Joe Unni
08-14-2005, 10:44 AM
Hey all!
Here's the project at hand...
1927 two family in a suburb of Boston.
Homeowners wish to have door casings restored to what they may have been in 1927. It appears that the casings may have been replaced during the 1950's sometime and (per their designer friend) don't go with the 8" base/cap which doesn't appear to have been replaced.
Not being a casing profile expert, I'm wondering if you can point me in the right direction as to what type of profiles were created in the late 1920's and/or sources for this type of millwork. They're open to stock casing as well as custom milled. The current casing is 4 1/4" wide. They'd like to keep that same width as they don't wish to incur the cost of replacing the base. Another piece of info that might be helpful...they're stripping paint from all of the base and would like to have the casing match the base (wood and color) as closely as possible. Southern yellow pine seems to be the common underlying wood throughout the house. They will be staining everything.
I hope this is clear enough. Let me know if not.
Any info you could provide would be very helpful.
Thanks,
-joe
Here's the project at hand...
1927 two family in a suburb of Boston.
Homeowners wish to have door casings restored to what they may have been in 1927. It appears that the casings may have been replaced during the 1950's sometime and (per their designer friend) don't go with the 8" base/cap which doesn't appear to have been replaced.
Not being a casing profile expert, I'm wondering if you can point me in the right direction as to what type of profiles were created in the late 1920's and/or sources for this type of millwork. They're open to stock casing as well as custom milled. The current casing is 4 1/4" wide. They'd like to keep that same width as they don't wish to incur the cost of replacing the base. Another piece of info that might be helpful...they're stripping paint from all of the base and would like to have the casing match the base (wood and color) as closely as possible. Southern yellow pine seems to be the common underlying wood throughout the house. They will be staining everything.
I hope this is clear enough. Let me know if not.
Any info you could provide would be very helpful.
Thanks,
-joe