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Bob meets with Richard Marks, the restoration contractor, to see how the existing plaster and cornice work is blended with the new drywall.
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" What a difference the -- you've got most of it up throughout the house pretty much we've got a little bit more to go out there that were. For the most part covered we've -- so we are going to be looking in the kitchen later talking about building cabinets in place what's going on in this room. This is going to be the formal library we've got a floor to ceiling cabinets and our. We're going to face the cabinets out in Cyprus which is the natural wood. That. -- locally here yeah I love let's look at the grain in the war right here. But the -- flew back of these. Of the cabinets -- of the shelves rather assist the just plywood right and it's that quarter inch plywood and all the shelves will be inexpensive three quarter inch plywood. Because it's all be painted where the outside -- will be natural. Soon the Cyprus will be natural spectrum -- good well can we see any of the plaster we're still gonna -- upstairs. Okay -- this is these guys. The southwest corner of the bedroom practice to master bedroom and drywall all. And you can see we're we're trying to replicate is the -- in flat out of there I've. I'm used to seeing drywall you know joints -- and spot. You're ending up here from the ceiling everything looks like a plaster. "

" Broad front and it's critical that we had worked the crowd we come back from our they don't look. And between them yeah it's sort digital flat level surface and then when they're about combatants. -- It looks like it's one solid you know. Plus what."

" Plaster finish. Well not only have you got advantage of pricing your favorite but you also have that look when you go to. The law of having nice plastered surfaces of -- opposed to the that the paper that you get on drywall. Now last week you were working on the cornice is downstairs in the parlor. Here your your almost finished yes I'm getting half and using three worked -- in a corner and kindergarten law. Together as I thought finished. Well -- we're actually in the contraction. Q did carrier yeah not always thought that the biggest problem. You've had there is that you're going to end up with a -- worthy. Drywall and then there's plaster begin -- and cat -- contact come back. Okay finish -- what I'm doing now. Now we have lacked finish here Moby lives and kept the drywall. Back eight or ten inches from the towards the probable flat surface in the corners -- little regular soda we made the transition with this. Metal. Well the diamond laughed which. He's usually used in in real plaster application. She's a pretty rigid backers and it through the plaster right. Pretty reviews -- the gypsum plaster well actually expanding in fact if -- could probably because the drywall gypsum also. Sure. Now. Well -- have to wait before you can put the finish go to 24 hours and then. --"

" Piece is that straight -- joint compound out can. Yes I would just aluminum water -- mixed with a phone and electric drill. To make it easier to beat Ronald Zealand's smooth appreciate that are beyond our little bit me like underwater disarm. -- name is this really got to keep it from practice you've got a joint here now between old plaster new ground. Brown coat and drywall on ceilings well by itself. Just. She drywall had flooded the plaster that you could have attended these -- be the tape like to prevent that put my key news wire last. Behind the drywall we hope it'll. Relief title together. Interest being used -- both material especially behind you here on wall where he's doing. Street jobs and he'll end up with Shaw we'll we'll in effect being -- for."

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