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Moulding
Moulding Examples
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Moulding Terms
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Apron |
A trim board that is installed beneath a window stool on the interior. |
Astragal |
A molding, attached to one of a pair of swinging double doors, against which the other door strikes. |
Base |
A trim board placed against the wall around the room next to the floor. |
Base Cap |
A molding used on top of S4S base moulding to add detail. |
Base Shoe |
Molding used next to the floor on interior base board. Sometimes called a carpet strip. |
Brickmould |
Trim used around an exterior door jamb that siding butts to. |
Bull Nose |
Rounded corners. |
Casing |
Wood trim molding installed around a door or window opening. |
Chair Rail |
Interior trim material installed about 3-4 feet up the wall, horizontally. |
Coffered Ceiling |
A built-up false beam with decorative crown and other mouldings constructed in squares on the ceiling. |
Column |
A vertical structural compression member which supports loads. |
Column Base |
Decorative base moulding installed next to floor on columns. |
Column Capital |
Decorative component installed on top of columns. |
Corbel |
The triangular, decorative and supporting member that holds a mantel or horizontal shelf. Also required on some bay and garden windows for exterior support. |
Cornice |
A type of crown moulding. |
Cove |
A molding with a concave face used as trim or to finish interior corners. |
Crown |
A molding used on cornice or wherever an interior angle is to be covered, especially at the ceiling and wall corner. |
Jamb |
The side and head lining of a doorway, window, or other opening. |
Mantel |
The shelf above a fireplace opening. Also used in referring to the decorative trim around a fireplace opening. |
Outside Corner |
Moulding trim that covers the point at which two walls form an external angle |
Panel Cap |
Moulding installed on the top edge of wainscot panels. |
Pediment |
Decorative exterior trim assembly installed on top of the exterior of entry doors. |
Pilaster |
½ column like decorative trim installed on the sides of exterior doors. |
Plinth Block |
Decorative base block installed under side casing and next to base moulding. Application is for doors. |
Rosette |
Decorative trim piece used to add detail to window or door casing. |
Round |
Round shape moulding. |
S4S |
Moulding that is rectangular with 90 Deg. angles on all four sides. |
Shoe |
Moulding installed next to base to cover gap between flooring and base. |
Sill |
The structural member forming the lower side of an opening, as a door sill or window sill. |
Soffit |
The underside where the roof or ceiling overhangs the walls. Usually the underside of an overhanging cornice. |
Stool |
The interior flat molding fitted over the window sill between jambs and contacting the bottom rail of the lower sash. |
Stop |
Moldings along the inner edges of a door or window frame. |
Stucco mould |
Exterior trim with narrow profile and stucco key. Installed around windows and doors. |
Threshold |
The bottom metal or wood plate of an exterior door frame. |
Wainscott |
Paneling used as decorative wall covering on lower section of interior walls. A panel cap is installed on the top edge. |
Base Treatments for Windows
Interior Window & Door Trim
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Interior Window Trim
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Interior Window Trim: Casing , Stool, Apron
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Interior Door Trim: Casing & Header Cap
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Exterior Window & Door Trim
Exterior Window Trim |
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Standard Brickmould 1-1/4” x 2”
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Stucco Mould ¾” x 1-1/4”
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Exterior Door Trim |
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Moulding Styles
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Simplicity is the hallmark of Craftsman-style trim.
Although each molding is simple, the combined effect gives the room a distinctive, handcrafted look.
Use Reveals and Avoid Flush Edges
Wood moves -- as it dries out, as the house settles, as you cut it and as you're nailing it up. It's almost impossible to get flush edges to stay that way. That's why, for example, carpenters usually step casing back from the edge of door and window jambs. Stepping trim back to form reveals causes shadow lines and creates different planes that make it harder for the eye to pick up discrepancies.
Wood moves, so it's practically impossible to keep flush edges flush. Instead, offset edges from each other, such as the casing from the jamb. And use boards of different thicknesses as with the head casing and the leg shown here. This way, they can swell and shrink unnoticed.
Moldings hide the gap: Floorboards don't have to be a uniform distance from the wall. As long as the base/shoe molding covers it, the gap can vary.
Avoid exposing end grain
Don't show end grain. It absorbs paint and especially stains differently than flat grain. If a piece of molding must end abruptly, cut a return for it.
Built Up Crowns
Classical Colonial four piece crown
Mantles
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