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0120 - Cedar Decking & Copper Roof
January 23-29, 2006 | July 24-30
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HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME
TO OUR QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
HERE IN ROWLEY, MASS.,
WHERE TODAY WE'RE SPENDING
A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME
PUTTING SOME BEAUTIFUL
WESTERN RED CEDAR DECKING
ON THIS ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION
THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME.
ALSO DOING SOME REPAIRS
TO THE TRIM
ON THE ORIEL WINDOW
IN THAT SECTION OF THE HOUSE,
AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
HOW A STANDING SEAM COPPER ROOF
GETS MANUFACTURED RIGHT ON SITE.
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
Vila: OK, WELL, LAST WEEK,
WE GOT MOST OF THE STRUCTURE
OF THE DECK COMPLETED,
AND IT'S A LARGE BACKYARD DECK.
I MEAN, IT RUNS
FROM THAT DIRECTION
ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE,
SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY ACCESS IT
FROM THE DINING ROOM
AND FROM THE NEW ENTRANCE
TO THE HOUSE.
AND WE WERE LOOKING CLOSELY
AT HOW WE ARE
FRAMING THINGS NOWADAYS
WITH PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE
IS THE USE OF BITUTHENE,
THIS BLACK BARRIER
THAT IS PLACED
BETWEEN
THE PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER
AND THE METAL FASTENERS,
THE JOIST HANGERS.
EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE GALVANIZED METAL,
THE JOIST HANGERS HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO CORRODE SOMETIMES
IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
THE PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER,
SO WE'RE TAKING THAT PRECAUTION.
AND THIS, OF COURSE,
IS THE TRIPLER,
WHICH HELPS US CARRY THE LOAD
OF BOTH THIS SIDE OF THE DECK
AND THE ADJACENT SIDE OVER HERE,
WHERE TIM IS PUTTING DOWN
THE DECKING.
ANOTHER POINT TO MAKE
IS RIGHT HERE,
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL
FEATURE OF THE HOUSE,
THIS KIND OF ORIEL WINDOW,
AS IT'S CALLED,
WHICH ACTUALLY GOES UP
TWO STORIES.
WE'VE NOW STRIPPED IT
OF THE TRIM
AND OF THE SIDING
THAT WAS ON IT,
INSTALLED NEW PELLA WINDOWS
IN HERE TO MATCH THE OLD,
TWO OVER ONE.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE DOING LATER ON
IS PUTTING IN
SOME TRIM AROUND HERE,
IN THE AREA THAT HAD
MORE-OR-LESS RECESSED PANELS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WHY DON'T WE GO
BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND
AND MEET PAUL MACKIE,
WHO'S HERE FROM
THE WESTERN RED CEDAR
LUMBER ASSOCIATION.
Vila: PAUL,
WELCOME TO ROWLEY.
BOB, NICE TO MEET YOU.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL STOCK.
THANK YOU.
NOW SO MANY
BACKYARD DECKS NOWADAYS
ARE BEING BUILT
WITH A COMBINATION
OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
THAT HAVE ARRIVED
IN THE MARKETPLACE,
SOME OF THEM FROM EXOTIC
LOCATIONS LIKE BRAZIL,
HEAVY, INTERESTING,
EXOTIC WOODS
THAT SOMETIMES WE WORRY
ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
ABSOLUTELY.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE
BUILDING DECKS
WITH MANMADE
DECKING PRODUCTS,
WHICH HAVE A LOT OF PROS
AND A LOT OF CONS,
I SUPPOSE.
BUT THIS IS REALLY
A TRADITIONAL WOOD PRODUCT
THAT I CAN REMEMBER
USING 25 YEARS AGO,
AND IT'S STILL VERY POPULAR:
WESTERN RED CEDAR.
ABSOLUTELY, BOB.
WESTERN RED CEDAR'S
BEEN AROUND FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
AND IT COMES
FROM FORESTS MANAGED
ON A SUSTAINABLE YIELD
BASIS.
SUSTAINABLE,
SO WE'RE NOT WORRYING
ABOUT DEPLETING
OUR OWN FOREST PRODUCTS.
