1513 - Foundations and Framing
December 6-12, 2004 | June 6-12, 2005
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HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR AFFORDABLE
CONSTRUCTION STORY
HERE IN MASHPEE ON CAPE COD.
TODAY, WE'VE GOT
LOTS TO SHOW YOU.
THE EXCITING STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN
THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION,
THE FORMWORK THAT'S INVOLVED--
SOME OF THAT'S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW--
AND ALSO ALL THE FRAMING
FOR THE HOUSE.
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE
GETTING OUR CONCRETE
POURED INTO OUR
FORMWORK OVER HERE.
JOE VALLE, OUR DEVELOPER,
IS WITH US.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE ECONOMICS
OF PUTTING IN
THE FOUNDATION,
AND WHY DON'T WE
START AT THE BEGINNING?
WHAT'S IT COST
TO DIG A TYPICAL
CELLAR HOME LIKE THIS?
TYPICALLY,
IT'S AROUND $5,000,
AND THAT INCLUDES
THE EXCAVATION,
THE BACKFILL.
AND FINISHED GRADE.
IT'S IN
THE $5,000 RANGE,
DEPENDING UPON
THE SITE ITSELF.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME
COMPLEXITY TO
A PARTICULAR LOT.
MM-HMM.
HERE WE HAVE
WONDERFUL CONDITIONS.
WE'RE ON THE CAPE
AND WE'VE GOT
FLAT GROUND
AND SANDY SOIL.
GREAT SOIL
AND PEOPLE LOVE TO
BE HERE DOING THIS,
BECAUSE IT'S VERY
SIMPLE AND EASY.
IT'S EASY
TO DO IT HERE.
EASY TO DO IT.
AND THEN THE FORMWORK,
THAT'S A SEPARATE
SUBCONTRACTOR,
AND WHAT ARE
THE ECONOMICS THERE?
THE ECONOMICS ARE
AROUND $5,000, BOB,
FOR THAT,
AND YOU CAN
SPLIT THAT BETWEEN
THE MATERIAL
AND LABOR,
BECAUSE WE
ESSENTIALLY BUY
FOR $5,000,
THE CONCRETE
AND THE LABOR
TO SET UP THE FORMS
IN THE PORT,
AND IN A TYPICAL
FOUNDATION,
THERE ARE ABOUT
30 YARDS
OF CONCRETE
THAT WE POUR.
SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT
MAYBE 3 TRUCKLOADS--
3 TRUCKLOADS,
PLUS OR MINUS.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF WASTE,
BUT NOT MUCH,
AND THEY DO THAT
IN ABOUT 3 TRUCKS.
AND HOW MUCH IS
A YARD OF CONCRETE
NOWADAYS?
WE'RE PAYING
$70 A YARD
FOR CONCRETE NOW,
AND LIKE
EVERYTHING ELSE,
CEMENT, THE WOOD,
THE PRICES
HAVE ESCALATED,
AND 10 YEARS AGO,
CONCRETE WAS ABOUT
$38 A YARD,
AND YOU CAN
SEE THE DIFFERENCE
IN WHAT'S HAPPENING.
ABSOLUTELY.
DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE
FROM THE COST PERSPECTIVE
NOT TO DO
A FULL FOUNDATION,
BUT JUST TO DO
A CRAWL SPACE
UNDER YOUR HOUSE?
YOU KNOW,
IT REALLY DOESN'T,
BECAUSE
THE ADVANTAGES OF
FULL FOUNDATION
FAR OUTWEIGH
JUST DOING A CRAWL,
AND IF YOU
THINK ABOUT IT,
WE HAVE TO COME IN
AND DIG A HOLE,
AND THEN WE HAVE
TO SET FORMS,
AND FORMS ARE
8 FOOT IN DEPTH,
AND SO FOR US,
THE ADVANTAGE
IS THAT
WE PUT THE FORM IN,
WE POUR A LITTLE
MORE CONCRETE,
WE GET A FULL
FOUNDATION,
AND IT'S JUST
SO MUCH BETTER,
AND PEOPLE
LOVE TO HAVE
THAT FULL CELLAR.
YOU GET A FULL BASEMENT.
ADDITIONAL SPACE,
AND MECHANICALS ARE
MUCH EASIER TO RUN.
