This Old House Season 47 Episode 5

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00:00Today on This Old House.

00:02We'll show you a system that can make airtight any building, whether new or existing.

00:06And in my world, this is a masonry project extraordinaire.

00:11I'm going in. I want to see the mechanics.

00:13And you determine what's unsafe, what's going to go down in the next storm, and then remove them.

00:18Yep.

00:27That's it.

00:30That's it.

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00:39It doesn't Canada.

00:41These are things that we can win.

00:42They don't even search for us.

00:43They don't have to wait because they don't stop we out ourselves.

00:46We're going to get that الح assignable.

00:54So, you know traslavez when you vas with us in the beginning.

00:58Hey there, I'm Kevin O'Connor and welcome back to This Old House.

01:06How about that, huh?

01:07I mean, lots to love about Western North Carolina.

01:10What is that I hear?

01:11It sounds like every tree has got a speaker in it.

01:13No, no.

01:14Those are actually the cicadas.

01:15Cicadas.

01:16Oh yeah, a billion strong.

01:17So a lot of them are underground for 17 years and then they pop up and they start making

01:22a racket because they're all trying to find a mate.

01:24So it's sort of like the world's largest and loudest blind date for bugs?

01:28That.

01:29Or a really nice soundtrack for a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

01:31It really is.

01:32I mean, the views go on forever here.

01:33Oh yeah.

01:34Let's go for a ride.

01:39Yeah, you're not kidding about the views, right?

01:41It's unreal.

01:42I mean, and the highway runs almost 400 miles, all the way from Virginia out to the Great

01:47Smoky Mountains.

01:48And this was done during the Great Depression as part of that New Deal, and the New Deal

01:52were all these great public works projects.

01:54And this was designed to showcase really some of the most beautiful scenery in this country.

01:58And it's probably the most peaceful highway I've ever been on.

02:01Unless, of course, you're a cicada.

02:03True.

02:04Unless you are a cicada.

02:06Well, peaceful for sure, but this highway was not very serene last fall.

02:11So Hurricane Helene damaged a lot of homes, a lot of businesses, but it also brought trees

02:16down that blocked large swaths of the highway.

02:19Well, I read about it, and I actually saw it, and there were so many trees that were

02:22down.

02:23And it looks like they've cleaned up a fair amount of it here on the parkway.

02:25Oh yeah?

02:26It looks pretty good.

02:27I mean, I think there's still a couple spots here and there, but otherwise good progress.

02:30Speaking of progress, how about the progress down at our project houses?

02:33Yeah, Kevin, I've got to hand it to these builders.

02:35You know, they were up to their eyeballs with plenty of business before the storm came,

02:39and they have stepped up.

02:40They and their subs in a great way to really deliver for us and for the homeowners.

02:44So I'm told our three houses down in Swannanoa, they all have hardwood floors down.

02:49Yep.

02:50They've got primer up on the walls, and today we might even start hanging some kitchen cabinets.

02:53Yep.

02:54And down at Paul's, the windows and floors are in too.

02:57But today we're actually going to be doing air sealing.

02:59It's a technology that is really cool where you can seal up a building, even existing buildings.

03:04I'm really excited about the technology.

03:06Very cool.

03:07Let's turn up the music.

03:08Will your window down.

03:09Oh, is this the music?

03:10This is it.

03:11Ah.

03:12Cicada FM.

03:13Oh, jeez.

03:14I don't know.

03:24Lot of activity down here.

03:26Mostly renovations, but a couple new builds for houses that were taken down.

03:29Concrete truck pouring a footer for a foundation, and three of our projects well underway.

03:35Thanks to the help of Boston Built and some volunteers who have been here from the very beginning.

03:40So on the outside, you can see siding and trim is up, and on the inside, board is up, floors are down,

03:46which means we can start focusing on interior trim and cabinets.

03:50Thank you all.

03:51We appreciate you.

03:54Hey, Chris, Noah, good to see you guys.

03:56What's up, Kevin?

03:57How's it going?

03:58All right, going all right.

03:59Looks like you guys already got started here.

04:00Yep.

04:01Caught us right in the middle.

04:02Very nice.

04:03I hope you get that clamp, but maybe you guys can give me a lay of the land of what we're going to get doing here.

04:06Definitely.

04:07So we got first two uppers in, right?

04:09Yep.

04:10May I pull it down?

04:12Sure, yeah.

04:13We can take a quick peek at it.

04:15What's what?

04:16So basically we got this wall here, and then this wall here.

04:21Okay.

04:22And it's just kind of like an L-shaped kitchen, so we'll go from the fridge over there to a range, to a corner, to a sink.

