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Kevin: Nashville, Tennessee.
Music City, USA.

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Home to the Grand Ole Opry,
the Ryman Auditorium,

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and the Country Music
Hall of Fame,

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with a live music scene that
rivals any city in the world.

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But it's also so much more.

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Home to over 2 million
diverse residents,

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it's one of the fastest-growing
metro areas in the country.

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And one of its hottest
neighborhoods, East Nashville,

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which is just across
the river from downtown --

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its historic homes have
attracted a hip, creative crowd.

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So naturally, that's where
we'll begin season 46

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of "This Old House," y'all.

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♪♪

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Kevin: Did you get that address
over in East Nashville?

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Woman: Yeah.
Kevin: Thank you.

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I am super excited
for Nashville, Tommy.

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This city is hopping,

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and I have wanted to come
down here for years.

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Tom: Yeah, I've been here
a couple of times.

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This is a great location.
It's got a lot of character.

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I really love it.
Kevin: Yeah. I'm excited.

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Although, every time
we come to another city,

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it's just nonsense.

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I mean,
they put Richard in a dress.

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Tom: He doesn't look good
in a dress.

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Kevin: No.

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And then I think Jenn had
a bonnet on with a musket.

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Tom: That's right.
Kevin: They put me on a horse.

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Tom: I don't like horses.
Kevin: [ Laughs ]

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Tom: Hey, I was a jockey.
[ Both laugh ]

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Kevin: It's true.
Well, you are a little --

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Tom: Eh, well, yeah, yeah.

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Kevin: Well, no nonsense.
Let's not get silly.

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Nashville -- serious city
requires a serious attitude.

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Tom: Can't guarantee it, sonny.
Nope.

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♪♪

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Kevin: What's this?
This is not the jobsite.

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Tom: No, no.
You're going to love this.

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Kevin: This is what
I was talking about.

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Didn't we agree, no nonsense?
Tom: No, no, I didn't agree.

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You agreed.
I didn't agree.

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Kevin: It looks like
a clothing store.

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Tom:
Wait till you just get inside.

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Kevin: I'm not doing chaps.

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Tom: You know,
it doesn't hurt to try.

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Take a look at this stuff.
It's great.

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Kevin: It is a clothing store.

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It's a country western
clothing store.

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Tom: You never know what
you're going to find in here.

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Jenn: Yeah, you don't.

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Hi, guys!

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Tom: Jenn, you look great.
Jenn: Thanks, Tommy.

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Kevin: Are you in on this, too?
Jenn: Yes! We're in Music City.

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Time to get into the spirit.
Let's go.

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Tom: You gotta try it out,
sonny.

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Kevin: It does look good,
actually.

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Jenn: I mean, come on.
Kevin: On you.

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Jenn: We can find
some tassels for you.

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Let's go.
Kevin: I don't need tassels!

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Yeah, that ain't gonna happen.

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Jenn: Whoa!
A little bit red, Red!

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And...tablecloth?
I'm not sure.

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Well, let's see what else
you've got.

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What in the heck?!

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Kevin: It might have come off
a woman's rack.

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I'm not sure.
Maybe something with sleeves?

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Tom: And maybe
two or three sizes up.

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[ Laughter ]

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Alright.

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Jenn: Hey, you guys look good.

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Kevin: Yeah?
Jenn: I think you're done.

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I think we are ready
to hit the town.

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I'm driving.

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Kevin: Whoa!
This thing is gorgeous.

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Jenn: She's pretty beautiful,
right?

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Kevin: Oh!
It's a spectacular car.

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Tom: This is a 1964 Cadillac,
red with white leather.

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I happen to have
a 1966 Cadillac.

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Mine was white on the outside,
red leather, and convertible.

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I loved it.
Kevin: The car is very cool.

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I am down with this.
But what's next?

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We're gonna have Richard
on mechanical bull,

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or he's going to be
plumbing some lines

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to a whiskey still
up in the hills?

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Jenn: Listen,
all I was instructed to do

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is bring you boys to this place,

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and there's gonna be
a great surprise.