SO THE ONLY SAVINGS
WOULD BE MAYBE
YOU'RE ONLY USING
HALF AS MUCH CONCRETE.
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE
BIT MORE CONCRETE,
BUT YOU STILL
HAVE LABOR,
STILL FORM IT UP,
STILL HAVE TO DIG
A HOLE.
YOU EXCAVATE
A LITTLE BIT LESS,
MAYBE.
AND WHAT ABOUT
A SLAB HOUSE?
IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE,
AGAIN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF SAVING MONEY?
YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
I DON'T REALLY THINK
THAT IT IS.
IT'S A 4-FOOT WALL
YOU HAVE TO DIG.
GOT TO POUR,
PUT IN A FROST WALL.
EXACTLY.
YOU POUR THE SLAB.
I MEAN,
THE ECONOMICS
MIGHT BE
IN THE FIRST FLOOR
OF A HOUSE,
BUT AGAIN,
A SLAB HOME IS NOT--
THE MARKETPLACE
REALLY DOESN'T
LIKE SLAB,
AND IF WE CAN
AVOID IT AT ANY
COST, WE WILL.
SOME CASES,
WE CAN'T,
BECAUSE OF
GROUND WATER
OR BECAUSE OF
THE INABILITY
TO GET DOWN
WITH LEDGE,
BUT IT'S
A RARE OCCASION
WHEN YOU'D
WANT TO DO THAT.
SO ROUGHLY
10,000 BUCKS
FOR THE WHOLE
SHOOTING MATCH.
BACKFILL. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT,
SO THE FINISHING TOUCH
WHEN YOU'VE TOPPED OFF
IS TO INSERT
THESE BOLTS
WHAT, EVERY 16 INCHES?
YES, ABOUT EVERY
16 INCHES.
AND WHAT IS
THEIR PURPOSE?
THE PURPOSE IS
REALLY TO BOLT DOWN
THE SILL,
WHICH IS REALLY
THE BEGINNING OF
THE FRAME,
AND WHAT THAT DOES
IS IT ACTS
AS STABILITY,
SO AS YOU'RE REALLY
TYING THE HOUSE TO
THE FOUNDATION.
EXACTLY.
AND IT'S AN 8-INCH
FOUNDATION FLOOR, RIGHT?
8-INCH-THICK?
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, THE LAST
QUESTION, JOE.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT
TO GET BUSY HERE,
BUT WHAT ABOUT
INSULATING THE FOUNDATION
BEFORE YOU BACKFILL IT?
YEAH, WE DON'T
DO THAT IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE
TO DO THAT.
IF WE WERE GOING TO
FINISH THE BASEMENT,
IF THAT SPACE
WAS GOING TO BE,
IN FACT, A ROOM,
WE WOULD INSULATE IT
FROM THE INSIDE
USING A FIBROUS
FOAM INSULATION.
YEAH, EITHER FIBERGLASS
OR RIGID INSULATION
ON THE INSIDE.
BUT AS IT STANDS,
THESE HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT
WITH UNFINISHED BASEMENTS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
JUST THE FURNACE
DOWN THERE
AND STORAGE SPACE.
WHAT WE CALL
UNCONTROLLED,
UN-CLIMATIC SPACE.
GREAT.
OK, THANKS, JOE.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
Vila: COMING UP NEXT,
WE'LL MEET THE CARPENTERS
AND START FRAMING THE WALLS.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
HOW THE FRAME OF THE HOUSE
GETS STARTED,
BUT FIRST LET'S EXPLAIN
THE SITUATION HERE A LITTLE BIT,
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
AND THE WAY IT'S DONE HERE
IS BY THE DEVELOPER
ACTUALLY PUTTING UP 10 HOUSES.
4 OF THEM WILL BE SOLD
AT A REDUCED RATE,
AND THEY'LL REALLY BE PAID FOR
KIND OF BY
THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
THESE 4 WILL BE IDENTICAL
TO THE OTHER 6:
SAME QUALITY,
SAME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
LITERALLY THE SAME SIZE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
LOOK AT RIGHT NOW IS
HOW THE MATERIALS COME TOGETHER,
AND WES LOHR, WHO'S THE GENERAL
CONTRACTOR BUILDING THE HOUSES,
IS WITH US NOW.
HI, WES.
HEY, BOB.
HOW YOU DOING?
