Season 12 - Victorian Restoration
Medford, MA
Located just five miles from downtown Boston, Bob's scouts discovered a Victorian-era house in a neighborhood of family homes on tree-lined streets that was past due for a full-scale renovation. The home's new owners, a work-at-home family, have set goals to modernize the home's floor plan, update the building's mechanical and electrical systems, and add home office and work spaces for two busy professionals.
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| Bob meets up with Charlie Tomaszewski, the general contractor for the Medford renovation project, in the home's existing master bedroom. While awaiting the arrival of the demolition crew, Charlie and ...
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| Bob meets up with structural engineer Steve Siegel on the Medford's home third floor. The attic is right from the 1880's and clearly no longer meets code. As the homeowner ...
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| Bob looks over the plans for the project with GC Charlie Tomaszewski. The carriage house (once the dairy building) and the main house will be joined by a breezeway. The ...
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| Charlie and Bob discuss how important it is to determine where the load-bearing walls are when undertaking a major remodel. Charlie points out the doubled-up 18-inch Georgia-Pacific LVL that is ...
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| Bob points out the original backplastering in the corner of the room. As the room was to be covered in bead-board wainscot, plaster was applied to the back of the ...
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| Bob works with GC Charlie Tomaszewski and Matt Alexander to move the Medford home's original front door over to the left. This will allow them to frame in a proper ...
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| Charlie Tomaszewski uses a Craftsman palm nailer while installing the final joist hanger. This now completes the restructuring of the of the kitchen/family room section of the first floor. The ...
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| Bob joins homeowner Julie Graham and Merillat rep Faith Allen to discuss the new Merrilat kitchen that Julie has planned. Merillat has developed a new concept that they call ...
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Electrical Systems and Wiring and Upstairs Framing Video Clips (HA1217)
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| Bob is inside the old barn where demolition is still taking place. The old staircase has been removed and the opening above is being enlarged to accommodate the new staircase ...
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| Bob meets up with Ray Adams from Pella to look at the new Pella French doors that Charlie will be installing in the library. The door is from the Architect's ...
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| Matt Alexander is getting ready to install the new Pella French doors. The rough opening is 72' x 82'. Originally there had been a window where the doors will be ...
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| Bob tours the newly opened up first floor of the house and the turns his attention to the little family room addition. The wall has been bumped out a couple ...
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| Up in the master bath a Kohler "champagne" tub has been installed. The tub is designed to be filled to the brim and the framing must support the additional weight ...
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| Bob joins Paul Costello and Lou Mazzini in the old dairy building to discuss the SpacePak high velocity hydro air HVAC system that's being installed in both the house and ...
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| Ken Langevin from Owens Corning tells Bob about the architectural shingles that have been selected to replace the old roofing material. The shingles are called architectural because they have a ...
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| Bob flashed back to the installation of the new roof. First the crew removed the old layers of roofing material from the barn. Next they added a layer of Louisiana ...
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| Barry Driscoll from Driscoll Electric is installing some new Lightolier recessed fixtures specially designed for use in remodels. These are low voltage fixtures with the new evolution trim, Lightolier's new ...
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| Bob joins Charlie on the third floor of the Medford house where he's installing an ODL tubular skylight. It's a pretty simple do-it-yourself project. You just cut a hole in ...
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| While on the third floor of the Medford house Bob looks at the Pella window installation in the gable end. The architect's original plan called for one big glass triangle ...
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| Bob Fulmer from Harraseeket Restoration, Inc. joins Bob on the roof of the breezeway to install a double-lock standing seam copper roof. Before installing the copper, a plywood deck is ...
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| Bob meets with Bob Fulmer, Sr. of Harraseeket Restoration, Inc. to see how the gutters are installed on the copper roofed breezeway. The gutters are a single bead half-round copper ...
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| Bob talks with Al Roberta who is painting the Medford house. The house needed a lot of prep work before painting. The home's original wood shingles had been covered for ...
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Barn Insulation, Video Wiring and a New Balcony Video Clips (HA1220)
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| Bob meets up with Joe Sheridan from Energy Guard to learn more about the US Greenfiber Cocoon cellulose insulation application that is taking place in the barn. This is not ...
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| Bob catches up with Mike Donaghey from American Standard behind the barn to learn more about the compressors. The units are part of the barn's air-conditioning system. They dissipate the ...
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| Walking behind the house, Bob makes a few observations about the design. He points out that the house and old barn were not exactly parallel to each other creating some ...
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| Bob and Charlie look at a couple of the old posts that the architect intended to reuse. However, Charlie discovered that they had been reworked once before and when he ...
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| Bob meets Tim Woods from the Internet Home Alliance at the Home Director network connection center in the basement. It's where all the structured wiring comes in and where the ...
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| Bob again meets up with insulation contractor Joe Sheridan in the main house where the Cocoon insulation in being blown into the original plaster walls. To accomplish this, Joe's crew ...
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Blue Board Installation, Landscaping and a New Garage Door Video Clips (HA1221)
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| Bob meets up with Bill Reid of US Gypsum in the barn of the Medford project. Bill differentiates imperial board (blue board) which is skim coated from drywall (gypsum panels) ...
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| Fred Goode of Brattle Works joins Bob in the backyard to look at the trellis and lattice fencing that will provide screening and a backdrop for a shrub border. The ...
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| Bob visits Fred Goode's Brattle Works workshop to see how the fencing is manufactured. Everything is made from Western Red Cedar. The rough lumber is 1 1/4 by 4 inches. ...
