1420 - Panelized Cedar Shingles, a Metal Roof, and The Mount January 19-25, 2004 | July 19-25, 2004 HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME "HOME AGAIN"
TO OUR PROJECT
HERE IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS
OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
OUR MODULAR HOUSE IS
VERY FAR ALONG,
AND TODAY WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE
TIME PUTTING ON CEDAR SHINGLES
THAT COME ALREADY
ON A PANEL.
ALSO, WE'RE SHOWING YOU HOW
A STANDING SEAM STEEL ROOF
GETS PUT TOGETHER,
AND A VISIT TO EDITH WHARTON'S
HOME, "THE MOUNT."
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
"HOME AGAIN."
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
SEARS
OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR
MICHAEL SHIELS HAS
A LOT OF PROGRESS TO
REPORT IN THE LAST WEEK.
THE WEATHER'S BEEN OK?
IT'S BEEN OK.
WE'VE BEEN FINISHING UP
THE OUTSIDE ON THE SIDING,
PUTTING THE TRIM
AROUND THE WINDOWS.
SO, YOU'D NEVER KNOW
THIS IS A MODULAR HOUSE,
NOW, THE WAY IT'S
COMING TOGETHER.
YOU'VE GOT CEDAR
CLAPBOARDS ON
THE BOTTOM HALF?
YEP.
AND THEN ALL THE TRIM
IS PREFINISHED TRIM
ALONG THESE
DOUBLE WINDOWS, ETC.?
YES.
AND THE STEEL ROOFING
IS COMING TOGETHER,
GETTING FINISHED UP
TODAY?
YEP. WE'RE JUST ABOUT
COMPLETED WITH THAT.
WE'LL FINISH THE OTHER
WALL THIS AFTERNOON.
ARE YOU ON SCHEDULE?
YES.
AH! GOOD.
SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH.
WELL, I KNOW THAT
THE SHINGLING GOES
VERY, VERY QUICKLY,
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT
PUT ON ONE AT A TIME.
THESE ARE CEDAR
VALLEY PANELS
THAT ARE 2 x 8,
AND THEY MAKE A QUICK
JOB OUT OF IT.
FASTER APPLICATION.
LET'S WATCH.
KEN, HOW IS THE SHEET
ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED?
I MEAN, I'M LOOKING
AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE
REGULAR PLYWOOD.
THIS IS A 5/16,
CDX FIR PLYWOOD.
SO, IT'S ONE SIDE
IS "C," ONE SIDE IS "D."
THAT WOULD BE
THE "D" SIDE WITH
ALL THE KNOTS IN IT.
AND IT'S GOT
EXTERIOR GLUE--
THAT'S THE "X."
AND THEN, HERE YOU GO--
HERE'S A 2 x 8 FOOT SECTION.
THE CEDAR SHINGLES
THEMSELVES ARE FIRST
MANUFACTURED
IN A BAND SAW PROCESS,
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS
IT ELIMINATES SWIRLING
THAT YOU MIGHT GET
WITH A CIRCULAR SAW.
IT ALSO OPENS UP
THE GRAIN ON A VERTICAL
GRAIN PRODUCT.
SO IT ACCEPTS
AT LEAST 35% MORE
FINISH ITSELF.
OR STAIN
OR PRESERVATIVE.
EXACTLY.
THE SHINGLES ARE
THEN STAPLED
ON TOP TO THE PRODUCT.
THERE'S A GLUE BEAD
THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH
THE SHINGLES.
UH-HUH.
AND THERE'S A BACK
STAPLE THROUGH
THE PLYWOOD ITSELF
AT THAT SAME GLUE
BEAD JUNCTURE.
YOU GOT SOME SAMPLES
OVER HERE THAT
I WANTED TO LOOK AT.
THIS, ON THE BACK
SIDE, SHOWS--IS THIS
A FIBERGLASS MAT?
YEAH. THAT'S A COATED
FIBERGLASS MAT
THAT REALLY IS LACED
BETWEEN EACH COURSE.
IT'S DESIGNED SO THAT
IF SOMETHING WERE TO GET
IN BETWEEN THE KEYWAYS--
AND THIS, BOB, IS
OUR OPEN KEYWAY OPTION,
WHICH JUST SHOWS
THAT DISTINCTION
BETWEEN SHINGLES.
