Pruning the hemlock trees around the house installing a bath fan that looks like a recessed light revisiting the first certified green building project roofing the new addition to match the existing house.
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Roger Cook travels to Dallas to help a homeowner plant a garden using native species that are drought-tolerant Roger uses expanded shale and compost to amend the clay soil Tom Silva helps a homeowner replace a door with a picture window.
Kevin O'Connor works with a siding contractor to install a new vinyl window sill and casing with a traditional colonial molding profile Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner install a new dishwasher.
Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a recirculation pump to provide hot water quickly to a bathroom contractor Tom Silva shares a tip for fixing the handle on a casement window Kevin helps a homeowner line her fireplace chimney.
Pruning the hemlock trees around the house installing a bath fan that looks like a recessed light revisiting the first certified green building project roofing the new addition to match the existing house.
In the kitchen, Tom Silva and Kevin O'Connor work to reframe the existing walls upstairs, Tom installs a large new window in the library downstairs, kitchen designer Tamara Raymond helps homeowner Gillian Pierce envision her new kitchen.
Progress on the first floor up above, Tom Silva builds the gable-end wall for the new addition upgrading the service from 100 amp to 200 amp in the basement, Richard Trethewey shows Kevin how he's running new lines to the old radiators.
Kevin O'Connor and Tom Silva reinforce and level the kitchen ceiling Kevin visits Long Island with Russell Versaci to learn about the origins of the Dutch Colonial Revival style Norm Abram frames up the first floor platform for the new addition.
Tom Silva and Kevin O'Connor build a storage bench for an entryway plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates how to solder copper pipes landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner maintain an overgrown perennial garden.
Kevin O'Connor meets appliance repairman Richie Isaacson to learn how to maintain kitchen appliances Kevin, Roger Cook, Richard Trethewey and Tom Silva ask, "What Is It?" Tom helps a homeowner install a rain gutter, downspout and rain barrel.
The modest 1720s gambrel has been restored, complete with a new ell and barn element the crew gets a tour of the changes.
New wide plank floorboards mimic the look of the original flooring a soapstone sink is fabricated reviewing the hot water system a wood backsplash is added to the pantry and light fixtures illuminate the ell.
The crew partners with the city of Boston and local non-profit Nuestra Comunidad to take a foreclosed and abandoned house and turn it into affordable housing in Roxbury, Mass. joining the project are apprentices from YouthBuild Boston.
All hands are on deck for the last few days of the project, tightening up the old house while adding on just enough space to achieve better flow and living space for the family friends and family celebrate the finished job with a wrap party.
The finished countertops and the kitchen island installing the wood butcher block shopping for and putting new plants in the yard fabricating and installing wood elements in the library installing the kitchen backsplash with a new urethane grout.
Visiting a gardener to acquire some plants how to patch, prime, and paint a water-damaged ceiling exploring how the countertops are fabricated both by machine and by hand constructing new built-in bookshelves for the living room.
Roger Cook begins to put down asphalt for the new driveway in the kitchen, Norm Abram helps Tom Silva as he begins to install the new cabinets Kevin meets up with lighting specialist Bob Joyce to see the latest in under-cabinet lighting.
Kevin helps Tom build a new deck Roger and Bill Pierce lay concrete pavers in the new patio Catherine Mitchell shows Kevin tiles for the kitchen backsplash Patrick Hunt shows Norm some new oak flooring that matches the house's existing flooring.
Preparation for the exterior paint job Tom Silva and Norm Abram install custom copper half-round gutters inside, plastering contractor David Crawford and his crew put up a base coat of veneer plaster removing an old garage.
Tom builds a new stairway to the basement Richard shows Kevin how to select a good quality faucet a vaulted ceiling in the hallway connects the front of the house to the new addition out back Tony puts spray foam insulation in the new addition.
Fabricating the new decorative bracket that will support the rear entry porch roof providing heat to the new kitchen space smart storage solutions using new red cedar clapboards on the house's old exterior siding.
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