0117 - Exterior Trim and Spray-Foam Insulation January 2-8, 2006 | July 3-9 Buy Show Video
HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME TO OUR
QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
HERE IN RALEIGH, MASS.
TODAY WE'LL GET STARTED
WITH A LOOK AT HOW TIM'S DOING
TRIMMING OUT THE NEW ADDITION
HE'S JUST FINISHED BUILDING.
AND INSIDE WE'LL GET A LOOK AT
HOW CLOSE-CELL INSULATION WORKS
WITH A NEW
EARTH-FRIENDLY PROPELLANT.
IT'S STICKY, IT'S GREEN,
AND IT'S GREAT FOR LEAKY
OLD HOUSES LIKE THIS ONE
WITH LOTS OF GAPS TO FILL.
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
OK, SO HERE WE ARE
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE
WHERE ALL THE ACTION
IS HAPPENING.
AND WE HAVE ADDED ON
THIS LITTLE BUMP,
THIS VERY SMALL ADDITION.
LAST WEEK,
IF YOU WERE WATCHING,
WE WERE INSTALLING
OUR FRENCH DOORS RIGHT HERE.
AND WE'VE DONE MOST
OF THE DEMOLITION INSIDE.
BEFORE WE GO INSIDE
TO LOOK AT THE SPACE,
LET'S TALK WITH TIM BERKY,
OUR CONTRACTOR.
CAN I INTERRUPT
YOU FOR A SEC?
SURE, BOB.
NOW, EXPLAIN TO ME--
THIS RIGHT NOW,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY
YOU'RE TRIMMING OUT
THIS LITTLE ADDITION,
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE
A 1950s RANCH HOUSE.
WHAT WILL THE DETAILING
ACTUALLY BE UP THERE?
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS
DUPLICATE WHAT WE HAVE
ON THE MAIN HOUSE.
UP THERE.
WE'RE GONNA
END UP THERE WITH
AN INCH-AND-A-HALF WIDE
FREEZE BOARD.
WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW
THAT BED MOLDING--
NOW, THE FREEZE BOARD
IS THE VERTICAL BOARD
AT THE TOP OF
THE CLAPBOARDS,
WHICH KIND OF IS
THE TRANSITION
BETWEEN THE CLAPBOARD
AND THE PLANCHARD,
WHICH IS THE FLAT BOARD
THAT COMES OUT.
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WHAT KIND
OF A MOLDING GOES
IN THE CORNER THERE?
THAT'S A CORNICE
MOLDING RIGHT THERE.
OK. ABOUT A 3-INCH--
YEAH, RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, AND NOW YOU'VE
GOT YOUR CORNERBOARD
IN PLACE HERE.
AND THIS WILL ALL BE SIDED
WITH CLAPBOARDS, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE ANY OF THE CLAPS
READY TO GO DOWN?
YEAH. WE'RE STARTED
JUST TO GET READY ON
THAT SIDE RIGHT THERE.
OK.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'VE
ACTUALLY ALREADY BEGUN
PUTTING THE CLAPBOARDS UP.
LET'S REVIEW
HOW YOU FIGURE OUT
HOW MUCH EXPOSURE
TO LEAVE
AND WHAT'S YOUR
FIRST CONCERN HERE.
WELL, MY FIRST CONCERN
ON THIS IS...
WHAT WE HAVE IS THE
EXISTING SIDING ON THE HOUSE.
YEAH.
AND SO WHAT
WE WANT TO DO
IS MATCH
THESE CLAPBOARDS
AROUND THE CORNER.
SO VISUALLY
AS YOU COME,
YOU WON'T NOTICE
ANY INCONSISTENCIES THERE.
SO WHAT I DID
IS I ACTUALLY TOOK
AND CREATED A STORY POLE
TO ACTUALLY MARK
THE FACE,
THE BOTTOM COURSE
OF EACH ONE OF THESE
GOING UP TO THAT LEVEL
OF THE SIDING THAT
WE HAVE NOT TAKEN OFF.
