0116 - Foundation Work, Roof, and French Doors December 26, 2005-January 1, 2006 | June 26-July 2 Buy Show Video
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME TO OUR QUEEN ANNE
VICTORIAN HERE IN RALEIGH, MASS.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU
WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE
IN TERMS OF BUILDING THIS LITTLE
BUMP OUT ON THE HOUSE,
WE'RE ALSO FRAMING FOR THE SHED
ROOF ON THE BUMP,
BUT MOSTLY WE'RE DOING
THE DEMOLITION INSIDE
THE KITCHEN AREA.
WE'RE CONVERTING A KITCHEN
INTO A BIG COUNTRY KITCHEN.
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
SEARS
LET'S SAY HI TO
JIM BERKY, OUR GENERAL
CONTRACTOR ON THE JOB.
TIM, SINCE WE WERE
HERE LAST,
A LOT OF PROGRESS
HAS BEEN MADE.
WE LEFT THE OTHER DAY,
AND ALL WE HAD WAS
A HOLE IN THE GROUND
WITH A LOT OF CONCRETE
FOR A BASE.
AND SINCE THEN, YOU'VE HAD
THE MASONS BUILD UP
THAT NICE BRICK FACADE--
BRICK FOUNDATION WORK
THAT WE SEE THERE.
WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS
AT THAT STAGE?
THE PROBLEM
THAT WE ENCOUNTERED,
ONCE WE HAD PUT IN
THE BRICK FOUNDATION,
WE ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED
THE FACT,
AS EVERYBODY REALIZED,
THAT WE WERE RUNNING INTO
SOME ROT
AROUND THE FRONT ENTRY.
ROT OF WHAT NATURE?
YOU MEAN THE SILL?
THERE WAS DRY ROT.
BECAUSE OF THE OLD
CONCRETE STAIRS
THAT WERE IN THERE
IN THE CORNER,
THE DRY ROT AROUND
THE SILL AND AREA
MADE IT LOOK LIKE
IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD
JUST REMOVE THE
ACTUAL STRUCTURE.
YEAH, YEAH.
WE DID FOLLOW THROUGH,
AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE REMOVED
THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
ONCE WE REMOVED
THE STRUCTURE,
WE ALSO REALIZED
THAT THE FOUNDATION,
AFTER THE MASON HAD
COMPLETED THE NEW VENEER
THAT'S COMPLETED HERE,
WE REALIZED HOW FAR OFF
THE FOUNDATION WAS.
IT WAS OUT OF SQUARE,
YOU MEAN?
IT WAS ACTUALLY
OUT OF SQUARE
AND IT WAS NOT LEVEL,
TO SAY THE LEAST.
SO WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
TEAR IT ALL DOWN?
TO GO BACKWARDS ON THAT
WOULD HAVE MEANT A LOT
MORE EXCAVATION.
WE ACTUALLY FELT THAT
THE FOUNDATION ITSELF.
THE OLD VENEER IS
ACTUALLY IN GOOD SHAPE.
IT JUST NEEDED TO BE
REPOINTED, AND ACTUALLY
WE CUT A VERY SMALL ...
FROM 2 INCHES TO NOTHING,
GOING ACROSS THE TOP LAYER.
ONCE WE SET THE SILL,
WE REALIZED HOW FAR OFF
IT WAS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENED
SO FAR, THOUGH.
YOU TAKE THE APPROACH OF
BUILDING WHATEVER HAS TO
BE DONE ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE EXISTING HOUSE
SO AS NOT TO DISTURB
THE OPERATION OF THE FAMILY--
AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE,
THAT IS.
BUT NOW YOU'VE ALREADY DONE
SOME OF THE DEMO TO THE HALF
BACK THAT WAS THERE, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
MOST OF THAT WAS ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THEY WERE STILL ABLE
TO FUNCTION INSIDE
THE HOUSE.
TAKE US THROUGH THE STEPS
OF WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS,
WE CAME IN ON THE SITE,
WE REMOVED THE TOILET,
THE SHOWER DOOR,
THE SINK AND VANITY.
ONCE WE REMOVED
ALL THIS, WE SECURED
THE PIPES
TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY LEAK
OR AFFECT ANY PART
OF THE LIVING AREA
INSIDE THE HOUSE.
