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A Panelized Home: Blissful Bathrooms
A Panelized Home: Blissful Bathrooms
The construction of the Hammonds' house shows that the more educated you are about the process, the better your chances are ...
Avoiding Flood Damage and Protecting Your Property
Avoiding Flood Damage and Protecting Your Property
Flood protection can involve a variety of changes to your house and property–changes that can vary in complexity and cost. You ...
Avoiding Flood Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners
Avoiding Flood Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners
Are you looking for ways to protect your home from flooding? There are many things you can do, depending on the flood hazard ...
Basement Bathrooms
Basement Bathrooms
Adding a basement bathroom can be a plumbing challenge, but toilet pumps and alternative waste-removal systems give remodelers ...
Bathroom Plumbing Work and Electrical Wiring the Kitchen
Bathroom Plumbing Work and Electrical Wiring the Kitchen
Plumber Kevin Hanley reviews the installation of the new half-bath. A pedistal water basin and an antique toilet are ...
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 ...
Block Wall Demolition
Block Wall Demolition
Bob and Ed Weller meet to demolish a block wall to open up the room for the remodel. An electrician has disconnected the ...
Boiler Pipes and a In-Floor Radiant Heat in Bathroom
Boiler Pipes and a In-Floor Radiant Heat in Bathroom
Bob meets with the plumber to look at the air handler and then goes upstairs to check out a bathroom floor heated with radiant ...
Cleaning Drains
Cleaning Drains
Thank goodness for the household drain system. It removes wastewater from sinks, tubs, and showers, dumping it into your ...
Cook Center Installation
Cook Center Installation
Bob helps Kevin install Kitchen Aid Oven and Kohler Pro cook center.
Copper Plumbing Installation
Copper Plumbing Installation
Tom Higham is on hand to demonstrate how install copper plumbing for the bathroom lavatory. A copper T is used to join the ...
Distributing Water throughout the House
Distributing Water throughout the House
Keeping up with the flow of things in and around your home's water system.
Drainage, Wastewater and Vent Systems
Drainage, Wastewater and Vent Systems
The task of removing water and waste in the belongs to the DWV system.
Drainwater Heat Recovery System
Drainwater Heat Recovery System
Behind the Scenes - Habitat for Humanity
Elm Court's Utility Room and Washer and Dryer Hookup
Elm Court's Utility Room and Washer and Dryer Hookup
Donald Brazie from D & B Plumbing demonstrates how to hook up a washer and dryer in a utility room that was formerly a ...
Energy Efficient Washer Dryer Set Installed
Energy Efficient Washer Dryer Set Installed
Bob and Ryley install a Maytag Neptune washer-dryer set. Manufacturer's representative Jay Klosterman describes the product's ...
Evaluating the HVAC and Plumbing Systems
Evaluating the HVAC and Plumbing Systems
Bob meets with plumbing and HVAC contractor Frank ladarola, to look at a 40+ year old converted gas from oil furnace that ...
Excavation for a New Waterline
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 ...
Exterior Tour and Plumbing
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 ...
Flood Prep - Sewer
Flood Prep - Sewer
Keep these points in mind if you have backflow valves installed:

a) Changes to the plumbing in your house must be done ...
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