Landscaping contractor Jenn Nawada shows host Kevin O’Connor everything he needs to know about preparing your garden for winter. Next, Kevin meets expert painter Mauro Henrique back at the shop to tackle a kitchen cabinet painting project. Finally, carpenter Nathan Gilbert helps a homeowner struggling with the look of a plain front door trim in a neighborhood full of ornate entryways.

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How to Replace Exterior Door Trim

To build out new front door trim and plinth blocks, Nathan used flat PVC stock in 1×10″ boards. For the plinth blocks, Nathan used flat PVC stock in 1×4″s boards. For decorative elements, Nathan used stock PVC head casing above the door, stock PVC profiles under the header, and fluted trim to the left and right of the door. Stock PVC can be found at home or lumber centers. To attach the PVC to the exterior, Nathan used stainless steel brad nails and two-part PVC glue.

To cut the PVC, Nathan used a sliding compound miter saw, which is manufactured by Dewalt [https://www.dewalt.com/].

Under the PVC, Nathan used Henry Blueskin [https://henry.com/] VP100 Self-Adhered Water Resistive Air Barrier Membrane [https://amzn.to/3P3NX4g].

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21 Comments

  1. The top of the fluted trim looks off. If the fluted trim is the "column", it would look better if it had a moulding that represented the capital of the column.

    Also, you would want the header piece to extend no further than the edge of the fluted trim.

    Details can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVti3lII6yY

  2. Painting kitchen cabinets is propably the most american thing ever … 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂ besides PVC trim and boards …

  3. I loved that door at the end of the show. It was a very nice transformation – Nathan did nice work with that homeowner!

  4. 10:34 you do realize that degreasing and after that sanding.. .is not making any sense since sanding is taking everything off regardless ? But hey you guys are the experts…you don’t know what you are doing… and is funny that you are explaining it without understanding any of it!

  5. 13:32 Mauro ..said this multiple times… “preparation, preparation..and more preparation “ Kevin failed on the cabinet… He could easily mask the edges….to make everything easier….fail again!

  6. This video is published in March. The landscaping help is a little outdated to be relevant information… TOH can do better!

  7. All the houses in that area have those nice shutters preventing damage to the windows in a storm.

  8. Maybe one of the few times the final painting result actually looks better than the initial. I expected them to paint the cabinets with some dark blue or dark green color but they surprised me this time 🙂

  9. What if you use gravel for your beds. I'd hate to have to clean bark mulch or leaves out of them in the spring if used to protect them. What else could be used for rock/gravel beds to protect plantings?

  10. Lightly sanding between paint coats will give a smoother finish if you're brushing instead of spraying.

  11. For the cabinets, are you using a roller and then smoothing out the stipple with a brush on the large surfaces? I’m confused

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