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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 ...
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 ...
Cutting an Exterior Door to Fit
Cutting an Exterior Door to Fit
Bob explains how the Owens Corning Basement Finishing System has added a lot of warmth to the Melrose basement. A mud room was ...
Door Lock Installation
Door Lock Installation
Bob Ryley is on to his next project, installing the new lockset from Baldwin Brass on the front door. Ryley's advice for ...
Federal-Style Home Restoration Update
Federal-Style Home Restoration Update
Bob meets with Richard Marks, general contractor at the Charleston, SC, remodel of a Federal-style home. Richard explains the ...
Finished Brownstone Bedroom and Patio
Finished Brownstone Bedroom and Patio
Bob and Chris Vila are in the back spaces of the Manhattan Brownstone floor-through apartment to check on finish details. The ...
French Door and Weep Holes on the Balcony
French Door and Weep Holes on the Balcony
Bob starts on the balcony of the Manhattan Brownstone where open space was standard for these urbsan town homes. The balcony ...
French Door Hardware
French Door Hardware
Bob meets with Ryley and installs the hardware trim on an Andersen French door.
French Doors Arrive
French Doors Arrive
Bob meets up with Ray Adams from Pella to look at the new Pella French doors that Charlie will be installing in the library. ...
Hanging a Shiplap Pine Wood Door
Hanging a Shiplap Pine Wood Door
Bob and Ryley install a new pre-hung shiplap pine door, which they build themselves, in the shop.
Hanging the Front Door
Hanging the Front Door
At the Malibu beach house, Bob meets with Jack and Kent Colstead to hang the new arched top, vertical grain, Douglas fir front ...
High-Perfomance French Doors
High-Perfomance French Doors
Cordell Burton from Pella Windows in Iowa is with Bob to show him the inswinging French doors that will be installed in the ...
Installation of the Home Security Lock System
Installation of the Home Security Lock System
Bob Vila meets with Alexis Willingham and Billy Carmen from MacLock and Wizard Industries, respectively. Willingham ...
Installing a Brick Walkway
Installing a Brick Walkway
House six of the Elmwood project. The brick walkway goes in and the railings are replicated by Forester Moulding.
Installing a Therma-Tru Pre-Hung Door
Installing a Therma-Tru Pre-Hung Door
Bob is joined by Michael McDevitt of Therma-Tru Doors as Wes Lohr and his crew prepare for the installation of the pre-hung ...
Installing an Impact-Resistant Front Door
Installing an Impact-Resistant Front Door
Bob is back at the Punta Gorda, Florida, storm-ready house for the installation of the hurricane-resistant front door. Jesse ...
Installing Custom-Style Insulated Cedar Faced Garage Doors
Installing Custom-Style Insulated Cedar Faced Garage Doors
Bob and Kevin take a brief tour of the project before Bob goes off to meet Kent Forsland of Designer Doors Inc. to look at the ...
Installing French Doors
Installing French Doors
Tim Berky has the rough opening prepared for the installation of the inswinging French doors. The doors come with temporary ...
Installing Hurricane Resistant Frenchwood Doors
Installing Hurricane Resistant Frenchwood Doors
Bob meets with Kevin Calman to install an Andersen Frenchwood door.
Installing the Bluestone Front Steps
Installing the Bluestone Front Steps
Bob Vila meets up with Dave Anderson from Pasvalco, a New Jersey-based stone contractor, to discuss the new steps being added ...
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