Casing Windows Ep.113
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Years ago I hired a guy that said he was a Finish Carpenter when we were doing a remodeling project on our house. When I came home from work and saw what he had done I realized that he must have meant he was from Finland.
My Grandfather was a Finnish Finish Carpenter- I would say if the standards expected were not met by your "finish" carpenter, that he was neither a Finish carpenter, nor a Finn- because the best Finish carpenters are often both.
Why do I love this guy so much? The way he does everything, the way he talks.His mannerism. His knowledge. You, Sir, have helped me a ton. Thank you for all the content you create. I love it and appreciate you a lot.
Nice shout out to Richard at Finish Carpentry TV. Maybe you should get him on EC2, Nate.
I’m glad you gave a shout out to finish carpentry tv. In my head I had hoped that you two would join forces for the finish carpentry of the house.
I was coming to the comments to say the same thing!
I also love his channel as well.
“ The in place mass production of one of a kind items” Seems like you could build a carpentry book around that concept
Larry Haun did.
That house wrap , wrapped around jack studs is something inviting water in , even with foam . That's the way we used to do it in old days , now I integrate house wrap with window flange
My dad was a finish carpenter by trade. He never used a pneumatic nailer as they were "too heavy" for his shoulders. A deft finish hammer and a nail set were his tools. If he ever left a "smile" on a casing he grabbed a pencil and initialed it, to let the painter who came behind him who caused the extra work. A lesson I'll never forget. Thanks for another great video.
That’s so awesome about your dad! Made my day.
I can understand how your Dad preferred older tools Eric. When I started in carpentry over well 50 years ago, there were no air tools of any sort. It was all hammers and screwdrivers, and I often used my great grandfather's tools. Those were still in use at the time. But the winds of time were changing, Eric, and will blow forever on now. Best of luck to you.
I remember helping my dad trim also he used a Stanley hand saw miter box and hand nailed everything
I'm guessing that he didn't also leave goopy caulk messes for the painter to fix 😉
a spray bottle and a heat gun will make those smiles go away. A little trick from a finish carpenter, free of charge
Take note of the chisel tip of the nails. The direction of the chisel dictates which direction the goes when it hits a knot.
Turning the gun 90* when nailing can help prevent blowout.
This is great advice. Has saved me tons of repair work over the years. I think I heard it first from Ben Degros over on @Vancouver Carpenter
Yes, yes, yes! This can help eliminate some blowouts! I call it "Gangsta style"!
Great point!
@@trevoraboussafy6900 great pun 👍
I really enjoy that you stress "exact" and "virtually the same" as appropriate terms in building! Things need to "look right ,to be right"! As I used to work on older homes re-dos, I had cards the had my name printed and under that it said "Carpenter / Illusionist" LOL
I consider myself an expert on “look right” after successfully hanging a nominally 6’x4’ painting (but not actually square) on a wall with the floor and ceiling sloping in different directions. You gotta go with the flow and trust your eye not the tape.
The main application is the finish work though, right? If the framer had it right, the rule would not be needed as often later on. Of course, he would probably say the same of the foundation guy.
7:00 “If it looks perfect it is perfect.” Such an important lesson for anyone building anything. You could make it exactly the same and have it look wrong. Step back five feet, ten feet, look from either side, and from the side of your eye. That’s time well spent. (And also an excellent moment to see if you missed something else!)
I spent the better part of 20 years working as a finish carpenter and to see someone that wants it right every time is a feast for these worn-out eyes. I thank you for your videos and like myself your willingness to learn a better way is always a pleasure to see. I was fortunate to learn from craftsmen like you when I first started. One of the fellows was so good I worked Saturdays for free for 2 years just to absorb everything he would teach me. When MDF first came out two of his builders ordered it and he picked up his tools and left the first guy......the second guy went and bought the materials used here. I asked Leo why and he replied, " that's my name on this work and it will never be used in the same sentence as MDF."
That was many years ago and I am proud to say my name has never been used that way either.
