1308 - Garage Door and Generator Installation
October 21-27, 2002 | April 21-27, 2003
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HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR CENTER-ENTRY
COLONIAL PROJECT--
VERY FAR ALONG.
TODAY WE'RE PUTTING IN
TWO VERY IMPORTANT FEATURES:
A 22-KILOWATT BACKUP GENERATOR
FROM KOHLER;
ALSO OUR WAYNE-DALTON
CARRIAGE HOUSE SERIES
GARAGE DOORS
ARE BEING INSTALLED.
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF
THE JACKSON HOMESTEAD,
A WONDERFUL
EARLY AMERICAN HOUSE.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
SEARS
Vila: HAVING A GENERATOR
FOR A PRIVATE RESIDENCE
IS NOT AS MUCH OF
AN EXTRAVAGANCE
AS YOU MIGHT THINK,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE BUILDING OUT
IN AN EXURBAN LOCATION.
RON FORD IS HERE FROM
KOHLER POWER SYSTEMS
TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE GENERATOR THAT
WE'VE INSTALLED HERE.
NOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF DIFFERENT REASONS
WHY PEOPLE SHOULD
CONSIDER HAVING
A GENERATOR, RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY. YOU CONSIDER
WE HAVE A LOT OF WIND STORMS,
ICE STORMS, HURRICANES,
THE BROWNOUT SITUATIONS
THAT CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCED...
ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN
REGIONS LIKE CALIFORNIA
WHERE YOU DO HAVE
POWER OUTAGES
AND YOU DO HAVE
BROWNOUTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW,
IN NEW ENGLAND,
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW,
VERY OFTEN YOU HAVE
WINTER STORMS
THAT LEAVE PEOPLE
STRANDED WITHOUT POWER
FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS.
RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF TREES,
SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME
TO GET OUT AND PUT THE LINES
BACK UP IF THEY GO DOWN.
EXACTLY.
AND THE ICE STORMS
THAT WE'VE SEEN
IN THE MIDWEST IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS...
ANYWAY, THERE ARE
LOTS OF REASONS WHY
YOU WOULD LOSE POWER.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT
OF REASONS WHY YOU NEED
TO KEEP THE POWER ON.
PEOPLE ARE WORKING
FROM THEIR HOUSES.
WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE GOVERNMENT TELLS US
THAT 22% OF THE POPULATION
WORKS OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.
SO IF A GUY'S WORKING
ON HIS COMPUTER
AND HE'S WITHOUT POWER,
HE'S OUT OF BUSINESS.
OR IF YOU HAVE A HOME-SHOP
TYPE OF SITUATION.
EXACTLY. A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE IN
THE CABINETMAKING
BUSINESS ON
A SMALL SCALE,
AND THEY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO PRODUCE
ON A TIMETABLE.
SO TELL US A BIT ABOUT
WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
OK. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS
A 22-KILOWATT GENERATOR--
OR 22,000 WATTS.
NOW, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR
A MIGHTY BIG HOUSE, RIGHT?
Ford: YES,
IN MOST CASES, IT IS.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
A 5,000-SQUARE-FOOT HOUSE,
THOUGH,
IT TENDS TO GET
A LITTLE SMALL.
SO WHAT WE DO IS,
WE ONLY DO A PORTION
OF THE HOUSE--
WHAT THE HOMEOWNER CONSIDERS
THE ESSENTIAL LOADS:
REFRIGERATOR, FREEZER,
SUMP PUMP, WELL PUMP,
SOME LIGHTS,
SECURITY SYSTEMS.
YEAH, AND GETTING
THE FURNACE GOING.
ABSOLUTELY.
EXACTLY. EXACTLY.
SO 22,000 WATTS,
AND IT'S POWERED BY...
THIS ONE IS POWERED
BY NATURAL GAS.
IT COULD BE POWERED
EITHER BY NATURAL GAS
OR LP, PROPANE,
AND WE ALSO MAKE THEM
THAT ARE POWERED BY
DIESEL FUEL.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT
HERE, THOUGH?
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A TRUCK
ENGINE, ISN'T IT?
IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL VERSION
OF A TRUCK ENGINE, RIGHT.
IT'S A--
THE ENGINE IS HERE.
