April 4

April 4th update

Our crew continues their efforts as finish carpenters, working
down from the attic through the second floor and now
beginning to manufacture the crown molding for the ground floor.

Kelly caulks the attic access during development.

The finished access to the attic showing detailed molding.

Here the old plaster crown mold is placed in front of a sample of the new wood crown mold.

Continuing to work down from the attic, the
trim around the attic opening took
a lot of attention.

This is where it stands on April 4th, showing
additional detail around the edges.

The original downstairs crown molding was quite elaborate and made of plaster, almost a lost art today. Mike has recreated it in wood. Here you see the old, plaster molding in foreground and a sample of the new wood molding in the background.

Michael performs the first step in making the crown molding.

Pat sands the first piece.

Here Michael holds the sample of new molding against a downstairs wall. As you
can see this is no simple piece of molding.

And, in fact, our entire crew is spending hours literally manufacturing it piece by piece.
Here Michael is routing the top piece.
This is just step one.

Pat sands it while unseen, as is frequently
the case here on our site, Kelly is cleaning
up the edges.