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Tom: A lot of old-timers
played here.

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I know Bill Monroe.

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Even Vince Gill --
he's played here, too.

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Kevin: Well,
what's up with this?

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Ohh...

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Ma'am.

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[ Laughing ]
This is for real, huh?

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Jenn: Oh, wow.

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Kevin: That's really Richard
up there.

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Tom: Wow.
What's he gonna do?

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Richard:
♪ I poured the concrete ♪

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♪ Cut the 2x4s ♪

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♪ Yeah, I built
the whole thing ♪

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♪ Nail by nail
and brick by brick ♪

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♪ Oh, but girl, what you did ♪

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♪ Was put the singing
in the kitchen ♪

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♪ The dancing down the hallway ♪

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♪ You put the tangle
in the sheets ♪

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♪ And the perfume on my pillow ♪

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♪ Without you it's just a pile
of sticks and stones ♪

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♪ I built a house ♪

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♪ And you made a home ♪

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[ Applause ]

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Kevin: He's gonna be up here
forever, guys.

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Tom: Yeah, you won't get him
down from that stage.

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Kevin: We gotta get
to the jobsite.

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Tom: I agree.
Jenn: Yeah.

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Kevin: Let's go.
Tom: Alright.

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Kevin: He won't even miss us.

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Jenn: Our boy
sure can carry a tune.

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Kevin: [ Laughs ]
Tom: Yeah.

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Kevin: But,
to the project house, please,

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so we can get back to work.

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[ Record scratch ]

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Richard: ♪ I built a house ♪

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♪ And you made a home ♪

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Kevin: Richard.
Nice job.

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Richard:
Check it off my life list.

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Kevin: My goodness.
Richard: [ Laughs ]

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Kevin: Alright, here we go.

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This is what I'm talking about.

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East Nashville, just
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across the Cumberland River.

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Some of these houses
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Jenn: And look at
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I would love to hang out there.

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Tom: A few years ago,
a tornado hit this neighborhood

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and a lot of the homes here
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including our project house.

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Richard: Here we are.

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Kevin: Alright, get serious now.
No more nonsense.

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Kevin: Hey!
Rachel: Hi!

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Kevin: I'm Kevin.
Richard: Rachel.

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Kevin: Nice to meet you.

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Adam: Kevin,
welcome to Nashville.

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Kevin: Thank you very much.
Terrific.

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We just drove
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Very taken by what
we've been seeing so far.

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Adam: Very cool.
Rachel: Yeah, it's beautiful.

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Kevin: I presume you guys
like it as well, huh?

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Rachel: We do.
Adam: We do. We love it here.

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Kevin: What brought you here?

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Adam: You know, this
neighborhood, Lockeland Springs,

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it's an older neighborhood,

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but it's got a lot
of young families, young kids.

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Kevin: Right.
Adam: A lot to do.

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We're close to downtown
and really nice people.

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Kevin: Looking for other
families with young children

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'cause you've got
some yourself, right?

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Rachel: We do.

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Our son is 5
and our daughter is 3.

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Kevin: Awesome. So, what
do you know about the house?

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Adam: It's from 1929.

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We've been told it's
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but I think that might be
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And we're trying to get it ready
to last another 100 years.

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Kevin: Good.
We like the sound of that.

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We like the old houses,

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we like people who
are committed to keeping them,

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and gets me fired up
to see the inside.

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Who wants to give me
a tour of that?

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Adam: I'd love to.
Kevin: Awesome.

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Rachel: I'll go find Jenn.
Kevin: Alright.

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Lead on, please.

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Adam: Right this way.

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Come on in.

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Kevin: Oh, you guys
have moved out.

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Adam: We have moved out.
We're ready to go.

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Kevin: Okay.

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Adam: So, this was
our living room,

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and it's going to stay that way.

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We really love this
kind of the vibe of this place.

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We spend 90% of our time here
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and we're going to keep it
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Kevin: Very nice.
Adam: This, for instance...

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We put a gas log in
last winter.

