1510 - Demolition in the Manhattan Brownstone November 15-21, 2004 | May 16-22, 2005 HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR PROJECT ON MANHATTAN'S
UPPER WEST SIDE.
TODAY, WE'LL HAVE A PROGRESS
REPORT ON THE DEMOLITION,
INCLUDING THE DISCOVERY
OF THE ORIGINAL CORNICE MOLDING
HIDDEN BY A DROPPED CEILING.
THE CARPENTERS ARE ONBOARD
PUTTING DOWN OUR NEW SUBFLOOR.
AND WE'RE REACTIVATING
THE FIREPLACE
BY INSTALLING A NEW
STAINLESS STEEL LINER.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
WELL, BEFORE WE
GET STARTED INSIDE,
I THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON OUTSIDE,
HERE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE.
IF YOU NOTICE, WE'VE GOT THIS
LARGE, DARK-BLUE WOODEN
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE HERE.
THIS IS SIMPLY TO PROTECT
PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG
THE STREET.
AND IT'S NOT FROM OUR JOB.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE
NEIGHBORING BUILDING,
WHICH IS DOING SOME TUCK
POINTING ON THE FACADE.
AND THEY REQUIRE THAT THEY PUT
THIS KIND OF A STRUCTURE UP
SO THAT THERE'S NO DANGER.
YOU NOTICE THERE'S CONCERTINA
WIRE THAT'S BEEN PUT UP
ON THE TOP.
THAT'S ALSO FOR SAFETY,
I GUESS.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER
OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT
INSIDE TODAY,
AND ARTIE WHITE
WHO'S OUR JOB FOREMAN
FROM FORT HILL IS WITH US.
HEY. HOW ARE WE?
SO DO WE HAVE
THE PLUMBERS
ON BOARD YET?
YES, WE HAVE
TWO PLUMBERS HERE
THAT ARE REROUTING
THE DRAIN PIPES
AND WASTELINES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE
2 CARPENTERS HERE
WHO ARE DOING THE JOIST
AND STUD SISTERING
AND THE SUBFLOOR.
THAT'S GREAT.
LET'S GET STARTED.
OK, WELL, WOW,
LOOK AT THIS!
ARTIE, WHY DON'T YOU
GO BACK THERE AND SEE
HOW THOSE GUYS ARE DOING.
LAST WEEK, WE WERE HEAVY
INTO DEMOLITION AROUND HERE.
NOW WE HAVE COMPLETED
GUTTING THE SPACE,
AND I MEAN GUTTING.
WE'RE DOWN TO THE BARE BRICKS
OF THE PARTY WALLS.
AND IN FACT, RIGHT HERE
WE'RE LOOKING AT--
IF YOU WANT TO TALK
ARCHAEOLOGY--
WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY
LIGHTING, SOURCE OF GAS
FOR GAS LIGHTING.
IT WAS PROBABLY
EQUIDISTANT HERE.
YOU PROBABLY HAD A PAIR
OF ORNATE VICTORIAN SCONCES.
AND WE HAVE REMOVED NOT ONLY
ALL THE OLD FURRING AND LATHE
AND PLASTER FROM HERE,
BUT ON THIS BACK PORTION HERE
WHERE WE HAD A 1940s
FURRED OUT WALL
THAT HAD RADIATORS
RECESSED INTO IT,
AND WE'VE LEFT A COUPLE
OF THINGS IN PLACE,
BUT MOSTLY WE'RE DOWN
TO BARE BRICK.
THIS WILL GIVE US
AN OPPORTUNITY TO,
WHEREVER NECESSARY
ON AN OUTSIDE WALL,
ADD SOME RIGID INSULATION.
AND IT'LL ALSO GIVE US
AN OPPORTUNITY TO FRAME TO
RECEIVE REPLACEMENT WINDOWS.
THIS, AGAIN, IS A 1940s
CONTRAPTION
THAT WILL BE REPLACED.
WE'LL GET RID OF
THE ROOM AIR CONDITIONER.
WE'LL PUT IN A HUGE
DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW,
WHICH WILL FLOOD THE ROOM
WITH LIGHT.
AND THEN, I GUESS, THE MAIN
THING TO TALK ABOUT IN HERE IS,
THAT WE HAD A DISCOVERY.
IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOLITION,
WE TOOK OUT A DROPPED CEILING
AND FOUND THIS CORNICE WORK
THAT GOES AROUND THE WHOLE
PERIMETER OF THIS ROOM,
AND IT IS IN
IMPECCABLE CONDITION.
DIRTY AND SOOTY,
BUT IT'S NOT CRACKED.
IT'S NOT BROKEN ANYWHERE.
EACH ONE OF THESE LITTLE
BRACKETS IS WHAT'S REFERRED
TO AS A MODILLION.
SO WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO
RESTORE ALL OF THIS.
THE CEILING ITSELF PROBABLY
CAN BE SKIMMED OVER.
IF YOU SEE ALL THE HOLES
THAT ARE UP THERE,
THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD STUCK IN
VERTICAL PIECES OF WOOD
THAT CAME DOWN 2 FEET TO
WHERE THE CEILING WAS DROPPED.
THOSE WERE CALLED SLEEPERS,
AND THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY HOLD UP
THE NEW CEILING THAT WAS PUT UP
IN THE 1940s.
AND THIS WILL BE BEAUTIFUL
WHEN IT'S RESTORED.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
HERE IS, THE CEILING HEIGHT
THROUGHOUT THIS FLOOR-THROUGH
APARTMENT IS ABOUT 12.5 FEET,
WHICH IS REMARKABLE.
WHILE WE'RE LOOKING UP THERE,
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL JOIST WORK.
CARPENTERS IN THE 1890s
WORKING WITH THE BEST MATERIALS
DOING A FABULOUS JOB
OF FRAMING EVERYTHING,
CROSS-BRACING EVERYTHING,
SO THAT THERE'S NO MOTION
AND SQUEAKING.
BUT THEN LOOK OVER HERE
TO THE LEFT WHERE,
IN THE 1940s,
SOMEONE ELSE--AND I'M NOT
GONNA GIVE THEM A TITLE--
DID THAT.
AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY--
THERE'S A BATHROOM UP THERE,
AND SOME OF THE REWORK WAS DONE
WITH OLD SALVAGED DOORS
AND JUNK.
THAT'LL ALL HAVE TO BE
REWORKED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE MAIN STACKS HERE
FROM OTHER BATHROOMS ABOVE.
AND SO THIS AREA, WHICH
UP UNTIL LAST WEEK
HAD A BATHROOM IN IT,
WILL HAVE TO BE REWORKED.
WE'LL BE PUTTING IN
A BRAND-NEW BATH,
BUT THE EXISTING CAST IRON
HAS TO STAY IN PLACE.
AND THIS AREA
WILL BE THE BEDROOM.
AND ARTIE, HOW WE DOING
OVER HERE?
HI, BOB.
LET ME INTRODUCE
YOU TO THE LEAD
CARPENTER
ON THE JOB,
CONNOR.
HI, CONNOR.
HOW ARE YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ARE AT THE POINT
WHERE WE'RE KIND OF
REWORKING THIS.
WHAT A NICE JOB
WITH THE DEMOLITION.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING
LEFT HERE. NO PLASTER
DUST TO SPEAK OF.
YEAH, THE DEMO
CONTRACTOR
CLEANED IT OUT,
BUT OUR GUYS
GAVE IT A FINAL
CLEANING,
BECAUSE IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT
THAT THESE
BAYS ARE REALLY
CLEAN.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA
TO GET ALL THE DEBRIS
OUT OF HERE.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS, ARTIE.
I'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT.
CONNOR, THERE'S A LOT
OF NEW LUMBER THAT'S
GONE IN HERE.
NOW WE WERE JUST LOOKING
AT THE FRAMING ABOVE,
WHICH IS IMMACULATE.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK.
AND HERE AGAIN,
YOU'VE GOT THE SAME
KIND OF OLD TIMBERS,
BUT THEY'VE BEEN
HACKED AT,
LIKE YOU SEE RIGHT HERE,
AND THERE'S A LOT
OF DAMAGE THAT
WAS INFLICTED,
PROBABLY--MAYBE PLUMBERS,
MAYBE GAS PIPE FITTERS.
