 
| | A Visit to the Berkshires
Bob meets with Bill Wilson of the Berkshire Visitors Bureau to discuss the beautiful areas surrounding the project home. The Berkshires are located al...
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| | Applying Rubber Roofing and Flashing
The crew is on the new roof deck to apply a rubber roofing material. A thin layer if adheasive is applied and allowed to set up before the the rubber ...
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| | Architect Project Plans and Door Demolition
Work gets started as Greg Rochlin presents architectural plans and demolition begins, revealing an old pocket door.
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| | Back Porch and Kitchen Tour
Bob takes a look at the back side of the Habitat for Humanity house and the kitchen.
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| | Backfilling the Basement Foundation System and Installing the Deck Supports
At the modular home site in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the backfilling of the Superior Walls bas...
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| | Building a Composite Deck
Bob joins Wes Lohr of Lohr Construction as they install the deck framing and deck on one of the Mashpee, Massachusetts houses. The footings are poured...
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| | Building a Covered Porch
Bob lends a hand to contractor Bob Ryley as he begins construction of the porch at the project on Martha's Vineyard. Ryley starts out by explaining th...
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| | Building a Deck and Stairs
Bob meets with Bill Wilcox to build a landing and steps up to the French doors. Bob reviews the footings built to hold the deck and stairs, and the te...
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| | Building a Deck in Plymouth and Nantucket Sound
Bob Shows the construction elements of the new backyard deck in Plymouth, Mass. This deck is made using Epay wood, a unique renewable source wood that...
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| | Building a Deck Stairway
The stairway leading up to the rear deck is composed of 1-by-four-inch Mahogany treads. The distance from the ground to the top of the finished deck m...
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| | Building a Free Floating Deck
Bob visits a job site where a deck is being added onto a house. Due to flood plain regulations, the deck cannot be attached to the house, it has to be...
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| | Building a Handicapped Access Ramp
Bob Ryley builds a handicapped access ramp to this house. The concrete portion is poured at a pitch of 1in 20. The ramp transitions to a wooden ramp a...
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| | Building a Pergola over the Deck
Charlie, the GC, is building a BrattleWorks pergola from pre-cut red cedar on the mahogany deck. Charlie slides the stringers over the joists he insta...
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| | Building a Porch Railing
Ryley helps build a porch railing on the Roxbury project. Bob discusses the building codes that pertain to the rail and materials used.
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| | Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Bob helps Ryley build a redwood deck. Bob emphasizes the use of stainless steel nails when working with redwood due to the wood's acidity. Then, Danny...
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| | Building Exterior Stairs
Bob meets with the carpenter at the accessible house in Roxbury, Mass. and builds a temporary set of exterior stairs.
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| | Building the Backyard Deck
Bob in the backyard of the Medford restoration project where Charlie and Matt are finishing up the picture framing for the mahogany deck. The mahogany...
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| | Building the Farmers Porch
Larry Begins by installing the ledger to the frame of the home for the new deck. Bob talks to the contractor regarding the types of nails chosen, hot ...
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| | Building the Porch Rail
The carpenter shows Bob the railing on the deck off the master bedroom. Explaining that code requires it to be 36 inches tall. The carpenter then bui...
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| | Building the Rooftop Deck Using Ipe
Bob is up on the roof of the Waterfront Warehouse Rehab project building to observe the deck installation. The hardwood deck uses a sustainable tropic...
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| | Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Bob gives us a final tour of the new lanai and spa. The unique banana leaf shape of the patio posed several contruction challenges, but the final prod...
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| | Completed Porch, Swimming Pool, and House Tour
Finally, we take a look at the finished porch and pool, and review the beautiful finished project with the architect to close the series.
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| | Composite Deck Installation
In the middle of a Berkshire forest Jim Precht from Advanced Environmental Recycling Technology (AERT) shows off a recycled deck material that uses no...
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| | Composite Deck Railing Installation
In this segment Bob watches the crew install the railing on the deck. The composite railing product comes pre-milled to accept all the railing compon...
