For installing molding, get a fine-tooth back saw (a hand tool) and a miter box, or rent an electric mitering saw.

Just Moulding, based in Gaithersburg, Md., sold and installed decorative molding.

Whether you choose to install single-strip molding or composite, the same basic techniques - mitering, coping and scarfing - are needed.

He spends his days cleaning mold-infested walls, repairing underlying pipes and installing safe molding.