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Kevin:
On "Ask This Old House,"

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our experts
travel across the country

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to answer questions
about your house.

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Today, do you find the
winter air in your home too dry?

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Ross will show us a solution
to this problem.

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Then Mauro shows us tips

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that will save time
painting shutters.

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And Tommy shows us
how to build a teak side table.

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All that on
"Ask This Old House."

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Ross: Hey, Jeff.
Jeff: Hi, Ross. How are you?

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Ross: How's it going?
Jeff: Good. Good to see you.

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Ross: Well, Jeff, what a space.
This is awesome.

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Jeff: Great. Thank you.

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We've been here
for about 15 years.

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We built the house,
and the house has been great.

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Love it.
One issue we do find,

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though, however, is that,
in the winter months,

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it seems to get really dry.

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Ross: Yeah.
Well, cold air is dry air,

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so it's notorious
in cold climates, where we live,

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where the house has
air leakage, right?

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And so when you heat that air
in this house, it's leaving.

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It's trying to get out
through the roof.

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And when it's happening,
cold air is coming in

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to try to replace
that air that's being lost.

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Then you run bath fans
and kitchen exhaust fans

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and things like that,
you induce more infiltration.

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So that cold air is dry,

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and that's going to reduce
the humidity in this space.

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You said you had
measured the humidity?

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What are you at right now?
Jeff: Yeah.

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We got a sensor just
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interior air quality,
and humidity is one of them.

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And we noticed that
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is where we're seeing the
humidity level in the winter.

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Ross: Wow. Okay.

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So, we want to keep the house
between 30% and 60% year round.

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So, the wintertime, we're
really shooting for 30% to 40%.

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So if you're in the high teens,

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that's definitely
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So that's what's causing the,

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you know,
static cling, dry skin.

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Jeff: Sure.
Ross: That's for sure.

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So, what we'd like to do is add
a steam humidification system.

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If we can add that
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then we can actually
add moisture to the house

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to keep it in that
30%-to-40% range.

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So, it starts with taking
a look at the heating system.

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Jeff: Sure. Makes sense.
Ross: Yeah.

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Jeff: Let's go take a look.
Ross: Let's take a look.

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Jeff: Cool.

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Ross: It's nice to be working in
a nice high-height ceiling.

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Nice and clean down here.
This looks great.

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Jeff: Absolutely.
This is our system, Ross.

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Ross: Cool. Alright.

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So, I can see
the dehumidifier over here,

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water heater
power-vented outside,

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and we got our gas furnace
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All looks good.

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So, when I'm thinking about
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I'm looking for a couple things.

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Number one,
a water supply, okay?

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So, the first thing here,

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we have a water line coming
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so any steam humidifier is gonna
be fine to get water to it.

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Second thing is drainage.
So, we have a tube right here.

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This is the condensate for
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and for the gas furnace.

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We can tie into that
for drainage, so check there.

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The next thing is
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I can see an electrical panel
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The last thing is
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and that's the
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And where does that get placed?

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So, I like to mount
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on the supply plenum,
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I can see that I have
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and I'm really looking for
at least 6 feet of length.

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That's really what
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So 30 inches
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On top of that,
I got two zone dampers here.

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These are the gates that
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So, do you know where this zone
goes and where this zone goes?

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Jeff: I believe this zone here

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goes over to the --
stays at the main house.

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Ross: Okay.
Jeff: And this one here

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goes over to the great room.
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So, the main-house zone is
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It's 8"x18".

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So that's a perfect-sized duct
for what we need.

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And it's got the length
that we need, right?

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So we could put an
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we can put the steam wand,
and we can put the high limit

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all on this run downstream
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and that can be a perfect place
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How's that sound?
Jeff: That sounds great, yeah.

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Ross: Okay. Alright. Well,
I got to get some equipment,

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but I'll be back
in a little bit,

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and we'll get started
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Jeff: Okay. Sounds good.
Ross: Cool.

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Alright, Jeff, so,
I sized up your unit.

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You're going to need a unit
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6 to 7 pounds of humidity.

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So, that's based on the
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the air leakage of your house,
your bath fans, et cetera.

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So, this unit right here
that we've picked

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is a 10-pound-per-hour unit,
alright?

