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1215 - Exploring the Barn and Demolition
December 10-16, 2001 | June 10-16, 2002
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HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR BIG REMODEL PROJECT
HERE IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS HOUSE IS BEING TOTALLY
REDESIGNED ON THE INSIDE,
AND TODAY WE'LL SHOW YOU
HOW A PROFESSIONAL CREW
TAKES CARE OF THE DEMOLITION.
ALSO WE'RE GETTING STARTED
WITH SOME OF THE RESTRUCTURING,
THAT INVOLVES PUTTING IN
AN L.V.L.
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT
THE ARTIST'S STUDIO POTENTIAL
FOR THIS LITTLE CARRIAGE HOUSE.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
SEARS
I THINK THE BEST FEATURE
OF THIS HOUSE
IS THE FACT THAT IT COMES
WITH AN EXTRA BUILDING.
THIS BEAUTIFUL
LITTLE CARRIAGE HOUSE,
WHICH IS TWO STORIES,
IT'S ABOUT 30 BY 40 FEET,
AND IT'S GOT SOME PROBLEMS,
IN THAT IT SITS RIGHT
ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY HERE.
SO IT MEANS
IT'S A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE.
IT ALSO WAS NOT
A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE,
WHICH MEANS IT CAN NEVER BE
CONVERTED TO AN APARTMENT
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
BUT THERE'S LOTS OF USES
FOR IT.
AND WHAT I LOVE IS
THE MIXED MASSES IN IT.
IT'S NOT JUST A STRAIGHT
GABLED-IN LITTLE HOUSE.
IT'S GOT THIS ADDED WING
ON THE LEFT
WITH KIND OF A GAMBREL ROOF
WITH A CUTOFF AT THE TOP
OF THE RIDGE THERE.
INTERESTING LITTLE WINDOWS,
AND YOU KNOW,
THERE'S ROOM FOR CAR STORAGE
AS WELL AS ALL OTHER THINGS.
BUT LET'S GO AND TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF IT.
THE GUY'S ARE BUSY
TAKING SOME OF THE LUMBER
OUT OF THE BUILDING
THAT'S GONNA BE USED.
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE IS
ORIGINAL TO, YOU KNOW,
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE--
LET ME GET THIS
OUT OF YOUR WAY, GUYS--
OF THE HOUSE.
AND THAT, OF COURSE,
IS FROM THE 1880s.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE USING IT
RIGHT NOW TO STORE MATERIALS
AND THE LIKE,
BUT IT'S FABULOUS SPACE.
AND IT'S GOT
AN INTERESTING HISTORY.
BACK IN THE 1880s,
THE ORIGINAL BUILDER RAN
A DAIRY BUSINESS
HERE IN MEDFORD,
AND IT WAS KNOWN
AS THE OXNARD DAIRY.
AND WHAT THEY DID
HERE WAS, BASICALLY,
THEY BOTTLED THE MILK.
THEY BROUGHT IN
ALL THE MILK FROM NEARBY FARMS,
AND THEY BOTTLED IT,
PROCESSED IT HERE,
AND THEN DISTRIBUTED IT.
THE MILK WAGON ACTUALLY WENT OUT
EVERY MORNING FROM HERE
TO DELIVER MILK
TO THE HOUSES AND THE SCHOOLS
IN THIS PART OF MEDFORD.
AND UP UNTIL, I THINK THE 1930s,
THEY ACTUALLY SAWED THE ICE
AT A POND NEAR HERE
AND BROUGHT IT IN TO THIS PART
OF THE CARRIAGE HOUSE,
WHERE THEY HAD
THE BIG OLD INSULATED DOORS.
AND THIS WAS THE ICEHOUSE,
WHERE THEY COULD STORE
THE DAIRY PRODUCTS
AND KEEP IT COLD.
AFTER THE 1930s OR SO, THEY
REFRIGERATED IT MECHANICALLY,
AND THEN THEY COULD USE IT.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE
YOU CAN STILL FIND THINGS
LIKE BOTTLE CAPS
THAT HADN'T BEEN USED
LYING AROUND
ON THE SECOND-FLOOR LOFT.
