1409 - Stone Countertop Installation and Interior Trimwork
November 3-9, 2003 | May 3-9, 2004
HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR BIG RENOVATION PROJECT
HERE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
WE'VE GOT LOTS
TO SHOW YOU TODAY.
A LITTLE PROGRESS REPORT
TO SEE SOME OF
THE ARCHITECTURAL MILLWORK
THAT'S BEING INSTALLED
IN THE BEDROOM.
ALSO, WE'RE PUTTING IN
A MARBLE COUNTERTOP
IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW
THE JOINTS ARE GLUED.
AND WE'VE GOT A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM TOTO, THE PLUMBING COMPANY,
TO SHOW US SOME BRAND-NEW
TOILETS AND FITTINGS.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE
BY SEARS
WELL, CHRIS, THIS IS GETTING
VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETION.
YEAH, WE'RE GETTING
TO THE END OF THE ROAD.
HI, GUYS.
HI, BOB.
THIS IS BASICALLY,
LIVING-DINING SPACE.
WHAT'S LEFT
TO DO IN HERE?
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT
SOME EXCITING STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING A FAUX MARBLE
FINISH
ON ALL
THE PLASTER WALLS
WITHIN THIS ROOM...
UP TO THE CEILING.
WE'RE GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO
A DECORATOR
IN ANOTHER WEEK
OR TWO, RIGHT?
RIGHT. WE'LL BE
MEETING WITH THEM SOON.
THEY'RE PUTTING
TOGETHER THE
INITIAL PLAN.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE
DOING EVERYTHING
FROM THIS SPACE
TO THE DECK.
SO, OF THE THREE
APARTMENTS,
THIS WILL BE
OUR SHOW APARTMENT.
NICK, WHAT KIND OF
STONE
IS THE COUNTER
MADE OF?
PIETRA CARDOSA.
I SAW THAT OPERA.
SO THIS IS
A TYPE OF MARBLE?
YES, IT IS.
VERY HANDSOME.
LOOKS LIKE A SLATE,
ALMOST.
YES, IT'S A ROUGH FINISH.
WE'RE INTERRUPTING
YOU, BUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING NEXT?
WE'RE GOING TO SILICONE
THE STONE
RIGHT DOWN
TO THE CABINET.
OK. WE'RE LOOKING
AT THE AREA WHERE
THE KITCHEN SINK
WILL BE INSTALLED.
THAT SHIM
STAYS THERE?
YEAH.
WE MOVED IT A LITTLE BIT.
EVEN THOUGH
THE CABINETS WERE
LAID DOWN A WEEK AGO
AND EVERYTHING
IS ON THE LEVEL,
THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED
FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF SHIMMING
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING
WITH STONE LIKE THIS.
AND THEN
THE CUSHION OF
THE SILICONE.
PUSH IT RIGHT OUT
A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GONNA PLAY
WITH IT AGAIN.
NICK, WHAT DO YOU
HAVE TO DO NEXT?
WHAT ARE
THE CLAMPS FOR?
THIS IS A FOUR PIECE
SET HERE.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE
STRIP OF THE STONE
AND ANOTHER STRIP
OF THE STONE
TO CREATE THE SURROUND
FOR THE DROP IN SINK.
EXACTLY.
OK.
AND SO
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
IS MAKE A TEMPORARY
SUPPORT--A BRIDGE.
THAT'S IT.
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT
OF SPACE HAS TO BE
LEFT THERE
SO THAT WE CAN PUT
THE ADHESIVE ON.
Chris: SO NICK, HOW EXACTLY
DO WE MAKE THE EPOXY
MATCH UP TO THE STONE.
THE STONE'S SORT OF
AN OFF-GRAY,
ALMOST A LITTLE GREEN
IN THERE.
YES. WE'RE USING
THREE DIFFERENT COLORS...
WHITE, BLACK AND GREEN.
AND WE MIX IT IN WITH
THE CLEAR EPOXY,
THE TRANSPARENT EPOXY,
AND WE CAME UP WITH
THIS GREY COLOR THAT
MATCHES PRETTY GOOD
WITH THE COUNTERTOP.
SO THIS IS
A 2-PART EPOXY.
YOU HAVEN'T PUT
THE HARDENER IN YET?