YEAH, DOWN THROUGH
THE YEARS,
THEY WOULD HAVE CUT
TO RUN PIPES AND
DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE SISTERED ON
TO THE SIDE OF THEM,
YOU KNOW,
TO LEVEL THE FLOOR
AND ALSO STRENGTHEN
THE FLOOR.
SO WHEN YOU SAY "SISTER,"
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY
WHEN YOU SISTER ON,
OR ADD ANOTHER TIMBER
TO AN EXISTING ONE,
AND YOU, THEREFORE,
LEVEL THE TOP OF IT OFF
AND STRENGTHEN
THE TIMBER ITSELF.
WE ALSO USE PL GLUE
ON THE NAILERS.
SO, HERE YOU'VE TAKEN
A 2 x 6, AND YOU'RE USING
CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVE
TO APPLY IT
TO THE EXISTING PIECE
AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO
NAILING THEM.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, OVER THERE,
YOU HAD TO USE FULL
2 x 8s.
OVER HERE,
IT'S JUST 2 x 6s.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE
CUTS THAT WERE MADE
IN IT BEFOREHAND
ARE A LOT BIGGER,
THAN THEY ARE
ON THESE ONES.
SO WE'VE USED 2 x 10s
TO STRENGTHEN THESE,
AND WE'VE PUT
LAG BOLTS AND NAILS
AND GLUE IN 'EM.
AND THAT'S ALSO
LEVELED--
ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT
LEVELING.
'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE USING
IS A LASER LEVEL
OVER HERE, RIGHT?
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
WELL, THE CENTER
IS SELF-LEVELING.
WHEN YOU SET IT UP
SOMEWHERE,
YOU WORK OFF THE
5-FOOT BENCH MARK
WE HAVE,
WHICH IS 5 FOOT
OFF THE FRONT DOOR.
OK, SO YOU'VE ESTABLISHED
A LEVEL LINE AROUND
THE WHOLE APARTMENT?
AROUND THE WHOLE
APARTMENT.
THESE WOULD BE
BENCHMARKS
THAT YOU'VE GOT
AT VARIOUS INTERVALS.
SO ANYWHERE YOU GO
IN THE APARTMENT, YOU CAN
MEASURE DOWN FROM THAT.
AND THIS BENCH MARK
LINE IS LEVEL ALL
THROUGH THE BUILDING.
THAT'S GREAT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL
CONTINUE THE NEW SUB FLOOR
INSTALLATION.
THE STANDARD 4 x 8 SHEETS
OF UNDERLAYMENT THAT WE'RE
PUTTING DOWN
OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE TRIMMED
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
AND THIS ONE'S NO EXCEPTION.
SO WE'RE JUST USING
A CHALK LINE
AND GIVING OURSELVES
A GUIDELINE SO THAT WE
CAN RIP THE SHEET DOWN
BY JUST A SMALL AMOUNT.
[SNAP]
YEAH, THIS IS
STRONG STUFF.
THEY CALL IT
GEORGIA-PACIFIC PLYTANIUM
STURD-I-FLOOR.
AND THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT
IS A TONGUED-AND-GROOVED
4 x 8 SHEET.
IT CAN BE USED AS UNDERLAYMENT
IN ANY SITUATION.
AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS
THAT YOU REALLY ONLY
NEED ONE LAYER
FOR HARDWOOD FLOOR
INSTALLATIONS,
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO HERE
OR FOR ANYTHING SIMPLER
LIKE WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING.
OR VINYL FLOORS
OR WHATEVER.
BUT IT'S GOOD, STURDY STUFF.
AND, UH--SO, FELLAS,
YOU GOT THEM ALL PRECUT
AND READY TO GO.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT
HOW YOU DO IT.
ARE YOU PUTTING THE
PANEL ADHESIVE ON FIRST?
AND HERE IT IS.
SO THAT GOES
ALONG THE TOPS OF
THE NEWLY ADDED SISTERS.
AND THESE PRODUCTS
ARE INCREDIBLY STRONG
THAT NOT ONLY HELPS
FOR A BETTER INSTALLATION
BUT MAKES FOR
A QUIETER INSTALLATION.
THAT'S ONE THING
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO AVOID
WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN
HARDWOOD FLOORS
IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR MOVEMENT,
WHICH CAUSES SQUEAKS.
