Finish Carpentry

Trim Finish Crew

Interior trim has the power to transform a blank space into a finished home with warmth and architectural character. Its also the most visible work a carpenter performs, demanding expert skills, precise tools, and a solid understanding of the design principals at work. A master tradesman typically shows how to meet the highest standards of craftsmanship while working under the inevitable time and budget constraints of modern construction. Using the latest tools, materials, and techniques we demostrate the professional approach to:

• Hanging and Trimming Doors
• Running Baseboard
• Tray and Coffered Ceilings

Staircase

You might say that carpenters bring order to the world, by building places and spaces to better organize, protect, and provide comfort for people's lives. But carpenters also are dependent on order for the structures that they build. It's probably easiest to understand what classical orders are by taking the words one at a time. In architecture, the word order really means any horizontal structure that's sup- ported by vertical structures. The relationship between an entablature and its supporting colonnade, for instance, represents an order. Even a simple doorway is an order, so too are a pair of posts supporting the header of a patio cover. The term classical refers to the art and architecture of the Greeks and Romans. So the classical orders are simply the three Greek orders (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) and the two Roman orders (Tuscan and Composite) that regulate the relationship between vertical and horizontal components in the architectural structures that are among the roots of our culture.

Crown Moulding

Each carpentry task is somewhat different, but most involve the same basic steps. Working from blueprints or instructions from supervisors, carpenters first do the layoutmeasuring, marking, and arranging materialsin accordance with local building codes. They cut and shape wood, plastic, fiberglass, or drywall using hand and power tools, such as chisels, planes, saws, drills, and sanders. They then join the materials with nails, screws, staples, or adhesives. In the final step, carpenters check the accuracy of their work with levels, rules, plumb bobs, framing squares, or electronic versions of these tools, and make any necessary adjustments. When working with prefabricated components, such as stairs or wall panels, the carpenters task is somewhat simpler because it does not require as much layout work or the cutting and assembly of as many pieces. Prefabricated components are designed for easy and fast installation and generally can be installed in a single operation.

Office Carpentry Work

Carpenters are involved in many different kinds of construction activity, from the building of highways and bridges, to the installation of kitchen cabinets. Carpenters construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures made from wood and other materials. Depending on the type of work and the employer, carpenters may specialize in one or two activities or may be required to know how to perform many different tasks. Small home builders and remodeling companies may require carpenters to learn about all aspects of building a houseframing walls and partitions, putting in doors and windows, building stairs, installing cabinets and molding, and many other tasks. Large construction contractors or specialty contractors, however, may require their carpenters to perform only a few regular tasks, such as framing walls, constructing wooden forms for pouring concrete, or erecting scaffolding. Carpenters also build tunnel bracing, or brattices, in underground passageways and mines to control the circulation of air through the passageways and to worksites.