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0115 - Preview of Victorian Kitchen Remodel
December 19-25, 2005 | June 19-25
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HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME TO OUR QUEEN ANNE
VICTORIAN HERE IN ROWLEY, MASS.
TODAY WE'LL START A NEW PROJECT.
THIS DATED LITTLE
QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN REALLY
NEEDS A NEW KITCHEN
AND A BACKYARD DECK.
WE'LL SEE THE PLANS,
DEMOLISH SOME CONCRETE STEPS,
DIG FOR FOOTING, AND GET A TOUR
WITH THE HOMEOWNERS.
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
ROWLEY, MASSACHUSETTS,
DATES TO 1694,
WHEN EZEKIEL ROGERS, A MINISTER
FROM ROWLEY, ENGLAND,
BASICALLY GOT KICKED OUT
OF TOWN AND CAME OVER HERE
TO NEW ENGLAND
WITH 20 FAMILIES IN TOW.
NOW, IN THE ENSUING
TWO CENTURIES,
WE HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT
IN THE WOOL INDUSTRY,
BUT, BASICALLY, ROWLEY IS
SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF MARSHES
AND BEAUTIFUL AREAS
AND BEACHES
AND A VERY BRIEF SUMMER SEASON
AND THE INFAMOUS GREENHEAD FLY,
WHICH RUINS EVERYBODY'S TIME
AT THE BEACH.
BUT RIGHT HERE IN THIS PART
OF TOWN, THERE HASN'T BEEN
THAT MUCH CHANGE OVER THE YEARS.
THE HOUSE BEHIND ME,
AN 1890s QUEEN ANNE,
WAS PUT UP BY A BUILDER,
ALONG WITH 2 OR 3 OTHERS
ON THE BLOCK.
I GUESS THE DEFINING FEATURE
OF THIS LITTLE QUEEN ANNE IS
THE GABLE END
THAT YOU SEE UP THERE,
WHICH HAS SOME SCALLOPED
SHINGLE WORK,
AS WELL AS THE DISTINCTIVE
SQUARE WINDOW
WITH THE COLORED-GLASS
INSETS AROUND THE BORDER.
NOW, IN THE 1950s,
THIS HOUSE WAS REMODELED
A LITTLE BIT,
AND THEY ENCLOSED THE PORCH
THAT WAS ON THIS SIDE.
IT WAS USED AS A BEAUTY PARLOR
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SINCE 1995,
DAVID AND JEANNE MASHER,
WHO HAD BOUGHT THE HOUSE,
HAVE DONE LITTLE
TO REMODEL THE EXTERIOR,
BUT THEY DID HAVE TO DO
SOME MAJOR WORK
ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT,
WHERE AN OLD STABLE WAS
COLLAPSING.
THEY TOOK IT DOWN,
AND THEY REPLACED IT
WITH THE TWO-CAR GARAGE
AND STUDIO THAT YOU SEE
BEHIND ME.
BUT ANYWAY, RIGHT NOW,
THE PROJECT INVOLVES REDOING
A LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERIOR
FAMILY/KITCHEN AREA,
AS WELL AS CREATING
A NICE, LARGE BACKYARD DECK
AND BLENDING INTO
THE LANDSCAPING.
THE CONTRACTOR IS UNDERWAY,
SO LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK.
OUR CONTRACTOR,
TIM BERKY, IS
OVER HERE
ON THE BACKSIDE
OF THE HOUSE.
HOW YOU DOING?
GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD.
NOW, EXPLAIN TO US
YOUR APPROACH,
'CAUSE, I MEAN,
THIS IS A JOB
THAT INVOLVES
SOME INTERIOR WORK
AS WELL AS SOME
EXTERIOR WORK.
AND WHAT ARE YOU
GETTING DONE TODAY?
WELL, MY FIRST APPROACH IS
TO DO EVERYTHING
ON THE EXTERIOR PART
OF THE HOME.
THAT WAY, WE ACCOMPLISH
MINIMAL DISRUPTION
TO THE HOMEOWNERS INSIDE
WHILE THEY'RE WAITING
FOR THE RENOVATION.
OUR FIRST APPROACH IS,
NATURALLY, CALLING DIG SAFE
AND HAVING DIG SAFE COME DOWN
AND MARK EVERYTHING SAFELY
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE HOME.
