Interests

In continuity of sharing building innovations to processes and materials I am updating website links to things I have found of interest in my field:

Adding A Barrel Vault

The above being an article cost comparison of installation time of wood framing to metal system.

USG's Architect's, Designers & Specifiers Site

Links to innovative articles.

June 2007 ~ Creative Crown Molding

[Edited May 2, 2008]

My job in this unoccupied residence was to install painted crown molding around the ceilings of the kitchen, breakfast, formal dining room, entryway and front hall. With this client a horizontal baseboard is installed underneath the crown molding. The above photo depicts the start of this process. I have come to rely on Zip-Wall spring-loaded poles to assist in support and precise positioning before shooting any nails.

Crown set against base. Midway through.

I am also painting this molding with a first coat before installation. This I do on sawhorses in the family room.

Progress On The Roof Painting Project

Before any regular traffic could go on up on the roof the old decking right outside the door had to be replaced, the rails cleaned off and painted.

Redwood boards would be the deck replacement, varnished in the basement and set to dry, chopped to size, then fitted from underneath with galvanized hex lag screws.

[Editor's note: Only recently could photos be added of the decking completed some time ago. The author having taken on a job sub-contracting labor around his home community of Rye, Colorado - April 6, 2008.]

A test area was cleaned in this triangular west facing area in order to see how chalky the old paint was, preparation for a sample to be applied.