On 7/13/16 6:39 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 7/13/2016 12:54 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
1. Use a shim the thickness of the glass when shooting the nail
or they'll try to pull the trim against the wall. The shim doesn't
have to stay there, it just has to keep the molding from pulling
towards the wall.
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Yes to the above, but cut a rabbit into the trim so that it does not
pull the mirror to the wall, so you do not need shims.


I considered cutting a rabbet in the back, but didn't do it for a couple
reasons. The mirrors were very close to the corners of the wall which
weren't very "square" at the sheetrock seems. I didn't want to push the
corners and tear the tape in the corners above the mirrors. When the
trim was assembled as one piece, I figured at that point it's a
decorative fixture that is merely for show and didn't need belt as
suspenders.

Just to clarify, you only need one shim to hold the trim away from the
wall as you nail it. You place it near each nail as you shoot it, then
move to the next.


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