Mar
26
2006
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Goldilocks and the Three Trims


Today I noticed our pending trim in the front yard. It looked small to me, so I snapped the tape measure off my belt (like a real-life architect) and measured it. Horrors. It’s 3.5 inches. That’s wrong. The old trim was 4.5, and I want the old trim back.
According to the James Hardie web site, they have 3.5 and 5.5 inches. I thought maybe the 5.5 would be a better compromise than 3.5, but I mocked it up just to be sure.
This is where my Photophop skills serve me well. Below is a photo of our old back door with three different widths of trim. The thin 3.5, the perfect 4.5, and the fat 5.5.
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Any opinions or advice out there?

3 Comments for Goldilocks and the Three Trims


becky
March 27, 2006, 10:48 am

I don’t know if this is an option with the trim or not, but we used Hardie board as siding and they didn’t have our reveal so we bought twice the reveal and cut every board in half. It actually went much better then I though. I figured we’d spend a small forturne on saw blades, but if your are mindful of twisting the board when you cut it goes pretty smooth. I would attempt to buy the 5.5 in. stuff and cut it to the needed 4.5 in.


Katharina
March 27, 2006, 12:45 pm

I’d vote for 3.5 inch.


vanderwal
March 28, 2006, 2:38 pm

I too vote 4.5 and get the 5.5 and trim it to get there.
We have a house from 1951 and its trimmings are using real scale wood (2×4 was two inches by four, etc.). Our moldings, plinth, and exterior trim has required our going bigger and trimming.