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| Bob is back on the first floor of the barn with Bill Reid from US Gypsum where the crew is installing drywall. This is a traditional installation with drywall ...
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| Bob in the backyard of the Medford restoration project where Charlie and Matt are finishing up the picture framing for the mahogany deck. The mahogany will be left unfinished—allowing it ...
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| Bob meets with Brian Kallmeyer from Unilock to talk about the Unilock tumbled concrete pavers. The product starts out as a high density (minimum 8,500 PSI mix) concrete paver. The ...
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| Nick Pastore, certified Unilock installer, finds the Unilock product easier to install than a natural stone like a Belgian paver because they are all uniform—smooth edges, square, always the same ...
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| Chris Borovka from US Gypsum joins Bob explain about patching with plaster. The first job entails patching over an existing door opening. They've put some Imperial Gypsum base up to ...
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| The old barn doors are replaced with an oversized (9' x 10') door from KML Industries in Canada. It's made from Ponderosa pine and thermal-insulating glass. As the existing wall ...
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Flooring, Glass Block Wall and a New Water Filtration System Video Clips (HA1223)
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| Bob meets up with Fred Giuggio in the former barn where the crew is installing QuickStep wood laminate flooring. QuickStep is a glueless flooring. It's engineered using an 8-millimeter board. ...
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| Mary Lou Pace from Circle Redmont joins Bob to watch the installation of the monolithic glass block floor panel system custom manufactured for this project. The panel, which is completely ...
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| Bob meets up with plumber Ted Moxham and Kinetico rep Dave Krupinski in the basement where Ted is installing a Kinetico water purification system. 85% of all homes in America ...
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Landscaping Begins, Flooring Continues and a Water Heater is Installed Video Clips (HA1224)
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| Bob joins Tom Strangfeld of Weston Nurseries and landscape architect Kristian Fenderson to walk the property and discuss the planting selected for the Medford home. They begin at the rock ...
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| Charlie, the GC, is building a BrattleWorks pergola from pre-cut red cedar on the mahogany deck. Charlie slides the stringers over the joists he installed a few weeks ago and ...
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| Bob looks at the HVAC units in the basement of the Medford home. There are 5 SpacePak units that, with their state-of-the-art foil-wrapped ductwork, deliver conditioned air at high speeds ...
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| Barry Driscoll is in the basement installing a state-of-the-art surge protector from Square D. Barry hooks up a main surge protector for the whole house that will take care of ...
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| Bob meets up with Tim Colgan to look at the Kahrs white oak flooring being installed in the bedroom. Earlier in the week the carpenters put the oriented strand board ...
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| Cole Stanton from Fiberlock joins Bob to talk about Child Guard, his company's encapsulating coating for lead-based paint. Lead encapsulating is an alternative to stripping lead-based paint. It's a safer ...
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| Bob meets with Mark Van Sickle from Merillat who is installing hardware on the new semi-custom kitchen cabinets. The Merillat cabinet doors and face frames are solid cherry in a ...
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| Bob meets with Charlie who has all the cabinets in place except for a final one that will go on one side of the new Thermador range. Charlie explains that ...
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| Dick Deshant from Counter Intelligence gives Bob the lowdown on the new countertops. They will be made of Silestone, which has the best qualities of granite without the maintenance. Silestone ...
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| Brece Rupolt of Northern Marble & Granite meets with Bob to discuss the countertop template that needs to be made before cutting. Brece makes his template from a sheet of ...
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| Bob enters the master suite to talk with Marcy Weisberg and Brad Bendell who are installing the totally custom California Closets. Marcy explains that the homeowners asked for 'his' and ...
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| Bob is in the master suite once again where Charlie is putting finishing touches on the Robern medicine cabinets. The inside of the cabinets are mirrored and have rubber gasketing, ...
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| In this segment, Bob tours the exterior of the completed farmhouse, pointing out the contemporary green color scheme and breezeway connecting the old barn and the main house. The barn ...
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| Inside the house Bob meets lighting designer Markus Earley. Markus highlights the blue low-voltage halogen fixtures hanging over the dining table. The fixtures are mounted in the center of custom ...
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| Bob tours the open-plan kitchen with its Merillat cherry cabinets and salvaged green breakfast nook-the only remaining feature from the original kitchen. The kitchen features durable black Silestone countertops, which ...
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| Bob and Tim Woods from the Internet Home Alliance meet in the kitchen. Tim details the Home Director structured wiring installation in every room, allowing the homeowner to stay connected ...
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| In this segment, Bob looks at the click-together beech flooring from Kahrs in the key hall. Gary Johnston from DuPont meets Bob in the media room to discuss new innovations ...
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| Tim Woods meets up with Bob again in the media room to showcase the electronic components that have been installed. Woods points out the Panasonic high definition flat screen plasma ...
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| Bob tours the master bathroom where Charlie Tomaszewski, the general contractor, is putting in some finishing touches. They look at the custom-finished Merillat cabinets and Shoji screens that separate the ...
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| In the master bedroom Bob notes the soothing putty wall color and green-painted nook that houses the bathroom's glass block wall. He shows us the antique style Regency ceiling fan ...
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| Bob enters the front child's bedroom where Dave Wahtera meets him to discuss blinds. Dave has installed Graber's new Crystal Pleat child-safe blind. Bob notes that there are no cords ...
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| Bob discusses the new Finlandia sauna being installed in the basement.
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| Bob meets with Tim Woods in the 3rd floor office. Tim shows us the Panasonic PBX phone system which is ideal for a home business with conference call, paging, and ...
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