 
| | A History of Elm Court
Bob Vila meets with Bob Berle at Elm Court in the Berkshire Hills. Berle‘s great-great grandparents, Vanderbilt-Sloanes, had the home built in 1886. I...
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| | Adding a Third Floor Dormer
Bob meets Ryley who is adding a third floor dormer to an existing home. Ryley will be recreating a shed dormer with a hip dormer above to the third fl...
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| | Adding Clapboard Siding
Riley explains the installation process for the new clapboard being installed. Using a story pole, they are able to keep a consistent level line aroun...
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| | Applying Exterior Trim to the Dormer Window
Carpenter Ryley and Bob apply exterior trim to the ranch house roof dormer window. Ryley shows Bob how to avoid having a seem in the trim on the front...
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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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| | Architectural Design of the Connection Between the Home and the Barn
Walking behind the house, Bob makes a few observations about the design. He points out that the house and old barn were not exactly parallel to each o...
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| | Asphalt Roof Shingles Installation
Bob and Jack Viera demonstrate installation of 3-tab asphalt roof shingles. An ice and water barrier is added and secured with aluminum nails.
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| | Asphalt Roofing Shingles Installation
Kevin Benjer in on hand to demonstrate the correct way to apply asphalt roofing shingles and a ridge vent. Chaulk lines are drawn to ensure proper ali...
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| | Block Wall Demolition
Bob and Ed Weller meet to demolish a block wall to open up the room for the remodel. An electrician has disconnected the area's wiring and an exposed ...
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| | Bob Visits Tim Allen’s Home
Tim the Tool Man Taylor shows Bob Vila his Home Improvements at his home near Detroit. Including the demo to make room for his mother in law in the s...
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| | Building a Gable Roof
Ryley shows how to build a gable end dormer into the new roof. Ryley starts with a header at ceiling height and then installs the roof rafters to it. ...
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| | Building a Pitched Roof from the Ridge Beam and Rafters to the Shake Shingling
Bob opens the segment with a look at the Certainteed Landmark shingles selected for this project. Fabricated with a dragon's tooth angle, the Landmark...
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| | Building a Shed Roof
Bob talks with lead framing carpenter Dan Enright as he and his crew work on the shed roof over the kitchen/family room area. What complicates the job...
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| | Building a Wooden Corner Bracket
Bob confers with carpenter Bob Ryley as he lays out and constructs a corner bracket for the Roxbury House in Boston.
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| | Building for Hurricane Safety
We meet contractor Ed Weller. He and Bob take a tour of another work-in-progress for a look at some building techniques unique to tropical climates li...
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| | Building Joists and Rafters
Ryley and Bob discuss the special beam being installed which utilizes a fletch plate. The plate is made of steel and is then sandwiched between two pi...
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| | Building the Brick Fireplace
Bob talks with general contractor Ted Riley about the fireplace construction. The project started with cinder blocks in the basement and then the bric...
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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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| | Cedar Shake Shingles and Clapboard Siding
Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the progress on the modular home project’s exterior construction. Bob points out some of the features that gi...
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| | Cedar Siding and Metal Flashing
In a progress report, Ted Riley shows Bob the pre-primed red cedar siding from Weyerhaeuser that has been used on the Quechee farmhouse. The clapboard...
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| | Cement Fiber Siding Installation
Bob confers with contractor Arnold Johnson of Crosswinds Enterprises, as he installs siding on the Roxbury House in Boston.
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| | Cladding the Roof in Fiberglass Shingles
The roof of the Mashpee affordable home is ready for shingles. Dan Horton of IKO shows Bob the Cambridge 30 double-layer shingle selected for the roof...
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| | Clay Tile Roof Installation and Factory Tour
Bob goes over the roof installation including the 90-pound rolled roof to seal the roof from moisture and the boards laid out over the hips. The clay...
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| | Constructing Clapboard Sunburst Fan for Gable-end
Bob meets with Brian Quinn, the siding contractor, and installs beautiful gable-end fan sunbursts from clapboard siding. Brian explains how to layout ...
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| | Construction of the Roof Truss System
Bob explains the procedure as roof trusses are erected on the Roxbury House in Boston.
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| | Cutting and Laying Roof Rafters for Vaulted Roof
Bob helps lay the rafters on the roof of the home. The rafters all follow the same cutting pattern so they can all be laid into place. After two of th...
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| | Delivery and Installation of the Modular Home's Second Floor
Bob Vila oversees the delivery and installation of the first section of the second floor of the home. Bob points out the complexity of this piece with...
