Sunday, March 28, 2010

Here's an exterior custom trim job on the New Hampshire seacoast. Above you see the before, below you can see the after. The client felt (and they were right) that the entryway didn't make a statement, didn't fit the house and wasn't very well built as well. Notice the new window head casings on the lower windows that provide more overall detail.



Here you can see the differences more clearly. We changed the round pad to rectangle, two posts to four, round portico to rectangle, built the rubber roof properly, installed a different window and tricked it all with a LOT of composite trim. Now the entry is properly sized for the house, detailed enough to provide interest, the window fits the house, and best of all.... the roof doesn't leak.




We also spiced up the side door as well. Again, the roof was designed in keeping with the overall style of the house in mind. It fits.


Below is the inside trim. A barreled ceiling is no small task... at least when raised panels are involved.
Here is the inside of the new window. The wallpaper was recently installed, so I had to be careful not to damage any of it while changing the window opening. Notice the barrel ceiling below the window for reference.
The house originally had site made dental moulding... not very attractive. So we changed it to a two part crown with Cor-AVent soffit vent material. This special vent material allows me to install a detailed trim without the unsightly metal vent that is so common, while still venting the roof properly. Look carefully, it's the blackness between the white of the soffit trim and the main house color.

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