Prepping the Home’s Exterior
Alongside restoration specialist Richard Marks at the Federal-style home in Charleston, Bob watches painter David Snyder scrape and sand old wood siding.
Alongside restoration specialist Richard Marks at the Federal-style home in Charleston, Bob watches painter David Snyder scrape and sand old wood siding.
Bob meets with restoration contractor Richard Marks to discuss the built-in-place kitchen cabinets. Richard explains the floor plan and appliance placement.
Bob takes a field trip to Millford Plantation, a spectacular Greek Revival governor’s mansion with echoes of the Civil War still ringing through its halls.
Bob joins restoration contractor Richard Marks to see how the existing plaster and cornice work is blended with the new drywall.
Bob assists Patty Hettich in stripping paint from decorative woodwork, then making rubber molds to create new details in the Federal-style home.
Bob returns to the William Gibbes House in Charleston, SC for a tour of the one-acre garden of this grand Georgian mansion, one of the nation’s best examples of Georgian architecture.
Bob observers the expert plasterer add detail to the cornice, which is under reconstruction due to water damage.
Bob meets with restoration contractor Richard Marks and roofer Joe Wells to go over the proper techniques for installing slate roofing.
Bob tours the William Gibbes House, one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in America.
Bob meets with restoration contractor Richard Marks, who explains the distinction between restoration and reconstruction. He and Bob also discuss the relocation of an arched window and jamb, and the replication of some moldings.