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Adding a Third Floor Dormer Bob meets Ryley who is adding a third floor dormer to an existing home. Ryley will be recreating a shed dormer with a hip ... |
 
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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 ... |
 
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Building a Gable Roof Ryley shows how to build a gable end dormer into the new roof. Ryley starts with a header at ceiling height and then installs ... |
 
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Building a Shallow Hip Roof The 5 by 16-foot mudroom addition is framed, weathertight, and ready for a roof. This three-pitch roof will have a standing ... |
 
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Building a Shed Roof Bob talks with lead framing carpenter Dan Enright as he and his crew work on the shed roof over the kitchen/family room area. ... |
 
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Building for Hurricane Safety We meet contractor Ed Weller. He and Bob take a tour of another work-in-progress for a look at some building techniques unique ... |
 
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Building Joists and Rafters Ryley and Bob discuss the special beam being installed which utilizes a fletch plate. The plate is made of steel and is then ... |
 
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Building the Porch Rail The carpenter shows Bob the railing on the deck off the master bedroom. Explaining that code requires it to be 36 inches tall. ... |
 
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Construction of the Roof Truss System Bob explains the procedure as roof trusses are erected on the Roxbury House in Boston. |
 
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Cutting and Laying Roof Rafters for Vaulted Roof Bob helps lay the rafters on the roof of the home. The rafters all follow the same cutting pattern so they can all be laid ... |
 
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Delivery and Installation of the Modular Home's Second Floor Bob Vila oversees the delivery and installation of the first section of the second floor of the home. Bob points out the ... |
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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 ... |
 
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Framing the Porch Roof Bob confers with framing contractor Larry Landers, as Larry and his crew assemble the front porch framework on the ranch house ... |
 
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Gable Addition Framing Bob reviews the turret structure in the Martha's Vineyard Victorian. Bob, Ryley and crew then raise the gable wall in a ... |
 
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Garage Roof Truss Construction Bob and general contractor Ted Riley watch the framing crew construct the garage roof using trusses. Custom-ordered for size ... |
 
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Halfway Through the Project Home Tour Bob tours the ongoing remodeling project pointing out some of the trials and tribulations of such a large project. Rooms that ... |
 
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Hip Roof Framing Bob confers with Joe from the framing crew as they cut and stack the hip roof over the master bedroom of the Malibu Beach ... |
 
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Home Three: Roof Deck and Hot Tub Installation Project House three of the Elmwood project. Bob tours the next project the Castle of Elmwood. The goal is to reinforce an old sundeck ... |
 
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Hot Tub Installation House three of the Elmwood project. Covering the deck with a rubber roof and the delivery and installation of the hot tub. |