SO YOU SIMPLY MARK
THEM UP AS THE EXIST
AND YOU TRANSFER THEM
OVER TO THIS SIDE.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT STORY POLE THEN
RESTS ON THAT CLAPBOARD
COMING ACROSS THERE
THAT MATCHES THE EXISTING
CLAPBOARD THAT'S COMING
AROUND FROM THE BUILDING.
RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE IT'S AN OLD HOUSE,
ACTUALLY IF WE WERE TO
LEVEL EVERYTHING COMING ACROSS,
THERE'S ALMOST
1 5/8" DIFFERENTIAL,
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO
IS MATCH THAT THERE
SO SLOWLY WE TRANSFERRED THAT
ACROSS TO THE WINDOWS,
AND THEREFORE
TO THIS SIDE.
WE LEVELED ACROSS THAT
LAST CLAPBOARD ON THE TOP
AND THEN BROUGHT IT DOWN
ON THIS CORNER OF
THE STORY POLE.
SO YOU USED A LEVEL
WAY AT THE TOP?
YES.
GOTCHA.
NOW,
LET'S TALK FOR A SECOND
ABOUT THE CLAPBOARDS
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
HOW YOU INSTALL THEM.
I MEAN,
THESE ARE RED CEDAR.
RED CEDAR ACE.
AND THERE WAS A TIME
ABOUT A DECADE AGO
WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WERE INSTALLING THEM
WITH ROUGH-FACE OUT
INSTEAD OF
THE DRESSED FACE.
THE DRESSED FACE
IS COSTING YOU MONEY,
BUT THE REASON
THEY WERE DOING IT
IS THEY WANTED
A MORE RUSTIC LOOK
AND THEY WERE
PUTTING STAIN
WHICH WOULD PENETRATE,
'CAUSE THEY WERE
AFRAID REGULAR PAINT
WITHOUT
THE OLD-FASHIONED
LEAD ADDITIVES
WAS GONNA FLAKE
AND FAIL.
WHAT'S NEW
WITH THESE?
UH, NOTHING MUCH IS NEW.
ONCE AGAIN,
THIS IS A GOOD--
FINISHED FACE HERE,
SO--FOR THE SMOOTH SIDE.
BECAUSE OF
THE NEW CHEMICALS
IN THE PAINT,
THEY ADHERE BETTER
TO THE MILL GLAZE,
WHICH IS WHAT THAT
HIGH-SPEED PLANER IS
THAT GOES ACROSS THE TOP.
RIGHT. THEY
PENETRATE THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS COURSE WILL
BE PAINTED TO MATCH
THE REST OF THE HOUSE.
Bob: AND YOU'RE
LINING UP THE TOPS.
I USE THE TOP
AS A STRAIGHT LINE
COMING ACROSS.
THAT'S WHAT THESE
CHALK LINES ARE,
COMING UP,
AND WHAT THAT
ALLOWS ME TO DO
IS GET A NICE
STRAIGHT PLANE
FROM CORNER TO
CORNER RIGHT HERE.
AND ALLOWS ME
WITHOUT STOPPING--
WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK
ON THE UNDERNEATH SIDE,
YEAH.
NICE AND NEAT.
NOW, TIM, THIS IS
GONNA TAKE THE BETTER
PART OF THE DAY.
SO I THINK WE'RE
GONNA DUCK INSIDE
AND SEE WHAT PROGRESS
YOU'VE MADE.
GREAT!
THANK YOU.
OK, BEFORE TOO LONG,
WE'LL HAVE OUR DECK
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY
SO WE CAN GET
IN AND OUT
'CAUSE THERE'S A GOOD
4-FOOT DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE DRIVEWAY GRADE
AND THE FINISHED FLOORS IN HERE.
WE STARTED OUT WITH SORT
OF A MUDROOM AND A BATH
IN THIS AREA.
AND WE'VE KIND OF DOUBLED
THE SIZE IN THIS DIRECTION
AND INCREASED IT A LITTLE BIT
IN THIS DIRECTION.
