Molding, Millwork, & Trim

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  Green Trim

  Outwater says its 100% Recycled Cornice and Crown Mouldings are made entirely from reclaimed polystyrene but match the quality of moldings made from virgin polymers.

   
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  Simplified Crown

  The Cut-N-Crown System features a plastic jig that replicates a molding's spring angle so that you can cut both sides of a miter without resetting the saw.

   
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  Custom Doors From Stock Slabs (Subscriber content)

  Use applied moldings create the look of a custom door for a fraction of the cost.

   
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  Q&A: Fixing a Botched Trim Job

  Q: A homeowner has asked me how to repair what looks to me like a botched job, where new entry doors were installed in a brick home covered with stucco or some kind of cement parging. The home is in New Jersey and dates to 1905. The stucco was crudely chipped away, leaving 1/2-inch gaps between the...

   
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  Replacing Giant Columns (Subscriber content)

  A methodical approach yielded masterful results in this oversize remodeling project.

   
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  Masterful Columns

  Suppose you wanted some wooden columns about 20 feet tall and custom-turned in one piece from straight tree trunks? There aren’t too many places you could find such a thing.

   
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  Bench Dog Tools Bullnose Trim Gauge

  Marking out the 22 1/2-degree cuts needed for three-piece bullnose corner trim can take a bit of trial and error to get accurate results.

   
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  Backfill: Custom-Carved Corbels

  Custom-carved corbels

   
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  Installing Iron Balusters (Subscriber content)

  This method is fast and reduces epoxy cleanup.

   
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  A Shop-Built Conical Roof (Subscriber content)

  Truss-style construction simplified the framing of this serpentine roofline.