Moulding Around Attic Door

That way you can hold up the trim and make a pencil mark where the next angle should be.

Moulding around attic door.

Macneish march 15 2008 2 37am 18. How to install molding around an attic stair s entrance 1. Work from a stepladder and measure across one of the short sides of the stair frame from. These new wood stops provide a larger area for attaching new weatherstripping.

The base molding around a door is called the baseboard. Caulk around the ceiling hatch trim and around the framing inside the attic hatch. If you choose to cut an opening you will install trim molding around the perimeter of the opening. This is what is installed on the lower part of the walls in the home and along a finished floor.

Close the pull down stairs. They also give you an easy area to add hook fasteners if needed. If the attic hatch rests on the molding you should add 2 1 2 inch stops around the entire opening. It is also often referred to as the wall base.

You can also inspect the weatherstripping and molding around your attic door to see if it is damaged. Mark and cut 45 degree angles at each end of a piece of molding. Things you will need step ladder tape measure 5 8 inch or 2 inch case molding or clam shell molding pencil miter box saw 4d finishing nails hammer nail set wood putty 200 grit sandpaper latex primer latex paint paintbrush. The woodgrain millwork 11 16 in x 2 1 4 in wm356 primed finger jointed pine casing door pack includes five 84 inch sides which is enough material to finish both sides of a door.

Leave the other end at a 90 degree cut about 3 inches longer than the corner of the opening. The casing is what surrounds the interior doors and windows. Casing is used around doors and windows to cover the gaps between the frames and walls. Cut a 45 degree angle on a piece that will be used for the top of the attic stairs opening one of the short ends of the rectangular opening.

First the trim provides an attractive finish to the cut.