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| | Constructing a Patio Lanai
Bob meets with Ana Bolanos to watch the Lanai built. Ana reviews the construction process and Bob joins in to help raise the walls.
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| | Constructing Custom Reccessed Bulkhead Door
Bob meets Larry Landers, who is working on the access to the old bulkhead, a trapdoor, essentially. The trapdoor is kept in place in order to access t...
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| | Constructing Tapered Porch Columns using Preprimed Engineered Lumber
Bob Ryley is on site to help carpenter Pat Cloutier construct tapered columns on the front porch using pre-primed WindsorONE, an engineered lumber pro...
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| | Creating a Gingerbread Railing
Bob meets Ryley outside the Victorian style house in Massachusetts to help him with the railing. Ryley starts with two by six vertical grain fir for t...
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| | Custom Door Installation
Bob meets with Curt Weiss from J.W. Door who has made a custom door unit for the Los Angeles remodel, with glass lights designed in an arts and crafts...
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| | Deck Demolition
Bob and Ryley begin demo on the deck in the back of the house. The supporting beams are cut and the deck parts are carried away. Bob also notes the fa...
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| | Decorative Support Columns on the Modular Home
Bob meets with Jeff Davis of Chadsworth Columns to look at the structural columns supporting the rear deck of the modular home. The four-by-six treate...
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| | Demolition of the Front Porch
Contractor Bob Ryley discuss the front porch demolition. The existing farmer's porch will be removed, but first, Ryley checks the framing to determine...
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| | Discussing Swimming Pool Design
Bob discusses the swimming pool with the architect.
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| | Durable Front Entry Columns for Colonial Home
At the modern Colonial's front entry, Bob takes a look at the columns that support the overhang at the front entry. An alternative to wooden columns, ...
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| | Federal Home Layout
Bob visits a Federal-style house undergoing reconstruction, as well as adding an addition, in Charleston, S.C., with contractor Richard Marks.
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| | Federal-Style Home Restoration Update
Bob meets with Richard Marks, general contractor at the Charleston, SC, remodel of a Federal-style home. Richard explains the reconstruction (as oppos...
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| | Fighting Carpenter Ants and Repairing the Porch
House six of the Elmwood project. The porch rebuild continues with decking, bases for columns and the columns themselves.
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| | Final Tour of the Completed First Home in the Project
Bob takes us on final tour of this Elmwood neighborhood project. The homeowners, Luke and Jane, have decorated and Bob reviews the area's new features...
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| | Final Tour of the Restored and Furnished Porch
House five of the Elmwood project. Bob tours the finished project and discusses the new porch. Better grading and gutters have been added to prevent f...
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| | Final Tour of the Restored Victorian Front Porch and Garden
House six of the Elmwood project. A final overview of the finished porch project.
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| | Finishing the Front Porch and Installing Custom Pine Exterior Shutters
Bob reviews the finishing touches on the front porch with Bob Ryley and general contractor Kevin Kalman. Next Bob confers with Pat and Randy Withers o...
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| | Framing the Back Porch
Bob reviews progress on the joist system for the new back porch. Concrete is poured and the framing starts. Bob confers with carpenter Cortney as he w...
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| | Framing the Deck and Laying the Deck Boards
Bob and Ryley continue working on the backyard deck, they finish the deck framing and begin laying the deck boards.
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| | Framing the Porch Roof
Bob confers with framing contractor Larry Landers, as Larry and his crew assemble the front porch framework on the ranch house remodel at Lake Cochitu...
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| | Front Porch Work
Bob reviews the progress to the front of the house and discusses the orgininal brick and structure work.
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| | Grading the Patio & Cutting and Installing Tiles
Bob gives a progress report on the back patio. Discussed are the unique tiles being installed. Special attention is paid to the grading of the patio ...
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| | Halfway Through the Project Home Tour
Bob tours the ongoing remodeling project pointing out some of the trials and tribulations of such a large project. Rooms that were not planned on bei...
