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Flooring, Plumbing, and Plastering

The old flooring has been removed and Bob outlines the process of installing the new. LVL supports allow a restructuring of the house with larger rooms. Plumbing and plastering work are also covered.
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Flooring, Plumbing, and Plastering

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" So Luke has taken up all the old flooring. And before we can go any further the subfloor here everything it's quite irregular so you -- we cut down sleepers and patches in several places. Just to get everything level and now we can bring down plywood which is this dirty floor from. He can be as it is the plywood that is very resistant to and resistant to moisture so it's a good with the use of any area where you might have to worry about water. You laminate violence. And now this. We're joined now by Al Cummings and Neal Kaplan who are. Professional carpenters that are going to be helping -- work here and this is an LVL. Laminated veneer lumber structural member that's going down it's 50%. More. Sturdy or strong than dimensional lumber and what we want to do it this end now is just to inch it up that last bit of is to put up four by four is. Has put the -- and there. And up top. And this will help us. One more one more are in the retrofit. I could shut that's that's that now we can drive some nails and it's. So these Georgia Pacific LVLs which we've got. In this area over here as well. Are allowing us to restructure the whole house -- so that we can have one big open expanse you again have them doubled up here in notice they're resting on the header above the window and the load is transferred to either side. And so at this point the only remaining piece of old structure that has to go is and it's. Just a couple of days ago the plumbers were here. And went through. Go to work and snapping to get rid of the old cast iron stack that was right alongside this post. Chris Stewart from gem plumbing you already relocated the stack above us in the kitchen area into the outside wall. And so all the waste from the upstairs and from the kitchen come down here what is it that has to happen here in the transition from PVC to the old cast --"

" Brought it down into a swept band so it doesn't. Bang immediately. From the cast iron swept. It's just like that yes what that refers to the curve that's been put into it right here that's correct. And it is -- a rubber coupling from the transitioning from the pastime to the PVC. They're nice simple and they really work well -- and refused one over -- the cop. Critic cut off some other cast iron pipe that's no longer previews of this."

" Cap and there's no adhesive or glue necessary up next job. The final support column from the old structure has been removed and all of the new framing for the kitchen remodel is complete. We have a nice open area for the new kitchen. Now the plastering contractor gets to work first they hang blue board and then cover all the joints with mesh -- Once the plaster is mixed. Jean Olivier and his crew are ready to skim coat the walls and ceiling."

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