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It's extremely cozy.

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It doesn't get cold
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but when it does, it was great,
so we're going to keep that.

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The house itself is going
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So square footage
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is going to stay as it is.
Kevin: Mm-hmm.

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Adam: We're just going to move
some walls around

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and kind of make it
a little bit more living room.

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Kevin: And this stays
the living room.

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Adam: This stays
the living room.

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Kevin: Okay.
Double doors leading to what?

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Adam: This was where
we had our dining room.

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We're going to turn it
into a music room.

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Kevin: Oh.
Adam: It being Nashville,

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we figured we will,

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you know,
got to have the music room.

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Kevin: Who's the musician?

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Adam: We all are, a little bit,

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but our son
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and our daughter's
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so this is a good place
for them to practice.

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Kevin: So, music room.

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You're able to close the doors,
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if lessons are going on.

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Adam: This entrance here
will go into the kitchen.

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But however,
this is going to get closed off.

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So, kind of an interesting
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was that the refrigerator
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is actually going to bump out
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Kevin: Oh, interesting.

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Adam: And perhaps some shelves
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And a good opportunity
for a chase if we need it

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to go between the second floor
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Kevin: No one will ever know
any difference.

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So, you won't be able to enter
the kitchen from the music room.

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Adam: No, you'll have to go
through the double door.

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But kitchen is this way.

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And this is one
of the prime reasons

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we decided to redo the house.

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Not a lot of storage.
Kind of some funky features.

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Could really use
a whole facelift.

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Kevin: Okay.

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And then, so that means
the new dining room is in here?

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Adam: New dining room in here,
some island seating.

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But we do enjoy sitting
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We do most of our meals there.
So, this wall will go away.

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So kind of like an open
dining room area.

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Big sliding doors looking
outside at the park behind us.

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Kevin: Very nice.

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Adam: And this wall will go away
as well as it kind of expands.

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Really, the whole back half
of the house will be open.

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Kevin: Right.

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Adam: And right this way
is the bathroom.

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Kevin: So, hallway area.
Adam: Kind of a fun phone box.

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Antique phone box.
Kevin: Oh, sure.

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Adam: That'll get repurposed
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In a different location,
but we're going to save that.

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Kevin: You will save this?

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Adam: Yeah.
Kevin: Nice detail.

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Adam: And then over here,
our one bathroom for the house.

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Kevin: Only bathroom
for the four of you?

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Adam: Four of us.
Kevin: How's that?

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Adam:
It took a lot of scheduling.

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Kevin: More baths will be nice
for a family of four.

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Adam: Absolutely.

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This space was really
the only bedroom in the house,

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and our kids shared it
as a bedroom.

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Kevin: I remember
seeing that in the video.

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Did they like sharing a bedroom?

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Adam: They did.
They got along pretty well.

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Kevin: That's great.

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Adam: But this will
kind of transform

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both into a powder room.

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That was -- the first floor
powder room will be here

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and then stairway access
both to the second floor,

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which is currently unfinished,
and down to the basement.

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Kevin: So, bedrooms will go in
a new finished space upstairs.

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Adam: Exactly.
Kevin: Alright.

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Adam: And then this space was
a three-season porch,

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or sleeping porch, which my wife
and I were using as our primary.

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And it is, uh, funky.

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And it does not have any HVAC.
No heating and no cooling.

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So, cold in the winter
and blazing hot in the summer.

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Kevin: Lovely.
Hot summers in Nashville.

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And so you've got windows...

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Oh, check this out.
Adam: These are...

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I don't even know
what to call these.

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Kevin: Check that out.

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Adam: Some sort of maybe
a jalousie window.

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Kevin: I would call it
an awning window

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with these two sash
operating like that,

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but then it's got this mechanism

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that lets you sort of work
them both at the same time,

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like a jalousie that
you'd see with the glass panes.

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That is really cool.

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Check --
Oh! Don't lose that.

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Adam: Whatever you call it,

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we're gonna fix them up
and keep them.

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Kevin: Oh, yeah?
Very nice.