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So we're covered
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And let's talk about the way
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So, first,
we have the waterline

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that comes into the unit.

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This has got a local shut-off
and it's got a shock absorber.

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This is a water hammer arrestor.

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So, this is when
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you don't hear any banging
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It also has a sensor in here to
detect if there's ever a leak.

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The controller would detect that
and it would shut this valve.

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So you're never
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about water coming out of
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and getting onto the floor,
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Jeff: Great.

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Ross: The other thing we have
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that comes through a trap
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And then, on top of that,
we have this steam canister.

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So, this right here,
this white unit right here,

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has two electrodes in it
that produce the steam.

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And, so, water will fill up,
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comes in contact
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they're going to make
that conduction happen

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and you're going to
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And that steam is going to
come out through this wand.

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So think of, like,
a steam kettle.

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And that is going to
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a steam distributor.

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And the steam gets
connected here

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and it comes out
through these holes, alright?

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So you can imagine this being
in the duct, just like that.

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Now, we have a couple
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For one,
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So, this is a key safety element
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that we don't introduce steam
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So we need air to be moving
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for it to actually absorb
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and put it into your
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We also have a high limit.

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This high limit is mounted
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that we don't put too much
humidity into the duct system.

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And the last one is
a return-air humidity sensor.

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That will sense the humidity
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and it will get mounted
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the return register, alright?

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And, so, we opted for this
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And you should be able to
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kind of set it and forget it.

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We'll set it for 35%.

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You can make
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through that first winter.

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One thing we don't want to do
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and turn it up too much,
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you could actually have
a rainforest in your house.

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Jeff: Oh, we don't want that.

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Ross: You definitely
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Jeff: Okay.
As far as maintenance,

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anything
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Ross: Yeah, so, there is
one big maintenance item,

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and that is this canister.

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So, that canister
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how much humidity
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But, typically, every two years,
that needs to get replaced.

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Jeff: Okay.
Ross: Alright?

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So, it is an easy fix, though,
as far as removing

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these electrodes
and removing the high level

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and removing this canister

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and replace it
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because there will be a lot
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that get caked under
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Jeff: Okay. Sounds simple.
Ross: Cool.

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Alright, well, it's not
D.I.Y.-friendly to install this,

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so I brought in a team
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to help with the install,

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and so we're ready
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Jeff: Okay. Fantastic.
Let's do it.

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Ross: Let's go.
Jeff: Great.

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Ross: Alright, Jeff,
the installation is complete.

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So, just to recap, we got the
air-proving switch installed.

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We got a distributor wand,
right here, installed.

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We got a see-through window

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so you can see the steam
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The steam humidifier itself
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like we talked about.

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Everything's all plumbed up.

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We also have the wall controller
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It's already set for 35%.

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So if you need to make
any adjustments at all,

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1 or 2 percentage points up
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no big changes in that.
Jeff: Sure.

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Ross: But it should be ready
to go for next winter.

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Jeff: Fantastic.
It looks great, Ross.

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Thanks so much
for your help.

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Ross: Alright.

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Jeff: Look forward
to having a good winter.

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Ross: Alright.
Nice and moist.

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Jeff: Yeah. Take care.
Ross: See ya.

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Kevin: Mauro, if it was
anyone other than you,

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I'd be afraid I
was getting taken out.

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Mauro: [ Laughs ]

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It's just preparation
for painting.

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Kevin: Just paint.
Mauro: This is my every day.

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Right?
Kevin: Just your every day.

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Painting shutters, I presume?

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Mauro: Not an easy job.
I got these wooden shutters.

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But I'd like to share
my technique

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for painting wooden shutters
when I get a lot of them.

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Kevin: Alright, well,
walk me through it,

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'cause if you've got one
shutter, you probably have 20.

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Mauro: We got 20.

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Sometimes, we come to
a project that we have like 80.

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Kevin: Oh, yeah.
Mauro: Right?

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When you count them,
you have to have a technique

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to get that work done
and done fast.

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Kevin: Okay.
So, what is the technique?

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Mauro: Well, what
we're going to do here is,

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we're going to
stack them up, okay?

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I got four of them.

