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Dates Aired: March 4-10, 1991 | June 3-9, 1991
Bob and contractor Ron Gan venture a look around our next project--the old deserted "coach house" out back. They find several clues in the basement and the first floor as ...
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Dates Aired: March 11-17, 1991 | June 10-16, 1991
Bob discusses plans for the coach house with our architect, Mike Morgan, and with contractor Ron Gan; demolition begins. Brick worker Dan Webb explains how the brick facade is power-washed ...
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Dates Aired: March 18-24, 1991 | June 17-23, 1991
Bob tours famous prairie architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio with director Gloria Garfolo and sees some of the houses Wright designed in the Oak Park neighborhood of Chicago. Back at ...
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Dates Aired: March 25-31, 1991 | June 24-30, 1991
Contractor Ron Gan explains how a ledger board is attached to the masonry wall to support ceiling joists; he and carpenter John Pringle demonstrate a simple way to build a ...
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Dates Aired: April 1-7, 1991 | July 1-7, 1991
The Eagle roofing crew strips several ancient layers of old roofing, and a section of the roof is removed to make room for a new dormer. Bob explains how the ...
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Dates Aired: April 8-14, 1991 | July 8-14, 1991
Bob helps carpenter John Sheehan install a new vinyl window, and takes a tour of the Republic window factory with vice-president Ron Spielman to find out how they're made, right ...
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Dates Aired: April 15-21, 1991 | July 15-21, 1991
Bob tours the Hill Arboretum, a new apartment project adapted for the physically challenged, with project developer Don Gustavson. Back at the coach house, fireplace dealer Kris Renier explains how ...
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Dates Aired: April 22-28, 1991 | July 22-28, 1991
The Jaramillo brothers use "bazookas" and "mudboxes" to put up drywall; Bob tours the Georgia-Pacific drywall factory in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. He also takes a visit to Midwest Mica in ...
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Dates Aired: April 29-May 5, 1991 | July 29-August 4, 1991
Bob visits K & B Galleries, a plumbing fixture showroom in Chicago's Merchandise Mart; back at the coach house plumber Dan Macias installs a bathroom sink. Bob and carpenter John ...
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Dates Aired: May 6-12, 1991 | August 5-11, 1991
An unusual "cobblewood" floor, developed by flooring specialist Birger Jewell, is laid in the coach house kitchen. Bob tours a beautifully-restored H.H. Richardson Victorian mansion, to get an idea of ...
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Dates Aired: May 13-19, 1991 | August 12-18, 1991
Bob shows us around the completed living room and dining room of the coach house, then takes us down into the basement to see the work that's been done on ...
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Dates Aired: May 20-26, 1991 | August 19-25, 1991
Bob installs some interesting finishing touches in the coach house kitchen, including some galvanized steel features. We go outside to plant a tree and landscape the little garden outside our ...
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Dates Aired: May 27-June 2, 1991 | August 26-1, 1991
Bob takes the grand tour of the finished coach house exterior with Ron, our contractor; we go inside to see the decorating job that the team of Rita Miller and ...
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