Season 9 - Loft Conversion
Boston, MA
Bob offers viewers a unique look at the latest trend in stylish city living. This apartment's getting a top-of-the-line treatment: cutting edge design, custom-made furniture and casework, sleek modern fixtures and state of the art appliances.
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| Bob takes a walking tour of some of Boston's best-preserved antique commercial buildings in the Leather District with architectural historian Brian Pfeiffer, winding up at our gracious brick front on ...
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| We meet the developers, Neal and Ron Gold, and take a look at how they've started converting this old fur storage building in to a residential loft space.
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| Architect Greg Rochlin and carpenter Bob Ryley are on site to consult on the possibilities for our loft unit.
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| Bob visits a loft building in beautiful downtown Boston. He meets with Dan McDaniels the public relations officer for the city who shows Bob "The Big Dig Project". The current ...
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| Bob Vila visits a loft conversion in downtown Boston. He meets with Ryley and Bob George from New England Window, and helps install a bronze aluminum replacement window in an ...
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| Bob confers with carpenter David Ives and Brian Dauphinee as they install cabinet boxes in the curved wall of the Loft Conversion Project in Boston.
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| Bob explains the construction and installation of cabinets and installation of blue board on a long, gradually curving wall. In addition, he shows the tape embedding coat of plaster.
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| Bob visits Todd Allen's cabinet shop and helps him mill and assemble the cabinets for the Loft Conversion Project.
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| Bob shows a complete proper lighting plan of the loft project and meets Shawn and Bill from Driscol Electric who are hanging a suspended track light in the bedroom of ...
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| Bob watches as the electricians put up a light fixture in the bedroom of the loft. The design of the fixture fits well in such a situation with high ceilings. ...
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| Bob meets with Bill Brody from Classic Glass and learns how to install a large mirror, a glass shelf, and a glass partition wall inside a shower.
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| In this segment Bob Vila meets with architect Greg Rochlin and review techniques for covering a series of doors with plastic laminate.
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| In this segment Bob Vila meets with lighting designer Markus Earley who explains the differences between different sorts of lights. Bob also meets with Tony Zwain who discusses electricity is ...
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| Bob helps install a stacked energy efficient washer-dryer unit with Barry Driscol and Bob Ryley. The water lines are attached and tested.
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| Bob shows us the long curved wall in the loft's hallway. The wall serves as a divider between private and public spaces as well as providing a lot of storage. ...
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| Bob and Ryley install an resturaunt quality Braun oven hood vent to compensate for the lack of exhaust outside the building. The fan is equipped with two charcoal filters on ...
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| Bob Ryley installs plantation shutters in a bedroom wall. A wood jam had to be fastened to the wall to allow the shutters to be mounted and adjusted.
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