SO THAT YOU GET
THAT NICE LITTLE
SHADOW LINE. YEAH.
EXACTLY.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO
GET BETWEEN THE KEYWAYS,
IT JUST RUNS DOWN
THE MAT ONTO THE FACE
OF THE SHINGLE BELOW IT.
GOTCHA. OK.
NOW, IS THIS
THE NEXT ONE
THAT GOES UP?
I GOT IT.
THIS IS THE FULL-SIZED
PANEL, BOB.
Vila: AND YOU'VE GOT
A CHALK LINE ALREADY
IN PLACE TO GUIDE YOU.
WE GOT THE CHALK LINE
IN PLACE, AND YOU CAN SEE
HOW THESE JOINTS
FIT TOGETHER TO GIVE IT
A COMPLETELY SEAMLESS
APPEARANCE.
Vila: ALL RIGHT.
NOW, HOW DO THEY
JOIN TOGETHER THERE?
BOB, THESE PANELS
FIT TOGETHER WITH
OUR PATENTED INTERLOCKING
END JOINT SYSTEM.
AT THE CORNERS,
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE
WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
2 PANELS THAT BUTT TOGETHER,
AND THEY DON'T INTERLOCK.
Vila: SO, HERE WE'VE GOT
A LITTLE CAULKING GOING IN.
EXACTLY. AT CORNERS,
AT WINDOW AND DOOR TRIM.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE GOT
TO CAULK THAT JOINT.
MM-HMM. THIS IS ALSO
MANUFACTURED IN THE FACTORY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
WOVEN CORNER.
YOU JUST ORDER ALL
THE ONES YOU NEED, RIGHT?
YOU JUST ORDER IT
BY LINEAL FOOTAGE, BOB.
AND WE FIGURE OUT
HOW MANY BUNDLES OF
CORNERS THAT YOU NEED.
AS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY
ONE OF THE MOST WASTEFUL
AND LABOR-INTENSIVE PART
OF HAND-SHINGLING WOULD BE
THE CORNERS.
YOU WASTE 50% OF YOUR
MATERIALS WHEN YOU
WEAVE A CORNER.
IT'S EXTREMELY
TIME-CONSUMING.
'COURSE, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WEAVE A CORNER.
YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE
CORNER BOARDS AND JUST
BUTT UP AGAINST THEM,
BUT IT SURE DOES LOOK
PRETTY WHEN IT'S A LITTLE
WOVEN CORNER LIKE THIS.
Shiels: EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW, OUR STANDARD
CORNERS ARE ONE THING,
BUT WE ALSO MAKE
OUR RADIUS FLARED CORNERS.
WE MAKE ALL THE PARTS
AND PIECES FOR
ANY APPLICATION.
SO YOU NEVER HAVE TO USE
INDIVIDUAL SHINGLES
WHEN USING OUR SYSTEM.
Vila: AND THEN YOU CAN
ALSO ORDER SOMETHING
THAT'S KIND OF
ROUGH-LOOKING LIKE THIS.
YEAH, BOB.
BECAUSE WE MAKE
OUR OWN SHINGLES,
WE HAVE THE ABILITY
TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE
IN EXPOSURES,
IN THICKNESS
OF THE SHINGLE.
AND THEN YOU CAN
ALSO ORDER THEM
PRE-STAINED.
YEAH. THIS IS JUST
A BRIEF IDEA OF
THE DIFFERENT COLORS
THAT WE CAN PUT ON THERE.
IT CAN BE FACTORY-FINISHED,
REALLY, IN A RAINBOW
OF COLORS.
RIGHT.
Vila: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE HOW THIS ONE
FITS IN THERE.
VERY NICE.
GET YOUR END IN.
WE'RE TIGHT.
Vila: AND JUST
KEEP ON NAILING.
VERY NICE.
THANKS, FELLAS.
COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL USE
A PORTABLE ROLL FORMER
TO FABRICATE THE METAL ROOFING
AT THE JOB SITE.
KEVIN CORCORAN
IS HERE FROM
THE ENGLERT COMPANY,
AND THEY MAKE
METAL ROOFS, RIGHT?
YES.
NOW, TELL US
ABOUT METAL ROOFS.
