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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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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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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 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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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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Discussing the Poured-in Insulated Concrete Form System
Bob meets with Larz Anderson from Owens Corning to discuss the Lite-Form Insulating System used in the garage's foundation. A ... |
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Excavation and Foundation Work on the Rowley Victorian
Bob joins Tim Berky to hear how the foundation and footing will be handled for the Victorian kitchen and deck addition. The ... |
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Finding a Level with a Laser
Ted Riley explains to how the concrete crew uses a laser to assure that they get a level slab. The crew first sets up the ... |
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Framing Begins on the Miami Home
Bob frames an exotic partition wall made to resemble a banana leaf in a Miami kitchen renovation. He also pours concrete to ... |
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Framing the Back Porch
Bob reviews progress on the joist system for the new back porch. Concrete is poured and the framing starts. Bob confers with ... |
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Framing the First Floor Deck
Bob meets up with general contractor Ted Riley at the site to check on the progress on the foundation. With the foundation ... |
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Home Foundation Inspection
Bob meets with the contractor to inspect the poured footings and discuss the pouring process. They begin installing the sill ... |