SO NOW YOU ENTER THE BACK,
AND BEFORE YOU GO
INTO THE KITCHEN AREA,
YOU'VE GOT A NICE,
BIG STORAGE CLOSET,
AND YOU'VE GOT A GENEROUS
BATHROOM SPACE
'CAUSE IT INCLUDES
A CORNER SHOWER.
ALREADY GOT IT PLUMBED UP.
AND THEN A TOILET
AND ROOM FOR A LITTLE LAVATORY
IN THE CORNER OVER HERE.
SO IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT
OVER WHAT WAS HERE.
AND THEN WOW!
WE DID THE DEMOLITION
LAST WEEK,
AND WHAT WE ENDED UP
WITH NOW IS, YOU KNOW,
A SPACE THAT WILL BE
A MODERN KIND OF
FAMILY ROOM/KITCHEN COMBINATION
ALL OPENED UP.
WE'VE TAKEN OUT WALLS,
WE'VE TAKEN OUT A CHIMNEY STACK,
BUT LET'S FIND OUT HOW LIFE
HAS BEEN HERE
FROM OUR HOMEOWNER,
DAVID MASHER.
HI, BOB.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU, DAVID?
GOOD, THANKS.
SO THE DEMOLITION
WENT WITHOUT A HITCH?
AH, WELL, YOU KNOW,
IT WENT--IT WENT.
MOST OF IT WENT
PRETTY WELL.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING
TO KEEP IT AS CLEAN
AS WE CAN.
THE CHIMNEY
CAME DOWN,
WHICH WAS
VERY INTERESTING.
WELL, WHY WAS IT
INTERESTING?
THIS WAS A SMALL CHIMNEY
THAT WAS MAYBE--
WELL, THE SIZE OF
THIS FOOTPRINT HERE, RIGHT?
YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT WE FOUND OUT
WHEN THEY TOOK
THE WALLS DOWN
THAT THERE WERE STOVES
ON EVERY LEVEL
AS YOU WENT UP
THROUGH THE HOUSE.
LIKE WOOD-BURNING STOVES
FROM THE ORIGINAL HOUSE?
CORRECT, YES,
AND WHEN THEY TOOK
THE CHIMNEY DOWN
SORT OF FROM INSIDE
OUT, IF YOU WILL,
BACK HAVING TO
OPEN UP OUR BEDROOM,
PART OF THE BEDROOM
WALL CAVED IN
BEHIND THE BED.
SO THEY WERE TRYING
TO REMOVE THE CHIMNEY
WITHOUT KNOCKING DOWN
ANY UPSTAIRS WALL?
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEY DID A FAIRLY
GOOD JOB OF IT.
I THINK NONE OF US
WERE AWARE
THERE WOULD BE A STOVE
IN OUR BEDROOM.
MM-HMM.
OTHERWISE, WHAT'S
THE LIFESTYLE HERE
FOR YOU AND YOUR WIFE
AND LITTLE BOY?
WE'RE SURVIVING.
YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT
WAS HARD TO GET USED TO
THE DIFFERENT ENTRIES
NOW THAT WE'RE USING.
WE'VE GOT TWO ROOMS
BEHIND US HERE.
ONE IS
WHAT WE'RE CALLING
SORT OF A SAFE ROOM.
IT'S GOT A REFRIGERATOR,
AND NO CONSTRUCTION
CAN GO ON IN THERE.
OUR SON DOESN'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT CRAWLING
AROUND ON THE FLOOR,
WHAT HAVE YOU.
THE OTHER ROOM IS SORT
OF OUR TELEVISION ROOM,
BUT BECAUSE IT'S OUR
ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE,
IT'S BEEN
FAIRLY DISRUPTED.
WHERE'S YOUR TEMPORARY
KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM?
WELL, THE DINING ROOM
IS THE GAZEBO,
WHICH IS GREAT.
IT'S THE SUMMER.
IT'S BEEN NICE
OUT THERE.
