1403 - Interior Demolition, Framing wtih Metal Studs, and Water Taxi Tour September 22-28, 2003 | March 22-28, 2004 HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR NEW YORK CITY PROJECT,
BROOKLYN, TO BE SPECIFIC.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS.
WE'RE NOT FINISHED
WITH DEMOLITION
BUT WE'RE ALREADY STARTING
TO PUT UP THE WALLS,
PUT DOWN THE PLYWOOD
FOR THE NEW FLOOR DECKS.
WE'RE ALSO TAKING YOU
ON A LITTLE TOUR
OF THE BROOKLYN WATERFRONT
TO SEE SOME HISTORIC SITES.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
IF YOU DIDN'T
JOIN US LAST WEEK,
WE'RE IN A PART OF BROOKLYN
CALLED DUMBO--
"DOWN UNDER THE MANHATTAN
BRIDGE OVERPASS"--
A VERY HOT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING,
WHICH IS FROM ABOUT 1835,
IS IN THE MIDST OF
REDEVELOPMENT
AS THREE APARTMENTS
AND A STOREFRONT
AND DEMOLITION IS UNDER WAY.
WE'VE TAKEN DOWN
THE ELEVATOR SHAFT
WHICH HAD BEEN PUT IN HERE.
AND WE'RE SAVING ALL THE BRICK,
AS MANY AS WE CAN,
JUST IN CASE THEY'RE NEEDED
FOR FACADE RESTORATION.
THE GROUND FLOOR IS GONNA BE
A COMMERCIAL SPACE,
AS I SAID.
BUT LET'S GET UP
TO THE SECOND FLOOR,
MEET MY SON, CHRIS,
WHO'S WORKING ON
THE PROJECT WITH ME,
AND TALK ABOUT THE LAYOUT.
HI, CHRIS.
HOW'RE YOU DOING?
GOOD.
SO THIS IS
OUR THIRD WEEK HERE.
ARE WE ON SCHEDULE?
WE ARE DOING AS WELL
AS WE COULD BE
FOR THREE WEEKS
INTO THIS PROJECT.
RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE FINISHING UP
A LITTLE BIT
OF DEMOLITION.
SORT OF CLEANING UP
THE LAST OF THE BRICKS
THAT WE REMOVED FROM
THE OLD ELEVATOR SHAFT.
WE'VE ALSO GOT A CREW
THAT'S JUST COME IN
THIS WEEK
STARTING UP
ALL THE FRAMING.
THAT WOULD BE
DINO'S CONSTRUCTION.
DINO'S CONSTRUCTION,
EXACTLY.
HE'S JUST STARTING UP
ON HIS JOB.
STARTING TOMORROW,
WE'RE GONNA BE
POWER WASHING
THE FACADE
WHICH JUST HAD
ITS ANCIENT
FIRE ESCAPE REMOVED.
GOOD. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
SOMEBODY'S BEEN SANDBLASTING
INSIDE THE BUILDING.
RIGHT. WE WERE
IN HERE LAST WEEK
AND THEY SANDBLASTED
ALL THE PILINGS AND
ALL THE INTERIOR
BRICKS.
SO THIS IS
THE SECOND FLOOR.
AN APARTMENT.
IT'LL BE A THIRD FLOOR
AND A FOURTH FLOOR
APARTMENT.
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT THE PROPOSED
LAYOUT IS HERE.
COMING UP FROM
THE CENTRAL STAIRCASE,
WE GET INTO
THE MIDDLE OF
THE APARTMENT HERE.
AS WE MENTIONED,
EACH OF THE UNITS
IN THE BUILDING
ARE GONNA HAVE
A SEPARATE LAYOUT.
BUT FOR THIS
PARTICULAR ONE,
YOU'RE COMING IN
INTO THE MIDDLE HERE,
YOU'RE GOING TO
A LARGE LIVING ROOM,
14 X 23,
LEADS INTO
A GALLEY KITCHEN HERE.
COME OUT,
YOU'VE GOT A BATHROOM
AND THEN TWO BEDROOMS,
EACH WITH ITS OWN
PRETTY LARGE
CLOSET SPACE.
THAT'S WHAT
I WAS GONNA SAY,
LOTS OF BIG CLOSETS.
