do with it. Can you scan and post the drawings?
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Edited 5/8/2006 10:19 am ET by philarenewal
Here is a copy of the page I was talking about. I need to know the type of lumber we need to use and where to get it. Is there anyway I can get samples.
The question about the lip is a totally different question. I need to know exactly what part of the crown molding is considered the lip. When they say the lip is 3/16" where exactly is that?
Thanks,
Chris
Chris,
If you have all the pages of Gary's article there are pictures of all of the associated mouldings so you can see exactly what is what. All the wood (rails, stiles, mouldings)used in Gary's article are poplar except for the raised panels which are made out of mdf.
The mouldings Gary used are sourced from white river hardwoods, http://www.mouldings.com They should be able to direct you to a supplier in your area.
Regards,
Dennis