Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley begin work on constructing the covered porch. Once the joists are in place, and the decking has been laid down, Bob and Bob turn to erecting the columns, which have been salvaged from another part of the house.
Bob checks in with plumbing contractor Jim Timino, who is running PVC pipe for the rough plumbing. Along the way, Jim demonstrates how to properly cement, or glue, PVC fittings and pipe.
As contractor Bob Ryley attaches the gingerbread-style verge board on one gable end of the Martha’s Vineyard Victorian project, Bob remarks on the notable features of the building’s wood frame.
Bob meets with an expert in Victorian design to look at homes with scalloped, diamond, and straight shingles. Gingerbread-style brackets and railings are also reviewed. Plus, Bob visits a Victorian garden “folly” on the Jersey Shore.
Contractor Bob Ryley is creating a Victorian-style breezeway using modern materials, which will bridge the old and new wings of the home.
Bob tours the Vermont Castings factory in Randolph, VT in order to learn about the manufacturing process for the type of wood-burning stove being used in the Martha’s Vineyard remodel.
Bob and contractor John Clancy discuss creating the new concrete chimney at the Victorian-style project house in Martha’s Vineyard.
Bob reviews the turret structure that’s been added to the project house. Then Bob and contractor Bob Ryley and the rest of the workmen raise a gable wall in accord with the crew’s modified approach to Western balloon framing.
Bob tours Lyndhurst mansion, a testament to high living during the Victoria era in New York’s Hudson River Valley. The 40-odd rooms include a Gothic dining room with a marble fireplace and a picture gallery with a Tiffany stained glass window.
Having reviewed their work on preparing the site, Bob and contractor Bob Ryley begin laying the first-floor decking by using glue and nails to attach the plywood decking to the special truss joists, which are made of OSB and laminated plywood.