THE ENGINE DRIVES
THE ALTERNATOR
ON THE BACK HERE,
WHICH IS WHAT PRODUCES
THE ELECTRICITY.
BUT THE ENGINE
IS DRIVEN BY GAS.
NATURAL GAS.
YEAH. WHAT ARE SOME
OF THESE THINGS WE'RE
LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE?
WELL, THIS IS THE INTAKE.
THIS IS WHERE WE BRING IN
NATURAL GAS FROM THE STREET.
IT GOES INTO THE CARBURETOR
AND THEN BURNS
INSIDE THE ENGINE;
TURNS THE ENGINE, WHICH--
UNDERNEATH ON THE BACK HERE
IS WHERE THE ALTERNATOR IS
THAT PRODUCES THE ELECTRICITY.
ALL RIGHT.
UP HERE IS A CONTROL BOX
WHICH HAS ALL OUR GAUGES ON IT,
AND THEN IT HAS
THE SAFETY SHUTDOWN
SO IF THIS WERE TO
HAPPEN TO LOSE OIL,
IT WOULD SHUT DOWN
BEFORE IT WOULD BURN OUT.
BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE TO COME OUT
AND TURN THIS THING ON
AND CRANK IT YOURSELF
IF YOU HAVE A POWER
OUTAGE, DO YOU?
RIGHT. GOOD POINT.
THE WHOLE FEATURE OF
THE SYSTEM IS THAT IT'S
COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC.
IT WORKS WHETHER
THE HOMEOWNER'S THERE OR NOT.
IT CAN SENSE
A BROWNOUT CONDITION
OR A BLACKOUT CONDITION,
AND THAT COMES FROM
A TRANSFER SWITCH
THAT'S LOCATED BY
THE ELECTRIC PANEL.
OK, SO THE TRANSFER
SWITCH IS INSTALLED
RIGHT INSIDE THE HOUSE,
AND YOU'RE SAYING IT
WILL SENSE IF THE POWER
FROM THE GRID STOPS?
ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT'LL TURN
THE GENERATOR ON?
RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN
THE UTILITY RETURNS,
IT SHUTS THE GENERATOR OFF.
OK. NOW,
TWO QUICK QUESTIONS:
WHAT ABOUT COST,
AND WHAT ABOUT NOISE?
WELL, COST--DEPENDING
ON THE INSTALLATION,
HOW MUCH INSTALLATION
HAS TO BE INVOLVED
WITH DIGGING UP THE PIPES
AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT
A RANGE OF SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN $9,000-$13,000.
I WOULD HAVE SAID MORE.
WHAT ABOUT THE NOISE?
AREN'T THEY AWFULLY
NOISY THINGS?
YEAH. GOOD POINT.
WE DO A LOT OF INSULATION.
YOU SEE THE BLACK
FOAM RUBBER ON THE BACK?
WE TRY TO REALLY
CONDENSE THE NOISE
WITHIN THE BOX ITSELF.
OK. I SEE THERE'S
BAFFLES IN THE BOX
IN THE TOP,
AND IT'S A PRETTY
TIGHT SHUT.
RON, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, BOB.
OK.
Vila: WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL VISIT
THE JACKSON HOMESTEAD
IN NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
STICK AROUND.
Vila: ON THIS BUSY ROADWAY,
ALMOST ON THE EDGE
OF THE MASS TURNPIKE,
WE'RE IN THE TOWN OF NEWTON,
MASSACHUSETTS,
AND WE'RE VISITING
THE NEWTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AT ITS HEADQUARTERS.
NOW, BEFORE WE GO
TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE,
LOOK AT THE TREE BEHIND ME.
IT'S THE OLDEST
HISTORICALLY KNOWN TREE.
IT'S A LOCUST,
AND IT WAS PLANTED IN 1776.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME REAL
COLONIAL ROOTS HERE,
IF YOU'D PARDON THE PUN.
THE HOUSE
THAT WE'RE GONNA VISIT
IS KNOWN AS
THE JACKSON HOMESTEAD.
AND IT IS NOW,
IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION,
A CLASSIC FEDERAL FACADE,
BUT ITS ORIGINS ARE REALLY
BACK IN THE 1670s,
AND THERE'S STILL AN ELL
THAT DATES TO THAT COLONIAL ERA.
