Yeah, you can. Are you kidding me . Gmc. Proud to lend a helping hand to hometime. Dean we always like working with traditional materials in more of a modern way, and thats exactly what were doing here in the kitchen, mud room and bath area. Here you go lenny. Lenny well thanks. Dean now its traditional because were working with linoleum. This has been around since the 19th century. And modern because were working with a glueless, click lock system. Now were working with 3 different colors. A couple different sizes. I think a great looking design. And weve made some pretty Good Progress already in the mud room. Now typically when we install a plank floor what we like to do is start on a nice long wall. Lay the planks against that and then work our way out from there. But with all the cabinets around here, we really didnt have that option. So instead, we took a 2x2, snapped a chalk line and laid it along the chalk line and started laying from that 2x2 out. Isnt that right lenny . Dan the way we figured our starting point is looking at the accent pieces because we have one right in the hallway thats centered in the space and its also centered in the kitchen. Once we figured out those 2 points, we started. Dean from there, we start with the first course and work our way away from the 2x4. So lenny, what do you think about this click system . Dan i like it. Its a beautiful floor. Its definitely a learning curve to get it going but once youre up and running, it really goes pretty fast. Dean i cant believe how tight the seams are on this stuff. Dan which is good but when they dont fit perfectly square it doesnt let you fit it in. So you have to take a little bit of extra time to make sure youre locked in but once youre locked in, theyre gone. Dean yeah, its beautiful. Dan yeah. Dean now the colors were selected by nayna ramey. Shes a set designer and she picked the colors. She laid out the design for the floor as well. She was involved in a lot of the selections here in the kitchen. So the colors were using one is volcanic ash. This one is called shiitake. I love the names they come up with here. And this is an accent color. Its kind of a burnt orange and this is to accent the ceiling and some of the walls. Let me show you how these in the design. Now its kinda hard to see exactly what this is at first, but these are the countertops. These are the top of the cabinets. This is the actual floor right here. So you can see the volcanic ash is kind of the background color. The shiitake are our rugs here and a little rug in the mud room. And then the burnt orange are the accent pieces. She really did a nice job on it. Now one thing that is a little tricky is locating exactly where we want these rug type areas in between the 2 cabinet spaces. Now one thing as were working with defined widths, these are about a foot wide. So the best thing really to do is to snap together some of the oneby sections and sort of do a dry laid type thing. You can kinda slide that back and forth so you can see exactly where those rug like areas might go. Once you get it into position where youre comfortable with both spaces, lock em into position with a 2x2 and just start laying in this direction. You can see how the accents turned out in the mud room which is pretty much done now but it gives you a good idea of how its going to be looking in the kitchen. Dan you can use this over any type of subfloor but its not recommended in bathrooms with showers and bathtubs in them. Its really important to leave an expansion joint around the perimeter of this floor because it is a floating floor and it has that room to move, but you can cover that gap with a little bit of trim. Dean okay, so you can see weve got our rug area taken care of here in the kitchen now. From here we worked our way back into the refrigerator. A lot of cuts but everythings looking very nice. Dan in certain circumstances, you cant get the click locked because you dont have enough room. So they actually say you can shave off the backside. Take the bump out. Glue it. It still locks in but doesnt click. Its perfectly acceptable. Bucky for cutting the flooring, just a couple of basic tools. Were using a compound slide saw. And a table saw. And i am putting the pieces right side up. I dont want to take the chance of scuffing up our pretty floor because we dont want that to happen. Theres really nothing too difficult about cutting the flooring. Its just basic cutting. Anytime youre doing any finish carpentry, i like to use a blade that has a lot more teeth. You get a lot finer, cleaner cut that way. The kitchens pretty small. Theres a lot of cuts. I think theres maybe 10 pieces of flooring in there that are full without cuts so its a lot of cuts. Dean now a lot of floating floors have a separate underlayment you have to put down, but this actually has a cork backing attached to it so that takes care of that underlayment. Dan this is the trickiest one because im caught underneath the fridge there, you know. Whenever you have like a peninsula with detached cabinets, you have a lot of cutting and notching. The trick is to take your time. Measure carefully or measure twice. Cut once. And be patient with it. Like any other flooring system once you figure out the knack and how they want you to do it it really goes pretty well. Its a little tight in here, tom. Bucky why dont you just give me the numbers and ill write em down here. Dan okay. Let me get to it here and ill give you 2 pieces. I think the biggest key you have to look forward to is make sure that everything stays clean because this is a click lock system and it wont lock unless youre lined up perfectly. Which is good and bad. Means it has to be perfect to lock in, but once its locked in its not going to go anywhere. For the final pieces where you cant get your hands in or your hammer in, they actually have installation kits. Something called a. I dont know what you call this a little pull bar. You hook it on the floor. You pound this in and it kinda nudges it over. Theyre not that expensive but theyre nice to have. Dean okay, lenny. That ought to fit right there. Dan oh, thanks dean. Dean okay, so with that last piece in we have everything done on this side. Well run some shims along the backside to lock it into position. Then we can take out this 2x2 and go ahead and wrap up the floor in the kitchen. Im going to pull out this 2x2, lenny. Dan go for it. And ill keep shimming over here, dean. Dean okay. Miriam floorings under control, and were getting ready for fixtures including a vent fan for the powder room. So heres some stuff to think about if youre going to buy one of those. What were talking about goes up into the ceiling. Takes the moisture in the room and sends it outside through some ductwork in the framing. Of course, you know what can happen if theres no ventilation ranging from minor issues like fogged up mirrors to major ones like mold, mildew and rot. So what are your options . Well, the first thing you want to do is figure out what do you need the fan to do for you. Some of them are setup purely for ventilation, and that will move the air just fine. A lot of them do add a light to it so its kinda nice to get the 2 fixtures in 1. And up here where it gets a little bit cold in the wintertime, it is nice to add a heater to the mix and keep things nice and toasty. The next thing you want to figure out is fan size. Thats measured in cfm or cubic feet of air per minute. The rule of thumb is you want to take your room length by width multiply that and thatll give you the size of the fan that you need. So if you have a 8 by 10 foot room, you make sure you get an 80 cfm fan and you should be covered. The next thing to consider is the relative loudness of the fan. Thats measured in sones. The lower the sones, the quieter the fan. So say for example, you have your master bath. You might pick one of the quieter models at 2 sones or less. Thats pretty quiet. But for powder rooms or bathrooms in the more public parts of the house, your guests might feel a little more comfortable with a louder fan running at 3 to 4 sones or more. Well one final thought, i would suggest hooking it up to a timer. They do recommend running the fan for about 20 minutes after a bath or shower to make sure the room really dries out. Plus itll save you a little bit of energy if anyone forgets to turn off the fan. For ventilation in the kitchen we are going to be taking care of that by way of this oven unit. This is going to go in over the stove and hooks into some ductwork that we had the heating guys install for us. It sucks in the air from the bottom and spits it out outside. Thats in addition to some very high tech, highspeed cooking that this is going to do. But were going to wait on installing this baby until our fullheight backsplashes are all installed. Those were all cut and polished at the same place that we saw the countertops being fabricated last time with some very precise, computerized tools. we have a park fusion saw waterjet combination. What were able to do is set that up on the machine and do all the straight cutting with the saw portion. And then do some intricate cutting with the waterjet. So weve taken 2 machines, put it in together as 1. You can use the high yield and nesting to get a good deal for your material. Miriam so now that all your cuts are done, whats next . so right now weve actually introduced those parts that we just cut onto our cnc machine. And what its going to do is actually going to put the edge profile on it. Do some final cut touchup where there might be some seams. Do sink cutouts that may not be in there and cleanup those sink cutouts for undermount sinks. All the profiling is basically put on on the cnc machine. In the past when you did it by hand, youre basically just doing it all. But you couldnt take those digital images that we took at measure that mark put together. All those digital images would go on here to get our actual final size put together for a perfect fit. Miriam right. Itll be the same guys, mitch and craig, who put in all the tops. Pieces have been set aside for the backsplashes as well but they like to get the tops in first before doing the final measuring for those. So cory came back with the tops in place to get the exact dimensions between the new granite and the cabinets above. Thats how they get a very snug fit. i dont use a laser on this. It is possible to use a laser measuring device. However, it is bit cumbersome. And sometimes theres no substitute for a pencil, a ruler and a level. I am going to draw it all out on my cad program on my laptop computer. There are a number of cutouts in the backsplash we need to make for the switches and the outlets. And although we cut all the stone out on our cnc machine in our shop, the tooling is bigger than the size of the cutout we need. So were going to cut all of these cutouts on site by hand. Miriam the granite were going with is a fairly animated stone called crema bordeaux, and we worked with mark to come up with a layout that would reflect the movement thats going on in the backsplashes along with whats happening in the countertops. So keep an eye out for that as the guys install our pieces. Dan we have the countertop fabricators back or as they like to be known as the above average stone fabricators. So the biggest challenge for these guys are the measuring for these outlets. Usually i like to start with the piece that has the