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Bob Visits Tim Allen�s Home

Tim the Tool Man Taylor shows Bob Vila his Home Improvements at his home near Detroit. Including the demo to make room for his mother in law in the soffit. The tongue-in-cheek tour shows off some of the finer points of construction humor.
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" HM hi Bob other go on tape it's about just finished. You demolition but you've been doing all your demolition yourself this is this sledgehammer that's how much were haven't done that's -- it it's turned into a ball peen hammer for yeah yeah yeah. That's really impressive it and use your craftsmen here that I signed for you when -- there are up I just keep that with because it's it's it's it's. It's like and let them bring Ireland brings go -- have it's like an ambulance that I today. I'm not sure I'm not sure this -- let me say well you gotta run -- and here I mean you've got -- you cut to roof lock yourself -- that my mother -- tonight. And all that thing that little niche here on the soffit there gaps topic I got the -- but I'll -- that how -- your mother in law. That's where she stands at the bottom out going to try to figure what I thought -- yes they took all the brick off. I don't know why did that exactly this that was my neighbor. My house to be not -- it took all the swallow up this this throughout this here. This black area used to go to my kitchen. And this is our dining room this what -- I'm here on the what I've done is that X. That expanded. -- my fault that I write evident. In this area that what you're trying to do is you're trying to build -- a new dining room new diet. New garage -- Be out. About -- that would not yet at a -- may well what's the what did you do here I mean it looks like he had some sort of out. Night bookcase or something here actually put this that myself a lot because -- a little -- things led objects the arts. Does not the Arty art and art the art or VIP area of the -- and then -- pushed. The whole house at this it's like going to defend their -- at a garage I love the way you did your cut out work up there you know that with the reciprocating saw -- used that that Jack camera botched pneumatic jackhammer for that. To do that he do that is it cut it takes a little bit more energy."

" But let's go let's meet my builder. This is a better explain this because -- with the college. About our business agent Nelson Nelson woodworking has to meet you nice -- are you guys are actually working from blueprints. Well we try. That's great. The Indian I -- to school together oh is that right where we're was that. Seek zeal I was -- yeah right here in Michigan right here mission at a grade spreads spokesperson for -- to -- Give us that -- countries -- clarity there it is right that always makes not a very difficult yeah what what can we see here now this is the only area right here ma'am I'm not -- grounds -- now would we. Demolished and we're adding a big family here and three -- have -- and -- three and a half car garage and a half car. Tim who drives a half car. That the that the motorcycle but without motors and a -- OW two wheels before I see yeah here go after car have you are you insulating the flat sure I am Bob. This is that. What I call. A quarter. I put a corner in here so you don't have a basement under the garage -- done well what we're doing. Bob is -- that we build our basement at a separate site and we're going to slide it under. After we finish this visit to new and doing it ended I decided it'd be cheaper to build based off site. Slide her under the corners you wouldn't did you lift quarter after what we've done I've I've done it all start well it's All-Star that's all start of the lighter. I mean this is the family room and a thing right right you're now working in the garage today now let me point out later. Where it's them. What what have you done here to make sure that you have a nice cozy warm family room real -- and everything my foot seven inches of radium underneath the house. So I get radioactive. To melt down heat -- what I've decided that I put you know. This this does not end. And underneath this stuff as other stopped just. So you've got rigid insulation. 42 and got a lot of heat you way to each panel and it gently yet rent out of the but there. And I did all this myself many had to insulate the putting off that can bet I've put. You know that was the -- Off putting insulation putting insulation right there -- next the footing yeah we have socks that go over the whole book that'll do and what about this stuff you really -- Any remember the name of the stuff. Wire that wire fire wire -- without wired out yeah this is a six by six number ten wire reinforcing. Yeah that's what we use this evening you would have did you get out to help you -- this little -- Dallas I mean out I don't want to talk about how it looks probable that went -- back. FW -- union guys yeah what's the what do you tell me guys it very hot what are you doing around the front of the house to throw outs let's move over that would excuse me right into the -- O'Keeffe taught them."

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