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While it's been around for years, fiber cement siding currently enjoys popularity with homeowners for a number of rea...
Vinyl siding is a durable, versatile, and resilient building material, but it does require some routine care and clea...
Brick has a timeless appearance and requires little maintenance, making it a popular material for a variety of applic...
If it's time to replace your home's siding and you're looking for an alternative to wood or vinyl, it's worth looking...
Despite what the three little pigs might say, even the hardiest of brick buildings will require repair and restoratio...
Researching how to paint a house? Here are eight expert tips to help make the undertaking DIY-manageable.
Of all the siding materials you could use on your home, cedar shingles are one of the most attractive and long lastin...
You can get several years’ worth of grime off your deck and siding in minutes with a pressure washer. Whether you buy...
A little TLC is all you need to keep brick walls in top shape.
An eco-friendly alternative to wood that does not sacrifice looks for affordability.
Home exteriors take a beating—from humidity, dry heat, rain and snow, salty air, freezing temperatures, and other unf...
Bob introduces homeowner Howard Brickman. Steve Ivas, an environmental engineer, describes the area wetlands, which must be accommodated. Innovative building tech...
While the house is being dried out, fiber-cement siding is put in place, as well as a cellular PVC trim that has the look of wood boards without any of the hassles.
Bob and architect Gregory Rochlin tour the exterior of Bob's 100-year-old Shingle Style home in Cambridge, MA.
Bob travels to British Columbia and tours the Waldun Forest Products Company shingle manufacturing plant.
Bob surveys the modular home project in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, paying special attention to the products used on the exterior of the house.
In a progress report, Ted Riley shows Bob the pre-primed red cedar siding , the heavy-duty metal Bilco bulkhead installation, and the Quechee home's standing seam...
Bob walks through the farmhouse interior and points out some of the challenges the home's design posed for the drywall contractors.
Latex paint is being applied on the exterior of the Vermont farmhouse by workers using airless sprayers.
Bob meets Lance Olson of Louisana Pacific as LP's Smartside lap siding is installed on a Mashpee house.
Bob works with the general contractor Charlie Tomaszewski to move the Medford project home's original front door, so they will be able to frame up a new foyer.
Carpenter Bob Ryley meets with Jim Whiteside, construction manager with Habitat for Humanity, and Dennis Hodgrin of APA.
Bob visits Two Harbors, MN and tours the plant where Louisiana Pacific manufactures a line of exterior trim products.
Tim Smyth, the plastering contractor, provides a drywall update and offers a few tips on quality, speedy installation.
Volunteers are on-site at the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build in Yonkers, NY, working hard on the siding.
Bob learns about exterior paint that can be applied at temperatures near freezing, and also about low-odor low-VOC paints.
Work has begun on the exterior finish. Contractors are installing the cedar trim, casing, and grounds, and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding.
Bob confers with contractor Arnold Johnson (from Crosswinds Enterprises), as he adds siding to the accessible home.
Bob and carpenter Cortney Lofton install clapboard siding on the front porch of the bungalow. In addition, they reinforce the gable to correct an existing sag, th...
Alongside restoration specialist Richard Marks at the Federal-style home in Charleston, Bob watches painter David Snyder scrape and sand old wood siding.
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley create an overhang detail with eyebrow returns and cedar plywood siding.
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley install southern yellow pine plywood on the interior of the garage. On the exterior, Bob talks with Greg Binford about adding a stain...
Contractor Bob Ryley explains the process of installing the new clapboards. Using galvanized nails, the boards are added in a staggered pattern for better visual ...
Bob joins siding contractor Brian Quinn, who is constructing a beautiful gable-end sunburst fan from clapboard siding. Quinn explains how to lay out the center mo...
Bob goes over the electrical wiring with John Hickey. Also, cedar clapboards are put up on the exterior.
Contractor Carleton Bergere explains the advantages of vinyl siding and demonstrates how to install it.
Bob joins Ron Boyajian to talk over painting the exterior clapboards. The surface is power-washed, sanded, and primed. Then, acrylic paint is applied. The painter...
Bob looks on as general contractor Tim Berky clads the Queen Anne Victorian project house with clapboards, taking cues from the home's original 1890s exterior.
