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.
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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.
Roger Cook shows Kevin O'Connor several different ways to determine the grade, or pitch, of a landscape Tom and Richard show Kevin different ways to see what's inside a wall Richard helps a homeowner repair a bathtub that won't hold water.
Landscaping contractor Roger Cook replaces the cracked flagstone on a set of front steps with bluestone What Is It? Richard visits a serious cook and helps her replace her old electric stove with a new gas range.
An innovative way to handle stormwater runoff from the roof What Is It? Tom shows a homeowner how to refinish her hardwood floors.
Landscaping contractor Roger Cook sets out to pick the perfect Christmas tree at a local tree farm Roger shares tips for keeping Christmas trees healthy for the season Tom heads to Florida to show a homeowner the proper way to caulk a leaky window.
Ways to reduce the amount of water used for irrigation Richard installs an irrigation system that reuses waste water from a washing machine toilets with built-in sinks Roger visits an engine repair shop to learn how to maintain small engines.
Three methods of applying stain to a cedar fence -- rollers, mini-rollers, and a homeowner spray gun helping a homeowner install cellular PVC window boxes to the front of his house plants that can grow in window boxes during the fall and winter.
Electrician Scott Caron works with a homeowner to upgrade his electrical service from 100 to 200 amps landscape contractor Roger Cook visits the Broad Meadow Brook garden, a place that is designed to attract butterflies.
The homeowners decide to stay in the house during construction Richard works in the basement with a reciprocating saw and a sledgehammer extending the old windowsills with wood and epoxy a temporary kitchen the concrete truck arrives.
Removing the vinyl siding from the exterior of the house, exposing the original wood clapboards underneath reviewing the plan for the new kitchen breaking up the old porch slab to make way for the new addition's foundation.
The 30th anniversary season opens with the crew beginning an addition to a 1915 Dutch colonial revival that includes a new kitchen, home office and family room.
Sod is laid down installing the last of the spindles at the base of the main staircase the finished rental apartment on the top floor the completed master bedroom level the crew gathers on the front stoop to celebrate the project's completion.
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