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I love it, and I think
it's got a ton of potential.

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This gets me excited.

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Adam: We're excited
to get started.

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Rachel: Hi, Jenn.
Jenn: Hey! How are you?

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Rachel: Good. Nice to meet you.
Jenn: Nice to meet you, too.

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Rachel:
So, this is our driveway.

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It's not really in the budget
to do anything here right now,

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so we will do that
with a future project,

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hopefully
when we build a garage.

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Jenn: Yep.

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Rachel: But I'll show you
the front yard first.

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Jenn: Yeah, driveways are
always last anyways.

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Rachel:
So, this is the front yard.

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You can see
it's really a blank slate.

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All the big trees that were here
came down in the tornado

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that came through Nashville
a few years ago.

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Jenn: Right, right.
So it's a wide-open pallet.

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You can select
whatever you want.

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Rachel: Yeah, we'd love to get
a little bit of shade up here.

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Jenn: Okay, so maybe
an understory tree

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instead of
like a 50-foot oak tree.

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Rachel: Yeah.
Jenn: Like this dogwood.

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It's perfect for up here.
It'll get 20, 25 feet.

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So, that -- just one
would do justice, right?

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Rachel: Yeah.

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So the other thing we're looking
to change is this walkway.

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It's pretty uneven.
It's pretty hazardous.

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So, we need -- My parents
come over a lot.

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They live nearby.

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So we need just, like,
a nice, safe walkway

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to get into the house.

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Jenn: Yeah,
and that's achievable.

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It's a nice straight shot.
It'll be easy to do.

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Maybe we could do it together.

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Rachel: That'd be fun.

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So, the other thing
we want is a place to sit.

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Some seating right around here.

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This neighborhood is --
it's so vibrant.

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The neighbors are always out.

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People are always walking
their dogs.

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Jenn: Maybe add
a few raised beds.

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You could grow some things.
Rachel: Yeah.

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Jenn: And so, I think
that's a great plan.

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Keep it simple.

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Add a little color,
add different plants.

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Rachel: Yeah.
Want to see the backyard?

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Jenn: Yeah, I'd love to.
Rachel: Let's go.

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So, this is the backyard.

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Jenn: Oh, it's
a pretty good size.

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Rachel: Yeah. It's also kind of
just a wide-open space.

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So, one of the first things
that will happen

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is this deck will come down.
Jenn: Okay.

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Rachel: A new deck will be built

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that goes the entire span
of the house.

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Jenn: I think that's
a great use of space.

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You're going to have
a killer view looking that way.

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Rachel: Mm-hmm. Yeah.

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Jenn: So, what are you doing
with the fence back here?

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Rachel: So, the two sides
are going to stay,

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but we're going to take
the back fence down,

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and I'll show you why.
Jenn: Okay.

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No way!

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Rachel: You can't see it
from back there,

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but this is all part
of the property.

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Jenn: I mean, it's like
a wildlife sanctuary back here.

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Rachel: Yeah,
the property backs up

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to a public park over here.
Jenn: Okay.

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Rachel: We'd love to cut a path
through the woods

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so that our kids can get down
to the park as well.

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Jenn: So awesome.
So that completely makes sense

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why you would want to take
these fence panels down.

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Rachel: Mm-hmm.
Jenn: Open it up.

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Well, I have to say,

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there are so many great pieces
to this project,

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from the front to the middle
to this,

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and I'm really looking forward
to working with you on it.

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Rachel: Yeah. Me too.
Jenn: Awesome.

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♪♪

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Kevin: We are working
with a new GC firm

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local to the Nashville area.

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And, Javier, Lyn,
nice to meet you guys.

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Lyn: Kevin,
welcome to Nashville.

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Kevin: Thank you.

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Also our first
husband-and-wife team.

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Javier: Yes, sir.

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Kevin: So,
sort of begs the question --

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How'd you guys meet?
What's the story?

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Lyn: Well, we met 20 years ago

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and through family ties.

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My sister was married
to his cousin.

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And so we met at a cookout.