LET'S MEET DAVID OLSON,
THE DIRECTOR OF
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
LETTING MYSELF INTO
THE CENTER ENTRY HALL,
AND BEFORE WE START
TALKING ABOUT
THE HISTORY
OF THE FAMILY HERE,
THIS IS AN 1809
FEDERAL-STYLE HOUSE--
NOT REALLY A COLONIAL--
BUILT ON THE REMNANTS
OF AN EARLIER COLONIAL:
THE CENTER ENTRY,
THE 5-PART FACADE,
THE BEAUTIFUL PORCH DETAIL,
THE FANLIGHT ABOVE IT
WITH A LITTLE AMERICAN EAGLE
CARVED IN THERE...
BUT LET'S SAY HELLO TO DAVE
AND LEARN
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHO WERE THE JACKSONS?
HI, BOB. HOW ARE YOU?
WELCOME TO THE JACKSON
HOMESTEAD.
THANK YOU.
THE JACKSON FAMILY
IS A VERY OLD NAME
HERE IN NEWTON.
IN THE 1600s,
THE JACKSON FAMILY
MOVED
TO WHAT WAS THEN
CAMBRIDGE
AND PURCHASED
THIS LAND.
AND IN 1670,
THEY BUILT
A WONDERFUL
SALTBOX HOUSE
ON THE PROPERTY
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO
THE FEDERAL HOUSE
THAT WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S--THE ELL
ON THE SIDE OF
THIS FEDERAL HOUSE
IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL
1670 STRUCTURE?
WE BELIEVE
IT'S PART OF--
IT'S THE LEAN-TO ON
THE BACK OF THAT SALTBOX
THAT WAS KEPT
AND USED FOR STORAGE
AND A CARRIAGE HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN STILL SEE
SOME OF THE ORIGINAL
BEAMS IN THAT ELL,
BUT OTHERS WERE USED
IN THE BASEMENT
TO HELP SUPPORT THE
CHIMNEYS THAT YOU'LL
FIND IN THE HOUSE.
WE'VE GOT
4 CHIMNEY STACKS
IN THIS
FEDERAL-STYLE HOUSE,
AND EACH OF THEM
IS SUPPORTED BY
SOME OF
THE OLD 1670 BEAMS
DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.
IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL
CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE
VERY EFFECTIVE.
THEY'RE STILL STANDING.
A MAJOR CHANGE
FROM THE COLONIAL
WHERE THEY HAD
THE CENTRAL,
MASSIVE CHIMNEY
TO THE FEDERAL
WHERE THEY HAVE
AT LEAST A PAIR
IF NOT 4
LATERAL CHIMNEYS.
RIGHT. THE CHIMNEY
IS MOVED OUT
FROM THE CENTER OF
THE HOUSE TO THE ENDS,
AND IT'S A PRIME
EXAMPLE OF THAT HERE.
NOW, GETTING BACK
TO THE JACKSONS,
DID THEY MAKE
THEIR FORTUNE IN
THE CHINA TRADE OR--
WHAT BUSINESS
WERE THEY IN?
WELL, THEY STARTED OUT
AS FARMERS IN THE 1600s,
AND ALL OF THIS LAND
WAS FARMLAND.
FROM HERE ON
WASHINGTON STREET
ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE CHARLES RIVER
WAS OWNED BY
THE JACKSON FAMILY.
IN THE EARLY 1800s,
ABOUT THE TIME
THEY BUILT THIS HOUSE,
THEY STARTED TO
MANUFACTURE CANDLES.
AND THE CLAIM TO FAME
FOR THE JACKSON FAMILY
CANDLES
WAS THAT THEY WERE
HARD CANDLES
THAT WOULD WITHSTAND
THE HEAT.
WHAT HEAT?
WE'RE IN NEW ENGLAND.
WELL, WE'RE IN
NEW ENGLAND HERE,
BUT THEY WOULD SHIP
THEIR CANDLES
TO SOUTH AMERICA,
WHERE IT WAS VERY HARD
TO KEEP CANDLES
BECAUSE TALLOW CANDLES
WOULD MELT VERY EASILY
IN THE HEAT.
