WEBVTT - Short Stuff: Wainscoting: When Half a Wall is Enough

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, and welcome to the Short Stuff. I'm Josh, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's Chuck and Jerry's you're sending for Dave. So this

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<v Speaker 1>is short stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go scoot scoot scoot.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure, all right, inside joke everyone, we're talking about what

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<v Speaker 3>I call Wayne scotting today. Apparently you can also pronounce

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<v Speaker 3>it Wayne's coating. I've always said Wayne Scotting, and evidently

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<v Speaker 3>either one of them are just fine.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw also people in Chumley and Hayesbro pronounce it

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<v Speaker 1>wookie cat.

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<v Speaker 2>Well look it up.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, if you don't know what we're talking about, we'll

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<v Speaker 3>tell you right off the bat that Wayne scotting is

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<v Speaker 3>a design feature. It's been around for several hundred years.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you've ever been in a house and you

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<v Speaker 3>walk into let's say the dining room and instead of

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<v Speaker 3>the entire wall being let's say dry wall, maybe about

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<v Speaker 3>halfway down or I think the general rule is what

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<v Speaker 3>two thirds of the way down waist height, you will fine.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know it depends on the height of your wall,

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<v Speaker 3>though really, because you would you want to do it

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<v Speaker 3>different for like a ten foot ceiling than.

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<v Speaker 2>Like an eight foot seriling.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite a setup, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But if from there down you see like you know,

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<v Speaker 3>these any kind of wood paneling or these these wood stripes,

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<v Speaker 3>paneling board something like that. Not the rail itself. We'll

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<v Speaker 3>get to that. That is what Wayne scotting is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it turns out it's harder to explain than you'd think.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I didn't think it was until I got going.

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<v Speaker 1>First. Of all, that space that's waist height down on

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<v Speaker 1>the wall is called the dotto. So Wayne scotting basically

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<v Speaker 1>covers the dotto. If you had paneling that went all

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<v Speaker 1>the way to say, the ceiling, that's just called paneling typically,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's one aspect of Wayne scotting that usually is universal.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about waist height, okay, yeah, and then it's often

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<v Speaker 1>made of wood, but sometimes it's made to look like

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<v Speaker 1>it's made of wood. It could just be raised quarter

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<v Speaker 1>round or other kinds of molding, cut at forty five

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<v Speaker 1>degree angles and fashion into a square, a hollow square,

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<v Speaker 1>and put in repetition on the wall and put a

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<v Speaker 1>molding at the top and a molding at the bottom,

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<v Speaker 1>painted all one color that's a different color from the

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<v Speaker 1>wall above it. You've got fau Wayne scotting as a

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<v Speaker 1>DIY weekend project?

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<v Speaker 2>Can I stop all the carpenters from writing a letter?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh gosh, did I say something wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's to be I think it would have

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<v Speaker 2>to be half round.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I was hoping that people wouldn't pick up on

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<v Speaker 1>that because I thought it as I was saying it.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm glad you corrected me to keep from emails.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean that's one way you can do it

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<v Speaker 3>is literally individual strips of board. Much more commonly these days.

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<v Speaker 3>You can buy this stuff in large four by eight

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<v Speaker 3>sheets that are already grooved to look like those individual strips.

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<v Speaker 3>Much much easier, and it's a it's a not too

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<v Speaker 3>hard DIY project. I've done it plenty of times and

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<v Speaker 3>it really can really yeah, yeah, it's really easy. Uh well,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll get to when it's not easy. But you know,

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<v Speaker 3>if you can cut something to fit a wall and

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<v Speaker 3>you have like a what are those things called that

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<v Speaker 3>you get like cocking out of a tube with a

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<v Speaker 3>cock gun gun, Yeah, then then you can do that

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<v Speaker 3>some liquid nails, maybe even a little nails shooter.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, a little finishing nail gun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just it's as easy as that. It's really not hard.

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<v Speaker 3>The word itself. I think by the time the late

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<v Speaker 3>fifteen hundreds rolled around was a verb meaning to line

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<v Speaker 3>boards with paneling from uh supposedly maybe a middle Dutch

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<v Speaker 3>or low German wagen shot.

