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Wainscoting in the basement part 6
Too busy through the week to get at it in the evenings. Spent much of Saturday (6 hrs) working on the wainscoting by finishing up the wood trim inside the panels. Nailed in the store bought chair rail (white) and made my own cap to top off the wainscot (made from pine). The entrance room is now fully done and being prepped for painting (filling nail holes). Its now time to tackle the main living space in the basement. Shown here is the wainscoting we put in the laundry room. I used store bought beadboard and 2 pieces of store bought chair rail and quarter round. So this is what I also want to do for chair rail in the other rooms.
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Wainscoting in the basement part 5
Onward we go…I finished off the MDF strips and sanded the joints flush then got a start on the molding detail inside the panels. When it came time to install the trim, the issue of the MDF not all being the same thickness really came to the forefront. When I did the two panels in the corner to the right of the door, I pushed the trim in all the way and it provided a 1/16 inch reveal on the edge of the MDF. However when I started trimming the panels to the left of the door, the trim edged past the MDF to reveal itself about 1/16 inch. So that means the MDF to the left of the door is 1/8 inch thinner that the MDF that was used to the right of the door. So now its to think about what to do.
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Wainscoting in the basement part 4
For 2 hrs this evening I cut out the upper.and lower strips for this room, and installed them. A few trips back and forth to the workshop to rip the strips. The some measuring, and more measuring and cutting. Then finding the studs, marking them and using the 18 gauge brad nailer with 2-1/2 inch nails to secure the 3/4 MDF through the 1/2 inch drywall and into the studs. For the most part it went smoothly.
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Wainscoting in the basement part 3
Today I got busy installing door trim over that storage room door and the garden door. I cut out the pieces and glued and nailed in these two headers. It took a couple trips back and forth to the workshop since the table saw and router table are there, the miter saw in set up in the basement. Time: 1:30 hrs.
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Wainscoting in the basement part 2
From my previous comments, you can see that these are some of the unexpected issues that can come up. Now I have to rethink how to nail the built up molding onto the door casing. Instead of straight in nailing I’ll have to angle the nailer since there’s not enough door casing behind the built up trim to shoot straight in. Angling the nailer brings up visions of brad nails going off course and blowing out the side of the door casing. Been there and done that. Not fun. Now to carefully choose the right length nails.
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Wainscoting in the basement
The Mission:Â To design and work with left over trim molding to achieve a custom wainscoting for the basement home renovation. I am going to attempt to track the hours it takes to do this. Often, we see on tv shows, in magazines and books, how to do this or how to build that. Time is never mentioned but it is an important part of the building process. I consider myself an intermediate woodworker with enough skills to do most jobs, but I’m not a fast worker, I like to take my time.
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Claw foot bathtub and vanity bureau installation completed
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Claw foot bathtub and vanity bureau installation
We bought this tub through Sears, its made of fiberglass and acrylic. A few months after we bought it we found another style at Rona, which, for $200 more was better styled and thicker walls. Almost like a slipper foot style, but I was committed to this tub, so it stays.
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Basement bathroom reno continues 30 months later
Now, let me preface this by clarifying I said earlier “I’ll get to it.” Ok…ok…yes, its 30 months later. But at least its getting done! Right? 🙂
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Re-building and resizing an antique spool bed – continued
Little surprises you find along the way. Not just in renovations, but sometimes when rebuilding old furniture.