SO, A MINUTE AGO,
WE WERE LOOKING AT
POURING OFF THE TOP
OF THE FOUNDATION,
THE CONCRETE,
IN ONE OF THE OTHER
HOUSE SITES HERE,
AND THIS ONE HAS
ALREADY BEEN DONE.
HOW LONG DID YOU
WAIT TO LET
THE CONCRETE CURE?
WELL, THIS FOUNDATION
IS CURED FOR 7 DAYS,
AND THEN WE
GOT STARTED THIS MORNING.
OUR FIRST STEP IS
TO COME ON IN
AND WE SQUARE
THE FOUNDATION,
MAKE SURE
ALL THE DIMENSIONS
ARE THE SAME
AND EVERYTHING'S SQUARE,
AND THEN WE PUT DOWN
SILL SEALER,
AND THE SILL SEALER
IF THE FOUNDATION IS
AT ALL UNEVEN,
THAT'LL TAKE UP
SOME OF THE UNEVENNESS
AND MAKE A NICE,
TIGHT SEAL
TO THE PRESSURE TREATED
LUMBER HERE.
BETWEEN THE TOP OF
THE FOUNDATION
AND THE PRESSURE
TREATED LUMBER?
EXACTLY.
THAT'S BASICALLY
THE SILL.
EXACTLY.
NOW, WHY DO YOU USE
PRESSURE TREATED
FOR THE SILL?
WELL, ANY WOOD
THAT COMES IN CONTACT
WITH THE FOUNDATION,
BECAUSE IT IS
A POROUS
MASONRY MATERIAL,
IT'S CAPABLE OF
WICKING WATER,
SO WE LIKE TO USE
THE PRESSURE TREATED WOOD
ANYWHERE CLOSE TO
THE CONCRETE.
EXCELLENT.
AND THEN THE REST OF
THE LUMBER
THAT'S USED IS...
THIS IS ALL 2 x 10
KILN-DRIED LUMBER.
THEY'LL BE USING IT
FOR THE DECK.
SO IT'S
HIGH QUALITY.
AND, OF COURSE,
THESE ARE
ALL THE POINTS
WHERE THE TOPS OF
THE BOLTS...
THOSE ARE ALL THE BOLTS
THAT WERE
EMBEDDED INTO
THE CONCRETE
DURING THE POURING
THAT YOU LAST SAW,
AND WE DRILL HOLES
THROUGH THE PRESSURE
TREATED LUMBER
AND WE PUT
THE WASHERS AND BOLTS
AND IT HOLDS IT
ALL NICE AND SECURE.
RIGHT. NOW,
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY
A 24-FOOT BY 36-FOOT
RECTANGLE.
EXACTLY.
AND WHAT'S
THE PRODUCT
THAT WE'RE USING FOR
THE FLOORING
UNDER THERE?
THAT'S A 3/4-INCH
TONGUE AND GROOVE
FIR PRODUCT,
AND WE GLUE IT
DOWN FIRST,
AND THEN IT'S NAILED
WITH RING SHANK NAILS.
WES,
WHAT THIS REALLY
DEMONSTRATES IS
HOW FAST
MODERN CONSTRUCTION
REALLY IS,
BECAUSE YOU GUYS
STARTED THIS MORNING
AND 4 OR 5
HOURS LATER,
YOU FRAMED THE FIRST
FLOOR DECK,
AND YOU'RE
SHEETING IT
WITH PLYWOOD.
EXACTLY.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GET AT LEAST A FEW OF
THESE MAIN WALLS UP,
AND BE BACK TOMORROW
TO DO THE REST OF
THE WALLS.
AND THAT MEANS THAT
A FRAME LIKE THIS,
ON A 24- BY 36-FOOT
HOUSE,
IS GOING TO BE
UP AND RUNNING
WITHIN WHAT,
3 OR 4 DAYS?
WE'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT
ABOUT 5 TO 6 DAYS
BEFORE WE GET
THE ROOF ON,
AND A COUPLE DAYS
AFTER THAT
TO PUT
THE SHINGLES ON.
AND WE'LL BE
LOOKING GOOD.
YEAH. WHAT HAPPENS HERE,
WHERE YOU'VE GOT
AREAS WHERE
YOU DON'T QUITE
MEET THE VERY EDGE?