I MEAN, THIS IS
LOOKING VERY HANDSOME.
IT LOOKS LIKE
AN OLD STEEL ROOF.
I'M USED TO KIND OF
COLORED ROOFS AND
I'M USED TO KIND OF
COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.
WHY DOES IT MAKE SENSE
IN A RESIDENTIAL
APPLICATION?
WELL, IT MAKES SENSE
FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
PROBABLY THE MAIN REASON
WOULD BE THE LONGEVITY
OF THE PRODUCT.
THIS PARTICULAR ROOF
ON THIS HOME WILL
PROBABLY LAST
FOR ANYWHERES
FROM 50-100 YEARS.
THAT'S TRUE.
IN NEW ENGLAND,
YOU CAN STILL SEE
ZINC ROOFS
ON BARNS THAT HAVE
BEEN THERE
AND PAINTED RED
OVER THE YEARS,
BUT THEY'VE BEEN
THERE FOR A CENTURY.
YES. WE HAVE ROOFERS
WHO ARE REMOVING ROOFS
IN MAINE AND VERMONT
THAT HAVE BEEN ON
THE BUILDING FOR PROBABLY
100 YEARS OR LONGER.
NOW, KEVIN, THIS IS
A STATE-OF-THE-ART
METAL ROOF.
IT'S NOT
AN OLD TIN ROOF.
NO, IT IS NOT.
THIS IS A CARBON
STEEL ROOF WITH
A GALVALUM COATING,
WHICH IS A COMBINATION
OF ALUMINUM AND ZINC.
AND ON TOP OF THAT,
AN ACRYLIC FINISH
TO HAVE IT WEATHER
AND AGE EVENLY.
TERRIFIC.
NOW, IS IT
ENERGY EFFICIENT?
IT IS ENERGY STAR
CERTIFIED.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YES.
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
WHAT ABOUT COST,
THOUGH?
THE COST IS HIGHER THAN
A LOT OF THE TRADITIONAL
TYPE ROOFS SUCH AS SHINGLES,
BUT IT'S IN LINE
WITH WOOD; IT'S IN LINE,
CERTAINLY LESS EXPENSIVE
THAN THINGS LIKE
SLATE AND HIGH-END TILE.
BUT OVER A PERIOD
OF THOSE 50 YEARS,
PARTICULARLY IN
AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS
WITH HEAVY ICE DAM
AND SNOW,
IT WILL PROBABLY LAST
3-4 SHINGLE ROOFS.
YEAH. IT WILL OUTLAST
3-4 SHINGLE ROOFS
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
MOST DEFINITELY.
WELL, I'M CURIOUS
TO SEE HOW THIS
MACHINERY WORKS,
'CAUSE THIS IS ALSO
STATE-OF-THE-ART, RIGHT?
YES, IT IS.
MIKE WORSKY IS HERE
AND JEFF SMITH,
THE INSTALLERS.
AND FELLAS, I WANT
TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS.
IT'S NOT A BRAKE.
TRADITIONALLY,
PEOPLE USED A BRAKE
TO PUT THE SEAMS
IN METAL ROOFS.
WHAT HAVE YOU
INVENTED HERE,
OR DEVELOPED?
WELL, WHAT THIS IS
IS A PORTABLE ROLL FORMER.
IT'S A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT.
YOU TAKE IT
RIGHT TO THE JOB SITE.
AND, LIKE THE OLD DAYS,
WHAT THEY USED TO DO,
LIKE YOU SAID,
WITH THE BRAKES, THEY USED TO
HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING BY HAND.
NOW EVERYTHING IS
PRE-FABBED HERE
RIGHT IN THE MACHINE.
STATION BY STATION,
IT'S FORMED.
SO, YOU'VE GOT ALL
THE DIFFERENT DIES
IN THERE.
THE DIES ARE GONNA
FORM THE METAL
INTO THE STANDING SEAM
PANEL THAT WE WANT.
AND, JEFF, DO YOU
GET THE MATERIAL
ALREADY CUT
INTO THESE WIDTHS?
YEAH. THE MATERIAL
COMES TO US
IN 24-INCH WIDTHS,
AND THAT ALLOWS US
TO MAKE A 20-INCH PANEL
FROM SEAM TO SEAM.
