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Flooring, Plumbing, and Plastering
Flooring, Plumbing, and Plastering
The old flooring has been removed and Bob outlines the process of installing the new. LVL supports allow a restructuring of ...
Foundation Layout
Foundation Layout
The foundation was hand dug and the forms are layed for the footings. Bob and Ryley discuss the layout of the greenouse ...
Framing a Garage Workshop
Framing a Garage Workshop
When choosing the framing and construction materials for your garage, consider how it will be used, what fire and safety ...
Framing a Master Closet for a Contemporary Colonial
Framing a Master Closet for a Contemporary Colonial
Bob and Ryley demonstrate step by step how to frame up a 6' x 12' walk-in closet for the master bedroom. The framing crew ...
Framing Exterior Walls for the Center Hall Colonial
Framing Exterior Walls for the Center Hall Colonial
Kevin Parquette's crew is making swift work of the framing using traditional practices such as 2-by-4 construction with 1/2 ...
Framing out Wet Wall for Waste Pipes
Framing out Wet Wall for Waste Pipes
Bob discusses the "wet" walls in the expansion project. With the addition of a second floor, special attention needs to be ...
Framing the Back Wall of the Affordable Home
Framing the Back Wall of the Affordable Home
Bob joins General Contractor Wes Lohr as they frame the back wall of the affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Lohr walks ...
Framing the Barn
Framing the Barn
Bob confers with Paul Pacella from Maine Post and Beam of Cape Cod about the framing of the barn. Paul demonstrates the ...
Framing the Deck and Laying the Deck Boards
Framing the Deck and Laying the Deck Boards
Bob and Ryley continue working on the backyard deck, they finish the deck framing and begin laying the deck boards.
Framing the First Floor Deck
Framing the First Floor Deck
Bob meets up with general contractor Ted Riley at the site to check on the progress on the foundation. With the foundation ...
Framing the Mashpee Home with Pressure-Treated Lumber
Framing the Mashpee Home with Pressure-Treated Lumber
Bob meets with Wes Lohr, the general contractor for the River Hill homes, as his crew sets the sill and the first floor deck ...
Framing the Porch Roof
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 ...
Framing with Engineered Wood I-Joists
Framing with Engineered Wood I-Joists
Bob and Ryley meet up with framing contractor Kevin Parquette of Timberline Building Specialists. Kevin comments on the ...
Gable Addition Framing
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 ...
Garage Roof Truss Construction
Garage Roof Truss Construction
Bob and general contractor Ted Riley watch the framing crew construct the garage roof using trusses. Custom-ordered for size ...
Glued Laminated Timber
Glued Laminated Timber
Glued Laminated Timber or Glulam is an engineered stress-rated product created by bonding together individual pieces of lumber ...
Glulam
Glulam
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Green Building Products and Technologies at the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project
Green Building Products and Technologies at the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project
At the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project in Hartland, Vermont Bob meets up with Susie Sweitzer and general contractor Mark Albee, ...
High-End Deck Materials
High-End Deck Materials
Eighty-five percent of all single-family homes have a deck or deck-like structure. The vast majority of these decks are made ...
Hip Roof Framing
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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