WELL, HERE'S WHERE
AN END OF A 4 x 8
SHEET STOPPED,
AND ANYWHERE ELSE
WE HAVE
TO PUT PILLARS,
WE RIP THEM DOWN TO
FIT IN THERE PERFECT
SO THE WALLS DON'T
TILT AT ALL.
GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO, WES,
TAKE US THROUGH
THE NEXT STEP.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY
GETTING READY TO PUT UP
THE BACK WALL OF
THE HOUSE, RIGHT?
WHAT WE'VE DONE,
WE'VE
FINISHED LAYING
THE SHEATHING,
AND MY BROTHER SCOTT
IS LAYING OUT
THE FIRST WALL THAT
WE'RE GOING
TO BUILD.
SO--AND IT'S JUST
ONE LONG 36-FOOT
OUTSIDE WALL
WITH WHAT,
A BACK DOOR
AND A FEW WINDOWS
IN IT?
EXACTLY.
IF WE TAKE A HOP
UP HERE...
HE'S GOT HIS PLAN HERE.
WHAT HE'S DOING IS
HE'S LAYING OUT.
RIGHT NOW,
HE'S GOING TO LAY OUT
WHERE THE WINDOWS
ARE GOING TO GO.
HE'S GOING TO LAY OUT
ALL THE STUDS THAT ARE
GOING IN THE WALL.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S
A SLIDER BACK HERE AS WELL.
Vila: ALL RIGHT.
SO HE'S JUST
POSITIONING THEM,
16 INCHES ON CENTER,
AND, OF COURSE,
WHAT YOUR BROTHER'S
BEEN LAYING OUT,
ONE OF THEM WILL BE
AT THE TOP UP HERE.
NOW, THIS IS
A HEADER, I ASSUME?
AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE'VE PRE-CUT
OUR HEADERS
OUT OF THIS FIR,
4 x 8 SOLID MATERIAL,
AND NOW THAT'S
GOING TO GO UP HERE.
NOW, WHY ARE YOU
USING FULL 4-BY
INSTEAD OF
SANDWICHING A COUPLE
OF 2-BYS
WITH A STRIP OF
PLYWOOD IN BETWEEN?
IT ACTUALLY COMES DOWN TO
A LABOR SAVING.
REALLY?
IT'S VERY QUICK
AND EFFICIENT FOR US
TO USE THE 4 x 8s.
WE CUT IT
ONE SWIPE THROUGH
AND IT'S JUST AS STRONG
AS THE 2 x 10s,
AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT
LINING UP THE TWO
2 x 10s
AND PUTTING A PIECE
OF PLYWOOD IN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S A BIG
TIMESAVER.
WHAT HE'S
LAYING DOWN RIGHT NOW
IS WHAT WE CALL BACKER.
IT'S TO RECEIVE
AN INTERIOR WALL
THAT'S GOING TO BE
COMING IN--
PERPENDICULAR TO IT.
RIGHT.
OK, NOW WE START
TO GET THE IDEA,
AND...THE OPENING
THAT HE'S
LEAVING HERE
REPRESENTS A SLIDING
PATIO DOOR?
THIS IS EXACTLY
WHERE THE SLIDER
WILL BE.
OK. SO ARE WE IN
THE KITCHEN AREA?
THE KITCHEN IS
RIGHT OVER HERE,
AND THIS WILL BE
THE DINING ROOM--
THE SLIDER OFF
THE DINING ROOM.
THE FIRST THING
HE'S GOING TO DO IS
ATTACH THE KING STUD
TO OUR 4 x 8 HEADER.
SO THE KING STUD
REFERS TO
THE FULL-LENGTH STUD
THAT GOES ON EITHER
SIDE OF THAT HEADER.
THAT IS IT.
AND THEN SISTERED
ONTO THE KING STUD
YOU'VE GOT A JACK,
RIGHT?
IT'LL BE A JACK STUD.
IT'LL BE CUT TO GO
DIRECTLY UNDER
THE 4 x 8,
AND THAT'LL GIVE IT
THE SUPPORT WE NEED
TO HOLD THE SECOND DECK.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE
WITH THE 4 x 8 HEADER
THAT HE'S ABLE TO GET
COMPLETE NAILING
INTO THE SIDES.
IF THERE WERE
TWO 2 x 10s,
IT'D BE EASIER TO SPLIT
THROUGH THE 2 x 10s
THAN NOT GET
AS DIRECT A NAILING
INTO IT.