JUST LIKE YOU USED
DIG SAFE OUTSIDE,
ON THE INSIDE YOU WANT
TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN
YOU'RE DOING DEMOLITION
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY LIVE ELECTRICAL WIRES
OR PLUMBING PIPES.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO ONCE
WE ESTABLISHED THE
SHUTOFFS IN THE BASEMENT,
WE ALSO OPENED UP
ALL THE WALLS TO EXPOSE
ANY HIDDEN THREATS OF WIRES
OR ANY HIDDEN PIPES THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE
THAT WE WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
WAS THERE MUCH INSULATION?
IT WAS ACTUALLY ONLY
BECAUSE THE ROOM WAS
REMODELED THAT ONE TIME
PRIOR TO THIS, THERE WAS
SOME INSULATION
IN THE ACTUAL CORNER
OF THE OLD ROOM.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
THE HOUSE HAS NO INSULATION.
AND THEN WHAT ELSE?
ONCE WE EXPOSED ALL
THE THREATS,
WE ACTUALLY STARTED TO
SAW UP THE STRUCTURE
INTO CHUNKS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT QUICKER,
ACTUALLY, BREAKING APART
THE BUILDING IN PIECES
TO BE ABLE TO DISPOSE
OF IT.
SO WE ACTUALLY CUT UP
THE ROOF INTO AN AREA.
WE PUSHED
THOSE PIECES OVER.
THEN WE STARTED
TO CUT THE WALLS UP
INTO AREAS.
PUSHED THOSE OFF
TO THE SIDE,
AND ACTUALLY REMOVED
THAT ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
AND IT ALL GOES
TO THE DUMP RIGHT AWAY?
THAT'S CORRECT.
OK.
ONCE WE HAD THAT
ALL REMOVED,
WE ACTUALLY STARTED
SETTING OUR SILL ACROSS
THE TOP OF THE FOUNDATION.
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED
THE ISSUE WE HAD WITH
THAT RIGHT THERE.
SO WHAT WE DID IS,
WE RELEVELED THE SILL.
WE ACTUALLY USE
AN EPOXY TO SET THE SILL
ON TOP OF THE VENEER.
BECAUSE IT'S A BRICK
VENEER FOUNDATION,
YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT
ANY KIND OF TIE RODS
INTO,
LIKE YOU CAN IN A POURED
CONCRETE FOUNDATION.
SO YOU USED AN ADHESIVE
TO ATTACH THE SILL.
THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT WE DID IS, WE HAD
THE MASON COME BACK
AND ACTUALLY INSERT
THE REST OF THE BRICK
AND REPOINT AND
SET THAT CEMENT
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
WE DID HAVE
ANCHOR BOLTS ON THE NEW
PART OF THE FOUNDATION.
OK, WELL, WHY DON'T
WE CLIMB UP THERE
AND SEE HOW FAR
YOU'VE GOTTEN
WITH THIS.
GOOD. ALL RIGHT,
SO THE LITTLE STRUCTURE
THAT HAS GONE UP HERE--
WHAT'S THE DIMENSION?
THE EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS
ARE 5'x16'.
OK, AND THAT INCORPORATES
THE NEW MUDROOM THAT WE'RE
STANDING IN RIGHT HERE,
AND THIS IS THE NEW DOOR--
IT'S KIND OF WIDE.
THEY ACTUALLY INCORPORATED
A SIDELIGHT INTO THE PLAN.
SO THERE'LL BE
A SIDELIGHT, GLASS.
AND THEN BEYOND
THE NEW ENTRY HERE,
WE'VE GOT
THE POWDER ROOM.
THE POWDER ROOM.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE
WORKING ON DEMOLITION
INTO THE ACTUAL HOUSE
FROM HERE.
THAT'S CORRECT.
AS WE'VE NOTED BEFORE,
WE WANTED TO HAVE
THIS SHELL SECURED
TO HAVE IT WEATHER-TIGHT
ON THE OUTSIDE.
NOW WE'LL START
THE DISRUPTION OF
THE INSIDE OF THE HOME.
EXACTLY, YEAH.
SO, WHAT ARE WE
DOING UP HERE?
IT'S ESSENTIALLY
AN ATTACHED HIP ROOF.
CORRECT. IT'S A SHALLOW
HIP ROOF. IT'S A 3 PITCH.
