Taunton’s For Pros by Pros: Finish Carpentry

Written by the pros who actually do the work, these articles will help you to:

• install different types of door, window, baseboard, and cornice trim
• calculate, order, and plan trim installation to minimize waste
• compensate for out-of-square, out-of-plumb conditions
• make cope and miter cuts quickly and accurately
• use scribing techniques to get precise fits against uneven surfaces
• design and install a paneled wainscot
• use a nail gun to speed trim installation

Formerly The Best of Fine Homebuilding: Finish Carpentry, this newly revised edition features 30 percent new content, including the latest tools and techniques and updated photos and illustrations.

About the For Pros by Pros series
To get the best results when building or remodeling, you need advice from the best professionals in the business. For Pros By Pros books bring together the expert designers, builders, and remodeling pros who have written for Fine Homebuilding magazine.


Softcover, 8-1/2 x 11 in., 160 pages, with color photos and drawings
Published 2002, ISBN 1-56158-536-X, # 070633