SO YOU CAN BASICALLY
WORK WITH THIS ALL DAY LONG?
RIGHT, UNTIL WE PUT
THE HARDENER IN.
SO YOU JUST MAKE
AS MUCH AS YOU NEED.
AND THEN THE IDEA
IS TO DO THE TWO
JOINTS ON THIS SIDE
AND THEN SHIFT
AND DO THE OTHER.
CORRECT.
OK, GO FOR IT.
ONCE YOU PUT
THE HARDENER IN,
THOUGH,
YOU'VE ONLY GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF
GRACE TIME, RIGHT?
WE HAVE MAYBE
TWO MINUTES BEFORE
IT GETS HARD.
GO AND GIVE A PUSH.
AFTER THIS HARDENS,
DO YOU HAVE TO
SAND IT OR WHAT?
YES, WE DO.
SO, NICK, THE EPOXY'S
JOINED TO PIECE OF
MARBLE IN HERE LATERALLY,
BUT WHAT ABOUT
THE OVERHANG?
WE'VE GOT ABOUT
8 INCHES OF THIS THING,
SO STRUCTURALLY, HOW DO WE KEEP
THAT FROM JUST FALLING DOWN
ONTO THE FLOOR?
WE HAVE THESE
METAL RODS THAT
WE PRE-CUT
TO ABOUT 5 INCHES LONG.
THEY'RE 1/4 BY 1/8.
WE PRE-CUT SOME GROOVES
UNDERNEATH THE STONE
AND WE WEDGE THEM
RIGHT IN THERE
AND WE EPOXY WITH
THE SAME KIND OF EPOXY.
THE SAME PRODUCT.
IT'S BEEN ON
FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
SO WE CAN TAKE
THE CLAMPS OFF
AND GET
THE LITTLE BARS
IN THERE.
NICK, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT
EVERYTHING SET UP HERE
AND SEALED,
NOW THAT WE'VE HAD
A LITTLE CHANCE
FOR IT TO DRY,
HOW DO WE GET TO
THE FINISHED PRODUCT?
I NOTICED THERE'S
A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S
POPPING UP THERE.
IT'S A THREE STEP PROCESS.
WE'RE USING THESE
CERAMIC ROSINS--PADS
AND WE PLACE THEM
ON TOP OF THIS MACHINE,
GRIND THEM DOWN
UNTIL IT'S A NICE HONED FINISH.
AND IT'S
A WET PROCESS.
Bob: ALL RIGHT, DARWIN,
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
BEAUTIFUL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S A PROFESSIONAL JOB.
WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL BE TRIMMING OUT
THE BEDROOM CLOSET
WITH FLUSH SLIDING DOORS.
A LOT OF THE MATERIALS
THAT WE'RE USING FOR
TRIMMING OUT HERE
ARE FROM A LOCAL
MILLWORK--DYKE'S.
AND STUFF LIKE THIS
IS REALLY EXCITING.
THIS IS MAHOGANY,
AND IT'S GOT
A CLEAT ALREADY
APPLIED TO IT
WITH A BEVEL CUT
INTO IT.
AND CHRIS, YOU'RE JUST
GONNA FASTEN THIS ONE DOWN
THAT WE'VE ALREADY CUT.
I THINK YOU GOTTA
BRING IN ONE SIDE FIRST
AND THEN FIT IT DOWN.
THERE YOU GO.
BECAUSE THE WALL
ON THIS LEFT SIDE
IS NOT PERFECTLY SQUARE.
GUESS WHAT,
IT'S AN OLD BUILDING.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST
FASTENING DOWN INTO PLACE.
BUT TO GET
MAHOGANY LIKE THIS
REALLY ADDS A NICE TOUCH,
BECAUSE ALL THE WINDOWSILLS
IN THE LOFT
WILL HAVE A NATURAL
FINISH ON IT,
AS FAR AS I KNOW.
AND THEN ABEL OVER HERE
AT THIS OTHER CORNER
IS USING AN ADHESIVE,
LIKE A LIQUID NAILS
OR THAT KIND OF A PRODUCT,
ON WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY ALSO
MILLED BASEBOARD.
AND IF YOU LOOK
AT THIS PROFILE,
YOU CAN SEE WHAT I MEAN.
