Season 12 - Vermont Farmhouse
Quechee, VT
A quaint town and covered bridges provides the perfect backdrop for building a traditional Vermont style farmhouse. Bob builds a residence that hearkens back to the past yet is fitted out for the needs of the family in the new millennium.
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| Kicking off Home Again's Quechee, Vermont farmhouse project, Bob takes a panoramic tour of Quechee's winter landscape. While checking out the natural wonders, recreational amenities, and picturesque village vistas, Bob ...
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| Bob looks at some examples of traditional Vermont style farmhouse architecture and then meets up with Michael Maynard, a member of the Quechee Lakes development team for a tour of ...
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| Bob meets with blasting contractor Alan Dyke and takes a close look at the drilling rig as Alan and his crew prepare the site for blasting. The drill uses a ...
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| Bob meets up with general contractor Ted Riley at the site to check on the progress on the foundation. With the foundation backfilled and waterproofed and the pressure-treated sill plates ...
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First Floor Framing and Basement Slab Installation Video Clips (HA1202)
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| With the first floor deck framing underway, Bob orients viewers to the home's layout and provides a progress report on the construction so far. Engineered wood products feature heavily in ...
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| As the framers get started on the first floor deck, Bob highlights the features of Advantech subflooring. The material, fabricated with water resistant resins, is ideal for Vermont as it ...
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| At the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project in Hartland, Vermont Bob meets up with Susie Sweitzer and general contractor Mark Albee, an experienced "green builder". Mark notes that except for the ...
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| Bob and Mark continue their tour of an unit under construction at the Cobb Hill Co-Housing project. Mark explains to Bob that the moisture barrier on the wall is reinforced ...
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| Back on site, pre-cast concrete cellar stairs, fabricated in Williston, Vermont, are lowered with a boom and bolted up against the house foundation. The stairs, which weigh a good ton, ...
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| Ted Riley explains to how the concrete crew uses a laser to assure that they get a level slab. The crew first sets up the laser and then the target ...
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Erecting Gables and Visiting Local Historic Sites Video Clips (HA1203)
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| Bob studies the architect's plans to get a better feel for what the house will look like when it's finished. The side entrance to the home will have a covered ...
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| Bob meets with general contractor Ted Riley as Dan Enright and his framing crew prepare to raise the gable end wall. The gable has a 12-12 pitch making it a ...
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| Bob visits the Billings Farm, home of Frederick Billings, one of the fathers of the land conservation movement in the United States, and takes a tour of the farm and ...
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| As framing gets underway, Bob watches the workmen roll out the ICA Sill Seal, a new non-crosslink polyethylene foam product, simplifying the installation of the sill.
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| Bob talks with lead framing carpenter Dan Enright as he and his crew work on the shed roof over the kitchen/family room area. What complicates the job is that the ...
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| Tim Woods of Internet Home Alliance discusses the basics of structured wiring and connectivity with Bob in the basement of the Quechee house. The IHA is an association of companies ...
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| Bob and general contractor Ted Riley watch the framing crew construct the garage roof using trusses. Custom-ordered for size from Canada, the trusses will create enough additional space to give ...
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| In a progress report, Ted Riley shows Bob the pre-primed red cedar siding from Weyerhaeuser that has been used on the Quechee farmhouse. The clapboards are installed with the rough ...
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| The heavy-duty metal Bilco bulkhead is installed using a crane to lower the bulkhead frame onto the pre-cast concrete stairs. The crew from S. T. Griswold drills pilot holes in ...
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| Bob and Ted look at the Quechee home's standing seam steel roof and then flashback to the installation. For the job the roofing crew basically brought a portable sheet metal ...
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| Bob talks with Ron Holen from Georgia-Pacific as carpenter Pat Cloutier puts the finishing touches on the redwood front porch deck. Ron points out the advantages of redwood are that ...
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| Bob visits with farmers Steve and Kerry and learns more about the agrarian way of life at the Cedar Mountain Farm at the Cobb Hill co-housing site. Steve and Kerry ...
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| Bob Ryley is on site to help carpenter Pat Cloutier construct tapered columns on the front porch using pre-primed WindsorONE, an engineered lumber product made from radiata pine. The columns ...
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| Bob tours the farmhouse interior now that the drywall is complete, pointing out some of the challenges the home's design posed for the drywall contractors. In a flashback we watch ...
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| Bob checks out the Shaw's Chateau wood flooring that David LaFossse and his crew are about to install in the great room. It's solid rock maple from Canada pre-finished with ...
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| Bob Ryley and carpenter Pat Cloutier trim out the two banks of four double-hung windows in the sunny dining area. Each bank of windows is treated as if it were ...
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Exterior Painting and Kitchen Cabinet Installation Video Clips (HA1207)
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| Kevin The Barge and his crew have begun painting the home's exterior with latex house paint. They are using an airless sprayer, which uses pressure to push paint through the ...
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| Ryley and Pat are installing the Crown Point cabinets in the kitchen. First step is to unpack cabinets and spread them out and eyeball where they are going to go. ...
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| Bob visits with Brian Stowell at the Crown Point Cabinet factory in Claremont, New Hampshire. Crown Point uses a number of different woods for their cabinets, including quartersawn oak, Appalachian ...