BIG CLOSETS,
YOU'VE GOT
PLENTY OF LIGHT.
ONE BIG WINDOW IN
EACH OF THE BEDROOMS.
AND WE'VE ALSO GOT
THAT THIRD WINDOW
WHICH WE RECLAIMED
AFTER THE ELEVATOR
SHAFT CAME OUT.
FABULOUS. GOOD PLAN.
I'M GONNA GO UP
TO THE NEXT FLOOR
AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
OK.
SO WE JUST HAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF
A TEMPORARY LADDER
SITUATION HERE.
BUT AS I WAS SAYING
EARLIER,
THE DEMOLITION IS
STILL UNDERWAY, AS YOU CAN SEE.
ON EVERY FLOOR,
WE'VE GOT RUBBLE.
BUT CONSTRUCTION
IS WELL UNDER WAY.
IF YOU LOOK OVERHEAD,
YOU CAN TELL
IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE
WE'VE ALREADY PLACED
SOME OF THE FLOOR JOISTS
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE BOTTOM SIDE
OF OUR PLYWOOD.
THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS
WHERE THE JOISTS HAD BEEN
PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED
AND THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED,
SISTERED IN SOME INSTANCES.
IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE,
THE BEAM HAS BEEN SANDBLASTED.
ALL THE POSTS AND BEAMS
THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE
WERE REALLY COVERED
IN GREASE AND GRIME
FROM A CENTURY OF
INDUSTRIAL USE HERE.
SO MUCH OF THAT
HAS BEEN CORRECTED NOW.
AND THIS WILL BE
EXPOSED, FINISHED SURFACES.
AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS
THE WHOLE WIDTH OF THE SPACE,
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY DRAMATIC
'CAUSE THE DESIGN IS GONNA
INCORPORATE ALL THESE
EXISTING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.
OVER ON THIS SIDE
OF THE BUILDING,
THE PARTY WALL,
THE EXTERIOR WALL,
WHICH IS TWO OR THREE
COURSES OF BRICK,
HAS BEEN SAND BLASTED,
AS WELL.
THIS IS INTERIOR BRICK.
IT'S OK TO SAND BLAST IT.
I BELIEVE THEY USE SOMETHING
WHICH IS CALLED A GLASS BEAD,
"LITTLE BLACK BEAUTY."
IT DOES LEAVE KIND OF
A POCKED, POROUS SURFACE
ON WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY
A SOFT BRICK.
YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO
DO THIS ON THE EXTERIOR
FACADE OF THE BUILDING
BECAUSE WHEN YOU BREAK
THE SURFACE OF THE BRICK
LIKE THAT
YOU'RE REALLY CREATING
A SITUATION WHERE
IT WILL DETERIORATE
IN THE WEATHER
IN WINTERS TO COME
AND YOU JUST DON'T
WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT ON THE INSIDE
OF THE BUILDING,
IT'S REALLY OK TO DO IT.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING
UNFINISHED AREA TO LOOK AT.
WE'VE GOT MOST OF OUR PLYWOOD
SUBFLOORING IN PLACE,
EXCEPT FOR THIS AREA
WHICH IS JUST NOW BEING
RESTRUCTURED.
THE ELEVATOR WAS HERE.
THE ELEVATOR SHAFT
WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN
FROM THE BASEMENT
UP TO THE ROOF
AND WE'VE REMOVED ALL
THE BRICK PARTITIONING
THAT WAS ENCLOSING
THE ELEVATOR
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE
PILES OF BRICK EVERYWHERE.
WE RESTRUCTURED IT
USING THE SAME SIZE JOISTS,
SAME FULL DIMENSIONAL-SIZED,
SO THE STRUCTURE IS THE SAME
AS IT ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
AND RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY
TO PUT THE LAST
COUPLE OF PIECES IN.
DINO,
OUR CARPENTER HERE,
IS JUST GONNA
BE MAKING ONE CUT.
DINO AND
REGGIE RAY,
WHO'S HERE FROM GP,
ARE JUST GONNA SET
THAT ONE SHEET.
GO AHEAD, FELLAS.
REGGIE, THIS IS
A SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE
PLYWOOD PRODUCT, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW,
WHAT'S IT CALLED?
GEORGIA PACIFIC
SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE
TONGUE AND GROOVE
STURD-I-FLOOR.