most notches in it and usually theyre cut to size. That one is. Once we get on site so we can just kinda set it in and then go from there. Dan these slabs showed up but theres no holes in them. So they have to carefully measure their outlets, height, width double check the pieces to make sure they transfer the holes to their pieces before they put they put them in. marking the outlets, we generally take measurements and then go outside and mark the piece both on the front side and the backside because well have to cut it from the backside to finish the cut. Now to cut all the outlets out we use a 4 diamond wheel grinder. Just seems to be the easiest to get in and make those little cuts. When were cutting the outlets, we like to do the sides and the top and bottom and then also do a diagonal cut. It just helps make it easier when we flip it over to do the final cutout. Helps us to connect the 4 corners and finish the cut. Now once we finish cutting the outlets out, we carry the piece in. Try to dry fit it before we glue it to see if theres any finetuning that we need to do with the height or the length. And if there isnt, well glue it and set it in place. Miriam heres one of the effects that i was talking about. You can see how the movement here on the backsplash mirrors whats happening here on the countertop. Now this stone is from brazil, and with all the veining and motion in here, each piece really is one of a kind. But with some careful planning and layout, you can get 2 separate pieces that really work well together. usually well have to do a little bit of tweaking on the pieces to get them to fit just right. A lot of times its hard to get an accurate measurement on a big piece. You see granites with a lot of flow. A lot of movement in it. You have to be extra careful with. Theyre usually a little more fragile. You dont want to push too hard. It will crack if you have a big bow in the wall and you try to push it back flat. Dan now one thing to remember here youre backsplash is actually 3quarters of an inch thick so standard screws in your outlets and switches wont work. So what you got to do is get longer screws. Screw everything in. Whats nice about stone is its noncombustible. So you dont need any extended boxes to make everything legal or correct. Miriam of course we have it covered for protection now but we did have a chance to finish our click floor that we were working on a bit earlier in the show. We took out the straight edge that we were using to hold the first few courses in position and we switched directions to fill in along the other side. Theres quite a bit of ripping and notching to fill the planks in along the cabinets and inside the doorway to the dining room but it all turned out pretty well. For now, were just going to keep it covered until well done with some of the heavy lifting in here. we had to finish up. We had to drill a hole for the reverse osmosis drinking water. And we also had to finish up with a little bit of siliconing and some paintable dap that we use along the wall ridges of painted surface. Miriam the backsplashes are all done now, and the guys once again did a great job fitting those in between the countertops and the cabinets leaving a couple of picture perfect granite installations. So we want to thank everyone involved with those. it all went pretty smoothly. Not too many problems. Measured very well. There was a little bit of a bow in the wall that we had to do some extra shimming. Other than that, it went very well. Dan you okay . Miriam yep. Totally. Dan are we on . Miriam yep. Were all set to install our oven for real. We did have it temped in at one point to measure for backsplashes and to make sure the venting was in the right spot. And thats why our mounting bracket is already installed. Ready . The way this works is the back of the unit attaches to the plates. Then you secure the front with a couple of screws driven down through the cabinet above into the top of the unit. Takes a little bit of finesse and coordination to get these all lined up just how we need to have them but once thats done its Pretty Simple install. Definitely a 2 person job, but pretty easy. Dan now you got it . Miriam yep. Looks good. Dan alright. Perfect. Looks nice. Miriam now if youve never used one of these before, it combines the convenience of a microwave with the quick cooking of a convection oven so with the venting capabilities id say this is going to be one of more versatile appliances in the whole kitchen. Nice, huh dan beautiful. Dean okay, weve got you up to speed on the floor and the backsplash in the kitchen. Now we want to talk about the gas fireplace insert thats happening here in the great room. Now it might seem like were kinda bouncing around but actually as the heating guys are taking care of the things in the kitchen, theyre also working on this. So in addition to running the pex pipe for the new heaters in the kitchen, they also ran some flexible gas pipe from the basement to the wood burning fireplace in the living room. And they just coiled that up in the firebox so thats been sitting waiting for the guys to come over and install the fireplace today. So we have nick niessen and joe weyandt here to install the actual gas insert. So joe, these are very much the same as a drywall opening. You just slide in a fireplace like weve done so many time right . Joe weyandt thats right. A gas insert and a direct vent fireplace use the same technology dean. Its just that they have a couple of key differences between them. Dean what are the differences . well those differences are no. 1, that a gas insert is designed to go into a existing masonry structure. Where as a gas fireplace is designed to go where there is no existing fireplace. So that fireplace has an insulating barrier around it so then you can frame right around it. Where as a gas insert is designed to go into an existing masonry structure. You dont to have that insulating barrier. Dean no combustibles here. correct. Correct. And then the other key difference is the venting system itself. Again with a gas fireplace, it uses a coaxial venting system. A vent within a vent. That inside vent is an exhaust vent and the outside vent is the intake. And by doing it that way, youre able to frame again within a short distance of that venting system. Where as with a gas insert, there is no Combustible Materials around it so they use what they call collinear venting systems. So what we do is we drop a couple of liners down through that existing chimney system. One is an intake. One is an exhaust liner. And we attach those to a cap up at the top of the chimney. Dean and that i suppose just hooks up to back of the fireplace. thats right dean. Theres a little plate here that we attach the liners to and then we slide the insert into place. And this plate just slides over the insert. Its really a nice system. Makes it easier for the installer to get the physical unit into the fireplace box so that you dont have to be reaching around in there with your arms. Dean now one thing i was surprised is this thing is really a nice fit for the fireplace we got. How many different sizes do they manufacture . each of the manufacturers will make multiple sizes to fit a variety of fireplace openings because there is no such thing as a standard fireplace opening. Dean and then i suppose there are trim options around the outside so you kinda build. theres different size trims to allow us to adjust for different openings. Dean well see how that works here in just a second i suppose. correct. Dean so joe, what is it that make these fireplaces really look realistic . well one of the things that they do dean is this goes on the inside of the cavity of the fireplace and its designed to look like masonry fireplace brick interior. It also has an insulating characteristic too for the fireplaces. Dean yeah, i mean its so light and it looks kinda fake right here but when you get it in the fireplace i mean its amazing how it takes on that look. yes. The logs themselves are yes. The logs themselves are made out of a lightweight ceramic fiber material. You can see it doesnt feel like a real log and theyre designed to absorb the heat from the burner itself. So as the unit burns these will actually glow red. And then they also add a ember nugget type of material along the burner itself which also will give you that nice glow off the unit. Dean so even once you turn off the gas, you still get that heat off those logs and stuff. well, definitely. They use ceramic glass which is designed to radiate heat into the room. And its excellent and very comfortable source of heat for the home. Dean and then how about trim for around the outside . sure. In this case, theyve chosen what they call their contour trim kit. But there are several different trim and face combinations that you can select. Some of them are very contemporary in design. Some are more traditional like you see here. You can do nickel trims, or square trims, contour trims or cast iron trims that you can select. Dean so this is what were using right here for our outside trim, right . correct. And then our inner trim is going to be this combination here which they call the clear view. Dean okay, yeah. So you can get something that looks very Old Fashioned or fairly contemporary right here. right. Good to have choices. yes. Miriam this is the last led recessed light were going to be putting in here. You might remember the 6 units we put in before. This is a 4 version except this is also a gimbal style which means its going to be able tilt to give us the light exactly where we need it. With the 4 housing already up in the ceiling, this part is pretty easy. Hooking up the tether and the connectors and then maneuvering the spring clip up into the housing to finish it up. Its got the same 110 line voltage as the other recessed lights, but the size and the output will be more like a low voltage light. These come in 4 different light colors. This one is going to match the rest of the lights at 2700 kelvin. And being led its going to burn a lot longer and use a lot less energy. Dean so joe, with everything hooked up and all the decorative elements on, why dont we kinda step through some of the controls here. sure, sure. With this Remote Control system, youll never have to manually light your pilot. You can light the pilot right from the Remote Control system itself. And you have the capability then of either operating as an electronic ignition system or a standing pilot system. Dean oh, i see. Ok. and everything is powered directly off of batteries. So you will always have heat source for the home. Even if youre without electricity you still have a reliable heat source. Dean because you have the pilot light. correct. Dean and what this allows you to do, too, is to operate the fire off of a thermostat, right . So if it gets too warm in the room, itll shut the fire off. correct. The handheld unit is a thermostat so wherever you set this in the room, itll act as your thermostat. Dean obviously you dont want to set this right above the fireplace yes. We recommend that you place it at least 10 feet away. Also, when youre operating in the thermostatic mode, it actually modulates. So the Remote Control checks in with the receiver every 3 minutes or so and actually will modulate the flame to a lower level as youre approaching the desired temperature. Dean you can see why theyre so easy to work with. youll