IT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE
USE OF THE MATERIAL.
THERE'S NO WASTE.
NO WASTE AT ALL.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN YOU RUN IT?
I KNOW IT'S GONNA
BE LOUD.
SURE.
[ENGINE HUMS]
Vila: IT'S FAST.
ACTUALLY, IT RUNS
AT 90 FEET A MINUTE.
WOW.
PRE-CUTS BY ITSELF.
AND IT CUTS IT
RIGHT BY ITSELF.
REMOVE THAT PANEL.
THE NEXT PANEL WILL COME OUT.
ALL RIGHT. STOP IT.
STOP IT. TURN IT OFF.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT I WANT TO SEE
IS HOW YOU GET THESE
UP ON THE ROOF
AND PUT THEM IN PLACE.
OK.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IT'S RAINING HARD,
AND WE DON'T WANT
TO WORK ON A ROOF
WHEN IT'S RAINING.
BUT KEVIN, ONE LAST
QUESTION FROM YOU.
IF VIEWERS WANT TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT METAL ROOFING...
THE BEST PLACE
TO GO TO IS
WWW.METALROOFING.COM,
WHICH IS THE WEB SITE
OF THE METAL ROOFING
ALLIANCE.
NOT ONLY CAN
THEY LEARN A LOT
ABOUT THE PRODUCT,
THEY CAN FIND OUT
ABOUT SPECIFIC
CONTRACTORS
APPROVED BY
THE ALLIANCE TO INSTALL
ROOFS IN THEIR AREA.
EXCELLENT.
WELL, AFTER THE RAIN,
WE'RE GONNA GET
BACK ON THE ROOF
AND SHOW YOU HOW
IT'S NAILED DOWN,
BUT RIGHT NOW
LET'S TAKE A VISIT
TO "THE MOUNT," IN LENOX.
NEXT, WE'LL SEE HOW
EDITH WHARTON'S PRINCIPLES
OF INTERIOR DESIGN
ARE APPLIED TODAY.
NEXT TIME ON...
OUR MODULAR HOUSE
IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS
OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER.
WE'LL BE ADDING
CEDAR SHINGLES THAT COME
ALREADY APPLIED TO PANELS.
AND WE'LL BE INSTALLING
A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF
THAT'S CRIMPED WITH
AN ELECTRIC SEAMER.
ALSO, WE'LL VISIT "THE MOUNT,"
EDITH WHARTON'S
RECENTLY RESTORED HOME.
CREDITED WITH ESTABLISHING
INTERIOR DESIGN AS A PROFESSION,
WE'LL SEE HOW HER PRINCIPLES
ARE APPLIED TODAY.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME
ON "HOME AGAIN."
NEXT TIME ON...
IT'S A METAL ROOF,
PANELIZED CEDAR SHINGLES,
AND THE RESTORATION OF
EDITH WHARTON'S HOME
"THE MOUNT."
DON'T MISS IT.
WE'VE COME ABOUT 10 MILES
FROM OUR BUILDING SITE
IN NEW MARLBOROUGH, MASS.,
TO LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS,
RIGHT IN THE HEART
OF THE BERKSHIRES,
AND WE'RE VISITING
"THE MOUNT,"
THE SUMMER HOME
OF EDITH WHARTON.
EDITH WHARTON WAS A WOMAN
WHO PROBABLY HAS MOST FAME TODAY
IN CONNECTION WITH
"THE DECORATION OF HOUSES."
THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BOOK
SHE WROTE IN 1897.
SHE WAS A WOMAN OF THE GILDED
AGE, AND SHE WAS SOMEONE
WHO CONTINUED WRITING ABOUT
A BOOK A YEAR FOR 30 OR
ALMOST 40 YEARS THEREAFTER.
SHE DIED IN THE 1930s.
BUT WHAT IS MAGNIFICENT
ABOUT THIS PLACE--
NOT ONLY HER DESIGN,
BUT THE FACT THAT
ITS CONDITION TODAY
IS IMPECCABLE.
IT HAS BEEN RESTORED
OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST 4 YEARS,
A RESTORATION
THAT HAS INCLUDED
ALL OF THESE FORMAL GARDENS
THAT YOU SEE AROUND IT.
