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Discussion starter · #41 ·
m1911 said:
Mind you, I'll always do the job and get the check, but I feel dirty and cheap, like a whore...
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Same here. Part of the job. Nice thing is this builder is open to doing things right but you have to tell them what's right first. They aren't going to come to it in their own.

Everyday is a learning experience on how to do the next one better.
 
#42 ·
Spencer said:
But is the goal to fill it with caulk and keep the same plane? Or do you want the chamfer to be big enough that it looks like it's actually supposed to be there separating the wainscoting from the window?
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Like Warner said, you're just providing a clean line for the paint to break on. When the room is painted and furnished, no one is even going to pay attention to this. You're doing the best you can with the parameters provided. I would have done that chamfer much, much smaller, but it's going to be fine.
 
#43 ·
EricBrancard said:
Like Warner said, you're just providing a clean line for the paint to break on. When the room is painted and furnished, no one is even going to pay attention to this. You're doing the best you can with the parameters provided. I would have done that chamfer much, much smaller, but it's going to be fine.
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Like a small chamfer detail when installing an end panel on a cabinet, flush with the face frame.:thumbsup:
 
#44 ·
m1911 said:
Like a small chamfer detail when installing an end panel on a cabinet, flush with the face frame.:thumbsup:
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Or a microbevel on a pre finished hardwood floor. This is one of those situations where if the design was an afterthought, the doffed me between a chamfer or planing all the wainscoting down to 5/8" is going to be lost on the customer. They will look at all the boxes on the wall, say "we love it" and never pay attention to it again.
 
#45 ·
A paid whore....

You can feel ashamed at the line in the bank.
 
#46 ·
EricBrancard said:
Or a microbevel on a pre finished hardwood floor. This is one of those situations where if the design was an afterthought, the doffed me between a chamfer or planing all the wainscoting down to 5/8" is going to be lost on the customer. They will look at all the boxes on the wall, say "we love it" and never pay attention to it again.
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So, I was correct... we're all whores... for money, we'll do what the customer wants... even if it feels filthy wrong...:laughing:
 
Discussion starter · #49 ·
Justin Huisenga said:
Spencer said:
This is the room it's going in. The style of window door trim doesn't lend itself well to swapping out casing for 5/4 or backband.

That style works well with 5/4 casing unless 4/4 is already installed. Have done a number of houses this way.

Couple suggestions. Talk the customer/builder/pm/ out of the dogleg panels and do a stand alone panel under the windows proud of the wall wainscot. It set the window apart as a separate element. Pic attached. It can be done with a frame and panel or as a single flat panel if the window is close enough to the floor that a frame would look cramped.

The other is to install your wainscot before casing windows and doors. Lay out where the casing will fall, fab/install panels, and butt your casing to the stile. Easier than trying to fit between casing legs or casing and a corner. I usually run the stile next to a casing leg wide and then rabbet the casing leg to fall over the stile around 1/4" with a router, straight bit and an edge guide. The over cut will get hidden by the wainscot cap.
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Good advice and sweet trim detail. :thumbup:

How do you handle the window head detail? In my case I used a 1x8 on my heads with bullnose, crown, and cap. I'd have to increase the thickness of that to 5/4 also to make it look right???
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#51 ·
Very traditional, backroom, bedroom, "lessor" just Functional room panel cap detial; Craftsman and shaker.

With the simple panel style, this is it. Most other solutions will be too ornate and draw attention to a very minor yet function detail.

Might get away with a piece of cove returned under. Mirrors the Casing Pediment detail, but certainly not needed and extra material/time.

:whistling Sorry Spencer I really just don't see what all the over thinking is all about
 

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Discussion starter · #52 ·
Texas Wax said:
Very traditional, backroom, bedroom, "lessor" just Functional room panel cap detial; Craftsman and shaker.



With the simple panel style, this is it. Most other solutions will be too ornate and draw attention to a very minor yet function detail.



Might get away with a piece of cove returned under. Mirrors the Casing Pediment detail, but certainly not needed and extra material/time.



:whistling Sorry Spencer I really just don't see what all the over thinking is all about
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That looks better. I cut my 45 too far back. Thanks for the pick!
 
#53 ·
Justin Huisenga said:
Spencer said:
This is the room it's going in. The style of window door trim doesn't lend itself well to swapping out casing for 5/4 or backband.

That style works well with 5/4 casing unless 4/4 is already installed. Have done a number of houses this way.

Couple suggestions. Talk the customer/builder/pm/ out of the dogleg panels and do a stand alone panel under the windows proud of the wall wainscot. It set the window apart as a separate element. Pic attached. It can be done with a frame and panel or as a single flat panel if the window is close enough to the floor that a frame would look cramped.

The other is to install your wainscot before casing windows and doors. Lay out where the casing will fall, fab/install panels, and butt your casing to the stile. Easier than trying to fit between casing legs or casing and a corner. I usually run the stile next to a casing leg wide and then rabbet the casing leg to fall over the stile around 1/4" with a router, straight bit and an edge guide. The over cut will get hidden by the wainscot cap.
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Great detail. I like this a lot, gives the opportunity to do a nice deep window sill too. People love deep window sills. Thanks for sharing
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Discussion starter · #54 ·
Texas Wax said:
Very traditional, backroom, bedroom, "lessor" just Functional room panel cap detial; Craftsman and shaker.



With the simple panel style, this is it. Most other solutions will be too ornate and draw attention to a very minor yet function detail.



Might get away with a piece of cove returned under. Mirrors the Casing Pediment detail, but certainly not needed and extra material/time.



:whistling Sorry Spencer I really just don't see what all the over thinking is all about
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Thanks again for the pic. I think it looks decent like that.

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