AND DIG SAFE GENERALLY
CAN TELL YOU
IF YOU HAVE ANY
GAS LINES OR ANY KIND
OF PIPES AROUND THE AREA
THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE EXCAVATING
THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
CORRECT. WE'RE NOT SURE
OF BURIED PIPES THAT
COULD BE RUNNING OFF
IN ANY PART
OF THESE PROPERTIES
IN NEW ENGLAND HERE.
SO WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE
IS YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN
OUT THE BACK STEPS.
RUN US THROUGH IT
STEP BY STEP.
YES, EARLY THIS MORNING,
WE ACTUALLY CAME IN
AND CUT THE PAVEMENT HERE
SO IT WOULD MINIMIZE
DISTURBING THE REST OF
THE DRIVEWAY HERE.
THE WORKING AREA
THAT WE'RE WORKING IN
RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE,
HAD A LARGE
CONCRETE SET OF STAIRS.
WE BROUGHT
A SMALL JACKHAMMER IN,
JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE
HOW THAT WAS ATTACHED
TO THE OLD BRICK FOUNDATION.
MY CONCERN WAS WHETHER
IT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT-IN
AND AROUND,
OR IF IT WAS ACTUALLY
JUST POURED UP AGAINST.
WE FOUND OUT
THAT IT BECAME
POURED UP AGAINST,
SO WHAT WE MADE--
THE NEXT ATTEMPT WAS,
WITH THE BACKHOE, IS
TO ACTUALLY BRING OUT
THE CORNER OF THE--
AND TRY TO PULL
THE STAIRS AWAY
FROM THE HOUSE.
TO PULL THE WHOLE THING
AWAY FROM THE HOUSE?
CORRECT.
AND AS WE STARTED PULLING
THE STAIRS AWAY,
WE NOTICED THAT THE BRICK
IN THE BACKGROUND HERE
WERE ACTUALLY STARTING
TO PULL WITH THAT.
YEAH.
AND THE BRICK IN
THE BACKGROUND ARE THE
FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE.
ABSOLUTELY.
SURE.
SO WHAT WAS
THE NEXT THING YOU DID?
SO WE STOPPED.
WE MADE A PHONE CALL,
AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN
A LARGE EXCAVATOR
WITH A HAMMER ON IT
TO ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN
THE STAIRS.
OUR CONCERN, CERTAINLY,
WAS TO PROTECT
THE EXISTING FOUNDATION.
MM-HMM.
AND SO THE BIG
PNEUMATIC HAMMER
ON THE BIG MACHINE
MAKES QUICKER WORK
OUT OF IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
THE REST OF THE DAY
JUST WORKING WITH
THAT SMALL JACKHAMMER.
YEAH, EXACTLY.
WHOA!
AND SO, NOW,
WE'RE AT THE POINT
THAT WE'VE REMOVED
ALL THAT HAD
TO BE REMOVED,
AND WE'RE EXCAVATING.
HOW MUCH MORE DIGGING
IS INVOLVED HERE?
WE'RE GOING TO EXCAVATE DOWN
TO A DEPTH OF 48 INCHES.
THAT'LL BE THE BOTTOM
OF THE FOOTING.
BELOW THE FROST LINE.
YES.
GOOD. WELL, WE'LL LET
YOU GET BACK TO WORK.
THANK YOU.
Vila: ALL RIGHT.
THE EXCAVATOR HAS DONE
HIS WORK.
NOW LET'S SAY HI
TO HOMEOWNER DAVID MASHER.
HI, DAVID.
HI, BOB.
AND GREG COLLING,
THE ARCHITECT ON THE JOB.
SO THIS IS ALWAYS
AN EXCITING POINT,
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO
DAMAGE TO YOUR HOUSE.
YES.
DAVID, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU LIVED HERE?
WE'VE BEEN HERE
ABOUT 10 YEARS.
WE MOVED HERE
FROM THE CITY.
WE LOVED THE AREA,
WE LOVED THE HOME.
MM-HMM.
AND WE'VE GROWN
WITH THE HOME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN
VERY ENJOYABLE,
BUT WE'RE
AT A POINT NOW
WITH A NEW CHILD
WHERE WE'RE MAKING
THE DECISION
WHETHER WE NEED
TO MOVE TO ANOTHER
PLACE
OR ADJUST
OUR LIVING HERE.