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One top of the other,
on the same position.

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Kevin: Mm-hmm.
Mauro: And then I get my spray.

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We're going to spray
all the four sides first.

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And then we're going to spray
the top of each one of it.

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Kevin: So, obviously,
you're not opting for a brush.

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You prefer the sprayer.

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Mauro: Well, let's say you get
about 50 shutters to paint.

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Kevin: Yeah.
Mauro: Alright?

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You can use a brush,
but it's going to take forever.

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Kevin: Sure.
Mauro: Alright?

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Kevin: I mean, look at
All the nooks and crannies.

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You got to get into the slats
and everything like that.

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Mauro: You got the slats.
You got this.

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And it's much easier with the
sprayer, even if you have like

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a couple shutters or three
or four with the sprayer.

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A sprayer -- that's the way
I like to do it.

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Kevin: Alright. So, show me
this stacking idea

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that we're talking about.
Mauro: Alright.

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Let's do this right now.

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They should have -- They would
go on the same position,

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line up nice.

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Kevin: So we're not sticking
in between.

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You're actually going to lay
them, you know, face-to-face.

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Mauro: Face-to-face, yes.
Kevin: Okay.

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And you got the slats
in the same orientation.

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Mauro: The same orientation,
same position.

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Kevin: Oh, I think I get
what's going on now.

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I gotcha.
Mauro: The legs goes this way.

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Top goes that way.
Kevin: Yep.

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Mauro: Make sure they're
nice and flush here.

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Kevin: Because you
are going to --

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Mauro: We are going to
make them look great.

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Kevin: You're going to paint --
I see the sides of all four.

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Mauro: All four sides.
They all match.

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Kevin: So now you've got
basically what feels like

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one surface,
even though it's four.

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You can come down with
your sprayer and hit that.

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Mauro: We're going to spray
all the four sides, okay?

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Kevin: Alright.
Mauro: All the four sides first.

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And then we're going to do
the top of each one.

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Kevin: One at a time.
Mauro: Yep, we do one.

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We'll move it out
to the dry station,

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do the next one,
and that goes on.

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Kevin: It's like buttering
my pancakes.

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Alright,
let's get the sprayer set up.

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You are smooth
with that gun, Mauro.

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Mauro: See?
Kevin: Let's have a look.

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Doesn't that look nice?
What about the color?

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Kevin: The color is terrific,

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but the coverage
is just fantastic.

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Look, every little nook and
cranny -- completely covered.

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So, one coats or two?

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Mauro: One --
This is the first of two.

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Kevin: So, you're going to
let these dry for how long?

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Mauro: We're gonna let this dry
for about four hours,

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and then we can put
the second and final coat on.

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Kevin: Which is the exact
same process --

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Mauro: Same process
as the first coat.

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Kevin:
I love it. Alright.

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Well, I appreciate
you sharing your technique.

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Mauro: Good. Look good.
Look at this.

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Kevin: Hey, this is an adorable
little table right here, Tommy.

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That's nice.
Tom: Yeah.

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I've had this thing a long time.

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It's probably been 20 years.
It's a great outdoor table.

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Sometimes, I use it on the boat,

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but it's a great
little corner table also.

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Kevin: Very nice.

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So, you've got sort of
a triangular top.

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Tom: We're gonna use the slats
so the water won't puddle on it.

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Kevin: And then you've got some
legs there with a nice flare.

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Tom: Yeah, they curve down
like that.

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And we're going to
make it out of teak,

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'cause I want it to last.

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Kevin: So top, bottom --
where do you want to start?

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Tom: Let's start with the top.
Kevin: Alright.

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Table saw then.
Tom: You got it.

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Alright, now we're going to
cut the frame

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for the perimeter of the top,

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so I need to cut two pieces
3 1/4.

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And we're going to cut
them slightly bigger

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and fine-tune it after.

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Now we are ready
to cut the three pieces

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that make up our triangle --
the two sides and the base.

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Kevin: Right.

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Tom: If you look, two sides are
wider than the bottom.

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What we have to do
is find that angle.

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So I took two pieces
of scrap wood, same width,

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and I bisected the angle
with those

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to give us the angle
and the length that we need.

