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Painting Cedar Shingles and Yellow Pine Shutters; Landscaping and Hardscaping
Painting Cedar Shingles and Yellow Pine Shutters; Landscaping and Hardscaping
House nine of the Elmwood project. The finishing touches are done on the front porch with a Sherwin Williams latex paint on ...
Photovoltaic Roofing Shingles Installed
Photovoltaic Roofing Shingles Installed
Bob checks in on the Habitat for Humanity Blitz project in Yonkers, New York. He talks with Deane Evans of the Partnership for ...
Photovoltaic Shingles
Photovoltaic Shingles
Behind the Scenes - Habitat for Humanity
Photovoltaic Shingles
Photovoltaic Shingles
A new concept in solar power, photovoltaic shingles, can help protect your home from the elements while generating ...
Plumbing and Electrical Work in the Home Addition
Plumbing and Electrical Work in the Home Addition
Bob joins Jack O'Leary and looks at rough-in plumbing and electrical and they install a roof vent.
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.
Prefabricated Chimney Rain Caps
Prefabricated Chimney Rain Caps
Prefabricated chimneys for heating systems, and for fireplaces, are equipped with rain caps to keep rain water from entering ...
Prevent Damage from Carpenter Ants
Prevent Damage from Carpenter Ants
Carpenter ants damage wood by hollowing it out for nesting and, unlike termites, wood damaged by carpenter ants does not ...
Protecting the Roof From Hurricane-Force Wind
Protecting the Roof From Hurricane-Force Wind
Bob is joined by Leslie Chapman-Henderson of FLASH — the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes — at the storm-ready house in Punta ...
Protecting the Roof With a Synthetic Underlayment
Protecting the Roof With a Synthetic Underlayment
Sandro Di Pede of Interwrap explains the new technology behind roofing underlayments like the Titanium UDL being used on the ...
Protecting Your Roof
Protecting Your Roof
The roof covering, and the deck beneath it, form one of your home's critical shields of protection from high winds and rain. ...
Protecting Your Roof Framing from Wind
Protecting Your Roof Framing from Wind
Gable end roofs are more susceptible to damage by high winds than hip roofs or flat roofs. The gable end presents a large ...
Putting in Copper Gutters
Putting in Copper Gutters
Bob meets with Bob Fulmer, Sr. of Harraseeket Restoration, Inc. to see how the gutters are installed on the copper roofed ...
Question to Ask a Contractor before You Hire
Question to Ask a Contractor before You Hire
Although you may be in a rush to get the repairs done, there are many important steps to hiring a contractor. Make sure the ...
R-Control SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels)
R-Control SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels)
R-Control has created building systems for walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings. Covered with a skin of OSB (oriented strand ...
Removing Shingles
Removing Shingles
Removing old, cracked, and brittle shingles for replacement is easy. Here's how: assemble an assortment of flatbars and ...
Repairing Gutters
Repairing Gutters
Minimize gutter repairs by keeping them clean and maintained.
Replacing the Roof: Sheathing to Asphalt Shingles and Skylight Installation
Replacing the Roof: Sheathing to Asphalt Shingles and Skylight Installation
Bob flashed back to the installation of the new roof. First the crew removed the old layers of roofing material from the barn. ...
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.
Restoring Wooden Gutters
Restoring Wooden Gutters
Here's a tip on how to increase the life of old wooden gutters. The first step is to lay a new rubber liner along the inside ...
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