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| | Discussing Cedar Shingle Siding
House seven of the Elmwood project. Homer Earl from the Cedar shake and shingle bureau tells us what makes a good shingle. Also a look at Sikkens Ceto...
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| | Discussing Jetted Tub Home Spa and Replacing Finial on Roof Turret
House eleven of the Elmwood project. The spa is installed into the 3rd floor exercise room and the final section is put on the new roof.
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| | Discussing the Titanium UDL Roof Underlayment
Bob discusses the Titanium UDL roof underlayment product with the roofing contractor and a representative from Simplex Industries. This engineered roo...
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| | Electrical Wiring the Third Floor
Bob meets Brendon Driscoll, the electrician who is installing the new wiring. The initial wiring stage is called the "rough in" where Brendon will pl...
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| | Engineered Wood for the Home's Exterior Trim
Bob meets with Dave Probst of Louisiana Pacific to learn about LP's Smart System Products being used as exterior trim.
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| | Environmentally Friendly Composite Shake Shingles
Bob meets with Brian Eberle from Enviroshake of Chatham, Ontario, to discuss the environmentally friendly shake shingles which are being used on a por...
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| | Environmentally Friendly House
John Picard, an environmental specialist, explains some of the features that make the Malibu house more environmentally friendly. Oriented strand boar...
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| | Exterior Shingles and BrickWalkway
Bob talks with Ryley about shingle exposure, brick surrounds for basement windows, and the design of a brick walkway. Bob also talks with Todd about s...
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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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| | 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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| | Gable Addition Framing
Bob reviews the turret structure in the Martha's Vineyard Victorian. Bob, Ryley and crew then raise the gable wall in a modified western balloon frame...
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| | Garage Roof Truss Construction
Bob and general contractor Ted Riley watch the framing crew construct the garage roof using trusses. Custom-ordered for size from Canada, the trusses ...
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| | Greenhouse Glass Installation
Bob and Ryley install sloped glazing on a solar greenhouse with the help of Mark Santos. They use a commercially available mounting system to attach t...
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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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| | Hanging Drywall Inside the Skylight
Bob interviews drywall contractor Mark Richardson, as he hangs drywall inside a skylight and attaches the corner bead, then applies a filler coat of D...
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| | Hip Roof Framing
Bob confers with Joe from the framing crew as they cut and stack the hip roof over the master bedroom of the Malibu Beach House. They are using expos...
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| | Home Three: Roof Deck and Hot Tub Installation Project
House three of the Elmwood project. Bob tours the next project the Castle of Elmwood. The goal is to reinforce an old sundeck for building a deck with...
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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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| | House Eleven: Renovating Attic Space into Home Spa and Workout Room
House eleven of the Elmwood project. The attic of a house, owned by Don DeSantis and Ron Hirschauer, is transformed into an exercise space.
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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 Prep and Exterior Painting
Bob talks with Al Roberta who is painting the Medford house. The house needed a lot of prep work before painting. The home's original wood shingles ha...
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| | House Seven: Shingle-Style Renovation; Roofing with Architectural Shingles
House seven of the Elmwood project. Homeowner Robert Emanuel has old shingles on the roof and sidewall replaced.
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| | House Ten: Attic Recreation Room Conversion: Demolition and Roof Reframing
House ten of the Elmwood project. Owners Peter Haraty and Brent Bachelder make one large open space in this third floor remodel.
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| | Hurricane, Flood, and Earthquake Resistant Building
Bob meets with Beth Judge of Clemson University to review hazard-resistant building techniques at a demonstration house used to teach builders and arc...
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| | HVAC System for the Greenhouse
Bob meets with Dave Talbot, the HVAC contractor, to discuss the heating and cooling for a greenhouse. A system of thermostats, blowers, vented windows...
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| | Installing a Lightning Rod
The lightning rod system installed on the Dream Garage by J & G Lightning Protection, inc. of Pittsburgh, PA will draw the lightning towards it and gi...
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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 a Skylight
Bob and Chris Vila meet Dino Koukoudakis from Dino's Construction who is installing a custom rectangular skylight from Wasco. This four-by-six foot ar...
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| | Installing an ODL Tubular Skylight
Bob joins Charlie on the third floor of the Medford house where he's installing an ODL tubular skylight. It's a pretty simple do-it-yourself project. ...
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| | Installing Anderson Skylights
Bob discusses the installation of the Anderson skylights. The framing is adjusted to accommodate the openings and the windows are attached.