COME ON OVER HERE
AND LET'S TAKE
A LOOK AT IT
BEFORE HE STARTS
FASTENING IT.
I'VE USED IT BEFORE
AND IT'S A REAL STURDY UH--
DEFINITE STURDY.
VERY VERSATILE
AS FAR AS WHEN
IT COMES TO
FLOOR COVERINGS.
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
ITEMS CAN BE INSTALLED
OVER THIS,
WHETHER IT BE
HARDWOOD FLOORS,
CARPET,
VINYL TILE
OR EVEN CERAMIC TILE.
MUCH FLOOR DECKING
IN THE INDUSTRY NOWADAYS
IS DONE WITH OSB,
ORIENTED STRAND BOARD.
WHICH IS PERFECTLY
FINE.
IT MEETS A LOT OF
CODE REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THIS IS HARDER STUFF,
ISN'T IT?
ABSOLUTELY.
THE PLYWOOD IS ACTUALLY
10% STIFFER THAN
THE ORIENTATED
STRAND BOARD.
BECAUSE IT'S MADE
OUT OF FULL SHEETS
OF VENEER,
IT ALSO HOLDS
SCREWS VERY WELL
AND ALSO NAILS
VERY WELL.
SO IT ELIMINATES
SQUEAKS AND NAIL POPS.
WELL, THE TONGUE AND GROOVE
ASPECT OF IT
IS SOMETHING THAT
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT
MADE A LOT OF SENSE.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE
A TONGUED AND GROOVED
JOINT
IT'S JUST
THAT MUCH STRONGER.
EXACTLY. IT KIND OF
TIES THE WHOLE
FLOOR TOGETHER.
IT ALSO ELIMINATES
THE NEED FOR
BLOCKING BETWEEN
YOUR SUPPORT MEMBERS.
IT DOES, HUH?
ABSOLUTELY.
ONCE YOU PUT IT TOGETHER,
THE T AND G MAKES
A COMPLETE MEMBRANE
SO THAT YOU DON'T NEED
TO PUT BLOCKING IN-BETWEEN
THE JOISTS.
CORRECT.
OK. AND HOW DO WE
FASTEN IT?
YOU USE
ADHESIVE NAILS,
SCREWS.
IT NEVER HURTS TO PUT
SOME ADHESIVE
ACROSS THE
SUPPORT MEMBERS,
AS WELL.
TERRIFIC. THANKS.
WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL TAKE A WATER TAXI
TOUR OF THE BROOKLYN
WATER FRONT.
STICK AROUND.
THE NEW YORK WATER TAXI
IS A RELATIVELY NEW VENTURE
STARTED BY TOM FOX
WHICH IS SERVICING MANHATTAN
AS WELL AS BROOKLYN
AND, REALLY, OFFERING
TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY
TO GET TO KNOW THE WATERFRONT.
WE JUST JOINED HIM
A LITTLE BIT EARLIER
TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE BROOKLYN SIDE OF THE RIVER.
ALL RIGHT, TOM,
YOU GOTTA DESCRIBE THIS,
BECAUSE IT'S A VERY
UNUSUAL SET OF WRECKAGE
AND OLD BUILDINGS
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
WHAT'S WHAT?
Tom:
THIS IS ERIE BASIN.
ON THE LEFT OVER HERE?
ON THE LEFT IS A SET
OF OLD CIVIL WAR
WAREHOUSES
THAT USED TO BE
TWO STORIES HIGHER.
THERE'S A LOCAL GUY
WHO'S COME IN
TO REDEVELOP
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR MANUFACTURING.
HIS NAME IS
GREG O'CONNELL.
HE'S A FORMER
DETECTIVE.
HE USED TO WORK HERE.
HE BELIEVES THAT
CREATING JOBS
IS IMPORTANT FOR
THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
SO THERE ARE
GLASS BLOWERS
AND PROP SHOPS.
INSTEAD OF
GENTRIFYING IT INTO
WEALTHY PEOPLE'S HOUSING,
HE'S TURNED IT INTO
KIND OF COOPERATIVE
WORKING SPACE?
IT'S A DECADE OF WORK.
IT USED TO BE
PUBLIC PROPERTY
THAT WAS ABANDONED.