AND IN THE BASEMENT,
ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS WE'VE FOUND
IS THAT THE BASEMENT
IS WHERE OUR SINK
AND STOVE ARE.
SO BETWEEN THE FRIDGE
AND THE TEMPORARY
KITCHEN UPSTAIRS
AND THE WORKABLE PART
OF THE KITCHEN DOWNSTAIRS,
THERE'S A LOT
OF RUNNING ABOUT
AND OVERCOOKING FOOD
AND THINGS OF
THAT NATURE.
SURE. WELL, JUST
A FEW MORE WEEKS TO GO.
BUT THEY'VE DONE
A NICE JOB
IN TERMS OF ANYTIME
YOU'VE GOT A STRUCTURAL WALL
AND YOU'RE REMOVING IT
AND YOU'RE CREATING
A BIG, OPEN SPACE LIKE THIS
WITH A FLUSH CEILING,
YOU END UP HAVING TO DO
SOMETHING STRUCTURAL,
AND I SEE WHAT TIM'S
ALREADY GOT IN PLACE
UP HERE
IS A NICE BIG PIECE
OF STEEL.
THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
AND WE CAN TELL FROM
LOOKING AT THE SIDES
THAT HE'S INCLUDED
PROBABLY A DOUBLE 2 x 8
ON EACH SIDE OF THE FLANGE
OF THE STEEL FOR NAILING.
AND THEN THE EXISTING JOISTS
WERE ALL CUT BACK
AND REHUNG ONTO THE NAILER
THAT'S PART OF THE GIRT.
SO THAT WAS A COMPLICATED
PIECE OF BUSINESS.
IT WAS. THEY WERE HERE
FOR A DAY AT LEAST
JUST DOING THAT,
BUT IT WAS VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE
THEM BUILD IT
OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY,
THEN BRING IT UP
AND JUST SLIDE IT RIGHT
INTO PLACE.
RIGHT. AND SO WHAT WE
END UP WITH IS--
WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS
HERE? ABOUT 28 FEET?
27, I BELIEVE.
27, AND OF COURSE
YOU GO BACK OUT
TO THE PATIO
THROUGH THE DOORS
THAT WE INSTALLED
LAST WEEK.
YEAH. WE'RE REALLY
ENJOYING JUST RIGHT
NOW ALREADY
THE LIGHT THAT COMES IN.
IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
JUST A FEW MORE WEEKS.
YEAH.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE
GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT
IS INSULATING THIS HOUSE,
AND WITH US NOW
IS DON SCHUMACHER
FROM NCFI,
WHICH IS THE COMPANY
THAT MAKES THIS NEW
TYPE OF FOAM PRODUCT
THAT WE'RE USING.
YES. THIS IS A POLYURETHANE
INSULATION.
IT'S SPRAYED ON
IN THE WALL CAVITY.
WE'VE MADE A LITTLE BIT
OF A MOCKUP HERE OF IT,
AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE,
IT'S A RIGID INSULATION, BOB.
NORMALLY, RIGID
INSULATION YOU BUY
IN 4x8 SHEETS.
YES. THIS IS SPRAYED
ACTUALLY IN PLACE
IN THE WALL CAVITY.
WE'LL BE PUTTING
ABOUT 3, 3 1/2 INCHES
IN THE WALL CAVITY
SO THAT WE'RE NOT FILLING
OUT QUITE TO THE STUD,
AND THAT WILL PROVIDE
ABOUT R20, R21 INSULATION.
SO THIS GOES SPRAYED
RIGHT ONTO
THE BACK SIDE OF
THE SHEETING?
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT STICKS
TO THE WOOD?
YES. IT'S
A WONDERFUL ADHESIVE.
IT'S ALL POLYURETHANE.
BUT THEN WHAT?
IT SWELLS UP TO FILL
THE CAVITY?
YES. IT'LL EXPAND
ABOUT 20, 25 TIMES
ITS ORIGINAL LIQUID VOLUME.
BUT IS IT THE SAME AS
POLYISOCYANURATE?