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| | Installing Architectural Shingles
Ken Langevin from Owens Corning tells Bob about the architectural shingles that have been selected to replace the old roofing material. The shingles a...
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| | Installing Cedar Shingles
Bob Vila and carpenter Ron Jackson install Atlantic white cedar shingles and sidewall flashing. Ron points out the flashing runs under the asphalt shi...
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| | Installing Cedar Shingles on a New Colonial
Bob meets with Keith Ball of Maibec to learn more the shingles selected for the modern Colonial. The shingles come with either a bleaching oil finish ...
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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 Copper Lined Gutters
Bob, Ryley, carpenter Danny Ruffini, and copper work specialist Fred Mitchell install custom fabricated copper-lined wood gutters on Bob's home. Bob r...
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| | Installing Dimensional Asphalt Shingles
Ryley and Dominic demonstrate installation of architectural grade dimensional asphalt shingles on the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build house in Yonker...
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| | Installing Fire-Rated Wood Shingles
Bob, Ryley, and roofer Jay Sargent install fire-rated wood shingles. Bob discusses the treatment applied to the wood shingles to render them fire-resi...
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| | Installing Manmade Slate Roofing Shingles from Hardislate
Bob and Cortney Lofton demonstrate the installation of man-made slate roof shingles. Bob discusses the composition of the shingle and the installation...
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| | Installing New Wood Shingle Siding
Bob works with contractor Bob Ryley and carpenter Chris Clark installing new wood-shingle siding. Bob demonstrates a few of the pry bars used to remov...
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| | Installing Rain Gutters
Bob and roofer Paul Morris demonstrate gutter installation techniques. Several pieces are assembled on site to hang the gutters including the corners ...
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| | Installing Roof Shingles
Bob reviews the varous elements of the roof, including the fascia, soffits and sheathing. The shingles are then applied in layers, adhearing to the ro...
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| | Installing Skylight, Acrylic Block Panels and Hydro-Air System for Cooling
House ten of the Elmwood project. The third floor rec room remodel continues with the installation of Hy-Lite acrylic walls, HVAC system and insulatio...
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| | Installing Smartside Engineered Wood Siding
Bob meets Lance Olson of Louisiana Pacific as LP's Smartside lap siding is installed on a Mashpee house. SmartSide is a treated engineered wood siding...
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| | Installing Standing Seam Copper Roofing
Bob Fulmer from Harraseeket Restoration, Inc. joins Bob on the roof of the breezeway to install a double-lock standing seam copper roof. Before instal...
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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 Greenhouse Windows
Ryley demonstrates the greenhouse's motorized windows. At the touch of a button, or via a thermostat, the floor and ceiling windows open and close. Bo...
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| | Installing the Metal Roofing
Kevin Corcoran from Englert Roofing systems explains to Bob benefits of the company’s environmentally friendly (56 percent recycled material), mainten...
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| | Installing the Rafters
The architect visits for an update and Bob and Ryley begin installing the Paralam rafters. Ryley discusses the construction and preparation of the hig...
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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 Velux Skylights
Bob Works on the installation of a Velux roof window installed in a metal shingle standing seam roof with Wayne Quarles.
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| | Installing Verge Board
Bob takes a look at the Victorian verge board as it extends from the roof. He reviews the construction of the roof overhang and adding a lead cap. Th...
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| | Insulating the Home
Jim and John Case show Bob how to insulate the cathedral ceiling. To insure airflow and prevent condensation buildup they install channels between eac...
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| | Interior Layout of the Warehouse Rehab
Bob meets with Chris Vila to discuss the demolition and clean up. One of the project's early obstacles was the roof. To close the building to the weat...
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| | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Tour
Bob starts the new state-of-the-art greenhouse project with a look at Boston's most famous solarium at the quirky, romantic Isabella Stewart Gardner M...
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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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| | LeafGuard Gutters Installed
Bill Powers of GutterPro joins Bob at the Mashpee, Massachusetts, affordable home sites for the installation of their LeafGuard gutters. These gutters...
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| | Making Cedar Shingles at Maibec in Quebec
Bob tours the Maibec American Classics mill in Quebec, Canada, where the cedar shingles for the center-entry Colonial house were manufactured. Maibec ...
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| | Making the Home Handicapped Accessible
Bob takes a tour with the architect for the Roxbury project, Fernando Domenech, to understand the difference between "adaptability" and "accessibility...