04:28And then Maya's called for an island in the middle, I presume, with two bases and an overhang?

04:33Mm-hmm.

04:34Small island there.

04:35All right, so you guys measure up, and you like setting cleats right here so that you can rest the cabinets on it.

04:39So you got these in already.

04:41Why did you guys start in this corner?

04:43This outside wall is a little out of plum, and we're working wall-to-wall with cabinets.

04:50Start with the hardest, right?

04:51Yeah.

04:52Okay.

04:53And start with the uppers?

04:54Lowers?

04:55You guys adamant about that methodology, or what?

04:57No, I think it just depends on the situation.

05:00I think the wall-to-wall program and a couple fills is why we chose to start at the top.

05:06But, you know, down the street we did the lowers first, so we can template for cabinets, or countertops.

05:13Countertops, right.

05:14Okay.

05:15Let's get to it.

05:16Yeah, great.

05:17I guess that one, I'll go grab, I'll look at the plan and look what's coming in next.

05:31How are we looking?

05:32I could use a shim up top.

05:42I think this is the next one, 21 inch here.

05:45Just push it right up the butt to the corner.

05:47No, let's hold on a sec for that.

05:49Okay.

05:50Maya's chosen a retro sort of 40 inch range.

05:55It's very Maya.

05:56Yeah, totally.

05:57Throughout the house.

05:58And since we're using stock cabinets, we need to make up for a two inch difference.

06:04This is 40, stock is 42.

06:06Correct.

06:07So we're going to have a little bit of this and that way.

06:10Exactly.

06:11So to keep that, to keep that center, we're going to go ahead and pull the 48.

06:16To get to our range, we're going to shoot a laser and then bump off of that and measure for our filler to make sure that this upper ends up within one inch of the lowers.

06:28I got you.

06:29Okay.

06:30Well, use stock when we can.

06:31Let's do it.

06:32We're going to mark an inch in.

06:36Then we're going to go ahead and just measure from there to there to double check our measurements.

06:40Looks like 23 and an eighth light.

06:44And filler will make up the difference.

06:46That's right.

06:47Okay.

06:57Like that.

06:59Tight.

07:00Where do you guys want me to pilot this?

07:01These are the uppers and you're kind of looking up at them.

07:03Yeah.

07:04We like to hide the countersink.

07:06We're going to pilot above hinge that I took off the door.

07:17Loves援.

07:18I'm waiting for it.

07:36OK.

07:39OK.

07:43Vamos!

07:44all right we're gonna go ahead and set our cabinet elevations now and we predetermined

08:04this as our high spot so we're gonna go ahead and use that tick high spot and also represents

08:09top of our base cabinet that's right okay um and so instead of if you notice the laser

08:15is high right now uh that's purposeful so instead of trying to line the laser up on all of the

08:21tops of the cabinets you kind of lose it sometimes we'll use a stick and bring the stick down

08:27to our tick and set it right there and then we'll actually mark the laser on the stick

08:32and then when we're going around and setting cabinets we just have to set this on the top

08:39of it yeah and the lasers there perfect versus cleaned out and can we set this guy yep let's

08:44do it

08:46all right so we're a little low so about a quarter yep that's a handy trick huh

08:56yeah we're good we don't need anything back there thanks

09:03all right so

09:09all right so

09:15get that huh too peach you get around the plumbing back there

09:43get getting there there we go yeah you did okay perfect no let me just slip this in there

09:52see what we're gonna look like so we've got sort of a pedestal kitchen sink going in basically

09:58right yep it's kind of a freestanding sink yeah so once we set these fix the space you guys can

10:07send that home yeah so we'll get that space designated and then we'll level this up and be

10:12on our way so maya's got a two base cabinet island right here and then she's pretty much all set with

10:17this kitchen yeah she she's gonna be thrilled she's gonna love it tonight when she comes home

10:22big improvement for the day all right nice job guys let's get this in great

10:25it's springtime here in ashville and things are starting to bloom people are starting to come

10:41back into town but there's still a lot of work to be done at our project houses and today here we're at

10:47matt melinda's and matt is here to help us talk about the trees hey jen thank you for having us here

10:52today yeah absolutely so what we have here today is that this melinda and matt this is a program in

10:57buncombe county uh it's where 4 000 residents have signed up throughout the county uh and this program

11:03is specific to residents that don't have the wherewithal to get the debris the hazardous trees

11:07the stumps uh the things that are on their house get that actually out to the street okay and so what

11:11this program does through fema and through the federal government allows us to come on and get these

11:15trees that are hazardous they're either leaning they're uprooted uh there's large stumps as you can see

