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Kitchen Rehab: Tin Crown and Door Trim From "Restoration Realities" episode DRTR-210

(Continued from page 3)

Homeowner Stephanie Turner dons the appropriate eye protection before she begins work with the power tools.

Project 2: Oak Jamb and Casings for the Unfinished Wall

For the second kitchen project, Stephanie and Bill dress up an unfinished dividing wall by adding casing and trim to its end. The first step is to remove a strip of tile, using a tile saw and chisel, to make room so that the new casing can be installed.

Safety Alert: When using a tile saw, be certain to wear eye protection. Also, this job will produce large amounts of tile dust, so use a respirator mask to avoid breathing the dust particles.

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• Begin by measuring the existing trim and laying out that width on the tile wainscoting.

• Mask the line to be cut with painters tape to clearly mark the line to be cut.

• Begin by cutting the tile with a 3" tile saw (figure A).

• Use the canister vacuum directly behind the saw to prevent dust in the room (figure B).

  Figure A

  Figure B

  
  

• Remove the tile using a cold chisel (figures C and D).

• Clean off the remaining mortar.

  Figure C

  Figure D

  
  

  Figure E

• Using the old profiled trim that the Turners had available as a model, we cut and prepared the new trim. In our case, we used a router and cove to create a cove piece for the new kitchen-door trim (figure E).

  Routing Tip: To prevent splitting or chipping when routing deeper cuts, first score the edge of the wood every six inches with the router.

• We then used a table saw to custom cut the pieces to width. The table saw blade makes a thin cut in the wood. In some areas we had to trim off the excess the blade didn't remove.
  

  Figure F

• Next we sanded the wood, paying special attention to the areas that were routed and cut. Stephanie then stains the wood to match the other trim in the kitchen (figure F). Allow the stain to dry before cutting it to size.

• Use a miter saw or table saw to cut the stained trim pieces to size.

• Add spacer blocks at the end of the door jamb to hold the new trim pieces at the proper position. (In this case, we wanted about 1/8" of the end board to show once the installation was complete.)
  

  Figure G

• Make certain that the end piece is lined up properly, then secure it with finish nails and pneumatic nail gun. We also added a decorative accent in the form of a cap piece (figure G).

• A little bit of caulk to hide the seams and the tin crown is finished. Caulk the edge between the trim and the tile and touch up with paint as needed.

• Repeat the process on the second door jamb.
  

Before. . .

and after.

Jim and Stephanie Turner have the satisfaction of knowing that they've restored their 1911 prairie Tudor home, doing much of the work themselves. Restoration Realities has helped them complete the seven-year restoration of their craftsman style kitchen.

Before. . .

and after.

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RESOURCES :

Specialty trim used in this project is from
AA-Abingdon Affiliates Inc.
www.abbingdon.com