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Good Millwork: TimberSIL 40 Year Transferable Warranty, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. Wood that Won’t Burn? Contradiction? We questioned it as well. The distributor on the other end of this inquisition probably felt like Colonel Jessep. We CAN handle the truth, but we’re not pushovers and it wasn’t going to be easy. Here’s the rundown: [...]
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Good Millwork: Classical Architecture Molding, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. FACIAL ANGLE: Another important alignment is the FACIAL ANGLE — the incline off the vertical at which both individual moldings and molding groups will be pitched. It's important to maintain a consistent facial angle throughout a molding sequence; otherwise the parts will appear disconnected because [...]
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Good Millwork: Twitt for Spring Cleaning Discount, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. Temperature is rising, doors are open and it’s absolutely amazing how much stuff we have laying around from the winter! We’re going to knock the dust off of some of these profiles, cut the price and see if we can’t put the wood [...]
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Good Millwork: Classical Architecture Mouldings, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. COORDINATION: In classical architecture, locating moldings relative to each other is not a free-for-all, but involves coordinating individual parts to make an ordered whole. This is usually attained by means of geometric alignments. For instance, when a TORUS is set over a PLINTH, its outermost [...]
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Good Millwork: Virginia Basement Remodel, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. With over 1000 miles between us and a very short timeline, we asked Jon to share photos of his remodeling project and give us some feedback on our wood moldings…here’s the nice surprise we received via email: I had a complete basement remodel requiring a [...]
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Good Millwork: Classical Architectural Mouldings, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. REPETITION: Repetition can nonetheless be successful in certain cases. In Fig 6 we have a convex ECHINUS followed by a convex bead, and the combination works perfectly well. But almost always you want to avoid the literal repetition of profiles one after the other. [architectural [...]
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Wood Siding What wood siding is insect resistant, almost fireproof, and so rot-resistant that it comes with a 40 year no-rot warranty? TimberSIL wood siding. Good Millwork: TimberSIL Fire Rated Wood Siding, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. We’re always up to a challenge when taking on a “new and improved” wood product. Our slightly skewed, [...]
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Good Millwork: Classical Architecture Moldings, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. Molding Design Let’s look at some of the formal issues that can guide the design of moldings for interiors. TYPE & SPECIMEN: First, we must distinguish between a general TYPE of molding and the potentially infinite number of individual SPECIMENS of a molding type that [...]
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Good Millwork: The Fanciful Folley, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. “The Fanciful Folley” features a modular, post-modern design constructed all from reclaimed cypress waste donated by Good Millwork. Designed by Les McCormick of Studio Atelier and built by Ederer Construction both of Point Washington, Florida, the playhouse was built for the Cottages for Kids benefit [...]
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Good Millwork: TimberSIL Fire Rated Wood Shutters, originally uploaded by Good Millwork. Wood that Won’t Burn? Contradiction? We questioned it as well. The distributor on the other end of this inquisition probably felt like Colonel Jessep. We CAN handle the truth, but we’re not pushovers and it wasn’t going to be easy. Here’s the rundown: [...]
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