AND WE HAVE TO THANK
A PROGRAM CALLED
THE SAVE AMERICA'S
TREASURES PROGRAM,
SOMETHING THAT WAS
INITIATED UNDER
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION,
FOR ITS LARGESS IN MAKING
THIS POSSIBLE.
LET'S GET A CLOSER LOOK.
THIS IS A NEOCLASSICAL HOUSE.
THERE'S A BIT OF
PALLADIO IN IT.
THERE'S GEORGIAN
INFLUENCE IN IT,
BUT THERE'S ALSO A WOMAN'S HAND.
I SEE IT.
NOW, THE CONDITION
OF THE HOUSE 20 YEARS AGO
WHEN I FIRST VISITED,
WAS A LITTLE MEAN AT THE TIME.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN JUST 5 YEARS AGO,
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT
DILAPIDATED REALLY MEANT.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE SAVED THIS TREASURE
AND TO BE GETTING
A CLOSE LOOK AT IT TODAY.
OUR GUIDE DURING OUR TOUR
WILL BE STEPHANIE COPELAND,
PRESIDENT OF
THE EDITH WHARTON RESTORATION.
COME ON.
NOW, STEPHANIE,
AS COTTAGES OF
THE GILDED AGE GO,
THIS IS KIND
OF SMALL, ISN'T IT?
OH, YES, IT'S MODEST
FOR A GILDED AGE
COTTAGE,
BUT THAT WAS
ALL PART OF HER
DESIGN THEORY:
ITS SCALE,
ITS SUITABILITY,
THAT A HOUSE SHOULD
BE SUITABLE FOR
THE INHABITANTS
AND NOT BE
A SHOW PALACE.
PROPORTION.
PROPORTION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO SHOWING
OUR VIEWERS--
THE PROPORTION
OF SOME OF THE ROOMS.
BUT THE OTHER
INTERESTING THING
IN WHAT'S BEEN DONE HERE
IS THAT IT'S NOT
STRICTLY A HOUSE MUSEUM.
IF I LOOK AT A PIECE
OF FURNITURE SUCH AS
THESE LITTLE SETTEES
IN THE HALL HERE.
THEY'RE NOT HISTORIC,
ARE THEY?
NO, THEY'RE NOT.
IN FACT, THIS ROOM
WAS DESIGNED BY
GEOFFREY BRADFIELD,
A CONTEMPORARY
DESIGNER.
BECAUSE EDITH WHARTON
IS CREDITED WITH
ESTABLISHING
INTERIOR DESIGN
AS A PROFESSION
IN THIS COUNTRY,
TO CELEBRATE
THE 100th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE HOUSE,
WE INVITED LEADING
DESIGNERS TO COME
AND DECORATE ROOMS,
SHOWING HOW HER
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ARE STILL
APPLICABLE TODAY.
SO, WE'RE GONNA LOOK
AT 3 DIFFERENT ROOMS
ENFILADE,
DONE BY 3 SEPARATE
CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS.
RIGHT.
WHERE DO YOU WANT
TO START?
LET'S START
IN THE LIBRARY.
GREAT.
AND THIS IS THE LIBRARY.
INDEED.
AND WHAT
A BEAUTIFUL ONE IT IS.
NOW, THE SIZE
OF THE ROOM.
OBVIOUSLY, PROPORTION
WAS THE BUZZ WORD WITH--
ABSOLUTELY.
WITH HER WORK.
AS, WITH ALL THE ROOMS
IN THIS HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT
IN THIS ROOM;
IT'S ABOUT 20 x 25.
SO IT HAS, ALTHOUGH
IT'S NOT OVERLY LARGE,
IT DOES HAVE AIR,
IT DOES HAVE SPACE,
IT DOES HAVE LIGHT.
AND YET, IT'S COZY.
MUCH OF THAT HAS TO DO
WITH THE WOOD TONES.
NOW, IS THIS ALL
ORIGINAL PANELING?
YES, IT IS.
IT'S ALL ORIGINAL.
AND TO RESTORE IT,
WE HAD TO BRING IN A TEAM,
ACTUALLY ALL WOMEN--
OH, REALLY?
YES. WHO CAME IN AND DID
EVERYTHING BY HAND,
BECAUSE THIS IS
ORIGINAL PANELING.
