How to Care for Old and Historic Wood and Plaster What are the best methods for removing stains from wood finishes? How can you determine the type of finish on your molding? How can you repair the cracks in your plaster cornice? You've been told you have "alligatored paint": what is it and what can you do about it? Answers to these questions and ...
An invaluable resource for creating graceful interiors, this complete handbook liberates woodworkers, builders, architects, and homeowners from the limited selection of mouldings available at home centers by providing detailed information to help choose, purchase, install, and manufacture wood mouldings. Detailed instructions on the processes used ...
The "Ultimate Guide to Crown Molding" shows readers how they can add a touch of grandeur and distinction to their homes by installing decorative cornicing.Accompanied by more than 350 full-colour photographs and easy-to-understand illustrations, this volume takes readers through the process of selecting designs, choosing the right materials, and ...
Trimwork and moulding add style and character to a room and rid it of the "empty box syndrome" that is common to so much modern housing. With over 900 colour photographs and illustrations, "1001 Ideas for Trimwork" presents moulding profiles and designs to turn any style home into a showplace. Topics cover window and door casings, crown mouldings, ...
New doors and windows in a house can enhance ventilation and light, energy efficiency and safety. This guide to millwork illustrates the costs and problems of fitting new doors and windows, and instructs on how to restore old millwork to its original charm, or add the feature to modern buildings.
The Quick Guide Series is packed with step-by-step information on home repairs and improvements. Each 8 1/2" x 10 7/8", 80-page book has more than 190 two-color illustrations with easy-to-follow instructions. These weekend projects are ideal for increasing the quality and value of your home.
This guide is intended to help take the reader from barrier and wall framing through to installation and finish trim. It provides information on expediting the framing and installation of doors, windows, skylights and solariums, and explains how to avoid mistakes and prevent accidents on the job.
With the revival of interest in traditional building design, practitioners, students and historians have begun to study and use the vocabulary of forms that so enriched our architectural heritage. None are as ubiquitous as mouldings, yet an in-depth analysis of them has been absent. This, the re-publication of a 1926 study with a new foreword by ...
Rare British sourcebook of Victorian period advertising wooden molding and frame designs created for the decoration of Victorian-style homes and buildings. Reeded moldings, bead moldings, many more. Over 1,800 illustrations.
The Quick Guide Series is packed with step-by-step information on home repairs and improvements. Each 8 1/2" x 10 7/8", 80-page book has more than 190 two-color illustrations with easy-to-follow instructions. These weekend projects are ideal for increasing the quality and value of your home.
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