AND NOW, WE'RE IN AN AREA,
KIND OF THIS BELTWAY
AROUND BOSTON,
WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY HAS SORT OF
DRIVEN REAL ESTATE PRICES
UP THROUGH THE ROOF,
RIGHT?
IT HAS.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT
WITH THIS HOUSE,
THE ORIGINAL COST
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS
SOMETHING WE WOULD
ONLY DREAM OF NOW,
AND LOOKING
TO MOVE FORWARD
TO ANOTHER HOUSE,
IT'S POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING OUT OF
OUR REACH, SO WE DECIDED
THAT WE'D RATHER
IMPROVE THIS.
WE ENJOY
THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WE ENJOY THE TOWN, SO...
MM-HMM.
AND SO THE IMPROVEMENT HERE
IS MOSTLY GOING TO BE
INTERIOR REDESIGN,
RIGHT, GREG?
RIGHT.
AND THE REASON WE'RE
EXCAVATING IS THAT YOU'RE
CREATING A NEW MUD ROOM?
WE'RE CREATING
A NEW ENTRANCE
AND A NEW MUD ROOM
IN ORDER TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF WALL SPACE
IN THE KITCHEN FOR CABINETS.
I SEE. HAVE YOU GOT
ANY PLANS WE CAN LOOK AT?
YEAH, RIGHT OVER THERE.
OK, AND WHAT'S
THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE?
IT'S APPROXIMATELY
26 x 30 FEET.
SO IT'S A SMALL HOUSE.
TWO STORIES,
THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE
IS PROBABLY NOT MUCH
OVER 2,000.
NOT EVEN.
NOT EVEN.
I THINK 1,890. HEH!
RIGHT.
SO, EXPLAIN THIS
TO US, GREG.
WE'VE GOT--HERE'S
THE EXISTING HOUSE,
RIGHT?
WELL, THE HATCHED
AREA RIGHT HERE IS
THE NEW ADDITION,
AND RIGHT THERE WILL
BE WHERE WE HAVE
A NEW MUD ROOM.
AND THERE IS
AN EXISTING
BATHROOM HERE
WHICH THE CLIENTS
HAD REQUESTED
TO MAINTAIN.
SO WE'VE KEPT THAT,
AND WE ARE ADDING
THIS NEW ENTRANCE
SEQUENCE HERE,
A NEW DECK--
THIS IS THE CORNER
WHERE WE JUST SAW
THE EXCAVATION, RIGHT?
CORRECT,
AND THEN WE ARE
ADDING THIS LARGE
DECK AREA HERE,
WHICH SERVES AS
A TRANSITION BETWEEN
THE PUBLIC ROOMS
IN THE HOUSE
AND THE LANDSCAPE
AND THIS
NICE GAZEBO HERE
IN THEIR BACKYARD,
WHICH THEY SPEND
A LOT OF TIME IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THIS IS, AFTER ALL,
THE 1890s, WHICH,
EVEN IN A MODEST HOUSE
LIKE THIS ONE,
THE LIFESTYLE WAS SUCH
THAT KITCHEN AREAS
AND BACKYARDS WERE REALLY
SERVICE AREAS.
CORRECT.
PEOPLE DID NOT
ENTERTAIN THERE.
HOW MUCH LAND DO YOU HAVE?
WE HAVE JUST UNDER
AN ACRE.
NICE.
YEAH.
AND IT'S LAND
THAT'S SLOPING AWAY
TOWARDS A STREAM?
THERE'S A BROOK
IN THE BACK, YES.
THERE'S A BROOK?
SO THAT, ALTHOUGH
OUR SUMMERS ARE BRIEF
HERE IN NEW ENGLAND,
STILL, IT'S A VERY,
VERY ATTRACTIVE ASSET
TO HAVE.
IT IS, YES.
SO TELL US ABOUT
THE ORIENTATION OF THIS DECK
AND THE SIZE OF IT.
WELL, THE HOUSE
ITSELF,
IT HAS
THIS LINEAR PLAN,
BASICALLY.
THERE'S A
KITCHEN/DINING ROOM
IN THIS BAY WINDOW,
AND I TOOK
THAT LINEAR
ORGANIZATION
AND REPLICATED THAT
WITH THE DECK.
