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Distressing New Beams for a Century-Old Look
As seen on Bob Vila's Home Again, creating distressed beams adds character to any space. |
 
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Distressing Wood Beams
Juan Santos, at the Malibu beach house, explains to Bob how to distress the new Douglas Fir ceiling beams so that they look like they're hundreds ... |
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Door Hanging
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Durable Front Entry Columns for Colonial Home
At the modern Colonial's front entry, Bob takes a look at the columns that support the overhang at the front entry. An alternative to wooden ... |
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Earth Friendly Green Construction in Tucson, Arizona
It's off to Tucson, Arizona, where Bob tours Civano, a housing development using a variety of earth-friendly construction approaches. |
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Easy Attics
Engineered roof trusses speed roof framing and save money. |
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Electrical Wiring the Third Floor
Bob meets Brendon Driscoll, the electrician who is installing the new wiring. The initial wiring stage is called the "rough in" where Brendon ... |
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Electrical Wiring with Metal Studs
Bob joins electrician Jose Rodriguez as he installs wiring in metal framing at the storm-ready house. Rodriguez uses plastic boxes with plastic ... |
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Engineered Wood for the Floor Joist System
Bob discusses the advantages of engineered wood for the floor system with Steve Barth from Willamette Industries at the house in Mt. Pleasant, ... |
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Engineered Wood for the Home's Exterior Trim
Bob meets with Dave Probst of Louisiana Pacific to learn about LP's Smart System Products being used as exterior trim. |
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Engineered Wood I-Joists
Behind the Scenes - Habitat for Humanity |
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Enginered I-Beams
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Enhanced Plywood and Subfloor Products
Protecting an unfinished home from the elements is a builder's chief concern. Enhanced, durable decking or subfloor products are intended to ... |
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Environmentally Friendly House
John Picard, an environmental specialist, explains some of the features that make the Malibu house more environmentally friendly. Oriented strand ... |
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EPA Pressures the Wood-Preservative Industry to Change
With an EPA ban on CCA-treated wood going into effect, are decks going to crumble, picnic tables disintegrate, and play sets collapse? Not likely. ... |
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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 complete the forms ... |
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Exterior Tour and Plumbing
Bob and Ryley tour the exterior of our cabin. The cabin will have a lot of exposed wood surfaces, which will pose some problems for the ... |
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Federal Home Layout
Bob visits a Federal-style house undergoing reconstruction, as well as adding an addition, in Charleston, S.C., with contractor Richard Marks. |
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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 reconstruction (as ... |
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Fighting Carpenter Ants and Repairing the Porch
House six of the Elmwood project. The porch rebuild continues with decking, bases for columns and the columns themselves. |
