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Reviewing the Unfinished Kitchen

Bob and the carpenter show the new staircase in the entry hall. The carpenter had to create wedge shaped stairs to provide headroom for the staircase below. Bob and the carpenter tour the kitchen and den pointing out where furniture, appliances and fixtures will likely reside. Strapping is being installed to the ceiling joists to minimize the error and insure a level surface for the ceiling drywall to be attached.

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" Well let me interrupt you for a minute did I see you've completed this staircase and this really makes the difference in the front all. We now have. -- real sense of entry and ceremony here and a out of a progression to the second floor. Is this basically the same frame as what we did a couple of weeks ago leading to the basement the thing about a doubt there in the same type of wine but. Actually the -- wrong it's different. You have to. I have to make I shaped winder spread. In order to have headroom going down at -- is below the earth or yeah sure you couldn't actually -- one. You opt out right you couldn't make a bulls wear platform and and backed them up that right. So that by making them wedge shaped -- pie -- you leave enough headroom right. -- down below and didn't have any problem here at all it was when it's great and what about the living room or great room and everything completed in here to -- block here in the -- and we'll be ready. The ninth when it the plaster board up against -- fireplace meant back Clayton well -- take a look at the kitchen area. Back. How will this be used here that -- going to be here and entertainment area Bob probably have a few coaches -- coffee table. And there aren't you being there and are -- And then this area with the two huge windows. Is the ideal place for all the family meal yeah there -- table. Great view for all the death but the light Connecticut in the working area of the kitchen that you know description of that -- well. Over here on on this end wall near the walls. -- refrigerator. -- And next to a little -- area. And the water it will be a double oven. In -- And operate unit. That'll be a little more outer space in the Soviet double think in this area look at your plan. A double write more left in the period right. Well then there's an island with the cook up in. Yeah yeah others have been great perspective. All of that where we're standing right now on like between the island unit with the street school. And the thing and we want the cabinet a good for a traffic pattern is view you'll be from the sink to the cook top. Through the refrigerator already up and talk and it works both the end. And you can be excellent for breakfast needed right Newton -- tonight Bob. Let me ask your question how important is this strapping that's being put on on the on the joists up here. Well it it it minimizes the error in here if you enjoyed the base -- they're a little -- had a little all wondered if you're good. He would do. All your arrival in Vila yet. And and all the help keep the cracks down to a minimum if people walking up there's one. -- that the action out of the wall. Walls -- gesture at the way to do it I mean I have put strapping on where after a couple of hours your arms where -- out. And it sure makes cities and we need to shoot it in place like that. Very -- bought a low -- we have to ship. We use these cedar shingles are -- They're beveled at one end the current one and actually are all things all right wrote this book above the brass. And I shuffle with a nailed the and it would really help the -- now you have to do that right exactly so that you don't -- they wavy beyond this. And the only way you really that is have -- right right -- lateral always valuation are exactly here."

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