just use your fireplace so much more often than you did in the past. Dean compared to running out in the backyard for another pile of firewood. correct. Dean well you did another nice job on here guys. Thank you. Dean its fun doing a masonry fireplace. Ive always wondered how one of these things would work, so. Miriam so with flooring, the backsplash and the fireplace all checked off the old punch list we are just about ready to wrap it up here. Dean and we still have to take care of the rest of the appliance. Get a couple of fixtures in yet. Theres a little bit of trim left to do, but all of that next time on hometime. Miriam hope you can join us then. Im miriam johnson. Dean and im dean johnson. Thanks for watching. Dean visit hometime at pbs. Org. Weve got more details about our projects. Tips on owning and maintaining a home. And a great glossary of building and remodeling terms. Stop by and see us at pbs. Org. Got a new guy. Well its about time. Wheres the gig . Gmc. Proud to lend a helping hand to hometime. Phillips greetings from the american woodshop. Im Scott Phillips. Suzy and im suzy phillips. Phillips now, todays a different show. Its all about exterior woodworking ideas and, also, building a very special table out of a material that will never rot. Suzy also, learn how to protect your garage doors or beams from the Outdoor Elements using a great sprayon stain. Phillips mmkay. Dont miss this show. Announcer the american woodshop with Scott Phillips is brought to you by. Delta the heart of woodworking for over 85 years. Kreg from the first cut to the final assembly, providing woodworkers with products that help simplify woodworking challenges. Kreg. Woodcraft since 1928 providing traditional and modern woodworking tools and supplies to generations of craftsmen. Woodcraft helping you make wood work. Gorilla glue for the toughest jobs on planet earth. Phillips now, the weather is closing in on us, and if you think about it, any exterior wood product, it does that all the time. So you have to come up with good choices outdoors to stand the test of time. Now, this is one project right here. What do you like about this deck table . Suzy well, i love its durable. You can move it anywhere. But its really solid, and it comes in lots of great colors. Phillips okay, so, ill show you a special jig on how to make this. This is a onehour table right here. Perfect for exterior barbecues things like that. Then were going to get into what else . Suzy spraying the garage doors. Ill get set up for that. You get to work on this. Phillips okay. Off to the shop. Okay, lets build a onehour table together that will last forever. Now, this material right here is 3 4inchthick stock, and its a type of board thats used in the marine industry. It doesnt rot. It stays flat. And its perfect for food use because it stays nice and clean. Okay, so, now, look at this. Corner to corner just drew lines with a permanent marker with a straightedge. And right in the middle of that, im going to put a screw sink it in about, oh half an inch, just like that. Nice, big washer head right there. And over here at the band saw primarily a bandsaw project with pocket jig. You can see i have a pivot set up. Now, that pivot right there is curved for the screw to go in, and its very important that the center of that pivot is right behind the gullet okay, now, thats the valley between the teeth to get a perfect cut. Now, this is locked in place ready to make that cut. This is all the way down so it just gives me good clearance but controls the board and this guard covers the blade. Fourtoothed blade right there 1 2inch wide. And whatever you do, work safely. Be sure to read, understand, and follow all the instructions that come with the tools and products you use. I have this on. Dust collection ill turn that on. Now ill swing this up and pivot that screw right here in that slot. And, again, its very important this is 24 inches across to the very curve right there. That is 11 1 2. Now i just ease that pivot up, that screw and put it up against that curve. And that will give me the size of table that i want. Back and forth. Float it down. And now thats centered up in the slot. Thats good. Now ill start the cut ease it in and just pivot it round. This is a great jig, a very easy way to build this table. Keep forward pressure against that screw so that it gives you a perfect circle. And watch these edges. They can be sharp. Forward pressure always. Come back, finish that circle. And that is perfect. Turn everything off, let it come to a stop. Never want to back out of a cut on a band saw with the blade running. Thats stopped. Ill ease that up. Now, look at this. Handy right there. So, now we have a perfect table right there. [ blows ] and what i can do is peel off the film on the back. Take that screw out. Now i know the center point, and this will be the bottom of the table. And these make great cutting boards, as well. Very durable. Easy on the knives. And they stay sterile. So, thats gonna be our tabletop. Now ill do some layout work here, and youre going to see the interlocking legs. Find your center point first and drill a 3 4inchdiameter hole right in the middle. And then we can use the band saw to cut down to that hole. So, with the two 3 4inchdiameter holes right in the middle of two work pieces like this 24 inches square what i do is i use a t square right here, and i bring it up to the outside edge of that hole left and right lay in a line. I know that slot is precisely 3 4 of an inch. Have it marked bottom. And, then, on the other leg workpiece here identical, 24 inches square i bring the slot on the top side, okay, 3 4 of an inch. And the other thing i like to do is use a compass on the two sides to lay out a 10inchdiameter circle ending on the very bottom. And that becomes the foot. Those were right on center. So, to make the straight cuts, im gonna use the band saw. And to do that i need to release the jig here slide it off. It has a quick release. Handy tool right here. Slide that all the way out. Set this safely out of the way here. And then lower the guideblock assembly with the band saw off. And thats for control and for safety. Thats a guard. And now what i can do, with my Hearing Protection on, is cut out those locking slots one for the bottom one for the top. And then from there, its back to the workbench to use a jigsaw. You want to take the line. Take your time as you make this cut. Theres no race here. Once i have the two notches cut out on these workpieces theres the top notch. Heres the bottom notch. They lock together nice and tight. Watch your fingers. No pinch points there. This has some weigh to it. Ill bring this 23inchdiameter circle on the top. And these are slightly wider 24 inches square. And so what im going to do set the top aside. I use a compass on the top only, and i lay a 21 2inch radius out right in this area. Now, weve already got those circles out. And im just going to use a good jigsaw to cut these out. The technique is make sure you clamp it to a work surface to get it nice and secure as you cut these circles out. Now, the reason im not using the band saw to do this i dont have the clearance. This would hit the throat as i cut those larger circles out. And with this material wear a dust mask when you mill it. So, ill just cut those out. A good clamp really is a must to help secure the workpiece as you make these cuts. And just take the line. Mmkay. With all those curves cut out, you can see this can peel right off. But let me lock the two pieces together so you can see. Its nice and solid. Thats a good foundation. Its gonna be very graceful. But wherever theres a crisp edge i want to round that over. So, up here at the workbench and that includes on the top top and bottom edge im using a roundover bit piloted bearing. And this is securely clamped to the bench with that tail vise there. And ill just round that over. With the rotation of the cutter, i want to work in a counterclockwise direction here. Turn it on, feed it in make those cuts. All the routings done and ive centered up the leg assembly on the very bottom of the table. And you can see its looking good upsidedown. But i want you to see one thing. See this piece right here, how it locks and holds this leg on there . No screws needed on this piece. What were going to do is lift this piece out and bring this over to the pocket jig and lock it in place and i have the stop on the drill set collar so that its perfect for 3 4inchthick stock. Going to drill two pocket holes. And you have to give those chips somewhere to go. So you have to keep evacuating the chips. And you drill that out. Until you have two perfect pockets. I want two here, two there two here, two there, for a total of eight. And once i get those done see those pockets . Thats perfect. Once i get those done, we can screw this table together, and thats your onehour table. So, there are the eight pockets. And heres how it all comes together. Up comes the other mating piece. You slide it and lock it together. And i have my layout lines. So, its 2 1 4 in from the edge. All the way around. So, thats beautifully positioned right there. Thats good. Same mark over here. Its all lined up. And it is square now. So, what i can do is change out the driver put the long extension in. That will give me clearance. I need a test. You can use finethreaded screws or coarse screws. The coarse screws really auger out a lot of this material. So i want to go with the fine. Itll give me a better joint. Also, you want to use stainless steel here because, after all it will be outside even though this will be out of the elements. So you take that fine inchand1 4 screw and you drive it. Until it draws it nice and tight, just like that. And i also do want to set the clutch so that it wont possibly strip out that joint. So, now fasten this to the bottom of the table and well take a look at the finished project. Okay, one final screw, just nice and tight there. And lets take a look at this. Well flip this over and that is one great, durable table. Now, it can be sanded with 220grit to clean it up, any scrapes. Works beautifully. Make sure you wear a dust mask when you do a lot of sanding. And there you have it. A Great Outdoor table. And its strong, its graceful and fun to build. Now, this show is all about what you can do to make wood last outside. Here are some other excellent ideas for you. Lets head to a house to do some staining. Now, when it comes time to stain and preserve wood use good products. But, also, buy an hvlp sprayer. When this dial is set this way it fans like so. And ill tell you what cant beat it. And, so, this is the redwood stain that im putting on. And do it in a couple light coats. Tape everything off. And once i get this all stained up and ill let that dry for a day then its on to a clear topcoat to make it last twice as long. So, go ahead and get this on. You want to do it when the temperature is in the high 60s or warmer. And be sure to take good care of that wood. Now, one other thing i want to show you. When you have Little Details if you dial it to that setting right there, you can get into nooks and crannies like around the window where you dont want a high coat. You dial this all the way in till it stops. Back it off two clicks. Now watch what i can do here. I need to close that down just a hair. I dont need that much. I can get in there light, light coats and i dont have