WE'RE GONNA PUT A STANDING
SEAM COPPER ROOF ON TOP
OF IT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING
WINDOW THAT'S GONNA REMAIN.
AND BECAUSE OF
THE ADDITION GOING OUT,
WE HAD TO OFFSET THAT
3 PITCH TO ACHIEVE NOT
RUNNING INTO THAT WINDOW.
SO A COPPER ROOF
WILL BE FOREVER.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S ABOUT
A 50-YEAR ROOF.
YOU'VE ALREADY CUT UP
THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS
HERE,
BUT LET'S REVIEW
WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
YOU'VE GOT THE DOUBLE-UP
MEMBER THAT'S CALLED WHAT?
THAT'S OUR HIP,
RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE THE HIPS.
THE HIP JACKS
ARE RIGHT HERE,
THE SMALLER PIECES.
YEAH.
OUR COMMON RAFTER
RIGHT HERE--
THE FIRST COMMON
COMING IN RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE
COMMON RAFTERS ACROSS
THE MIDDLE OF IT,
BUT IN THE HIP ITSELF,
YOU'VE ALREADY PRECUT
YOU GOT 2 OF THEM HERE.
AND THEY HAD TO BE CUT
WITH A COMBINATION
OF ANGLES, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOU HAVE
YOUR COMBINATION
ON THE FRONT SIDE OF IT,
WHICH IS A 3-12 PITCH.
THEN WHAT WE HAD IS
OUR REGULAR "C" CUT.
BECAUSE OF THE HIP,
THE HIP IS AT 45 DEGREES,
SO WE ACTUALLY SET THE SAW
AT 45 DEGREES AND CUT
THAT ANGLE.
RIGHT, AND OF COURSE,
YOU USE YOUR SQUARE
WITH YOUR BUTTONS ON IT
TO REPLICATE IT.
CORRECT. THE WAY
WE UTILIZE THAT IS,
THE SQUARE GOES DOWN
ON TOP OF THAT RAFTER
THAT GIVES US
THE 3-12 PITCH
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN FROM
THAT POINT THERE,
WE HAD A MEASUREMENT
THAT CAME FROM THE TOP
THERE TO THE BACK SIDE
OF THE DOUBLE TOP PLATE.
THAT RIGHT THERE I TAKE
AND ACTUALLY RADIUS
THE TAPE ACROSS THERE.
THAT ACHIEVES WHERE THAT
LOCATION IS. THAT
MEASUREMENT COMES ACROSS.
LET'S WATCH WHILE THE
REST OF THESE RAFTERS
GO IN PLACE.
OK, HERE'S ANOTHER
COMMON ONE.
THE DOUBLE HIP
HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
IF YOU PASS ME
THE FIRST JACK, PLEASE.
SURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS
WHERE WE JUST WERE BUILDING
A COUPLE MINUTES AGO,
AND THIS IS WHERE
THE REMODELING TAKES PLACE--
THE KITCHEN AND INTO
THE DINING ROOM,
WHICH BECOME ALL ONE
UNIFIED SPACE.
THE MAJORITY OF WHAT'S HERE,
A LOT OF STUFF GETS SALVAGED,
AS THE STOVE AND SOME OF
THE OLD METAL CABINETS.
HAVE A LIFE.
THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE
A CAMP OUT IN THE WOODS
NEAR A POND,
AND THAT'S WHERE SOME
OF THIS STUFF IS GOING
TO BE GOING.
BUT, TIM, WHAT ABOUT
THE TRIM IN HERE?
ARE YOU SALVAGING
ANY OF THIS TRIM?
NONE OF THIS TRIM
IS GONNA BE SALVAGED.
IT DOES NOT MATCH
WHAT'S IN THE FRONT PART
OF THE HOME,
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS REDUPLICATE WHAT'S THERE
AND WE'LL SEE THAT LATER ON.
ALL RIGHT, WE NEED
EYE PROTECTION AND
PARTICLE MASKS,
AND WE'RE GONNA START
REMOVING THE OLD
HORSE HAIR PLASTER
AND EVERYTHING THAT'S
IN HERE, RIGHT?
YES.
OK, GO FOR IT.
THIS HOUSE IS FROM
THE 1890s.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE STUDS ARE
FULL DIMENSIONAL.
