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…install to reinforce structural connections without removing sheetrock from the walls. During the reconstruction the house was…
…connections capacity. The finishing touch is a piece of crown molding that fits over and camouflages the bracket to give the newly…

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…in sections and wipe it off. Stubborn adhesive might need some additional water and…
…of time and patience. I took a lot of sheetrock off with it in one bathroom, which led…
…wallpaper had been placed directly onto the sheetrock with no primer. Once the wallpaper…

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Bob Ryley is on site with Bob to provide some insight into the unique baseboards being installed on the first and second floors of the Executive Mansion. The moldings and baseboards are exact replicas of the original profile. Originally they would have been planed out by hand as one finished piece.

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The framing and plastering is completed in the basement of the Executive Mansion and Ryley and Bob meet up with Judson, one of the restoration carpenters, to discuss trimming out one of the mansion's 80 to 100 doorways.

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We made a compass out of a piece of scrap ply-wood to help scribe our cuts.

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Trimwork and paneling are underway in the entryway returning some of the house's original formality and grandeur. This elegant horizontal paneling, reminiscent of paneling on the original doors, enhances the entrance to the livingroom.

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The architect's design for the back porch called for some beefed up columns to complement the large overhang. To accomplish this Bob and Ryley built out 6x6 columns with 3/4" stock and 1 1/2" pine 1x8s and trimmed the top and base.

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