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The Norwell home will have a big farmer’s porch running the whole width of the house built with Western red cedar. Bob talks with Peter Lang from the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association. Western red cedar is renowned for its natural beauty and can enhance the look of any house.
Western red cedar is a green building material in that it’s a naturally renewable resource. It is harvested in a sustainable manner and is recyclable and biodegradable. From a carpenter’s perspective, Cedar is a dream to work with. The boards are reversible and can be used either horizontally or vertically and in ceiling applications or as decking.
Bob talks with Tim Cutler from TJ’s Plumbing & Heating about the Viessmann boiler, which is heating the home’s hot water, the radiant floor heating, and the hydro-air heating system. A concrete cutter came in to cut an opening in the basement between the old portion of the home and the new addition. Bob talks with Bill Sloan from Viega North America about the radiant slab heating in the new addition which uses PEX tubing. Viega manufactures the manifolds for this tubing and the copper tubing used to transfer hot water to the PEX tubing. ProPress joints that do not require any soldering are used for this system.