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| Bob talks with general contractor Ted Riley about the fireplace construction. The project started with cinder blocks in the basement and then the brick fireplace and cinder block surround were ...
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| At the Cobb Hill co-housing community, Bob and GC Mark Albee look at some of the energy efficient and eco-friendly products begin used. The home's large south-facing windows provide significant ...
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| Bob checks in with Ryley who is trimming out the two windows over the vanity in the first floor master bath. The interior designer suggested that the two windows be ...
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| Ryley installs the built-in vanity from Crown Point Cabinetry in the downstairs master bath. The first step is to attach the three cabinet units together. Ryley uses a cabinet ...
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| Bob meets up with landscape mason Hector Santos who is building a dried laid stone retaining wall. He is using Corinthian granite from Champlain Stone in upstate New York. Hector's ...
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| Bob visits with Mark Fortunati who is building traditional looking staircase in the foyer. The stringers, which hold the treads and risers, are the backbone of the staircase. Mark has ...
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| Hector shows Bob how to split a piece of granite that is too large and heavy to use in the wall. Using a hammer drill he drills a series of ...
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| Bob gets together with Gary and Earl Raymond from Clairmont Glass as they prepare to install the Clopay garage doors. The openings for the garage doors have arched tops but ...
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| Bob meets up with University of Vermont professor Tom Visser in Plymouth Notch to visit the birthplace of President Calvin Coolidge and learn more about vernacular Vermont farmhouse architecture. Coolidge's ...
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| Bob joins University of Vermont professor Tom Visser at the Burtch-Udall House, a classic Federal-period house constructed in Quechee in 1785. The house is known locally as the Theron Boyd ...
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| Bob meets up with Tim Woods of the Internet Home Alliance in the basement of the Quechee home to check out the progress of the integration of the connected home ...
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| Bob joins electrician Larry Dana in the kitchen of the Quechee farmhouse as he installs the Kenmore Elite 30" self-cleaning convection oven. The oven requires 220 high-voltage current as it ...
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| Plumbing and heating contractor Doug Buchanan is ready to install the Kenmore Elite dishwasher. The dishwasher has a very clean design with the electronics panel on the top of the ...
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| The Kohler "Dickinson" sink in the Quechee home's kitchen has the look and feel of an old-fashioned farm sink. It's enameled cast iron and it seems to sit lower and ...
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| Before leaving the kitchen, Bob takes a peek inside the Kenmore Elite side-by-side refrigerator. It features a wide open plan with everything visible. It has clean lines and easy to ...
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| Bob meets up with Professor Tom Visser from the University of Vermont to learn more about the antique year old brick used in the Burtch-Udall house in Quechee. The wall ...
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| Bob visits the Sumner Mansion with UVM professor Tom Visser to learn more about the proper restoration and preservation procedures for an antique brick home. The original early 1800s brick ...
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| Bob looks at the finished wall tile from Shaw in the second floor bathroom off the hall. The bathroom is cleverly designed with the tub and toilet in an alcove ...
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| Bob checks his email messages from his truck using GM OnStar's Virtual Advisor functionality.
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| Bob meets up with Tim Woods from the Internet Home Alliance in the living room to check out the Panasonic home entertainment center. The Panasonic wide screen projection HDTV features ...
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| Back at the Cobb Hill co-housing community, Bob meets up with builder Kevin O'Hara who shows Bob the enormous Garn wood gasifying boiler that has just arrived. The boiler heats ...
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| Back in the basement, Bob explains how the Kinetico water purification system works. The system uses kinetic energy created by the flow of the water itself to filter out minerals, ...
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| Bob checks out the ProMax "75" gas-fired water heater from A. O. Smith. It has a blower on top which provide us the air necessary for combustion. This is particularly ...
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| Kathy Ireland tells Bob about her Shades of America carpet collection. With a more focused color selection and more descriptive color names, Shades of America makes it easier for busy ...
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| Bob talks with landscape architect David Raphael of Landworks about his approach to the project. David's objective was to work within the context of the existing environment. Landscaping falls primarily ...
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| Ted Riley tells Bob about some the additional amenities that will come along with the house. Quechee Lakes Development provides a complete management service which can handle everything from housecleaning ...
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| Bob tours the first floor of the farmhouse with interior designer Regina Lawrence who points out many of the "Vermont" touches that have been included in the home. The front ...
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| She is constructing a drawer made of poplar. After measuring she gets to work with a chisel and saw. She uses a Japanese Back Saw for a precise cut. The ...
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| Hubbarton Forge began as a small blacksmith's shop in a Vermont barn nearly 30 years ago. Each Hubbarton Forge lamp and light fixture is still hand forged in Castleton, Vermont. ...
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| Tim Woods of the Internet Home Alliance highlights some connected home features of the Quechee farmhouse for Bob. The ADT iCenter is an internet enabled security and monitoring system that ...
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| Bob looks at the Panasonic replay TV with the show stopper feature. This technology allows viewers to freeze live TV action so when they return, they can start it back ...
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| Bob tours the master bedroom suite and admires the space, scope and view. Of particular note is the Charles Shackleton mirror framed in carved cherry in the master bath. Shackleton ...
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