11:20behind us here and remove those hazards and get them out of the way otherwise it'll never get done

11:25so you come in with your crew you determine what trees are leaning what's unsafe what's going to go

11:31down in the next storm and then remove them yep all right how much how much wood how many trees do you

11:35think came glad you asked that just to give you an idea of the magnitude of this disaster in the last

11:39seven months we've removed over two million cubic yards of debris that's remarkable give you a visual

11:45that'll take an nfl stadium and fill it up like a soup bowl of unprocessed debris yeah give you an

11:50idea that's incredible that is a very important thing that you've done for all these people thanks

11:55for your effort in coming in here once all this debris is cleared out we might use a few logs for

12:00the landscape plan but then we can get moving on that sounds great all right thanks for coming out

12:04thank you so much all right take care

12:09hey melinda hey how's it going good to see you good to see you well this is quite different from last

12:14time yes it really is we've made a lot of progress um that no trees hanging through the roof now right

12:21if you remember there were six trees on our roof and one had come through this this side of the house

12:27and opened up the roof here but we've got a more open for floor plan and have made some progress on

12:35that so we're excited for the changes i mean it's quite a difference and you've gained all this space

12:41yes so if you remember there was a wall here that separated the two rooms that stopped at around this

12:48area so we've decided to make this a peninsula type of counter there will be four stools where we can all

12:54sit and eat dinner and this is where all the magic conversations are going to happen right yeah

13:00so how are you guys doing um we're doing okay you know it's been six months since the storm and

13:06um the kids are still terrified when it rains um they cry and when the wind blows or there's a storm

13:12they're just you know still really scared and we are too time will help things but as of right now we've

13:19all still have a little bit of post-traumatic well you lived through quite a bit so i'm glad

13:26the disaster relief company was able to come in and determine what trees needed to come down or

13:31are compromised yes we appreciate all the help that they did in the area and in our yard just so that

13:37we would feel safe as our you know for our family to move back in here right i think it needed to happen

13:42so yeah for our peace of mind you know i hope that we can all feel safe when we move back in well i

13:48spoke with your landscape architect earlier and she's got a lot of great ideas it's going to be

13:53a more naturalized plan just to get back to feeling like home yeah better than before yeah it's going

13:59to be great all right yeah we'll see you later all right wow all right thank you charles hello isabel

14:12welcome how are you good how are you doing great thank you for having me and in my world this is a

14:20masonry project extraordinaire uh i don't even know where to start but maybe you can help me i understand

14:27that completely it is a beautiful inn that we are looking at here the grove park inn was built starting

14:34in 1912 the project kicked off okay and over 400 men worked on the construction of the inn they worked for

14:4111 months in 27 days i know the stone is indigenous to this area but how did they actually get it in

14:49place i mean this looks like a lot of work oh definitely great question so the stone is locally

14:55sourced it was unearthed from sunset mountain which is what we're standing on right now all right so again

15:02uniqueness all over the place i mean these lentils those just look like natural cut stones that kind of

15:09fell out of the mountain side massive undertaking and the results are just stunning i mean really

15:15just blown away by the place they only had ropes they had mules and wagons they had one steam shovel

15:22they didn't have the modern day tools that we have today simply amazing so more of the same inside

15:28yes all right i would love it

15:30welcome to the great hall amazing of the main inn this is the portion of the building that was built

15:40in 1913 amazing it is a beautiful structure in here and it is flanked by our twin fireplaces that are 36

15:48feet wide and almost two stories tall wow amazing so isabelle i have to admit i'm like a kid in a candy

15:55store right now do you mind if i give myself a self tour please all right thank you i'm gonna start

16:00over here all right all right so this is the most amazing fireplace that i've ever seen right off the

16:06bat look at the size of this boulder good stonemasons always put the biggest stones at the bottom

16:12not so indicative of this fireplace because look at this i don't even know if this is three tons or four

16:18tons or whatever but i know how they got it in and it was a pulley a couple donkeys and a rope

16:23so pretty amazing but as i get deeper into this fireplace i'm going in i want to see the mechanics

16:31so here we are in the inside of the fireplace i'm looking at the ben franklin perfection right here

16:36you can see that we're wide at the bottom and as we climb up to the top of the smoke chamber we cone

16:41into the flue chamber and that's why this fireplace looks perfect and on my way out i cannot ignore

16:48these and irons look at the dimples all the patina i mean this is custom made but you wouldn't

16:53pick this up anywhere else but a welder shop but you're going to come around the corner and i want

16:57to show you something look at this this is the original elevator from 1913 and anytime i want to go