AND THEY DEVELOPED
A PROCESS WHERE THEY
COULD MAKE HARD CANDLES
WHICH WOULD STAND UP TO
THE SOUTHERN HEAT,
AND THAT'S HOW
THEY MADE THEIR FORTUNE.
YANKEE INGENUITY.
YANKEE INGENUITY.
AND THEY WERE ALSO
VERY INGENIOUS
AND COULD SEE
OPPORTUNITY
WHEN THE RAILROAD
WAS PLANNING TO COME
THROUGH THIS AREA.
WILLIAM JACKSON ACTUALLY
SOLD LAND RIGHT OUT
IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE,
RIGHT ALONG WHAT IS
NOW THE MASS PIKE,
FOR THE RAILROAD--
THE BOSTON-TO-WORCESTER
RAILROAD.
AND THAT WAY,
HE HAD A WAY TO GET
HIS CANDLES INTO BOSTON
AND THEN TO
PLACES SOUTH.
TO MARKET AND BOSTON
HARBOR, OF COURSE.
RIGHT.
HE ALSO WAS VERY--
HE WAS ABLE TO GET
COMMUTERS
TO MAKE THEIR WAY
OUT HERE TO NEWTON.
AND LATER IN THE 1800s,
HE ESTABLISHES
ONE OF THE FIRST
SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENTS
HERE IN NEWTON--
WALNUT PARK,
WHICH IS JUST DOWN
THE STREET HERE.
SO HE WAS A REAL
ENTREPRENEUR.
NOW, THE 1809 HOUSE
THAT WE'RE IN,
WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF
A WONDERFUL HEARTH DISPLAY,
AND MUCH OF WHAT'S HERE--
IT'S NOT A HOUSE MUSEUM.
IT'S REALLY A TOOL FOR
TEACHING HISTORY.
IT IS. IT IS.
IN 1950, THE HOUSE
WAS GIVEN BY
THE JACKSON FAMILY
TO THE CITY OF NEWTON,
AND THE CITY
OF NEWTON OPENED IT UP
AS A HISTORY MUSEUM.
AND MORE RECENTLY,
WE'VE GONE FROM
JUST LOOKING AT
THE JACKSON FAMILY
TO LOOKING AT ALL
OF NEWTON'S HISTORY,
AND WE NOW DO
CHANGING EXHIBITS
ON ALL ASPECTS OF
NEWTON HISTORY FROM
NATIVE AMERICANS
RIGHT UP TILL
THE 20th CENTURY.
IS THIS A RE-CREATION,
OR IS THIS THE ACTUAL
1809 HEARTH?
THIS IS THE ACTUAL
1809 BRICKWORK.
THE PANELING
AND WOODWORK THAT IS
AROUND THE FIREPLACE
WAS RE-CREATED
IN THE 1950s.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL
THE CRANE, RIGHT?
YES, AND THAT WOULD
SWING OUT
SO THAT THE HOUSEWIFE
COULD WORK ON THE POTS
AND THEN PUSH IT
BACK OVER THE FIRE
FOR THINGS TO COOK.
MARVELOUS. NOW,
ONE LAST QUESTION.
IS IT TRUE THAT THERE WAS
AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD/
ABOLITIONIST STOP HERE?
YES, IT IS.
WILLIAM JACKSON
AND HIS BROTHER FRANCIS
WERE BOTH ABOLITIONISTS.
AND FRANCIS LIVED
IN BOSTON,
AND WILLIAM JACKSON
MOVED SLAVES HERE
ALONG THE RAILROAD
WHICH HE HELPED TO BUILD
OUT TO WORCESTER
AND THEN OUT TO ALBANY
AND UP INTO CANADA.
INTERESTING. AND WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE EXHIBITS
THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW?
WE'VE GOT A VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL
MAP EXHIBIT
CALLED RIVERS,
ROADS, AND RAILS,
WHICH LOOKS AT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEWTON
FROM ITS EARLY ORIGINS
AS A PART OF CAMBRIDGE
RIGHT UP UNTIL ITS
INCORPORATION AS A CITY.
WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT CALLED
STUFF WORTH REMEMBERING.