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<v Speaker 1>That I really like. It's dining room feels much more

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<v Speaker 1>formal thanks to the wagon shot you've installed here? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that a d why vagus job? You said?

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<v Speaker 2>Then you get head over the head of the purse.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>And someone says, I never.

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<v Speaker 1>So I saw this old house, said that it's Dutch

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<v Speaker 1>in origin and it dates back to the thirteen hundreds,

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<v Speaker 1>which is it's really something and imagine that it basically

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't changed essentially in seven hundred plus years.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And the cool thing about Waynscotting is that it's adaptable

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<v Speaker 3>to a bunch of different styles. I mean, you're probably

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<v Speaker 3>not going to see like a modern or super super

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<v Speaker 3>contemporary house with it. You may be able to get

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<v Speaker 3>away with it if it's a certain kind, but a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of other traditional It can go with art deco,

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<v Speaker 3>it can go obviously and was heavily used in the

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<v Speaker 3>Arts and crafts movement. But it's a fun way to

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<v Speaker 3>break up the wall. But it originally served the purpose

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<v Speaker 3>and still sort of does as protecting that lower wall.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's what it was originally for, and

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<v Speaker 1>that still is what it does, especially if you have

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<v Speaker 1>molding across the top of it that kind of finishes

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<v Speaker 1>it and separates it from the wall above. That's frequently

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<v Speaker 1>referred to as a chair rail because it protects your

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<v Speaker 1>wall from being banged up by chairs when people slide

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<v Speaker 1>them slide them out to get away.

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<v Speaker 3>And never knew that's what that came from. Oh really, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I always called it chair rail. It can

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<v Speaker 3>also be called doto rail because what you were talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>But I never knew it was to protect against a chair.

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<v Speaker 3>I had no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, me too. It also technically could protect against Kramer

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<v Speaker 1>in his pool queue if you have a pool table

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<v Speaker 1>set up in a room that's too small to house

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<v Speaker 1>a pool table.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good. Should we take a break, yes, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll be right back.

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<v Speaker 1>Softly jaw.

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<v Speaker 2>So, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>So there are different kinds of wayne scotting. There's bedboard

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<v Speaker 3>wayne scotting. You will notice those distinctive grooves, these narrow

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<v Speaker 3>vertical planks. That's a very common one that you can

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<v Speaker 3>buy in large sheets.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I thought. It was like plain and simple.

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<v Speaker 3>I did too, actually, But if you throw the word

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<v Speaker 3>like flat panel Wayne Scotting in front of it, then

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<v Speaker 3>that is just another kind of smooth version. But I've

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<v Speaker 3>always just thought of Wayne Scotting as being the grooved.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the bee board. Yeah. So you said flat panel,

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<v Speaker 1>and you said that it's tough to get Wayne Scotting

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<v Speaker 1>or pull Way Scouting off into modern or contemporary house.

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<v Speaker 1>You can, but it has to be very sleek and minimal,

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<v Speaker 1>but you could do it. It's very daring. All of

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<v Speaker 1>your friends in the design community are going to say,

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<v Speaker 1>what what a daredevil, But if you pull it off,

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<v Speaker 1>they will fet you. They will have a party in

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<v Speaker 1>your honor for it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, great use of fat, good word. So there's

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<v Speaker 3>also overlay and raised panel Wayne Scotting, and that's what

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<v Speaker 3>you're that's what you're gonna find more of these days,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a panel that you put over the wall.

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<v Speaker 3>And I kind of thought that's like it has always been,

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<v Speaker 3>but apparently back in the day it was actually recessed

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<v Speaker 3>and built into the wall itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it would be even with the with the

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<v Speaker 1>wall above it, right, Yeah, So that raised panel, Wayne

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<v Speaker 1>Scouting it it it's not the best name for what

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<v Speaker 1>it describes, because from what I could tell, if you

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<v Speaker 1>have what amount to cabinet doors on your wall in

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<v Speaker 1>your dining room, but without handles, that would be considered

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<v Speaker 1>raised panel. Wayne Scotting. It's like a square a square panel, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>with a square routed into maybe like four inches from

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<v Speaker 1>the top and the bottom of the sides. And then

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<v Speaker 1>there's that leaves another raised square in the middle of it. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's raised panel. And I just don't it does not

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't doesn't ring with me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah you saw it though, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I just tried to describe it, and I knew that

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<v Speaker 1>great of a job. But imagine like a square mot in,

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<v Speaker 1>like a raised panel, a raised square of wood and

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<v Speaker 1>there's a square moat two thirds of the way in

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<v Speaker 1>or a third of the way in.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, how about this.