I WAS VERY PROUD WHEN
I LEARNED THAT WORD.
THAT IS A BIG WORD,
BOB, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
THAT'S A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT CHEMISTRY,
BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME SORT
BECAUSE THE POLYISO BOARD
THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH
IS ALSO A CLOSED CELL
INSULATION,
PROVIDING THE SUPERIOR
INSULATION QUALITIES.
OK. I WANT TO SEE
WHAT'S IN THE TRUCK.
CAN WE GO UP THERE?
SURE.
OK. NOW THAT WE'RE
UP HERE, THOUGH,
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE ACTUAL FOAM.
I MEAN, WHAT'S
THE STRUCTURE LIKE
IF YOU LOOK AT IT
CLOSE UP?
IF YOU LOOKED AT IT
UP CLOSE,
IT'S A BUNCH OF
MICROSCOPIC BUBBLES,
ACTUALLY.
AND THE WAY INSULATION
WORKS, IF YOU WERE TO
JUST TAKE
YOUR CAVITY HERE
AND HAVE YOUR EXTERIOR
SHEATHING
AND YOUR WALLBOARD
IN THERE,
THAT ACTUALLY WOULD
PROVIDE SOME DEGREE
OF INSULATION.
NOT MUCH.
NOT MUCH, BUT YOU'D
HAVE A GAP THERE
BETWEEN, SAY, THE WARM
AIR IN YOUR HOUSE
IN THE WINTERTIME
AND THE COLD AIR
OUTSIDE.
BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
THERE IS THE AIR
MOLECULES
THAT ARE INSIDE
THIS CAVITY
BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE TWO WALLS,
AND THEY IN FACT CARRY
VERY QUICKLY--
THEY CARRY
THE ENERGY
FROM THE INSIDE
OF THE HOUSE
TO THE OUTSIDE
WHERE IT'S COLD.
RIGHT.
AND SO PEOPLE PUT
INSULATION
IN THEIR WALLS
TO RETARD THAT MOVEMENT
OF MOLECULES OF AIR
THAT TRANSFER THE HEAT
FROM ONE WALL
TO THE OTHER.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS
INSULATION IS,
IT HAS THESE MICROSCOPIC
CELLS IN THERE
SO THOSE GAS MOLECULES
DON'T EVEN HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY
ACROSS THE GAP
OF THE WALL.
THEY'RE TRAPPED.
THEY'RE TRAPPED
WITHIN THOSE SMALL
BUBBLES,
AND WHAT'S EVEN
BETTER IS,
HONEYWELL PROVIDES
US WITH THIS NEW
CHEMICAL--
IT'S CALLED
ENOVATE--
AND IT'S
DIFFERENT THAN AIR.
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT
GOOFY, BUT I'LL TRY
TO EXPLAIN IT.
AIR IS A REALLY,
REALLY SPRY
LITTLE MOLECULE,
AND IT CAN BOUNCE AROUND
INSIDE THOSE CELLS
AND EASILY GO OVER
AND GRAB THE ENERGY
OF THE HEAT
AND QUICKLY
TRANSFER IT OUTSIDE,
WHERE YOU DON'T
WANT IT TO GO.
WELL, ENOVATE
IS THIS BIG, HUGE,
LUMBERING MOLECULE.
A FAT MOLECULE.
WELL, WE TRY NOT
TO USE THAT WORD,
BUT YES.
SO IT'S A VERY LARGE
MOLECULE,
AND IT KIND OF
LUMBERS ALONG,
AND IT COMES OVER HERE,
AND IT TRIES TO PICK UP
THE HEAT ENERGY,
AND IT DOESN'T DO
A VERY GOOD JOB.
IT'LL PICK UP
A LITTLE BIT,
BUT IT DOES IT
A LITTLE BIT DOWN.
SO IT LUMBERS AROUND,
BUT GUESS WHAT.
