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front crown mouldings

last year

Can anyone share details if nice azek or
Other pvc material for crown mouldings in front of house.

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Mark Bischak, Architect
last year
Carry the detail all the way around the house. Design every side of a house as if it is the front.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
IMO you have a busy front of house already so leave it alone or at least show us where you were planning this extra trim
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Hiral S
Original Author
last year
Thank you so much the ideas. The entire house will be redone in hardie so unfortuneltby all the dentil crown will come off too. I’m having a hard time finding nice azek or pvc crown
millworkman
last year
These guys Royal Building Products have some.
rrah
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You might also look at this material: https://fypon.com/

It holds paint very well.
Hiral S
Original Author
last year
Fypon looks great. Is there anything I don’t have to paint azek or arctic white
millworkman
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Azek trim needs to be painted from I recall.
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GN Builders L.L.C
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I always use Restoration millwork by CertainTeed, they have a large selection of exterior products, trim, sheet goods, etc.
res2architect
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last modified: last year
Why does the cornice trim need to be removed?

https://www.vintagewoodworks.com/crownmoulding.html
Hiral S
Original Author
last year
Long story short. Some of the boards under the dentil mouldings have been damaged from water and lack of painting
res2architect
last year
Are the Azek and other cellular PVC brand moldings not large enough?
chispa
last year
I agree about carrying any design detail all the way around the house and not just stuck onto the front facade. These days most of these architectural details are "stuck on" but if you carry it all the way around the house then it looks like an intentional design plan. If you just stick them on the front only, then it really looks like fake stuck on trim.

We built last year and made sure to add all the same trim details all the way around the house.

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