AND WE HAVE
A LANDSCAPE
OVER HERE,
A SIDE YARD, THAT'S
A FAIRLY LARGE LOT.
IT'S NOT USED
VERY OFTEN
BECAUSE THERE ARE
NO DOORS
THAT ACCESS
THAT PORTION
OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE
IS CREATED THIS DECK
FOR ENTERTAINING,
AND THEN WE WERE
ACTUALLY GRADING UP
THE YARD,
AND WE HAVE 3 STEPS
THAT STEP DOWN INTO
THAT SIDE PROPERTY.
INVITING EVERYONE.
RIGHT.
AND MAKE IT MORE
USEFUL, AND WE'LL
RE-LANDSCAPE THAT.
SO THAT, WHEN YOU'RE DONE,
YOU WON'T REALLY HAVE
A BIG GRADE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TOP OF
THE DECK AND THE GRASS.
CORRECT.
WE HAVE 3 RISERS
FOR THE STAIR,
WHICH IS
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
OF STAIRS
THAT YOU CAN USE
WITHOUT HAVING
HANDRAILS.
MM-HMM, EXACTLY.
NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE COST
OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
I MEAN, IT'S BASICALLY
A KITCHEN REMODEL,
A LITTLE ADD-ON,
AND A BIG BACKYARD DECK.
WELL,
WITH THE HOME PRICES
GOING UP AS WELL,
YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE REMODELING PRICES
ARE ALSO NOT AS CHEAP
AS ONE WOULD HAVE HOPED,
BUT WE HAD A BUDGET IN PLACE
BETWEEN $70,000
TO $85,000 TO DO THIS.
WELL, DAVID,
THIS IS GOING TO BE
A GREAT LITTLE PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO BE OUR DREAM HOUSE
WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
GREAT.
CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY...
HI, I'M BOB VILA.
THIS TIME, I'M STARTING
A NEW KITCHEN REMODEL
IN ROWLEY, MASSACHUSETTS,
WITH A GREAT DECK.
WE'LL MEET THE ARCHITECTS
ON THE JOB AND TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT'S IN STORE
FOR THIS LITTLE
VICTORIAN FARMHOUSE.
FIRST OFF, WE'LL SEE
THE CONTRACTOR AND DEMOLISH
THE CONCRETE BACK STAIRS,
AND WE'LL EXCAVATE
AND POUR THE FOOTINGS
FOR THE NEW ADDITION.
INSIDE, WE'LL MEET
THE HOMEOWNERS AND GET A TOUR
OF THE HOUSE TO SEE WHY
THIS RENOVATION IS REALLY GOING
TO MAKE A BIG IMPROVEMENT
IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
HI, I'M BOB VILA.
THIS TIME, I'M STARTING
A NEW KITCHEN REMODEL
IN ROWLEY, MASSACHUSETTS,
WITH A GREAT DECK.
FIRST OFF, WE'LL SEE
THE CONTRACTOR AND DEMOLISH
THE CONCRETE BACK STAIRS,
AND WE'LL EXCAVATE
AND POUR THE FOOTINGS
FOR THE NEW ADDITION.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA,"
WE'LL START A NEW
VICTORIAN KITCHEN REMODEL.
WE'LL SEE THE PLANS,
DEMOLISH SOME CONCRETE STEPS,
DIG FOR FOOTINGS,
AND SEE THE BEFORES.
DON'T MISS IT.
Vila: OK, WELL,
WE'VE MET DAVE OUTSIDE.
HIS WIFE JEANNE IS
WITH US NOW,
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A TOUR OF THE EXISTING
CONDITIONS OF THE HOUSE.
AND THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
YES, WE'VE DONE
SOME WORK IN HERE.
WE JUST CAME IN
THROUGH WHAT ONCE WAS
THE FRONT DOOR TO THE HOUSE.
THIS ROOM WAS
ACTUALLY TWO ROOMS.
THERE WAS A HALLWAY
GOING DOWN HERE.
YOU'D GO UP THE STAIRS,
A WINDOW WITH A WALL,
AND THIS WAS THE FORMAL
PARLOR, IF YOU WOULD.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE
THE CRACK IN THE CEILING FROM
WHERE THEY TOOK DOWN THE WALL,
AND THE OTHER THING
THAT YOU LOOK AT IN THE HOUSE
THE MINUTE YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM
IS THE STAIRCASE,
WHICH IS THE BIG TIP-OFF
THAT THE HOUSE HAS SOME AGE.
