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WarmZone radiant tubing for under-floor heat is installed in the Rowley kitchen-mudroom.

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Victorian Kitchen & Bath Remodel Project


Radiant Heat, Oak Flooring, and Deck Piers (BV0118)

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Bob is in Rowley for the installation of the WarmZone radiant floor heating system and the foundation work for the extensive new deck system. He recaps the work to date including the GP plaster veneer board that is designed to take a skim coat of plaster for a harder, more elegant finish than tape-and-paper applications. The WarmZone radiant floor arrives ready-to-install as medium density fiberboard (MDF) with a reflective shielding to distribute heat evenly and pre-cut grooves for the Pex radiant tubing, and a fully assembled hydronic system ready for hookup to the boiler unit. WarmZone provides installation guides and a layout for the panels that are glued and stapled in place with temporary spacers to ensure alignment. Pex tubing is fed into the channels and tapped into place. The radiant panels then become the substrate for the finish flooring, in this case 3¼-inch prefinished white oak hardwood flooring from Bellawood . The tongue-and-groove planks are set and nailed perpendicular to the radiant loops to reduce the risk of puncturing the tubing during installation. Outside, Tim Berky is setting the combination PVC footing columns in four-foot holes and filling them with concrete as piers for the new deck to come.

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• Blueboard and Veneer Plaster
• Radiant Floor Heating and Cooling Systems
• Heating With Water
• Hardwood Flooring Installation
• Decks as Outdoor Rooms
• Installing Hydronic Radiant Heating (Video)
• Boiler Pipes and Radiant Floors (Video)
• Bellawood - The Best Hardwood Flooring. View Showroom
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Veneer Board for the Plaster Finish

The plaster board is in place in the Rowley Victorian. The crew selected GP veneer plaster board, or blue board, rather than traditional paper-faced wallboard because it is meant to ...
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Radiant Floor Heating System Installed

John Martin from WarmZone is on hand to show Bob how the medium density fiberboard (MDF) faced with reflective aluminum shielding and precut channels for the Pex hot-water tubing comes ...
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White Oak Hardwood Flooring Installation

Now that the WarmZone radiant-floor heat has been installed, it's time to put the finish flooring on. The homeowners selected a Bellawood white oak, tongue-and-groove floor with an oxidized finish ...
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Plans for the Multi-Level Backyard Deck

Bob comes out the back door of the new addition to the back yard that is currently four feet down from the entry. The new deck will be quite extensive, ...
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Carpentry, Construction & Materials
• Berky Builders - Construction, general contracting, project management.
 • Georgia-Pacific - GP’s Cameo Veneer Plaster Base wallboard designed to take a plaster finish for a smooth, hard surface.
 • The Footing Tube - PVC forms for combination footings and deck piers.
Floors, Stairs & Elevators
• Bellawood - 3¼-inch prefinished white oak, tongue-and-groove flooring with oxidized finish and 50-year guarantee. - View Bob Vila Showroom
Heat, Ventilation & Cooling
• WarmZone™ - ThermalBoard radiant floor heating for applications under tile or hardwood flooring.
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