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Today's Homeowner July/August 2000 article
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CUT the narrow, horizontal cap
trip to length with pruning shears after tapping it onto the base
strip. |
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more durable screening
to the openings below the handrail (photo 7).
Once all the screening
is up, install the cap trim, starting with the vertical pieces
(photo 8). Align the cap with the base strip, then strike it with
a plastic or rubber mallet until it snap-locks into place. Use
the same method to install horizontal
cap trip along |
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the top
and bottom of the walls, and along the top and bottom of the walls,
and along the handrails (photo 9). Let these pieces run long,
then trim them to length with pruning shears (photo 10).
After we completed
screening in the porch, we hung the new vinyl screen door (photo
11) which perfectly matched the bright-white cap trim.
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FINISHING TOUCH: |
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| To complement the new
screening system, we installed a matching solid-vinyl screen door.
It never needs painting. |
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