IT DID, AND THAT WAS
APPARENT WITH THE FLOORING
WHEN WE MOVED IN HERE.
WE HAD REPLACED
THE FLOORING,
WE DID SOME PAINTING,
AND DID A MORE MODERNIZED
LIGHTING PLAN, IF YOU WOULD.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN
WE REALIZED THERE WAS
A HALLWAY HERE,
WAS WHEN WE PULLED UP--
THERE WAS ACTUALLY
AN OLD, GREEN
LINOLEUM FLOOR.
WE PULLED THAT UP,
AND WE COULD TELL
BY THE PLANKS
THAT THERE WAS A HALLWAY
HERE, AND--YEAH.
THE HOUSE WILL ALWAYS
TELL ITS STORY.
EXACTLY.
SO I UNDERSTOOD
THAT THIS ROOM IN HERE
WAS ORIGINALLY JUST A PORCH.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS
AN OPEN PORCH.
AT SOME POINT, I THINK
IN THE FIFTIES,
IT WAS CLOSED IN AND TURNED
INTO A BEAUTY SALON
FOR ABOUT 20-SOME-ODD YEARS.
SUBURBAN AMERICA.
YEAH, WHICH--
IN THE BASEMENT, WE FOUND
ALL THIS WONDERFUL COPPER
PIPING FROM THE SINKS.
SO, WHEN WE ARRIVED,
THOUGH, THIS HAD ALREADY
BEEN REMODELED,
SANS THE PINK AND FORMICA.
WELL, RIGHT NOW,
IT HAS YOUR FRONT DOOR
FROM THE STREET,
AND IT HAS ANOTHER DOOR
TOWARDS THE BACKYARD
AND A NICE PAIR
OF TWO-OVER-ONE WINDOWS
THAT LOOK LIKE--
MAYBE THEY WERE ACTUALLY
TAKEN FROM THE HOUSE
AND MOVED OUT HERE.
WE BELIEVE THAT
TO BE THE CASE,
AND IN OUR REMODEL,
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING
TWO-OVER-ONES
TO REPLACE WINDOWS
THAT ARE NOT HISTORICALLY
CORRECT TO THE HOUSE, SO
THOSE PROBABLY WERE MOVED.
AND THEN THIS DOOR HERE WAS
AN ADDITION, WE BELIEVE,
DURING THE PERIOD
WHEN THEY TURNED THIS
INTO A BEAUTY SALON.
PROBABLY FOR CODES.
TWO MEANS
OF EGRESS?
EXACTLY, AND THIS IS
GOING TO BE REPLACED
WITH FRENCH DOORS
THAT WILL LEAD OUT
ONTO THE NEW DECK
THAT WE'RE PLANNING.
AND IT LOOKS
LIKE YOU'VE MANAGED
TO USE THIS
AS KIND OF LIKE
THE PLAYROOM.
YES, VERY MUCH SO.
WE HAVE
A 2 1/2-YEAR-OLD,
AND, YEAH, HE LIKES
TO JUMP AROUND IN HERE.
BUT WHILE
THE CONSTRUCTION
IS GOING ON
IN THE OTHER PART
OF THE HOUSE,
AND YOU'RE LEFT
WITHOUT A WORKING
KITCHEN,
THIS WILL BE
A PRETTY NICE
TEMPORARY PLACE.
YES, WE'RE GOING TO PULL
THE RUG UP AND JUST SURVIVE
IN HERE WHILE WE CAN.
IT SEEMS PRETTY
SOLID. IS THERE
A SLAB UNDER HERE?
WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN
THE BEAUTY SALON WAS
IN HERE--
THERE ARE
SOME OLD PHOTOS--
AND IT'S ACTUALLY
A FLAGSTONE FLOOR
UNDER THE RUGS.
OH, WELL,
THAT'LL BE NICE.
OK. ALL RIGHT.
AND ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS,
WE GOT A FIREPLACE.
NOW, THIS WAS ALL
THE FIRST PHASE
OF YOUR OCCUPYING
THE HOUSE
10 YEARS AGO.
CORRECT.
NOW, WHEN DID YOU
BUILD THE GARAGE?
