The document outlines a course on decorative millwork, highlighting its benefits such as low maintenance, lightweight, and ease of installation for enhancing home exteriors. It details the composition and manufacturing process of polyurethane millwork, and identifies various product lines available including window and door surrounds, decorative accents, and louvers. The course aims to provide participants with an understanding of decorative millwork, its applications, and product offerings.

1. Product Knowledge Course
Introductory Level
DECORATIVE MILLWORK 101

2. Decorative Millwork is a low maintenance,
light weight and easy to install option to
create unique and custom designs for any
home’s exterior.
Ply Gem distributes a wide selection of
decorative millwork products designed to
enhance doorways, windows, gables and
other areas of a home.
Perfect for new construction or remodeling
projects, selecting the right decorative
millwork can boost a home’s curb appeal.
Objectives
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By the end of this course, you will understand:
1. What is Decorative Millwork?
2. Benefits of Decorative Millwork
3. Decorative Millwork Product Lines
4. Decorative Accents
5. Window and Door Surround Components
6. Gable Vents and Louvers
7. Ordering and Support
Decorative Millwork 101

3. Decorative Millwork is made of moulded pieces of
polyurethane foam. The foam is created by mixing
isocyanate and resin. The process starts with a
detailed, finely crafted original master carved out of
wood.
Moulds are finished with a barrier coat of ultraviolet
resistant primer, and then filled with liquid
polyurethane. The mould is then sealed and the
polyurethane expands under pressure, creating an
exact duplicate of the original master.
What is Decorative Millwork?

4.  Resists rot, mildew, insects, warping and splintering
 Virtually maintenance free
 Lighter in weight than wood or plaster
 Ready to stain or paint
 Can be used for both interior and exterior applications
Here are some of the top reasons architects and exterior building product
installers choose polyurethane millwork for decorative and functional
pieces for residential and commercial projects.
Benefits of Decorative Millwork

5. Fypon offers more than 2,500 synthetic pieces in the categories of
Window & Door Trim, Mouldings, E-Vent™ Systems, Decorative
Millwork, Louvers & Gable Vents, Balustrade Systems and Porch
Posts, Columns & Wraps. Part of consumer products company
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. Started in 1969 in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Chemcrest Inc. was established in 2011 by consolidating the
businesses of two major leaders in the polyurethane and synthetic
millwork industry, namely Architectural Ornament Inc. of Concord,
Ontario and Chemcrest Corporation of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Its head office and operations is located in Concord, Ontario.
Chemcrest offers over 3,000 styles of synthetic decorative Interior
and Exterior millwork, in polyurethane, PVC, styrene, and structural
fiberglass columns.
Product Lines Distributed

6. Decorative Accents
Decorative exterior accents provide
almost limitless options for the
enhancement of a home’s exterior décor.
With both functional and purely
decorative uses, the lightweight yet
durable polyurethane accents are a low
maintenance solution for a building’s
architectural style.

7. Casing Blocks Dentil Blocks
Urns Rosettes
Gingerbreads
Acorns Brackets
Spires
Decorative Accent Components

8. Decorative window accents and door surrounds
provide a classic, framed style that adds a
definite look of distinction to any home.
Vertical pilasters can be installed to fit most
standard door heights, and cross heads or
keystones are used on top of the door to give a
unique and elegant finish.
Arches and pediments can also be used to
adorn windows to enhance curb appeal.
Window and Door Surrounds

9. Crossheads
Pediments
Door SurroundsKeystonesPilasters
Window AccentsArches
Window & Door Surround Components

10. Functional louvers are moulded with fixed open
slats to provide the necessary ventilation for your
attic or airspace. Rear fiberglass screening
prevents unwanted pests from entering your
home.
Decorative louvers are moulded with
closed slats to provide the classic look
of a functional louver for areas where
ventilation is not required.
There are two types of louvers used: decorative and functional.
Both decorative and functional louvers are available in a wide
selection of sizes and styles including round, oval, octagonal,
square and rectangular.
Gable Vents and Louvers

11. Ordering and Support
To order, contact Mitten’s customer service department at
1-888-MITTEN4.

12. Quiz
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