AND THIS IS ONE WAY
OF AVOIDING IT.
NOW, THE SCREWS
THAT YOU USE FOR
FASTENING
ARE NOT DRY WOOD SCREWS.
WE WANT TO MAKE
THAT DISTINCTION.
'CAUSE YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE A GOOD GRIP
ON THIS PLYWOOD.
[HAMMERING]
LOOKS GOOD.
CONNOR, HOW CLOSE
TOGETHER ARE YOU
GONNA APPLY THE SCREWS?
EVERY 6 TO 8 INCHES.
MM-HMM.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
ALL RIGHT,
WELL, THAT LOOKS
PRETTY DARN GOOD,
AND, AS I SAY,
THAT MAKES FOR
A REAL SOLID FLOOR.
THANKS, FELLAS.
LET'S GO TOWARDS
THE FRONT AND TALK
WITH THE PLUMBER.
MARIO PAGANO IS BACK
WITH US THIS WEEK.
HI, BOB.
HOW ARE YOU?
SO, NOW WE'RE
REMOVING ESSENTIALLY
WASTE AND VENT PIPES
FOR WHAT WAS
A BATHROOM HERE,
RIGHT?
TO TAKE EVERYTHING BACK
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE,
TO THE EXISTING RISERS,
AS WE CALL IT.
YEAH, THE CHANGE IN
USE OF THIS SPACE
IS TO MAKE THIS
A BIG KITCHEN AREA.
EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE
A WET WALL,
SO THIS IS RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF
MY KITCHEN,
AND THIS HAS TO GO.
BUT THIS IS ALL
VENTING.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS.
IT'S JUST TO ELIMINATE
FUMES, SEWER FUMES,
AS WELL AS PRESSURE.
WHAT'S THE PRESSURE
PART OF THE STORY?
WATER FIGHTS PRESSURE,
AIR PRESSURE.
AND THAT AIR PRESSURE
NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED,
AS THE WATER MAKES ITS WAY
DOWN BY NATURAL GRAVITY.
SO NOT ONLY DOES IT
ELIMINATE THE FUMES,
IT ALSO ELIMINATES
THE AIR PRESSURE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WAS--
HERE'S THE TRAP--
WE HAD A SINK HERE
LAST WEEK.
THE OLD PINK SINK.
AND SO THIS WAS
THE WASTE THAT
WENT DOWN,
AND THIS IS THE VENT
THAT GOES UP FROM HERE.
NOW, CAN THIS ALL
BE REPLACED WITH PVC?
ABSOLUTELY NOT,
NOT IN NEW YORK CITY.
WHY NOT?
CODE, AND ANYTHING
UNDER 3 STORIES--
I'M SORRY,
ANYTHING--
EXACTLY, HAS TO BE
EITHER CAST IRON
OR GALVANIZED STEEL
AS WE SEE HERE.
I THINK THAT'S
A GOOD CALL.
OK, SO YOU'VE ALREADY
STARTED CUTTING IT
OVER HERE.
SO WE'RE TAKING
EVERYTHING OUT.
EVERYTHING OUT.
LAST WEEK, OF COURSE,
WE TOOK OUT EVERYTHING
THAT WAS DECORATIVE,
AND THIS WAS
THE WORLD'S PINKEST
BATHROOM,
WHICH HAD AN AMAZING
PINK BATHTUB AND
FLOOR AND WALL TILE.
AND OF COURSE,
WE SAVED THE SINK.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO
WITH THE SINK.
WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT HERE?
WE TOOK THE LIBERTY
OF SUPPORTING EVERYTHING
TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE,
AND WE'RE LITERALLY
TAKING EVERYTHING BACK
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE
TO POSSIBLY REUTILIZE
JUST ONE CONNECTION
TO VENT THE FUTURE
FIXTURES.
OTHER THAN THAT,
EVERYTHING GOES.
THERE YOU GO!
NEXT, WE'LL REACTIVATE
THE FIREPLACE,
INSTALLING A NEW
CHIMNEY FLUE LINE.
NEXT TIME ON
"BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,"
WE'RE BACK AT OUR
BROWNSTONE APARTMENT PROJECT
ON MANHATTAN'S UPPER WEST SIDE.