THE SHEATHING ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE
IS ACTUAL BOARDS.
AND PLENTY OF SHRINKAGE,
PLENTY OF CRACKS,
PLENTY OF SPACE
FOR COLD INFILTRATION.
WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE HERE
NEXT--RIGHT, TIM?--
IS WE'RE GONNA OPEN THIS
ALL UP SO THAT WE CAN
REFRAME IT FOR FRENCH DOORS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE A 6' FRENCH DOOR
THAT'S GONNA GO IN.
THAT'LL BE THE FIRST
THING WE'LL DO.
WE'LL ACTUALLY
CENTER THE OPENING
PER THE PLANS,
PUT IN A DOUBLE-LAMINATED
HEADER GOING ACROSS HERE
FOR STRUCTURAL BEARING.
WE'LL SEE THAT
IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
OK, TIM, YOU'VE CUT OUT
THE OPENING FOR THE
FRENCH DOORS,
THIS HOUSE IS BALLOON
FRAMED, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
THOSE STUDS GO RIGHT
THERE FROM THE SILL
ALL THE WAY TO THE DOUBLE
TOP PLATE OF THE ROOF.
WE'VE TAKEN OUT A COUPLE
OF THEM, AND THERE IS
A ROOF LOAD HERE, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE SHOULD HURRY UP
AND PUT THE HEADER IN.
YES, WE SHOULD.
OK, LET'S GET STARTED.
Vila: CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY...
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
THIS WEEK, WE'RE BACK AT
OUR VICTORIAN KITCHEN
REMODELING PROJECT.
THE CREW'S MAKING LIGHT WORK
OF THE SHABBY OLD BACK SIDE
OF THE KITCHEN.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE NEW
ADDITION IS FRAMED,
AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT
HOW TO FRAME A HIPPED ROOF.
INSIDE, MORE DEMOLITION
MAKES WAY FOR THE INSTALLATION
OF SOME NEW FRENCH DOORS.
THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART
WINDOWS AND DOORS
WILL REALLY DO A LOT TO
BRING THE OUTSIDE INTO THE
NEW KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA".
DON'T MISS IT.
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
THIS WEEK, WE'RE BACK
AT OUR VICTORIAN KITCHEN
REMODELING PROJECT.
THE NEW ADDITION IS FRAMED,
AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
TO FRAME A HIPPED ROOF.
INSIDE, MORE DEMOLITION MAKES
WAY FOR THE INSTALLATION
OF SOME NEW FRENCH DOORS.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA,"
IT'S OUT WITH THE OLD
AND IN WITH THE NEW.
AFTER SOME QUICK DEMOLITION,
WE'RE INSTALLING SOME
BRAND-NEW FRENCH DOORS.
DON'T MISS IT.
SO, TIM, YOU'VE GOT
THE 2 "2 BY's",
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
1/2 INCH OF PLYWOOD IN BETWEEN.
WHAT'S THAT FOR?
IT ACTS AS A FILLER.
IT ALSO ADDS FOR ADDITIONAL
STRENGTH TO THE HEADER.
FILLER SO THAT WE GET
THE SAME THICKNESS
AS THE EXISTING STUDS
THAT ARE HERE, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
OK, GOOD. YEAH,
IT DOES ADD STRENGTH.
READY?
IS THAT THE OLD
PERSUADER?
THERE YOU GO.
THAT WILL HEAD OFF THE
WEIGHT FROM ABOVE...
AND TRANSFER IT
TO THESE STUDS, WHICH
ARE CALLED JACKS.
THEN YOU GOT A KING
STUD ALREADY CUT?
YES.
ALL RIGHT,
THE HEADER'S IN.
YOU GOT A LITTLE
EXCESS SHEATHING
TO CUT OUT HERE.
AND ANYTIME YOU GOT
AN OLD HOUSE LIKE THIS
WITH BOARD SHEATHING
AS OPPOSED TO PLYWOOD,
YOU HAVE LESS STRENGTH.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING
A BIG OPENING LIKE THIS,
YOU GOT TO BE EXTRA
CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU
INSTALL
A BIG FRENCH DOOR
LIKE THIS.
BUT ANYWAY,
GO AHEAD AND CUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WANT TO MAKE SURE
NOTHING IS LOOSE
ON THE OUTSIDE HERE.
