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How to Fix Joinery in Homes
Thu 06 Aug 2009 - 14:09
How to Fix Joinery in Homes
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Andrew_Karundu]Andrew Karundu
Joinery is an art of fabricating timber or medium density fibre board into household furniture. This may be shelves, cabinets, wardrobes or wall units. Others could be beds, seats and door frames. In the fabrication process set out on boards the article model. This will give an idea as to how the final product will look like. Once timber is cut its useful length is reduced unlike steel or masonry. Ensure dimensions are set before any cutting is done.
All joinery work should be cut out and framed together in the house. This should not be wedged or glued together on walls. Any part that is warped or bent should not be used. Ensure that the framing is properly mortised and tenoned together. Also dove tailed or housed joints should be correctly measured and pieced together. This will make firm jointing. Edges should be cut neat and square. The feet of door jambs are cut off square with the floor finish.
Joints in joinery are designed to be secured tightly and smoothly. This will cause them to resist any stresses they maybe subjected to. The glue used should be of good quality and the manufacturers instructions used. Fixing is done with nails or screws well punched in and stopped. Loose joints maybe allowed where shrinkage may occur.This should be sanded and primed well before fixing on walls or floors. A sealed joint is made loose but is glued adequately.
In joinery work, all framing and fabrications should be of wrought timber. The glue used for load bearing joints should the resin type. The arises or ninety degrees edges should be eased off with a plane. This is to reduce the sharpness of table edges or any other furniture. This can also be done by rounding off with a sand paper. When measuring the work, the dimensions should be the nominal sizes. Only a reduction of three millimeters is allowed.
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