This Old House Season 21 Episode 5 The Billerica House - 5

Homeowner Dick Silva gives a tour of the newly framed up first floor, and Tom Silva shows some of the hallmarks of a good framing system. In the basement, our master carpenter explains how the floor joists meet two steel beams to maximize headroom, while metal fabricator Our host di Orio and crew weld a metal post in position. We then visitthe Florida factory where the wooden I-beams used in the house's floor are made'25 miles' worth a day. Back on site, architect Chris Dallmus explains some of the strategies he's using to reduce the mass and appearance of the proposed three-car garage . Finally, framing contractor Eric Machemer and crew raise the last of the first-floor walls and the building begins to climb into the sky.