I THINK IT'S POPLAR,
BUT IT ALL COMES PRE-PRIMED.
IT'S GOT THIS KIND OF
VERY URBAN-LOOKING,
ALMOST INDUSTRIAL-LOOKING
PROFILE TO IT.
YOU READY TO PUT IT ON,
ABEL?
YES.
AND SO HERE,
THE ADHESIVE DOES
A LOT OF THE WORK,
BUT THEN HE'S GOT
ONE OF THESE NEW
NAIL GUNS
THAT USES BUTANE
AND A BATTERY.
AND SOMETIMES
JAMS A LITTLE, BUT--
THERE YOU GO.
Bob: NO COMPRESSOR,
NO CORDS, PRETTY GOOD.
NOW LET'S CUT THAT
OFF FOR A MINUTE, ABEL,
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT
TRIMMING OUT THIS
CLOSET.
THERE YOU GO.
THIS IS ALSO PRE-PRIMED STOCK
FROM THE LUMBER YARD, RIGHT?
AND THIS IS
THE TOP SHELF.
BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT,
WHAT ELSE WERE YOU
PUTTING UP?
OK, GO AHEAD.
[INDISTINCT]
Bob: NOW WE'RE GOING
TO DOUBLE CHECK IT.
AND ONCE AGAIN,
SPEED IS THE NAME
OF GAME
WITH ALL OF THESE JOBS,
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
HOME IMPROVEMENT,
THIS IS COMMERCIAL.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW ANOTHER UH--
YOU READY FOR IT?
YES.
HOPEFULLY,
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH
ROOM TO CLEAR.
OK.
OK. NOW THE TRICK
WITH ALL OF THIS
IS TO GIVE IT
A REAL GOOD SANDING
SO THAT YOUR PAINT JOB
IS FIRST RATE.
SO WE'RE USING
FLUSH DOORS.
KIND OF A MID-CENTURY LOOK
IF YOU ASK ME,
BUT VERY POPULAR AGAIN.
AND THESE ARE
PROBABLY BIRCH,
AND I THINK THEY'RE
HOLLOW-CORE.
AND WE'RE HANGING THEM
SO THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY
YOUR SLIDING BYPASS
SITUATION.
NOW, ABEL, DO YOU HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT LEVELING
AND PLUMBING?
EVERYTHING'S LEVEL.
I'VE HEARD
THAT BEFORE.
I'M SURE WHAT
THEY DID HERE
WAS TO LEVEL OFF
THE CASING AND THE TRIM
SO THAT WHEN
YOU HANG IT UP
AND PUT THE TRACK UP,
IT'S AUTOMATICALLY LEVEL.
LET'S GET THE OTHER ONE
UP THERE.
THIS IS A LOT EASIER
THAN A POCKET DOOR.
A POCKET DOOR SITUATION
COULD BE REALLY PROBLEMATIC
WHEN YOU'VE GOT
A THING COMING OFF
THE TRACK.
YOU GOT IT?
I GOT IT.
AND THEN
TIGHTEN IT UP.
AND THEN THE ONLY
PROBLEM I SEE IS
YOU DON'T WANT TO REALLY
HAVE TO LOOK
AT THE WORKING END
OF ALL OF THIS.
SO COVER IT OVER.
I THINK WE'VE GOT
A PIECE ALREADY CUT UP.
AND THE IDEA IS...
TO ATTACH IT...
UP THERE.
NOW, HE'S PRE-DRILLED IT
ON A DRILL PRESS
SO THAT HE CAN USE
THESE 4 INCH SCREWS
AND DRIVE IT STRAIGHT INTO
THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR JAMB.
[SCREECHING SOUND]
THAT'S THE 18 VOLT
CORDLESS.
THAT'LL DO IT.
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.
WHAT ABOUT
THE BASE PIECE?
ABEL, DO YOU WANT
TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
NICE AND PLUMB
BEFORE YOU--
YEAH, YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
Abel: THE OTHER SIDE.
Bob: YEP.
AND FASTEN
ONE LAST SCREW
AND WE'RE
OUT OF HERE.
OK.
VERY NICE.
COMING UP NEXT,
WE'LL INSTALL SOME
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED
BATHROOM FIXTURES
FROM TOTO.
NEXT TIME ON...