drips and runs. Of course, this painters tape is awfully nice. So, ill get this all done. One other technique when you dial it all the way up, straight up, that gives you a fan pattern like that, which is great. Open it up. And that application is great when you need to make long, fluid passes like that. So. Take care of the outdoor wood. These posts, as well. Ill trim this out get it all looking good. And this is white oak. Okay, well get the job done and youll get the beauty shot. I figure this will take, oh, about three hours from start to finish. And be sure i wasnt wearing one now. I was not wearing a dust mask. This was for demonstration purposes only. Read the label, work safely. Niosh 95 mask very important. Just get her done. Now, behind me you can see that a mountain load of spraying has been done on all three doors, and they look great. Two coats, waterbased stain. Excellent stuff. These pigments stay on the surface resist ultraviolet damage, and thats what causes 90 of all damage to the wood. Its the sunlight. Now, suzy, tell us about what youre doing with the brush and why. Suzy well, ill be brushing it in trying to break that pigment up, and get it in all those small grooves. So ill just let him spray it, and then ill work it in there with the brush so we really got it soaking in and its looking good. Phillips and honestly, if youre going to do outdoor projects a sprayer like this with a great gun and at least 15 feet of hose is gonna save you an army load of time. Dont go cheap. Be willing to spend about 300 for a system like this. It sprays everything from finishes to outdoor stains like this. Now, we will topcoat this with a clear sealer, and thatll be good for a guaranteed five years. So well get the posts done, and then its on to gluing solutions and special durable treatment for trim. Suzy all right. Phillips two days have passed and the doors have dried to perfection now, the posts, too. Now, before we get a final look at it we have to trim out the plug holes that hold the braces onto those posts. This is an inchand1 4 dowel rod, hard maple, and im going to use that to plug the holes that hold the braces on, and this is just a tenon cutter. I knock off those sharp edges. Now, watch what im going to do here. Because this is the easiest way to do it. You put some good polyurethane glue on the end here and a liberal amount. Its helpful if you mist it first or wipe it down with water with some rag. And thats all we need on there. And what you do is you take that long dowel rod with that chamfered edge. You ease it right on up into that area that you need to plug, and then you hammer it home. Get it nice and tight. And when that glue squeezes out and cures out with that water, its there to stay. So ill go up and cut this off the rest of the way and then chamfer it down and thats how i like to finish the plug holes for that old barnbeam look right there. So, ill do that to the other, and then well get the finished look at this big project and its on to exterior trim. Now, heres the payoff. You can see how this really dresses up the front of the house and if i do this every three to five years, these garage doors and posts will last forever. If i dont, theyll break down and have to be replaced, and especially the posts they can get powder post beetle in them and all sorts of decay. So take good care of them. Stain them every now and then. Now, up underneath on this house zero maintenance. Why . That white trim board is actually pvc. Lets go do a workshop on that with suzy. Come on, cass. Lets go. [ buzzing ] suzy okay. Theres a scrap piece. As you can see with this pvc trim board its kind of got a woodsy texture here a grain, if you want to call it and a smooth side. And, really, with all the trim weve done on the house, you really cant see that textured side. So were putting that in because the flat side doesnt catch dirt and stuff. This is virtually no maintenance. You could paint it if you want. But were keeping it white cause its perfect for what we need. Phillips now, well get this all cut out, and then well trim it up with galvanized nails, and youll see what its gonna do for us. Suzy okay, scott, ive got the pieces cut. Heres those two. Soon as you do the dropped bit ill hand you the nailer. Phillips okay, so, this first piece of trim board smooth side facing us is up and then what im going to do is bring this piece up smooth side out, as well because it does hold dirt. This is like a jigsaw puzzle. The beautiful thing about this is once this is in no woodboring the gun comes up. Suzy ready . Phillips thank you. No woodboring bees or insects or any decay will ever happen here. So, ill tack it in place. And im using galvanized nails. And whenever i use a pneumatic nailer safety glasses with full side shields are a must. And i dont go crazy here. Threes enough to hold that. And then a couple in the front board here. That will trim it off. The pvc product also comes in all sorts of trim details. So well just ease that up and in and cap that off. Its great for so many uses in your home. Easy does it. Okay. Suzy now lets go see a couple neat ideas in decking. Phillips now, youve seen some great ideas on how to beat the weather. And we dont let a little bit of rain slow us down here at the american woodshop. Okay, now, we built this deck last year in show number 1810. You can watch that on the internet. And this a pvc material, decking. Its perfect. Now, suzy, describe the jig you screwed down. Suzy this deck jig was very instrumental in building the deck. It makes it simple and easy. You place it down there. You can drill the hole right through here and screw it in all at once. Its really great. Phillips and what you can see here no screws on the surface. So it makes a much better finished deck here. And, also, there are a couple other ideas and good products we want to share with you, but, you know, in woodworking and in home improvement, where can you go for good ideas . Well, once a year, theres a very unique show. Its called woodworking in america. Heres the story. Were with steve shanesy of popular woodworking magazine. And, steve, congratulations. Shanesy well, thank you, scott. Phillips this is amazing here its woodworking in america. And let me ask you right to the point why is this the best woodworking show going . Shanesy well, scott what really differentiates it from the others is this show is not just about selling tools. Its about getting experience and education, sharing ideas about woodworking. Here and in other parts of the building, virtually every exhibitor and a group of 16 different woodworkers are putting on classes throughout the weekend sharing their years and years of knowledge and experience. Phillips you know what . Ive always learned one good idea a day makes you a great woodworker. And here you can get dozens of great ideas. You better be prepared to take notes. And theres a guy here john sindelar, his tool collection is staggering. I mean, he has tools from the ancient pyramid for goodness sake. It goes way back. Shanesy its unbelievable. You know he came by just a minute ago and told me that in his traveling museum which is here on the show floor today, theres over 1 million worth of collectible tools. Phillips well over that. So, thats where were heading right now. Steve, keep this show going. Keep making it stronger every year. And since he is the editor of the magazine, he really knows his stuff, and hes a woodworker, too. And you got to give him credit for that. Thank you, steve. Shanesy well, thank you, scott. Im glad youre here. Phillips welcome to sindelars tool museum. Were here with john sindelar. Sindelar good to meet you, scott. Phillips now, its taken a lifetime to pull this together. Now lets get into the master tool cabinets or chests here. Tell us about this. Sindelar these are what wed call in the olden days a resume chest. Theyd open it up, show the prospective client what they could do. This guy could probably build anything in the house pieces of furniture, cabinets, trim. Phillips it is proof. And, then, shoulder planes over here. What do you suppose they were making . Sindelar this would be a joiner making the tongue and grooves and things like that to join furniture together. This chest here would be a woodcarvers chest with his young ladies that he has pictured on the lid. Phillips and can you imagine his clientele . If it has these beautiful ladies painted in here, i would venture to say he was dealing with a lot of ladies in the day doing the beautiful carved work. And the inlay proves he could do anything. This is different. What was this used for . Sindelar this chest came from a boston pooltable maker. It actually still has his Business Card inside of it and some of the inlays that he used to put on the old pool tables. Phillips now, keep this in mind. If antique tools are something youre fascinated by look up john sindelar, and it is a traveling road show. Sindelar correct. Phillips unbelievable collection. Sindelar thank you. Phillips stay well. Check it out. What a fabulous tool collection. Be sure to look for john sindelars tools all over america and be sure to go to woodworking in america for the best in woodworking education. Now, suzy, final exterior tip of the day. Suzy caulk it. Clear silicone caulk. Its great for any outdoor application, anything you can imagine. Phillips okay. And, then, when it comes down to tables like this, go to our website. Onehourtable plan is on there. Enjoy it. And select the right color material. Thats infused all the way through. It will never fade. So, thats it for this week from the american woodshop. Hope you enjoyed it. Next week, its on to exterior garden gates that are just beautiful, trimmed out with cedar fencing. You wont believe it. See you then. Okay. Lets get out of the rain. Suzy okay. Phillips [ chuckles ] announcer delta the heart of woodworking for over 85 years. Kreg from the first cut to the final assembly, providing woodworkers with products that help simplify woodworking challenges. Kreg. Woodcraft since 1928, providing traditional and modern woodworking tools and supplies to generations of craftsmen. Woodcraft helping you make wood work. Gorilla glue for the toughest jobs on planet earth. Erer kevin next on the this old house hour. Were going to let you in on some trade secrets. And well think globally about our neighborhood and our design. Man we found this great light fixture thats made in denmark. What a statement its going to make when you walk through that front door. It looks pretty bad right here. Are you kidding me . Norm is this place really worth saving . Richard we can do better than this. Tom nice and easy. Everybody together. Its stateoftheart. Norm perfectly square. Roger all in all, a good days work. Kevin right here on this old house. And, also, on ask this old house. Check this out. You turn this shower valve to cold, no problem. All the way around to hot, barely a trickle. Im going to show you how to fix it. This backyard is wide open now but were going to enclose the whole thing with a lowmaintenance fence. Kevin all that and more coming up. Do it yourself doesnt have to mean do it alone. At the home depots howto community you can watch videos read tips, and get advice from fellow doers. Were proud to support this old house and doers everywhere. [ wind howling bird squawks ] [ thunder crashes, car alarm blares ] when the unexpected happens, state