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And then, I had
a general contracting company,

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and his dad and he had
a framing company.

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We worked
together three or four years,

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and then we became a couple,

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and we've been married
15 years, Sunday.

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Kevin: Awesome.
Oh, hey. Congrats. That's great.

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So, this project, Javier,
I mean, it's not that big,

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although there's a lot of things
to be done.

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How do you feel about this one?

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Javier: It's not huge.

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But we're going to be
doing a lot.

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A lot of demo happening.

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We're going to do a lot
of structure

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to make this house last
another 100 years hopefully.

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And this is their forever house.

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Kevin: Yeah.
Well, I like to hear that.

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So, we're excited
to hear more about the plans

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and working with you guys.

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So welcome aboard.
Lyn: Great. Thanks.

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Kevin: And I think
your first job is

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a meeting with Mr. Silva
upstairs.

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Javier: I'm gonna go meet
with the wise man.

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Kevin: Don't keep him waiting.
Javier: Yes, sir. Thank you.

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Kevin: So, when we look...

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♪♪

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Javier: Tommy?
Tom: Hey, Javier.

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I'm in here checking out
this mess

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that you were telling me about
from the roofers

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when they did the house over
from that tornado.

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Javier: Mm-hmm.

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Tom: I know it hit
before Adam and Rachel moved in.

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It must have been bad.

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Javier: It was.
It was a big tornado.

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And it damaged
this whole entire subdivision.

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So I feel what happened here
is people just came in

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and repaired what they could,

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in and out
and on to the next one.

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But I do feel that they missed
a lot of key components

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to repair this properly.
Tom: Yeah.

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I mean, it looks like they
took off the old roof boards,

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because it was boards
with this period of house,

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and replaced it with OSB,

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and they missed some
of the nails

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when they put the sheathing
into the rafters.

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That's not good.

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I look over here
where the boards were,

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and I can see how they
cut them off with a saw,

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but they took the sheathing
and they actually brought it

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right up and over the old boards
and nailed it.

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So there's a bump in the roof.

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And when I look in the corner
over here,

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I can actually see the end of
a valley rafter sticking down,

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just hanging in the air there.

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And they left a mess here.

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Everything is just crazy.

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Javier: Yeah, like I said,
they were in a rush.

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They didn't care about what mess
they were leaving behind.

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Look at that couch.

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They left a couch
behind this wall.

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Tom: I saw that.
Javier: That is insane.

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Tom: I know there's a lot
going on up here.

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There's quite a bit of changes.

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You're going to put a new set of
stairs right here in the corner.

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Javier: That is correct, Tommy.

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So, that set of stairs
will come down,

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and we don't have enough room
to go all the way straight.

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So we're gonna have
a nice landing,

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and then we're going to turn
to the left.

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Tom: Yeah, you don't have enough
room to put a straight run in,

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so the winder is always good.
Javier: Yes, sir.

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Tom: And also, I know
we have to keep the roof pitch

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on the front of the house
because of historical reasons.

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But you're going to raise
the whole back of the house up

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for an 8-foot ceiling,

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which allows you
more floor space

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to put the bedrooms in.

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Javier: That's correct.

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So, we would have
our set of stairs, nice, here.

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And then we're going to have
one bedroom for the kids,

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another bedroom for the kids,
and then we'll turn around

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and we're going to have
a nice bathroom for them here.

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And then what that does,
it creates this big,

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huge playroom for the kids.

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Tom: This is a nice play area.

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And I know this
is all going away,

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because this is the old stairway

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that we're not going to need
anymore.

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Javier: That's correct.

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Tom: But this dormer is
going to raise all the way up,

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and you got all
this new floor space here.

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What's the plan here?

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Javier: So, now that
this will be gone, Tommy,

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and this will be framed back in,

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it's going to allow us
the opportunity

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to create the primary suite.
Tom: Oh, yeah.

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Javier: Putting the primary
bathroom back here.

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Tom: Yeah.
Javier: And then back here,

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we're gonna have
the primary bedroom.

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Tom: It's gonna be great.

