A mason uses a thin stone veneer to face the new fireplace.
Building an Addition for an Elderly Parent Project
Cedar Porch, Hydro-Air System, Fireplace, and Stone Veneer (BV0225)
At the Norwell house, it is time for the mechanicals, porch, flooring, and fireplaces. Homeowner Howard Brickman is putting a large, covered farmer’s porch along the entire width of the home. He’s using western red cedar for the decking and trim because of its natural tone, strength, rot and insect resistance. The boards can be applied as decking or ceiling, vertical or horizontal siding, with the rough or smooth side facing out. Inside Bob checks out the hydro-air boiler hat runs the heat, domestic hot water, radiant floor heat, and the indirect hot-water tank with a dual-coil feed to make use of the 30 solar heat collectors on the roof. Bob checks out the radiant-floor heating tubes, copper supply and return pipes, and the solder-less sealed joints. The roof is insulated with dense-pack blown-in cellulose that is borate-treated for fire retardancy, mold and insect-resistance. Fiberglass-faced sheetrock completes the installation for mold-free walls. A new wood-burning fireplace is installed and faced with a lightweight thin-stone veneer. Prefinished red oak flooring is installed, the walls are professionally painted, and birch-veneer four-panel doors are hung in the new addition.
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The Norwell home will have a big farmer's porch with a roof over it, running the whole width of the house. Western red cedar is being used for the construction ... Watch video and view full description
Bob talks with Tim Cutler from TJ's Plumbing and Heating about the Viessmann boiler. The boiler is heating the domestic hot water, the radiant floor heating, and the hydro-air heating ... Watch video and view full description
The roof of the new addition is being insulated to retain all the heat generated from the radiant heating system. Paul Johnson of Alpine Insulators reviews the installation process. The ... Watch video and view full description
Georgia Pacific DensArmor drywall is being used throughout the addition. The face of this drywall is made of fiberglass so there is no danger of hosting any sort of mold ... Watch video and view full description
The walls in the new addition to the home are just about ready for paint. The new fireplace will make this new in-law suite very cozy. Malcolm Gurney of The ... Watch video and view full description
The structure for the fireplace is now being trimmed out with real stone. Bob talks with John Nadler of Plymouth Quarries about the stone being used. In this case, real ... Watch video and view full description
Bob talks with Brian Miller of Miller & Sons Painting about the painting being done. One of the painters is cutting a straight line where the two surfaces meet. Whenever ... Watch video and view full description
Howard Brickman, the homeowner, is busy setting up the interior doors for installation in the new addition. Upstairs, the Bellawood prefinished red oak floors are being put down. The floorboards ... Watch video and view full description
Bob talks with Dean Stewart of Woodport Doors about the interior door being installed. The door is a four-panel contemporary door with mission sticking, commonly referred to as a Shaker-style ... Watch video and view full description
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