AND THEN THIS IS
DEFINITELY ABANDONED,
WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
YES.
IT WAS A SUGAR REFINERY?
YEAH, THAT'S THE OLD
REVERE SUGAR REFINERY.
AND UM, THERE'S
A SUNKEN LIGHT SHIP
RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, THOSE TWO MASKS.
IT'S A SUNKEN LIGHT SHIP.
WHEN DID IT SINK?
IT SANK ABOUT
FIVE YEARS AGO.
THEY BROUGHT IT IN HERE
BECAUSE IT WAS
A PROTECTED HARBOR.
THERE WAS A STORM,
HURRICANE COMING
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
AND THEN EITHER
THE PUMP FAILED
OR SOMEBODY TURNED
THE SWITCH OFF--
AND IT SANK
ON THE DOCK.
YEAH. DURING THE COURSE
OF AN AFTERNOON,
THE ENTIRE THING SANK.
THEY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF IT SLOWLY GOING DOWN.
IT'S REALLY A PITY.
IT'S A SAD STORY.
NOW TOM, I THINK
WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE LAST REMNANTS
OF THE BROOKLYN WATERFRONT
THAT IS STILL ACTIVELY
IN OPERATION, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS ATLANTIC BASIN.
AND UNIVERSAL MARINE
AND AMERICAN STEVEDORING
ARE TWO COMPANIES
THAT ARE OPERATING
OUT OF HERE.
YOU CAN SEE
THE SCALE OF
THE VESSELS ARE SMALLER.
THERE'S STILL
CONTAINERIZATION.
WHAT KILLED
THE BROOKLYN WATERFRONT
WAS THE CHANGE
FROM BREAK BULK--
WHEN THINGS CAME IN
ON PALLETS
AND WERE PUT
ON TO TRUCK--
TO CONTAINERIZATION.
AND THAT STOPPED
THE PROVERBIAL
"IT FELL OFF THE TRUCK"
BECAUSE EVERYTHING
WAS MORE SECURE
IN THE CONTAINER.
BUT YOU NEEDED
UPWIND PROPERTY,
WHICH BROOKLYN
DIDN'T HAVE.
SO THE INDUSTRY MOVED
TO PORT ELIZABETH
AND PORT NEWARK
IN NEW JERSEY.
AND THE WHOLE FLAVOR
OF THE WATERFRONT CHANGED
FROM THE MOVIE
THE WATERFRONT
WITH BRANDO
AND THE STEVEDORES
AND ALL THAT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY
LONGSHOREMEN HERE, RIGHT?
AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE
THE RESTAURANTS
THAT FED THEM.
THE ADJACENT HOUSING
WAS NO LONGER WALKING
DISTANCE TO WORK.
AND WHAT WILL
BE HAPPENING
ALONG THE REST
OF THIS WATERFRONT?
WE'RE LOOKING AT
ALL THE BLUE WAREHOUSES.
FROM THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE
AROUND TO PIER 6,
WHICH IS ATLANTIC AVENUE
WHERE THE GRAY
WAREHOUSES ARE,
THAT WILL BE A PARK
CALLED BROOKLYN
BRIDGE PARK.
THE BLUE BUILDINGS
ARE NOW UP FOR
DISCUSSION.
IT'S AGAIN
THE PUBLIC DEBATE,
"WHAT HAPPENS
WITH OUR WATERFRONT?"
SOME OF US BELIEVE
THERE SHOULD BE MIXTURES
ON THE WATERFRONT.
LIKE GREG'S--
COMMERCIAL/MANUFACTURING,
PARK, RESIDENTIAL,
AND COMMERCIAL MARITIME.
SO HOW DO YOU
STRIKE THAT BALANCE?
AND THERE'S NOW
A SERIES OF
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FOR PIER 6 THROUGH 12
TO BASICALLY DECIDE
THEIR FATE.
THE PORT AUTHORITY
OF NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY
IS THE OWNER
AND WE WRESTLED
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
AWAY FROM THEM
IN ABOUT
A 10 YEAR STRUGGLE,
BUT WE ALL
CELEBRATE VICTORY TODAY.
AND THEY'VE
GOTTEN THE IDEA
THAT THEY MIGHT
BE ABLE TO USE
THIS FOR SOMETHING
OTHER THAN WHAT
THEY'RE USING IT
FOR NOW.