IT'S STUFF FROM YOUR
GRANDMOTHER'S ATTIC--
THINGS THAT NEWTONIANS
HAVE SAVED AND COLLECTED
IN THE 20th CENTURY.
WE HAVE PERMANENT
EXHIBITS DOWN ON
OUR LOWER LEVEL
WHICH LOOK AT THE WHOLE
HISTORY OF NEWTON
FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN
SETTLEMENTS HERE
IN THE EARLY 1700s
ALL THE WAY UP TO
THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT
IN THE 1840s AND 1850s.
AND FINALLY,
OUR NEWEST EXHIBIT
IS AN EXHIBIT ON
A GENTLEMAN NAMED
CHARLES MAYNARD
WHO LIVED JUST
DOWN THE STREET
ON CRAFT STREET.
HE WAS AN EARLY
ORNITHOLOGIST
AND STUDIED BIRDS
ALONG THE LINES
OF AUDUBON
AND WAS VERY
TALENTED IN DRAWING
AND STUDYING BIRDS
AND MADE SOME REAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
STUDY OF ORNITHOLOGY.
A FABULOUS PLACE TO VISIT.
THANKS, DAVID.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
Vila: COMING UP NEXT,
WE'LL BE INSTALLING THE GARAGE
DOORS AT OUR BUILDING SITE,
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,
WORK CONTINUES AT OUR
CENTER-ENTRY COLONIAL PROJECT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THE INSTALLATION
OF A 22-KILOWATT
BACKUP GENERATOR,
AND WE'LL ADD SOME
CARRIAGE HOUSE-STYLE
GARAGE DOORS
WITH A 3/4 HORSEPOWER
GARAGE DOOR OPENER.
ALSO, WE'LL VISIT
THE JACKSON HOMESTEAD
IN NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
IT'S A CLASSIC
FEDERAL-STYLE HOUSE
WITH A RICH HISTORY
THAT DATES BACK TO
THE 17th CENTURY.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME
ON HOME AGAIN.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,
IT'S A BACKUP GENERATOR,
GARAGE DOORS,
AND A VISIT TO THE
JACKSON HOMESTEAD IN
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
DON'T MISS IT.
WE'RE GETTING STARTED TODAY
ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THE CENTER-ENTRY
COLONIAL FACADE--
THE FORMAL FACADE--
IS PRETTY TRADITIONAL-LOOKING,
BUT HERE WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE
A 3-CAR GARAGE.
SO WE'VE ALREADY INSTALLED
A DOUBLE WIDE, IF YOU WILL,
AND WE HAVE DAVE COLLETTE
WITH US OVER HERE, WHO'S GONNA--
HI, DAVE.
HOW YOU DOING, BOB?
GOOD. WHAT KIND
OF A DOOR IS THIS?
UH, THE BRAND IS
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION.
IT'S THE EQUESTRIAN LINE.
THE EQUESTRIAN LINE?
YEP.
IT REFERS TO HORSE
RANCHES, I GUESS.
YEAH--TRADITIONAL OLD-STYLE,
SWINGING-OUT DOORS.
YEAH, BUT THEY DON'T
SWING OUT.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE
IN SECTIONS,
AND THEY'LL GO UP ON
OVERHEAD TRACKS, RIGHT?
CORRECT.
I LIKE THIS FEATURE--
THE FACT THAT YOU GET
LOTS OF DAYLIGHT
IN THIS GARAGE.
YEP. IT'S GOT
A TRUE-DIVIDE WINDOW.
MM-HMM.
IT'S TEMPERED GLASS?
YES.
NOW, WHAT MAKES FOR
A HIGH-QUALITY DOOR?
I ASSUME THE MATERIALS
THAT ARE USED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT?
CORRECT. AT WAYNE-DALTON,
THEY OVERSEE THE WOOD
FROM START TO FINISH.
WHAT KIND OF WOOD
IS IT?
THE OVERLAY IS ACTUALLY
CEDAR--CLEAR CEDAR;
M.D.O. PLYWOOD
ON THE EXTERIOR
WITH A HEMLOCK--
SO CEDAR FOR THE OVERLAY
WHICH CREATES THE EFFECT
OF PANELS,
AND THEN THE FLAT
SECTIONS ARE MEDIUM
DENSITY FIBERBOARD.
