Rapelje Lodge

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1997 The innovative 'pod' design of this seniors' home in Welland made for a lot of walking (often in circles around the four central courtyards). Extensive use of...
1   The innovative 'pod' design of this seniors' home in Welland made for a lot of walking (often in circles around the four central courtyards). Extensive use of maple millwork and trim kept three of us trim carpenters busy for a long time.
Handrails Where the handrails turned a corner we had to join and blend them in with specially made quarter donuts. Sanding these in required lots of elbow grease.
2   Where the handrails turned a corner we had to join and blend them in with specially made quarter donuts. Sanding these in required lots of elbow grease.
Panels Besides the baseboard caps, chair rails, hand rails and door and window trim there were also scads of heavy, solid doors to fit and hang.
3   Besides the baseboard caps, chair rails, hand rails and door and window trim there were also scads of heavy, solid doors to fit and hang.