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A History of Elm Court
A History of Elm Court
Bob Vila meets with Bob Berle at Elm Court in the Berkshire Hills. Berle‘s great-great grandparents, Vanderbilt-Sloanes, had ...
Adding Clapboard Siding
Adding Clapboard Siding
Riley explains the installation process for the new clapboard being installed. Using a story pole, they are able to keep a ...
Cedar Shake Shingles and Clapboard Siding
Cedar Shake Shingles and Clapboard Siding
Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the progress on the modular home project’s exterior construction. Bob points out some ...
Cedar Siding and Metal Flashing
Cedar Siding and Metal Flashing
In a progress report, Ted Riley shows Bob the pre-primed red cedar siding from Weyerhaeuser that has been used on the Quechee ...
Discussing Cedar Shingle Siding
Discussing Cedar Shingle Siding
House seven of the Elmwood project. Homer Earl from the Cedar shake and shingle bureau tells us what makes a good shingle. ...
Exterior Cladding for a Queen Anne Victorian
Exterior Cladding for a Queen Anne Victorian
Bob is with contractor Tim Berky as they clad the exterior of the Rowley Victorian. Berky explains that they will follow the ...
Exterior Shingles and BrickWalkway
Exterior Shingles and BrickWalkway
Bob talks with Ryley about shingle exposure, brick surrounds for basement windows, and the design of a brick walkway. Bob also ...
Federal-Style Home Restoration Update
Federal-Style Home Restoration Update
Bob meets with Richard Marks, general contractor at the Charleston, SC, remodel of a Federal-style home. Richard explains the ...
House Prep and Exterior Painting
House Prep and Exterior Painting
Bob talks with Al Roberta who is painting the Medford house. The house needed a lot of prep work before painting. The home's ...
House Seven: Shingle-Style Renovation; Roofing with Architectural Shingles
House Seven: Shingle-Style Renovation; Roofing with Architectural Shingles
House seven of the Elmwood project. Homeowner Robert Emanuel has old shingles on the roof and sidewall replaced.
Hurricane, Flood, and Earthquake Resistant Building
Hurricane, Flood, and Earthquake Resistant Building
Bob meets with Beth Judge of Clemson University to review hazard-resistant building techniques at a demonstration house used ...
Installing New Wood Shingle Siding
Installing New Wood Shingle Siding
Bob works with contractor Bob Ryley and carpenter Chris Clark installing new wood-shingle siding. Bob demonstrates a few of ...
Installing Smartside Engineered Wood Siding
Installing Smartside Engineered Wood Siding
Bob meets Lance Olson of Louisiana Pacific as LP's Smartside lap siding is installed on a Mashpee house. SmartSide is a ...
Installing the Cedar Trim and Clapboard Siding
Installing the Cedar Trim and Clapboard Siding
Bob and Kevin begin on the exterior finish by installing the cedar trim, casing and grounds. They continue on to begin ...
Matching Original Victorian Frieze Board
Matching Original Victorian Frieze Board
Tim Berky is creating new frieze board to match the existing frieze board and molding on the 1890 Rowley Victorian. Berky is ...
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.
Prepping the Home's Exterior
Prepping the Home's Exterior
Bob tours a home in Charleston, South Carolina, with restoration specialist Richard Marks and watches painter David Snyder ...
Red Cedar Clapboard Installation
Red Cedar Clapboard Installation
Bob discusses the red cedar clapboard being added to the exterior of the house. A storyboard is used to ensure accurate ...
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.
Shingle Siding
Shingle Siding
Bob meets Ryley outside where he is putting sidewall shingles on the new addition. Bob points out the newly trimmed window and ...
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