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Final Tour of the Completed Home Gym and Spa

House eleven of the Elmwood project continues. Bob takes a final tour of the home spa and discusses the new equipment in the exercise room.
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Final Tour of the Completed Home Gym and Spa

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" One of the best features of this finished base is the fabulous reclaimed American oak floor. Mountain lumber in -- Virginia takes lumber from old buildings as they're demolished and we saws it into premium grade flooring. Howard Brickman our flooring expert creatively integrated the fiber optic lighting fixtures into the floor for a seamless effect. All right let's take a close look at the spy into the project and say hi to Linda Abbott a call from a stone a quiet. This is not a marble product that was installed here it's granite right it is yes is granite a better choice."

" I'm in this instance we thought it would get better choice blast this is a lot denser than marble is. A lot more resistant to staining particular soaps and perfumes."

" And that's the key is marble is more porous and even if it's in a bathroom can still spill oils treatments of shampoos and stain it. And where's this particular granite brown."

" This is a domestic granite that's called American silver blue. And it's worked in shopping. Around Massachusetts."

" That's great so it's not imported from Italy here anyway it's good old USA stuff he going to turn on the tub for us and see what is when it does. And of the triangular shape. Very nice thank you Linda. Now let's meet Andrea we -- from -- source."

" Tell us what you got here this is not think I mean I -- home -- turn to DC has pulley systems that's hooked here to a weight stack. You can do we did to accounts and how many different exercises can you do something like this about 49 to protect its essence wow. So is something that you get off the shelf -- kind of quite custom mortar we definitely custom order it to what a person's looking black men need to keep CBS is second piece here. That they had done it different options just like TNT have inner outer I want it that's which has -- cracks and light options."

" Well -- done your dreams spot is complete it'd turn -- the way you wanted it absolutely it's terrific it's wonderful I guess this is the only corner of the space we haven't looked at where did you get this pedestal sink. This actually came from my great grandfather barbershop. And we found my grandfather's. Basement and this chest over here also result from about Russia very appropriate in the spot."

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