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1. ASK THIS OLD HOUSE PROJECTS INSTALL
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Our master carpenter warns Terry that the trick will be removing the old windows carefully so as to minimize damage to the interior plaster and exterior siding. After a tour of the master bath and new second-floor common areas, homeowner Terry Maitland and the lead abatement contractor discuss how the old house's woodwork will be treated during the upcoming deleading process. Our master carpenter explains the challenges of waterproofing and venting the shallow pitch of the addition's shed roof, while in the master suite, we see Dickie Silva screwing down the floor deck with an automatic-feed screw gun.

Redwood clapboards - finger-jointed and preprimed - start to go on the addition our general contractor shows us a trick with a ""story pole,"" which helps him space the clapboards evenly across a given field. The show ends with a Hawaiian beach picnic, Back at the site, ""invisible"" audio speakers are built into the ceiling, and project architect Dan Moran shows us recessed halogen lights for the ""art wall,"" prairie-style exterior light fixtures, and brass entry hardware with a moleculary bonded finish that the manufacturer warranties as tarnish-free for life. Built in 1882, its painstaking restoration is one of the country's finest. We visit Lolani Place, home to Hawaii's last king and queen, and the United States' only royal palace. Inside, the kitchen wall is opened to give Christiane the ocean view she's wanted. At the site, our master carpenter explains how the addition's siding will be made to look like the original's board and batten, then catches up with job super Rob Varner to see how the lanai is being reinforced with a welded steel frame. The show begins at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, a 1927 beauty known as the Pink Palace, one of the first two luxury hotels on the beach ar Waikiki. Then, to begin an inquiry into the high cost Project architect Dan Morgan and window maufacturer Sue Marvin discuss the specifications of the new windows, made to match the originals, but with weather and termite-beating features. Inside, electrician Pierre Jaffuel shows us how he's using underfloor junction boxes to cope with the original building's single-wall construction, which leaves no room for buying wires.

ASK THIS OLD HOUSE PROJECTS INSTALL

Up on the roof, our master carpenter sees the hurricane tie-down system connecting the roof to the sidewalls, and roofer Jim Wilkinson and crew install copper valleys, treated red cedar shingles with a 30-year warrantee, and a three-dimensional nylon mesh underlayment that allows the shingles to ""breathe"" and dry more evenly. At the site, project superintendent Rob Varner gives us a tour of the framed-up addition and rebuilt kitchen area. The show opens at Hanauma Bay, a sea-filled crater whose marine life attracts thousands of visitors a day, creating a conservation dilemma. Inside, our master carpenter shows us the unique way the original building is put together, and then builds a new single-wall Back on the job, engineer John Allison and project super Rob Varner discuss options to tie the roof down to the sidewalls to protect against the lifting effect on high winds. We visit the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor and learn of the events that brought the US into World War II. Homeowner Christiane Bintliff decides to go with a wood shingle roof, as the original house had, and our host talks to roofer Jim Wilkinson about the reasons behind the high - $21,000 - labor cost involved. All lumber is pressure-treated to battle the resident termites. On site, the new addition begins to take shape, with stud walls up and prefabricated trusses arriving on site. The show opens at the Punchbowl, an extinct volcano crater that is the site of the National Memorial Cementry of the Pacific, burial place of Americans who have fallen in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. At the wrap party, Brian Stamp tells about the budget ($75,000 paid out by the homeowner - $10,000 more than their insurance settlement - and $75,000 of donated materials).

Back at the house, our host talks to Margaret O'Donnell Blue, the 76-year-old owner of the house, and takes a final tour of the completed kitchen with designer Cecilia Luaces. Our master carpenter visits a housing development where because most of the homes are below the flood plain, houses must be raised up to meet code. Inside, tile goes down in the kitchen and around the fireplace. We then watch a screened pool enclosure go up in a matter of hours, and checks out the new garage doors and the landscaping. Upstairs, our host sees that the pine floors have been sanded and refinished. The painters are hard at work our master carpenter replaces a window that was broken during construction and shows us the hi-tech coated plastic membrane inside the panes that makes these windows energy efficient.