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Tiling the Shower

Project: Loft Conversion, Episode 5, Part 3

The entryway and foyer of the loft conversion building is getting a new paint job and replacement plate glass windows. On the sixth floor, in the project unit, Ed Zywusko is busy installing tile in the shower. Plus, carpenter Bob Ryley and the plumber have hang the valve for the lavatory inside a metal stud wall.

Part 1: Stripping Old Paint
Part 2: Review of Neighboring Loft's Layout
Part 3: Tiling the Shower: Bob touches base with Eddie Zywusko, the mason and tilesetter, working in the loft apartment's L-shaped shower. Eddie has installed a water/ice shield, then cement board, and now he is taping the joints with a thin-set mortar.

Carpenter Bob Ryley and the plumber install a Kohler lavatory rough-in kit in a metal stud wall (an excellent example of the different trades working together).

Bob Vila highlights the world of stylish city living by chronicling the conversion of a loft apartment in Boston's Leather District. This unit is getting a top-of-the-line treatment: cutting edge design, custom-made furniture and casework, sleek modern fixtures, and up-to-date appliances.

Also from Loft Conversion

Episode 1 - Loft Conversion Initial Tour
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Bob takes a walking tour of some of Boston's best-preserved antique commercial buildings in the Leather District with architectural historian Brian Pfeiffer, ultimately winding up at the gracious brick front of the project building on Atlantic Avenue.<br> <br> The developers, Neal and Ron Gold, have gotten started converting this old fur storage building to residential loft space. Architect Greg Rochlin and carpenter Bob Ryley are on-site to consult about the possibilities for this unit.
Episode 2 - Plumbing, Heating, and the "Big Dig"
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Window installation gets underway in the project apartment, six stories above Atlantic Avenue, after Bob inspects the basement to see how the plumbing and heating installations are coming along. Also, Dan McNichol takes Bob down into the bowels of the earth to see how Boston's famous highway project, the "Big Dig", is progressing.
Episode 3 - Plastering the Loft
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The plastering crew is hard at work on stilts, while Bob goes on a field trip to Cambridge, where world-renowned landscape architect Martha Schwartz has made a spacious, and imaginative, home and office out of an industrial building on the railroad tracks. Back at our site, the architect and designer have modeled some intriguing ideas for Bob.
Episode 4 - Elevating the Kitchen and Bedroom
Episode 6 - Framing a Wall With Built-In Cabinets
Episode 7 - Installing Plumbing Fixtures
Episode 8 - Installing Stainless Steel Countertops
Episode 9 - Drywall and Plastering Tips
Episode 10 - Installing Track Lighting
Episode 11 - Building a Closet System
Episode 12 - Kitchen Work and Shutters
Episode 13 - Loft Conversion Final Tour

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