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Original plan had a stone wall in place of this fence. And then, you know, once that's all down, you know, patch it back in with boards. And if we have to, we're gonna pull some more boards up and sister beside the existing studs some new 2-bys pressure-treated. But we're only gonna do sections at a time, so it's not like we have to carry this whole side of the house and put some real weight on it. Alright, Mark, this row right here, we're gonna start setting the nails through the claps so we can pull the row behind it.
West Roxbury: Drain Pipe Puzzle
From no wiring to BX wiring, electrical in the 1864 house is addressed, but first a visit to the tracks. Unfortunate demo discoveries mean changes to framing and living plans. A temporary buttress wall supports the old foundation. A single-family turned two family and back to a single-family Victorian has a new modern look with a better planned living space for the family of four. After months of setbacks including bad weather and material delays, the Concord Country Cape is ready for the homeowners to move in. They walk through their updated modern and light filled space with Richard, Jenn, Tom, Kevin and Charlie.
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A second small barn was built right in about here to house goats and chickens. Every single piece is unique and it's just slightly different. I want to show you a few things about the native plants we're putting in over here. There's a baffle wall separating the two compartments, provides additional filtration from one compartment to the other.
Saratoga Legacy Restored: Watertight Doghouse Dormers
But for the clapboards, we like to have that clear wood, and that's coming out of the outside of the log here. The operator is peeling off boards off the outside, looking at the grade every time, turning that log, trying to get the maximum amount of clear wood like we saw here. Now, when we got here, the ell was two stories -- bedrooms up top, kitchen and living space down below. Separate the larger stones for the bottom, nice smooth ones for the top.
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I put it on the bottom where I wanted, and I put it on the top here where I wanted it, and I marked the bottom. Took my framing square, used the wide part of the framing square because I couldn't stand it up. This piece was an old piece of sheeting, probably 20 inches wide.
Tom Silva
A gas boiler is vented to mimic a plumbing vent stack pipe. The old barn is replaced with a new boathouse built in a factory and assembled onsite in a day. The old roof boards are installed on the ceiling of the new ell. A carpenter talks about leaving corporate and returning to the trades. It's all about the finishes as the restoration nears an end.
John Tomlin
The homeowner's mother shares her craft for the house. Kevin tours a range factory in Pennsylvania established 1880. Charlie and Tom repair the original wood gutters on the house. The crew meets the homeowners and tours the Cape style house in Concord, MA. Bluestone terrace and retaining wall; parging on the chimney; laying out handmade tile.
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The first floor is opened up, windows are installed, and the old rosin paper siding underlayment is replaced with a new high tech house wrap. Tom shows the evolution of framing hammers and guns. Heath plans for electric panels and inspects new light fixtures. Kevin and Mark cut a slot in the chimney for flashing to keep moisture out.
It's a wrap on the multigenerational 1864 Dutch Colonial. Once a singlefamily, then expanded and cobbled together into a three-family, the home has been reconstructed into a two-family with an open floor plan. An entryway landing in the walk-in pantry poses a problem for installation of the cabinets. The homeowners shop for paint supplies and get a lesson on preparing and painting the exterior PVC trim. Cold weather inverter heat pumps will heat and cool the house. A vocational student has a welding project for the backyard.
The exterior of the home is cleaned in preparation for painting. Appliances and building material are salvaged from the house before the major demolition begins. New flooring is installed, and Norm makes custom shelving and benches for a reading nook. An electrician installs recessed lighting, and Bob Vila tours the toilet factory. The crew updates the roof, trim, and window casings and reviews home security options. Planting Princeton elms; prospecting for water; creative lighting solutions.
We just had to run the mill on water power, and all the trees were cut by hand with axes and crosscut saws. And we have come to the land of the pine, Maine, where the state tree is the eastern white pine, and to a farm that has been managed by the Robbins family for five generations. So, the problem with this and all invasive plants is that they outcompete the native plants which are so important for the local wildlife, which evolved together over millions of years. And up to this nice, beautiful piece of granite which will be here.
And then it continued through the connecting ell all the way back here, and you can see there's gonna be a new addition put off the back. Get This Old House exclusive stories, tips, and behind-the-scenes information delivered right to your inbox every month. Mark McCullough lights a warm fire in the new Rumford fireplace in Bill’s office. Season 45 starts with restoring a 1960 mid-century modern home in Lexington, MA. Then, the crew heads to Glen Ridge, NJ to remodel an 1887 Victoria-style home.
A tour of kitchens, from colonial times to modern days; the evolution of appliances. Back at the house, homeowner Helen is considering changing the exterior color of the house. Charlie Silva provides her with different roof options to aid in her decision.
Rue Sherwood is our landscape designer for this project. These sidewalls, they splay a little bit more -- so 3 or 4 inches to your right, 3 or 4 inches to your left. But that wedge used to hold this timber frame tight to this timber. Alright, so what we did was we made up a frame that's gonna be similar to the window trim in the house. And we look at a standard door where the stiles and rails are about 5 1/2 to 6 inches down.
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