NO, THERE'S ACTUALLY
MORE FORESTS,
FOREST LAND,
AND FOREST TREES
GROWING IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST--
WHERE WESTERN RED CEDAR
COMES FROM--
THAN THERE WERE
100 YEARS AGO.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH.
SO THEY CONTINUE REPLANTING
ON A LARGE SCALE.
YEAH, SO IT'S
COMING FROM WHAT,
SEATTLE AND OREGON
AND ALL THE WAY UP
INTO CANADA, RIGHT?
BRITISH COLUMBIA,
TOO, YES.
NOW WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE ATTRIBUTES
OF THIS PARTICULAR
WOOD PRODUCT
THAT MAKE IT A GOOD CHOICE
FOR EXTERIOR USE
AND FOR BACKYARD DECKING
CONSTRUCTION?
WELL, OBVIOUSLY, BOB,
IT'S NATURALLY STABLE
AND DURABLE,
AND A SPECIES OF
WOOD THAT IS ALSO
INSECT-RESISTANT.
NOW, STABLE IS
VERY IMPORTANT IN A DECK.
ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE CERTAIN
PRODUCTS ARE KNOWN
TO CRACK OR CHECK ON
THE SURFACE AS THEY
EXPAND AND CONTRACT,
AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN
GET WAVY AND WHIPPY.
CERTAIN PRODUCTS
I'VE USED IN THE PAST
HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS, BY STABILITY,
YOU MEAN IT'S NOT GOING
TO MOVE ON YOU.
THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S THE MOST STABLE
SOFTWOOD SPECIES
AVAILABLE IN
NORTH AMERICA, BOB.
WHAT ABOUT COST,
PAUL?
WELL, BOB,
WESTERN RED CEDAR
COMES IN A WIDE
VARIETY OF GRADES
TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE
TO JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
WE'RE USING THE HIGHEST
GRADE OF CEDAR AVAILABLE,
WHICH IS
CLEAR VERTICAL GRAIN.
MM-HMM.
BUT IT MAY COST MORE,
BUT WESTERN RED CEDAR
HAS NATURAL DURABILITY
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
"THUJA PLICATANS,"
WHICH PROVIDE
NATURAL ROT- AND DECAY-
AND INSECT-RESISTANCE.
WHICH MEANS
YOU'RE GOING TO GET
NOT ONLY
A GREAT-LOOKING DECK,
BUT ONE THAT LASTS
A LONG TIME.
GREAT.
THANK YOU, PAUL.
THANK YOU, BOB.
ALL RIGHT,
NOW ONE OF THE KEY THINGS
ABOUT DOING
THIS KIND OF A PROJECT
IS TO HAVE SOMEBODY STATIONED
AS YOUR CUT-OFF PERSON.
TAMMY IS MANNING
THE SAW OVER HERE,
AND WE'VE GOT ROB,
WHO'S HELPING MOVE
THE MATERIAL OVER HERE.
AND TIM, OF COURSE,
IS DOING
THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
WHERE I'M STANDING
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH,
IS WORK THAT'S BEEN
DONE SINCE LAST WEEK.
ALL THIS CONCRETE BLOCK
RETAINING WALL,
AND THE CURVED ONE HERE,
IS PART OF
THE ARCHITECT'S DESIGN
FOR INTEGRATING THE DECK
TO THE YARD.
AND WHAT WILL BE BUILT HERE
IS A SET OF STEPS
THAT COMES FROM THE DECK
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HERE,
AND THEN CURVE OUT
INTO THE GARDEN AND THE GAZEBO.
AND BEHIND ME WILL
EVENTUALLY BE THE GAS GRILL.
BUT LET'S INTERRUPT
TIM FOR A MINUTE,
AND TALK ABOUT
HOW WE BUILD THIS.
WHAT'S THE FIRST
THING YOU DID?
GOOD MORNING, BOB.
THE FIRST THING
I DID IS
I TOOK AND SOLDERED
A BAND RIGHT AROUND
THE OUTSIDE.
THIS WAY WE DON'T LOOK
AT THE OPEN-END GRAIN
RIGHT HERE.