IT HAD 100 YEARS
OF GRIME AND DIRT ON IT,
AND THEY CLEANED IT
PAINSTAKINGLY BY HAND.
IT'S ALL
QUARTER-SAWN OAK.
AND THESE WONDERFUL
GARLANDS, AND THIS
IS GRINLING GIBBONS.
YES. IT'S VERY MUCH
IN THE STYLE OF
GRINLING GIBBONS.
IN THE STYLE OF GIBBONS,
WHO WAS FROM AN EARLIER
CENTURY. YEAH.
AND THE FLOORS,
THE PARQUET FLOORS,
THEY ALSO REFINISH
THOSE BY HAND?
ALL BY HAND.
NO--ABSOLUTELY
NO MACHINERY WAS USED
IN HERE.
NOW, THE ROOM IS
FURNISHED, OBVIOUSLY,
WITH THE LOOK OF
THE PAST, BUT EVERYTHING
LOOKS RELATIVELY NEW.
WHO DID THE ROOM?
THIS IS LADY HENRIETTA
SPENCER-CHURCHILL,
ONE OF THE DESIGNERS
WE INVITED TO DO THIS ROOM.
SHE'S FROM ENGLAND.
IN FACT, SHE ASKED
HER COUSIN, DAVID LINLEY,
TO DESIGN THE FURNITURE
FOR THIS ROOM,
AS YOU CAN SEE BY
THIS DESK RIGHT HERE.
IT'S A DAVID LINLEY DESK.
DAVID LINLEY IS
THE SON OF THE LATE
PRINCESS MARGARET.
AND HE HAS A FURNITURE
COLLECTION THAT'S--
I GUESS HE'S BEEN
DOING THIS FOR
20 YEARS OR SO, RIGHT?
YES, HE HAS.
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL PIECES.
AND THE PALETTE
IN HERE IS ALSO
VERY COZY.
YES, IT'S MEANT
TO BE THAT--
A ROOM IN WHICH
YOU CAN READ AND HAVE
LIVELY CONVERSATIONS.
NOW, ARE THE BOOKS
THAT ARE IN THE LIBRARY
HER BOOKS?
NO. WE DON'T HAVE
ANY OF HER BOOKS.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
HER BOOKS--WE KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE.
HER COLLECTION IS
IN ENGLAND,
AND WE'RE WORKING
TO RAISE THE MONEY
TO GET THEM BACK.
OH, SO THEY'RE
AVAILABLE FOR SALE--
YES.
IF YOU CAN FIND THE--
MAYBE THERE'S A DONOR
OUT THERE VIEWING.
MEANTIME, THIS IS
A FIRST EDITION OF
"THE DECORATION
OF HOUSES" BY
EDITH WHARTON, RIGHT?
YES. THIS WAS
HER FIRST MAJOR
PUBLICATION.
AND THEN, IN FACT,
SHE BUILT THIS HOUSE
BASED ON THE PRECEPTS
THAT SHE WRITES ABOUT
IN THIS BOOK.
CAN WE SEE
THE DRAWING ROOM?
OH, YES.
RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
OK. NOW, THIS ROOM IS
ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE.
IS THIS
A DOUBLE CUBE?
YES.
WELL, NOT QUITE.
NOT QUITE
A DOUBLE CUBE.
ALMOST.
BUT IT'S LONG
AND RECTANGULAR.
YEAH.
16 x 16 x 32,
I THINK, IS ONE OF
THE MOST PERFECT
DIMENSIONS FOR
A FORMAL ROOM LIKE THIS.
IT MAKES THE ROOM
FEEL VERY ELEGANT,
DOESN'T IT?
AND ALSO, WHAT
I'M ESTABLISHING HERE
IS THERE'S WHAT
THEY CALL AN ENFILADE,
A ROW OF ROOMS, RIGHT?
EXACTLY.
IT WAS DESIGNED
SO YOU COULD GO
FROM ONE ROOM
TO THE NEXT.
SO, YOU GO FROM
THE LIBRARY TO
THE DRAWING ROOM
TO THE DINING ROOM.
MM-HMM.
AND YET, THERE'S
STILL THE GALLERY
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THE GALLERY IS
LIKE THE SPINE.
