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Bob visits a Federal-style house undergoing reconstruction, as well as adding an addition, in Charleston, S.C., with contractor Richard Marks.
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" Now Richard this is the backside of the federal house that I believe what was here. Was not federal period close right right it was a very early edition. And that was destroyed in hurricane Hugo that's right. So we've reconstructed the back condition adding in Newport which we thought would be a very nice element. And all of the the siding in the windows will match the original house but on this side you really get a sense of the sizes about it. The whole level that's at grain here which is in the old dependency of the old what would -- the service areas right now supporters in Maine now and what's happening here. There were rebuilding aid here for this porch that we -- in the cold Charleston bricks. And we're doing up hand tooling for the pointing of the -- experience let's take a closer look up there. Now will -- be a flat roof on this porch I know we'll have a hip roof and to know before doric columns on the back. Support doric columns and I hit -- I assume that the railing around it right sounds like a very classical design it will be bet what are the dimensions that's about 34 feet by keeping watch. That's a lovely place to spend summer afternoon and a nice view yeah let's take a look inside. This is the addition Bob it's fifteen feet deep and that it be behind. 750 square feet plus another step. On both levels -- there. Well this will be the library and we're building a -- advanced. Replicate. The original wind it's so your building them on site right that's ambitious well it didn't really the best way for us to do it now we'll have the -- is made by local millwork firm. But will make jams here on site in installments we can get started on the siding. Not really had to do -- put a little -- Toward. And we've run a bead on action paper and that we've tapered this four by freed itself. And so this is going to be -- the kitchen library -- library. This -- the kitchen. And it. And this was the old fireplace that was on the back conditions essentially I think it's all these houses had pictures that we're separate building -- a lot that's correct in Charleston too hot have to kitchen in the -- happen -- happen. And it's a separate building. Which also allow for our protections that here we've got modernize it out but putting -- kitchen inside narrative force but Richard from. If the house with one room deep originally. How we got fireplaces here on the backside this was part of it. Previous additional us right now the previous that if we're talking about dates for almost 1830 -- rightly so that explains why the ancient fire boxes are they going to be re used here. We will definitely we use the firebox we'll replicate a period mammal -- this. We'll have to raise the height of this -- Jack arch and down it'll fit nicely in the -- OK. But then -- about the ten foot level there's another. Fireplace opening what happens when we'll have to cover that over because it doesn't fit with the floor levels that we establish -- the archaeology -- well let's look over here. Above the doorway. One is that how do you explain well now that's that's very original because we've we've got a shutter. That was part of the first period house you see at the raised panel shutter it was a beautiful -- very very beautiful and look at the hinge and a -- hinges. It's so bad gives us the designed to go by felt -- what happened was that when they added. On here. They simply cut the shutters out of their way in order put in the door that's correct and left the left overs hidden in the law that's correct. It's very rare on that report you -- destined history. Shall we take a look up there let's go. OK so this is the -- space. And houses split up what's this this'll be the dressing room for the master bedroom. Very nice great proportion closets down that end closets -- in and in the window elements and and a bathroom here the master bathroom. But then by then. And this room. It's obvious that he. Part of the master suite with and it also goes back that but they're -- doorway over there so that. All of the second floor interconnect. Right and what's this another little closet when now we save the space for the mechanical systems let the art restoration we've got behind the plate -- mechanicals that the addition really gives us that base we can hide it. -- Earth will be -- from the basement well we'll have a separate unit down there and tried to that's very good. -- Yeah covering up the old original window on the back. And then from that true and you've got ducking up there. That great yet and this really does give us the good spacing between the joists hide the ductwork and and it -- tenants to moisture. These are about three -- 999. Okay. And so you have a direct run out towards the without the windows are really your greatest source of heat loss or heat gains that are we've got a conditions in front of the windows. From the ceiling -- allows the cool air to come down they're dropping the cool air from the sales that's right that's in the south that's more important have air conditioning. Coming from the -- sure. And makes that."

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