17:09upstairs all i do is press a button okay at first glance these stones are put in kind of a mismatch but

17:18i know it's structurally sound why they have the big stones at the base this wall is actually five

17:24or six feet deep so it's a very strong wall the reason i know that skilled masons were on this

17:29project is look at these grout lines you can see that there's never one straight everything is at an

17:36angle it goes side to side and it follows each stone so that means there were good stone masons on this

17:41job and as i get closer to this mechanism right here this is the gong i can't ignore it

17:49when everybody on the inside hears that sound they come outside and look at what they see sunset in

17:55nashville the house is made up of a series of components there's walls there's floors there's

18:06ceilings there's roofs there's doors and there's windows and every time we bring those components

18:11together mechanically we connect them you can get air leakage right here that can come out through this

18:18small crack and it's a surprisingly large amount of air now around windows you can caulk them when

18:23you put them in around doors so too but it's in the quiet place you don't think about where the floors

18:28and ceilings meet where a lot of infiltration and exfiltration air leakage can happen so today we're

18:35going to show an interesting product that can seal up any building whether or not it's under construction

18:39like this or an existing building abe i'm so excited you're here with all of this cool stuff

18:45why don't you take us through the process thank you richard really excited to show you so today the

18:49first thing i want to show you is the heart of our system this is our our sealant this is a caulk and

18:55how it differs is we're able to aerosolize it aerosolize so it could become a fine mist become a fine

19:00mist and what we'll do is we'll pump it through our system and it sprays through our nozzles here nozzle

19:05right here we'll have four of these stations right around the space right and so that sealant needs

19:10a way to find the cracks and so how we're going to do that is we're going to use our blower door

19:15just to pressurize and push it all into all the cracks right exactly right i love this all right so

19:21we got to start with sort of a baseline now we got to find out how leaky this house is to start right

19:25right and so this system what it's going to do is perform an initial test and my teammate caleb here

19:30he's going to help you set up the blower door perfect and we're going to get a reading on where

19:34the house is starting and how leaky it is i'll bet you it's plenty leaky

19:43for the blower door test a large fan is mounted to the door frame pushing air into the building

19:49to determine the speed and the amount of air that escapes through the gaps and cracks

19:53all right so what do we got for numbers so we got about 2100 cubic feet per minute of air leakage

20:06inside the envelope right now 2100 cubic feet every minute and how much pressure are you pushing into

20:12the building so we're pushing in about 100 pascals of air which is equivalent to about 30 miles an hour's

20:16worth of wind so 30 mile an hour wind is pushing on every single seam and that's making it 2000 cfm is

20:24still leaking through there that's a lot exactly yeah yeah and here's a little visual if we could

20:29just pretend maybe this were a cubic block of air well that's a really good visual because the people

20:34don't understand just how much leaks through here 2000 is escaping and we think that the building's so

20:39tight you know right good and what are we shooting for to get to we're shooting for about 500 cubic feet

20:44per minute air leakage well let's go let's get those misters going let's get it started

20:54as the blower door runs the nozzles inside the house spray a fine

20:58mist that gets pushed into the tiny gaps and cracks of the building

21:05the mist hardens in place creating a caulk-like seal that stops air from leaking

21:10while the space must stay clear during application the seal is non-toxic once cured

21:30all right so it's been about an hour how'd we do on our test yeah so if you look right here we started at

21:352 181 cfm and we finished out at 484. so even less than 500 that's extra credit good job awesome

21:44this house will be comfortable for the next hundred years that's right thanks boys yep

21:49a little help from the local wholesaler we've added some important components one is fresh air

21:53energy recovery ventilator fresh air in exhaust air out in a controlled way and a couple of air

21:59conditioning condensers for heating and cooling right here heat pumps so we have separate systems on

22:04the top and bottom floors so get a little chance to for the air to clear in here so now we can see

22:10the effects of this system here's an electrical outlet box right here if you look carefully

22:14you see it's completely sealed all the way around no more air leakage here and electrical wire you can

22:20see the coagulation behind here this building is now sealed and that completes our work for right now

22:26from here in ashford but we'll be back to keep all of these projects moving to the finish line

22:30so until next time i'm rich trithui for this old house

22:41next time on this old house here in yancey county they've got a lot of rebuilding to do it turns out

22:47there's a group of high school students who are stepping up to do just that i say this is

22:52truly something unique like a little heart of gold in this school this is a great antique chest that

22:58you're going to turn into a vanity i love it and it's going to take a little bit of work because we

23:02have a sink that sits in the middle right and i'm about to help noah install some window trim

23:07that's next time

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