THIS WATER WILL WATER
THE OUTSIDE OF THE DECK.
AND YOU MITERED IT,
SO THAT IT'S VERY,
VERY ELEGANT.
AND THEN YOU'VE
GOT QUITE A BIT
OF AN OVERHANG HERE.
WHAT HAPPENS OVER
THE PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER?
WE'RE GOING TO BE
PUTTING
A 1x12 CEDAR BOARD
DOWN ON THE BOTTOM.
SO THE WHOLE THING
WILL BE DRESSED OUT
IN CEDAR.
NOTHING GETS PAINTED.
THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT. NOW,
ONE OF THE THINGS
WITH DECKING--
ANY KIND OF DECKING--
IS FASTENING IT
WITH THE RIGHT
KIND OF PRODUCT.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
WE'RE USING
A STAINLESS STEEL
FINISHING SCREW
RIGHT HERE,
AND IT'S SELF-TAPPING.
IT'S SELF-TAPPING,
AND IT'S SQUARE-HEADED,
RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
OK. SO THESE ARE
STAINLESS STEEL.
YOU COULD ALSO GO
WITH HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED,
BUT NOT
ELECTROPLATED GALVANIZED
IN TERMS OF REACTION
WITH THE WOOD,
IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
YEAH, BUT REALLY,
WHAT'S RECOMMENDED
FOR THE CEDAR
IS THE STAINLESS STEEL.
AND WHAT ABOUT
USING A NAIL GUN?
I REALLY DON'T
RECOMMEND IT.
THIS TAKES MORE TIME,
BUT IT'S GOING TO GIVE
A VERY GOOD,
PROFESSIONAL FINISH.
OK. I WANT TO GET UP THERE
AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
Vila: AND THEY
AUTOMATICALLY
COUNTERSINK,
WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A SCREW
AS OPPOSED TO A NAIL,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM
COMING BACK UP.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY WILL NOT PULL UP.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
NOW LET'S ASK
THE QUESTION
ABOUT SPACING.
VERY OFTEN,
GUYS WILL PUT SPIKES IN,
16-PENNY NAILS,
AS SPACERS,
AND THEN PULL THEM OUT
AS THEY'RE GOING ALONG.
YOU'RE USING
A FRAMING SQUARE.
RIGHT. WELL,
MY CONCERN WITH THE NAILS,
USING THEM AS SPACERS,
IS THE ACTUAL NAIL--
WITH A SOFTER WOOD
LIKE CEDAR--
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO LEAVE AN INDENT
EVERY TIME YOU PUT NAILS
IN THERE FOR SPACING.
OK.
I JUST USE
MY REGULAR FRAMING SQUARE,
BRIDGES THE TWO JOISTS,
GIVES ME A VERY CONSISTENT
REVEAL ALL THE WAY DOWN.
RIGHT.
CLEVER.
NOW WE'RE UP
ON THE ROOF,
OR RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
RICH MELO'S HERE
FROM NEWTON ROOFING.
AND WE'RE TALKING
COPPER ROOFING FOR
OUR LITTLE ADDITION.
AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT
I THINK IS 16x6 OR 7.
SO IT'S A SMALL PART
OF THE JOB, RIGHT?
CORRECT.
I IMAGINE NORMALLY,
WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING UP
A COPPER ROOF,
IT'S A REAL BIG DEAL.
USUALLY THERE'S A LOT MORE
SQUARE FOOTAGE INVOLVED,
A LOT LONGER PANELS.
BUT A NICE LITTLE
SMALL ROOF LIKE THIS
REALLY OFFSETS
THE ADDITION.
WHAT'S THE RAW MATERIAL
THAT WE'RE STARTING
WITH HERE?
WELL,
THIS A 16-OUNCE PANEL.
IT'S MANUFACTURED
BY A COMPANY CALLED
ATAS INTERNATIONAL,
WHO IS A MEMBER
OF THE METAL ROOFING ALLIANCE.
OK.
AND ALL
THE PREFABRICATED PANELS,
AS WELL AS
THE ACCESSORIES,
ARE FABRICATED
FROM 16-OUNCE COPPER.
THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM
HERE IS A DUTCH SEAM.
WELL, WHEN YOU SAY
MANUFACTURED,
IT COMES IN A BOX
AND THERE'S
LENGTHS OF IT
AND THEY ALREADY HAVE
THE STANDING SEAM
KIND OF BRAKED INTO IT.
THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT IS CORRECT.
OK. AND WHAT IS
THE DUTCH PART OF IT?
THE DUTCH PART SIMPLY
REFERS TO ATAS' NAME
FOR THE TYPE OF CLEAT USED.
IT'S ACTUALLY INTEGRAL
TO THE PANEL ITSELF.
OH, I SEE. OK.
VERY GOOD.
SO TELL US,
WHAT'S UNDERNEATH
THE COPPER?
WELL, THERE'S TWO LAYERS
OF UNDERLAYMENTS.
DIRECTLY OVER TOP
OF THE WOOD ROOF DECK
IS AN ICE AND WATER SHIELD,
WHICH PREVENTS
AGAINST ICE DAMMING
AND ANY HEAVY RAINS
GETTING IN BEHIND THE ROOFING.
AND ON TOP OF IT IS
A SLIPSHEET OR ROSIN PAPER,
AND THIS SIMPLY ALLOWS
FOR EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION
OF THE COPPER.
SO IF IT WASN'T THERE,
IT WOULD STICK
TO THE ICE AND WATER,
AND IT MIGHT WRINKLE IT.
SO THIS ALLOWS IT TO SLIDE.
THE INSTALLER IS
ACTUALLY DRIVING
SCREWS IN?
THAT'S CORRECT.
THE CLIPS,
AS YOU SEE HERE,
THEY'RE FABRICATED
OUT OF STAINLESS STEEL.
AND THEY'RE INSTALLED
ANYWHERE FROM ONE FOOT
TO TWO FEET ON CENTER,
AND THE PANELS THEN
LOCK INTO THOSE CLIPS,
AND THAT'S WHAT HOLDS DOWN
THE ACTUAL ROOFING.
AND SO HE'S CUT THEM
TO LENGTH,
AND WE HAVE A HIP ROOF,
WHICH MEANS
THAT WE HAVE ANGLES
ON EACH ONE
OF THESE EVE POINTS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY 3 HIPS.
THE SMALL ONE
BACK IN THE REAR,
ATAS MANUFACTURES
A PRE-FABBED HIP
WHICH GETS LOCKED
INTO THE PANELS,
AND THAT FINISHES OFF
EACH RIDGE.
OK, LET'S WATCH A MINUTE
AS HE PROGRESSES.
SO THEY'VE CUT IT
PRECISELY TO FIT
DOWN ON THE GROUND,
AND HE DOESN'T
HAVE TO DO
ANY KIND OF BENDING
OR CRIMPING AT ALL
UP HERE, HUH?
THE ONLY BENDING THEY HAVE--
ON THE ROOF, NO,
BUT ON THE GROUND,
WE HAVE TO BEND IN THE HOOKS
SO THAT IT ACTUALLY HOOKS
INTO THE DRIP EDGE HERE.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY
BENDING NECESSARY.
NOW, RICH, A COPPER ROOF
IS GOING TO LAST FOR
MANY, MANY DECADES,
BUT HOW WILL IT WEATHER?
WELL, OVER THE NEXT
2-10 YEARS,
IT WILL START TO BROWN
AND BRONZE UP IN COLOR.
IT WILL LOSE
THE SHINY COPPER SHEEN.
JUST LIKE A PENNY.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND AFTER
APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS,
IT WILL START TO PATINA,
AND IT WILL DEVELOP
THAT GREEN COLOR.
AND IT WILL STAY THAT COLOR
FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE METAL.
AND A LOT OF THIS
ALSO DEPENDS ON
WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY
YOU'RE IN, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
DEPENDING ON THE HUMIDITY.
IF YOU'RE CLOSE
TO THE SHORE,
IT'S GOING TO TURN
GREEN QUICKER
THAN IF YOU'RE IN
THE DESERT.
