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Backfilling the Basement Foundation System and Installing the Deck Supports
Backfilling the Basement Foundation System and Installing the Deck Supports
At the modular home site in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the backfilling ...
Bartlett Park Shipping Container Home
Bartlett Park Shipping Container Home
Bob is back in Bartlett Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, where they are helping to revitalize the neighborhood by building a ...
Big Energy Savings with Concrete Construction
Big Energy Savings with Concrete Construction
Bob talks with Jim Niehoff of the Portland Cement Association about building homes using concrete. For builders, constructing ...
Building a First-Floor Slab and Walls With Concrete
Building a First-Floor Slab and Walls With Concrete
Bob talks with Ron Ardres from ReddiForm about the construction of the home's concrete-slab floor. To build the floor, the ...
Building a Modular Home
Building a Modular Home
Bob meets with Pat Fricchione from Simplex Industries of Scranton, Penn. to discuss the modular home industry and specifically ...
Building a Reinforced, Solid-Pour Concrete Wall
Building a Reinforced, Solid-Pour Concrete Wall
Bob meets Mark Newton of Solid Wall Systems to learn about the solid-pour walls that will frame this storm-resistant home. Bob ...
Building Progress on the  Converted Shipping Container Home
Building Progress on the Converted Shipping Container Home
Bob Vila recaps the construction done so far of a storm resistant home in St Petersburg, Florida, where abandoned shipping ...
Building Reinforced Concrete Storm-Ready Homes in Florida
Building Reinforced Concrete Storm-Ready Homes in Florida
Bob is joined on the site of the Punta Gorda, Florida, storm-ready home by Jim Crain of Precise Forms. Precise Forms partners ...
Building Walls Using SIPs, Structural Insulated Panels
Building Walls Using SIPs, Structural Insulated Panels
Bob visits the site to watch the crew lead by Steve Thompson of Premier Building Systems raise the SIPS walls and then talks ...
Building with Polystyrene Forms and Concrete
Building with Polystyrene Forms and Concrete
The project in Norwell, Massachusetts, involves putting an addition on an existing house to create an in-law suite. A ...
CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding
CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding
Steve Easley is joined by CertainTeed's Steve Booz to discuss the siding being used on the EnergyWise House. CertainTeed ...
Crown Molding Installation
Crown Molding Installation
Steve Roth from Style Solutions shows Bob the crown molding being used in the Modular Mountain Retreat project house. The EPS ...
Custom-Bilt Metals
Custom-Bilt Metals
Need a roof that will last a lifetime? Custom-Bilt Metals' "LastTime" Metal Roofing Systems are most commonly selected for use ...
Delivery and Installation of the Modular Home's Second Floor
Delivery and Installation of the Modular Home's Second Floor
Bob Vila oversees the delivery and installation of the first section of the second floor of the home. Bob points out the ...
Discussing How Glulams are Manufactured
Discussing How Glulams are Manufactured
Bob visits the Willamette Industries glue laminated facilities in Eugene, Oregon, for a tour with General Sales Manager Steve ...
Discussing Stem Wall Construction
Discussing Stem Wall Construction
Bob joins Jesse Gonzalez from Mercedes Homes and Randy Cole from the City of Punta Gorda Building Department for a site visit ...
Inspecting the Steel Reinforcements before the Concrete Pour
Inspecting the Steel Reinforcements before the Concrete Pour
Bob talks with Randy Cole, from the City of Punta Gorda, who is on site to inspect the steel work before the concrete is ...
Installing a New Structural Support Beam
Installing a New Structural Support Beam
Bob meets with Ryley and the crew to begin installing the built-up structural beam made of Maxi-lams.
Installing Pre-Cast Concrete Basement Stairs and a Bulkhead
Installing Pre-Cast Concrete Basement Stairs and a Bulkhead
Bob is at the Mashpee home site for the installation of the pre-cast basement entry system from Bilco. He looks at a finished ...
Interior Tour of Modular Home
Interior Tour of Modular Home
Bob begins the final an interior tour of the modular home project in the Berkshire Hills. The interior doors are Woodport MDF ...
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