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INTERIOR FINISHES FOR WOOD LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION
• Completing the Building Enclosure
Insulating the Building Frame
Increasing Levels of Thermal Insulation
Radiant Barriers
Vapor Retarders
Air Barriers
Air Infiltration and Ventilation
• Wall and Ceiling Finish
• Millwork and Finish Carpentry
PROPORTIONING FIREPLACES
Interior Doors
Window Casings and Baseboards
Cabinets
Finish Stairs
Miscellaneous Finish Carpentry
PROPORTIONING STAIRS
• Flooring and Ceramic Tile Work
• Finishing Touches
Architect Michael Craig Moore uses a rich palette of stone and wood for floors and millwork contrasting elegantly with light-colored walls and ceiling surfaces. In the foreground is slate flooring. Stairs and wood floors are heartwood only pine (“heart pine”). Wood cabinets and trim are vertical grain Douglas Fir. Cabinet counters and the window seat top (middleground of the image) are a composite sheet material made from compressed paper and phenolic resin. Cabinet pulls are bronze. The exposed structural ...
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