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Adding Detail to the Plaster Cornice
Adding Detail to the Plaster Cornice
Bob visits with Ralph and the plasterer to watch them add details to the plaster cornice. The scratch coat is complete and the ...
Applying a Plaster Coated Ceiling
Applying a Plaster Coated Ceiling
Bob meets Tavino, the plastering contractor who is working on the ceiling. He is using a traditional patching method join an ...
Applying a Veneer Coat of Plaster over Blue Board
Applying a Veneer Coat of Plaster over Blue Board
Bob explains how the blue board is attached, shows how the cornerbead is attached, and talks about factory edge seams. Bob ...
Applying Marmorino Venetian Plaster to the Walls
Applying Marmorino Venetian Plaster to the Walls
Bob and Chris Vila meet with Jonas Everets, one of the interior designers working on the Brooklyn project. Everets is using a ...
Applying Plaster to Blue Board
Applying Plaster to Blue Board
Bob discusses the advatages of using blue board and plaster as compared to drywall and watches as the plaster is applied. ...
Applying Veneer Plaster to the Stairway Walls
Applying Veneer Plaster to the Stairway Walls
Bob talks to John Galvin who is applying veneer plaster to walls in a stairway.
Architect Tour of the Home
Architect Tour of the Home
Bob meets with architects Mark and Geoffrey who are making a follow up visit to the project. Every two weeks they come by to ...
Blue Board Plaster Walls
Blue Board Plaster Walls
Bob joins Bob Fragakis, a plastering contractor. Bob, along with his helpers Joe and Larry, will be installing blue board and ...
Cabinet Boxes Installed
Cabinet Boxes Installed
Bob confers with carpenter David Ives and Brian Dauphinee as they install cabinet boxes in the curved wall of the Loft ...
Decorative Woodwork Restoration
Decorative Woodwork Restoration
Bob and Patty Hettich strip paint from decorative woodwork, then make rubber molds to create new detail in a Federal style ...
Elm Court Dining Room
Elm Court Dining Room
Sonya and Bob Berle lead Bob Vila through a tour of one of the Vanderbilt’s most elegant dining rooms. The Berles have ...
Elm Court's Unfinished Restoration
Elm Court's Unfinished Restoration
Bob Berle takes Bob Vila on a behind-the-scenes tour of Elm Court. Starting with the suite above the dining room and pointing ...
Flooring, Plumbing, and Plastering
Flooring, Plumbing, and Plastering
The old flooring has been removed and Bob outlines the process of installing the new. LVL supports allow a restructuring of ...
Hanging Blue Board and Installing Corner Beads
Hanging Blue Board and Installing Corner Beads
Bob interviews Brian Dauphinee who hangs blue board, installs corner bead, and applies the scratch coat of plaster.
House Ten: Attic Recreation Room Conversion: Demolition and Roof Reframing
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.
Installing Insulation and Plastering
Installing Insulation and Plastering
House two of the Elmwood project. Bob Ryley and Tim Grether of Owens Corning install insulation and vapor barrier in bathroom. ...
Kitchen Demolition Review and Removing a Popcorn Ceiling
Kitchen Demolition Review and Removing a Popcorn Ceiling
Bob Vila shows a before-and-after demolition view of the kitchen and main living areas of the Miami Beach condo. Bob walks us ...
Mixing Plaster
Mixing Plaster
Bob and Chris Vila visit the plastering contractor at the Waterfront Warehouse Rehab project, and get a lesson in plaster ...
Opening up the Kitchen Space
Opening up the Kitchen Space
Bob points out the original backplastering in the corner of the room. As the room was to be covered in bead-board wainscot, ...
Patching with Plaster
Patching with Plaster
Chris Borovka from US Gypsum joins Bob explain about patching with plaster. The first job entails patching over an existing ...
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