ALL RIGHT, EXPLAIN
THIS CLIP SYSTEM.
THIS IS ATAS'
DUTCH CLEAT SYSTEM.
AND THIS PIECE WOULD FIT
INTEGRAL OVER THE NEXT
PANEL OVER,
WHICH WOULD CONSIST OF
THIS RECEIVING PIECE HERE.
ALL RIGHT. SO, RICH,
ONE LAST COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS.
A: HOW LONG DID
THIS TAKE TO GET IT
ALL TOGETHER?
APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 DAYS
WORK IN HERE SO FAR,
SO TWO DAYS TOTAL.
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND IT'S A SMALL ROOF.
WHAT ABOUT THE COST?
COST,
WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE
FROM BETWEEN $2,500-$3,500
FOR A ROOF THIS SIZE,
DEPENDING
ON THE COPPER SYSTEM.
DEPENDING
ON THE COPPER SYSTEM.
SO $2,500, $3,500.
A LOT MORE THAN IT WOULD
COST TO DO WITH SHINGLES
OR ASPHALT ROOFING,
FIBERGLASS ROOFING,
ET CETERA.
BUT, OF COURSE,
THE BENEFITS OF THIS PRODUCT
ARE THAT IT'S GOING
TO LAST YOU A LOT LONGER,
AT LEAST 50 YEARS,
AND "B", IT CERTAINLY
LOOKS A LOT BETTER
THAN ASPHALT.
IT'S A GORGEOUS ROOF.
AND IN SOME CASES,
IT WILL LAST A CENTURY.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THANKS A LOT.
Vila: CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY...
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE BACK
AT OUR QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
KITCHEN REMODEL.
TODAY THE DECK FRAMING
IS FINISHED,
AND SOME 1x4 DECKING IS
GOING DOWN.
THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE A REAL WOOD DECK.
THIS WESTERN RED CEDAR
NATURALLY RESISTS ROT AND DECAY.
WE'LL REPRODUCE
THE ORIGINAL TRIM
AROUND THE TWO-STORY ORIEL
ON THE DINING ROOM SIDE
OF THE HOUSE,
AND WE'LL ALSO INSTALL A CLASSIC
STANDING SEAM COPPER ROOF,
FABRICATED ON-SITE.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE BACK
AT OUR QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
KITCHEN REMODEL.
WE'LL REPRODUCE THE ORIGINAL
TRIM AROUND THE TWO-STORY ORIEL
ON THE DINING ROOM SIDE
OF THE HOUSE,
AND WE'LL ALSO INSTALL A CLASSIC
STANDING SEAM COPPER ROOF.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA",
WE'LL BE INSTALLING SOME
WESTERN RED CEDAR DECKING,
FINISHING UP THE WINDOW TRIM,
AND ADDING A CLASSIC
COPPER ROOF.
DON'T MISS IT.
NOW WE'VE GOT RYAN PIRRO
FROM RESTORATIONWINDOWS.COM
HI, BOB.
BUT YOU'RE NOT JUST
OUT THERE IN CYBERSPACE.
YOU'RE HERE FIXING
OUR WINDOWS.
NOW, WHY DOES IT MAKE SENSE
TO FIX A DOUBLE-HUNG SASH
LIKE THIS.
IT'S NOT ANTIQUE.
IT'S MAYBE 40, 50 YEARS OLD.
WELL, THE BIGGEST
REASON WOULD BE
COST-EFFECTIVENESS.
IF YOU WERE TO
REPLACE THIS WINDOW,
THE COMPARABLE
REPLACEMENT WINDOW--
TRUE DIVIDED LIGHTS--
YOU'RE LOOKING AT
ABOUT 3 TO 4 TIMES
THE COST OF RESTORATION.
OF DOING A REPAIR,
YEAH.
ANOTHER WOULD BE
EASE OF OPERATION.
THESE WINDOWS, WHEN
PROPERLY RESTORED
OPERATE VERY EASILY.
AND THEY KEEP
THE DRAFTS OUT.
AND THEY SURE DO.