TOM, WE'RE LOOKING
AT BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HERE,
WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL
RESIDENTIAL AREA.
BUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US,
IT LOOKS SO COMMERCIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL.
IT WAS THE WORKING
WATERFRONT
AND IN THE 1950s,
ROBERT MOSES PUT
THIS HIGHWAY--
THAT YOU SEE
STACKED ON ONE ANOTHER?
THERE WAS A BATTLE
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY,
WHICH WAS
FAIRLY AFFLUENT,
AND MOSES,
AND MOSES CAME UP
WITH A COMPROMISE--
RARE FOR ROBERT MOSES--
BUT A COMPROMISE PLAN
WHERE HE STACKED
THE HIGHWAY
AND HE PUT
A PROMENADE ABOVE IT.
NOW WE'RE APPROACHING
DUMBO.
YEAH, WE'RE ON THE CUSP
BETWEEN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
AND DUMBO
WHICH IS
THE LARGE SCALE
MANUFACTURING
BUILDINGS--
RIGHT,
BETWEEN THE BROOKLYN
AND MANHATTAN BRIDGES.
OK, SO NOW WE'RE
AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET
TO THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT
THE MOST HISTORIC PART
OF THE WATERFRONT
HERE IN BROOKLYN.
ISN'T THIS WHERE
THE ORIGINAL FULTON'S
FERRY LANDING WAS?
YES, THIS IS WHERE
THE CLAREMONT FULTON FERRY
WAS LAUNCHED FROM.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STOPS
FOR THIS WATER TAXI SERVICE.
THIS IS THE FIRST
STOP ON THE NEW YORK
WATER TAXI.
WHICH RUNS ALL AROUND
TO THE LOWER TIP
OF MANHATTAN
AND UP THE WEST SIDE,
UP THE HUDSON RIVER,
RIGHT?
CORRECT.
SO THAT IF YOU'RE
A TOURIST COMING TO NEW YORK,
YOU CAN REALLY
BUY A DAY PASS AND--
YOU CAN HOP ON, HOP OFF.
YOU CAN GO TO
PATSY GRIMALDI'S
PIZZERIA,
GO UP TO
THE CHELSEA PIERS
OR SEE
THE WHOLE ISLAND.
TOM, THANKS.
GREAT TOUR.
THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE'LL BE BACK
AT OUR BUILDING SITE
TO GET STARTED
FRAMING THE WALLS
WITH METAL STUDS.
NEXT TIME ON...
WE'LL BE BACK IN BROOKLYN
AT OUR RENOVATION PROJECT
IN THE DUMBO NEIGHBORHOOD--
"DOWN UNDER THE MANHATTAN
BRIDGE OVERPASS."
WE'LL HAVE A PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE CONSTRUCTION SO FAR.
WE'LL BE INSTALLING
THE SUBFLOOR
AND DINO, OUR CONTRACTOR,
WILL SHOW US HOW TO CUT
METAL STUDS.
ALSO, WE'LL GET A LOOK
AT A DIFFERENT VIEW OF BROOKLYN
WHEN WE TOUR THE AREA
IN A NEW YORK WATER TAXI.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON
HOME AGAIN.
NEXT TIME ON...
WE'RE TAKING A WATER TAXI
TOUR OF BROOKLYN,
INSTALLING A SUBFLOOR
AND FRAMING THE WALLS.
DON'T MISS IT.
LET'S JOIN DINO
FROM DINO'S CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WORK SO FAST
THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT
LEARY ABOUT INTERRUPTING THEM.
BUT UH--DINO,
WHY DO YOU PREFER
METAL STUDS HERE IN THE CITY?
IT'S MORE LIGHT
AND THEY DON'T WARP.
THOSE ARE TWO
GOOD REASONS.
YEAH, EASIER TO WORK WITH
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
AS HEAVY
AND IT'S STEEL,
SO YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT WARPAGE
LIKE YOU DO WITH
2 X 4s.
AND THERE'S NOTHING
TO CUTTING THEM,
JUST A TIN SNIP AND THEY GO
RIGHT INTO PLACE.
MARINO'S GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND FASTEN THEM.
NOW...
16 INCH CENTERS.
AND THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER
WITH SELF-TAPPING SCREWS?
