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Touring the Landscaping and Meeting Pamela Anderson

In his grand finale here in Malibu Beach, Bob take us on a tour of the tiled courtyard with palms and fountain. We get a surprise visit from "Home Improvement's" Tool Time Girl, Pamela Anderson Lee who talks about water heaters. And we look at the complex electrical panel. Starting with the garage door and its antique reproduction carvings to the lanterns and the pergola Then Steve shows the types of palms he brought in to exhibit textures, a Lady Finger Palm, a Pygmy Date in the rear and a Sago in the foreground and ferns in the background. He also brought in dwarf stock and primrose for color. Bob brought in a fountain from cantera stone. In other areas they are adding faux stone with latex paint. Inside we review the hybrid cabling system routed through one main area near the electrical system.
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Touring the Landscaping and Meeting Pamela Anderson

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" And we're still putting finishing touches on the front facade of the house over here we've got our beautiful carving on the on the -- of the garage story we're just putting. A stain and we want the feeling of an antique. Antique woodwork here. And if you look down this wall over here we've got. Terrific lanterns throughout the house which are guaranteed for twenty years near the seaside that's very important again finishing touches on the pergola overhead that nice strong brown from the Addison's house. And I'm afraid we don't have a gates here yet is coming tomorrow but in the courtyard. We have a beautiful little picture coming together and Steve -- Gerald high. You've done a wonderful job of putting color in here I mean we've. Visited with the a couple of weeks ago when these giant palms were and tell us about these under planning."

" through a variety of smaller -- here to get. A lot picture. On and then -- what kind of -- this weather related finger on racist -- the other big new day in the rear that went over there and we have a say go to. Or round here which is very slow growing this little ones and yes. As won't get too big you know this is a very slow working toward big if there are many many years that came before the and height. We have burned from the back here in the back grass filled and then of course what makes him makes that the job so perfect as these mature. What are these queen promptly -- yes I have over here -- this is a really big one yeah we've got two smaller ones here yeah and then off. What have you done in terms of putting color and in stuff into the into the job over here we have Bob -- stock for fragrance. And -- We're -- product. Works thought in the fragrance. And -- a lot of nice colors this time of the year that the flight via. In California these things are perennial right. Yeah go ahead we'll hear if if the perennial plant."

" This came from Mexico it's can terraced stone fountain which we've just gotten working. And there's still more ceramic tile to be used on this job the the party wall here which is just a cinder block wall will receive Mexican tile in this shape that's created out of the can terraced stone and we couldn't figure out what to do with the walls. So we. Called on some genius folk dangers over here. And how are we doing over there hi guys -- ends up they're pretty busy to and can you tell us a little bit Randall about. How are you create this effect."

" Well what we get at least that would have faith which is privately he palette lightening the color yeah we use it out and three other colors."

" And at these these students find them on simultaneously. And I've blends them is it latex paint at all latex paint -- latex exterior paints and that we usually when a little bit of artists and then them down a little. Little bits of -- workable you can put violation with a part water based arts but what's the trick to making it look like stone rockets have landing and just getting that feeling of -- started and also what we do is that. We once Susan is that we grout and here. If but the grout -- and also we do that a lot. No doubt I got locked in for actions that -- box exactly you really do want summit it's left in carpet."

" Thanks is looking beautiful thank let's go in the garage and see what the electrical work is like."

" So -- are you almost finished with -- all the wiring here. Let me I don't have them now this is where all the smart house technology comes together here right and want to run us through what's all the yellow cable here is Iraq -- I brake cables and applications cables everything comes together here in the wire mold gateway here they're called hybrid cable says you have a number of different functions that right we've got computer cables that come into the main computer here -- battered and they come into the electrical. And communications also. -- What what is all the black and which have -- era -- cable -- am glad to an end this would agree the video cameras in the TV system and cable TV yes OK. And then. Below this here is a telephone gateway this interface is on the telephone systems in the house can we have a number of different numbers and lines coming into the house if you want it to -- benefit either cable coming here union and you -- fabulous. And below here here's our own manpower supplied -- this is the parts department computers is. OK now below here we have the security system. And -- right. So last week and in turn it off if you need to -- garage it. And then up here we have our smart house where mold a surge protectors this protects our computer yet for -- spikes or drops in voltage one of the most important parts of the whole system. Right. And you've got regular circuit breakers these we can all relate to. Right is here idea bicycle makers here room computer circuits ground fault and rupture if they're to nearly -- that protects all the components of computers. Indeed so that when this is all up and running. We can remote control all sorts of things in this house we could be -- thousand miles away called this house up and tell it to. It every morning coffee rack track so it's up and running right ambivalent he tried desperately wanted deck OK. -- I was just wondering if do you know anything about. Water heaters we've got these smart water heaters there actually they're fiberglass they're very lightweight do you think you can warrant except formed after the fact actually -- that's -- It real yeah hang some -- as Eric wants not -- and tiger that nothing's about to house truly amazed that gives me my talent -- expertise I'd put this together and really allowed to -- you know this this is interfaces with a telephone -- and we me you can cut and actually -- the -- apnea and found yet when it -- house. -- with. That's right it's a remarkable race here well confidence yeah."

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