A counterman's moulding guide

Accolade: decorative use of moulding in which two ogee curves meet above a door or window.

Apron: a piece of finish moulding below the sill of a window covering the rough edge of plaster or sheetrock.

Architrave: moulding around a door or other rectangular opening.

Astragal: a moulding pattern of two basic types, a Tastragal and a flat astragal. The T type is used with a pair of doors to keep one from swinging through the opening. The flat type is for decoration.

Back Band: a rabbetted moulding used to surround the outside edge of a casing.

Back Miter: an angle cut starting from the end and coming back on the face of the stock.

Baluster: columns or spokes used in a stair rail as support and/or decoration.

Base Cap: moulding applied to the top edge of the baseboard.

Base Shoe: moulding applied between the baseboard and the floor.

Bead: a narrow, half-round moulding, attached to or milled on a larger piece; also square or rectangular trim less than one inch in width and thickness.

Bowtell: a plain round moulding.

Casing: trim applied around the tops and sides of windows & doors.

Chair Rail: a type of moulding usually applied to a wall about I /3 the distance from the floor and parallel to it.

Coping: a process in which two moulding strips are fitted together at an angle by cutting one to fit the design of the other.

Corner Protector: a moulding installed on the outside corners of interior partitions to protect and finish the joint.

Cove: a type of moulding with a concave profile used at corners, particularly as a ceiling cornice.

Dovetail Moulding: a moulding in which interlocked triangles are used.

Drip Cap: moulding placed on the top of exterior door and window casings.

Drop Moulding: a type of panel moulding lying below the face of the framing.

Finger-jointed: moulding made from short pieces of wood joined together with factory-made finger joints.

Glass Bead: a type of moulding used to hold glass in place (also called glass stop, putty bead, glazing bead, staff bead).

Half Round: a type of moulding whose profile is a half circle.

Lineal Moulding: sold on a random length basis as distinguished flrom cut-to-length mouldings which are trimmed to specific lengths.

Ogee: a moulding contour much like the letter S.

Panel Mould: a decorative moulding originally used to trim raised panel wall construction.

Miter: cutting the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.

Miter Box: a guide to aid in cutting a miter.

Miter Joint: joining two pieces by cutting the end of each by bisecting the angle by which they are joined.

Moulding: a shaped strip of wood or other material used as a decorative trim.

Moulding&Better: a grade combination purchased by moulding producers.

Pattern: any of a number of standard shapes, moulds or configurations to which lumber is machined.

Profile: to cut or saw to a particular paltern.

Quarter Round: a moulding used as a shoe base, inside corner moulding or to cover any 90o recessed juncture.

Raised Moulding: raised above the surface to which it is applied.

Round: a semicircular to full round moulding such as a closet rod.

Scotia: a deep, concave moulding more than l/4 round in section.

Screen Mould: originally used in construction of screens, now used at the edge of a shelf.

Shelf Cleat; used in closets to support a shelf (also a shelf strip).

Shoe Moulding: used at the bottom of a baseboard to cover space between finished flooring and baseboard.

Shorts: short pieces of moulding.

Solid Moulding: produced from a single piece of wood as opposed to finger-jointed produced from two or more pieces of wood joined end to end.

Sprung Moulding: has its interior corner beveled off to better fit a right angle joint.

Standard Lengths: 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.

Stock Woodwork: mouldings that are stocked in inventory.

Stool: moulded interior trim serving as a sash or window frame sill cap.

Stop: moulding nailed to the face of a door frame to prevent the door from swinging through or to hold the bottom sash of a double hung window in place.

String Tied: a bundle of small pieces of mouldings tied by twine (also string tied & bundled, ST&B).

Trims: mouldings and other finish materials.

Definitions used in this guide are based on information.t'bund in "Terms of The Trade" and "Carpentry" -ed.

Story at a Glance

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11 AVING the answers lbr design- Fl ers' dilemmas can lead to a string of multiple sales. And a reputation for stocking solutions.

Take, for example, this recent architect's quandry:

PROJECT: Complete a modern office complex with warm touches of America's colonial past.

SOLUTION: Early American styled millwork with a complementary series of wood windows as a finishing touch.

The now completed Peter Kirk Square office park in Kirkland, Wa., is a series of five wood frame, twostory buildings clustered around an open air square with a central clock tower. The 11,000 sq. ft. complex is built over a post-tension concrete underground parking facility.

The designers attempted to recreate the look of a 1700s Town Square, using colonial styled moulding, millwork, siding, railings, wood frame construction, high cathedral ceilings and aged brick accents. But the complex needed something more. Something that would tie the five buildings together andgive each of the twelve individual office spaces