farm is there to help you get your old house to a better state. Proud sponsor of this old house. [ grunting ] man what we need is some elbow grease. [ laughs ] yeah, you can are you kidding me . Gmc lending this old house a helping hand since 2002. Funded in part by Lumber Liquidators retailer of hardwood flooring. Their wide selection includes bellawood prefinished, bamboo, laminate and vinyl plank flooring. Lumber liquidators is proud to sponsor this old house. The project were working on here in cambridge, massachusetts is just four blocks from Porter Square and lots of people every day walk, bike, take the train and drive right through this area. This is a busy melting pot hey and apparently there are surprises on every corner. Check this out, kevin. Look at this beautiful art deco building right here. It was once a major oldline Department Store. Now its lesley university. But youre never going to believe whats inside this old building. Cant wait. So, when the Department Store moved out, a series of small shops moved in. Welcome to what the locals call japantown. Really. Come on in. No kidding, look at this little gem tucked away in here. Series of shops with every kind of japanese cuisine. Look at it its always packed. Wow, look at this little alleyway, huh . Its like youve transported us straight from japan right here to cambridge. Thats right. So, look at this. Heres my kind of menu right here. I can sort of say, oh, yeah i think i like that one and this one i like em all, actually. You look like a beef pho. Richard a beef pho. How bout this . Teriyaki chicken bowl. Great choices here. You getting hungry . Hungry . Am i breathing . Of course im hungry. Theres some great ramen here. Oh, i love noodles. Big bowl of noodles . Richard so, what do you feel like . I dont know what are they serving . Well, pick what you want. What are you doing back there . Im going to help, im not going to cook. Seriously . Hell cook. All right, um. How bout a little bit of pork all right, and some eggs well, and ramen, of course. All right, so heres the noodles. Youre making it. Well, im going to do this much. And give it a little stir. Yeah, give it a good stir. I dont want it sticking. [ laughs ] all right, kevin here is your house ramen. Look at that, the pork and your egg right there. I like the fact that youre cooking for me. You washed your hands, right . Youre a plumber after all. Look at yours a little hot and sour. So whats the story . Is there a big japanese population here in cambridge . You know thats the funny thing. There really isnt but peop this is always packed, and they come from miles around to visit. Well, you know what, its great to know its right down the street from the job site. Arent you supposed to get back there . Oh, no, its still early in japan. Youre going to go on japan time if down the street its all about japan here on the job site its a little bit about italy, and thats because the plasterers are here. You know, theres not a lot of guys that still do blueboard and plaster, and this is a little bit of an oldworld art, and we have got one of the best crews working for us. It is bucco and sons. Bobby, how you been . Good, you . All right. So youve actually worked with us on a couple jobs over the last couple of years. Yes, we have. And its actually a Family Affair . Oh, yeah, its me, my brother my brother in law, and my father, vito, who id like to introduce you to. Vito, nice to meet you. Thank you, nice to meet you. So how long have you been doing this . Oh, 1950 this summer 1950. 1950 60 years. Yeah. Unbelievable. Now, you grew up in italy . I grew up and i came here when i was 14. And got right to work . My uncle wanted me to get out of the house, so he said, ill send you to work with a friend of mine mr. Batista clemenzi. Mmhmm. And then i was with him for 19 years. And what types of jobs were you doing back in the 1950s . Well, you know, regular flats, but not like this. We used to put the you know, plaster three coat thick. Yeah. Your sons were telling me some Great Stories about you working. They said you used to take the train to work. Train, the bus everything. There was a lot of time we didnt have much competition like you do today, and we used to have a suitcase like this and then we you know when we changed jobs we put everything in a suitcase, go on the bus. Youre still using a suitcase today . Why . Yeah. You have all your tools, you tie them up here and everythings in there. Your clothes, your shoes everything was in here. I enjoyed every day i went out. I never said once i hated it. I always enjoyed it. Good. Made a good living out of it. Im not rich, im happy. [ laughs ] you know and its a nice family. Weve done okay. So, vito, tell me, what did you think when your sons decided to go into plastering . I thought they were crazy, because i had to do it but they didnt have to do it, but they like it. They enjoy doing it, and theyre doing a good job and thats what counts. I always told them i said, dont worry how long it takes, you do a good job. You do a good job and dont worry about nothing else. Nothing else. Yeah. And i said mistakes are made the mistakes are fixed. If we make a little mistake you pick up the phone, well be there next day try to fix it up for you. How come a lot of guys dont do this anymore . How come its all drywall these days . Its faster. Youre doing the house in a day, theyre done. This way maybe takes a week. Aint much different in the price either, compared to drywall to this. But theres a big difference in the final product . Oh, yes. Tell me about that. Well, its just a harder of a finish of coat. With drywall you can get your finger and go right through it like this. You can never do it, and then we put the brown coat. See thats a brown coat on the seams . Thats because this has got sand in there. Thats what gives strength. But the sand and the joint never snap on you. If its done right you cant beat it. Cant beat it. No, you cannot beat it, no. Youre a plasterer at heart. [laughing] yeah. All right, well, you and your case, were glad you guys are here and your boys are here as well. Thank you. You guys do great work. Thank you. Norm well, progress on the exterior of our house continues to move right along. We replaced all the windows, but we also managed to keep a lot of the exterior trim in place and its very simple around the windows just a flat casing that goes up and around the window and on this bay above the windows theres a nice detail, a really wide board thats divided in half by this halfround molding, and then theres another molding up here that comes out just under the soffit and we wanted to replicate that detail to tie everything together. So over on this wall where everything was replaced new framing, new windows and new trim you can see above the window that same detail so its a nice connection between the old work and the new work. Now, the trim was installed. The next order of business are the clapboards and thats what dans working on now. Now, the clapboarding is nearly complete but theres some details that i want to point out that tom and his crew use that are very important. First of all, the siding comes preprimed both sides and the edges and that will help prevent paint failure. Secondly, theres a lot of details on the installation. You have this soft flashing that goes under the window casing here and under the sill. Now, the next course of clapboards is going to go right here. You can see the felt paper comes down over this clapboard which has already been installed. Should any water get in there, its going to run onto the felt paper and out onto the clapboard rather than going into the building. They also have this matrix which gives a little separation between the clapboard and the structure. Now, if any moisture should migrate through the house into this area itll have a chance to dry out and prevent rot and paint failure. And another very important detail when the siding is installed these joints will be caulked as well as where it meets the casings or the sill. Thats all going to get caulked. That will ensure no water is going to get inside of this building and itll be totally protected. Now, in addition to clapboards we have some wood shingles to install and were going to do that up on the third floor. Now, theres a band of shingles that runs around the perimeter of most of the house and you can get a look at it right here. Theres a scallop shingle at the bottom, and then several courses of shingles, and note that they dont go straight across. Theyre all staggered in the height and theyre very random, and thats a nice detail that we thought wed bring in to our new deck area. Right. Now, remember the deck that was up here before had an open railing system. Well, now that it has a wall we thought it would be nice to replicate that detail over there with the shingles. Now, what were using is these shingles right here. Theyre red cedar. Theyre square and butted shingles and theyre primed on all six sides. It looks like youve got a start but i can give you a hand finishing it off. Okay, great. First thing we did is cover our wall with this matrix right here to get a bed of air under our siding. Then we installed the cellular pvc trim right here, but we ripped it on a bevel so that when the water comes down off of the wall, it wont run up and behind it, it will run out the front. We installed our starter course and then our first course finished course. Then we want to make sure that none of our joints line up with the first course so that the water wont get between them. Now, each course is 4 5 16 apart so ive got a line here, norm put a line on his side, and well snap a line and put our straight edge on it. Got it, norm . Yep. And for a straight edge, were going to use a clapboard because theyre nice and straight. Now, on this inside corner we have to weave the shingles to get a nice, tight joint. Now, this shingle lays over this shingle, so im going to start on this side first and as you can see doesnt fit very well yet. If i take my scribe, i can follow that contour and ill take my Utility Knife and shave off most of it and then finish it off with my block plane. All right. Now well finalize it. Check it. Thats good, now a bead of caulking. Okay. Now i want to do the exact same thing on this wall. Set it, scribe it, and fit it. All right, now we can work our way out from the corner with the rest of the shingles. So when you look at this pattern you think it may be complicated but its actually Pretty Simple to do. What weve done is weve cut a gauge block, and were going to set the gauge block on our straight edge. I take a shingle a randomwidth shingle and i want to just make sure it doesnt line up with this joint here because that will leak. So now i just put it down like that, norm can nail it in place. I take the gauge block out well take another shingle thats random, again making sure that it doesnt line up drop it on there and nail it in place. We just finished installing our last row and it stops right here at the top of the wall so now what we want to do is cut off our shingles, and we want to cut em straight. To do that, were going to use the straight edge that we used for our rows, and were going to use it as a guide for our saw. With our wall cut, well remove our straight edge and what were going to do is were going to actually cap this wall on the top with a piece of cellular pvc, but the homeowners