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♪♪

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Hey, Rich.
Richard: Hey, how are you?

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Tom: What do you think
of the project, huh?

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Richard: Love the project.

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And I really think
the builders seem terrific.

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Tom: I agree.
I was talking to them.

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They seem very knowledgeable.

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They've been together
for quite a while.

484
00:17:08,166 --> 00:17:09,366
Richard: That's great.

485
00:17:09,433 --> 00:17:10,633
Tom: I also like
the size of the project,

486
00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:12,033
and I like the fact

487
00:17:12,100 --> 00:17:13,766
that the homeowners
are going to keep the outside

488
00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:15,800
historically correct
as much as possible.

489
00:17:15,866 --> 00:17:17,800
Richard: We discovered
that three years ago,

490
00:17:17,866 --> 00:17:19,966
they put in
a new gas-fired furnace

491
00:17:20,033 --> 00:17:21,433
with air conditioning,

492
00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:23,666
all kinds of new ductwork
and stuff like that.

493
00:17:23,733 --> 00:17:25,700
Also a water heater here.
You know what?

494
00:17:25,766 --> 00:17:27,200
We always come
into these projects

495
00:17:27,266 --> 00:17:29,133
and just sort of blow it up
and throw it all away.

496
00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,666
So what we'd like
to think about doing this time

497
00:17:30,733 --> 00:17:32,533
is reusing this thing,

498
00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,833
because it's only three
years old, with new ductwork.

499
00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:36,166
Tom: Yeah, and because
we're making the house

500
00:17:36,233 --> 00:17:38,300
that much more efficient,
maybe you could use this

501
00:17:38,366 --> 00:17:40,300
for the first and the basement.
Richard: That's right.

502
00:17:40,366 --> 00:17:41,800
Speaking of basement,
I mean, what is this?

503
00:17:41,866 --> 00:17:44,433
It's like a bunker down here.
Tom: [ Laughs ] I know it.

504
00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,000
I noticed this
when I first came in myself.

505
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,666
A lot going on.
A bunker wall.

506
00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,100
But you know what I think?

507
00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:50,866
I mean, this basement is
pretty high right now,

508
00:17:50,933 --> 00:17:52,666
but I don't think it was
originally.

509
00:17:52,733 --> 00:17:54,600
We came in the basement door
over there.

510
00:17:54,666 --> 00:17:57,466
You come down two high risers
and a small one.

511
00:17:57,533 --> 00:18:00,100
So that would bring
the basement floor way up here,

512
00:18:00,166 --> 00:18:01,800
maybe even higher
in the front of the house.

513
00:18:01,866 --> 00:18:03,400
Richard: So, you think
they dug this floor out?

514
00:18:03,466 --> 00:18:04,900
Tom: I think they dug it out,
but they have...

515
00:18:04,966 --> 00:18:06,500
You have to remember,

516
00:18:06,566 --> 00:18:08,266
when you dig down
against the foundation,

517
00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:11,133
the block probably did
not go all the way down.

518
00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,300
I would guarantee that
it didn't go all the way.

519
00:18:12,366 --> 00:18:13,466
Richard: Sure. Yeah.

520
00:18:13,533 --> 00:18:14,633
Tom: So they want
to put something

521
00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:16,800
against the upper courses

522
00:18:16,866 --> 00:18:19,466
because there's so much force
being pushed against it.

523
00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:21,333
The grade is right up there
at the top.

524
00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,666
You can see all this damage
from water and stuff

525
00:18:23,733 --> 00:18:26,533
like that was coming in.
It's always pushing against it.

526
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:27,800
The water gets in there.

527
00:18:27,866 --> 00:18:29,300
You can look at this wall
right here.

528
00:18:29,366 --> 00:18:31,300
It's just bulging.
Richard: Oh, yeah.

529
00:18:31,366 --> 00:18:32,700
Hey, Lyn.
Lyn: Hey.

530
00:18:32,766 --> 00:18:34,400
Richard: So, what is the plan
down here?

