Bob joins contractor Ed Weller, who is working on the kitchen addition. Architect Laurinda Spear has designed a banana leaf partition that Ed’s crew will be making out of a hardened laminate material called Ligna.
Bob joins contractors Ed Weller and Laez Wilent to observe the installion of a custom-made hot tub.
Bob tours the heavy-duty, no-nonsense kitchen of Yuca, a Cuban-American restaurant in Miami.
Bob helps replace a traditional sliding glass window with glass blocks.
Bob meets with the contractor to take down the old patio slab and lay out the new one.
Bob meets with Mark, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning mechanic, who is installing an HVAC system to moderate the temperature in the addition.
Bob helps frame a partition wall that will resemble a banana leaf.
Bob watches over a fresh strip of concrete being poured between two existing slabs.
Bob and contractor Ed Weller meet to demolish a block wall in order to open up the room for remodeling.
Bob takes a tour of a William Randolph Hearst treasure: the ancient Spanish monastery that he Hearst had transported stone-by-stone from Spain to Miami.