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Relocating the Front Door
Bob works with GC Charlie Tomaszewski and Matt Alexander to move the Medford home's original front door over to the left. This will allow them to ... |
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Removing Lead Paint from Exterior Surfaces
House seven of the Elmwood project. Bob investigates the methods used to remove lead paint from the porch columns. |
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Removing the Porch Columns
Bob and Cortney Lofton remove the front porch columns so they can be replicated. The matching cloumns will be used on the home's new back porch. ... |
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Residential Electrical Wiring for the Warehouse Rehab
In this segment Bob meets Eddie Fisher, the master electrician on the Brooklyn project's infrastructure team. The team of five electricians from ... |
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Restoring the Front Porch
House nine of the Elmwood project. Another 1895 house, now owned by the Henderson family, gets a total front porch restoration. |
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Restoring the Guest Cottage
Bob checks progress in the basement and attic of the governor's mansion before going on to the guest cottage where he meets Luis Knuckles and Mike ... |
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Restructuring the First Floor
Charlie Tomaszewski uses a Craftsman palm nailer while installing the final joist hanger. This now completes the restructuring of the of the ... |
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Review of the Post-and-Beam Barn
This is the final visit to the post-and-beam barn project, for a grand tour and a review of some of the great features installed over the last ... |
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Review of the Roof Construction Process
At the Yonkers Blitz-Build for Habitat the crew uses a crane to install the roof panels made of SIPS. |
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Reviewing the Completed Demolition
The furred out walls from the 1940s, the oringinal lathe and plaster, and all the extra building materials have been removed from the 1890s ... |
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Reviewing the Home's Framing
Bob reviews the framing of the home. The frame is solidly built, as several tons of masonry is temporarily stacked on the floor. Bob reviews the ... |
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Reviewing the Home's Layout
Bob meets developer Joe Valle and general contractor Wes Lohr at the Mashpee affordable home site. This three-bedroom starter home features an ... |
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Reviewing the Home's Layout
With the first floor deck framing underway, Bob orients viewers to the home's layout and provides a progress report on the construction so far. ... |
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Reviewing the Pergola Design
Bob reviews the progress of the greenhouse construction and examines the framing of the pergola roof. |
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Reviewing the Unfinished Kitchen
Bob and the carpenter show the new staircase in the entry hall. The carpenter had to create wedge shaped stairs to provide headroom for the ... |
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Roof Framing and Making a Turret
Bob confers with general contractor Bob Ryley as he begins demolition of the roof dormer to prepare for a turret in its place. Ryley points out ... |
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Roof Framing for Hurricane Safety
Bob goes inside with Ed to look at the roof framing details designed to meet Florida hurricane codes. Perfortated strapping is used to tie the ... |
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Sealing the Exterior Wall Sills
As framing gets underway, Bob watches the workmen roll out the ICA Sill Seal, a new non-crosslink polyethylene foam product, simplifying the ... |
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Securing Load Bearing Columns with Metal Straps to Prevent Wind Lift
Steel straps are tied down on the band joists of the home. These steel straps are threaded through the columns to the top and prevent uplift ... |
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Securing the Modular Walls
Michael Shiels and Bob review the joining of the four main sections of the modular home. They review the marriage points where gusset plates are ... |
