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Drywall vs. Blue Board
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Drywall vs. Blue Board Explained
Bob meets up with Bill Reid of US Gypsum in the barn of the Medford project. Bill differentiates imperial board (blue board) which is skim coated ... |
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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 restored the ornate ... |
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Elm Court's Library and Architectural Detailing
Bob Vila meets with Sonya and Bob Berle in the library of Elm Court to discuss the interior design and preservation of this magnificent example of ... |
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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 out how the floors ... |
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Embossed Wallcoverings
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EnergyWise House: Building with Insulated Concrete Forms
Approved by insurers and energy providers alike, Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) bring energy-efficient design and home construction to new levels. |
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EnergyWise House: Elements of an Energy-Efficient House
Designing and building an energy-efficient home that conforms to the many considerations faced by home builders can be a challenge. However, any ... |
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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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Entryway and Dining Room Tour
Bob tours the front vestibule, highlighting the beautiful stencil work done by Kim Sweet.
The stencil work replaced moldings in many homes of ... |
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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 ... |
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Exterior Tour and Plumbing
Bob and Ryley tour the exterior of our cabin. The cabin will have a lot of exposed wood surfaces, which will pose some problems for the ... |
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Fabricating and Installing Colonial-Style Wood Wall Panels
Carpenter Bob Ryley is on location to begin work on a reproduction wood-paneled wall in the project home's formal dining area. The wall panels, ... |
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Faux Finishing Painting Techniques
Faux finishing, or using techniques and materials on one surface to imitate or suggest another surface, has been around for thousands of years. ... |
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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 ... |
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Fiberglass-Faced Wallboard Combats Mold and Moisture
Bob meets Thad Goodman from Georgia-Pacific who is on site to install DensArmor Plus fiberglass-faced wallboard in the storm-ready house. The ... |
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Final Tour of the Completed Second Home in the Project
House two of the Elmwood project. Attaching new casings to laundry closet. Permanently installed vanity. Then a final tour of the finished remodel. |
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Final Tour of the Federal-Style Home
For our final visit to the Charleston project, we take a grand tour of the elegant, restored Federal-style mansion, focusing on the portico and ... |
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Finger Joints
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Finished Brownstone Bedroom and Patio
Bob and Chris Vila are in the back spaces of the Manhattan Brownstone floor-through apartment to check on finish details. The refurbished bedroom ... |