AND THIS ONE
SAYS IT'S PASTEURIZED,
BUT THEY WERE ALSO
CONCERNED WITH TUBERCULOSIS.
SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF INTERESTING LITTLE THINGS
THAT YOU CAN FIND
IN A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS
THAT YOU CAN'T USE THIS
FOR RESIDENTIAL SPACE.
IT'S JUST NEVER GONNA
GET ZONED FOR THAT.
BUT YOU CAN USE IT
FOR SOME COMMERCIAL USE.
AND SINCE ONE OF THE NEW OWNERS
OF THE PROPERTY IS AN ARTIST,
SHE'D LIKE TO TURN THE WHOLE
SPACE INTO TWO ARTISTS' STUDIOS.
RENT THE ONE UP ON THE TOP
AND USE THE ONE DOWN HERE
FOR HER OWN PURPOSES.
THAT MEANS THAT SHE WANTS
TO GET NORTH LIGHT IN.
THAT MEANS SHE WANTS TO CUT
SKYLIGHTS INTO THE ROOF SYSTEM.
THAT GETS INTO
ALL SORTS OF COMPLICATIONS
WITH DESIGN AND STRUCTURE.
BUT WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT
AS THE JOB PROGRESSES.
RIGHT NOW,
AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO,
WE'VE GOT ALL OUR SALVAGED DOORS
STORED IN HERE,
A LOT OF SALVAGE
MOLDING MATERIAL.
AND OUR NEW PRODUCTS
THAT WE'RE USING,
INCLUDING SOME
OF THESE WONDERFUL L.V.L.s--
LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER.
NOW, THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER,
THE WAY THEY BUILT IT,
THE GRAIN IS RUNNING PARALLEL
IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS OF WOOD THAT ARE
LAMINATED, GLUED TOGETHER.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE CREATING
SOMETHING THAT'S 50% STRONGER
THAN A TRADITIONAL
DIMENSIONAL PIECE OF LUMBER.
AND WE'RE GONNA NEED
ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS
LIKE THAT
IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
CHANGES TO THIS STRUCTURE
THAT WOULD ALLOW
SKYLIGHTS OR A COPULA
OR A DIFFERENT KIND OF USE.
IN THE LAST 30 YEARS OR SO,
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS PUT
IN SOME STEEL GIRDERS IN HERE
TO KIND OF PROP THINGS UP.
BUT THAT WILL ALL HAVE
TO BE CHANGED.
MY FAVORITE FEATURES,
THOUGH, ARE...
THE ORIGINAL SLIDING DOORS,
WHICH ARE REALLY
BEAUTIFUL PANELED DOORS.
COMING UP NEXT,
WE'LL HAVE A PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE OF THE DEMOLITION
AT OUR MEDFORD
REMODELING PROJECT.
I'M WITH CHARLIE TOMASZEWSKI,
OUR CONTRACTOR HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED
AT THE CARRIAGE HOUSE.
HAVE YOU TAKEN
A CLOSE LOOK AT IT?
WE'VE LOOKED AT IT.
IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED
OVER THE YEARS.
WHEN IT WAS A DAIRY,
IT WENT FROM A DAIRY
TO A PLUMBING
CONTRACTOR.
SO THERE'S BEEN
A GOOD ROOF ON IT,
THERE'S BEEN WORK
DONE ON IT.
BUT WE HAVE NOTICED
SOME QUIRKS IN IT.
THERE'S A BOW RIGHT
UP ABOVE YOUR HEAD,
FOR INSTANCE.
THE SIDEWALL BOWS
OUT A LITTLE BIT?
YEP, SO WE HAVE
A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
THAT'S GONNA BE
LOOKING AT IT,
TO TAKE A LOOK
AND SEE WHAT
WE HAVE TO DO.
YEAH, YEAH, NO.
