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Landscaping, Front Column Installation and Installing a Home Security System
Landscaping, Front Column Installation and Installing a Home Security System
House eight of the Elmwood project. Landscaping add the finishing touch for the front porch. The final touches to the front ...
Laying Plywood for the Front Porch Ceiling
Laying Plywood for the Front Porch Ceiling
General contractor Kevin Kalman and carpenter Bob Ryley lay plywood to the soffit of the front porch ceiling in the Mt. ...
MDO Plywood
MDO Plywood
Called MDO, or medium density overlay, it's engineered plywood with a resin treated fiber applied to both faces. This gives an ...
Mitigating Damage from Wind, Rain, and Flood
Mitigating Damage from Wind, Rain, and Flood
Behind the Scenes - Lifespan House
Modular Home Front Porch
Modular Home Front Porch
Bob Vila takes a quick look at the sustainable mahogany front porch and deck. The decking, secured by stainless steel ...
Out Building
Out Building
Add value to your house with a new deck, patio, or porch. A simple stone patio or farmer's porch out front create a quiet ...
Outdoor Rooms
Outdoor Rooms
A home’s outdoor space is no longer just a grassy backyard for kids and pets. From luxury pool patios to sprawling gardens to ...
Painting Railings
Painting Railings
If you’re painting a porch that has railings, paint the railings first. Follow with the outside edges of the floor, working ...
Porch Railing and Screen Door Installation
Porch Railing and Screen Door Installation
House five of the Elmwood project. Bob Ryley helps install the new railing and new screen doors. An underground sprinkler ...
Porch Restoration: Custom Reproduction Mouldings and Chadsworth Columns
Porch Restoration: Custom Reproduction Mouldings and Chadsworth Columns
House five of the Elmwood project. Porch restoration continues. Forester Molding re milled many elements of the porch.
Porch Trim
Porch Trim
Behind the Scenes - Habitat for Humanity
Proper Installation of Redwood Decking for the Front Porch
Proper Installation of Redwood Decking for the Front Porch
Bob talks with Ron Holen from Georgia-Pacific as carpenter Pat Cloutier puts the finishing touches on the redwood front porch ...
Recycling Old Porch Posts for Use
Recycling Old Porch Posts for Use
Bob and Charlie look at a couple of the old posts that the architect intended to reuse. However, Charlie discovered that they ...
Relocating the Front Door
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 ...
Removing Lead Paint from Exterior Surfaces
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.
Removing the Porch Columns
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 ...
Repairing Sliding Doors
Repairing Sliding Doors
Sliding doors can stick in their tracks, making them difficult to open and close. If debris in the tracks isn't your problem, ...
Replacing Windows with French Doors
Replacing Windows with French Doors
Bob meets with contractor Al Stiles on the Forida cottage and installs a pair of French doors. First, they have to remove the ...
Restoring the Front Porch
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.
Retrospective of 11 Historic Restoration Projects in the Elmwood Neighborhood
Retrospective of 11 Historic Restoration Projects in the Elmwood Neighborhood
Bob recaps the entire Elmwood project. It was a community effort on may of the houses and great pains were made to adhere to ...
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