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| | Hot Tub Installation
House three of the Elmwood project. Covering the deck with a rubber roof and the delivery and installation of the hot tub.
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| | Hot Tub Installation
Bob joins Ed Weller and Laez Wilent to observe the installion of a custom-made hot tub. A person may wonder, why a hot tub in South Florida? For thera...
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| | House Eight: Renovating Side Porch and Home Inspection for Structural Issues
House eight of the Elmwood project. The home of Jim Verity has a side entry restored with the original columns and installs new support beams to the f...
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| | House Five: Queen Anne Victorian Porch Restoration
House five of the Elmwood project. Owner Judy Lee needs the front porch replaced on this house built in 1892.
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| | House Six: Portico Restoration plus Hardscaping and Landscaping
House six of the Elmwood project. A new front portico is needed on this home built in 1892. Bob meets the owners of the home and reviews the proposed ...
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| | Installing a Brick Walkway
House six of the Elmwood project. The brick walkway goes in and the railings are replicated by Forester Moulding.
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| | Installing a Railing on the Hot Tub Deck
House three of the Elmwood project. Bob Ryley helps install the new railing on the hot tub deck.
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| | Installing an Outdoor Electric Grill
Bob and contractor Ed Weller look at the outside electric grill. The Gen Air grill uses weather proof wiring and sealants to protect it from the envir...
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| | Installing an Outdoor Wall Sconce
Bob meets Brad Owen the electrician who is installing exterior wall sconces in series. What is unique about the lights is they are fluorescent fixture...
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| | Installing Bluestone Pavers on the Terrace
Bob meets with Mark Marini of Schumacher Landscaping to discuss the installation of the bluestone pavers on the lower terrace. Bob helps lay several o...
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| | Installing Clapboard Siding on the Front Porch
Bob and contractor/carpenter Cortney Lofton install clapboard siding on the front porch of the bungalow. They reinforce the gable to correct an existi...
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| | Installing Hurricane Resistant Frenchwood Doors
Bob meets with Kevin Calman to install an Andersen Frenchwood door.
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| | Installing the Cedar Trim and Clapboard Siding
Bob and Kevin begin on the exterior finish by installing the cedar trim, casing and grounds. They continue on to begin installing the siding after the...
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| | Installing the Roof on the Back Porch
Bob confers with two carpenters as they begin to install the dutch gable roof system on the back porch. The ridge beam is secured and rafters are adde...
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| | Installing Trim on the Back Porch
Bob helps carpenter Bob Ryley install trim on the back porch of the Habitat for Humanity house in Yonkers, New York.
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| | Installing Underground Sprinkler System; Replicating Porch Balusters & Railing
House eight of the Elmwood project. The side entrance deck needs more support. An underground sprinkler system is installed and a look at replicating ...
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| | Lamp Making, Landscaping and Patio Fireplace
The final tour of the I'On project covers custom lamp making and landscaping.
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| | Landscape Plans
Landscape architects Rick & Nancy Lamb discuss their landscaping plans. Rick outlines the drawn proposal and explains the various benefits of the chos...
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| | Landscaping Plan
Bob discusses the existing landscape with landscape architect Juan Capote and what Juan plans to do to improve it.
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| | Landscaping, Front Column Installation and Installing a Home Security System
House eight of the Elmwood project. Landscaping add the finishing touch for the front porch. The final touches to the front porch columns are done and...
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| | Laying Down the Mohogany Deck and Final Tour of Third House
House three of the Elmwood project. Laying down the mahogany decking and a final look at the project.
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| | Laying Out and Framing the Deck
Bob checks in with Ryley as he lays out and begins to frame for the deck. The original deck was removed and new concrete footings have been poured. Pr...
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| | Laying Plywood for the Front Porch Ceiling
General contractor Kevin Kalman and carpenter Bob Ryley lay plywood to the soffit of the front porch ceiling in the Mt. Pleasant house in Charleston, ...