really havent decided on what detail or profile they want for the railing yet. Of course, these shingles are going to get painted to match the shingles on the house and i think it was a really good idea to do this detail on the inside of this deck. I think it looks nice. It does. Norm while were working on our house here in cambridge, theres another team working on it as well over in bostons south end. Well, this has got to be the place. There arent a lot of mill buildings that look like this on the inside. Clearly some designers have been at work. Dee, andrew, you guys back here . Andrew hey, we are, how you doing . All right, good to see you again. Good to see you. Boy, you guys take this whole working as a team thing real seriously right down to a Single Office . Yeah, this setup works really well for us. We always face each other like kind of an inversion of a partners desk, so we can kind of show each other ideas that we both have, and it works well. All right. Well, you helped us out last year on a nearly 300yearold colonial, and were doing something completely different this year scandinavian modern. Are you guys up for the challenge . We are, we loved the bedford project, but we feel like this cambridge project is a little bit more in line with our personal style. Perfect. Wed love to show you what we have working. Id love to see it. Lets go. The design studio. This is where it all happens. All right, and weve got a schematic of our house. So this is really where were doing most of our work. So the front street side of the house with the porch and entry foyer weve got the bay window in the front thats got a going to have a pair of really great chairs that sallys excited about. The kitchen is being designed by Kathy Marshall and this part of the house is mostly built in. We have a dining room table, a great window seat, but most of our furniture, were really focusing here in the family room. Great, okay, and so from this look, its pretty crisp and clean, and i know that our homeowners wanted scandinavian modern. Weve heard from the architect what that means, but what does it mean to you guys . I mean, what do you do when a client says scandinavian modern . Well, sally was really great about collecting images that spoke to her as far as what scandinavian modern was. Here, you know you see natural wood white on white, clean lines. So im looking at some painted wood here which is white, but then some sort of bleached wood as well, so sort of monotone. Exactly. I mean, it could run the risk of getting a little boring, right white on white on white . Well, no, i mean, you have to look at the textures of it. So this is a handpainted cabinet. Those are going to be in the kitchen. Some very, very slight striations here from the brushstrokes, i can pick those up. And then the backsplash tile is really cool. Vertical and horizontal running lines. Its an oversized tile 5 1 2 x 22. Oh, wow. So this actually is pretty long this way. Its going to be run all along the back wall of the kitchen. And then we have the Southern Yellow Pine and thats going to be on the hood and in the bays of the windows. So the hood above the range, and then those window bays. And i guess, you know, white on white on white is a little bit of a misnomer, cause you look at this, there is some contrast there. Yeah, theres a lot of texture. Its very sophisticated. Okay. And then, kevin, in the dining room sally really loves the slabby modern wood table that can expand, so thats our plan for the dining area, and above that weve got this great light fixture picked out which happens to be from Danish Design so itll fit right in. Definitely going to make a statement with an item like that and then in terms of a living room, what are you guys thinking there . The sofas were looking at have a really nice comfortable, familyfriendly look which were planning to do in a nice, neutral fabric like this linen here. And where were bringing color in, kevin, is were using these fabrics here on the pillows on the sofa, so itll be bright splashes of color on a neutral background, something that sally can change up all the time and really keep it fresh looking. So the color just comes in though, as accents. Little touches. Something else were excited about is the powder room. Sally found this great wallpaper that has a really fun, fluid movement that has almost a waterlike feel. Were painting the Vanity Cabinet this great blue, and i think itll be a real surprise when you come into the house. Cool. And not everything is new. Do you recognize these . Uh, you know i think i do. Werent these holding up a porch on our house thats no longer there . Exactly. You guys collectors . Is that why youre hanging on to them . Well, theyre beautiful pieces and we really wanted to work them into the design somehow. Mmhmm. We decided that were going to use them in the entry foyer. As you come in there will be a table, so were going to get a piece of wood to go over it, and it will just be a great place to drop something off or drop keys off as you come into the house. Oh, thats great. Its nice to bring some of the old stuff back into the house. John and sally are going to love it. Let me show you what else were doing in the entry. Were going to do this pendant light. Hangs from the ceiling. And what is this, a big, heavy piece of blown glass . Exactly. Were using a local Cambridge Artist and shes going to apply her beautiful little stencils to the glass. So this pattern right here goes on this piece of glass . Yeah. Oh, wow, thats going to be cool, and what a statement its going to make when you walk through that front door. Its going to be fantastic. All right, well, it sounds like you guys have really got our homeowners figured out and know what they want, which means i guess the next time we see you is when youre at the house starting to install stuff, right . Yeah, were looking forward to it. All right. Thanks for coming by, kevin. Hey, my pleasure. See you, guys. Bye. Hey, richard, you know what, you make a good plumber, but you make a better noodle. Thank you very much. One of my many talents. Now, last time you and i were down here together, do you remember there was a big boiler right here, there was a chimney right here went up through the building. All gone. Look whats here a great playroom for the kids. Yeah, and this is going to be very nice finished space when its done but is it going to be conditioned . Absolutely. Were going to have heating and air conditioning both down here and the floor above using this twoinch outlets right here so when its finished out, its going to look like this against the plaster. Great, okay. So, now, to power this weve got air handlers. Weve got one down here and another one up on the top floor, so its got a hot water heating coil air blows across it. Theres a cooling coil right here and then theres a blower. So the air is either heated or cooled it goes into this trunk right here, and look what we did though. We actually transitioned this round trunk to this. This is 3 4 x 14. Look what it allows for. Enough height to actually fit down here. Which the kids may not need over in the playroom but this is going to be johns workshop, so he is going to appreciate that. Thats right, so we have heating and cooling, but we also have a thing called floor warming. Weve used this super plastic called pex and were going to have warm water circulating through here. If you look up here, were going to have a little bit of floor warming. That means were just going to heat the peoples feet just enough to be comfortable, but not enough to actually heat the building. So thats not a primary heat source at all. No, no, its just a backup for comfort. Nice feature to have, right . Now, doing all our mechanicals this project is abe bilo and his gang. Hey, abe. Hey, guys. Now, take kevin through the installation of the floor warming would you . Well, the first step is applying this aluminum track to the underside of the entire first floor. Kevin weve seen these before. The tube obviously tacks right up into there, and then when that is on the underside of the floor were just going to radiate heat out . Richard yep, absolutely. Once thats all up well take the tubing, pull it down the base, and put it in. [ hammering ] kevin whoa, wait a second abe, hold on, now. A tool hes got to have. Look at this. What is i have not seen better than swinging a rubber mallet. A pneumatic mallet. Wow. Isnt that something . Makes it a lot easier in tight spaces. Yeah, i bet, right . I love it. Hes going to steal that. Keep your eye on that. After that, little bubble wrap to keep that heat up. So thats going to direct it to the first floor as opposed to having it come down here into the basement. Youre just going in with staples . Richard yep, try to make that heat go where its supposed to where the peoples feet are. Well, we took out a huge boiler, richard so weve got to replace it with something. Right, so the modern boiler is this. This is a condensing boiler, super efficient, and its going to vent to outside through plastic venting out here. Were also going to bring combustion air into it from outside and this is going to do three things. Its going to heat water and the three functions are start right here. Youve got a Circulator Pump thats going to send supply and return water out to the air handles the things i just showed you one in the basement, one in the second floor. Thats the conditioned space throughout the house. And thats going to heat the air coming out through the small outlets. Were going to have a mixing station right here, again with the pump, and thats going to be for the floor warming. We want milder water temperature for the floor warming. And finally, were going to use the boilers power to make hot water for faucets. Inside this stainless steel tank theres a coil like this. Boiler water goes through, heats up the tank, so we have water for the faucets of the bathtub. So one unit making all the hot water for three different uses. Thats right super efficient. Super efficient, and i like the fact that it is super compact and the three functions in the one right here. Thats right. So our guys are so far ahead that were going to stay ahead of your schedule. Youre going to have to work hard, because we are making some serious progress outside. Richard well, the heavy equipment has arrived. It sure has, and you can see the progress were making on the house here. Painters have worked themselves around to the front, and theyre still doing some prep work some scraping and some sanding but they are starting with the primer coat here on the porch. That is a good sign, getting the paint. And rogers guys continue working on the hardscape here in the front yard, which is nice, and tommy tells me that this is the last load of blueboard for the house. You know, weve seen this machine before and this is really a laborsaver. Youre not kidding and you know what . Mark ferrante knows all about it, our tiler . He saw this machine show up and he immediately jumped on it and he said, hey, guys, can you get my cement poured up to the third floor . Hes getting smarter as he gets older. So they brought it up there for him. Now theyre going to unload a couple loads of this board through this window, then a palette of the plaster, theyll get all the materials in there and then were off to the races. Theyve got to just plaster and board this first floor. That means the finish line is just over the corner. And were going to start doing finish carpentry next time. All right. All right, so, until then im kevin oconnor. Im rich trethewey. For this old house. Kevin coming up next time on this old house. John, im told that this is the only item you insisted on having in your new house. Thats right. Norm well turn up the heat on our cambridge project. Kevin look at all the ladders and the scaffolding, trailers and guys everywhere. Norm and mauro and his crew have been hard at work for the last couple weeks getting prepped for a brandnew paint job. Kevin theyve got good technique and that makes all the difference with those sprayers. Thats next time on this old house. One pair of overalls a few cans of paint. Add a dash of doing and mix together. Thats a recipe for a kitchen you cant wait to cook in. The home depot is proud to support this old house and doers everywhere. 