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| | Malibu Home Demolition
Bob Vila and Joe Fitzgerald discuss the roof types of surrounding homes and the possibilities for our house. They show the beginning of the demolitio...
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| | Manufacturing Photovoltaic Devices at the Global Solar Factory
Bob visits the Global Solar factory in Tucson, Arizona, to see how they make their unique solar-electric (photovoltaic) devices. Neil Holstad, preside...
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| | Metal Roof Installation Using Crimping
Jeff Smith from Al Smith Gutters demonstrates the installation of a modern metal roof panel. After sliding the panel into place stainless steel clips...
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| | Metal Roofing Installation
Bob meets with the President of the Metal Roofing Alliance and demonstrates installation of metal roofing panels.
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| | Modified Hip Roof Construction
Ryley and Bob look at the Colonial's rear façade and then head inside to watch as the crew frames out the modified hip roof on the sunroom. With its f...
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| | Modular Home Construction Basics
In this segment, Bob Vila visits the Simplex Industries modular home plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the Home Again project house is being cons...
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| | Mounting a Skylight and Laying Asphalt Shingles
Bob and roofer Paul Morris start by cutting a rough opening in the roof and laying a weather shield. The skylight is mounted into place and the flashi...
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| | Painting Cedar Shingles and Yellow Pine Shutters; Landscaping and Hardscaping
House nine of the Elmwood project. The finishing touches are done on the front porch with a Sherwin Williams latex paint on the exterior and new yello...
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| | Photovoltaic Roofing Shingles Installed
Bob checks in on the Habitat for Humanity Blitz project in Yonkers, New York. He talks with Deane Evans of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in...
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| | Placing the Engineered Wood Glulam Roof Ridge Beam
Bob confers with Paul Pacella of Maine Post and Beam over the cutting and placement of the engineered wood glulam ridge beam for the barn.
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| | Plan for the Greenhouse
Bob discusses plans for the new greenhouse with the architect and the homeowner. The position and angle of the greenhouse are set to maximize the Sout...
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| | Playground Construction, Part Three
Bob makes his third visit to the playground in Columbus, Ohio. Bob tours the nearly complete project and discusses the various features.
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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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| | Plumbing and Electrical Work in the Home Addition
Bob joins Jack O'Leary and looks at rough-in plumbing and electrical and they install a roof vent.
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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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| | Prepping the Home's Exterior
Bob tours a home in Charleston, South Carolina, with restoration specialist Richard Marks and watches painter David Snyder scrape and sand old wood si...
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| | Privacy Glass Installation for the Rooftop Apartment
Bob meets with window installer Alan Chi, from Finest Windows, for the installation of the glass walls on the head house. The head house is the struct...
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| | Progress Report on the North Addition
Bob Ryley and Sam Daniel continue their progress report with the north addition of the governor's mansion.
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| | Protecting the Roof With a Synthetic Underlayment
Sandro Di Pede of Interwrap explains the new technology behind roofing underlayments like the Titanium UDL being used on the Mashpee affordable home. ...
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| | Putting in Copper Gutters
Bob meets with Bob Fulmer, Sr. of Harraseeket Restoration, Inc. to see how the gutters are installed on the copper roofed breezeway. The gutters are a...
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| | Red Cedar Clapboard Installation
Bob discusses the red cedar clapboard being added to the exterior of the house. A storyboard is used to ensure accurate spacing, and the boards are ap...
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| | Redesigning the Third Floor
Bob meets with Gregory Rochlin to discuss the third floor structural redesign. Additional supports will be added to the existing roof to allow for sno...
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| | Replacing the Roof: Sheathing to Asphalt Shingles and Skylight Installation
Bob flashed back to the installation of the new roof. First the crew removed the old layers of roofing material from the barn. Next they added a layer...
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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 Attic Conversion Plans
Bob meets up with structural engineer Steve Siegel on the Medford's home third floor. The attic is right from the 1880's and clearly no longer meets c...
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| | Review of the Colonial Architectural Style
As an introduction to a grand rounds tour of the completed Modern Colonial project house, Bob takes a final look at the home's exterior with an eye to...
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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 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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| | Reviewing the Pergola Design
Bob reviews the progress of the greenhouse construction and examines the framing of the pergola roof.
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| | Rigid Roof Insulation Installation
Bob helps Ryley install the roof insulation and the "jet blocks" of false rafter tails. Bob discusses the advantages of this type of this rigid insula...
