Project: Building the Staircase

Bob meets the framing sub-contractor, Ron Gates, and the two discuss framing the 18-step winding staircase, as well as the work of framing, in general.

Bob visits the unusual home of TV star Max Gail in hopes of gathering design ideas.

Bob and contractor Joe Fitzgerald discuss the structural work taking place at the Malibu beach house, as well as California’s tough building codes for earthquake safety.