A stop at a major Los Angeles movie studio the back of a house has been demolished: no walls or roof remain a facility where earthquakes are replicated to help develop ways to protect buildings from damage heating and cooling systems.
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Cutting open a retired water heater and diagnosing why it failed Jenn Nawada talks about her love of educating children about the outdoors building a compost bin for a net-zero elementary school.
Finishes for brick and concrete maintaining a small backyard pond building a three-legged Demilune table.
Restoration resumes on an 1887 Queen Anne seaside Victorian cottage.
Following every step as the crew converts a decades-old butler's pantry kitchen into an up-to-date kitchen for the future.
Talented makers, from young blacksmiths metalworking to a woodworker who finds centuries-old lumber underwater.
From large scale industry to small town makers, factories provide materials for projects.
Richard installs a garage heater Tom teaches the basics of sanding Ross installs a DIY security system Mark investigates a strange issue with foundations in the Northeast.
Mark installs a front walkway using natural stone Mauro explains the uses and techniques for different types of painter's tape Tom and Kevin build a headboard using rustic barn board.
How to remove a hydrangea with roots undermining the foundation of the house the final exterior paint color Kevin travels to Richburg, S.C., to see how building materials hold up to hail keeping water and dampness at bay in the basement.
Roger uses granite steps for the front entry Roger places the middle step on a bed of ice the moldings and medallion are repaired a 3D printing specialist shows how the repairs can be made by a computer a railing is added to the porch.
Tom Silva puts special guest Edgar Hansen to work patching cracks in the horsehair plaster Norm and Tom raise the height of the railing on the second-floor landing removing the old set of concrete stairs at the front entry.
Historically informed options for painting the exterior of the Italianate-style home patching holes in the veneer floors a solution to the ugly PVC intake finishing up the roughs places upstairs that should get radiant heat.
Roger is onsite with a solid plan to let light into the yard Richard revisits the benefits of using PEX instead of copper for the water supply lines Tom shows Kevin how to convert a jamb that once held a door into an elegant cased opening.
Adding LED ribbon strip lights in the kitchen and pantry mudroom storage system reviewing the critical need for ventilation a technique for applying wallpaper to a ceiling painting decorative stripes on an accent wall.
Roger starts the front walk while a contractor installs porcelain in the screen porch Richard sees the sink set Roger visits a salvage yard to see granite for the front walk.
Kevin finds the second floor sanded, stained, and sealed the kitchen cabinets are mostly installed the custom refrigerator panels using modern and eclectic style to decorate a historic inn turning a chest of drawers into a sink base.
Installing a floor tile that looks like wood on the stairs to the garage how to wire an electrical box patching holes with rigid insulation, strapping, wallboard and plaster an efficient way to paint shutters the layout of a mechanical room.
Installing a new gutter that doesn't need cleaning an electrician shows Kevin the old aluminum wiring and how to update the recessed light fixtures and add new sconces infiltration system that disperses the water from the gutters into the ground.
Columns to support the new farmer's porch the rough plumbing inspection Kevin and Tom meet a building commissioner to see what goes into the rough mechanical and framing inspections the storm window system and the electric radiant floor heating.
New mudroom door new clapboards a rough electrical inspection Kevin is using a hybrid railing system on the back deck Kevin looks at the neutrals, textures and metallics that are currently trending in kitchens design choices for the new kitchen.
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