" First let's take a look at how work is progressing at the mansion. If you remember last week we poured new concrete slab in the basement. Now the concrete is cured and constructions in full swing. The carpenters are getting to work on the framing for the office and utility spaces that will be located in the basement. The masons are busy building a shack that'll house in the new dumb waiter for the kitchen. Meanwhile in the attic work is underway on the -- for the new HE AC system updating the mechanical systems is a big part of the mansion renovation. On the second floor demolition crews have uncovered remnants of wallpaper from decades passed. It'll still be awhile before the second floor framing gets underway but now let's check in on the restoration of the gets --"

" All right now of the carriage house which is. Behind me is early eighteen hundreds and this is known as the cottage in the formal garden let's say have a Lewis -- if you're the project superintendent right. And of course my question who's the product manager. Are you guys doing today -- episode this cottage in this is the elevation that we're looking at from here right right this cottages like no other cottage I've ever looked at it's like a fine home. This it is really is is this and away revise these primarily for the guest. Mansion but -- past administrations take care of the overflow with families and and eaten in large family sort of different administration I'm managing nearly two centuries there been if you go there's a lot of -- kids dressed can we look at the floor plan without him. A closer. He this here's your first full. And we are standing out in these terrorists right. What some of the work that's been done on the interior. Well it's pretty very pretty much been cosmetic. We've dated the electrical mechanical systems of course we've got drywall on the ceiling and take -- Lester we've prepared somebody. Water damage from the water leaking through the brick over the years. And have tried to salvage much of the -- There's now -- handicapped bathrooms upstairs. The NBA record but about the floors the floors. Combination way. And brick and we were keeping knows where Yale. So -- the original antique floors yes that's correct yes and Lewis what have you -- working on on the outside why was this trench foot and here."

" This -- was put in because of the moisture. Getting into the over it. -- seeping into the walls and during all -- over the years so is that the the is that from moisture control the relaxed yes this is a new waterproofing system installed night system. That would keep them more fit that we get in the bit from going into the wall. What are the warning order to build up. You're -- outside the building. And then of course you couple that with a lot of stuff like and we've also he's just right before a lot of electrical piping and OK so that we've got what is yeah because this is all part of a complex that are gonna all tied in together right and what will happen over here Louis. Here we will install a new footing. Across the of you masonry wall with this knife mahogany doors yeah so and these will all be buried animation -- a brick wall here in the brick walls. My my that is a nice door surround did you get this mill down here and -- Virginia does that variety. But it's mahogany right. You gonna have on restoring this one now Mike I understand it there's a lot of work being done on the facades here."

" What was the condition of the garden off. Barkley as you can imagine over the years there's been a he built. -- happening players we found on errands stated. Doing a lot of -- us this gentleman is doing that coming right up what's interesting is underneath that is the old white wash the man I'm beat that's exactly right here. -- you'll notice we have a piece of cameras down here which were collecting. Right the pieces of the paint and that'll be. Sealed and go all the way and drugs as a lead abatement process -- part of the abatement process and I want to leave anything to leech into the soil on this saw has to be documented call us right that's -- well documented and this is the first process. Businesses. -- anyway he's he's putting on -- I'm Robert coat right now wing violence language of the what is this material which are putting -- the conditioner right here around Charlie thank you lose paying off right all and I'm all clad conditioner through an actor he's not all of them. Debris off the wall in this put sealed this. This brick so that the conditioner will actually stabilize what's days behind and I imagine that and it is clear isn't it. Little bit whiteness that way how long does -- have to drive before you can go to the next update we gotta go around point flowers okay. And Mike is there that a priming states that's going on yes there is you can. See over here we're applying these fibers directly behind us we applied that. Primer coat was if finish coat will fly at the end part of case and now you get as far as the primary sport coat and and then. When the job is almost completed you put people put the --"