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   Piffin | Dec 27, 2005 12:40am | #1

   how tall is a car?
   nothing typical

   I've seen it in traditional homes from 28" to 42 " high, and in photos covering the wall

   but since the cap is often a functional chair rail, it should be oriented to prevent your chairs from gouging the wall. In rooms other than dining, it is good to be proportional to the room and wall sizing

    

    

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   doodabug | Dec 27, 2005 01:11am | #2

   Good answer. Wish I talked that good.

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   jimz | Dec 27, 2005 09:15pm | #6

   Doodabug

   "Good answer. Wish I talked that good." should be...

   "Good answer.  Wish I spoke (or wrote) that well."

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   doodabug | Dec 28, 2005 01:06am | #8

   You should write for FHB with grammer like that.

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   JDRHI | Dec 28, 2005 01:31am | #9

   "Good answer. Wish I talked that good." should be...

   "Good answer.  Wish I spoke (or wrote) that well."

   Actually, I believe "That was a good answer. I wish I spoke that well." would be most proper.

   But then, any of the humor, originally intended, would be lost.

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

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   doodabug | Dec 28, 2005 02:13am | #10

   Actually, I wrote it, I didn't spoke it.

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   Piffin | Dec 28, 2005 03:21am | #11

   when we write here, we are weally twalkink anyway 

    

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   QCInspector | Dec 28, 2005 04:29am | #13

   "when we write here, we are weally twalkink anyway"I am a lousy typist so I use Dragon Speaking to twalk 2 ewe. But I suspect that there are those that move dare wips when day tipe :-)

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   Piffin | Dec 28, 2005 04:58am | #14

   I had Dragon come with an earlier PC and nevr used it. Worth setting up? 

    

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   QCInspector | Dec 28, 2005 05:47am | #15

   Since you already have it you've got nothing to lose by playing with the program. While it's not 100% perfect. It's easy enough to stop and correct whatever mistakes you made, as you see them come up. Very rarely do you have to type in a mistake correction. The more you use the program, the better it gets at recognizing your speech. The program is able to lay words down faster than I can come up with coherent thoughts. A side benefit is that any sentences, you have written have proper spelling, if the word was selected properly.The one thing that they don't tell you when you load the program is that it takes a long time to load. Easily an hour or more. The training session to get started, takes about 20 minutes if I recall correctly. The weirdest part about using it when you first get started is watching your words come down while you're trying to talk and that tends to throw your train of thought off. It's also capable of doing a lot of commands, like 'file' and 'save as', etc. It also automatically punctuates sentences with commas and periods if you want. For the other types of punctuation, you have to tell it that you want to use a ? or an !. The program is capable of a lot more than I'm able of using.If it turns out that you don't like the program. You can always dump it. But if you are going to use it make sure the people in your house know what you're doing. Or they'll think you've gone nuts talking to yourself. Have fun!

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   Piffin | Dec 28, 2005 06:12am | #16

   do you speak write into the reply dialouge box, or do you use word pad and then copy/paste? 

    

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   jimblodgett | Dec 28, 2005 08:24am | #17

   Anyone know the origin of the term "wainscoting"? 

   The "wane" of a board?

   "Coting" as in coating a surface? 

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   Snort | Dec 30, 2005 11:58pm | #26

   Main Entry: 1wain·scot
   Pronunciation: 'wAn-sk&t, -"skOt, -"skät
   Function: noun
   Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch wagenschot, probably from wagen wagon + schot shot, crossbar
   1 British : a fine grade of oak imported for woodwork
   2 a (1) : a usually paneled wooden lining of an interior wall (2) : a lining of an interior wall irrespective of material b : the lower three or four feet (about one meter) of an interior wall when finished differently from the remainder of the wallHey man, alder smoked yellow fin for Xmas eve...everybody thanked you<G> Hey, pocket doors can't come off the track if they're nailed open

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   jimblodgett | Dec 31, 2005 03:56am | #27

   I had N.C. Hickry smoked ribs! (and Mama's chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for desert)

     

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   QCInspector | Dec 28, 2005 08:51am | #18

   The program works in any kind of writing program, e-mail program, this dialogue box, and even filling out forms on web sites. I've never tried it in Notepad, however, but I believe it would work. I did a long reply in November to another post using Open Office Writer and cut-and-paste that in, and it worked fine.