BEFORE IT GETS
TO THE OTHER CAVITY,
IT'S STOPPED
BY THE CELL WALLS,
AND SO IT'S GOT TO PASS
THAT ENERGY THROUGH
ANOTHER CELL WALL,
AND IT DOES THAT
MILLIONS OF TIMES,
BUT IT TOTALLY
RETARDS THE PROCESS
OF MOVING
THE HEAT THROUGH
THE HEAT INSULATION.
HOW DO YOU
MAKE IT, THOUGH,
IN ORDER TO PUMP IT
INTO THEIR HOUSE?
WELL, IT COMES IN THESE
CHEMICAL DRUMS, BOB,
AND THEY ARE A LIQUID
IN THESE DRUMS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY
TWO COMPONENTS
THAT COME TOGETHER
AND ARE MIXED
THROUGH A SPRAY GUN.
LIKE A TWO-PART EPOXY,
EXCEPT IT'S TWO-PART
INSULATION.
YEAH, AND THEN
SO YOU WOULD LOOK
AT ONE AS A RESIN
AND ONE AS A HARDENER.
THIS ONE OVER HERE
WOULD ESSENTIALLY
JUST BE THE HARDENER.
AND THEN WHAT IS THIS
SOPHISTICATED MACHINERY
I'M LOOKING AT OVER HERE?
WELL, IT'S REALLY NOT AS
COMPLICATED AS IT LOOKS
FOR THOSE THAT ARE
USED TO USING IT,
BUT WHAT IT IS
IS A SERIES OF TWO PUMPS
THAT CREATE
VERY HIGH PRESSURE,
UP TO 2,000 OR 3,000
POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH,
IN THE HOSE,
AND THAT CAUSES
THE TWO CHEMICALS TO MIX
TOGETHER IN A GUN HEAD,
WHICH WE'LL
BE SEEING LATER,
AND SPRAY OUT TO APPLY
IT TO THE WALLS.
GOT YOU.
THANKS, DON.
Vila: CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY...
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Vila: HI. I'M BOB VILA.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE INSULATING
OUR VICTORIAN KITCHEN REMODEL.
WE'LL BE USING A NEWLY DEVELOPED
EARTH-FRIENDLY,
CLOSED-CELL FOAM INSULATION
THAT GET SPRAYED ON.
WHILE THE INSULATION
IS GOING IN,
WE'LL ATTACH SOME CORNER BOARDS
AND CLAPBOARDS ON THE EXTERIOR,
AND THE NEW ADDITION
WILL START TO LOOK
LIKE THE REST OF THE HOUSE.
THAT'S NEXT TIME, ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
Vila: HI. I'M BOB VILA.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE INSULATING
OUR VICTORIAN KITCHEN REMODEL.
WHILE THE INSULATION
IS GOING IN,
WE'LL ATTACH SOME CORNER BOARDS
AND CLAPBOARDS ON THE EXTERIOR,
AND THE NEW ADDITION
WILL START TO LOOK
LIKE THE REST OF THE HOUSE.
THAT'S NEXT TIME, ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
Vila: NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA,"
WE'RE INSTALLING
SOME CLOSED-CELL FOAM INSULATION
IN OUR 100-YEAR-OLD VICTORIAN,
AND THE NEW KITCHEN ADDITION
GETS SOME EXTERIOR TRIM.
DON'T MISS IT.
Vila: ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE'RE WATCHING
THIS NEW TYPE
OF INSULATING PRODUCT,
AND WITH US IS JIM REMICK
FROM NICKERSON AND REMICK,
RIGHT, AND YOU GUYS
ARE INSULATING CONTRACTORS
ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND?
YES, WE ARE. YES.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS?
WELL, IT'S A WAY
TO GO, I THINK.
IT'S BEEN
CLIMBING LIKE MAD
IN THE ARCHITECTS,
BUILDERS, EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S
A VERY GOOD PRODUCT.
THEY'RE SPECIFYING IT
MORE AND MORE.
YES, MORE AND MORE.
