This Old House | Chimney Down and Walls Up (S41 E2) | FULL EPISODE

Mark and Jeff take down the chimney. Scott and Shayla window shop. Jeff and Richard find new plumbing products. The ranch’s exterior walls come down. Jeff decides to reuse the original rafters.

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At the old Westerly Ranch House, the roof was disassembled to add a new level, but the original chimney is going to be in the way of the open floor plan concept on the first floor.

Jeff works with mason Mark McCullough to take down the center chimney brick by brick. A major addition also means new windows and that's a big investment. Scott and Shayla meet with architectural designer Lori Foley for a window-shopping spree at a local showroom where they consider price, material, color, grill pattern, and door hardware.

Back at the house, the original exterior walls were made of 2x4 framing material and were only 8 feet high. Instead, Jeff wants to use 2x6 manufactured framing lumber for strength and added insulation and raise the new ceiling to 9 feet. The old walls get sliced into sections and pushed out. As demolition continues at the house, Jeff is thinking about purchasing building materials. Richard joins him at a convention in Las Vegas to check out the latest plumbing fixtures.

Meanwhile, at the house, the foundation is squared off and ready for framing. Kevin finds Jeff's crew as they start to frame the main part of the house. Jeff uses manufactured framing stock, but the original rafters were in such good shape they decided to rip them to a desired dimension to repurpose for interior wall framing.

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Products and Services from this episode

Affordable Housing Organization
Category: Building Resources, Materials, Contractors & Services, Miscellaneous
Contractor
South County Habitat for Humanity, RI
http://southcountyhabitat.org

Cast and Crew Lodging
Category: Miscellaneous, Side Trip
Supplier
The Margin Street Inn
https://marginstreetinn.com

Concrete cutter
Category: Building Resources, Contractors & Services
Contractor
South County Concrete Foundations
401-783-3830

International Builders’ Show
Category: Building Resources, Side Trip, Design
Side Trip
International Builders’ Show (IBS)
https://www.buildersshow.com/Home/

Manufactured dimensional lumber
Category: Building Resources, Materials
Supplier
Weyerhaeuser
http://www.weyerhaeuser.com

Plumbing fixtures | Westerly Project
Category: Design, Building Resources, Materials, Plumbing
Manufacturer
Kohler Co
http://www.kohler.com

Window and Door Shopping
Category: Doors & Hardware, Side Trip, Windows
Supplier
Humphrey’s Window and Door Design
https://www.buildwiththeh.com/window-door-design-gallery/

About This Old House TV: This Old House is America’s first and most trusted home improvement show. Each season, we renovate two different historic homes—one step at a time—featuring quality craftsmanship and the latest in modern technology. We demystify home improvement and provide ideas and information so, whether you are doing it yourself or hiring out contractors, you’ll know the right way to do things or the questions to ask. Our experts including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor give you the tools you need to protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home.

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