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Bob talks with Brian Miller of Miller & Sons Painting about the painting being done. One of the painters is cutting a straight line where the two surfaces meet. Whenever a home's interior is painted, corners like these should be filled in before rolling paint on the wall. The lines that are cut in at the ceiling and corners should be two to three inches from the edge so that the roller can roll into the wet paint for an even coat. Sherwin-Williams Duration, a self-priming latex paint designed for one-coat coverage, is being used throughout the interior. Eighteen-inch rollers are used to get a smooth finish and decrease the lap marks. They are using a half-inch nap to put more paint on the wall.

Here's another great tip from BobVila.com. Interior painting is one of the all-time favorite do-it-yourself jobs, but like everything else, there is a right and wrong way to paint a room. Make it easy on yourself and do it like the pros. Start by emptying the room or at least giving yourself access to all of the walls by grouping and covering furniture in the center. Mask off the floor carefully with tape and dropcloths, rosin paper or painter s plastic. Shut off the power to the room and remove lighting fixtures and electrical plates. Remove the window hardware as well. Some skip these steps and wind up spending more time cleaning up drips and spills or replacing ruined items. Prep is as important as paint. Fill and patch nail holes and imperfections and clean the woodwork. Prime any bare wood, new drywall or stained areas. Paint the room from the top down. Start with the ceiling, cutting in from the edges with a brush and rolling the rest in long, even strokes with a roller on an extension rod. Wait between steps for the paint to dry. Cut in for the walls next using a brush or paint pad to follow the line of the ceiling. Don t worry too much about neatness around the trim since you ll paint that last. Actually, a good thick layer between the wall and trim will help fill any gaps for a uniform look. The walls need at least two coats with a roller: the first will hide any imperfections in the wall, the second will even out the finish. Use an extension roller here to keep your strokes and pressure even and to save your back. Once the walls are dry, tackle the trim from the top down with a good 3- or 4-inch brush. If your hand isn t steady, you can mask window panes with tape and stick-on corners. A small paint pad made especially for sash will help you stay inside the lines, and a good sharp razor blade will get rid of any mistakes after the paint is dry. Find out more at BobVila.com: The ultimate home improvement web site! BobVila.com 2008

Excessively tall staircase paint jobs that require scaffolding might be best left to the experts. For moderately tall jobs, a few easy steps will have the walls and ceilings looking new in no time.

The technique of faux painting adds grace and sophistication to any room. Striped effects create rich textures and handmade detail that cannot be matched by wallpaper patterns, and they make a room with a low ceiling appear taller.

Bob gets together with Gary and Earl Raymond from Clairmont Glass as they prepare to install the Clopay garage doors. The openings for the garage doors have arched tops but the doors themselves are rectangular painted hemlock. The door comes in three sections - the bottom and the middle sections are plain and the top section has glass panes set in an arch to match the frame. The first step in the installation is nailing a rubber seal on the bottom of the bottom panel to keep the weather out. The door panels are pre-punched and pre-marked to indicate where the hinges go. Next they put the first panel in place and mount the vertical track. Then they add the second panel and fasten the hinges. With lengths of punched angle attached to the ceiling, they secure the track and put the top section of the door in place. Next they install the torsion spring which, when attached via cable to the door, uses tension to actually lift the door.