THESE WINDOWS ARE
JUST AS ENERGY-
EFFICIENT,
IF NOT MORE ENERGY-
EFFICIENT, THAN A
NEW REPLACEMENT.
NOW, HAS THIS ONE
BEEN ALREADY COMPLETED?
THIS ONE'S
COMPLETED HERE.
WHAT WE DID IS
WE TOOK THIS WINDOW OUT
OVER THE WEEKEND
AND PREPPED IT
FOR PAINTING,
PAINTED IT, AND NOW
WE'VE INSTALLED IT.
WE'VE INSTALLED THESE
SOLID BRONZE CHAINS
IN PLACE OF THESE OLD
SASH ROPES,
WHICH TEND TO GIVE OUT.
A SOLID BRONZE CHAIN
WILL LAST INDEFINITELY.
NOW, THE REASON THEY
CALL IT A DOUBLE HUNG
WINDOW
IS THAT THERE'S
2 SASH AND IT'S HUNG
ON A SASH WEIGHT.
AND IN FACT,
IF WE LOOK RIGHT
OVER HERE,
YOUR ASSISTANT IS
JUST IN THE PROCESS
OF RECONNECTING
THAT SASHWAY--
YES.
AND PUTTING IT BACK
IN THE SASH POCKETS.
NOW, A LOT OF TIMES,
PEOPLE STOP USING
THE SASH WEIGHTS,
'CAUSE NOT HAVING
INSULATION IN
THOSE AREAS
MEANS THAT YOU DO
HAVE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF HEAT LOSS.
AND THAT'S I THINK
MOST IMPORTANT WHEN
YOU'VE GOT
VERY BIG,
VICTORIAN-SIZED WINDOWS
IN A VERY BIG HOUSE.
HERE WE'RE JUST TALKING
2 SMALL WINDOWS,
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S
THAT MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER
COMPONENTS THAT YOU
WERE POINTING OUT HERE?
SO WE'VE REPLACED
THE ROPES WITH
THE NEW CHAIN.
WE'VE REPLACED
THE PARTING BEAM--
WHICH ARE THESE THIN
VERTICAL STRIPS OF WOOD HERE--
WITH A NEW PIECE
OF SPANISH CEDAR.
WE USE SPANISH CEDAR
BECAUSE IT'S A VERY
ROT-RESISTANT WOOD.
THAT'S THE
PARTING BEAM, THIS
VERY THIN--
THIS STRIP HERE,
YES.
WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED
SPRING BRONZE
WEATHERSTRIPPING,
WHICH HAS 2 FUNCTIONS.
IT BLOCKS ANY DRAFT
FROM COMING IN,
BUT IT ALSO CREATES
A SMOOTH GLIDING SURFACE
FOR THE WINDOW
BY CENTERING THE WINDOW.
YOU CAN SEE HOW EASILY
THIS OPERATES.
IT REALLY, REALLY DOES.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM,
YOU HAVE THE SAME--
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT,
SPRING WEATHERSTRIPPING?
SPRING BRONZE
WEATHERSTRIPPING.
'CAUSE IT DOES HAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE.
AND IT'S JUST
ESSENTIALLY
A STRIP OF METAL
THAT HAS THIS
CRIMP IN IT.
WE ADJUST THIS BY HAND.
WE FLARE IT OUT,
SO WE CAN ADJUST FOR
THE LACK OF, UM...
SPACE IN THE WINDOW.
OK, YEAH.
AND THEN THE LAST THING
YOU PUT IN IS THE STOP,
BUT WE HAVEN'T FINISHED
PUTTING IN THE FINAL
TRIM TO THE WINDOW.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OK, AND HERE YOU HAVE
THE OTHER.
AND HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY
ATTACH THE SASH?
THESE ARE ATTACHED
WITH A SPIRAL.
THESE JUST SPIRAL
RIGHT ON TO THE CHAIN.
OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN WHEN
THEY'RE INSTALLED,
THERE'S A POCKET
IN THE SIDE OF THE
WINDOWSASH,
WHICH, WE TAKE A SCREW--
WELL, THIS ONE'S ALMOST
READY TO GO IN, RIGHT?