SURE.
AND THIS REALLY
MAKES IT SOLID.
WHAT SIZE NAILS
IS HE ACTUALLY
SHOOTING IN?
THOSE ARE
A 16 PENNY SPIKE.
WE USE ALL GALVANIZED
SPIKES ON ALL OUR FRAMING.
ALL GALVANIZED.
YEAH, IT'S STILL
A STICK-BUILT HOUSE,
AS OPPOSED TO SOME
SORT OF PREFAB.
I MEAN...
THIS IS A TRADITION,
ESPECIALLY--
...TRADITION.
IT JUST SAVES US
A LOT OF TIME
AND ENERGY
FOR THE NAIL GUNS.
NOT TO HAVE TO SWING
THAT HAMMER.
I THINK IT GIVES YOU
A LITTLE MORE QUALITY
AS WELL.
THE WOOD'S NOT
BOUNCING AROUND
EVERY TIME YOU'RE
SWINGING A HAMMER.
IT'S ONE SHOT.
IT SUCKS IT IN
NICE AND TIGHT.
ON THE END,
WE PUT A TRIPLER.
IT'S BASICALLY
3 OF THE 2 x 4s
NAILED TOGETHER.
IT'S TO ALLOW
THE WALL COMING IN,
THE SIDE WALL COMING IN,
AND ALLOW FOR
SHEET ROCK NAILING.
SO THAT YOU HAVE
A NICE CORNER.
EXACTLY.
AND THESE ARE
16 PENNY
HOT DIPPED
GALVANIZED
RING SHANK--
RING SHANK.
WHEN THEY GO IN,
THEY'RE NOT
COMING OUT EASY.
YEAH.
THEY'RE REALLY
GOING TO GRIP.
OUR NEXT STEP HERE, BOB,
IS TO PLACE
ANOTHER LINEAL 2 x 4.
THAT'S GOING TO BECOME
OUR TOP PLATE.
WE HOLD THAT IN
ABOUT 3 1/2 INCHES
TO ACCEPT THE TOP PLATE
COMING IN FROM
THE SIDE WALL.
FROM THE SIDE WALL.
WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO,
IT'S GOING TO SPAN
ANY SEAMS
THAT WE HAD IN
OUR FIRST PLATE
AND GIVE THIS STRUCTURE
THE STRENGTH
WE NEED IT TO.
YEAH, AND ONCE
YOU'VE GOT
THAT DONE,
THEN YOU'RE READY
TO SHEATH IT.
THE NEXT THING, AGAIN,
WE SQUARE THE WALL.
MAKE SURE THE WALL'S
NICE AND SQUARE,
SO WHEN IT GOES UP,
IT'LL BE LEVEL.
SNAP A LINE
FOR OUR PLYWOOD,
AND WE'LL BE PLYWOODING.
Vila: NEXT, WE'LL START
SHEATHING THE WALL
USING OSB,
ORIENTED STRAND BOARD.
Vila: NEXT TIME ON
"BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,"
WE'RE MAKING LOTS OF PROGRESS
AT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSE PROJECT.
WE'LL BE BUILDING OUR FORMWORK
AND POURING
THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION.
WE'LL LOOK AT
THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE USING
FOR THE FIRST-FLOOR DECK.
THEN WE'LL SEE HOW TO LAY OUT
THE FRAMING FOR THE BACK WALL.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW
NAIL GUNS MAKE
MODERN CONSTRUCTION
REALLY EFFICIENT.
FINALLY, WE'LL APPLY
OSB SHEATHING
AND RAISE THE WALL,
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON
"HOME AGAIN."
Vila: NEXT TIME ON
"BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,"
WE'RE BACK AT OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT,
POURING THE FOUNDATION
AND FRAMING THE WALLS.
DON'T MISS IT.
Lohr: WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW,
BOB, AS I PROMISED,
IS WE'RE GOING TO
SQUARE THIS WALL.
NOW, ANY TIME THAT
YOU BUILD
A 36-FOOT-LONG
PARTITION LIKE THIS,
IT'S LIKELY TO BE
A LITTLE TINY BIT
RACKED,
INSTEAD OF A PERFECT
90-DEGREE CORNER.
IT VERY WELL
COULD BE, YOU KNOW.
DURING CONSTRUCTION,
THINGS GET SHIFTED AROUND.
