Erik lays red cedar shingles on the roof in Rupert, Vermont, homeowner Bill shows Kevin how the reproduction light fixtures the couple selected are handcrafted window installation begins salvaged doors for a pantry and dining room.
With framing in full force, general contractor Erik Kaminski walks Tommy through the first floor to show him how the house is coming together living/dining room plan raising the roof exterior trim.
An inspector arrives to approve the foundation installing the perimeter drain, which keeps groundwater away from the house precut framing lumber arrives the landscape plan starting the framing process the numbering system for the panels.
Tommy and Kevin visit the Vermont factory where the house will be built Ed Akerley drills and blasts through the rock ledge to make room for the foundation Scott McKenzy and his team build forms and pour concrete for the foundation.
On the North Shore of Massachusetts, Bill and April Harb begin building their dream home the farmhouse will look 200 years old, but use innovative building methods Bill shows Kevin and Roger the site plan and walks them around the property.
Roger installs a berm and fence Wes Wirth and Amy review the native plants they've chosen Richard shows Kevin how the house is being cooled with a split-type air conditioning system Tom Silva installs a handcrafted copper owl weathervane.
Learning more about the LEED for Homes program and how the Weston house will qualify how they build window trim kits in the Bensonwood shop and how they are installed at the project house the new industrial steel staircase.
A local non-profit farm stand general contractor Tom Silva puts down composite decking how the town of Weston is working towards sustainable harvest trees for its residents to use a neutral paint color palette is selected for the second floor.
Installing granite steps on the entry porch and flooring on the first floor test driving new appliances before buying them installing a cure for the cell phone dead zone a few unexpected options for furnishing a timberframe home.
At the project house in Weston Jeff Wolfe is installing solar panels a prefabricated Habitat for Humanity house that volunteers assembled in 8 days red distressed vertical boards custom half-round copper gutters and decorative brackets.
On the roof at the project house in Weston, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Kevin O'Connor the new solar hot water system, perfect for the cold climate tile contractor Mark Ferrante preps a shower stall for tile.
Installing a New England fieldstone natural stone veneer making custom wallboards for the Weston home back in Weston, Tom shows homeowner Pete Favat the new custom garage doors and how they are installed and operated.
The building envelope is almost complete the Bensonwood crew places the last of the roof panels and sets the five-thousand pound cupola to cap off the house Tom Silva shows how the windows are properly flashed and installed.
A tour of the first and second floors Roger is working on building the landscape plans for an elaborate drainage plan with a rain garden scarf joints with the final roof rafter in place, a traditional tree branch dedication ceremony is held.
Mark Roentsch shows Kevin how the assemblies are joined together Pete Favat shows Kevin the new kitchen space Norm travels to New Hampshire to see the kitchen being finished first floor exterior walls are craned into place.
The crew begins craning in and setting the basement level fabricating the floor panels and adding radiant heating and insulation in a controlled environment the completed floor systems are craned into place.
Host Kevin O'Connor opens the show at Bensonwood in New Hampshire prefabricated wall systems pre-wiring the building with a new wiring system the crew gets ready for the dramatic house raising that will take place over the next three weeks.
The new house in Weston the work in the timberframe office using sophisticated software and computer-controlled cutting machines to begin fabricating over 300 timbers for the project installing a new insulated in-slab radiant heating system.
Progress on the porch, kitchen, and master bath installing new windows update on the mechanical systems Treff LaFleche takes Kevin to see how the pink granite was used on the Boston Public Library Roger installs the new Milford Pink granite.
Kevin O'Connor learns what colors might be appropriate for the Shingle-style house building the 12-foot wall of the new kitchen bump out that will contain a built-in bench restoration of the home's four historic windows.