531
00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:36,066
Lyn: The plan here
is to maximize

532
00:18:36,133 --> 00:18:37,200
the space of the basement,

533
00:18:37,266 --> 00:18:39,633
both headroom
and square footage wise.

534
00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:42,933
So, they asked
to dig down the slab

535
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,166
to get more headroom.
Richard: Yeah.

536
00:18:45,233 --> 00:18:46,666
Lyn So we called an engineer,

537
00:18:46,733 --> 00:18:48,666
and he did his investigation
and said,

538
00:18:48,733 --> 00:18:50,300
"No, let's just
take it all out."

539
00:18:50,366 --> 00:18:51,800
Richard: What do you mean,
take it all out?

540
00:18:51,866 --> 00:18:53,666
Lyn: Take the whole
foundation out.

541
00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:55,033
Richard: Okay. What do you do
with the building above it?

542
00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:57,366
Lyn: The building above,
we're going to lift it up,

543
00:18:57,433 --> 00:18:58,733
and we're going to move it
to the backyard

544
00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,400
and get it out of our way.

545
00:19:00,466 --> 00:19:02,666
Richard: That sounds dramatic.
Lyn: It is, it is.

546
00:19:02,733 --> 00:19:04,600
Tom: So, what are your plans
with the new foundation then?

547
00:19:04,666 --> 00:19:06,233
Lyn: Well, once the house is
out of the way,

548
00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:08,133
we're going to bring in
some precast walls --

549
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,133
solid concrete,
and give them a nice basement.

550
00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,300
Richard: So, instant foundation.
Lyn: Yes.

551
00:19:11,366 --> 00:19:13,800
Tom: Yeah,
that's a smart way to go.

552
00:19:13,866 --> 00:19:16,000
Kevin: The house-moving crew
has arrived.

553
00:19:16,066 --> 00:19:19,466
They brought tons
of steel and stacks of cribbing.

554
00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:22,366
They start lifting
the house in the next episode.

555
00:19:22,433 --> 00:19:25,466
But before we leave,
we have some sad news.

556
00:19:25,533 --> 00:19:28,533
We lost some "This Old House"
family members this summer.

557
00:19:29,966 --> 00:19:31,633
In the golden age of television,

558
00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:35,566
WGBH in Boston
was a hotbed of creativity.

559
00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:40,000
And no one exemplified
that better than Russ Morash.

560
00:19:40,066 --> 00:19:42,800
He helped launch
the TV career of Julia Child,

561
00:19:42,866 --> 00:19:44,666
directing her award-winning
show.

562
00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:48,033
He produced 21 seasons
of "The New Yankee Workshop"

563
00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:50,966
and the longest-running
gardening program,

564
00:19:51,033 --> 00:19:52,400
"The Victory Garden."

565
00:19:52,466 --> 00:19:54,133
And to our audiences,

566
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,400
he's best known as the creator
of "This Old House"

567
00:19:57,466 --> 00:20:00,033
and "Ask This Old House."

568
00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:04,733
Russ:
What we set out to do is to
find a house that needed work,

569
00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,433
fix it up, and sell it.

570
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:11,533
Kevin: Russ wanted people
to ask the why and the how.

571
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,833
He wanted them to be armed
with the knowledge of

572
00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:16,533
how to build
and grow the right way.

573
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,033
This television icon inspired
generations of homeowners

574
00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,466
who wanted to do things
themselves.

575
00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:29,066
And a few weeks ago, we lost
another DIY inspiration.

576
00:20:29,133 --> 00:20:31,833
Roger Cook was plucked
from a landscaping crew

577
00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:36,900
in 1982 to appear on his first
episode of "This Old House."

578
00:20:36,966 --> 00:20:39,266
Roger: Well, we've extended
the season in the last few years

579
00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:42,066
and we're able to plant right up
until the ground's solid.

580
00:20:42,133 --> 00:20:43,933
Kevin: For the next 38 years,

581
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,600
viewers of the show grew
to cherish his botanical wisdom.

