Trim Installation
Framing The House
Trim is the punctuation of an exterior — corners, surrounds, and frieze lines that turn siding into a finished composition. Installed in materials that hold their lines and skip the paint cycle.
Trim That Doesn’t Rot On Schedule
Traditional wood trim starts its rot clock at install; modern trim opts out — cellular PVC cuts and details like clear lumber but shrugs at water forever, composites bring woodgrain without wood’s appetite for maintenance, and aluminum-wrapped builds put metal over structure the way our fascia work does. Crisp corners, proud surrounds, and frieze boards that still look intentional in twenty years.
Proportion Makes Or Breaks It
Skinny trim on a big farmhouse looks like an apology; overweight surrounds on a ranch look borrowed. We size widths and build-outs to the house’s scale and the siding’s profile — especially with board & batten and fiber cement looks that live or die on their lines — and flash every horizontal so the beauty stays dry underneath.
Exterior Questions, Straight Answers
Can trim be upgraded without residing the house?
Often yes — surrounds and corners can be renewed against existing siding, and it is one of the highest-visual-return projects on the exterior menu.
Does PVC trim look like plastic?
Quality cellular PVC reads as painted wood at conversational distance — and unlike painted wood, it still will in a decade.
Do you paint the new trim?
PVC and composites can run unpainted white or take paint beautifully when color is the plan — your call, honestly advised either way.
What is PVC trim and is it better than wood?
Cellular PVC cuts and details like clear lumber but never rots, making it the modern default for exterior trim — wood’s look without wood’s appetite.
Should exterior trim be lighter or darker than siding?
Classic logic contrasts to define — white trim on colored siding — while tone-on-tone reads modern and calm. We mock both against your actual colors first.
What size trim looks right around windows?
Proportion follows the house — three-and-a-half to five-plus inch casings by scale and style. We mock widths on your actual wall before ordering.
Is exterior trim installed before or after siding?
Sequence varies by system — surrounds typically set first with flashing integrated, siding fits to them. Order of operations is where water management lives.
Does new trim require removing siding?
Often not — surrounds and corners can renew against existing siding, which is why trim refresh is such a high-return standalone project.
Finish Work Family
Trim in context.
House Missing Its Lines?
Free design walk — trim scaled, sampled and quoted.