Finish Carpentry Aim: How Does ﬁnish Carpentry Compare to Rough Carpentry?

Home , Carpenter (theatre), Carpentry, Framer, Molding (decorative)

Name: Basic Carpentry Coop Tech Morning/Afternoon Canarsie HS Campus Mr. Pross Finish Carpentry Aim: How does ﬁnish carpentry compare to rough carpentry?

While carpentry as a whole is the assembly and repair of wooden structures, there is a strong distinction between rough carpentry and finish carpentry. Rough carpentry focuses on the basics – the framing part of building. A rough carpenter – also known as a framer –knows how to construct walls, roofs, and floors that meet building codes and engineering specs. Rough carpenters know how to properly inspect equipment and structures thoroughly to make sure they are safe and up to code. Finish carpentry refers to the final touches that make a house a home. Finish carpenters work on homes after the structure is fully built, insulated, wired, and plumbed. Finish carpentry is the last step in the carpentry process. Finish carpenters perform tasks such as installing crown molding, baseboards, windows, stairs and other features of a building that requires aesthetic appeal. To become proficient in finish carpentry, it takes years of practice, learning a wide range of woodworking tools. Finish carpenters work with many specialized tools for Aesthetics: Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of measuring, cutting, and layout. beauty. Finish carpentry can be composed of three actions: measuring, cutting and attaching. The list of installations includes doors, trim, moldings, cabinets, stair bannisters, shelving and everything needed to finish the interior of a home. Finish carpentry might seem simple but it's highly visible, and you need a certain level of woodworking skill to produce tight joints and level installations.

Have you worked on any rough carpentry in class? Describe that project using your own words. Name: Basic Carpentry Coop Tech Morning/Afternoon Canarsie HS Campus Mr. Pross

Picture contains many examples of the work that ﬁnish carpenters perform.

*Take a look at the stairs, columns, doors, windows, and ﬁreplace.

Wood Paneling

Window with Trim Door with Trim

Column

Wood Staircase

Finish Carpentry Projects Almost any visible wood in a home was put there by a carpenter. Finish carpentry projects can include basic, functional items such as hardwood flooring or stairs. Most of the skilled and specific finish carpentry work, however, is aesthetic. Finish carpenters typically: • cut and add design details to window and door trim. • install and dress up baseboards at the floor and crown molding at the ceiling • install crown molding, wainscoting, and wall paneling • build in bookshelves and intricate fireplaces. Name: Basic Carpentry Coop Tech Morning/Afternoon Canarsie HS Campus Mr. Pross

Trim is a general term for all the finish details that you see in a house, apartment, or a building. Each piece of trim though has a specialized name and purpose. Base molding, crown molding, door casing, and window casing are each an example of trim but they are most often used with their specific name or purpose. For example, adding bookshelves into a home adds more space for storage but is meant to be seen by the people living there or anyone visiting. Kitchen cabinets are another example of finish carpentry. After the kitchen is sheetrocked and the electrical and plumbing are installed, finish carpenters provide storage for the home or apartment with cabinets that make your home look more complete.

Picture contains up close picture of the interior trim in a house.

*Notice that each piece of trim has a particular name for it.

Crown Molding

Wall Molding

Door Casing

Window Casing

Base Molding Name: Basic Carpentry Coop Tech Morning/Afternoon Canarsie HS Campus Mr. Pross Who are finish carpenters? Finish carpenters work with a variety of specific tools for cutting, measuring, and lay out. Nail guns with small and precise nails, hand planes, and Many of the tools though are used in both rough and finish carpentry. For example, jigsaws are common with both framers and finish carpenters. A framer may need a jig saw to cut a hole in sheathing for a pipe, while a finish carpenter may need that same tool to cut open the back of a cabinet for a pipe. Many of the skills rough carpenters may need carry over into finish carpentry and vice versa. Miter boxes are another tool commonly used by both types of carpenters.

Handplanes are a traditional carpentry tool still Chop boxes are a common tool for both rough used by many ﬁnish carpenters today. and ﬁnish carpenters. *Precision cutting makes it a versatile tool. *They are fragile though and are rarely used for framing.

Nail guns come in a variety of sizes, but smaller ones such as these are used by ﬁnish carpenters to attach ﬁnish pieces, such as door and window casing. Name: Basic Carpentry Coop Tech Morning/Afternoon Canarsie HS Campus Mr. Pross

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What is the purpose of ﬁnish carpentry in a home or building? How does it diﬀer to the purpose of rough carpentry?

If you had to choose, would you rather be a rough carpenter or a ﬁnish carpenter?

Which type of work seems more interesting to you and why?

Describe Finish Carpentry Describe Rough Carpentry

Examples of Finish Carpentry Examples of Rough Carpentry Name: Basic Carpentry Coop Tech Morning/Afternoon Canarsie HS Campus Mr. Pross

Summary -In five complete sentences, using your own words, describe the similarities and differences between finish carpentry and rough carpentry. Think about the nature of

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