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Hardware is installed on the new steel garage doors.
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Building an Addition for an Elderly Parent Project
Installing Garage Doors, Framing the Interior, and Upper-Floor Decking (BV0223)
Bob is on site at the Norwell, Massachusetts, home where insulated, steel garage doors are being installed to replace the original, low-budget fiberboard doors. Bob takes us through the replacement of the panels, tracks, springs, and hardware on these energy-efficient doors that are sealed to prevent against water intrusion. He then walks through the new insulated concrete addition with homeowner Howard Brickman, who explains the layout of this in-law addition that effectively doubles the size of the existing home. They talk about the concrete construction, how quickly it went up, and how insulated concrete form (ICF) construction allowed them to get a basement and slab, full upper story, walls, and first floor poured for nearly the same amount of concrete as a traditional basement wall-and-slab design. This house is all about innovative techniques and improved building practices, like the stay-in-place forms for the footings, the under-slab insulation and vapor barrier, the engineered lumber for I-joists and rafters, and the innovative DryPly decking being used for the second floor. Designed to withstand the weather for up to one month until the house is completely closed in, this Southern yellow pine floor decking is water-proof, thick, strong, and smooth-faced so that it can receive finish flooring without the added expense or labor required for an additional subfloor. The decking fits together with a tongue-and-groove design and is held in place with a solvent-free, water-reactive polyurethane foam that sets using moisture from the air. The adhesive foam is free of the agents that cause most construction adhesives to eat away at sheathing or decking, compromising its insulative value and impermeability.
Additional Show Information
• Selecting Garage Doors
• Garage Door Options
• Deconstructing Engineered Wood
• Roof Trusses
• Garage Door Systems, Springs, and Openers
• Enhanced Plywood and Subfloor Products
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| The garage doors are being replaced on the Norwell house. Although the project primarily involves adding an in-law suite to the home, homeowner Howard Brickman is replacing the original garage ...
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| Bob talks with Robert Rainey of PJ Overhead Door as the garage door panels and tracks are installed on the Norwell home. The installation of the springs for the garage ...
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| Bob talks with homeowner Howard Brickman about the footprint of the new addition. The new space is 36 feet deep by 42 feet, five inches. There is a master bedroom ...
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| Bob and Howard Brickman, the homeowner, move to the upper floor of the new addition. When completed, the new roof will match the line of the existing home's roof exactly. ...
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| The new Amarr Classica 3000 garage doors have been installed. These new steel doors are stamped with three panels and look like wooden carriage-house doors.
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• Georgia-Pacific - Plytanium DryPly water-repellent plywood
Floors, Stairs & Elevators
• Howard Brickman Consulting (Norwell, MA) - General contracting and project management
Garages
• Amarr Garage Doors - Classica 3000 insulated steel door
• PJ Overhead Door - Garage door sales, installation, and service
Insulation
• Eagle Mountain/Radiantmax - Insul-Tarp under-slab reflective, insulative, water-and-vapor barrier
Masonry & Faux Stone
• LaBarge Engineering & Contracting - ICF construction and engineering services
Structural & Framing
• Fab-Form Industries - Fab-Form stay-in-place footing and drainage forms
• ReddiForm Inc. - ReddiForm polystyrene, snap-together insulated forms for ICF construction
Tools & Workshop
• Todol Pur-Stick - Gun Foam construction adhesive
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