NOW, HERE WE HAVE
THE OPTION TO LOOK
AT IT GOING UP
BOTH IN OUR NEWLY FRAMED
CONSTRUCTION
AS WELL AS IN
THE OLD PART OF THE HOUSE.
MOST OF IT IS GOING
INTO NEW CONSTRUCTION,
THOUGH, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH.
EXPLAIN TO ME
HOW IT WORKS.
WELL, WHAT IT DOES,
IT HITS THE WALL,
AND THEN THE TWO
CHEMICALS WILL REACT
SO IT'S WHAT CAUSED
THE MATERIAL TO EXPAND,
AND IT COMES OUT
TO A FOAM.
IT'S A CLOSED-CELL
FOAM, WHICH MEANS
IT'S A VAPOR BARRIER,
AIR BARRIER,
EVERYTHING
ALL AT ONCE.
IT WORKS
VERY, VERY WELL.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE
TO FULLY EXPAND?
OH, JUST A MATTER
OF SECONDS.
YEAH.
YOU CAN SEE IT.
IT'LL BE 95 CURED IN
APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS
AND 100%
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
WITHIN 24 HOURS,
IT'S CURED,
AND WHAT ABOUT
THE R-FACTOR THAT YOU'RE
GETTING IN THE WALL?
WELL, THAT'S THE BEAUTY.
THIS PRODUCT
WILL GIVE YOU
AN R7 PER INCH.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
IN 2x4 CONSTRUCTION,
WE CAN STILL GET
AN R21 IN THERE
VERY EASILY.
OH, THAT IS FABULOUS.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S GOOD, RICK.
COME ON IN HERE.
Vila:
ALL RIGHT NOW, JIM.
IN A DIFFERENT
APPLICATION,
LIKE WE HAVE HERE,
IT'S THE SAME THING?
BASICALLY, YES.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO SPRAY THIS PRODUCT.
YOU CAN'T PUT IT
INTO AN EXISTING WALL
THAT IS ALREADY PLASTERED
AND FINISHED,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE
THE EXPANSION IS AWAY
FROM THE SURFACE.
EXACTLY, AND IF YOU
COULD GET IT IN THERE,
IT WOULD JUST
BLOW THE WALLS OFF,
BUT IN MOST CASES,
YOU CAN'T BECAUSE,
AS YOU CAN SEE,
IT SETS SO QUICKLY
THAT IT WOULD ONLY
PUT A SPOT LIKE THIS
IN YOUR WALL
AROUND THAT HOLE, AND--
OK, BUT LOOK
AT HOW QUICKLY YOU
CAN JUST SPRAY IT
AROUND YOUR EXISTING
PLUMBING, WIRING,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
AND YOU CAN DO THAT.
YOU CAN BURY THE WIRING
IN THE INSULATION.
EXACTLY, AND IT'LL CLOSE
THE BOXES IN COMPLETELY
AROUND THIS,
WHERE IT'S FAMOUS
FOR DRAFTS.
EXACTLY. THERE'S ALWAYS
A LOT OF DRAFTS.
WHAT ABOUT
MOISTURE BARRIERS?
DO YOU NEED TO APPLY
SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE?
NO, YOU DON'T. THIS IS
ITS OWN MOISTURE BARRIER
BECAUSE OF IT BEING
CLOSED-CELL.
OK.
AND HOW ABOUT
COST, JIM?
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE
TO SPRAYING IN
LOOSE FIBERGLASS OR--
YOU COULD BE PROBABLY
ANYWHERE FROM TWO
TO 5 TIMES THE COST
OF FIBERGLASS.
5 IS REALLY TOP.
THAT'S A SMALL JOB
OR SOMETHING,
BUT USUALLY 3 TO 4.
3 TO 4 TIMES MORE MONEY
FOR THIS INSTALLATION,
AND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING
IS TWICE THE R-FACTOR.
SO IF YOU DO
THE CALCULATIONS
IN TERMS OF PAYBACKS--
RIGHT. IT SHOULD
PAY BACK VERY REASONABLY.