YOU GOT ONE MORE PIECE
OF FILLER UP HERE.
AND THAT'S THE LAST
OF THE FILLER,
SO THAT THE THICKNESS
OF THE SHEATHING IS ALL
THE SAME AROUND THE OUTSIDE.
WHAT GOES ON DOWN HERE?
NEXT WHAT WE'LL DO
IS TAKE A BEUTAL TAPE THAT
HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY PELLA
AND PUT 2 LAYERS
OF THAT ON.
ONCE WE'VE GOT THAT ON,
WE'LL BRING THE DOOR UP.
AND AS SOON AS WE'RE READY
TO SET THE DOOR,
WE'RE GONNA RUN 2 STRIPS
OF RAW SILCONE--ONE IN FRONT,
ONE IN BACK.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BUILD THIS UP ANY HIGHER?
NO, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE
DOING IN THE HOME IS--
THIS IS AN OLD PARTICLE
BOARD RIGHT HERE
THAT SOMEBODY HAS INSTALLED
OVER THE OLD EXISTING FLOOR
THAT'S ABOVE
THE ORIGINAL SUBFLOOR.
SO WE GOT 2 LAYERS
TO REMOVE.
CORRECT, AND THEN WE'LL
BE PUTTING IN A BRAND-NEW,
3/4-INCH HARDWOOD FLOOR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GET THE TAPE IN.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE
WEATHER BARRIER
THEN HAS TO BE
COMPLETED AROUND
HERE, RIGHT, TIM?
RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE THAT
TYPAR, AND WE'LL START
WRAPPING THIS RIGHT AROUND,
AND WE'LL BRING IT INSIDE
AND TACK IT.
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT,
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A CLOSE LOOK
AT THE FRENCH DOORS.
CORDELL BURTON IS
VISITING US HERE
IN RALEIGH
ALL THE WAY FROM
PELLA, IOWA, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT, BOB.
HOW DO YOU LIKE
THE WEATHER?
IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE--
NICE AND RAINY.
NICE AND COOL, YEAH.
SO, THIS IS A RELATIVELY
NEW PRODUCT FROM PELLA,
RIGHT?
YEAH, THIS IS OUR NEW
IN-SWING FRENCH DOOR.
NOW, AN IN-SWING
FRENCH DOOR--
TRADITIONALLY, FRENCH
DOORS 100 YEARS AGO,
WHATEVER,
ALWAYS WERE OUTSWINGING,
AND THEY'RE USUALLY USED
KIND OF OPENING
ONTO A TERRACE.
WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE
OF AN IN-SWINGING DOOR?
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE
A LITTLE BIT LESS TERRACE
OUT THERE.
IT SWINGS TO THE INTERIOR
SO YOU COULD HAVE YOUR
PATIO FURNITURE, ET CETERA,
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
RIGHT, AND THIS IS LEADING
ONTO OUR NEW WOODEN DECK
THAT WE HAVEN'T BUILT YET.
WHAT ABOUT IN SITUATIONS
LIKE WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH
HURRICANE SITUATIONS--
HIGH HURRICANES--
THE HIGH WINDS--
THE OUTSWINGS ARE
ACTUALLY BETTER FOR THAT,
BECAUSE THE DESIGN
OF THE DOOR KEEPS IT
FROM SWINGING INSIDE.
SO YOU CAN STILL GET THEM
IN OUTSWING AS WELL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OK.
THIS IS AN ALL-WOOD
DOOR, RIGHT?
IT'S ALL WOOD,
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
ON THIS ONE--PRIMED.
AND IS THIS FINGER-JOINTED,
OR IS IT SOLID PONDEROSA?
NO, THIS IS ALL SOLID
PONDEROSA OR EQUIVALENT
PINE HERE.
AND THE EXCITING THING
ABOUT THE FRENCH DOORS
IS THE GLASS, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
TELL ME ABOUT THE GLASS.
IS IT DOUBLE?
ACTUALLY, THIS IS
A DOUBLE-PANE WINDOW.
YOU CAN'T TELL,
BUT THAT'S ALL
ONE PANE OF GLASS.
IT'S ALL ONE BIG
PANE OF GLASS.
IT'S ALL ONE
BIG PANE OF GLASS.
IT'S MODERN LOW-E GLASS,
SO YOU GET YOUR
THERMAL PERFORMANCE,
AND YET YOU BREAK IT WITH
THESE ARCHITECTURAL GRIDS.
