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06-24-2008, 08:04 PM
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Fur down or Fir down?
This may be a regional term, but what is the correct spelling and/or usage for fur down? Meaning the small dropped ceiling to close the gap above cabinets, etc.?
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06-24-2008, 08:15 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
I always thought it was 'fer down', as in 'how fer down the highway is the next gas station'. 
Back to seriousness ...
"Furring"
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06-24-2008, 08:17 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Soffit
That's what I call it. It fits I guess.
Ted
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06-24-2008, 08:23 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Jerry, I was leaning to Fur Down which I guess is the way I always spelled it until I took a second look. And thought of "Furring strips" but then considered "Fir" like the tree, and started doubting myself.
Ted, I always have considered a soffit to be the flat surface under an overhang as in soffit vents, but I have also heard of that term used interchangeably.
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06-24-2008, 08:27 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
From Wikipedia:
Soffit (from French soffite, Italian soffitto, formed as a ceiling; directly from suffictus for suffixus, Latin suffigere, to fix underneath), in architecture, describes the underside of any construction element. Examples of soffits include: - the underside of an arch or architrave (whether supported by piers or columns),
- the underside of a flight of stairs, under the classical entablature,
- the underside of a projecting cornice, or
- the underside of a ceiling to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall.
I guess I will start using soffit going by the last definition above.
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06-24-2008, 08:31 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
I've always (well, almost "always") heard what you are describing called (like Ted has) "soffits", however, I have also heard the term "fur it down".
To me, "fur it down" indicates 'to close up a small space' or 'to make level', unlike a soffit, which typically closes up a 12" high space.
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06-24-2008, 08:31 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
I guess until you but the cabinets up to it, it is a soffit. If you are just furring it down to cover a small gap then that would work as well.
Ted
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06-24-2008, 09:16 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Originally Posted by Jim Luttrall
--Meaning the small dropped ceiling to close the gap above cabinets, etc.?
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06-24-2008, 09:20 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Originally Posted by Ted Menelly
I guess until you but the cabinets up to it, it is a soffit. If you are just furring it down to cover a small gap then that would work as well.
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06-24-2008, 09:34 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
You know. I use the spell check and have for years. I get so use to counting on it that I just punch away and don't even think anymore as in dew, due, do or but, butt. I get bagged all the time.
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06-24-2008, 09:42 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
I was thinking
Fur out a wall.
Trim down the cabinet.
Trim out a door.
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06-25-2008, 05:54 AM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Jim,
From a family of trim carpenters and custom cabinet makers, I can tell you it is called a "furr down". FURR
(the only family member with both thumbs)
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06-25-2008, 06:01 AM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Originally Posted by Jerry Peck
...'how fer down the highway is the next gas station'. ..
The answer is: " a fur piece". |
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06-25-2008, 06:53 AM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
From a family of finish carpenters what about the tem "Valance" My father used the term for the piece of wood that covers the track for a closet Bi-fold door.
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06-25-2008, 07:33 AM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Also from a family of carpenters. None could spell. That's why they were carpenters. Carpenters don't have to spell; just measure.  If I had asked this question of my Dad or any of his partners in crime, I would have been the brunt of fur jokes for at least a day.
I always assumed it was furr down because of the framing materials. Nobody wanted to waste 2x4s on something that didn't support any weight. As a kid working with him the most common use was to conceal ducts in houses built long before central forced air heat and air.
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06-25-2008, 09:29 AM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
How about....
The wall needs to be 'padded out' to meet the existing finish.
However, I've always heard "Furred out"
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06-25-2008, 12:17 PM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Thanks Rick, I needed some trustworthy advice from another native Texan
From a family of trim carpenters and custom cabinet makers, I can tell you it is called a "furr down". FURR
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06-26-2008, 09:11 AM
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Re: Fur down or Fir down?
Jim...In Austin, I refer to it also as a "furr down".
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