Finally a shout out to Finish Carpentry TV
One of my favorite carpenters to watch and learn from.
Same here. They've met in person before.
Thank you for taking the time to visit with me today, Scott. I appreciated the chance to reminisce about our favorite teacher and the community in which we grew up. Looking forward to the Spec House open house!
Awesome recommendation for Richard over at finish carpentry tv. I have watched and followed both of you for several years now. Between the two of you I have gained more knowledge than I ever imagined. Keep up the great work Sir.
“And then....(where the hell did the nail gun go)...proceed with caution..”
I love it! 😂 Thanks for the awesome content guys!!😊
How can anyone not like this video or any video on this channel? Speaking for myself, I find this channel both educational & relaxing.
Agree.
What get my goat is they leave the thumbs down without an explanation as to why.
That look when he stood up the left side of the casing of "now that I've lined this up perfectly, how the hell do I get my hammer" - I know that feeling soooo well.
It cannot be overstated how excellent this series is, and how appreciated it is that you are making your wealth of knowledge available to anyone with an internet connection. You've heard the same refrain countless times over the duration of this massive effort, but it can't be said too many times: you guys have made something special here. Not the house, though that of course is special as well. It's the tireless attention to detail in your presentation, the passion for your work, and the obvious joy in sharing that work with the rest of us. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
I always use a 18 guage brad nailer to nail the casing to the extension jambs. That's because we use a lot of DC98 casing in the DC area and the smaller guage is less likely to blow out the bead on the inside edge of the casing.
Man! I am a window and door contractor. Have been since I was 17 and I just started my own company. I do this a little different, but we have the same terminology. When I start training my own guys, I will use this video.
After years in the business, it’s comforting to hear and see a true craftsman do things the way I do them!
...And if the painters are really, really good those casings will shine like the fender of a brand new “Chevy” pickup‼ 😉
Your channel puts a shine on the trades, that benefits us all!
Thanks for another great informative video. Recognizing Finish Carpentry as a great channel shows how much humility Essential Craftsman has towards other TH-camrs. Inside Carpenter is another great production finish carpentry channel.
Another phenomenal video. Cant thank you enough Scott and Nate for all your hard work putting this together! Easily the best series I've found on youtube.
As a painter, I always appreciate carpenters who don't get all giddy about the sound their nail guns make and fill the carpentry full of nails. I also greatly appreciate when carpenters don't dry finger caulk and leave a goopy mess for the painter to then scrape off and redo properly.
Richard shoutouts!! He would be excited to know you’re giving him props!
Right as you were coming down the ladder I thought, “yep here comes the hook comment.” Lol!
Spoken like a true seasoned professional. Thanks for helping me brush up before I tackle a big project
This series just blows me away.
Nice Scott I love watching this stuff, I was a trim carpenter for 35yrs before I lost my eyesight, I’m now legally blind I can still see enough to work on my own house & build furniture & guitars. That was Awesome that you mentioned Richard Finish Carpentry t.v. He is a great trim man. God Bless & Thank you again💪💪🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸👨🏻🦯
Love watching your work, I was an engineer, built my own house in uk by necessity only way could afford to do it. My attitude do it properly and right changed my life. I have so many requests to do work, went into construction.
Thank you for giving me so much pleasure.
Used GRK Trim Finishing screws on last job I did... Zero blowouts or shiners since they drill the wood as they drive. Pneumatic has it's place, but will largely never go back to it for window and door trim.
Insider Carpentry - Spencer Lewis is by far the best trim carpenter on TH-cam.
Spencer Lewis: 18 windows - hold my brad gun.
I'll second this - Spencer does amazing work.
Great work! Looks awesome. I have the same gun and I have been meaning to put a hook on mine as well! One of these days, haha! One tip for when you are nailing the casings into your jamb pieces is to turn your gun sideways (I refer to it as gangster style). The chisel point of the nail tends to plow out to the left and right side of the gun, but rarely goes up and down. Just a friendly tip to help you not tick off your painters when a nail blows out the side!
