Season 5 - Cabin in the Woods
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Bob explores the concept of sustainable design by putting resource management theories into practice for everyday living. Projects include a pre-cast foundation system, earth-friendly septic system, energy-efficient appliances, recycling bins, mulching pile and more.
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| Bob discusses a new foundation system that doesn't require a concrete truck on site. The base is levelled with crushed stone which serves as a subfooting. The steel-reinforced wall is ...
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| The basement walls are lifted into place and secured. The prebuilt walls have a insullation of R5 and have steel reinforced concrete studs. Each section is bolted together and sealed ...
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| Bob meets with Tom Florence to install the Flo-Well Polyvinylehelene septic system. The tank is much lighter than concrete systems, costs about 20% less, and will also last much longer.
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| Bob discusses the home's framing with Ryley. Since much of the framing will be exposed special care is taken with the construction. Ryley demostrates a few of the techniques and ...
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| Bob visits Walden Pond and the site of the cabin built by Henry David Thoreau who is considered the father of conservation. Bob also visits a re-creation of the cabin ...
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| Boy assists Ryley in installing 4x10 Douglas fir floor joists and 2x6 spruce tongue-and-groove decking on the second floor of the cabin in the woods.
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| Bob and Ryley build and install the stairs between the first and second story. Because of the floor layout, the stairs have two runs requiring a platform inbetween. Ryley also ...
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| Bob takes a field trip to East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, where the bricks for this project were made. He walks through the process the brick ingredients follow and learns about ...
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| Bob visits Paul, the mason, and watches him build a Count Rumford fireplace. Paul describes the foundation built to support the hearth and the variety of bricks used throughout the ...
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| Bob meets with Ryley, the carpenter, and installs a Velux skylight on a curb mount. Ryley discribes the mounting hardware and screws used to mount the window and Bob explains ...
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| Bob visits Yestermorrow, a design/build school in Vermont. Discussed are the unique architecture philosophies applied at the school and Bob views several examples of innovative building. In the classroom ...
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| Bob helps Ryley install the roof insulation and the "jet blocks" of false rafter tails. Bob discusses the advantages of this type of this rigid insulation and it's R value. ...
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| Bob talks with Ryley about shingle exposure, brick surrounds for basement windows, and the design of a brick walkway. Bob also talks with Todd about shingling around windows.
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| Bob tours a home built with a low cost, do-it-yourself construction system. The home is designed to be affordable, flexible and easy to build.
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| In this segment Ryley installs yellow pine tongue-and-groove flooring and Gary D'Lessio installs Pergo high-pressure laminate flooring.
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| Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster, about her plan for a stone patio, a hot tub, and outdoor lighting. Low voltage outdoor lighting is also being installed in-ground for ...
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| Bob meets with Robyn Peterson, the decorator, to discuss the furnishings for the "little cabin in the woods." Bob oulines the plans to trim out the fireplace and Robyn explains ...
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| Bob discusses the installation of outdoor speakers with Daryl Foster. The Bose speakers are made specifically for outdoor use to stand up to the elements and sound good.
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| Ruth Foster is on hand again to install a new tree for the cabin's backyard. The tree is set on the south west side of the house to protect the ...
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| Bob tours the cabin with Robyn Peterson, the interior designer who decorated the cabin. The mantle has been painted with a faux birch bark look and the furniture has been ...
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| Bob and Ryley install a butcher-block countertop in the kitchen, and the decorator shows Bob how to make a "crackle" finish.
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| Inside, the finishing touches in interior design have come together for an original, romantic, and very functional effect within such a small space.
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