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Baseboard Molding Installation

Bob Ryley installs baseboard molding on the floor of the governor's mansion. Bob Lidle, trim carpentry foreman shows Bob some baseboard trim work involving a baseboard heat register.
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Baseboard Molding Installation

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" Then. Trim carpentry Portman Bob white -- And I. Got into the baseboard down here where you'll have electrical box place. And there's a lot of those could be done. And bought your -- been stolen that this is a different type of of baseboards at -- than what we have upstairs appears that the single board right wanted to write a book not -- product -- could be different. -- detail and in fact that law gets more complicated fans here. At communities as opposed to the lock is right right and that's born here at fifty. But right side of the Dalia thanks for right right that's got a hold up fairly stable right and that's based. Behind it is not plowed out like -- here feed comes directly from the basement exact yeah adamant right up from the basement laws. And -- got a cap that we going next -- Again an exact replica. What was here that's right. And when you're shooting them into the wood life that's great what about the top. Let you know again by the yeah. These jackets and here you go. On both ends. Nothing is that it had electrical. -- Where you know you got them. Backer right. And again. We shoot. This from going to be beautiful has faded out. And you have to get into a lot of miter cutting to go to the window well on both sides here."

" Some of the work that is also required involves. Bidding the baseboard trim the authentic antique looking trim around something quite new which is a new way of delivering. Heated or cooled air into the room and this register which of course -- down below is pretty nicely camouflage that's going the next room where I think Bob Ryley is putting. One of these together. Now Bob are you really ready to close this up -- see daylight behind you there."

" And you can see the old ventilation rate cuts and he removed from the outside pleased with masonry. Well we're going to insist on going and so we can go ahead all right look for more masons work carpenters working continued it right. Now you have shop drawings that the architect provides -- this right. They give us theoretical drawings and we make it work yet everything old house is out of plumb and level square. So we after that everything. To what's here each situation is going to be different on this is gonna look real good when it's completed."

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