E12 | Newburyport Forever House | Design Talk
Work continues at the house. Tom Silva shows how to shingle a roof valley. Finish carpenter Kevin Rafferty is challenged with making the fireplace mantel stand out. Charlie Silva begins trimming the windows with a prefabricated trim system. Design showroom owner Kerry Vaughn helps homeowners Palen and Melissa select furniture. The newel post and balusters on the original staircase are extended.
Episodes
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E12 | Newburyport Forever House | Design Talk
S44 E12 - 23m 42s
Work continues at the house. Tom Silva shows how to shingle a roof valley. Finish carpenter Kevin Rafferty is challenged with making the fireplace mantel stand out. Charlie Silva begins trimming the windows with a prefabricated trim system. Design showroom owner Kerry Vaughn helps homeowners Palen and Melissa select furniture. The newel post and balusters on the original staircase are extended.
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E11 | Newburyport Forever House | Demo Find
S44 E11 - 23m 42s
Work is underway for the new three-story bump out, and the interior is fully demolished in preparation for the new modern floor plan. An old narrow and steep staircase is replaced with a new winder staircase. The homeowner visits the town museum to learn about the history of her home. A bulge and lean-proof retaining wall is built. The City of Newburyport wastewater treatment facility is toured.
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E10 | Newburyport Forever House | Powering Through
S44 E10 - 23m 42s
The 1902 house is ready for demo. The main power is disconnected, and temporary power is run for safe working. Asbestos abatement is performed at the house after a linoleum sample collected and tested confirms the presence of asbestos. The back bump out is removed. A 75-year-old carpenter talks about working with Parkinson's disease. The front porch is demoed, leaving the roof intact.
Schedule
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Detroit: Windows of Detroit
Friday
Jan 27
30 Minutes
Tommy teaches techniques to remove peeling paint in the living room while Richard and Frank begin rough plumbing repairs in the basement; Tommy shows Kevin the issues with the leaded stained-glass windows before restoration. -
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Newburyport: Design Talk
Saturday
Jan 28
30 Minutes
Installing roof shingles and exterior window trims; modifying the original staircase balusters and railings; the homeowners meet with an interior designer. -
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Newburyport: Design Talk
Sunday
Jan 29
30 Minutes
Installing roof shingles and exterior window trims; modifying the original staircase balusters and railings; the homeowners meet with an interior designer. -
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Detroit: Plumbing Road Trip
Monday
Jan 30
30 Minutes
Repairing crumbling decorative molding with a replica created by a 3D printer; looking at plumbing fixtures; repairing some compromised joists in the upstairs bathroom; how to install kitchen ceiling strapping; repairs made to the foundation. -
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Newburyport: Design Talk
Monday
Jan 30
30 Minutes
Installing roof shingles and exterior window trims; modifying the original staircase balusters and railings; the homeowners meet with an interior designer. -
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Newburyport: Design Talk
Tuesday
Jan 31
30 Minutes
Installing roof shingles and exterior window trims; modifying the original staircase balusters and railings; the homeowners meet with an interior designer. -
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Detroit: Fixing the Fascia
Tuesday
Jan 31
30 Minutes
A new exterior wall goes up, from the inside; new kitchen wiring; installing a new HVAC system; Flint, Mich., water crisis; installing more substantial fascia in preparation for new gutters. -
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Detroit: A Mason Steps Up
Wednesday
Feb 1
30 Minutes
At the Russell Woods project, Tommy uses a clever fix for some damaged oak flooring in the living room; Frank and Tamiko meet with Jerusha Kaffine, a local kitchen designer, to see her plan; repairing the front steps before new gutters go up. -
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Detroit: Stained Glass Revival
Thursday
Feb 2
30 Minutes
New cabinets and kitchen tiles at the Grandmont Rosedale project; reinstall leaded glass bay windows at Russell Woods; wood grain tile; a decoupling membrane underlayment that supports electric wire heating; urban farming in Detroit; a drywell. -
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Detroit: Going Old School for Tile and Molding
Friday
Feb 3
30 Minutes
Frank and Tamiko prep the guest room for painting; Tommy repairs crown molding in the living room; installing plumbing fixtures; Tommy and Frank fit an interior door into an old opening; a fireplace facelift using 100-year-old pottery. -
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Newburyport: Off-the-Shelf Custom Look
Saturday
Feb 4
30 Minutes
The yard gets planted; a custom home office is built from off-the-shelf materials; old floors are reused on the second floor; installing an EV charger; the front door gets a high-sheen finish. -
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Newburyport: Off-the-Shelf Custom Look
Sunday
Feb 5
30 Minutes
The yard gets planted; a custom home office is built from off-the-shelf materials; old floors are reused on the second floor; installing an EV charger; the front door gets a high-sheen finish. -
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Arlington Arts & Crafts: Arts and Crafts Class Begins
Monday
Feb 6
30 Minutes
Exploring what has been preserved and altered over the years; the plans for the second and third floors; how the homeowners envision using the outdoor space; the inefficient boiler; plans for future mechanical and plumbing systems; outdated kitchen. -
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Newburyport: Off-the-Shelf Custom Look
Monday
Feb 6
30 Minutes
The yard gets planted; a custom home office is built from off-the-shelf materials; old floors are reused on the second floor; installing an EV charger; the front door gets a high-sheen finish. -
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Newburyport: Off-the-Shelf Custom Look
Tuesday
Feb 7
30 Minutes
The yard gets planted; a custom home office is built from off-the-shelf materials; old floors are reused on the second floor; installing an EV charger; the front door gets a high-sheen finish. -
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Arlington Arts & Crafts: A New Look, Inside and Out
Tuesday
Feb 7
30 Minutes
Jill Goldberg sorts through colors and wallpaper ideas for the living room; old plaster walls are demolished; Kim Turner presents her first landscape plan; a certified arborist removes the old Silver Maple; the exterior back wall is taken down. -
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Arlington Arts & Crafts: Make Way for the Family Room
Wednesday
Feb 8
30 Minutes
Tommy and Kevin replace a 100-year-old wooden beam with a new steel beam to provide support for the new addition; local examples of Arts & Crafts style houses; the old oil tank gets drained and removed; digging for the new foundation begins. -
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Arlington Arts & Crafts: Foundation Fundamentals
Thursday
Feb 9
30 Minutes
The new concrete foundation is poured; Emily, Roger and Kim try to find mature specimen trees for the yard; a precast concrete bulkhead is installed; Mark erects a concrete wall; the old foundation gets waterproofed with a synthetic rubber spray. -
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Arlington Arts & Crafts: A Steely Den
Friday
Feb 10
30 Minutes
Tommy and Kevin see how the steel beams are fabricated; Kevin finds Tommy supervising erection on the back of the house; the third floor has been demo'ed and Richard starts an HVAC plan for the second floor; the porch is demo'ed. -
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Newburyport: Bed Race
Saturday
Feb 11
30 Minutes
The homeowners and crew take part in the town's annual bed race before calling it a wrap on the project; touring the finished house.
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