WE'LL HAVE A PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE DEMOLITION,
INCLUDING THE DISCOVERY
OF AN ORIGINAL CORNICE MOLDING
PREVIOUSLY HIDDEN BY
A DROPPED CEILING.
THE CARPENTERS WILL GET STARTED
ON ADDING A NEW SUBFLOOR.
ALSO, WE'RE REACTIVATING
THE FIREPLACE
BY CHECKING THE CONDITION
OF THE CHIMNEY
AND INSTALLING A NEW
STAINLESS STEEL FLUE LINER.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME
ON "HOME AGAIN."
NEXT TIME ON
"BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,"
IT'S MORE PLUMBING, DEMOLITION,
A NEW SUBFLOOR,
AND REACTIVATING THE FIREPLACE.
DON'T MISS IT.
CHRIS VILA IS WITH US NOW.
HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH
THE ARCHITECT.
YEP. I'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH BRIAN AND CHRIS,
AND WE'VE JUST GOTTEN
OUR FINAL PLANS
DELIVERED TODAY.
PERMITS ARE
IN PLACE TODAY.
WE ARE STANDING
RIGHT NOW HERE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
LET'S PULL THESE
UP A LITTLE.
AND WE'VE GOT
ANDREW GROVER HERE
TODAY,
WHO'S GONNA HELP US
REACTIVATE THE FIREPLACE.
SO THIS IS A FIREPLACE
THAT ORIGINALLY--
YEAH, IT'S BEEN
CLOSED UP,
YOU KNOW,
FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS.
AND BASICALLY...
HI, ANDREW.
HOW ARE YOU?
HI, BOB.
HI, CHRIS.
LET'S LOOK AT
WHAT WE'VE GOT
BEHIND YOU HERE.
YOU'VE DONE SOME
EXPLORATORY DEMOLITION.
WE CLEANED OUT
THE SMOKE CHAMBER
AND WE TOOK A PROBE
THE SAME SIZE
AS THIS LINER,
PULLED IT UP INSIDE
ALL THE WAY TO THE ROOF
TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT WOULD FIT.
Chris: IT WAS PRETTY NARROW
AS OPPOSED TO--
HOW DO YOU LOOK AT
THE INSIDE OF THE FLUE?
WE ALSO DROP DOWN
A VIDEO SCAN CAMERA
FROM THE ROOF DOWN.
TO SEE IF THERE WERE
ANY IRREGULARITIES
IN THE FLUE
THAT WOULD STOP THAT
FROM PASSING.
SO THE VIDEO CAMERA
ACTUALLY CAN BE
DROPPED DOWN
THE 30 OR 40 OR 50 FEET,
WHATEVER IT IS,
OF OLD, UNUSED FLUE.
TO DETERMINE WHETHER
YOU'VE GOT ANY KIND
OF OBSTRUCTIONS
OR FALLEN MASONRY
OR BIRDS' NESTS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, THIS SYSTEM IS
ACTUALLY UP TO 200 FEET.
FABULOUS.
ALL RIGHT, SO ASSUMING
THAT WE CAN DO THIS,
WHAT IS IT
THAT WE'RE DOING?
WHAT IS THIS PRODUCT?
IT'S A VERY HEAVY GAUGE
FLUE LINER, ALL ONE PIECE,
THAT'S GONNA GO
FROM HERE ALL THE WAY
TO THE ROOF
WITHOUT ANY SEAMS.
IS THIS STAINLESS STEEL?
STAINLESS STEEL
304 ALLOY.
AND THIS PRODUCT
IS LIFETIME-WARRANTED
FOR FIREPLACE USE.
WOODBURNING.
FOR WOODBURNING.
THAT'S WHAT OUR
OBJECTIVE IS
GONNA BE HERE.
ALTHOUGH BACK IN
THE FORTIES WHEN THEY
CLOSED EVERYTHING UP,
THEY OBVIOUSLY REDUCED
THE ORIGINAL FIREBOX
OR OBLITERATED IT.
I BELIEVE THERE MUST
HAVE BEEN A CAST-IRON
LINER IN THIS OPENING,
'CAUSE I DON'T SEE
ANY SCORCHING.