THERE'S LOTS OF PROGRESS
AT OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
WE'LL BE PUTTING IN
A MARBLE COUNTERTOP
IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW
THE JOINTS ARE GLUED
AND THE SURFACE IS POLISHED.
WE'LL BE INSTALLING
ARCHITECTURAL MILLWORK
IN THE BEDROOM
AND TRIMMING OUT THE CLOSET
WITH FLUSH SLIDING DOORS.
AND FINALLY,
IN THE BATHROOM,
WE'LL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
PEDESTAL SINK,
A NEW DESIGN FOR
A LOW-FLOW TOILET,
AND A PERFECT BATHTUB
FOR A CITY APARTMENT.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON
HOME AGAIN.
NEXT TIME ON...
IT'S MARBLE COUNTERTOPS
IN THE KITCHEN,
MAHOGANY TRIM
FOR THE BEDROOM,
AND THE LATEST
BATHROOM FIXTURES.
DON'T MISS IT.
JOINING US NOW
IS LENORA CAMPOS
FROM TOTO,
THE PLUMBING
SUPPLY COMPANY.
AND YOU'RE GONNA
TELL US ALL ABOUT
THE LATEST
IN TOILETS
AND LAVATORIES
AND BATHTUBS.
WE'VE GOT OUR LITTLE
BATHROOM COMING TOGETHER.
NOT MUCH ROOM IN THERE.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD
IN TOWARDS THE CORNER
AND I'LL STAY BACK.
AND ROGER, OUR PLUMBER,
IS INSTALLING THE LAVATORY.
AND WHAT SORT OF
LAVATORY IS IT?
THIS IS PART OF
OUR MERCER LINE, BOB.
THIS IS A NEW DESIGN LINE
FROM TOTO.
THIS IS A REINTERPRETATION OF
A TRADITIONAL DESIGN CONCEPT--
Bob: SURE, THE PEDESTAL
LAV GOES BACK 100 YEARS,
DOESN'T IT?
ABSOLUTELY.
THIS CERTAINLY LOOKS
A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTEMPORARY.
CLEANER, SOFTER LINES,
MORE CONTEMPORARY.
ANY TIPS WHEN YOU'RE
PICKING A LAVATORY THAT'S
THIS TYPE OF PEDESTAL?
ANY TIPS ON
WHAT TO LOOK FOR?
YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR
SOMETHING THAT WILL
ACCOMMODATE YOUR NEEDS.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING
IT SIMPLY FOR WASHING HANDS,
IT CAN BE A SMALLER BOWL.
IF YOU SEE YOURSELF
USING IT TO WASH YOUR FACE--
HERE, IT'S
THE MAIN LAVATORY.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE A DEEP ENOUGH BOWL
AND A WIDE ENOUGH BASIN.
WELL, ROGER,
YOU'RE CERTAINLY HUGGING
THAT PEDESTAL DOWN THERE.
ARE YOU READY TO PUT
THE WATER CLOSET IN YET?
YES.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS
GO AHEAD AND BRING IT OVER?
MIX A LITTLE
PLASTER FIRST.
THAT WAS WHAT
I WAS GOING TO
ASK YOU.
VERY OFTEN,
WHEN A DO-IT-YOURSELFER
INSTALLS A TOILET
WHAT THEY END UP
DOING IS
PUTTING IN
THE WAX SEAL,
LIKE YOU'RE DOING
RIGHT THERE
AND THINKING
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING
TO KEEP ANY LEAKS
FROM HAPPENING,
BUT ROGER'S ABOUT
TO SHOW US THE OTHER TIP
THAT WILL KEEP
THE TOILET FROM ROCKING
ON THE FLOOR.
MIXING A LITTLE PLASTER.
AND IT'S JUST
THE KIND OF--
IT'S ALMOST
LIKE A GROUT.
IT'S GONNA MAKE THAT--
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT.
THINK YOU GOT ENOUGH?
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GET
THE TOILET IN HERE.
AND AS HE SETS IT IN,
ALL THAT PLASTER
WILL KIND OF SETTLE DOWN.
NOW LENORA, WHAT'S
THE FUNCTIONALITY HERE?
I KNOW THAT THERE'S
BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES
ABOUT WATER CLOSETS
OR TOILETS
IN THE PAST 10 YEARS
IN TERMS OF WATER CONSERVATION.
