Cheap cardboard-like material for trim/molding
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Comments (2)Expensive? Really? The standard 4 1/4 mdf baseboard is so cheap it is really hard to beat it. Where are you shopping? I think the contractor pack (10x12ft boards) at Lowes is like $.30 a foot. The budget tip for window casing is don't do trim. Just do drywall corners....See MoreNeed ideas for cheap trim/moulding
Comments (6)Hi Kathy11, Do you know someone with a router? One can use that to make one's own mouldings. Must buy the wood, though, unless you have some lying around. If you don't want a wide moulding, might want to rip a piece of lumber down the middle - so it would then go twice as far. Hope that he gets it fixed up in a way that suits him (and all the others who'll live there). joyful guy...See Moremaking molds of intricate victorian trim
Comments (12)Joseph, I do not want to remove anything in my house. I merely want to make duplicates of what I have. I have some doorways in my house that were closed up and walled over for decades, and now that they are open again, it would be nice to have matching corner and plinth blocks around each window/door in each room. I can't just drive to the local big box store and get some blocks to match my original ones. As for the "flowering dogwood branch" blocks I picked up at the estate sale - I bought everything that they had, which amounted to only 2 blocks. I'd like to have more of these to redo a bedroom at my parents' farmhouse. Maybe the flower blocks are too fancy for a farmhouse, but I think they are lovely and would look great in that setting. My problem is, I would need more than the 2 blocks I currently have....See MoreUPDATED- Add trim molding on the stairway and grand room walls or no?
Comments (5)First, I would determine the project design - where does the paneling begin and end? How high does it go? If it goes to the ceiling is there a need to re-install crown? One way to start is to collect as many pictures of these projects as possible and then note aspects that you like or dislike. Do you like more paneling segments or less? Thicker or thinner segments? Do you want any mouldings in the inner panel? I think that any decent woodworking organization should be able to make a scale sketch possibly a simple rendering. You can do the same thing using sketchup or home designer, this is a valuable skill for future projects. For trim work, I would get several quotes. Ask questions about how they are going to assemble and finish and take good notes. You'll surprised at how techniques vary and learn alot about how they work and price their jobs. One way to determine a fair price is to ask how many hours it is going to take. I've done several of these "wainscoting" projects. Done well, they involve pre-asssembling the segments, the joints are assembled with glue and pocket screws so the joint is perfect. Don't allow a carpenter to just nail or glue 1x lumber to the wall. Once the segments are pre-assembled the outside pieces may need to be scribed to inside corners. Please have a look at the four wainscoting videos on Gary Katz youtube site....See MoreUser
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