Tom's Photo Album

Still dealing with the rain. It seems by the time the wood siding dries out, another storm moves in. So at this point the scraping, sanding, and priming is barely moving forward.

But some good news -- I had success with heat forming the big arch window's trim. I used a 220V powered PVC stair rail heating blanket that wraps around the plastic trim. It gets the PVC hot enough to become as soft as cooked pasta. The hot trim is then bent to the required shape and allowed to cool. Long story short, the big arch window's 10 foot long brick mold trim piece fits like a glove.

The photo collage shows the process I used to make the five foot diameter arch piece. There's three other smaller arches to do next.