" The front of the house is coming along really well we've actually got a second floor so that you can understand what's happening here. When you enter this court yard you'll have a spiral staircase that's also done in Stucco that brings you up to that gallery on the second floor. And it's all wooden now but eventually much of that -- will be covered in Stucco so that you'll see Stucco columns and rod iron railings in between the gallery of course leads into. They bedroom suite over there and if you look up high you can see that our roof overhang has that Spanish detailing that beautiful scroll cut on the rafter -- But one of the few things left here from the original house is the electrical service and that him. Of course is an eyesore in this location so we're going to dismantle that and put a new service and on the other side of the house but while we're up here take a quick look at them the little windows on the second floor. -- chart again at recess so that you get when this is all -- you'll have the impression that the walls are actually about a foot and a half thick and that's just. The kind of detailing that's going to make this such a special place but right now let's go inside meet John Picard who is a consultant who's helped us pick the right materials that are. Very well they're sensitive to the ecology c'mon at. I just about as ago I did. Well we're lucky to have a consultant and all these kind of environmental issues and in a lot of products in the house their special -- this one of them."

" This is one of them this is oriented strand board itself material made up of Aspen trees that grows to maturity in twelve years and it's Acropolis."

" So that's important we're not out there destroying the autumn forest right this is a renewable resource and what about the blue that is used to -- I'm an Independent toxic."

" They're reaching to this is a non toxic glue at certain water based resources and ultimately it."

" Excellent now what's the reason -- haven't indoors in a number of nations around the houses that we need sheer walls right. From earthquakes to --"

" What's going on here. This is a new board that we're working -- about -- is that material expert Don Lynn I have wanted to -- honestly don't teachers and what is part about what makes it different from regular drywall. By the violence out is a material that's recycled newspaper. And it is also sound control moisture resistance. And fire so unidentified made out of there and it's made out of news this house itself hey approximately. 9250. -- LA times. You're -- you can -- 9000 Sunday LA times and that represents. The product that's going in here that's right. That allows takes about 11500. Feet Wald and his partner. -- and despite abundant wild waterproof. Would dance to it. It has also insulating factor and house side walls ceilings. And when you Gonzales got to replace. When you install a vital line yeah weekend. -- up using. Nails in the middle of Aubrey -- looking for a place to hang a picture. Hang him medicine cabinets you don't have to look far. The studs you're going to hang it anyway that that strength really restaurants it's also got really good acoustic night it is what else does -- anxious to -- Taking you join us it has no shape actually as you said. Does it take no you don't use take on this -- On this all the way we finish this seems a -- is to spread the compound into the same. And we like it that's I was not a regular account it doesn't doesn't require tape no it is not a regular joint compound what is this particular compound made. Flood this. Gypsum more wallboard. Flashlight wired actually stronger than that it takes seen -- and in at this wallboard were to break at the board would break before the seamless."

" Let us do we have going on here we've got some recycled steel Bob this is. This is to me is the ultimate. Environmental material because it's so recyclable the top came from recycled material probably John Karr. Manufacturing plant scrap and -- recycle again when when this house has lived its final day."

" This is an unusual detail on the construction we we started out with a two by four stud wall and again easy you know us being here but I think we've -- up with the metal studs to get extra depth to the walls because of the designers granite colonial wants to look at we have thick black. To allow us to super insulate the house also when they might point out assist these studs are pre punched that's -- actually labor costs for your electrical and plumbing runs an -- you see down here already got some wires run right through and nobody had a drilling holes right."

" gonna get a nice straight runs throughout the house taking DOS speaking of insulation this is the this is the nature guard insulation that we talked about this isn't really anything."

" You know it's just again recycled newspapers right but we learned a few weeks ago it that you've been. Install this stuff right it is in a way that prevents it from mountain settling down right."

" In the past cellulose can settle in the long -- haven't diminishing insulation values and got older. But now they've added enhancer citizen of the stays nice and fluffy and won't won't won't settle."