Landscape designer Ruth Foster explains a few techniques for promoting drainage and keeping weeds under control, respectively. She also discusses the plants she has chosen for the garage property, all of which are expected to thrive in Cape Cod.
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley install southern yellow pine plywood on the interior of the garage. On the exterior, Bob talks with Greg Binford about adding a stain to the red cedar siding.
Bob discusses the wireless alarm system being put in the garage. Because the building will often be unoccupied, this system won’t just monitor the alarm. It will also monitors the fire sprinkler system.
J & G Lightning Protection, Inc. installs a lightning rod system that will draw lightning toward the two copper rods, which perch on the garage roof. The copper poles connect to cables, which then run down the side of the building into the ground.
A Grinnell sprinkler system goes into the garage building. Bob gets a brief history of the sprinkler concept and a few tips on installation.
Bob interviews drywall contractor Mark Richardson, as he hangs drywall inside a skylight and attaches the corner bead.
Bob looks on as the roofing crew installs a standing-seam metal-shingled roof.
Bob oversees the installation of a Velux skylight in a standing-seam metal-shingled roof.
Bob tours the American Plywood Association testing facilities with Tom Williamson, the Executive Vice President of Engineered Wood Systems. Tom explains the different tests that exist for different types of plywood.
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley create an overhang detail with eyebrow returns and cedar plywood siding.