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Dream Garage and Boat Storage

Marstons Mills, MA
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In this 13 episode project Bob breaks out of the residential mold and constructs his "dream garage". This innovative and functional post-and-beam barn structure is designed to provide space to store and work on boats and cars. The story centers around creating a state of the art, ergonomically efficient, well-lit, and safe environment. The foundation features styrofoam forms which will double as rigid insulation after the pour. Radiant heat tubing is installed in the concrete slab to provide optimal conditions for working on and storing classic cars year round.

Steeped in construction tradition, framing of the post and beam structure gets underway. A joinery specialist from Plimoth Plantation, a nearby historic recreation of life in 17th century New England, provides some insight on how the Pilgrims built their homes.

Bob's garage juxtaposes the old and new as the massive engineered wood glulam ridge poles from Willamette Industries are lowered by crane onto the structure and structurally insulated panels (SIPs) from Insulspan are locked together to form the walls and roof. The barn is sided with more engineered wood, in this instance, durable and attractive cedar plywood panels and topped off with a standing-seam steel roof.

Inside, the barn gets a state of the art alarm and sprinkler system. Hot air space heaters are installed in the boat section to provide almost instant heat, and lighting expert Markus Earley guides Bob's selection of Lightolier overhead and track lighting fixtures to ensure that throughout the barn the lighting is just right for the task at hand. Outside, landscape expert Ruth Foster spruces up the barn's exterior with just the right mix of pitch pine, blueberry bushes, and wildflowers.

Cutting edge interior touches include the high-strength aluminum/magnesium alloy pipe railing for the loft stairs and the 18 gauge steel wire shelving storage unit in the loft.

Indy driver Lyn St. James drops by to check out Bob's finished garage and share a little automotive-care advice. With all the work complete, Bob's boat arrives for winter storage.

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	Project Introduction (HA0814) Dates Aired: December 1-7, 1997 \| June 1-7, 1998 Bob introduces the new garage and boat storage project, looking over the plans for the post-and-beam structure with contractor Bob Ryley and architect Paul Pacella of Maine Post and Beam. ... View show summary
	Working on the Foundation (HA0815) Dates Aired: December 8-14, 1997 \| June 8-14, 1998 Work on the garage foundation continues, with shocking pink Foamular� forms forms by Owens-Corning which double as rigid insulation after the pour. Bob takes us on a tour of an ... View show summary
	More Foundation Work (HA0816) Dates Aired: December 15-21, 1997 \| June 15-21, 1998 The garage project gets a real high-tech foundation, as layers of termite proofing, crushed stone, vapor barrier, rigid insulation, and wire mesh go down before the concrete can be poured. ... View show summary
	Framing the Garage (HA0817) Dates Aired: December 22-28, 1997 \| June 22-28, 1998 Now that the garage slab is complete, Paul Pacella and the crew from Maine Post and Beam of Cape Cod get started on the framing. The truck arrives and drops ... View show summary
	Framing and Decking (HA0818) Dates Aired: December 29-January 4, 1998 \| June 29-July 5, 1998 Post and beam framing continues on the barn project: Ryley puts new decking on the loft area, the ridge beam and rafters go up, and a specialist in 17th-century joinery ... View show summary
	Insulating the Garage (HA0819) Dates Aired: January 5-11, 1998 \| July 6-12, 1998 Framing completed, the crew's attaching the Insulspan� panels: it's an all-in-one wall product consisting of rigid foam insulation sandwiched between two sheets of sheathing material; in this case, it's oriented ... View show summary
	Exterior Trim and Siding (HA0820) Dates Aired: January 12-18, 1998 \| July 13-19, 1998 After a quick progress report to check out the inside of the barn, Bob and Ryley install a new Pella� windows and trim it out. Exterior trim and siding are ... View show summary
	Skylights and Metal Roofing (HA0821) Dates Aired: January 19-25, 1998 \| July 20-26, 1998 After showing how to install Velux� in the roof of the barn, our new metal roofing from ATAS is installed around them. It's a standing-seam steel shingle system that's coated ... View show summary
	Installing Protective Features (HA0822) Dates Aired: January 26-February 1, 1998 \| July 27-August 2, 1998 In what Bob calls "the paranoia show", we'll see how to install all sorts of protection features for the new storage barn. J&G Lightning Protection, Inc. is on site to ... View show summary
	Installing a Staircase and Paneling (HA0823) Dates Aired: February 2-8, 1998 \| August 3-9, 1998 Horticulturist Ruth Foster's on site again to help spruce up another Home Again project: she and Bob discuss ways to bring back the native trees and vegetation around the barn ... View show summary
	Heating and Lighting (HA0824) Dates Aired: February 9-15, 1998 \| August 10-16, 1998 The barn's enormous garage doors are in, and Bob shows how the motorized garage door openers from Sears are installed. Frank Ladarola's back on the site to finish hooking up ... View show summary
	Setting Up the Workshop and Garage (HA0825) Dates Aired: February 16-22, 1998 \| August 17-23, 1998 With work on the barn nearly completed, Bob gets busy staining the interior, adding a Speed-Rail� to the staircase, and putting together a state-of-the-art workshop. With a truckload of new ... View show summary
	Barn Tour (HA0826) Dates Aired: February 23-March 1, 1998 \| August 24-30, 1998 This is the final visit to the post-and-beam barn project, for a grand tour inside and out and a review of some of the great features installed over the last ... View show summary