   Edited 12/28/2005 1:10 am by QCInspector

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   KeylessChuck | Dec 27, 2005 06:02am | #3

   Thanks for the info, and I'll get back to you about the car measurments.
   What about materials for wainscoating in a bathroom? Is MDF a no-no? Will a good exhaust solve any moisture problems in regards to MDF in a bathroom?

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   Lateapex911 | Dec 27, 2005 11:38am | #4

   I have had good success with MDF in bathrooms. I prime front and back and pay particular attention to triple checking paint qaulity. I never use it next to real wood, as the wood always shrinks a bit and a tiny gap opens.

    

    Jake Gulick

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   MarkCadioli | Dec 27, 2005 12:02pm | #5

   Jake

   I think the way that Gary Striegler uses it eliminates the shrinkage problem? I see he also recommends panel wder than they are high asthetically.

    

   regards

    

   Markhttp://www.quittintime.com

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   Lateapex911 | Dec 28, 2005 09:24am | #19

   I have decided to use MDF next to MDF whenever possible, although I seem to go against Gary's suggestion, LOL.

   I have used lots of the beaded and the pain. I am just finishing a master bath suite with  it..I'll post pics soon. Heres a beaded use or two. AS you can see, I go higher than you guys are talking about, LOL.

    

    Jake Gulick

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   CarriageHouse Design

   Black Rock, CT

   
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   KeylessChuck | Dec 30, 2005 06:48am | #21

   Nice work. I don't even think the ceiling in my bathroom is that high!

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   KeylessChuck | Dec 30, 2005 04:59pm | #25

   How does Gary use it. The only other wood the MDF would be into contact with is door and window casement. What would I do to ensure that the shrinkage wouldn't effect the look?

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   Piffin | Dec 28, 2005 03:23am | #12

   I haven't used MDF, but would not hestate. I would make sure to hold it offf the floor to avoid wicin water up in case of a flood, which will certainly happen in this course of time...Are we talking panels or beadboard? 

    

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   CapnJohn | Dec 27, 2005 09:28pm | #7

   We wainscoted three rooms in our 1899 Victorian. Ceilings varied in height, from 7-foot to 7.5-foot, so faced that same question.

   With 90" ceilings, we placed the chair rail at 32" above the floor. It just looked right. So it is about a third of the height of the ceiling.

   Now having said that, we don't have chairs near the walls. If you do plan on having chairs near the walls, I would place the chair rails so as to prevent the chair from hitting the plaster. After all, I believe that was the whole concept for wainscotting.

   Good luck.

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   Hazlett | Dec 28, 2005 02:42pm | #20

    chuck,

    I just moved into an older house this spring.

   Its  ninety six inches from  oak floor to ceiling

   its thirtyfour and a half inches  from floor to top of wainscotting

   this particular house has walnut wainscotting

    i doubt any of the panels are the same size___they vary quite a bit

   the widest is about seventy inches wide
   there is definitely a horizontal feel to it

    it runs from the diningroom( originally  the breakfast room)___wraps almost visually seamlessly throuth a doorway and into a second and larger diningroom___which we actually use as a living room___ family room>

   in the original living room___a much larger space which we jokingly refer to as the ballroom______ the wainscoting is confined to one wall_____but on that wall it runsl floor to ceiling and includes a tiled fireplace surround

   i have installed painted beadboard as a wainscotting in another house and it can be bright and cheerfull

   however the seemingly acres of varnished wood wainscotting i currently have could possibly be a bit overwelming and a bit dark if you dont pay attention to the  floor coverings and window treatments and paint selections etc

   got to be carefull and not get carried away

    best wishes

   stephen

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   TRIGGER | Dec 30, 2005 08:10am | #22

   Chair rail is set so the back of the chair dosent damadge the wall. Wanscot goes below. Yes I said WANSCOT.   36" CL of chairrail works .

   TRIGGER

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   TRIGGER | Dec 30, 2005 08:26am | #23

   They also have a picture mold that goes around the primiter of the room at about seven point five feet off the ground. Long wires would place artwork at eye level.

   TRIGGER

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   KeylessChuck | Dec 30, 2005 04:55pm | #24

   Thanks.