SO WHATEVER WAS
LINING THIS BOX IS GONE,
LEAVING A BRICK OPENING
THAT FRAMED THAT
FIREPLACE.
SO THIS KIND OF
INSTALLATION'S
A LOT EASIER
THAN TRYING TO
RELINE A FLUE WITH...
Chris: TERRA COTTA.
TERRA COTTA.
RIGHT. IF YOU WERE
GONNA DO THAT,
YOU'D HAVE TO TEAR
THE WALL OPEN
ALL THE WAY FROM
HERE TO THE ROOF.
ARE WE READY TO START
YANKING THIS UP?
YEAH, I THINK WE ARE.
LET'S GO.
EDDIE?
WE GOT A MAN
ON THE ROOF.
WE GOT A MAN
WITH A WALKIE-TALKIE
DOWN HERE.
OK, EDDIE,
PULL IT UP.
Eddie, on walkie-talkie:
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN TO STOP
WHEN IT COMES TO
6 INCHES ABOVE THE CAPPING.
Andrew: OK, STOP.
OK, SO IT'S RIBBED
ON THE INSIDE AND
ON THE OUTSIDE.
IS THAT A PROBLEM
FOR THE DRAW?
NO, IT'S NO PROBLEM.
DO YOU HAVE SOME SORT
OF FAN ATTACHED TO IT?
YEAH, BECAUSE THIS LINER
IS OF A MINIMAL SIZE
AND WE WANT TO GET
A DECENT FIREBOX IN HERE,
MAYBE 30 WIDE OR SO--
30 WIDE STILL WON'T
BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT
SMALL OF A FLUE?
NOT WITH A LARGE
DRAFT INDUCER, NO.
SO THAT'S THE KEY.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
TO FIND AN ANTIQUE
MANTELPIECE.
I THINK I KNOW
WHERE TO GET ONE.
GOOD. THANKS, ANDREW.
ALL RIGHT.
COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE TIPS
ON FRAMING A 12-FOOT-HIGH
STEEL STUD WALL.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CHECK IN
WITH CONNOR AGAIN FROM
THOROUGH
H CONSTRUCTION.
AND YOU'VE MANAGED
TO GET THE FLOORING
DOWN TODAY,
AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT
SOME OF THE FURRING--
OR RATHER, THIS IS
ACTUALLY A STEEL-STUD
WALL, RIGHT?
YEAH, METAL STUD WALL.
NOW, 12-FOOT-HIGH
CEILINGS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO
TO GET THEM STRAIGHT
AND PLUMB AND STURDY?
WELL, WE USE THIS
LASER BEHIND YOU.
OH, YOU GOT THE LASER
IN THE VERTICAL POSITION NOW.
IT'S IN THE
VERTICAL POSITION.
WE MEASURED IN
5 INCHES FROM THERE
AND 5 INCHES
FROM BACK OVER HERE.
THAT KEEPS IT
IN LINE WITH THE WALLS.
SO WHEN I'M BRACING IT
WITH THESE HERE,
I HOLD MY TAPE UP,
CLAMP IT AT 5 INCHES
SO YOU DON'T HAVE
A BELLY IN THE WALL.
PUT THAT BACK UP THERE.
SO THE LASER IS PROJECTING
RIGHT ON 5,
AND THEN YOU USE A CLAMP
TO SET THIS AGAINST
THE STIFFENER.
SO THERE'S NO BELLY
IN THE WALL,
SO THE WHOLE THING
WHEN IT'S FINISHED
IS GONNA BE STRAIGHT.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE
STRAIGHT AND PLUMB
AND ABSOLUTE.
OK, GO AHEAD
AND FASTEN THAT ONE.
AND THEN ON
TO THE NEXT ONE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT ON.
NOW, THAT IS A VERY
CLEVER WAY OF DOING THIS,
'CAUSE OTHERWISE THERE IS
ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY
OF HAVING ONE OF THESE STUDS
MOVE OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND EVENTUALLY WHEN THE
DRYWALLERS COME UP TO PUT
THE WALLBOARD UP,
THAT'S HOW YOU END UP
WITH BELLIES AND THE LIKE.
OK, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO BE VISITING
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PROJECT.
WE'LL BE IN MASHBEE
ON CAPE COD
STARTING CONSTRUCTION
OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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