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| | Laying Redwood Decking
Bob confers with contractor/carpenter Cortney Lofton as he lays the redwood decking for the back porch. They discuss the nails and tools used to secur...
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| | Low-Maintenance Composite Decking
The composite deck is complete and the rails are being installed at the Mashpee, Massachusetts home site. Bill Naumann of LP Corp joins Bob to explain...
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| | Mahogany Deck and Railings
The Mahogany railings for the elevated rear deck are being constructed, and Bob meets with Kevin Parquette who is doing the final assembly work. The d...
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| | Modular Home Front Porch
Bob Vila takes a quick look at the sustainable mahogany front porch and deck. The decking, secured by stainless steel fasteners, can be stained or sim...
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| | Patio Furniture on the Miami Condo
The Miami condo is completed with the last touches to the balcony patio. David Southard, the project supervisor, created a free-standing bench of spru...
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| | Patio Landscaping for Sun and Shade
Ruth Foster is on hand again to install a new tree for the cabin's backyard. The tree is set on the south west side of the house to protect the proper...
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| | Patio Plan and Demolition
Bob meets with the contractor to demo the old patio slab and layout the new banana leaf patio. An imaginary graph is applied to the patio area and the...
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| | Playground Construction, Part Two
Bob visits the playground in Columbus, Ohio to check on the construction progress. Bob discusss the materials and techniques used in the project, incl...
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| | Porch Railing and Screen Door Installation
House five of the Elmwood project. Bob Ryley helps install the new railing and new screen doors. An underground sprinkler system is installed.
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| | Porch Restoration: Custom Reproduction Mouldings and Chadsworth Columns
House five of the Elmwood project. Porch restoration continues. Forester Molding re milled many elements of the porch.
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| | Project Update on the Patio and Kitchen
Bob meets with the contractor, Ed Weller, for a project update. The patio is well underway and the landscaping is beginning. A stone bbq grill is star...
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| | Proper Installation of Redwood Decking for the Front Porch
Bob talks with Ron Holen from Georgia-Pacific as carpenter Pat Cloutier puts the finishing touches on the redwood front porch deck. Ron points out the...
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| | Rebuilding the Deck with Salvaged Lumber
Bob and Ryley rebuild the deck in the rear of the addition using salvaged lumber from the demolition. Bob outlines the plans to fill in the deck to me...
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| | Recycling Old Porch Posts for Use
Bob and Charlie look at a couple of the old posts that the architect intended to reuse. However, Charlie discovered that they had been reworked once b...
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| | Relocating the Front Door
Bob works with GC Charlie Tomaszewski and Matt Alexander to move the Medford home's original front door over to the left. This will allow them to fram...
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| | Removing Lead Paint from Exterior Surfaces
House seven of the Elmwood project. Bob investigates the methods used to remove lead paint from the porch columns.
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| | Removing the Porch Columns
Bob and Cortney Lofton remove the front porch columns so they can be replicated. The matching cloumns will be used on the home's new back porch. Cortn...
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| | Repairing Aluminum Sliding Glass Door
Charles King of AMPM Door Service helps Bob revitalize the original aluminum sliding doors on the Miami condo. The aluminum is corroded and badly pitt...
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| | Replacing Windows with French Doors
Bob meets with contractor Al Stiles on the Forida cottage and installs a pair of French doors. First, they have to remove the old pair of jalousie win...
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| | Restoring the Front Porch
House nine of the Elmwood project. Another 1895 house, now owned by the Henderson family, gets a total front porch restoration.
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| | Retrospective of 11 Historic Restoration Projects in the Elmwood Neighborhood
Bob recaps the entire Elmwood project. It was a community effort on may of the houses and great pains were made to adhere to the historic look of the ...
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| | Review of the Roof Construction Process
At the Yonkers Blitz-Build for Habitat the crew uses a crane to install the roof panels made of SIPS.
