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Excavating and Building the Foundation
Bob visits the start of the new foundation. The soil componants are discussed and the digging begins. Once the excavation is ... |
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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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Excavation for a New Waterline
Bob meets with Dick of John Hawley Inc. to watch the excavation for the installation of a new waterline and discuss the ... |
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Exterior Demolition on the Victorian in Rowley, Massachusetts
Tim Berky, the general contractor on the Victorian remodel in Rowley, Massachusetts, explains the sequence of exterior ... |
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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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Foundation Excavation and Formwork
Bob and Paul Morse check out the excavations and formwork for the foundation. |
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Foundation Layout
The foundation was hand dug and the forms are layed for the footings. Bob and Ryley discuss the layout of the greenouse ... |
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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 ... |
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Innovative Septic System Installation
Bob meets with Tom Florence to install the Flo-Well Polyvinylehelene septic system. The tank is much lighter than concrete ... |
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Inspecting the Concrete Slab in the Basement
Ryley and Mike Wescott inspect the basement concrete slab after the pour and then they go over other construction details in ... |
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Installing a Seismic Frame
Bob checks out the progress on the seismic frame. We see the installation of tubular steal columns to support the header and ... |
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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 ... |
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Installing Steel Stair Stringers for the Bulkhead
Installer Juan Gonsalves shows Bob how to install steel stair stringers. Simplifying the stairbuilding process, these ... |
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Installing the Concrete Cellar Stairs
Back on site, pre-cast concrete cellar stairs, fabricated in Williston, Vermont, are lowered with a boom and bolted up against ... |
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Installing the Precast Foundation
The basement walls are lifted into place and secured. The prebuilt walls have a insullation of R5 and have steel reinforced ... |
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Insulating the Foundation
Bob and Ryley insulate the foundation of an attached solar greenhouse. They use 2-inch-thick Dow styrofoam (extruded ... |
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Laying Precast Foundation System
Ryley meets with Jim Whiteside, construction manager for Habitat and they look at the pre-cast foundation by Superior Wall ... |
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Laying the Decking for the First Floor
Bob Vila and Ryley review the preparation of the site prior to lying the decking. Ryley states that they started with a sill ... |