I’m probably not the first to mention this, but in the chance I am, I have the secret for saying goodbye to inside edge casing shiners. It’s very simple: the gun should always be perpendicular to the edge. If you hold it parallel to the edge, you have no control over which way the nail deflects. Turn her sideways and she’ll never shoot through the jamb again.
My experience is that when they hit a knot all bets are off. I always cringe when I see someone with fingers near the drive. I once saw a very good man drive a nail through two fingers this way.
I always hold my nailers at right angle to the face of the board ( like how you were holding it for nailing the heads), otherwise the cut on the pointed end of the nail will make it more likely to curl out as it follows the grain
Dear [vicarious] friend Scott - thank you for making the point "Always remember the craft that follows you." As a Master electrician, Journeyman plumber, and passable carpenter, I have made great friends in my 75 years by following that principle. Sure enjoy watching you {and Nate} on your journeys!
A way to shim jams perfectly at a reasonable speed was floating it with a line laser and flat head screws, with roughly 3 or 4 screws depending on the jam depth
Would love to see someone demo this process
such a great educator..... thanks for your time involved in doing all of this!
With your wisdom and commitment when it comes to your work and the work of others and the fact that you never stop learning and getting better and teaching others to learn and to get better, you Sir are acting like a true model for my generation and the ones yet to come!
I work for the Hitachi dealership in my area, and I concur that the 15g should have a hook. Both our 16 and 18 gauge nailers have small belt hooks that I've found incredibly useful when doing small bits of work around my house.
i have this nail gun. added a belt hook by buying a cheap 90deg bit of cabinet hardware and some washers and drilled them out to fit over the leftover air fitting thread. works a treat.
Scott, I really like this series.
I’ve been a cabinetmaker for over 40 years.
One good piece of advice that would help you and others with respect to pneumatic finish nailers- I’ve used Senco and Bostitch, among others. My point is if you look closely at the tips of your nails that are glued together in a row. You’ll see these tips wedge to a point. Now, if the wedge shape runs with direction of the gun itself and the nail enters the wood, strikes an object and is deflected, it will have tendency to deflect to the left or right with respect the orientation of your nail gun. Bostitch nails tend to have their wedges arranged this way. Likewise Senco nails are staggered and their wedge tips go perpendicular to orientation of the nail gun. If an object within the wood is struck, the nail have tendency to deflect forward or back. This is important to bear in mind when nailing close to two finished surfaces.
Keep up the good work!
Al
Another lovely video Scott, after a health scare three years ago I started watching utube. You'll never know how much your channel as helped me through a dark time in my life. Its your manner, pep talks ect. Richard at finish carpentry and Lewis at inside carpentry both are lovely level headed lads. Even though I live thousands of miles away in Yorkshire England, I feel like we're all kindred spirits. I grew up in the sixties and seventies, my Summers were spent building tree camps, using my dad's saw and hammer. Using bits of wood and nails I could scrounge from local building sites. My imagination could run riot.
Thank you: it is always such a warm & friendly educational experience to watch your videos.
Beautifully cased out windows and doors. That's my favorite style. Nice clean simple profiles that pop and take it to the next level without overkill.
Great job with the finish work on the windows. However, I have two quibbles: First, it bugs me to see exposed end grain. If it were for my own house, I would have mitered the ends of the header and apron. As I said, a quibble.
Second, the paint grade board that was shown being cut on the miter saw had the pith right in the center of the board. In time, that board will almost certainly twist, cup, or crack. If I couldn't rip the pith out of the board, I wouldn't have used it.
The wonders of new construction, where step one is to make the jamb. In remodeling, steps one through three are: measure, draw a diagram, and swear.
What a great series. Timeless knowledge. doled out one gem at a time. Thank you. And great work on the house. Love how it's coming together. I'm sure it's finished and sold by now, but looking forward to seeing the finished product. Cheers.
