Archive for October, 2017
At Hardwoods Incorporated we make and stock a large selection of bar front parts to make and finish the front of your commercial or home bar. We have bar front fluted columns and corners, bar front trim kits and panel moldings in oak, maple, cherry, walnut, mahogany and more. All of our bar front parts are designed to work together and install easily over your existing bar wall. Combine our bar front trim kits, fluted columns, and panel moldings to finish your bar creating various looks from traditional to craftsman style. Offered in all our standard wood species including poplar for…
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Natural edge bar tops are usually made from one solid piece of kiln dried wood with the natural edges of the log exposed on one or both sides of the bar top. In our shop, the slabs are planed, straight lined on one edge if needed and then sanded to final thickness. When several slabs are required to make a large bar top, wood slabs cut in a sequence are preferred and used when available. Because seasoned wood slabs usually have some of the bark still attached we take the time to carefully remove all the loose bark prior to…
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Our quality bar foot rail kits are made in the USA from sturdy American ash hardwood and will add the perfect finishing touch to your home bar. The solid ash brackets and foot rail moldings are designed to attach to any bar front and work especially well when used with our bar front trim kits and bar front fluted columns. We offer our wooden bar foot rail kits in 6′ and 8′ lengths with custom configurations available. Contact us for details. The FR6 foot rail kit includes three (3) brackets and 6′ of foot rail molding. The FR8 foot rail…
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Foot Rail Installation Options For finished existing bars: Pre-drill the foot rail brackets and attach them to the bar front using trim screws and wood glue as shown. Be sure to keep the bracket plumb and tight to the floor. Buy a Bar Foot Rail Kit For bars under construction using our bar front trim kits: Pre-drill the foot rail bracket and base board, attach the bracket to the 6″ tall base board molding with wood screws and glue from the back as shown. Be sure to keep the bracket plumb and flush with the bottom of the base board…
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We recently had the privilege to worked with a client in Bushnell Illinois building a large commercial bar in an 1870’s building being renovated into a bar and restaurant. The project required custom bar top kits, Curved and straight Chicago bar rail moldings and bar top trim all made from quartersawn sapele mahogany. Working closely with the client we carefully selected the sapele mahogany lumber for color and grain and proceeded to machine all of the parts required in our western Maryland millwork facility. Once completed the entire project was carefully inspected, packaged and shipped by freight to our client…
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