Philip Poburka on fri 29 nov 02
English
'Crown Moulding' reside where the Cieling and Wall meet...
'Cornice' or 'Picture Rail' or what, as reside some few feet
from the Cieling, as may allow hooks for hanging Pictures or
what to be hooked onto it. Cornice Moulding may not allow
this, but occupies about the same latitude.
'Chair Rail' Mouldings as reside about the height at which a
Chair back or top rail or comb of one would touch the wall.
'Wainscoteing' as usually being of vertical match-work,
novelty-match-work, tongue and groove, or toungue and groove
as has usually some 'bead'' moulding running it's length as
make the joints more discreet...usually slender, sometimes
wide, and having a terminal horizontal Moulding capping
their tops as tended to be higher but may be about the same
height as a Chair Rail.
May also be of a 'pannelled' arrangement of rectangles or
squares or what, also...
'Base Moulding' as reside where the Floor and Wall meet...
'Caseings', being those Mouldings as surround the perimiter
of a Window or Door.
'Sill', as Wondow or Door...being the horizontal wide
element at their base.
'Threshold' being that wide horizontal element as at the
base under a Door, on or over which one step, as covers as
well whatever transition of the Floor to the outside ground,
porch or what.
'Jambs' as are the inside flat elements of deapth, in the
outer recess of a Door or Window framework. The Door Jambs
often have a 'stop' as against which the Door closes.
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Kaiser"
To:
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 2:53 PM
Subject: OT Architectural wall elements between ceiling &
floor UK/US English
So now we are having problems with English as she is spoke
on either side
of the Atlantic! :-) No one in Oz, Kiwiland or other
English-speaking
countries have chipped in yet, so can we have some
clarification please? If
auto-wrapping does not spoil it, here is something to start:
_________CEILING____________________________________________
_______
|/ 1. plaster or wood moulding at top of wall at join to
ceiling
| = cornice UK, crown moulding US
|
> 2. wooden moulding along wall >variable< distance from
ceiling
| = picture rail
|
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|
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>3. wooden moulding or mere (wall)paper strip approx. 1
metre from floor
| = dado rail UK, chair rail US
|
|
>4. board at join of wall to floor = skirting board UK,
_____? US
|______FLOOR______________________________________________
I have forgotten what skirting board is called in the US!
Many people do not realise that the picture rail has a
*function* except to
collect dust! The dado / chair rail is considered a nuisance
when wanting
furniture to stand flat against the wall... The thing is,
the picture rail
is a really stable hanging device, which will hold great
weights without
any difficulty. It is just not very suitable for hanging
ceramics which are
not specifically "top hanging".
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent, Criccieth LL52 0EA, Wales, UK
Tel: 01766-523570 URL: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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Janet Kaiser on sat 30 nov 02
English
Thanks to Dannon, Dave, Phil and others for reminding me... >cough<
Skirting board (UK) =3D mop board, base board, floor or base moulding in
the USA! I suppose one takes one's pick or there are just regional
differences? I think it was "baseboard" the last time someone was talking
about tiling and how to join up to the walls? Is that the most common
expression in the US?
Additionally the wainscot (archaic/historical) or wooden panelling in the
lower part of the room appears to be the same. But being an expression
associated with wood - particularly oak, what would the same area be called
if it were tiled? The Victorians were particularly fond of tiling that
area, especially in entrances...
Casements... Well here, they are the vertically hinged part of the
window... Indeed casement =3D the modern window to all intents and
purposes. "Caseing"? Phil, those "Mouldings as surround the perimeter of a
Window or Door" are called architraves here!
At least we can all agree on floor and ceiling! Maybe picture rail too? :-)
_________CEILING________________________________________
|/ 1. plaster or wood moulding at top of wall
| at join to ceiling =3D cornice UK, crown moulding US
|
> 2. wooden moulding along wall >variable< distance from ceiling
| when functional =3D picture rail UK/USA
| or non-functional plaster =3D cornice moulding USA
|
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|
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>3. wood or paper beading or strip approx. 1 metre
| from floor =3D dado rail UK, chair rail US
|
|
>4. board at join of wall to floor =3D skirting board UK
| base board, base or floor moulding, mop board US
|______FLOOR_____________________________________________
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art =95 Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent, Criccieth LL52 0EA, Wales, UK
Tel: 01766-523570 URL: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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