We all honor, fully enjoy, and appreciate all you evidence of YOU Scott. and....Nate, and Phil and Daniel and Dustin and Cy ..and Ken......and the whole spec house-forge- beekeeper-upcoming crew. Hey Dave! Darrell
This video popped up randomly for me last year. I learned so much I began watching from the beginning of the series. Well, I am back around to this episode and am now planning my new home build for next summer!
You have the ability to teach very well. You explain things clearly and to the point. Its always great to be able to relate to someone that is in the same line of work!
Tks for another video. You’re absolutely right about trying to hide finishing nails in mdf, very frustrating. Keep up the great work!
One of the best channels on youtube! Keep up the great work! It’s amazing how well you make the channel look like an easy production. Thanks for taking the time to share your passion!
I have been watching you and Nate almost since the very beginning. I have learned a good deal and have been confirmed of things I am doing right. As a bivocational pastor who enjoys carpentry I find your stories, lessons and craftsmanship to be top level. Thank you for the many hours of inspiration. I agree with what others have shared, you are a true treasure!
I love this channel and the people who comment here.
I would add one thing : we always spray foam the space between the liners and the framing, it makes a huge difference up in Canada to the comfort and quality of temperature control in the room.
We use pieces of plywood of various thicknesses cut short of the width of the liners, and shim with those, not tapered shims. You can use thin sheets of plastic ripped for 1/16" adjustments. We carry a bucket of these materials around when doing windows.
The spacers cut short allow some foam to go between the back of the shim and the plastic of the window frame.
Great video !
at 3:50, some of the best advice you could ever give someone.
take a step back to think about the entire project. make sure you have all you need.
from blueprints to driver bits, it pays to pay attention.
I am so grateful for you content ! With the help of your videos I’ve just installed my first windows and I am about to tackle the window casings ! You are a powerful man with the wisdom you have to TEACH!
Thank you for fantastic content videos like this. I wish it had been available 6 months ago when I was replacing existing single glazed windows with new double glazed windows. I wait for an watch everyone of your videos. All have taught me something I didn't know.
Scott! Don’t get tired of making content. You and Nate are great at it. 👍
"In place mass production of one of a kind items". I like it! Good video, as always.
100% agree about the mdf and the solid wood house is looking good
Insider carpentry, carpenter0ne3! Awesome finish guys.
Finish carpentry guy is just learning, those guys are far more advanced.
Essential Craftsman and Finish Carpentry TV are my 2 favorite Channels! Thank you guys so much for all of your hard work and amazing content
I did a similar header on my cottage, but added a 1x2 rounded over for the top and bottom of the header. Classic farmhouse header.
I might have done a return on the endgrain of the header and apron so the painter doesn't have to deal with endgrain. Thanks for another great video. Love Richard , has all the tools and tricks.
This was a wonderful lesson. I especially appreciated the little glossary at the beginning - very useful. Thank you!
I really enjoy watching your videos sir. Your a very good teacher and you explain every bit of the process. Reminds me of when my grandpa was teaching me at 10-11 years old. He did it all just like you. Thank you.
Everything I need to know for my project. You are a master craftsman. Thank you!
I have been a carpenter for 45 years, the best site for finish carpentry I have found is insider carpentry.
Great work Scott! I wish I could follow you for a day, heck, a whole year and just soak up knowledge. Looking forward to the next video!
In Australian terms (generally) jam=reveal, case=architrave. Never actually heard anyone refer to the side or top of a window frame, so, I suppose head, leg, etc, still applies. Then again, most windows in Australia these days are delivered attached to the jam/reveal, and attached through the reveal to the house frame.
*jamb
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You made it so simple and easy to understand, yet added all needed details. Best video I've seen so far after watching tons of them
Thanks for the ep, I've been excited for finish carpentry and cabinetry!
Finally I get to see your trim. Looks great! Not surprising at all that it's craftsman style. Thumbs up from the other side of the country.
I'm glad it's easy to see how this could be done for a concrete wall with interior framing. Really just a matter of making a deep jamb and that you don't have to worry about nailing into concrete at any point since it's the casing that holds it in place.