YOU CAN ALSO ENTER
EACH ROOM DIRECTLY
FROM THE GALLERY.
NOW, THE FRENCH DOORS
DIRECTLY OPPOSITE ME
HERE,
THEY'RE PLACED
VERY KIND OF HUDDLED
IN THE MIDDLE.
YES, SHE DID THAT
DELIBERATELY.
IN FACT,
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN
HAD 5 FRENCH DOORS,
AND SHE REDUCED IT
TO 3, AND THAT IS
TO ALLOW A CERTAIN
INTIMACY IN THE ROOM
AND TO KEEP THE LIGHT
IN THE CENTER.
OK. AND ARE
THE DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES OF THE ROOM,
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE MANTELPIECE,
THIS IS ORIGINAL;
IT'S NEVER BEEN DESTROYED?
YES. YES.
THAT'S A HAND-CARVED,
IMPORTED MARBLE.
FRENCH, PROBABLY.
FRENCH MARBLE.
MM-HMM. AND WHAT ABOUT
THE CEILING IN HERE?
OH, THE CEILING IS
A WONDERFUL STORY--
IT'S EXUBERANT.
YES, IT REALLY IS.
AND SHE WRITES
IN THE BOOK THAT THIS
IS THE KIND OF CEILING
THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE
IN YOUR FORMAL ROOM
WHERE YOU'RE
RECEIVING GUESTS,
BUT NOT THE KIND OF
CEILING THAT YOU WOULD
HAVE IN YOUR BEDROOM.
THAT WOULD BE A SIMPLE,
PLAIN CEILING.
THAT WOULD BE
THE PROPER THING.
THAT WOULD BE THE PROPER
THING. RIGHT.
NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THE FURNISHINGS
IN THIS ROOM?
THESE FURNISHINGS--
THIS ROOM WAS DONE
BY CHARLOTTE MOSS.
SHE'S THE ONE,
THE DESIGNER WHO
CAME FROM NEW YORK
TO DO THIS ROOM,
AND SHE HAS
VERY GENEROUSLY
DONATED ALL OF THESE
FURNISHINGS
TO THE RESTORATION.
IT'S INCREDIBLY ELEGANT,
AND IT COULD BE
IN A PARK AVENUE
APARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
IT CERTAINLY COULD.
AND ACTUALLY, SHE CHOSE
TO PUT VERY MUCH
THE FURNITURE
IN THE PLACES
WHERE WHARTON HAD
THEM ORIGINALLY.
OH. NEAT.
SO I'LL ASSUME
THE NEXT ROOM IS
THE DINING ROOM.
YES. SHALL WE GO?
SURE.
NOW, AGAIN,
THE PROPORTION
OF THIS ROOM IS
VERY MUCH LIKE
WHERE WE STARTED
IN THE LIBRARY.
EXACTLY, BOB.
IT'S THE SAME SIZE.
IT BALANCES THE LIBRARY,
AND IN BETWEEN YOU HAVE
THE DRAWING ROOM,
WHICH IS LONG
AND RECTANGULAR.
PERFECTLY ORDERED.
AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE
VERY MUCH WITH
A CONTEMPORARY FLAVOR.
THIS CARPET...
YES.
BUNNY WILLIAMS
DESIGNED THIS ROOM.
AND SHE HAD THIS--
IT'S A SISAL CARPETING
THAT SHE HAD
HAND-PAINTED.
SHE BELIEVED THAT
EDITH WHARTON WOULD
HAVE INCORPORATED
MODERN ELEMENTS
INTO HER DESIGN
AT THIS POINT
IN 2002.
NOW, HERE'S AN ASPECT
OF INTERIOR DESIGN
THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND, OF COURSE,
IT'S SITTING ON TOP OF
THE ORIGINAL
TERRAZZO FLOORS.
YES. YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED THAT WE HAVE
TERRAZZO FLOORS
IN THE DRAWING ROOM,
IN THE GALLERY.
WHARTON ADMIRED--
SHE SAW THIS IN ITALY,
AND SHE ADMIRED IT
AND INCORPORATED IT
IN THE DESIGN OF
HER HOUSE AS WELL.
SO, A LOT OF WHAT
WE SEE HERE IS REALLY
EUROPEAN-INFLUENCED.