YES.
NOW THIS IS ALSO GOING
DIRECTLY OVER A, UH...
BRICK WALL.
AND ALTHOUGH
WE WILL BE PUTTING
INSULATION IN THERE
AND EVENTUALLY,
A VAPOR BARRIER,
IT'S STILL A SITUATION
WHERE YOU'VE GOT MASONRY
WHICH CAN WICK MOISTURE.
AND AGAIN,
IT'S NICE TO HAVE STEEL.
SO YOU CUT THEM ALL
AND YOU PUT THEM IN PLACE
AND FASTEN THEM
AT THE BASE FIRST.
AND THEN ONCE
THEY'RE FASTENED
AT THE BOTTOM,
YOU'LL PLUMB THEM UP
WITH A LEVEL
AND THEN FASTEN THEM
AT THE TOP.
AND THAT'S ALL
YOU HAVE TO PUT IN,
JUST ONE SCREW
PER STUD TOP THERE.
6'6".
YEAH, 6'6" OFF THE BACK.
WHAT DINO'S
LAYING OUT HERE
IS ESSENTIALLY
A PERPENDICULAR WALL.
NOW WE'RE ON
THE THIRD FLOOR,
WHICH IS
A ONE BEDROOM UNIT.
AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE
BELOW AND THE ONE ABOVE,
WHICH ARE TWO BEDROOMS.
AND WHAT WE'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW
IS PUTTING UP
A WALL THAT'S
PERPENDICULAR
TO THE MASONRY WALLS
TO CREATE A WALK-IN CLOSET.
THEN THERE'S
GONNA BE A BATHROOM
THEN A BIG GALLEY KITCHEN
IN THE FRONT END.
BUT RIGHT NOW
LET'S LOOK AT
HOW THEY PUT DOWN
THE METAL STUD WORK
FOR THIS PARTITION.
SO IT'S 6'6"
OFF THE BACK WALL
WHICH BRINGS IT
RIGHT TO THE EDGE
OF THE EXISTING POST HERE.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS WE'RE GONNA BE
MARRYING NEW WALLS
AND PROBABLY HIDING
PART OF THIS POST.
AND WATCH
HOW HE CUTS THIS,
'CAUSE IT'S SO QUICK.
TIN SNIPS,
MAKE TWO SNIPS
ON THE SIDE,
BEND IT DOWN
AND CUT RIGHT ACROSS.
AND THEN POSITION THIS
ALONG YOUR CHALK LINE.
AND MARINO'S
JUST GONNA FASTEN IT DOWN
WITH THE
SELF-TAPPING SCREWS.
WHAT'S THE HEIGHT THERE,
DINO?
99 1/2.
LEVEL, MARINO.
OK, GO.
IS THERE SOME TRICK
TO PUTTING UP THE TOP PLATE
WHEN YOU'VE GOT
OPEN JOIST WORK LIKE THIS.
YES, YOU HAVE
TO PUT SOME TRACK
BECAUSE IT'S NOT
ENOUGH GOOD TO SCREW
THE--
RIGHT, THERE'S NO PLACE
TO FASTEN IT TO.
SO WHAT HE'S DOING IS
HE'S BASICALLY MAKING
SOME CUTS
AND TWISTING THOSE AROUND.
AND SO--
LET ME SEE THAT--
ESSENTIALLY,
WE GOT THAT SHAPE
AND HE'LL PUT THAT UP
ACROSS THE SPAN IN-BETWEEN
THE TWO JOISTS.
HERE YOU GO.
[DINO SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE]
OK.
NOW, WE JUST
PLUMB IT UP
AT THE OTHER SIDE
AND START
FASTENING THE TOP PLATE.
MM-HMM.
99?
100 1/2.
STANDARD 16-INCH CENTERS.
MM-HMM.
SO, IT'S SIMPLE,
IT'S STURDY,
AND UH...
IT'S MOISTURE PROOF.
THANKS, DINO.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT
WITH A PREVIEW
OF OUR NEXT SHOW.
DON'T GO AWAY.
AND THAT'S A WRAP IN DUMBO.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT TIME
WHEN WE'LL BE WORKING
ON THE FRONT FACADE,
POWER WASHING IT
TO REMOVE DECADES OF DIRT.
UNTIL THEN,
I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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