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Now we transfer those pieces
to our teak, like that,

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and we'll cut them on the saw.

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Kevin: And you'll use these to
set your angles on the chop saw.

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Tom: Exactly.

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Because our pieces are
the exactly the same length

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on each side, the same width,
and the same angle,

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we're going to put them together
and cut them at the same time.

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With my template flipped over,

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I now transfer the angle that's
on the other end to my saw.

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Now I have to mark my length...

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and cut them.

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Now I have both pieces cut
exactly the same length

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and the same angle.

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We're ready to cut our groove.

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We've got a router bit
set at the right height

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and the distance out,
which will allow our slats

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to be flush with the top.

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I temporarily screwed
our two pieces together

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that are going to go on the
sides of the triangle like that.

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And this is the bottom piece
right there.

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Now, what we're ready to do
is cut the slats

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that are going to go in
the center.

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We could rip
down each individual slat,

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but I want to do it all as
one piece from this one sheet.

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Okay, so there's our piece.

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Now what we have to do is
measure the depth of our groove.

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Do that with my
combination square.

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Put it in, push it down,
hold it down tight, lock it.

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That's the exact depth
of our groove.

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I want to make that
just a little bit less.

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I'm going to slide it
down about 1/16 of an inch.

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I'm going to line up
my square with the line

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and put a mark to the long.

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Kevin: So you're going to extend
your triangle's dimension

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so that you've got
a little extra for that rabbet?

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Tom: Yep.

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Alright. Now we have
our piece all sanded.

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That's our triangle
with the flat center.

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But we want one, two,
three, four, five slats

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divided equally over the run.

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So I'm going to use
this tool here

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that will automatically divide
it into five equal spots.

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We'll put the blade
right on that line,

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and the thickness of the blade
will become our groove.

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Transfer that, make a straight
line to follow all the way down.

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We're ready to install these,

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but I still want them to be
able to expand and contract.

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So we're going to put
a dab, like, right there.

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I'll push it in.

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The glue will hold
the center of the board,

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and it can expand on each side.

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Alright, our slats are in place,
waiting for the glue to dry,

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but we can mark for the bottom,
so we'll simply trace it.

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Kevin:
Alright, put that...

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Tom:
All the way out.

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Then you take it and
mark the rest of it over there.

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Ooh!

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So, what we'll do now is,
we'll cut that on the bandsaw.

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Kevin: Alright, Tommy,
so, top is done.

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Tom:
Yep. Alright.

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Now we're
going to work on the legs,

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and to match the legs,
what I did is,

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I took a tracing
of the curve of the legs,

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which makes a template.

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That template --
we then transfer it to

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this piece of teak,

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and then we'll cut them
on the bandsaw.

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Putting together the frame
that goes under the top

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so we can mount the legs.

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Each pair of legs
have two stretchers.

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So, we're building
the first set right now.

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There we go.
That's right.

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There you go.
Kevin: Let's have a look.

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Oh, yeah.
Tom: Looks pretty nice.

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Kevin: That looks great.
Look at that top right there.

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Tom: Yeah.
Kevin: That's beautiful.

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And let's see how we did
matching it to the original.

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Tom: Came pretty close.
Kevin: Look at that, huh?

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Twins.
Tom: Looks Good.

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Kevin: Very nice.
So, any thoughts on a finish?

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Tom: Well, I can tell you
that this one

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hasn't had
a finish for over 20 years,

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and if you were going to put
a finish on it,

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you could use, like,
a teak oil or linseed oil.

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You could use a varnish --
exterior varnish -- or an epoxy.

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But I can tell you this --
once you put a finish on it,

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you're going to have to put
a finish on it every

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two or three years,
if it's outside.

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Kevin: I say leave it natural,
right? Nice match.

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Tom: Absolutely.
Kevin: Cool. Great project.

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And you know what?

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Now that there's two, you
can have a guest on the boat.

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Kevin: Next time on
"Ask This Old House,"

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Mark repairs a patio
that has settled over time.

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Then Nathan talks about types
of ladders and accessories

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that can make
some tall tasks easier.

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And he helps a homeowner
install an EV charger.

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♪♪

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All that on
"Ask This Old House."