RIGHT.
OK, PAINTABLE--
HIGHLY PAINTABLE.
IF YOU WANTED
A NATURAL FINISH,
I SUPPOSE YOU
COULD SPECIFY IT
IN NATURAL WOODS.
YEP. THEY MAKE DIFFERENT
WOODS AVAILABLE;
DIFFERENT STYLES.
SO ARE WE
READY TO INSTALL
THE SINGLE ONE--
THE EASY ONE--
OVER HERE?
WE'RE READY TO GO.
NOW, WHAT CONSTITUTES
A REALLY HIGH-QUALITY
DOOR
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GUTS--
THE HARDWARE,
IF YOU WILL?
WELL, STARTING
WITH THE SECTION,
AS WE TALKED ABOUT,
A GOOD-QUALITY
WOOD DOOR
BUT ALSO, UH, HEAVY
COMMERCIAL HARDWARE.
WHAT'S THE GAUGE
ON THE STEEL?
UH, 14-GAUGE...
SO IT IS HEAVY.
...HINGES,
BOTTOM BRACKETS;
COMMERCIAL
10-BALL ROLLERS;
OVER HERE.
YEP.
STRUT PER SECTION
STIFFENS THE DOOR
WHEN IT'S OPEN.
RIGHT. NOW,
YOU GET THIS,
YOU GET 4 PANELS.
IT'S NOT REALLY A
DO-IT-YOURSELF JOB.
YOU'RE BETTER OFF
WITH A DOOR OF
THIS SORT--
YEAH, ESPECIALLY
IN THIS WEIGHT--
THE WOOD DOOR,
AND OF COURSE,
YOU'D GO TO
TORSION SPRINGS,
WHICH IS NOT YOUR
DO-IT-YOURSELF.
IT'S NOT A
DO-IT-YOURSELF THING.
NOW, WHAT'S THE FIRST
STEP IN ASSEMBLING IT?
UH, THE FIRST STEP IS,
OF COURSE, DRESSING IT
WITH YOUR HARDWARE.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY
DONE THAT.
YOU'VE ALREADY PUT ON
THE STIFFENERS--
THE HINGES, THE STIFFENERS,
THE BOTTOM ASTRAGAL.
HAVE YOU TESTED IT
TO MAKE SURE IT FITS?
UH, YES.
LET'S MOVE IT
OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHTY.
IT'S GONNA BE A GO.
YEP, AND CENTER IT.
SO NOW WE PUT ON
THE TRACKS?
YEP. WE'LL START WITH
THE RIGHT-HAND VERTICAL.
LOCK IT IN THE ROLLERS.
Vila: YOU DON'T NEED TO
PUT A LEVEL UP TO IT?
YOU JUST EYEBALL IT?
UH, YEAH, UNTIL YOU
STACK THE SECTIONS,
AND YOU WANT
A LITTLE PLAY IN
THE ROLLERS HERE.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE,
THAT'S GOT THE SLOTS.
YOU CAN ADJUST IT
LEFT OR RIGHT.
SURE.
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
THEN THE SAME THING
OVER ON THIS SIDE?
RIGHT. WE'LL SET
THIS ONE UP.
DROP IT RIGHT ON
OVER THE TOP USUALLY.
DROP IT RIGHT DOWN...
CATCH THE BOTTOM ROLLER.
YEP.
WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
AND GO FOR IT.
THROW A COUPLE OF LAGS
IN THIS ONE.
SO NOW WHAT DO WE DO--
GET ANOTHER PANEL READY
TO GO?
YEP. WE'LL GET
THE SECOND SECTION.
THEY'RE NOT
TOO HEAVY,
BUT IT IS ALL
SOLID WOOD, RIGHT?
IT HAS A FRAME ON IT WITH
POLYSTYRENE INSULATION.
SO IT IS INSULATED
ON THE INSIDE.
AND NOW
WE HAVE TO CHOOSE
WHAT TO DRESS IT
OUT WITH, RIGHT?
RIGHT. WELL, THESE ARE ALL
NUMBERED DIFFERENT...
SO NOW THE SECOND SECTION
WILL GO TO NUMBER 2 HINGE.
