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• Episode 1 - A New Lift for a Manhattan Brownstone

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  Bob is on Manhattan's Upper West Side to renew a 2,000-square-foot Brownstone apartment. First, he looks at what made Brownstones significant, including their details and façades.<br> <br> Inside the building, Bob shows how the space was cut up in the 1940s to make a warren of rooms. These walls and finishes will be removed as the space is gutted to prepare for new studs, walls, plumbing, and finishes.<br> <br> Pieces will be salvaged for architectural resale, including the pink sink from the bathroom and the retro cabinets in the kitchen, but everything else will go. Bob also visits Central Park, its caretakers, trees, and monuments.

• Episode 2 - Demolition in the Manhattan Brownstone

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  The big story is the cornice molding found in tact when the drop ceiling came down. The molding will set a tone for the main living space, where the bricks have been removed to install a flue liner and drafting fireplace. All of the 40s wall, surface, and ceiling treatments are gone, along with the lath and plaster, leaving the bare brick and exposed joists from the original construction. Remodels have cut into the joist work or damaged it, so some reworking will be necessary to build up for the floors and ceilings. The floor joists are sistered to make a level, solid footing for the Georgia-Pacific Plytanium subflooring that goes under the wood floor. Laser levels allow the carpenters to set level lines throughout the apartment horizontally for the floor and vertically for the new steel studs they are installing. Finally, a flexible flue liner is run through the wall, and up the chimney for the new fireplace.

• Episode 3 - Building Affordable Homes on Cape Cod

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  Affordable housing is the story in this project as Bob heads to Mashpee, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, where a state law is helping put higher density, affordable housing in place for four families who live and work in the community. Bob meets Pat Fiero of the Housing Assistance Corporation who explains the hurdles faced by families needing to live near their workplaces in a town where the average home price is $450,000. Bob visits Mashpee Commons and looks at mixed-use development that is providing a town center, housing, commercial property, recreational space, and a new church as a start to this new town development. Bob also meets the developer, Joe Valle, who explains the challenges in developing affordable housing and how this project was made possible by invoking Massachusetts? 40B land use and development law. On site, Bob Bevilaqua moves the earth to prepare the sites, shows the tie-offs for electrical and phone lines, and explains the drainage plan.

• Episode 4 - Falmouth's Model for Quality Affordable Housing

• Episode 8 - Installing Drop Ceilings, Custom Windows, and Mechanicals

• Episode 9 - Paneling the Kitchen, Installing Hot Water, and Hanging Doors

• Episode 13 - Installing Pre-Hung Doors, Hardwood Floors, and Gutters

• Episode 14 - Affordable HVAC, Painting, Kitchen Cabinets and Counters

• Episode 15 - Installing Glazed Wall Tile and a Pedestal Sink

• Episode 16 - Refurbishing Wrought Iron, Custom Kitchen Cabinets, Profile Molding

• Episode 17 - Kitchens, Feng Shui, and Energy Star Homes

• Episode 18 - Finishing Details in the Manhattan Brownstone