This Old House | The Open Concept (S41 E3) | FULL EPISODE

The crew places a center beam in the old ranch house to support the second story. A hole is cut in the original foundation for a new basement window. Kevin visits an engineered lumber factory in Canada. Back at the project, Tommy and Jeff raise the end gables. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. The old ranch house will soon gain a second level. The open concept living space requires extra planning for support of the second story. Now that the first floor walls are framed, Jeff is ready to place the main support beam. Kevin finds the crew maneuvering the 1200 pound PSL beam. The new deck off the back of the house will block the existing basement windows. The homeowners want some light in the basement incase they decide to later improve the space. Kevin watches as a hole is cut in the old foundation for a basement window. Jeff and his team are big fans of the laminated strand lumber used for framing on this project. Kevin travels to Kenora, Canada to find out how and where it comes from. Plant manager Bill Candline gives him a tour. Back at the project, framing continues on the new upper level of the house. Tommy, Jeff and Jeff s crew are ready to raise the new gable ends. Enjoying full-episodes of This Old House? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream every episode ever made of This Old House (over 1,000 hours), commercial-free. https://bit.ly/32CLaGe Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Products and Services from this episode Cast and Crew Lodging Category: Side Trip, Miscellaneous Side Trip The Margin Street Inn https://marginstreetinn.com Concrete cutter Category: Building Resources, Contractors & Services Contractor RI Concrete Coring & Cutting 401-295-7137 Manufactured dimensional lumber Category: Building Resources, Materials, Side Trip Supplier Weyerhaeuser http://www.weyerhaeuser.com Weather membrane Category: Building Resources, Siding, Materials Supplier GCP Applied Technologies (Formerly Grace Residential Building Materials) https://gcpat.com/en 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. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG This Old House | The Open Concept (S41 E3) | FULL EPISODE https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/