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My name is joe langlais, and im a carpenters apprentice. I went to Vocational School for four years doing carpentry. Tommy silva and this old house called the school and said were looking for an apprentice to work alongside tom. And i was like, this is really an opportunity of a lifetime. And i knew that i got to take full advantage of this. All right, here we go again. Im the low man on the totem pole right now because, you know, im the youngest here. I dont have as much knowledge as the other guys. I havent been doing it for as long. Right now tom wants me to find the smaller vacuum and i absolutely cannot find it and i need to get it right now. What do you want for coffee . Medium black, no sugar. I do the lunch, i do the break i do it all. You know, going to coffee and getting lunch can be pretty basic and routine, but even just being around these guys, these are the best so i really get to learn a lot about the trade, because, if the plumbers here and he needs a helping hand, im the first one they send to him. So now im learning plumbing. If the electrician needs a hand, i help him, and now im getting electrical knowledge. Whatever needs to be done in the house is what im learning cause im right there. Im installing this dryer vent right here. Man looks good, joe. Nice job. Look at that scribed all the way around. Excellent. Tom all right, so dont forget, i want a bead of caulking across the back of the countertop. Seal that good, but i dont want to see the caulking. All right, i understand. And how did you do on the cut . Yeah, actually looks pretty good. Come on, do something. I love being an apprentice because im just im overwhelmed with all this knowledge that is out there. You know, you think its just hammering a nail or, you know, putting up a piece of wood, but it is so far from that its unbelievable. Now i totally forgot what i got to do next. Kevin today on ask this old house. Check this out. You turn this shower valve to cold, no problem. All the way around to hot, barely a trickle. Im going to show you how to fix it. This backyard is wide open now but were going to enclose the whole thing with a lowmaintenance fence. Want to put a little concrete on all four sides. Woman were looking forward to being able to be out here playing everyday and not worried about the street. Its got a heavy metal base with a top that spins. What is it . Kevin next time on ask this old house. Do it yourself doesnt have to mean do it alone. At the home depots howto community you can watch videos read tips, and get advice from fellow doers. Were proud to support ask this old house and doers everywhere. Angies list, providing reviews of local roofers, plumbers dentists, and more written by people just like you, helping you find help when you need it. Angies list is a proud sponsor of ask this old house. [ grunting ] man what we need is some elbow grease. [ laughs ] yeah, you can are you kidding me . Gmc lending ask this old house a helping hand since 2002. Our family is growing. Thats why we bought this house with a big yard. Good hit weve been working out here a ton, trying to make this yard a more comfortable place to hang out and play. Nice [ laughs ] our son is two, and he loves to get into everything. Can you come back here . And in a few weeks well have a daughter, too. So wed really like to make this yard a safe place where both of our kids can play. [ laughs ] roger morning, eric. Morning, roger. Thanks for coming. I want you to meet mike mclaughlin, our fencing contractor. Mike, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too, eric. Mike, our job today is to enclose erics backyard. Thats great. Yeah, we recently moved into this house, and we have a nice big backyard. We only have a fence on one side, and its our neighbors fence, so we really want to see about closing off the rest of the yard. What you have on your neighbors side is a vinyl fence. 6 height, privacy. Itll give you great security, and best of all, its virtually maintenancefree. Youll only have to pressure wash it every once in a while. Oh, thats great. Mike what i suggest is that you carry this look along the back and side, and then were going to come up to the house. So well take advantage of a free section of fence, go along the back, down the side, tie in. But where would you get started, mike . Well, were going to get started out here at the double gate that were going to install at the driveway. Lets take a look. Great. Roger all right, that should be good right there. All right. Okay, so this is where our double driveway gate is going to go. Now, its going to open in and its going to be big enough so you can drive a car or a truck through it if you have to. Oh, wow, that actually is really convenient for us. Yeah. And this is the fence that were going to make the gate from. Its a 4tall vinyl fence semiprivate which means theres a 1 2 space. Now, were going to go over were going to set the post for it. As you can see, this vinyl post is a hollow piece of vinyl. What we have to do is we have to add an aluminum i beam inside of it to give it a strength and structure. And, also, it has a nice, flat surface that we can mount our hinge screws into. So this supports the gate, not the vinyl. Yes, thats right. And theres nothing worse than a saggy gate. No, there isnt. So we notched out a little bit of the deck so that we can get the post right up against it tight. And im going to mark out the asphalt so that i can cut it out with the electric jackhammer. So im just going to run a string line to the other side where the other post is going, and im going to keep it parallel with the corner of the deck. Roger, you tell me when its good. Yeah, go to the street, mike. Okay. Little more. Little more. I think thats good right there. There. All right. Well make a mark there, and thats going to be the outside of this post. All right, eric, now its time to start digging these holes. All right. What were going to use here is a regular posthole digger. And its two shovels. You slam it into the ground, spread it apart, and you take whatever dirt you can get out of it, and put it over here. All right. So lets get at it. Lets give it a go. Think i got the hang of this. Thats good. All right, roger you start that hole, and ill work with eric on this one. Got it. The harder you slam that in and take more material out the better it is, cause we got to get these down 30. 30 . Thats right. Thats good. All right, mike. 30, perfect, im all set. Thats good. Now, ive taken the aluminum insert and attached it to the vinyl post as you can see. Now we need some concrete in the hole. Okay, great, thats where i come in. What do you want two in there, mike . Two is good, yeah. Now i can set the post in and plumb it up. Tell me which way you want it, mike. Pull a little to me. Perfect. All right, eric, we could use some more concrete. All right. All the way around. Do you fill it all the way to the top, mike . Well leave three inches so we have some grass to grow around it. You just using the bar to make sure its welldistributed around the post . Right. Some more . One more scoop. Okay. Im just going to finish this concrete here. Now we have both gateposts set. They have to set up in the concrete for 24 hours before we can hang the gates on them. Im going to put this cap on. Lets go start on the 6 fence. So we had our property surveyed. And this fence is right on the Property Line. Well, it doesnt look like much of a problem. We can get this thing right out of here. Come out pretty easily huh, rog . Yeah, cut that for me. Ill take it right out, mike. All right, mike. Watch it. Good. Lets get this one. Got it all right . Yep. Now we just got a few posts to do. All right, now were ready to start installing the 6 fence. Were going to start at the high point of the yard cause its much easier to put the fence in going downhill as opposed to trying to come back up the hill. Were going to put the first post in as tight as we can to the neighbors fence. Roger you digging down 30 again . Same thing. Were going to get 30. That looks pretty good. Now its time to put that post in. All right, here you go. Thank you. And what we have here is the same hollow vinyl. What we actually do is we put a pressuretreated insert in up to just below the first hole. And we dont want it to impede the panel from going in. Its a mortiseandtenon system. The panel goes right in, and we keep the pt just below that. But that gives the bottom of that post strength. Gives it a lot of strength. Hows that look . Lets see the level. Going to plumb this. Its good that way. Thats real good that way. I just want to make sure that this bottom hole is above grade, which thats perfect. Its just above grade. All right, eric, we want to put a little concrete around each side on all four sides. All right. Put it right in the front and then around the side. Thats good. Another shovelful. All right. Were going to put about a foot of concrete into the hole, and then were going to tamp the rest in. Here, right . Yep. All right. That should be good. Im just going to compact that concrete, and then were ready to add some of the material we took out. So why dont you shovel some of that in, and ill. Keep tamping. I can push this stuff from behind here, too, right . Sure. Yep. All right, roger, and you make sure that were still plumb. Were good. Okay. Ready . Dump it in, yep. All right. Just keep it coming. All the way around. We still good there, rog . Yep, right there. Thank you. Im going to run a string line the whole back run here, and itll give us a point where we can plumb our post to. Youre going to run this right to the Property Line there. I got it here. You tell me where you want it. Lets go just past the Property Line. Right about here. Good . That looks good, rog. All right, now were ready to set our first panel. Theres two ways of installing a fence to accommodate the grade. One is to bring it across level and then step each panel down, and the other way is to rack it down the hill where the top of the fence follows the grade. Now, in this yard, theres two different grade levels. One runs from the post that we set to just beyond that tree and the next one drops down even more to the Property Line. And so to get the first grade line what i did was i put a screw in on the top of the mortise line here, which is 6 above the grade. So then i put a stake in just past the tree and set the line to 6 there. And thatll give us a line to set these posts to. So lets