Great video, Greg ! I did this same Arch framing on a load-bearing wall between my Dining and Living Rooms. a few years ago. It worked great but I have a caution to your watchers and subscribers. This technique is great and works well; however if you have friends who are on the taller size, this does possibly affect them, they may not be able to pass the arch except in the centre of the opening.
Our home built 1894 in Northwest Georgia had timbers chiseled out by hand to form shapes but to our amazement, LEFT TREE BARK completely intact on the opposite side of the BOARDS!
You are dead on right. My house, built in the early 1900"s and totally remodeled in 1932. No headers just two flat 2x4's for headers. And it looks like the use of a small block plane. There are curled shavings at almost every window opening laying at the bottom plate. Interior walls have no bottom plates. The interior walls are toe nailed with 8 penny nails right to the board subfloor. And if a narrower board was needed, looks like an az or hatchet was used to make the board to the measurement needed.I like your channel and subscribed!! Thanks for posting!!
There are still workmen very skilled with axes. I’m not one of them, but I admire their work. Look to Norway and Sweden in particular. You might be surprised. In fact, I think you’ll be blown away.
Point taken and you're absolutely right, there are some extremely skilled craftsmen who can do extraordinary things with an axe it's just that the individuals I was referring to in the video probably weren't one of them.
Plaster arched doorways were very fashionable in the '30s and '40s. Many Victorian and other earlier homes would have their cased woodwork doorways and such ripped out and replaced with these plaster arches. It was fairly common in many of the homes in my area. My friend has a large 1910 craftsman home where this was done durning a late '30s remodel. Every first floor doorway and passageway had it's casing and trim ripped out and they got the plaster arch treatment. While it was neatly done, the house sure is missing a lot of character. I've broken out a couple, and both of the arches were formed with curved wire mesh on top of some straight 2x4's.
mechanic" was often used more broadly than it is today. It referred to skilled tradesmen who worked with their hands and tools all the way back to the early 1600s these where the general terms used Carpenter: A general term for someone who worked with wood, constructing buildings, structures, and other wooden items. Joiner: A carpenter who specialized in joining wood, creating joints, and assembling the wooden components of buildings and furniture. Cabinetmaker: A carpenter who specialized in making furniture, particularly cabinets, tables, and other fine woodworking pieces. Housewright: A carpenter specifically involved in building houses. Shipwright: A carpenter who specialized in building and repairing ships. and if you where Welsh you where a SAER
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Great video, Greg ! I did this same Arch framing on a load-bearing wall between my Dining and Living Rooms. a few years ago. It worked great but I have a caution to your watchers and subscribers. This technique is great and works well; however if you have friends who are on the taller size, this does possibly affect them, they may not be able to pass the arch except in the centre of the opening.
Excellent advice and another thing to think about while designing any project, including decorative arches.
Our home built 1894 in Northwest Georgia had timbers chiseled out by hand to form shapes but to our amazement, LEFT TREE BARK completely intact on the opposite side of the BOARDS!
You are dead on right. My house, built in the early 1900"s and totally remodeled in 1932. No headers just two flat 2x4's for headers. And it looks like the use of a small block plane. There are curled shavings at almost every window opening laying at the bottom plate. Interior walls have no bottom plates. The interior walls are toe nailed with 8 penny nails right to the board subfloor. And if a narrower board was needed, looks like an az or hatchet was used to make the board to the measurement needed.I like your channel and subscribed!! Thanks for posting!!
I Loved watching that . I hope to see many more .
You will and I'm glad you liked it.
There are still workmen very skilled with axes. I’m not one of them, but I admire their work. Look to Norway and Sweden in particular. You might be surprised. In fact, I think you’ll be blown away.
Point taken and you're absolutely right, there are some extremely skilled craftsmen who can do extraordinary things with an axe it's just that the individuals I was referring to in the video probably weren't one of them.
Thanks for explaining this; very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Plaster arched doorways were very fashionable in the '30s and '40s. Many Victorian and other earlier homes would have their cased woodwork doorways and such ripped out and replaced with these plaster arches. It was fairly common in many of the homes in my area. My friend has a large 1910 craftsman home where this was done durning a late '30s remodel. Every first floor doorway and passageway had it's casing and trim ripped out and they got the plaster arch treatment. While it was neatly done, the house sure is missing a lot of character. I've broken out a couple, and both of the arches were formed with curved wire mesh on top of some straight 2x4's.
Interesting and I've seen then done with filler blocks also.
mechanic" was often used more broadly than it is today. It referred to skilled tradesmen who worked with their hands and tools all the way back to the early 1600s these where the general terms used Carpenter: A general term for someone who worked with wood, constructing buildings, structures, and other wooden items.
Joiner: A carpenter who specialized in joining wood, creating joints, and assembling the wooden components of buildings and furniture.
Cabinetmaker: A carpenter who specialized in making furniture, particularly cabinets, tables, and other fine woodworking pieces.
Housewright: A carpenter specifically involved in building houses.
Shipwright: A carpenter who specialized in building and repairing ships.
and if you where Welsh you where a SAER
Seems ideally suited for a gambrel truss.
You can use a 2×4 cut with skill saw a very 1/2 inch on flat part 350 cuts you know what I mean
That would definitely work and I'm wondering if you've ever seen it done.
Seems like residential engineers want premium money for very little structural accountability.