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Bob Berle shows Bob Vila the bowels of the home and points out the decay that was prevalent but currently under repair. The 35,000 square foot basemen...
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| | Building a Fireplace Mantle
Ryley instructs Bob on building a mantle around the brick fireplace.
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| | Building a Rumford Fireplace
The Rumford fireplace is being built and Bob reviews the herringbone construction process being used. The Rumford fireplace uses a design which is app...
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| | Building the Brick Fireplace
Bob talks with general contractor Ted Riley about the fireplace construction. The project started with cinder blocks in the basement and then the bric...
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| | Count Rumford Fireplace Construction
Bob visits Paul, the mason, and watches him build a Count Rumford fireplace. Paul describes the foundation built to support the hearth and the variety...
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| | Direct Vent Fireplaces for Heat and Ambience
Bob visits a Heat n' Glo showroom where Ross Morrison shows him a variety of direct-vent gas fireplaces. With a sealed glass chamber there is no inter...
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| | Direct-Vent Fireplace Installation
Jack Murdock from RMI and Craig Ryans from Vermont Castings of Mississauga, Ontario, demonstrate how simple it is to have gas appliances and heat in a...
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| | Discussing the Home's Landscaping and Hardscaping
Bob discusses the landscaping of a home with Kevin Kalman, general contractor of I'On, and Josh Garvin a Low Country landscape contractor.
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| | Elm Court Foyer and Fireplace
Bob Vila greets Sonya Berle who shows off the large foyer and explains how she and her husband started with small restorations in New Orleans before b...
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| | Feng Shui for the Home
Bob visits Emma and Jacob Josselyn in their Cape Cod-style home to see the new Vermont Castings Addison cast-iron electric stove that will warm the co...
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| | Finished Cornice Molding, Flooring, and Fireplace
Bob shows us the completed living room of the Manhattan Brownstone floor-through apartment. The entire space is opened up and is now 22 feet square wi...
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| | Installing a Classic Glass Fireplace
The crew from The Ironhouse joins Dan DeMagistris of Heat-N-Glo to install the fireplace. The fireplace selected for the dining room is taller than i...
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| | Installing a Gas Fireplace and Refinishing a Hardwood Floor
Joe Murphy installs a direct vent gas driven fireplace, Howard Brickman refinishes the hardwood floor.
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| | Installing the Mantel
Bob goes back to the governor's mansion to install the restored mantelpiece.
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| | Installing the Rumford Fireplace Throat and Flue
The mortar is troweled onto the top of the firebox where the pre-cast throat will be installed. This throat prevents the loss of heated room air up th...
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| | Interior Decorating
Finishes are completed on the 1800's Federalist home in Charleston, South Carolina, and the interior design is underway as the owners finally move in ...
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| | Mantelpiece Work
Bob meets the restoration contractor, Richard Marks, in the library to go over the mantelpiece mockup.
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| | Meeting the Affordable Home Buyers
Bob meets Kelli and Scott Jacobson and their daughter who will soon be moving into the Cape Cod-style affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Scott...
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| | Salvaged Brick Hearth
Bob visits a Federalist Revival house in Charleston, South Carolina. He watches Ralph lay a new hearth with salvaged brick.
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| | Supporting the Chimney Flues and Hearth
Bob and the mason discuss the chimney. Pointing out that we have two flues, one for the boiler in the basement and one for the wood stove. By code, th...
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| | Vermont Castings Plant Tour
Bob shows off the beautiful red Victorian inspired wood-burning stove to be installed in our project. To give further details he visits the Vermont C...
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| | Visit to Max Gail's Home
Bob Vila visits Max Gail’s home. Max has lived on the property for over fifteen years and started with just a teepee. His home follows the same patter...
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