IT'S A GREAT ASSET,
BUT IT'S GOT
A LOT OF PROBLEMS,
I'M SURE.
AND WHAT'S THIS
WHITE LINE ON THE GROUND?
WHITE LINE IS THAT
WE HAD DIG SAFE
OUT HERE,
AND THIS REPRESENTS
WHERE THE ADDITION
WILL BE GOING
FROM THE MAIN HOUSE.
THEY HAD US
PUT A LINE IN
SO THEY COULD MARK
WHERE THE UTILITIES
ARE GONNA BE.
SO ARE YOU
TRENCHING IN HERE,
OR WILL IT BE SUPPORTED
BY JUST SONA TUBES?
BASICALLY SONA TUBES,
12-INCH SONA TUBES.
THEY'RE GONNA
BE 4 FEET DOWN.
YEAH, THIS IS
AN UNUSUAL SITUATION
BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THE ADDITION...
IS KIND OF DESIGNED
TO BE PERFECTLY PARALLEL
WITH THE SIDE
OF THE CARRIAGE HOUSE.
BUT AS IT EXISTS
RIGHT NOW,
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
AND THE HOUSE
ARE NOT PARALLEL
TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S
A LITTLE BIT OFF.
YEAH,
A LITTLE BIT OFF.
SO THAT THE ADDITION
TO THIS CORNER
OF THE HOUSE
BECOMES KIND OF--
KIND OF LIKE
A BOOMERANG
AT AN ANGLE.
IT'LL BE
AN INTERESTING SPACE.
I CAN LOOK AT THAT
ON THE PLAN
IN A MINUTE.
BUT I KNOW THAT
YOU'VE GOT...
WELL, YOU'VE GOT
EVERYTHING STARTED
IN THERE, RIGHT?
WE HAVE, YES.
WE GOT A BUILDING PERMIT
TO DO THE HOUSE--MAIN HOUSE.
WE BEEN WORKING THERE.
WE'RE STARING ON THAT NOW.
WHAT ABOUT THE PERMIT
FOR THIS ONE?
WE'RE WORKING PRESENTLY
ON A PERMIT
FOR THE INTERIOR
OF THE GARAGE.
IT'S A COMMERCIALLY ZONED
BUILDING, SO WE HAVE TO WORK
WITH A DIFFERENT PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHY, YEAH.
ISN'T THERE A BREEZEWAY
THAT YOU'RE GONNA
BE BUILDING?
THERE'S A BREEZEWAY
THAT'S GOING IN HERE.
WE HAVE TO GO
FOR VARIANCE ON THAT.
SO, IT'S
A REAL COMPLICATED
BIT OF BUREAUCRACY.
YOU NEED THE VARIANCE
FOR THE BREEZEWAY.
YOU NEED ONE TYPE
OF PERMIT FOR THIS,
'CAUSE IT'S COMMERCIAL,
BUT YOU'VE ALREADY
GOT THIS PERMIT?
RIGHT.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
I'LL BE JOINING YOU
IN A MINUTE,
BUT I JUST WANT TO LOOK
AT THE PLANS HERE
'CAUSE THE PLANS DO
HELP US UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT'S HERE
AND WHAT COULD BE HERE.
THIS IS THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT,
AND THIS IS THE HOUSE.
AND THIS IS THE SIDE PORCH
THAT WE'RE EXPANDING INTO
THE KITCHEN SPACE ITSELF.
THE BREEZEWAY WOULD BE
A SIMPLE CONNECTING SPACE
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM
WITH A LOT OF GLASS
ENCLOSED AND INCLUDED.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT
IT IN FLOOR PLAN,
YOU GET A BETTER IDEA.
THIS IS THE BREEZEWAY--
IT'S JUST A SQUARE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN THE LITTLE ADDITION
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT
IS THE GREEN-SHADED SPACE
IN THIS AREA HERE,
AND IT ACTUALLY
INCORPORATES
THE TWO EXISTING PORCH POSTS
INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE SPACE.
