Bob is joined by Joann Borges of CertaPro Painters, who goes over techniques and selected paints for covering new walls and trim efficiently and evenly. They begin with the paint sprayer that is typically used throughout a new production home. The sprayer begins with the ceilings and works down the walls, staying ten to twelve inches away from the surface to give an even coat. Sprayers cover all surfaces, including doors, closets, and trim to finish a room quickly. Speed and efficiency keep the cost down. High-quality, long-lasting paints mean that homeowners will wait longer to repaint and get more value from their investment. CertaPro is using Sherwin Williams' Duration Home throughout the interiors of these affordable homes. Duration Home is a latex paint that is enhanced with acrylic polymers to give durability and washability in a flat or non-glossy paint. Borges also shows how the painters use rollers to cover walls quickly, cutting in with a 2�-inch angled brush before rolling with an 18-inch roller to speed up the process.

House eleven of the Elmwood project. The attic of a house, owned by Don DeSantis and Ron Hirschauer, is transformed into an exercise space.

Chris Borovka from US Gypsum joins Bob explain about patching with plaster. The first job entails patching over an existing door opening. They've put some Imperial Gypsum base up to the existing door frame and patched the existing hole with diamond veneer base coat. Next they put pressure sensitive fiber tape, P-Tape, over it and bonded the entire existing surface. The use USG Plaster Bonder Pink as a bonding agent - it rewettens and re-emulsifies - and put the base coat of plaster over that. Where the wall meets the ceiling, they apply pressure-sensitive tape to the existing surface and butt it in while applying the first coat of base coat. The first coat provides a nice even scratch coat. The second coat should be applied while the first coat is still fully wet and serves to take out some the bad dips and dives and the trowel marks from the first coat leaving a nice smooth finish. The next day you they'll put the finish coat over it. Where the insulators drilled holes into the original walls, the plasters put the Plaster Bonder Pink around the inside of the hole and fill it in with the base coat. They've meshed over the top of that for extra security and then bonded over the whole surface. On the blue board, it's a different type of installation. Shreve applies one-coat over the joints to reinforce them and fill in the undulation that's left from the two end tapes from the butt joints. That sets up for about an hour and then it's ready for finish coat.

Dino Koukoudakis from Dino's Construction demonstrates some of the techniques used in framing with metal studs. He prefers them because they're lighter and never warp. They are also easy to cut and fasten with the right tools. Dino demonstrates how easy they are to line up and install along an exterior wall and the speed and ease with which a partition wall can be framed. It is simple and sturdy construction material that has a better tolerance for moisture than wood.

…wood the screws will go. Select a drywall screw based on how far you will drive it…
…the screws into the drywall Use a power drill for repetitive drilling, like attaching…
…is dry, sand it smooth with 200-grit sandpaper. Vacuum the dust as you work and remove…

…to drive a ring-shank nail or a screwdriver to fasten a drywall screw about 2 inches above and below the popped nail. Make sure…
…needed, and allow it to dry. Sand the area with fine-grit sandpaper, then wipe the surface clean. Prime and Paint the area…

…compound is dry, sand it with a 120-grit sandpaper attached to a wide sanding block…
…is dry, sand again using the 120-grit sandpaper. Wipe down the wall and apply a third…
…dry, sand the surface with a 200-grit sandpaper so that it is ready for priming and…

…thoroughly, sand it with a coarse 80-grit sandpaper attached to a wood block or sanding…
…When dry, sand the seam with an 80-grit sandpaper attached to a wood block to knock down…
…hours before sanding it with a 120-grit sandpaper attached to a sanding block. Vacuum…