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN,
THE GARAGE WAS IN DISREPAIR.
WELL, THERE WAS
A STABLE, YOU SAID?
IT WAS
THE ORIGINAL OUTHOUSE...
OUTHOUSE, STABLE,
AND THEN A ONE-CAR.
WHICH WAS THEN TURNED
INTO A STABLE. EXCUSE ME.
WE DECIDED
TO TEAR THAT DOWN.
IT WAS TERMITED.
AND JEANNE AND I BOTH
ARE MEDIA DESIGNERS--
JEANNE'S A SOUND DESIGNER,
I DO VISUAL DESIGN--
SO WE BUILT A TWO-CAR GARAGE,
ADDED A STUDIO ABOVE IT,
WHICH WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO US
FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT
TO GENERATE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD GENERATE INCOME.
SO THE STUDIO IS
KIND OF LIKE OPERATING
A BUSINESS AT HOME...
IT IS, CORRECT, YES.
AND THE TOWN ALLOWS
THAT?
YES, IT'S
A MULTI-COMMERCIAL ZONE.
IT'S A GREAT THING
TO HAVE--
I MEAN,
YOUR HOME OFFICE,
YOUR HOME STUDIO.
RIGHT,
AND IT'S DETACHED.
AND IT'S DETACHED,
WHICH IS VERY SMART,
YEAH.
SO, NOW, CAN WE LOOK
AT THE PART OF THE HOUSE
THAT'S GOING TO BE
RADICALLY ALTERED?
SURE, SURE.
THIS IS CURRENTLY
THE DINING ROOM, RIGHT?
WELL, THIS IS NICE
AND BRIGHT,
AND IT'S
A NICE SIZE, NICELY
PROPORTIONED ROOM.
IT IS. WE HAVE HAD
MANY LARGE CROWDS HERE,
AND IT'S COMFORTABLE.
YEAH. I LOVE
THE ORIOLE WINDOWS.
YOU'VE GOT ONE
OVER THERE
AND ALSO HERE.
MM-HMM, THEY'RE NICE.
THEY EXTEND UP TO
THE SECOND FLOOR.
GREAT. SO WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE TO THE ROOM?
WELL, WE'VE DONE
SOME SUPERFICIAL
REPAIRS IN A PINCH,
YOU KNOW, TO GET THROUGH
HOLIDAYS AND WHATNOT.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
THE MOLDING HERE, PLATE RAIL,
DIDN'T GET FINISHED.
DID YOU PUT
THAT PLATE RAIL IN
AROUND THE ROOM?
YEAH, PRETTY QUICKLY,
AND ANOTHER THING
THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY,
IF YOU TAKE A QUICK LOOK,
OUR FLOOR IS A FAUX PAINT JOB
THAT JEANNE AND I CAME UP WITH.
OH, IT'S CHIPBOARD.
THAT'S ABOUT IT, YEAH,
WITH SOME PAINTING
ON TOP OF IT.
WELL, IT LOOKS
PRETTY GOOD.
IT, AGAIN, GOT US
THROUGH SOME TIMES.
YEAH, AND THE CEILING IS
IN NICE SHAPE,
ALTHOUGH IT'S
PROBABLY VINTAGE.
YES, AND WE THINK THAT
THAT PROBABLY DATES BACK
TO THE TIME
OF THE BEAUTY SALON.
YEAH, I GOT A FEELING
YOUR HOUSE HAD
A MAJOR REMODEL
WHEN THEY PUT IN
THE BEAUTY SHOP AND
THEY CLOSED THE PORCH
AND THEY DID THINGS
LIKE THIS.
THAT LIGHT FIXTURE LOOKS
LIKE IT COULD BE
FROM 50, 60 YEARS AGO.
MM-HMM, YEAH.
WE DO LIKE THAT.
YEAH.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS
HERE, THEN?
HERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A SET OF FRENCH DOORS
THAT WILL OPEN UP
TO THE DECK,
SO THAT WILL NOT BE
A WINDOW ANY LONGER.
OK, SO THAT'S GOING
TO BE THE EXPANSIVE
OUTDOOR DECK
LEADING RIGHT INTO
THAT BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
AND LANDSCAPE.
GOT A COUPLE
OF RADIATORS IN HERE.