THIS IS A REAL
INTERESTING TREATMENT FOR
THIS WHOLE CONDITION HERE.
AND OF COURSE,
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW
IS THE REMOVAL OF A LOT
OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURAL WALLS
IN THE TWO ROOMS
THAT WERE HERE
SO THAT WE CAN CREATE
ONE BIG FAMILY ROOM/
KITCHEN SPACE.
BUT BEFORE WE GO IN THERE
TO GET STARTED WITH SOME
OF THAT RESTRUCTURING,
MY FRIENDS FROM J AND B
SELECTIVE DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS
WERE HERE A FEW DAYS AGO,
AND THEY SHOWED US HOW THE PROS
TAKE THE INTERIORS APART.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WELL, DEMOLITION'S
BEEN UNDERWAY FOR
4 DAYS NOW,
AND, CHARLIE, IT'S
ALMOST FINISHED, RIGHT?
YEAH.
I'VE GOT A PROFESSIONAL
WRECKING CREW IN HERE.
ANY SURPRISES
IN THE KITCHEN?
WELL, WE'VE HAD
A COUPLE OF SURPRISES, BOB.
ONE OF THEM RIGHT UP
OVER YOUR HEAD HERE
IN THE PLUMBING.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
THE FLOOR JOISTS
WERE CUT AWAY
TO GET THE PLUMBING
INTO THE--
THAT'S JUST NOT
AN UNUSUAL SITUATION
AT ALL.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU'VE GOT
A JOIST LIKE THIS ONE
RIGHT THERE
THAT GETS CHOPPED UP
LIKE THAT
SO THAT YOU CAN FIT
THE CAST IRON...
YOU SEE THAT A LOT
IN A LOT OF THESE
OLDER HOUSES.
IT'S AN UNHAPPY
CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT IS.
WE'LL HAVE TO
CORRECT IT.
WHAT ELSE?
IT WILL BE CORRECTED.
THE OTHER THING
THAT WE FOUND
WAS THIS BEAM THAT'S
COMING ACROSS HERE...
TELLS US THAT
THIS WAS AN ADDITION,
RIGHT, AND THEY TOOK
THE STUDS OUT,
THE STUDDED WALL OUT,
THAT SUPPORTED THE BEAM.
EVERY ONE OF THESE HOLES
HERE--EXACTLY.
WOULD HAVE RECEIVED
THE TOP OF A STUD THAT--
THAT WAS FITTED OUT
AS A MORTISE
AND TENON JOINT.
AND THEY WERE ALL
TAKEN OUT.
RIGHT.
SO THERE'S
NOTHING SUPPORTING
THE--THE ROOF LOAD
ON THIS SIDE
OF THE HOUSE.
BASICALLY
THERE'S NOT.
THIS WHOLE WALL
IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED,
AND WE HAVE TO
HAVE THAT ENGINEERED
TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
TO CORRECT IT.
THIS WHOLE SECTION OF
THE KITCHEN, WHICH IS
MAYBE 6 BY 18 OR SO,
MUST HAVE BEEN
ADDED ON TO THE HOUSE
AFTER IT WAS BUILT.
AFTER THE ORIGINAL
HOUSE WAS BUILT.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
MADE THE KITCHEN
SUCH A NICE...
IT DID MAKE IT--
SPACIOUS,
PROPORTIONED ROOM.
YES, IT DID.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET IT
ENGINEERED, RIGHT?
YES, WE WILL.
THIS IS NEAT OVER HERE.
YOU'VE GOT KIND OF
THE GHOST OF THE ORIGINAL
INGLENOOK COLORS.
SO THAT YOU CAN SEE
THE BASEBOARD WAS
A BRIGHT GREEN
AND THE WALLS WERE TAN.
AND I GUESS
THE SECOND PAINT JOB,
THE BLUE AND WHITE,
THEY WERE TOO LAZY TO
TAKE OUT THE BENCHES
AND STUFF.
ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH.
