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Anchoring a Deck
If you're building a backyard deck, you want to be sure it's secure on its foundation. Set a threaded bolt into your concrete ... |
 
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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 ... |
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Basement Access Doors
If you're looking to bring basement access to your home, there are many options to choose from. Even with an existing home ... |
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Brooklyn Botanical Garden Tour
Bob travels to New York City to take a break from winter in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, a museum greenhouse on a much ... |
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Building a Basement Rec Room
Ryley builds out a rec room floor in the Plymouth house. Ryley explains how to keep the room from being damp. Ryley puts down ... |
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Building a Free Floating Deck
Bob visits a job site where a deck is being added onto a house. Due to flood plain regulations, the deck cannot be attached to ... |
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Building a Gunite Cement Swimming Pool
Bob is joined by Tom McNealy of Blue Haven Pools as the crew forms, sprays, and shapes a gunite cement pool. McNealy explains ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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Building the Brick Fireplace
Bob talks with general contractor Ted Riley about the fireplace construction. The project started with cinder blocks in the ... |
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Chalk Lines
Using a chalk line is a quick way to give yourself a straight line as a building guide. Here's how: Find the endpoints of your ... |
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Choosing Between a Poured Foundation or a Crawlspace
Bob's back at the Mashpee site where he meets with developer Joe Valle to discuss the foundation that is being poured. Valle ... |
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Cold Weather Brick Laying
The bricklayers are on hand to dress up the foundation. Bob notes the "anti-freeze" that has been added to the concrete to ... |
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Concrete Countertops: The Design and Construction Process
Concrete countertops are now more affordable and easier to install, particularly by a savvy DIY-er. |
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Concrete Look
For certain types of rooms and some aesthetic tastes, exposed concrete flooring is a nice option. You can get concrete with a ... |
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Concrete Mixing Ring
The problem: you don't have a mortar box or wheel-barrow to mix up those small batches of concrete. Instead, use the ring ... |
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Concrete Plant Tour in Boston, Massachusetts
Bob takes a tour of a concrete plant along the Charles River in Boston. Bob follows the path of the orders and materials ... |
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Concrete Pool Decks
A concrete pool deck must be safe, slip-resistant, and easy on the feet. Creating a deck that will last is another issue. ... |
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Concrete Pump System
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Constructing Concrete Walkway with Crushed Granite Aggregate
Bob discusses the concrete walk with the contractor. He gives Bob some tips on how to make the concrete cure harder and have ... |
