How To Install Window Trim Interior

Nail the thick part of the trim to the framing with 2 in.

How to install window trim interior. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscribe to t. Rip the window stool to width using a handsaw. Mark the opposite end of the trim piece where the revel line intersects.

Brads spaced about every 6 in. Cut and install top trim use a miter saw to make a 45 degree cut on one end of a piece of trim that its longer than the window is wide. There are two methods of installing interior window trim.

Measure and crosscut the window stool to length from 1x4 primed pine. When you know how to install window trim you can elevate your carpentry projects and achieve pro quality results. The first step to trimming a window is the installation of jamb extensions or the window box.

We also observe his approach to trimming a wi. Nail the trim to the jamb with 1 in. Match the window into which you plan to install your new trim with your choice of frame styles step 2.

Mark the location of each side casing on the wall. Away from the jamb at both ends and along the base of the window casing. Step 3 check the fit then cut to length.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva installs interior window trim using hand tools. Position the shorter edge horizontally along the upper reference mark with its angle resting on the vertical reveal line. Prepare stool the piece lying flat in the window sill the stool and the bottom of the window will need to come into contact with each other when the window is closed and the window bottom must extend or more past the new trim on each side of the window.