i am using a 4 1/2″ casing with a 3/4″ backband around my doors and windows.the corners will be mitered but i want to bump out the moulding about 3/4″ to the side but only on the top portion of each vertical piece [ maybe 5″]. i have seen it in older homes. i just dont know about the proportions. what is that look called? anybody got any pictures. thanks for any help.
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I don't know what that look is called, but the corner blocks are usually called rosettes (whether or not they mimic a flower).
If you google images for "rosettes door casing", you'll see quite a few examples.
He said he's using mitred corners not rosettes
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He said he's using mitred corners not rosettes
Oh yeah. Missed that.
In that case, I have no idea what he's talking about so my contribution was less than pointless.
Paul,
The way I read the OP was the backband was mitered. I site built all of the trim in this pre-revolution home in Shipscarpenter Square in Lewes DE about 25 years ago. 4" casing, 6" head with 1" offset (OP called it a'bumpout') The backband eliminated the need for a plinth for the 1x9 base. I milled a 1/2" bead applied to the inside edge of the casing and head. The arches were site buit as well.
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nice. it all depends what he has in mind. we'll have to wait for him to come back with details to comment on. I have mitered wide stock casing too that looked fine.
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Very cool Chuck,I would like to try that some time.Bass
Thanx Brian and Paul,
That house was next to a home owned by George Read, one of the signers of the Constitution. Read was from New Castle DE but owned several homes. Read's home was to the left, not shown in pic. This is the exterior.
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I doubt the trim in the c.1760's was like that but that is what the owner wanted.
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That is what I was picturing in my minds eye.
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I tried that very thing in my house and it did not work. Ripped it off and ran straight backband.
I gotta go to one of the township buildings next week and I know they have that in their building (old stone house)
I'll check it out and see if I can get some dim's
Where are you located?
It depends on the style of home and style of the casing you are using whether this works or not.
I believe the original reason for back banding was a way to deal with irregular plaster finish at the door
Modern casings normally have a flat land at the thickest side of the casing now that is intended to emulate the older backbnaded types, but as a part of the casing so it applies in one step.
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For the life of me I cannot picture a bump out from 4 1/2" to 5" that can be mitered.
Having the header casing run long beyond the side casing and back banding the whole of the casing works but you aren't going to get the mitered corner of the casing only the back band.