Best source for stain grade materials

[Jim Sculley]

I bought a house about a year ago and one of the previous owners painted
every square inch of trim in the house. It was originally stained a
rather dark color. Ideally, I would like to have a lighter color stain
so I want to replace it all, one room at a time, rather than attempt to
strip, sand and restain. The door casing, crown molding, etc appear to
be common off the shelf profiles.

Is there a preferred place to purchase all this trim material and what
is the best material to use?

I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window
casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area,
but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items.

Thanks,

Jim S.

 

[Don Phillipson]

I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window
casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area,
but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items.

See whether the largest local telephone company
publishes "Yellow Pages" of commercial listings,
sorted by business type.

 

[Charlie Morgan]

I bought a house about a year ago and one of the previous owners painted
every square inch of trim in the house. It was originally stained a
rather dark color. Ideally, I would like to have a lighter color stain
so I want to replace it all, one room at a time, rather than attempt to
strip, sand and restain. The door casing, crown molding, etc appear to
be common off the shelf profiles.

Is there a preferred place to purchase all this trim material and what
is the best material to use?

I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window
casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area,
but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items.

Thanks,

Jim S.

In general, what you are looking for is "millwork". You can probably find almost
everything you need in a place like Home Depot or Lowes. What they don't have
they can order for you. If you want better stuff, ther are businesses that make
the stuff to order, and you can usually find someone to do custom work within a
reasonable distance. Big price difference between off the rack and custom.

CWM

 

[John Grabowski]

I bought a house about a year ago and one of the previous owners painted
every square inch of trim in the house. It was originally stained a
rather dark color. Ideally, I would like to have a lighter color stain
so I want to replace it all, one room at a time, rather than attempt to
strip, sand and restain. The door casing, crown molding, etc appear to
be common off the shelf profiles.

Is there a preferred place to purchase all this trim material and what
is the best material to use?

I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window
casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area,
but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items.

Thanks,

Jim S.

I would go to several lumber yards for the best variety and to shop around
for the best prices. You may be able to negotiate better prices for
quantity at a lumber yard. I think that the home centers may have some of
the things that you want, but not everything and the choice of woods may be
limited.

 

[scott21230]

There are places that just do mouldings. They have, or can get, or
make just about anything.

However in your case, since they probably just painted over the
original varnish it should be easy enough to remove the paint. At least
give it a shot someplace.

 

[Jim Sculley]

There are places that just do mouldings. They have, or can get, or
make just about anything.

However in your case, since they probably just painted over the
original varnish it should be easy enough to remove the paint. At least
give it a shot someplace.

I spent the better part of my free time this past year removing the same
paint from built in bookshelves. It was possible, but by no means easy.
They used some sort of industrial enamel and the heat gun was the only
effective way to remove it.