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Finish Carpentry 101 |
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Thank you for visiting Finish Carpentry 101! This site is currently under construction. ***NEW: Check out the USS Potomac Project page*** |
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Chair Rail This project can be very enjoyable on many levels, because it is easier on your body and can dramatically change a room, I mean REALLY change a room. If you put it in the wrong room, you will end up making it look smaller and too busy and just ewwww. Don't do that. Chair rail is great, but it's for a more formal-type room. I've met people who have put chair rail in their garage. I know it's tempting, but do not succumb to this temptation. For one thing it is expensive as it is all wood now. And the only person who will see it in your garage will be a drunk neighbor or yourself. If your wife is set on doing this, go ahead and then you have an excuse for your drunk neighbor being in your garage. Chair rail is simply a molding that typically is installed on the wall horizontally around the room at or near three feet high. You can live dangerously and install it at four feet, five feet or whatever height you want. As I said earlier chair rail is usually installed in a formal type room such as a dining room or study. I usually run it at 36 inches off the floor. This gives you room for shadow boxes in the future if you so desire. Please refer to the shadow box section for more on this wondrous subject. Basically, chair rail works the same way as base and shoe. You start at a door and then wrap it right around the room with one exception. Coping chair rail can be much tougher than coping a piece of base. For those of you new to this site, coping is a way of back-cutting a piece of molding to fit over another piece. more on coping is available on this site, I just forgot where I put it. Bounce around; I'm sure I talked about it in more depth somewhere on here. Either way, i will have a section on this site with pictures that will really help you get your mind around coping a piece of trim. It's a basic finish carpentry technique that can really help you join those pesky inside corners. Uhh... back to chair rail. More to come... |
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