get this first section in, rog. Okay, i got. Got that . Now im going drop this bottom piece in to the mortise. Youre going to just tip it back. All right, now were going to put this top in, rog. Hows that . Good, just hold it right there. Yep. Im just going to put a screw in through the post, into the top rail to hold it in place. And these have a little snap cap. Now were going to do the same thing on the bottom rail. Were ready for another post. See if we can drop it in get it facing the right way. There you go. Okay. Okay . Kick that bottom in a little bit, rog. You good there . Yep. Good, perfect. Lets just check the height here. On that bottom. Thats good. All the way around just like the last one. Roger were going to rack each panel to follow those two different grades. Eric, it took three days to install the fence but you now have an enclosed childsafe backyard and it all starts with this gate. Yeah, and this gate is beautiful. And its strong, too. We mounted the screws for the hinges through the aluminum i beam and the gate itself is hollow but we add pressuretreated wood on the gate uprights. And, also, it has a diagonal brace which gives it strength. And to open the gate just simply hit this lever. Swings open. If you need to get your car through just plop this pin up, and there you go. Roger and i see youre already enjoying the backyard. We are, thank you. Were looking forward to being able to be out here playing everyday and not worried about the street. Thank you. Yeah, and the fence looks great. It matches perfectly with our neighbors. Now it looks like we have one continuous fence. Thanks so much, mike and roger for helping us out. This looks great. Youre welcome. Yeah, youre welcome. Enjoy it. Thank you. Want to go down the slide . Here we go. Yay go ahead [ chuckles ] hes having fun. Theyre going to get a lot of use out of that backyard. They are, yeah. So, roger, some people might say that vinyl maybe doesnt have the best reputation, that it might be flimsy. Well, lets just say that all vinyl isnt equal. Take a look at this one. Top rail, bottom rail, and thats it holding the whole thing together. All right, so not much here. Now this is the vinyl fence we installed and the first thing you notice is the top cap, which helps stiffen the top. But the most important part is down here. In the bottom rail theres an aluminum i beam. Thats going to stop the bottom from sagging or bowing. So this is really going to hold up. Right, and one other thing we did is remember that every post had a piece of pressuretreated 6 x 6 in it to hold it in place, so it wasnt going to move. Okay, well looks are important, too and as you look at this panel right here, its pretty plain. Theres not much going on. But the one that you guys installed i noticed the top cap, thats a nice detail. And i even like the molding detail here up at the top and the bottom. Sometimes its those Little Details that can make all the difference. And i love the fact that youre not going to have to paint this. So i guess if you buy the right vinyl fence, it should last for a long time. And you know what they say vinyl is final. Richard all right, guys this thing comes in two parts. The top part has a little level up here. See the bubble right there . Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. And that sits on top of this post, the base. And you schpin it. What is it . Great, i got a guess. You do . Oh, yeah, you know the kids get up in the morning, right, and theyre hungry and you got to get them out the door, right . And so you got a whole bunch of bagels, and everyones in a big rush and you know, you could spend, like, a minute putting cream cheese on your bagel. And you got a lot of kids. Not any i do. Not anymore. Look at this. You just put the bagel right on there. Oh, and then you spin it . Which way you want to go . Go ahead. Im a righty. Oh, nice. Nice and then it just automatically applies. That looks so perfect. Doesnt it, huh . Thats so perfect. Off to the next. Will you get that off of there, please . Look at this, look at this. Bubble balanced diet. Hey, guys, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I cant believe youre eating that after it was on here. What do you mean . Thats what its for. When i pot up plants i take time very carefully to get the soil just right and get the plants in, but the hardest part is watering it evenly with all those plants in. Watering evenly . Yeah, i know thats a big issue. So i just set it on here spin it around and just sit here and give it a little water. I dont think so. I dont think so. Youre kidding me, right . No, im dead serious. Eat your bagel no, i do a lot uh, building. Talking . You know what i mean . Building . Yeah, put cabinets in, wainscoting. You want to make sure thats level around a room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, this is what you set up in the middle of the room. You take this little gadget right here. I take my flashlight that i wear around my head every now and then. Try finding your head now. Like that. Turn the flashlight on. And i spin it nice and easy like that. How about that . And lookit, i have a light that will go all the way around the room and be nice and level. Yeah within three inches. Yeah, well, its the width of my molding. Perfect. Beautiful, huh . Can i get you a bagel . Yeah, i might need one. Whoa all right, heres what it is. Do you guys have balanced tires . I do. How do you know . Well, because theyre not shimmying. Well, if they did shimmy or you wanted check em say you had time on your hands you could just take your tires off your car. A lot of time on your hands. And you put it right there until the bubble is just right in the middle. Oh, its not just right. Ah, what we got to do is add some weights right here. So you put a little weight right on there. Is that how you balance a tire . You aint kidding. You get a little pingydingy right there. Then another one over here. And, eventually, you put 16, 17 of these babies on here. Tom remind me not to let you balance my tires. No. So what do you think . cause you obviously dont know what youre doing. Hey, you guys want some whitewalls . [ laughs ] [ groans ] the gentleman who lives here loves his house at the end of a quiet culdesac but as he tells it he has a big house with a little problem. Thanks for coming to my house, richard. Well, its a lovely house. How long you guys been here . About 16 years and we really love it, but the problem is in the bathroom, if youd like to come this way. All right. So youve got a full bathroom here on the first floor. Thats nice. All right, so whats going on . So the cold water is fine, but when you turn it to hot water we have almost nothing coming through. So you get a cold shower. All right, well, there are a couple things that could be going on inside that shower valve. Let me show you how it works. Now, nick, behind this nice plate and knob, inside the wall is this. This is the valve body. Theres a hot pipe coming in this side, cold into this side. This goes down to our tub spout and this goes up to the showerhead. Now, the key to making this mixing valve work to be able to deliver hot and cold mixed from your showerhead is this cartridge right here. Now, this is brandnew so its going to come apart easily we hope. Theres a retainer clip that pulls out. And now the cartridge will pull straight out. Okay. So, now you can see inside. Theres a hot port right here, theres a cold port right here and the hot and cold mix inside this cartridge. And inside this, also, is a pressure balance feature, a little piston that goes back and forth to adjust for changes in pressure in your building. So if somebody flushed the toilet you wouldnt get scalded from the shower valve. So what im going to be looking for is is there a place where impurities or something washed up in here to clog this port here the hot water port or is this cartridge clogged . So, now, it starts for us by turning the water off so i hope theres a couple of shutoff valves behind this plate. All right, so theres the handle. Now a good tip is actually to close the drain so no screws go down there. And now were going to take off the plate. No shutoffs here. To the basement we go. All right, so the water is off. Now were going to take apart this valve. Im going to pull this retainer clip. And i do not want to lose it inside the wall. There we go. All right, so we dont want any water to come out and go down inside the wall, so i have a Little Shield here. And now were going to see if this cartridge will come out as easy as that new one that i showed you. [ chuckles ] come on. Oh, here it comes, here it comes. Some brown water. Oh. Little bit of dirt. Doesnt look too clogged there but it looks like its got a fair amount of dirt and rust inside that cartridge. All right, so that shouldnt be like that. Right. All right, so what im going to do is actually put a new cartridge in. Lets do that. Im going to actually make it easier for you when you have to change this 15 years from now. Thanks very much. Little waterproof grease just one these orings. Okay. Now, theres an h and a c right here. Do you see it . Thats going to be the way we want to orient this cartridge when we go back in. Come on. Okay. Right, now the retainer clip. Dont drop it, richard. Good. All right, nick, why dont you run downstairs and turn that water back on for me, all right . Okay. Okay, richard, waters back on. All right, lets give it a test. Theres the cold. Thats cold. Coming all the way around to hot. Oh, great, youve got it look at that, you got pressure and the water is hot. Fabulous. Nick, you have a working shower valve. Good stuff, richard. So, you know, what do you think caused this . Well, what i think happened is that piston that i talked about that went back and forth for the pressure balancing feature, i think it got clogged. And you can see some impurities here. Maybe a piece of the water heater or a little flake came up and clogged the cartridge. And the manufacturer also calls out that any bathroom like this thats not used all that often that piston can actually get stuck so you really want to exercise it every two or three months. Okay, ill be sure to do that. All right. Hey, thank you very much indeed for coming all the way out here. It was my pleasure. I will put the plate back together again, and ill get out of there you guys look good. Two men in a tub. Rubadubdub. So you were hoping to find shutoff valves behind that plate. Were they there . No, they werent and if they were, they would have looked like this. It would have been a screwdriver slot on the hot and the cold. And these are really a lifesaver for future service particularly if youre in an Apartment Building where, if you didnt have them, youd have to shut off the entire building. Oh, right. Now, how did the rust get in the system . Well, a lot of people dont get a chance to visit inside of their tanks. This is a steel tank with glass lining. What youre going to find is rust. It doesnt take much of that rust to come up through here and clog a cartridge like this. All right, good information, richard, thank you. And so until next time im kevin oconnor. Im rich trethewey. Im roger cook. And im tom silva. For ask this old house. So you said you took this cartridge out and exercised it. I mean, do you take it around the block . Twice a day, yeah. Come on. 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