DOES THIS FLOOR
GET REMOVED?
THIS FLOOR WILL BE
COMING UP.
THE DEMOLITION CREW WILL
TAKE THIS FLOOR UP LAST.
WE LET EVERYTHING
FALL ON IT.
HERE'S THE ORIGINAL--
THE EXISTING FLOOR.
THE ORIGINAL HARDWOOD,
HARD PINE.
WHAT ABOUT IN
THE ROOM THROUGH HERE,
THE OLD OFFICE SPACE?
THE OLD OFFICE SPACE
IN HERE,
THIS CARPET OBVIOUSLY
WILL BE COMING UP.
WASN'T THERE SOMETHING
TO SALVAGE IN HERE?
THERE WAS A...
GLASS-LEADED DOORS
THAT WERE ON A CABINET.
WE SALVAGED THOSE...
THAT WE'RE GOING TO REUSE
SOMEWHERE IN THE PROJECT.
YEAH.
AND THE REMAINDER
OF THE THINGS
PRETTY MUCH WENT...
IN THE DUMPSTERS.
IN THE DUMPSTERS.
WHAT ABOUT UP
ON THE THIRD FLOOR?
THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL CREW.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING UP THERE?
THEY'RE TEARING OUT
SOME PLASTER AND LATH.
THEY'RE USING
A WRECKER'S ADZ,
WHICH IS LEVERAGED TO
PULL UP BASEBOARD AND...
IN TIGHT AREAS,
AND THEY ALSO HAVE
A FIREMAN'S HOOK
THAT THEY USE FOR
OVERHEAD PULLING OF
PLASTER AND LATH.
SO THERE'S NOTHING LIKE
BRINGING A PROFESSIONAL
WRECKING CREW.
NO, THEY COME IN HERE,
AND THEY'VE DONE
A FANTASTIC JOB.
TERRIFIC.
REALLY WORKED WELL WITH
WHAT WE NEEDED DONE.
Bob: WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL BE RESTRUCTURING
THE KITCHEN AREA USING L.V.L,
SO STICK AROUND.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,
WE'LL HAVE A PROFESSIONAL CREW
FINISHING UP THE DEMOLITION
AT OUR REMODELING PROJECT
IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS HOUSE IS BEING TOTALLY
REDESIGNED ON THE INSIDE,
AND WE'LL GET STARTED
WITH THE RESTRUCTURING.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL BE
USING L.V.L.s
TO RESUPPORT THE SECOND FLOOR.
ALSO, WE'LL BE LOOKING
AT THE POSSIBILITIES
FOR TURNING THE ORIGINAL DAIRY
BARN INTO ARTISTS' STUDIO SPACE.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON HOME AGAIN.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,
WE FINISH DEMOLITION
AND START RESTRUCTURING
TO OPEN UP THE KITCHEN/
FAMILY ROOM AREA.
DON'T MISS IT.
WELL, THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED
FROM ALL OF THIS DEMOLITION
IS THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE
A LITTLE OLD 19th-CENTURY HOUSE
AND YOU WANT TO TEAR DOWN A LOT
OF WALLS AND MAKE BIG ROOMS,
YOU REALLY CAN'T DO IT
WITHOUT BRINGING IN
A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
AND GETTING AN IDEA OF WHERE
THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS ARE.
WE'VE ALREADY INSTALLED A BIG,
NEW PIECE OF LUMBER OVER HERE,
WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT
SOME OF THE ORIGINAL
FRAMEWORK OF THE HOUSE--
THE OLD PLUMBING STACK THAT WAS
HERE IN THE CORNER IS ALSO GONE.
CHARLIE, LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS FIRST L.V.L.
THAT YOU'VE PUT IN HERE.
THAT'S A BIG SUCKER.
THAT'S A DOUBLED-UP
ONE, RIGHT?
THAT'S AN 18-INCH
GEORGIA-PACIFIC
L.V.L.
AND IT IS CARRYING
THE ENTIRE LOAD OF
THE SIDEWALL AND THE ROOF.
