This Old House
We review the interior insulation and the ground-source heat pump connection.
We review the interior insulation and the ground-source heat pump connection.
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We review reframing progress and then board one of the oil rigs that dot the coastline.
We arrive to find the house reduced to a few walls and a forest of studs.
Steve and Norm arrive by sailboat at our winter project location: Santa Barbara.
It's the final days, and the Silvas will be in their new home by Christmas.
Norm talks oak flooring, and Steve visits an Oriental carpet shop.
New wooden shutters are installed, and we check out new lighting fixtures.
We learn about ways to pave the drive, and visit Scotland, to see linoleum being made.
We learn the workings of the new emergency power generator and wooden garage doors go in.
We view walkway edging options while Tom Silva finishes cabinet doors in the workshop.
A new stone wall goes up along the driveway, and Norm builds cabinet drawers.
The last wallboard shipment arrives, and Dick Silva gives us a tour of the top floor.
Subcontractors hurry to complete their in-wall work before insulation arrives.
Norm makes a raised-panel door, and the electrician discusses the new breaker system.
Local electric brings new power access, and the kitchen designer reviews the wish list.
Norm and Tom set up an on-site woodworking shop, and Dick gives us a tour of the new garage.
New windows arrive, and we put up corner trim with two layers of cementitious board.
We tour the framed and sheeted house and discuss the fine points of shed dormers.
Homeowner Dick Silva gives a tour of the newly framed first floor.
The foundation walls go up after a delay due to the soil cleanup process.
The fire department suspects fuel oil was spilled during the fire.
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