YES, AND THE RADIATORS
WE WILL SALVAGE.
THOSE ARE GOING
TO BE BROUGHT UPSTAIRS.
WE HAVE TWO UNHEATED
BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS,
SO WE'LL FINALLY HAVE HEAT.
THAT'S AN OLD
YANKEE TRICK.
THEY WOULD JUST HAVE
A HOLE IN THE FLOOR
AND LET THE HEAT
FROM DOWNSTAIRS COME
STRAIGHT THROUGH
INTO THE BEDROOMS.
AND THEN THE KITCHEN IS,
YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE
AND BRIGHT AND SUNNY.
IT'S A NICE SHADE
OF YELLOW YOU'VE
GOT HERE.
THANK YOU.
AND THIS IS THE MUD ROOM
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
YES, THIS IS
THE MUD ROOM.
THIS IS ACTUALLY--
YOU CAN SEE
HOW SMALL THIS IS.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT 3 FEET
BY MAYBE 4.
EXACTLY, AND THIS IS
THE BACK STOOP
THAT WAS JUST
TAKEN OUT
THIS MORNING.
SO THIS WALL EXTENDS OUT
ANOTHER 5 FEET OR SO?
YES.
AND YOU END UP
WITH A BIG AREA
FOR MAYBE EVEN A BENCH
AND HOOKS FOR COATS
AND THE LIKE.
EXACTLY, AND THERE
WILL ACTUALLY BE
A CLOSET AS WELL.
OH, AND THIS IS
A FULL BATHROOM IN HERE.
YES, AND, ACTUALLY,
THE NICE THING
ABOUT GREG'S PLAN IS
THAT IT TAKES
THE DOOR TO
THE BATHROOM
AND IT MOVES IT
INTO THE MUD ROOM.
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
I MEAN,
NOT HAVING A BATHROOM DOOR
RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE
OF THE KITCHEN...
IT'S NOT IDEAL.
IS NOT IDEAL.
BUT HOW DOES
THE KITCHEN WORK?
I MEAN, THESE CABINETS LOOK
ALL RIGHT WHEN YOU...
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE OK.
WE ESPECIALLY LIKE
THE GREEN...
HA HA HA!
BUT WHAT ONE OF
THE MAIN FEATURES IS,
WE'RE ADDING
MORE CABINET SPACE
TO THE KITCHEN.
THIS IS OLD.
THIS IS PROBABLY 50
OR 60 YEARS OLD.
THE OLD STEEL...
KITCHEN FURNITURE
IS WHAT IT IS.
YEAH, THE STEEL SEEMS
TO BE ON ITS LAST LEG.
MM-HMM.
BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LACK
OF REAL CABINET SPACE--
AND COUNTERTOP SPACE, TOO.
WHERE DOES THAT DOOR
LEAD?
THIS IS OUR CURRENT PANTRY,
IF YOU WILL.
OH, AN OLD-FASHIONED
PANTRY.
YEAH, YEAH.
NICE AND NEAT.
YES, YEP,
VERY WELL-STOCKED.
AND THE FRIDGE IS IN
THE CORNER OVER THERE.
THAT'S GOING
TO BE MOVED OUT TO BEHIND
WHERE YOU ARE OVER THERE,
AND THAT WILL THEN BECOME
MORE CABINET SPACE AND SOME
COUNTER SPACE AS WELL.
YEAH, YEAH, 'CAUSE RIGHT
NOW, JUST GETTING FROM
ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER
WITH INGREDIENTS
OR WHATEVER--
BUT LET'S TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK
AT THE PLANS SO THAT--
EVERYTHING ALONG HERE
PRETTY MUCH STAYS
THE SAME
EXCEPT
THE REFRIGERATOR'S
COMING TO THE CORNER.
THAT'S CORRECT,
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING
THIS COOK TOP AND AN ISLAND
FOR SOME INFORMAL DINING
AND SOME MORE CABINETS
WHERE THE FRIDGE WAS.
AND THEN, OVER HERE,
BEHIND THE COOK TOP,
WE'LL HAVE ROOM ALONG
THIS WALL FOR WALL OVEN,
MICROWAVE, WARMING DRAWER,
AND THEN SOME MORE
COUNTERTOP AND CABINETS.
