The San Francisco House - 2

This Old House: Season 19: Episode 21

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This Old House
The San Francisco House - 2

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PBS | Air Date: February 14, 1998
Starring: Bob Vila, Norm Abram, Steve Thomas, Kevin O'Connor, Roger Cook, Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey
Summary: The crew start the workday at the Powell Street cable car turntable, where cars are spun around by hand for the return trip over the Fisherman's Wharf. On site, general contractor Dan Plummer has three weeks of work to show: the woodwork in the chapel has been sanded, the baptismal fount has been filled with concrete for the new fireplace'sThe crew start the workday at the Powell Street cable car turntable, where cars are spun around by hand for the return trip over the Fisherman's Wharf. On site, general contractor Dan Plummer has three weeks of work to show: the woodwork in the chapel has been sanded, the baptismal fount has been filled with concrete for the new fireplace's foundation, and the entire rear addition has been gutted to the walls. The reason: termites. We meet exterminator Bill Pierce as he sprays down the plywood for the new subfloor with a borate solution; the new floor joists are of a pressure-treated Douglas fir that contains no arsenic or chromium, unlike conventional PT lumber. Richard sees a blown-in cellulose insulation treatment of the floor joist bays, while our host visits a Gap store that homeowner Mark Dvorak helped to design - the simple, monochromatic finishes are meant to push the clothes forward visually, and Mark and Laurie Ann plan a similar scheme for the church to highlight their furniture and art collection. Back at the site, Richard sees some of the differences in San Francisco's plumming code - galvanized pipe for gas, copper waste - and meets radiant-heat specialist Mike Luttrell to discuss how to heat the vast chapel space. In the basement, our master carpenter learns about seismic upgrades from framing contractor Jay Gregg, and a civil engineer does a hydraulic pull test on some of the building's expoxied sill bolts. Finally, our host catches up with architect Barbra Chambers and city engineer Kris Kilgore as they work out a street-grading solution for the building's new garage entrance.… Expand
Genre(s): Health & Lifestyle

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