SIDEWALL AND THE ROOF,
CORRECT.
OUR OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO
OPEN UP ALL OF THIS SPACE
ACROSS THE WAY.
RIGHT.
ANY SURPRISES WHEN
YOU PUT THIS ONE IN?
WE HAD ONE SURPRISE.
WE DECIDED--
WE WERE OPENING UP
THIS AREA HERE.
WE TURNED AROUND,
AND WE FOUND SOME
TERMITE DAMAGE.
SO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS POST
WAS GONZO.
RIGHT.
OF COURSE THE L.V.L.
OR ANY BEAM
IS ONLY AS GOOD
AS THE POSTS THAT
ARE HOLDING...
EXACTLY.
THAT TRANSFERRED LOAD
OF THE FRAME.
SO WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE HERE?
WE CUT THIS OUT--
WE CUT OUT THE PIECE
THAT WAS DAMAGED--
TOOK IT
ALL THE WAY DOWN,
PUT A NEW PAD IN--
PRESSURE-TREATED PAD--
AND THEN POSTED IT UP
WITH ALL THESE 2 X 4s
TO TIE IT ALL IN.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY
A SOLID POINT OF TRANSFER
FOR THAT LOAD.
SAME THING AT
THE OTHER END.
CORRECT.
NOW YOU'VE GOT
A LOT OF NEW STUDS
THAT ARE TEMPORARILY
IN PLACE, RIGHT?
RIGHT.
THESE ARE SO THAT
WE CAN PUT IN--
WE HAVE A TRIPLE L.V.L.
THAT'S GOING IN HERE.
IN ORDER TO GET THAT IN,
WE HAVE TO REMOVE THIS.
TO REMOVE THIS,
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT
OUR FLOOR JOIST UP ABOVE.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT
THE SECOND FLOOR
JOIST SYSTEM
AND HOW TO TEMPORARILY
HOLD IT UP WHILE YOU'RE
REMOVING OTHER WALLS.
RIGHT.
THIS LITTLE WALL
IN HERE,
THIS IS THE KIND
OF PARTITION THAT
SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY,
OH, WE CAN TEAR THAT OUT
AND WE CAN HAVE TWO
ROOMS INTO ONE.
AND THEY'LL HAVE
THE SECOND FLOOR
RIGHT DOWN AROUND THEM.
THEY'LL HAVE
THE SECOND FLOOR
RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM,
'CAUSE THE LOAD OF THESE
FLOOR JOISTS IS CARRIED
BY THIS WALL.
AND ONCE WE PUT UP
THE NEXT L.V.L.,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO REMOVE
THE PARTITION.
RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
WHERE ARE YOU
GOING TO GET STARTED?
WE'RE GOING TO START
RIGHT IN HERE.
WE'VE GOT OUR
TEMPORARY WALLS
UP IN HERE.
WE'LL BE BRINGING
IN THE L.V.L.
RIGHT UP HERE.
WE'LL START FROM
THIS POINT HERE,
AND WE'LL BRING IT
ALL THE WAY ACROSS
TO JUST BEFORE
THE CHIMNEY.
IT'LL BE SUPPORTED
IN HERE.
YOU'LL HAVE A POST
IN THERE.
4 X 6 POST IN HERE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME JOISTS
TO CUT OUT OVER
IN THIS DIRECTION.
Bob: SO NOW WE'RE JUST
SNAPPING A CHALK LINE
WHERE THAT CUT
IS GOING TO BE.
AND HERE MORE THAN EVER
IT'S IMPORTANT
TO MEASURE TWICE
AND JUST CUT ONCE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO
MAKE A MISTAKE.
Bob: OK, THE JOISTS
ARE ALL TRIMMED BACK,
AND THE LAST LITTLE
SECTION IS CUT.
LET'S TRY
TO BRING IT OUT.
OH. WAIT A MINUTE.
A SECOND.
YEAH, GO AHEAD.