BUT EVERYTHING
GETS OPENED UP
ALL THE WAY ACROSS,
SO YOU HAVE ONE BIG
COUNTRY KITCHEN/LIVING
ROOM KIND OF FEELING.
IT'S MORE OF A PROJECT
THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT OF
WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT IT
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
WE'RE LEARNING
THAT, YES.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
THANKS, JEANNE.
THANKS, DAVE. YEAH.
Vila: OK, TIM,
SO THIS IS A SMALL JOB.
THAT'S A SMALL AMOUNT
OF SAND.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT HERE?
WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE DOING NEXT IS
THE MASON WILL BE ARRIVING
TO THE JOB SITE TOMORROW.
HE WILL BEGIN BLOCKING UP
AND SETTING THIS FOUNDATION
AND GIVING US
THE SAME BRICK FINISH
ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO END UP RUNNING
A 12-INCH BLOCK ON THE BOTTOM
WITH AN 8-INCH BLOCK SET
IN THE BACK, ALLOWING
FOR A BRICK SHELF,
AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY TOOTH
THIS BRICK IN AND CONTINUE
THIS VENEER RIGHT AROUND.
HE'LL PULL OUT THE OLD BRICK
THAT HAS FALLEN OUT
WITH THE STAIRS.
AND WHAT WE'LL END UP DOING
IS, ONCE HE'S DONE,
WE'LL POUR A RAT SLAB
IN THE BOTTOM HERE AND--
WHAT'D YOU CALL IT?
A RAT SLAB.
JUST BASICALLY,
WE'RE GOING TO POUR IN,
FILL IN THE BOTTOM--
JUST TO CLOSE IT OFF.
YES, CORRECT.
YEAH.
AND THEN WE'LL FORM TWO
WALL PANELS ON EITHER SIDE
AND THEN POUR THOSE
JUST TO HELP SOLIDIFY
THE BRICK THAT'S THERE.
ALL RIGHT, BUT NONE
OF THAT WILL BE VISIBLE
ONCE THIS IS REFRAMED.
THAT'S CORRECT.
GOOD.
AND THIS AIN'T GOING
ANYWHERE 'CAUSE,
AS YOU SAID EARLIER,
3 YARDS OF CONCRETE,
RIGHT?
YEAH, THE MINIMUM CONCRETE
WAS 3 YARDS,
AND IT'S A SHAME TO SPEND
THE MONEY FOR ONE YARD,
SO I ORDERED THE MINIMUM,
PUT THE 3 YARDS IN THE BOTTOM.
WE HAVE--4 FOOT IS
THE BOTTOM POLE,
SO WE HAVE PLENTY
OF FROST PROTECTION.
WE HAVE 3 YARDS
OF THE FOOTING.
AND WHAT HAPPENS--WHAT'S
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
NOW? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
ONCE THE MASON IS COMPLETED
AND THE BRICK IS FINISHED,
WE'RE GOING TO START
REMOVING ALL THE SIDING,
THIS ROOF UP TOP HERE
ON THE ADDITION...
YEAH.
THE DOORS, THE ELECTRICITY
WILL BE CUT, ANY OTHER POWER,
AND THE PLUMBING THAT'S INSIDE
WILL BE CUT AND REMOVED.
THE INTERIOR RENOVATION
FOR THAT ROOM ONLY,
ALL THAT WILL BE
TAKEN OUT AND REMOVED.
SO WHAT'S THE CONDITION
OF THE SILL DOWN THERE?
THE CONDITION OF THE SILL IS
THAT IT IS ROTTED,
AND BY NOTICING
THAT THE ROT IS THERE,
BY THE TIME WE GO AHEAD
AND PULL THIS ROOF OFF,
WHAT'S REMAINING IS 3 WALLS.
PROBABLY IN MY BEST INTEREST
AND THE HOMEOWNERS' INTEREST
TO ACTUALLY REMOVE THOSE WALLS
AND START FROM SCRATCH.
SO YOU'RE GOING
TO REBUILD IT.
YES.
OFTEN THE BEST WAY
TO GO.
YEAH, RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TIM.
Vila: WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
AFTER WHAT WE FOUND TODAY,
IT LOOKS LIKE NEXT WEEK
WE'LL BE DEMOLISHING
AND REFRAMING THE LITTLE
ADDITION AND INSTALLING
SOME NEW FRENCH DOORS.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
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