Fantastic. Most people won't know what a clutch is ;-)
Excellent video. I've viewed many of your helpful videos over the years prior to taking on a project. Your instruction with detail is appreciated and it has helped insure my projects turn out well. Thank you!
awesome work, it's just how we do it. I'd add that finding the width of the jamb legs for your window box is key to getting casing that sits nicely against the box/wall, and a box that sits nicely against the window (or the "sash" as I've now learned) in cooperation with the casing.
Another great video as always. I always refer to the bottom moldings as sill on the outside
and stool on the inside. Names vary with locations no doubt about it/
I watch this as I wait for my router table to cool, I am making siding for a remodel project, has a beautiful profile. Love this channel.
Thank you Scott!!! I learned a LOT that I'd always had trouble with regarding casing windows!!!
I learn something new from every video. This channel is truly a pleasure.
So well put together guys. Nate your a natural buddy.
Maybe a tip for you, maybe not. Set 2 or 3 screws into the R/O jambs using a scrap piece of casing to set the reveal, you have micro adjustment with the screws, drop your assembly in and nail away, shouldn't need shims
FABULOUS HOMERUN PROTIP!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
As a carpenter we have done this for years. Great tip and you stole my thunder Mighty Me
Would love to see this in action to help me visualize it better. In the meantime I’ll be thinking…
@@GuitarWithJamie Insider carpentry has a video on this if you'd like to see more. th-cam.com/video/qYj4U_V3vOc/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=InsiderCarpentry-SpencerLewis
@@GuitarWithJamie Richard over at finish carpentry show cases it. If you still have questions Spencer Lewis over at insider carpentry details it in depth why and how he does it. Both guys will leave you with so much knowledge walking onto your next job site.
Nice to see you throw some metric measurements in!
The little pimple is exactly why I hate using MDF if I can't screw it. On my latest DIY project I used trim head screws for the 5/4 window stools.
Glad you recommended Richard’s channel, love watching his videos as well as yours. Also enjoy Kyle w/RR buildings videos too.
Having put up MDF trim, I completely agree about the "volcano" you talk about. I usually will cut it off with a putty knife, then fill the remaining hole.
MDF is nice though for it's dimensional stability and consistency. It's getting harder and harder to find decent wood boards that aren't full of knots or twisted.
Nice job and demonstration, I always used a traditional nosying profile on my sills 1.25”
I like the one I seen the guy put screws into the two by fours on the side exactly even with the window frame so when you put the side wood on it is lined up perfect. Then do your shims. Everything is in place.🎉
You are definitely right about MDF! I just installed nine windows and used MDF to do the exact process you just did ,it's hard to nail the corners together and get your box held in place like regular wood...
Scott, you and Richard McMurray encompass my favorite subscriptions on this format. I've been a practising carpenter for the last 40 years. Yes sir, I'm the same age as you!😉
A tip to ensure your nails don’t pop out of the jamb, turn your nail gun 90 degrees so you’re shooting nails in with the gun perpendicular to the edge of the jamb. Your 18g nails can move horizontally but will seldom move vertically in relation to the gun
Most helpful video on windows, thank you. Really enjoy your videos and learning from a true craftsman.
Great video Scott! House is looking great! Scott
Around here the stool is the inside bottom and the sill is the bottom on the outside of the house. Nice of you to mention Richard. Great channel and great guy.
Scott I’ve just framed and put the shear ply on a simple 20’x12’ shed. When it came time to select the trim and casing materials I followed your lead (without knowing) and ordered primed pine. I’m glad I chose wisely even for my little shed. Keeping up the good work!
That should be 10’x12’ shed.
A true craftsman, Scott. It ain't about what you see, but it's really about what you FEEL. REVEAL,.Boys.
Another highly educational and entertaining installment. Thanks.
Awesome video. Very informative and detailed. Thank you!!!
I'm a drywall finisher by trade , but I love when I get the chance to mix it up and do some finish carpentry . It transforms a project in wonderful ways. I agree with you about mdf vs real wood , just no comparison