AS LONG AS THESE
TWO MEASUREMENTS
ARE THE SAME,
THIS WALL'S
PERFECTLY SQUARE,
AND WHEN IT GOES UP,
IT'LL BE LEVEL.
FROM OPPOSITE CORNERS
TO OPPOSITE CORNERS.
EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S AS EASY
AS IT IS.
[BEEPING]
Vila: ALL RIGHT,
SO, WES,
WHAT'S THE CHALK LINE FOR?
SO WE MEASURED UP
FROM THE BOTTOM OF
THE WALL
36 1/2 INCHES.
THE SHEETS ARE
48 INCHES.
WHAT THAT
OVERHANG ALLOWS
IS TO COVER THE DECK
WHEN THE WALL'S
STOOD UP.
I SEE.
SO THAT EXTRA FOOT
WILL OVERLAP
THE BAND.
IT'LL COVER
THE 2 x 10 BAND
AND IT'LL ALSO
COVER THE SILLS,
THE PRESSURE TREATED
SILLS.
EXCELLENT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE
READY TO BRING ON
THE ORIENTED
STRAND BOARD,
AND THIS PRODUCT IS--
WELL, IT'S
LOUISIANA PACIFIC,
AND WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT IT IS,
IT'S SUSTAINABLE.
IT'S MADE FROM ASPEN,
WHICH IS
A VERY SUSTAINABLE,
FAST-GROWTH
WOOD PRODUCT.
THE THING I LIKE
ABOUT THE OSB
DOES NOT DELAMINATE.
IT HOLDS ITS SHAPE
VERY WELL.
IF IT GETS
A LITTLE WET,
IT REALLY KEEPS
ITS SHAPE.
IT'S GOTTEN UP THERE
IN PRICE,
ALONG WITH
EVERYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T
TALKED MUCH
ABOUT THE COST OF
THE FRAME,
BUT A SHEET OF OSB
THAT I REMEMBER
USED TO BE
$5.00, $6.00, $7.00
IS 3 OR 4
TIMES THAT NOW.
YES, AND NOW--
LAST I CHECKED,
IT'S ABOUT
$22 TO $23 A SHEET.
DOES IT MATTER
WHICH SIDE IS IN
AND WHICH SIDE IS OUT?
IS ONE PREFERABLE
TO BE AT THE WEATHER?
WELL, THEY DO PUT
A WAX COATING
ON ONE SIDE
FOR THE WEATHER,
AND ALSO YOU'LL
NOTICE THE LINES
GOING DOWN?
THEY GIVE YOU
A COUPLE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
ONE OF THE LINES IS
16 ON CENTER.
THEY ALSO HAVE
A 2-FOOT
ON CENTER LINE.
SO IT MAKES
YOUR NAILING
A LOT EASIER,
AS LONG AS
HE'S FOLLOWING
THAT BLACK MARK.
EXACTLY.
THE NAIL'S
GOING TO HIT
RIGHT ON THE STUD.
EXACTLY.
[WHIRRING]
Vila: ANY OVERLAPPING PIECES
OF THE ORIENTED STRAND BOARD
THAT FILL IN THE WINDOW OPENINGS
WILL BE TRIMMED OFF BEFORE
WE LIFT UP THE FRAME.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE READY
TO RAISE THE WALL.
STICK AROUND.
Vila: EVERYBODY'S
FAVORITE PART.
YOU GOING TO EYEBALL IT?
Lohr: I'M GOING TO
GIVE THIS
A QUICK SIGHT.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
PERFECT FOR NOW,
BUT--THAT LOOKS GOOD
RIGHT THERE, SCOTT.
MAIN GOAL IS
TO MAKE SURE
IT'S OUT ENOUGH
SO IT DOESN'T
INTERFERE WITH
THE NEXT WALL.
EXACTLY, AND NOTHING
LIKE DOING THIS
ON A WINDLESS DAY.
IT'S A PERFECT DAY
FOR IT.
THANK YOU, WES.
WE'RE RUNNING SHORT
ON TIME.
Vila: COME HOME AGAIN NEXT TIME
WHEN WE'LL BE BACK AT
OUR BROWNSTONE PROJECT
IN NEW YORK CITY,
DOING A TRADITIONAL PLASTER JOB
AND INSTALLING
A HARDWOOD FLOOR.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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