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| | Reviewing the Apartment's Paint Colors, Finishes, and Roof Deck
Bob is back in the penthouse apartment, this time in the main hallway that has the Marmorino wall finish that flows into the lavatory, which features ...
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| | Reviewing the Home's Framing
Bob reviews the framing of the home. The frame is solidly built, as several tons of masonry is temporarily stacked on the floor. Bob reviews the home'...
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| | Reviewing the Modular Home's Exterior
Bob Vila tours the modular home project in the Berkshire Hills in Western Massachusetts. Bob reviews the exterior skin products on the house. Starting...
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| | Roof Deck Construction
Bob and Chris Vila meet with David and Jed Walentas from Two Trees Development, the developers of the waterfront warehouse rehab, on the top of a near...
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| | Safety Railing Installation
Ironworker Jimmy Canka secures the rooftop deck's safety railing to its footings. The individual sections of the simple picket-style iron railing are ...
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| | Securing Load Bearing Columns with Metal Straps to Prevent Wind Lift
Steel straps are tied down on the band joists of the home. These steel straps are threaded through the columns to the top and prevent uplift during a ...
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| | Sheathing the Back Porch Roof
Bob confers with carpenter/contractor Cortney as he sheaths the new back-porch roof of the Studio City Bungalow. Bob outlines the new ridge poles used...
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| | Spout-Nosed Wheelbarrow for the Easy Pouring of Concrete
Al Williamson of AlTim, Inc., shows Bob the new spout-nosed wheebarrow they have designed to make concrete and liquid pours easier and more efficient....
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| | Stone Patio, Landscaping, and Outdoor Lighting
Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster, about her plan for a stone patio, a hot tub, and outdoor lighting. Low voltage outdoor lighting is also...
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| | Tongue and Groove Pine Porch Ceiling
Bob confers with framing contractor, Larry Landers, as Larry and a crew member install 1x8 v-groove pine on the ceiling of the new front porch at the ...
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| | Tour of I'On Architecture
The neighborhood of I'On is built around a myriad of architectural styles and designs. Bob shows us some of these variations throughout the neighborho...
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| | Tour of Middleburgh Plantation
Bob takes us on a tour of historic Middleburgh Plantation, the oldest surviving wooden house in South Carolina.
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| | Tour of the Colonial Revival Home
We wind up at the 1930s Colonial Revival home of Tracy and Linda Gallagher, where we meet the architect and contractor they've enlisted to help them i...
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| | Tour of the Home's Exterior
In this segment, Bob tours the exterior of the completed farmhouse, pointing out the contemporary green color scheme and breezeway connecting the old ...
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| | Tour of the Home's Remodeled Exterior
Bob takes a tour of the homes' exterior noting the attention to detail. The crowned gates are complete and a locking latch has been added to secure th...
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| | Tree Planting Around the Patio
Bob meets with Mark Marini to discuss implementation of the landscaping plans and plant a Thunder Clod Plum tree in the bluestone terrace. Bob talks t...
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| | Using MDO Plywood to Construct the Porch Ceiling
Bob meets Lisa Francis of the APA on the front porch of the Habitat for Humanity house to watch the installation of the MDO being used for the outdoor...
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| | Victorian Architectural Style and Lucy the Elephant
Bob meets with a Victorian designer to look at shingle styles and homes with scalloped, diamond and straight shingles. Then they move on to gingerbrea...
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| | Victorian Style Front Porch
Bob looks at some of the unique Victorian design elements on his front-corner porch.
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| | Visit to Max Gail's Home
Bob Vila visits Max Gail’s home. Max has lived on the property for over fifteen years and started with just a teepee. His home follows the same patter...
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| | Weaving Cedar Shingles and Prepping Damaged Wood Trim for Painting
House nine of the Elmwood project. The front porch project continues with new red cedar shingles and a paint job.
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| | Working on the Mahogany Deck and Kitchen Appliances
Bob Ryley does some work on the mahogany deck and kitchen appliances, lighting and cabinets are examined.
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