RIGHT. THIS IS
A 1.6 GALLONS PER FLUSH
TOILET.
THAT MEANS THAT
NOT ONLY DOES--
IN THIS CASE--
NOT ONLY DOES IT EXPEL
ONLY 1.6 GALLONS,
BUT THAT IT FUNCTIONS
EFFECTIVELY--
SO THAT YOU DON'T
HAVE TO FLUSH IT TWICE.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S WHERE
THE WATER SAVINGS
TAKES PLACE.
THIS CLEARS THE BOWL
FIRST TIME, EVERY TIME.
HOW DOES IT DO THAT?
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND
OF JET PROPULSION
OR ANYTHING.
NO, IT'S
A GRAVITY-MAXIMUM TOILET.
IT'S OUR GMAX
TECHNOLOGY.
IT USES A 3-INCH
FLUSH VALVE,
A 2 1/8
COMPUTER DESIGNED
TRAP WAY,
WHICH MEANS IT'S UNIFORM
THROUGHOUT
SO THAT THERE'S NO POINT
FOR CLOGGING.
AND IT USES
SIPHON JET ACTION
TO PROPEL THE WASTE
OUT OF THE BOWL.
OK. NOW TOTOs
ARE MADE IN JAPAN.
FOR SOME REASON,
IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
FOR AS LONG AS
I CAN REMEMBER,
WE'VE ALWAYS REALLY HAD
AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS.
HOW LONG HAVE
THE TOTO LINES BEEN AVAILABLE?
TOTO'S BEEN HERE
SINCE 1989.
IT CAME WHEN THE DROUGHT
IN CALIFORNIA CREATED A MARKET.
JAPAN HAD EXPERIENCED
A SEVERE DROUGHT IN THE 1970s
AND DEVELOPED
THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEREFORE,
WE WERE ABLE TO BRING
THIS PRODUCT OVER AND UM...
SO THEY'VE REALLY
ANSWERED THE CALL
OF WATER CONSERVATION.
ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY
OF DESIGNS AVAILABLE.
ONE OF THINGS I LIKE
ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS
IS THIS.
YES, ABSOLUTE ELIMINATION
OF THAT ANNOYING
TOILET SLAM.
YEAH.
NO SPRINGS, I DON'T
KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.
IT DOES
A VERY NICE JOB.
NOW, ROGER, LET ME
JUST GET BY YOU
A MINUTE HERE.
I WANTED TO TAKE
A BETTER LOOK
AT THE BATHTUB.
THIS IS A BUILDER'S
BATHTUB, RIGHT?
THIS IS OUR
CAST IRON BATHTUB.
32 INCHES IN DIAMETER,
16 INCHES DEEP.
NICE SIZE
FOR THIS SPACE.
YEAH. AND WHAT
I LIKE ABOUT
THE ENTIRE LAYOUT
OF THE SUITE
IS THAT IT MATCHES
VERY NICELY WITH
THE TILE,
WHICH HAS BEEN LAID
AROUND THE TUB SURROUND
IN A RUNNING BOND,
AND OF COURSE,
THE MARBLE FLOORS
WHICH WERE LAID
JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
IT'S A VERY NICE
BATHROOM FOR
A SMALL,
URBAN APARTMENT.
NOW, LENORA,
YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AND SHOW US A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT LINE, RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S OUR NEOREST
TOP OF THE LINE.
SOUNDS GOOD.
THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A FINAL LOOK
AT THE COMPLETED
BATHROOM INSTALLATION.
SO STICK AROUND.
AND WE'RE STILL
IN THE BATHROOM.
I GET TO DO THE FINISHING
TOUCHES RIGHT HERE.
THAT IS AN UNUSUAL LID.
IT'S NICE AND HEAVY.
BUT A VERY GOOD LOOK.
AND I THINK, ALL IN ALL,
A VERY GOOD-LOOKING BATHROOM.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE GONNA BE FEATURING
A COUPLE OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS,
ONE OF THEM A NEW APPROACH
TO ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS,
THE OTHER ONE A WAY TO KEEP
THE BURGLARS OUT OF
YOUR FRONT DOOR.
DON'T MISS IT.
UNTIL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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