582
00:20:47,666 --> 00:20:49,600
Roger: We have to grade this

583
00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:52,033
so that the water is going
to run right out of this area.

584
00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:55,700
Kevin:
While he struggled through a
Boston accent to pronounce R's,

585
00:20:55,766 --> 00:20:59,400
he did just fine calling
out each plant's Latin name.

586
00:20:59,466 --> 00:21:01,233
Roger: This is hydrangea
arborescens.

587
00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:03,933
Ilex glabra "shamrock."
This is a cornus kousa.

588
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000
This is a Japanese dogwood, Bob.

589
00:21:06,066 --> 00:21:09,700
Tom: The words that
he comes up with is like, whoa!

590
00:21:09,766 --> 00:21:12,600
The Latin words --
I have trouble with English.

591
00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:16,000
Roger: We have Hydrangea
macrophylla lacecap.

592
00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:20,300
Richard:
I'm not amazed at the level of
outpouring of love for Roger.

593
00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:22,200
Roger: I'm going to turn
the face to the backyard

594
00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:24,166
because that's where you
guys are going to be sitting.

595
00:21:24,233 --> 00:21:25,566
Richard: The people love him.

596
00:21:25,633 --> 00:21:27,800
Roger: We got people out of
the house and outside

597
00:21:27,866 --> 00:21:29,500
and enjoying themselves.

598
00:21:29,566 --> 00:21:31,733
Alright, put a scoop right on
that side.

599
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,566
It was really special
to have people come up and say,

600
00:21:34,633 --> 00:21:36,166
"Oh, I saw you on the show
and you did this,

601
00:21:36,233 --> 00:21:37,733
and I did that, and it worked."

602
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,500
That should slide right
in there.

603
00:21:39,566 --> 00:21:41,833
Jenn: He's contributed a lot
of his life to the show,

604
00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:44,566
and he loves sharing
what he knows.

605
00:21:44,633 --> 00:21:47,833
Kevin: Roger left behind a great
team to continue his work,

606
00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:50,400
and while there are giant shoes
to fill,

607
00:21:50,466 --> 00:21:54,100
there was never a doubt about
who he wanted to fill them.

608
00:21:54,166 --> 00:21:55,966
Jenn:
He's definitely not replaceable.

609
00:21:56,033 --> 00:21:58,600
I am honored to carry
the torch on,

610
00:21:58,666 --> 00:22:03,000
to share what I know about
landscape with other people.

611
00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:05,966
Kevin: He's kind of reserved
and he just wants to work.

612
00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:08,000
And yet the only thing you see

613
00:22:08,066 --> 00:22:11,733
are these sort of
wrinkled hands covered in mud

614
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,766
and him sticking
steel shovels into the ground.

615
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:15,666
You think it's a very physical,

616
00:22:15,733 --> 00:22:18,133
you think it's a very sort of
manly thing to do,

617
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,166
and yet what's going on up here

618
00:22:20,233 --> 00:22:23,033
and what's going on in here
is a very sort of thoughtful,

619
00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:26,133
nurturing thing that he's doing.

620
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:27,933
And that's
how he lives his life.

621
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,500
That's how he treats all of us.

622
00:22:29,566 --> 00:22:32,066
He is the guy.

623
00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:35,333
Despite his physical nature,
he is the softy.

624
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:36,966
He's the sweetheart
of the group.

625
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,100
Kevin: Next time
on "This Old House"...

626
00:22:45,166 --> 00:22:47,066
The builder
and the engineer decided

627
00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:49,600
that the best thing for
this house was a new foundation.

628
00:22:49,666 --> 00:22:53,266
And to get that, they decided
that the house should be moved.

629
00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:55,733
Tom: To make sure
this brick doesn't crack,

630
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,500
Carlos is going to cut a slot

631
00:22:57,566 --> 00:23:00,533
and let it snap free
away from the foundation.

632
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,466
Man: Go ahead.

633
00:23:02,533 --> 00:23:05,800
Adam: I did not know this was
possible until a few days ago.

634
00:23:05,866 --> 00:23:10,333
♪♪