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Turn down the thermostat. Put on your heavy sweater and comfy slippers. It’s time to get serious about ways to save money on heating bills this ...
Architect Project Plans and Door Demolition
Architect Project Plans and Door Demolition
Work gets started as Greg Rochlin presents architectural plans and demolition begins, revealing an old pocket door.
Architectural Glass Panels for Pocket Doors
Architectural Glass Panels for Pocket Doors
Bob shows the double pocket doors that separate the living and private spaces of the Miami condo. The wall between the living room and bedroom has ...
Art Glass for Beauty and Privacy
Art Glass for Beauty and Privacy
Glass can transform space with color, light, and pattern. Used in doors as insets or panels, art glass allows light to penetrate interior spaces ...
Basement Access Doors
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 with no basement door, ...
Behind the Walls and Pocket Door Installation
Behind the Walls and Pocket Door Installation
Bob looks at what goes behind the walls before putting on the blue board: wiring, light fixtures, heat ducts, water lines and a pocket door frame.
BobVila.com's Top 21 Energy-Saving Ideas for 2008
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Bob Vila has been on the presidential campaign trail talking about energy efficiency. Now, BobVila.com shares 21 earth-friendly ideas for your ...
Brass Restoration
Brass Restoration
Building a Door
Building a Door
Bob meets with Ryley and builds a door jig to and a plank door with beadboards. Ryley oultines the door construction process and build the first ...
Caulk and Weatherstripping
Caulk and Weatherstripping
Warmed or air-conditioned air mixes with outside air through gaps in your home's thermal envelope—exterior walls, windows, doors, the roof, and ...
Choosing an Historically Appropriate Door
Choosing an Historically Appropriate Door
Bob shows the Woodport medium-density fiberboard doors selected for the Manhattan Brownstone. They are historically accurate five-panel doors like ...
Choosing Exterior and Interior Doors
Choosing Exterior and Interior Doors
New doors can increase the home's value, improve energy-efficiency and optimize security features. Some factors to consider when buying one are: ...
Clopay Garage Door Installation
Clopay Garage Door Installation
Bob gets together with Gary and Earl Raymond from Clairmont Glass as they prepare to install the Clopay garage doors. The openings for the garage ...
Clopay Reserve Collection
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Behind the Scenes - Vermont Farmhouse
Constructing Custom Reccessed Bulkhead Door
Constructing Custom Reccessed Bulkhead Door
Bob meets Larry Landers, who is working on the access to the old bulkhead, a trapdoor, essentially. The trapdoor is kept in place in order to ...
Convenience Products
Convenience Products
Larry Ratliff from Convenience Products joins energy expert Steve Easley to talk about strategies to fill the 1000s of tiny gaps around windows ...
Creating the Jambs and Hanging a Door
Creating the Jambs and Hanging a Door
Bob works with the crew from Thorough Construction as they prepare the Woodport door for hanging on site. The door is stabilized by a horse that ...
Custom Door Installation
Custom Door Installation
Bob meets with Curt Weiss from J.W. Door who has made a custom door unit for the Los Angeles remodel, with glass lights designed in an arts and ...
Custom Garage Doors from Designer Doors
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Custom Trim, Windows, and Pocket Door
Custom Trim, Windows, and Pocket Door
New custom Pella windows give a view onto the yard from the dining room. The windows are trimmed out in custom millwork that was created from a ...
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