YOU GET TWO OF THOSE
FOR THE OUTSIDE.
AND TWO HALF-HINGES...
FOR THE MIDDLE...
AND ONE CENTER HINGE.
SO 5 HINGES GO ON THERE.
ON THIS ONE, YES.
OK.
AND WHAT ARE YOU
FASTENING THEM WITH?
UH, WELL, THE END ONES
WITH THE RECEIVERS
WILL TAKE 4
OF THESE SCREWS...
MM-HMM.
TAKE 3 STRUT CLIPS.
STRUT CLIPS.
AND THEN...
SOME 1-INCH...LAGS, CORRECT.
HOW MANY OF THESE--4?
UH, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7--
10 OF THEM WE'LL NEED.
10 0F THEM.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
RIGHT, THEN TWO ROLLERS.
ONE FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT,
SO TWO FASTENERS,
AND THEN THAT'S
THE STRUT CLIP.
WHAT DOES THE
STRUT CLIP DO?
THIS WILL HOLD
THE STRUT IN PLACE
THAT WE'LL INSTALL AFTER.
IT CLIPS ONTO
THE STRUT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
GREAT. ALL RIGHT,
TIGHTEN THEM UP.
WE'LL GO TO
THE NEXT ONE NOW.
OK.
OOPS. TOWARD ME
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
READY TO GO.
AND NOW WE GET--
BEFORE WE PUT
THE FOURTH PANEL
WITH THE GLAZING IN,
WE HAVE TO PUT UP
THE HORIZONTAL PART, RIGHT?
RIGHT, SO IT'LL LOCK
IN THE TRACK.
ALL RIGHT. THEN THIS ONE'S
A LITTLE HEAVIER, ISN'T IT?
RIGHT, WITH ALL
THE GLASS IN IT,
AND IT IS WIDER
THAN THE OTHER 3.
PUT THE BOTTOM IN...
AND IT SETS LIKE SO...
YEP. BRING
THE TOP UP...
AND PUT
THE BRACKET ON.
YEP, EVERYTHING
FITS JUST RIGHT.
Vila: WE'LL BE BACK
IN A MOMENT
TO SHOW YOU OUR CRAFTSMAN
3/4 HORSEPOWER
GARAGE DOOR OPENER.
WELL, OUR GARAGE DOORS,
THE EQUESTRIAN LINE,
REALLY DO LOOK LIKE
THEY COULD BE
OLD-FASHIONED CARRIAGE HOUSE
DOORS THAT SWING OUT,
BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE
VERY STATE-OF-THE-ART,
MODERN GARAGE DOORS,
AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A VERY
MODERN GARAGE DOOR OPENER
THAT NOT ONLY COMES WITH,
OF COURSE, A REMOTE CONTROL,
BUT WITH A KEYPAD
THAT YOU CAN MOUNT ON
THE OUTSIDE
SO THAT IF YOU'RE AROUND
THE HOUSE, YOU WANT TO GET
IN THE GARAGE,
BUT YOU'RE NOT IN THE CAR,
AND YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO THE REMOTE OPENER,
YOU CAN JUST USE THIS,
AND YOU PUNCH IN A CODE.
NOW, THE NEAT THING
ABOUT THIS CRAFTSMAN
3/4 HORSEPOWER OPENER IS,
IT'S THE STRONGEST ONE
ON THE MARKET.
THAT CHAIN DRIVE JUST
RAISED UP 600 POUNDS
OF GARAGE DOOR.
AND ANOTHER FEATURE THAT I THINK
IS VERY IMPORTANT IS,
FOR SAFETY, THE ELECTRIC EYE
WHICH STOPS THE DOOR
AND KICKS IT BACK OUT.
SO THAT ALTHOUGH WE'RE IN
A CENTER-ENTRY COLONIAL,
FROM THIS SIDE,
WE'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE
WE'RE IN AN AUTHENTIC OLD
CARRIAGE HOUSE ENTRANCE.
WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT WEEK
WHEN WE'LL BE BUILDING
A COBBLESTONE APRON
AT THE DRIVEWAY
AND INSTALLING SOME OLD-GROWTH
WHITE OAK FLOORING.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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