THE MANTELPIECE,
FOR EXAMPLE.
VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A FRENCH ROUGE
MARBLE HERE.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU SEE
THE GRINLING GIBBONS.
THIS DECORATIVE
PLASTER DESIGN.
NOTICE THAT THE THEME
OF THE PLASTER
IN THIS ROOM
REFLECTS THE USE
OF THE ROOM.
WE HAVE A DEAD DUCK;
IT IS A DINING ROOM.
AND YOU'LL SEE FRUITS
AND NUTS AND OTHER--
IN THE GARLANDS
THAT ARE DRIPPING
OFF THE WALLS.
MM-HMM.
WHAT DO WE HAVE
GOING HERE?
IS THIS MEANT TO BE
A RECREATION OF A--
WELL, YES.
BUNNY BELIEVES
THAT EDITH WHARTON
WOULD STILL
BE SETTING HER TABLE
IN A VERY ELEGANT STYLE
FOR HER VERY INTERESTING
GUESTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE
BY THE CHOICES HERE,
SHE MIXES AMETHYST
GLASS WITH THE KIND
OF GLASS
YOU WOULD HAVE FOUND
IN A GILDED AGE HOUSE.
VERY FANCY INDEED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE TOUR.
WELL, BOB,
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WHEN WE COME BACK,
OUR ROOFING INSTALLERS ARE
USING AN ELECTRIC SEAMER
TO FORM THE STANDING SEAMS.
ALL RIGHT.
THE RAIN HAS STOPPED,
AND WE'RE BACK
ON THE ROOF WITH JEFF.
AND HOW DO YOU FASTEN
THE STEEL PANELS
DOWN ONTO THE ROOF?
WELL, I'LL SHOW YOU
IN JUST A SECOND.
WE PUSH THE PANEL
UP INTO PLACE
WHERE WE WANT IT.
YEP.
BOB'S GONNA PUT
A TEMPORARY FASTENER
AT THE TOP.
OK. WHAT WE DO IS
WE USE A STAINLESS
STEEL CLIP.
IT'S DESIGNED TO ALLOW
THE PANEL TO EXPAND
AND CONTRACT
THROUGH
ITS THERMAL CYCLE.
OK.
PANELS GET COLD AND HOT.
THEY'RE SPACED
FAIRLY EVENLY ALONG
THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL.
MM-HMM.
AND WE CAN GET A...
FINGER FULL OF CLIPS.
FASTEN HER RIGHT
DOWN THROUGH THE CLIP.
THAT HOLDS IT DOWN
TO THE ROOF...
MM-HMM.
BUT STILL ALLOWS
THE PANEL TO MOVE
LENGTHWISE--
TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT
WHEN IT HEATS UP,
'CAUSE, AFTER ALL,
IT'S STEEL,
AND ON A HOT DAY,
IT'S GONNA MOVE
QUITE A BIT.
EXACTLY.
ALL RIGHT, THEN.
WHAT ABOUT THE STANDING
SEAM ITSELF?
NOW, DOESN'T THIS HAVE
TO BE TOTALLY CRIMPED?
YEP. THE NEXT STEP
WE DO IS DONE BY HAND.
WE'RE JUST GONNA CLOSE
THE SEAM SO THAT
THE 2 PANELS ARE
ENGAGED TOGETHER
OVER THE WHOLE ENTIRE
LENGTH OF THE SEAM.
OK. WITH THIS
CRIMPING TOOL.
YEP. IT'S A SPECIAL TOOL.
DOES JUST THAT JOB,
AND IT'S ABOUT ALL IT DOES.
MM-HMM.
AND IS THAT GONNA
SUFFICE?
IS THAT ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO?
NO. NO.
WE HAVE ANOTHER STEP.
ONCE THIS IS READY,
ALL THE WAY, THE LENGTH
OF THE SEAM,
WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC
SEAMER THAT WE'RE GONNA
RUN UP THE SEAM
AND CLOSE IT DOWN.
[WHIRRING]
Vila: THAT IS FAST.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE PUTTING UP
URETHANE CORNICE MOLDINGS,
A GAS FIREPLACE,
AND A FABULOUS BACKYARD DECK.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
"HOME AGAIN."
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