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Progress Report on the Home Renovation
Bob meets up with general contractor Ron Gan to discuss the progress on the project. The plaster has been taken off the load ... |
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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 ... |
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Raising Gable Ends and Cutting Rafters for Wayland Second Floor Addition
Bob and Ryley start by raising an exterior wall on the second floor. Bob and Larry Landers discuss a stiff back support for a ... |
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Raising the Gables
Bob meets with general contractor Ted Riley as Dan Enright and his framing crew prepare to raise the gable end wall. The gable ... |
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Redesigning the Third Floor
Bob meets with Gregory Rochlin to discuss the third floor structural redesign. Additional supports will be added to the ... |
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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. |
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Review of the Post-and-Beam Barn
This is the final visit to the post-and-beam barn project, for a grand tour and a review of some of the great features ... |
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Review of the Roof Construction Process
At the Yonkers Blitz-Build for Habitat the crew uses a crane to install the roof panels made of SIPS. |
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Reviewing the Completed Demolition
The furred out walls from the 1940s, the oringinal lathe and plaster, and all the extra building materials have been removed ... |
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Reviewing the Home's Framing
Bob reviews the framing of the home. The frame is solidly built, as several tons of masonry is temporarily stacked on the ... |
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Reviewing the Home's Layout
With the first floor deck framing underway, Bob orients viewers to the home's layout and provides a progress report on the ... |
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Reviewing the Home's Layout
Bob meets developer Joe Valle and general contractor Wes Lohr at the Mashpee affordable home site. This three-bedroom starter ... |
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Reviewing the Pergola Design
Bob reviews the progress of the greenhouse construction and examines the framing of the pergola roof. |
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Reviewing the Unfinished Kitchen
Bob and the carpenter show the new staircase in the entry hall. The carpenter had to create wedge shaped stairs to provide ... |
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Roof Framing and Making a Turret
Bob confers with general contractor Bob Ryley as he begins demolition of the roof dormer to prepare for a turret in its place. ... |
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Roof Framing for Hurricane Safety
Bob goes inside with Ed to look at the roof framing details designed to meet Florida hurricane codes. Perfortated strapping is ... |
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Securing the Modular Walls
Michael Shiels and Bob review the joining of the four main sections of the modular home. They review the marriage points where ... |
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Setting the Glulam Ridge Beam and Structural Insulated Roof Panels
Bob confers with carpenter Bob Ryley and Steve Thompson of Premier Wall Systems as they set the glulam for the roof ridge and ... |
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Sheathing and Raising the First Wall
Bob continues framing the affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts, with General Contractor Wes Lohr. Lohr begins by squaring ... |
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Sheathing the Back Porch Roof
Bob confers with carpenter/contractor Cortney as he sheaths the new back-porch roof of the Studio City Bungalow. Bob outlines ... |