AND THIS GOES
TO THE DUMPSTER.
OK, SO BEFORE WE PUT UP
THE TRIPLED L.V.L.,
WE'VE GOT TO PUT UP
A POST IN HERE--
4 X 6, RIGHT, CHARLIE?
YEP.
RIGHT IN HERE.
AND WE'LL SHOOT THAT.
WE'LL SHOOT THAT.
TAG THAT.
AND THIS, OF COURSE,
BASICALLY TRANSFERS
THE LOAD
DOWN TO THE BASEMENT,
TO A LALLY COLUMN
WHICH WILL GO DOWN
ONTO A CONCRETE PAD.
YEP.
OK, NOW, THE L.V.L.s
ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE TRIPLED UP, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
OK.
HERE YOU GO THERE.
OK.
WHAT SIZE ARE THESE,
CHARLIE?
THESE ARE 1 3/4 INCH
BY 9 1/4...
BY 11 FEET LONG.
Bob: AND NOW WE'LL TACK
THEM ALL INTO PLACE,
ONE BY ONE.
SECOND ONE IN.
HERE WE GO.
CAN YOU GET UP?
YOU IN THERE?
OK, SO HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
WHY NOTHING IS EVER STANDARD
IN 100- OR 150-YEAR-OLD HOUSE.
THIS IS A 2-INCH JOIST HANGER,
BUT IT'S TOO BIG FOR
THE ACTUALLY UNDERSIZED
JOISTS THAT WE'VE GOT.
ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN
BY AN INCH AND A HALF SO THAT
THEY FIT PROPERLY.
HERE YOU GO, CHARLIE.
OH, YOU GOT ONE.
I GOT ONE RIGHT HERE.
SO, CHARLIE, NEXT TIME
I'LL BRING YOU A BETTER
COMPRESSOR
AND A PALM NAILER
SO YOU CAN SPEED UP
THIS OPERATION.
GO TO BOBVILA.COM
FOR MORE ON USING ENGINEERED
WOOD PRODUCTS
IN YOUR REMODELING PROJECT.
THIS CORNER OF THE ROOM
THAT WE'RE CREATING
HAS SOME INTERESTING ORIGINAL
WORK ON IT THAT YOU DON'T SEE
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
THIS IS BACKPLASTERING,
IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
YOU CAN SEE THE LATH THAT'S
STILL SHOWING THROUGH HERE.
AND THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE
THE INSIDE OF THE ROOM
WAS ALL COVERED IN
A BEAD-BOARD WAINSCOT.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
A MORE DRAFTPROOF WALL,
A MORE QUALITY CONSTRUCTION JOB,
THEY BACKPLASTERED,
BUT JUST UP TO HERE.
THE REST OF THE ROOM
WAS PLASTERED.
INTERESTING DETAIL.
YOU GUYS READY TO TAKE
OUT THE TEMPORARY?
YUP, WE'RE TAKING
THE TEMPORARY OUT
RIGHT NOW.
Bob: ALL RIGHT.
NOW YOU LOOK UP THERE,
AND YOU SEE HOW
THE OLD FLOOR JOISTS
ARE MARRIED TO
THE NEW TRIPLER.
THE TRIPLER GOES INTO
THE EXISTING BEAM
THAT WAS UP THERE
AND THEORETICALLY ALL THE LOAD
OF THE SECOND FLOOR
IN THIS PART OF THE HOUSE
IS TRANSFERRED DOWN
TO THE FOUNDATION.
NICE JOB, HUH?
AND YOU'VE CREATED
A VERY SPACIOUS KITCHEN/
FAMILY ROOM AREA
THAT'S THE FULL WIDTH
OF THE HOUSE.
AND WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT WEEK, WHEN
WE'LL BE MOVING THE FRONT DOOR
AND WE'LL BE DESIGNING
THE LAYOUT FOR THE NEW KITCHEN.
ALSO, WE'LL BE TOURING
THE ROYAL HOUSE,
A BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL
FROM THE 1730s.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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