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<v Speaker 3>Imagine if you had one of those cutting boards that

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<v Speaker 3>catches the juice, yes, and you screwed it into your wall.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, you just got a bunch of those and you

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<v Speaker 1>lined them up evenly there here you go. Let's raised panel.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine this. Imagine going on the internet and searching raised

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<v Speaker 1>panel wings cotting and then clicking the images and looking.

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<v Speaker 2>At the boy. That's great. I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh. It was usually oak traditionally in the past. These

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<v Speaker 3>days there's all kinds of other products. Obviously, you can

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<v Speaker 3>have MDF, which is medium density fiberboard plywood, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the the in my opinion, kind of the cheap stuff

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<v Speaker 3>you get at the big box store looks fine because

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<v Speaker 3>you're gonna end up staining or painting over it. But

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<v Speaker 3>just make sure it is a stain. Great if you

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<v Speaker 3>are going to stain it. Otherwise it might not look great,

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<v Speaker 3>but you can always paint over it, which is what

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<v Speaker 3>we've done.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and that's how those the DIY version where it's

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<v Speaker 1>really just dry wall covered with some you know, half

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<v Speaker 1>round or whatever molding that forms those squares to make

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<v Speaker 1>it look like, uh, what is it not flat raised panels? Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe it. That's that's really It's not hard

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<v Speaker 1>to do or no, it's not easy to do, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's not super hard, especially if you already know your

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<v Speaker 1>way around you know, cutting tools and yeah, miter saws

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<v Speaker 1>and like you said, call guns and finishing nail guns.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, if you've got if you're doing it in the

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<v Speaker 3>big sheets, you're you're gonna want to use a table

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<v Speaker 3>saw where it gets difficult. And I said earlier, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's sort of not too hard as a DIY project.

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<v Speaker 3>Where it does get difficult, and this is especially true

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<v Speaker 3>in older homes, which we found out. You know, our

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<v Speaker 3>house is from nineteen thirty five, so there's not a

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<v Speaker 3>straight wall or floor in our house barely.

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<v Speaker 2>And then when you go to.

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<v Speaker 3>Put this beautifully perfectly rectangular bedboard up, and then you've

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<v Speaker 3>got a strip that's two inches wide at the top

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<v Speaker 3>and it goes down to about a third of an

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<v Speaker 3>inch at the bottom, and you're just like, oh, my lord.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're good at that kind of stuff, it's not

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<v Speaker 3>so hard. But if that is a challenge for you

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<v Speaker 3>cutting something on a long, long angle like that, it

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<v Speaker 3>is a challenge for me, then it can get dispiriting,

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<v Speaker 3>is the word I'll use.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw. What you wanted to do is you make

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<v Speaker 1>your chair rail even that's all level, and then the

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<v Speaker 1>basement you you shim and then caulk in so that

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<v Speaker 1>if you really look close to the baseboard, you'd be like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh that that part of the baseboard has a little

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<v Speaker 1>dip to it. And you like, get out of my house.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I tried really hard to cover that up. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>the of diy Wayne scouting projects that call gun because

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<v Speaker 1>you're calling in any grooves or whatever, and then paint,

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<v Speaker 1>priming and paint, and then it does end up looking

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<v Speaker 1>like just one solid group of paneled wood. It's really

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<v Speaker 1>a neat thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know the old construction turn.

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<v Speaker 1>Measured twice, cut once.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good one. Cock and paint. We'll make it

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<v Speaker 2>what it ain't.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh nice, chuck. If that's not something to end short

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff on, I don't know what is.

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