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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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| | Roof Flashing
Bob meets with Ed Weller and looks at the roof flashing details. Bob reviews the various pieces involved in flashing including the drip strip, fascia,...
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| | Roof Framing and Making a Turret
Bob confers with general contractor Bob Ryley as he begins demolition of the roof dormer to prepare for a turret in its place. Ryley points out the do...
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| | Roof Framing for Hurricane Safety
Bob goes inside with Ed to look at the roof framing details designed to meet Florida hurricane codes. Perfortated strapping is used to tie the roof do...
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| | Roof Framing for Hurricane Safety with Reflective Sheathing for Energy Savings
Bob meets with Brian Redding of the APA-Engineered Wood Association and they look at the roof framing techniques for resisting hurricanes and high win...
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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 the Modular Walls
Michael Shiels and Bob review the joining of the four main sections of the modular home. They review the marriage points where gusset plates are added...
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| | Setting the Glulam Ridge Beam and Structural Insulated Roof Panels
Bob confers with carpenter Bob Ryley and Steve Thompson of Premier Wall Systems as they set the glulam for the roof ridge and lay the structural panel...
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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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| | Sheathing the Roof to be Hurricane Resistant
Bob discusses the advantages of hazard-resistant building techniques pertaining to sheathing the roof with Bryan Readling of the APA, Engineered Wood ...
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| | Shingle Siding
Bob meets Ryley outside where he is putting sidewall shingles on the new addition. Bob points out the newly trimmed window and the ten inch wide piece...
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| | Skylight Installation
Bob meets with Ryley, the carpenter, and installs a Velux skylight on a curb mount. Ryley discribes the mounting hardware and screws used to mount the...
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| | Slate Roofing
Bob meets with general contractor Richard Marks and roofer Joe Wells to go over the proper installation techniques for a slate roof.
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| | Standing Seam Metal Shingled Roof Installation
Bob intalls a standing-seam metal shingled roof with roofing contractor Dean Fraser. Used primarily on agricultural buildings and in the northern clim...
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| | Standing Seam Steel Roof Installation
Bob and Ted look at the Quechee home's standing seam steel roof and then flashback to the installation. For the job the roofing crew basically brought...
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| | Termite Damage and Dry Rot in the Naples Home
Bob confers with contractor Al Stouse about the dry-rot and termite damage on the overhangs. Next Bob helps Steve Stouse build and install new roof br...
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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 the Completed Greenhouse
The greenhouse addition is completed; Bob and Ryley tour the spectacular finished space. In addition to the greenhouse, a vestibule to the house has b...
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| | Tour of the Craftsman Style Interior Décor
We head inside with Gavin and Michelle to see what they've done with the Craftsman-style decor. With a comfortable master suite and French doors openi...
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| | Tour of the Home Exterior
Bob and architect Greg Rochlin tour the exterior of this season's project, Bob's own 100-year-old shingle style home in Cambridge, Mass. Bob notes the...
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| | Tour of the Waldun Forest Products Shingle Factory
Bob travels to British Columbia and tours the Waldun Forest Products Company shingle manufacturing plant with Jack Davidson, manager of the Cedar Shak...
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| | Touring Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts
Tina Packer, president of Shakespeare & Company, gives Bob a tour of the grounds of the Spring Lawn Mansion in Lennox, Massachusetts. She points out t...
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| | TPO Rubber Slate Roof Installed on Victorian-Style Roof
House eleven of the Elmwood project. A new kind of rubber slate is applied to the entire roof.
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| | Tyvek House Wrap Installation
Bob meets with building consultant Steven Easley to learn about Tyvek: what it is, how it works and how to install it.
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| | Vent Pipe Installation
A vent pipe is installed in the ranch's roof. A hole is cut and a shield added to created a weather tight seal around the pipe and roof shingles. Down...
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| | Vinyl Siding Installation
Bob is back at our urban townhouse. He walks down the side and points out the two-story rear porch that has been recovered with asphalt siding, which,...
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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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| | Wayland Roof Removal
Cutting through the roof sheathing with a circular saw, once the pieces are cut they can be removed in small pieces. Then the rafters and some of the ...
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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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| | Window Trim and Scalloped Shingles
Bob meets Ryley at the Martha’s Vineyard Victorian to discuss the trim. They start by talking about how to trim a rounded edge of an arched to window....
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| | Working With the Exterior Trim
Bob meets with Bob Ryley and creates a new/old overhang detail with eyebrow returns and cedar plywood siding.
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