YOU SHOULD SAVE ANYWHERE
FROM 30% TO 50%
OVER ANY OTHER
INSULATION.
IN TERMS OF
YOUR HEAT SAVINGS.
RIGHT.
GREAT.
THANKS, JIM.
YEAH.
VERY WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT.
OK. IT LOOKS LIKE TIM AND ROB
HAVE DONE QUICK WORK
OF PUTTING UP THE CLAPBOARDS--
NICE, NEAT JOB--
AND ARE YOU READY
FOR THE FREEZE BOARD
UP THERE?
Berky: YEAH.
I'M JUST ACTUALLY
STARTING NOW.
WHAT I'M DOING IS,
I'M APPLICATING
THE FREEZE BOARD,
WHICH IS GONNA REQUIRE US
TO HAVE AN INCH-AND-A-HALF
FREEZE BOARD.
TO MATCH THE EXISTING
UP THERE,
YOU NEED TO HAVE
A THICK PIECE,
AND RATHER THAN BUY
A MILLED PIECE OF WOOD
THAT'S, YOU KNOW,
6/4 OR 8 OR WHATEVER,
YOU'RE JUST GONNA GLUE
TWO PIECES TOGETHER.
THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT WHAT'S
THE LITTLE CUT FOR?
WELL, ACTUALLY,
INSTEAD OF HAVING
AN OPEN-END GRAIN RIGHT HERE,
WHAT I'M GONNA DO
IS RETURN THE SECOND
PIECE OF PINE
RIGHT AROUND THIS
FILLER PIECE RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN YOU'LL MITER
THE SECOND PIECE
INTO IT.
YOU'LL HAVE A NICE,
CLEAN MITERED CORNER,
AND IT'LL BE
NICE, PRIMED WOOD
ON BOTH SIDES,
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING
ABOUT THIS
IS THAT IT'S
A MANMADE, ENGINEERED
WOOD PRODUCT, RIGHT?
WHAT'S IT CALLED?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS BAVARIAN TIMBERWOOD.
ANY FINGER JOINTS?
NO FINGER JOINTS.
IT'S 16-FOOT
STRAIGHT LENGTHS,
EDGE GLUED IN GERMANY.
LOOKS LIKE SPRUCE.
THERE'S NO
FINGER JOINTS IN IT.
THE KEY, OF COURSE,
IS THE FACT
THAT THE GRAIN
DIRECTION VARIES
FROM PIECE TO PIECE
SO THAT YOU'VE
GOT STRENGTH AND
STABILITY BUILT IN.
THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS ONE NEEDS
TO BE NAILED IN.
ARE YOU GONNA
GLUE IT, AS WELL,
OR JUST NAIL IT?
WE'RE JUST GONNA
NAIL THIS.
OK. I'LL HOLD IT ON
FOR YOU.
Vila: SO YOU HAND-NAILED
ALL THE CLAPBOARDS,
AND THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL,
BUT THIS,
YOU CAN JUST SHOOT
IN PLACE FOR NOW, RIGHT?
YEAH. THIS
IS THE BACKER BOARD,
SO THIS IS NOT
GONNA MATTER.
ONCE THE THICKNESS
HAS BEEN ATTAINED
AND THE BOARD
HAS BEEN NAILED UP,
THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY
APPLY THE MOLDING,
WHICH IS LIKE
A BED MOLDING
THAT PROVIDES A TRANSITION
BETWEEN THE VERTICAL
FREEZE BOARD
AND THE HORIZONTAL
PLANCHARD BOARD.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A NICE
MITER JOINT,
AND THESE ARE BEING
HAND-NAILED,
AND IF WE LOOK
CLOSELY UP ABOVE,
WE SEE THAT WE'RE
REALLY REPLICATING
THE EXACT SAME DETAIL
THAT THEY PUT
ON THE HOUSE 100 YEARS AGO.
NICE JOB, TIM.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE
GONNA BE PUTTING IN
SOME RADIANT HEAT
AND A FEW OTHER DETAILS.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
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