Season 1 - Two-Family Greystone
Chicago, IL
A two-family greystone in Chicago's Wicker Park is refreshed and updated. The project documents a low-budget renovation of the two apartments and concludes with a decorator's tour showcasing the eye-catching results.
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| Bob tours the greystone flat with Catherine Caravette, assessing the work to be done and pointing out a few of the house's unique features. Although the existing bedrooms are small, ...
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| Bob meets architect Bill Bauhs in his office to take a look at the changes that are going to be made. Bill tells us that the house has been measured ...
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| Bob meets with Ron Gan, the general contractor for the project, to discuss the changes that will be made. After reviewing construction drawings, Gan is satisfied with the architect's plans ...
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| Bob meets up with general contractor Ron Gan to discuss the progress on the project. The plaster has been taken off the load bearing wall to reveal the studs. The ...
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| Bob meets with Dave Parker to tour the MacMillan-Bloedel parallam engineered wood beam factory. Outside is a car and beam supported by cardboard boxes demonstrating the strength of parallam beams. ...
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| Ron Gan discusses the previously existing bearing wall and ceiling spans. With the wall removed, the crew then installs a Parallam beam, drastically increasing the size of the living room.
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| Bob tours the Pella Window factory in Pella, Iowa, to see how they can reproduce the special circle-head window for the basement of the project house.
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| Ron Gan explains the advantages of using metal wall studs in the galley kitchen. They are generally cheaper than wood, lighter, less suseptable to warping and fireproof. Ron demostrates a ...
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| Ron Gan repairs a broken window pane the old-fashioned way. Taking care not to damage the existing stops and trim, Ron removes the existing window to replace the glass.
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| Bob and general contractor Ron Gan go into a former bedroom, which is being converted into a kitchen. An existing large window is being bricked up with salvaged original bricks ...
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| Bob meets Tavino, the plastering contractor who is working on the ceiling. He is using a traditional patching method join an area where two ceilings meet. He fills in the ...
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| Bob is at the port of Wilmington, Delaware, at the Georgia-Pacific wallboard plant. Every three weeks a cargo vessel laden with thirty thousand tons of gypsum from Nova Scotia arrives ...
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| Bob is back at our urban townhouse. He walks down the side and points out the two-story rear porch that has been recovered with asphalt siding, which, though sturdy, is ...
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| Bob and Tom Forest discuss a severe hump in the dining room floor. The cause could be a supporting wall below, the natural settling of the house over time, or ...
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| Bob goes to Chicago's South Side to tour the Salvage One architectural warehouse with Anne Steinweddel. He explores several of the unique pieces that reside in the warehouse, and successfully ...
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| Bob visits with Ron at the Coach House. Ron is installing a railing and newel post on the second floor. He is using 3/8-inch stainless steel marine wire instead spindles ...
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| Bob Visits the Congoleum Corporation plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania to see how vinyl flooring is made. They start with a felt backing made of wood pulp, polyester and ...
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| Bob and Jim Kogut talk about the custom inlays that are being inserted into the new vinyl flooring. Ed Janecek tapes down a sheet of white vinyl flooring and double ...
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| Bob goes into the bathroom where painter Dirk VanKoughnett is painting the walls. VanKoughnett is using a high gloss paint, a surface that is enjoying renewed popularity. Originally high gloss ...
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