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The project house in Washington, DC, has been almost completely
gutted.
Host Kevin O'Connor visits the National Mall to see how the
National Park Service is finishing up nearly 10 years of renovation
at the Lincoln Memorial. Back at the project house, master
carpenter Norm Abram finds the house has been almost completely
gutted. General contractor Mahyar Mahvi had hoped to save many of
the floors, studs, millwork, and plaster - but water damage had
ruined them beyond salvage. In the basement, the news is better - a
new slab has been poured, electrical service has been updated and
the new water service is underway. Out at the street, master
plumber Robert Major replaces the 3/4" lead water-service pipe with
1" copper tubing. Up on Capitol Hill, landscape contractor Roger
Cook meets garden designer Kevin Cordt to see how he designs
beautiful, low-maintenance urban gardens on small rowhouse lots.
Surprised by the radical changes at the jobsite, architect Genell
Anderson has no choice but to go back to the drawing board.