Any woodworkers?

Nice view though!

 

Oh dude that blows more than I envisioned.

 

Building a few posts for a remodel project.

Note: Not my shop or my clamps, so don't bust my balls. I had tobuse what was on hand.

 

I've been here for over a week already

 

Those are the new ones , I'm just starting to re-trim out the interior now that I have the outside all buttoned up

 

The mullion that divides the upper and lower glazed units was constructed differently , previously there was a seperate sash for each glazed unit that was split by a crossing mullion that was butt joined into the side jambs , the butt joint was suceptable to seasonal shrinkage / movement and the water collecting on the upper glazed unit found a path around the end of the crossing mullion when combined with wind and would then get behind the lower sash unit

As you can probably tell from the pic , there's a pretty extreme exposure here as far as wind driven rain goes , his house is perched up on a cliff that is pretty open to wind

 

I am not sure what or why you are doing here. Any further info for a non skilled person, here?

 

Lunch is the most important meal of the day after breakfast and mid morning snack time....

 

I probably should have moved all this over to the Home Improvement thread but whatever too late now

So first off I'm applying the nosings

Scribe and fit the ends , this window is out of plane with the drywall , I'll use that to show what I was talking about with the V rebate tomorrow when the sides go on


Nosings sitting on my little L supports that hold the nosing at the correct alignment while I mark and fit it to the liners and drywall , biscuit locations marked ( on painters tape on the pre-finished window sills , marked on the nosings that will get sanded off later )


The nosing is to have a 1/4" reveal to the jambs which is carried throughout the head and side casings , to do that I want to offset cut my biscuit slots by the dimension of the reveal ( 1/4" )

Here's a sample of what I'm talking about

Strike your biscuit location like usual


I milled a piece of plywood to match my reveal thickness ( 1/4" thick ) and made a little window slot so I can see the biscuit location marks


Set your depth with the spacer in the mix , basically you don't want the reveal offset to force the biscuit to be cut too close to the top of the nosing or so deep it doesn't end up in the jamb / liner


Cut the biscuit slots in the jamb WITHOUT the reveal spacer , cut the biscuits in the nosing WITH the spacer stacked onto the nosing

Doing so offsets your two pieces exactly the dimension of the thickness of your reveal spacer for a consistent reveal


To clamp the nosings in place I use a plywood block clamping system with screws and fender washers to draw the nosings tight to the window liners , the screw holes in the drywall are covered later by the apron trim

 

Yes and its more accurate when you're working on multiple windows / doors because it eliminates any set up errors

 

Installed the aprons this morning


and just to finish off my point with the side casings , as you can see this window is proud of the drywall


Putting a square , un-rebated piece in causes it to sit cockeyed on the nosings and the back of the trim contacts the jamb causing an open joint between the trim and jamb


Putting the V rebated piece in solves the issue with the back contact and closes the joint between the side trim and jamb and if the window and drywall is not too far out of plane the reveal at the head casing and / or nosing may be acceptable .

In this case they are too far out of plane and we need to take one more step

( note the casing to nosing reveal is not consistent )


If we remove this portion of material I've marked in pencil we should get back into alignment

This will vary from case to case and may also be a taper


In this case I just ran the piece through the tablesaw on edge , removing the offending material , if it's a taper usually I use a block plane or combination of tablesaw and block plane


Now it fits tight against the jamb and wall , and the reveal between the casing and the front of the nosing is consistent


Add glue and nails

Profit

 

Beats the hell out of a bead of white caulk down the outer edge where it meets the drywall.

I always hate when I see that in construction.

 

Really? I though caulk fixed everything!

j/k