SO YOU'VE GOT A GRID
ON BOTH SIDES.
SO YOU GET THAT
ARCHITECTURAL LOOK
IN THE GRIDS
WITHOUT LOSING
THE AESTHETICS--
AND THE GRIDS
ARE ACTUAL WOOD.
THEY ARE WOOD.
SO EVERYTHING
IS PAINT GRADE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE GLASS, THOUGH.
IT'S LOW EMISSIVITY GLASS,
WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SPECIFYING,
NOT JUST IN COLD CLIMATES
BUT IN HOT CLIMATES.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE
LOW-E LAYERS
IN THE GLASS.
THE LOW-E KEEPS THE
GLASS--THE SUNLIGHT,
THE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
FROM TRAVELING THROUGH,
AND IT KEEPS HEAT
FROM TRAVELING THROUGH.
SO IF YOU'RE TRYING
TO MAINTAIN THE HEAT
OF THE HOME,
TO KEEP THE WARM INSIDE,
BUT ALSO IN A HOT CLIMATE,
IT KEEPS THE SUN FROM
COMING THROUGH TO CREATE
AS MUCH HEAT.
IT CAN DO THE REVERSE.
EXACTLY.
IT'S RATED TO WHAT?
THE 23 FACTOR, IS IT?
YEAH, THE HEAT GAIN
FACTOR IS ABOUT .23,
SO IT HAS 23% OF
WHAT WOULD NORMALLY
COME THROUGH--
IT REDUCES IT BY 77%.
THAT'S A BETTER WAY
TO PUT IT.
YEAH, EXACTLY.
IS THERE ARGON GLASS
IN IT AS WELL?
IT IS ARGON-FILLED,
SO YOU GET THE GOOD
U-VALUE.
SO THIS IS A VERY
HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRODUCT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THE PRICE CATEGORY?
SOMEWHERE AROUND
$1,800 TO $2,000.
TERRIFIC. WELL, WE'LL
BE INSTALLING IT SOON.
THANKS, CORDELL.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WHAT
ABOUT THE SIDES?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO
ON THE SIDES BEFORE YOU
SET THE WINDOW IN?
ANYTHING IN ADDITION?
NOTHING IN ADDITION.
WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE
IS A LITTLE BIT OF A--
THE ROUGH OPENING IS A LITTLE
BIT LARGER THAN THE DOOR.
THAT'S GONNA ALLOW FOR
THE SHIM SHINGLES
FOR US TO ALLOW--
TO ADJUST FOR HOW
THE BUILDING IS WANING,
ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
OK, SO DOES THAT MEAN
WE'RE READY TO BRING
THE FRENCH DOORS
AND SET THEM IN PLACE?
ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS REMOVE THE HANDLES
THAT ALLOW US TO MOVE
THE DOOR EASILY ACROSS--
YEAH, THESE
PLASTIC HANDLES
ARE JUST FOR COMFORT
OF THE INSTALLERS,
MOVING IT AROUND.
BUT OBVIOUSLY,
BEFORE WE PUT IT IN,
YOU GOTTA TAKE THEM OFF.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GET THEM REMOVED.
PUSH YOUR SIDE IN, ROB.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE CAN
OPEN WITH THE TEMPORARY.
GOOD, AND WHAT'S COOL
ABOUT THIS IS,
THEY'VE DEVELOPED THIS
3-POINT LATCHING SYSTEM,
SO AT THE TOP,
AT THE BOTTOM,
AND AT THE MIDDLE,
YOU'VE GOT LATCHES
THAT BOLT IT.
FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
AND THIS IS THE HARDWARE.
YOU THINK YOU CAN THROW
THAT ON FOR US?
NO PROBLEM.
NOW, THIS IS
OIL-RUBBED BRONZE, WHICH
AGAIN IS VERY GOOD,
ESPECIALLY WITH
TOUGH WEATHER LIKE
WE HAVE HERE.
LET'S GET STARTED.
THAT'S ALL WE CAN
FIT IN TODAY.
DON'T MISS NEXT WEEK
WHEN WE'LL BE BLOWING IN
SOME CLOSED CELL
FOAM INSULATION
WITH A NEW EARTH-FRIENDLY
PROPELLANT.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
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