YES. IT GOES
RIGHT INTO THERE.
THEY FIT RIGHT IN.
AND WE PUT A SCREW
RIGHT THROUGH THAT
LINK OF CHAIN
THERE SO IT HOLDS THE
SPIRAL IN PLACE AND IT
JUST DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL JUST
WATCH AS HE FINISHES UP.
THE PARTING BEAM
IS NEVER NAILED, RIGHT?
IT JUST FITS IN PLACE.
OCCASIONALLY, THEY
DO NEED TO BE NAILED,
SO WE JUST PREDRILL
AND PUT A SMALL
FINISH NAIL IN.
DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE
TO APPLY ANY KIND OF
LINSEED OIL
OR ANY KIND OF LUBRICANT
TO THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS?
YES, AS PROPER ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE WITH THESE
WINDOWS,
YOU SHOULD TAKE
A FURNITURE POLISH,
FURNITURE PRESERVER,
AND SPRAY THE CHANNELS
OF THE WINDOWS
TO HELP LUBRICATE
THE WINDOW AS WELL AS
PRESERVE THE WOOD.
NOW, THAT PARTICULAR
PIECE IS ORIGINAL TO
THE FRAME, RIGHT?
YES. THAT'S CALLED
A WEIGHT PORT,
AND THAT'S CUT OUT
TO GIVE ACCESS TO
THOSE WEIGHTS.
TO THE WINDOW WEIGHTS.
FOR WHEN
THE ROPES BREAK.
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT,
SO NOW WE JUST
RECONNECT THE CHAINS,
AND WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS.
SO, RYAN, WHAT'S
THE APPROXIMATE COST
OF AN AVERAGE-SIZE
WINDOW RESTORATION
LIKE THIS?
YOUR AVERAGE
MECHANICAL RESTORATION
ON A WINDOW OF THIS SIZE
IS ABOUT $225.
NOT BAD.
OK, WELL, THANKS A LOT.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, TIM
AND HIS HELPERS HAVE GOT
THE DECKING DOWN
ALMOST TO THE END OF
THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AND NOW WHAT WE'RE
WATCHING IS--
THEY'RE REBUILDING
THE LOWER PART
OF THE ORIEL WINDOW.
TIM, WHY DO WE GO OVER
THE EXISTING BOARDS HERE?
I JUST DIDN'T FEEL THIS
WAS GONNA BE WEATHERTIGHT
ENOUGH RIGHT HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
THEY TOOK THE OLD BOARD,
WHICH IS THE ONLY LAYER
PROTECTING BETWEEN THE
INSULATION,
AND THEY'VE JUST PAINTED
OVER IT.
YEP.
THERE'S REALLY NO SIDING.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS DOUBLING UP NOW.
AND THIS IS MDO BOARD.
MEDIUM DENSITY OVERLAY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WHICH IS ALSO
CALLED SIGNBOARD,
AND IT TAKES THE
WEATHER VERY, VERY WELL.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU DO ALL THE TIME
WHEN YOU HAVE THE DECK
COMING RIGHT UP TO
A WOODEN HOUSE?
YES.
IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
A BIT OF COPPER
FLASHING, WHICH
PREVENTS ANY WEATHER
FROM GETTING ANYWHERE
AT ALL CLOSE
TO THE HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET
YOU THE OTHER PIECE.
THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CUT
AT A 25 DEGREE ANGLE,
AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE
DRESSING OUT THE CORNERS.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT
THE TOPS, TIM?
WELL, WE'RE GONNA START--
THERE'S 2 LAYERS ON THE TOP.
THIS FIRST LAYER RIGHT HERE
IS GONNA BE THE FIRST PART
OF THE CASING.
THEN THERE'S A SECOND
CORNER BOARD
THAT'S GONNA BE
COMING DOWN.
WHERE WOULD WE BE
WITHOUT OUR NAIL GUN?
NEXT WEEK, WE'RE
GONNA BE PUTTING SOME
FINISHING TOUCHES
ON THE DECK, INCLUDING
THE RAILING SYSTEM
AND SOME CULTURED STONE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M BOB VILA.
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