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Insulspan Product Featured on This Old House’s
25th Anniversary Project
This Old House, the PBS mainstay and home improvement
program, chose Insulspan Structural Insulated Panels to rebuild
a major portion of the Carlisle project. The project has been dubbed
"the broadcast centerpiece" of This Old House's 25th Anniversary
as it appeared on the broadcast program, in its magazine, on its
website and more.
Beginning in May, expert craftsmen from This
Old House – master carpenter Norm Abram, general contractor
Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape
contractor Roger Cook – began transforming the dilapidated
Greek Revival styled farmstead (pictured) into a modern home using
Insulspan SIP technology.
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Insulspan panel walls are set at the site.
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Ready? Action!
On a hot and humid July 21, filming began on site for the SIP installation.
Frank Baker, CEO of Insulspan and Jim Leroy, President of Insulspan
distributor Panel Pros, Inc. arrived on-site to film segments of
the panel installation process.
The producers, Deborah Hood and Bruce Irving,
regularly go to great lengths in taking somewhat complicated information
and simplifying it for the general audiences and viewers from master
builders to soccer moms. This project was no exception!
Deborah and Bruce showed up with a basic plan
of the various scenes they wanted to capture. Since the show is
relaxed in its presentation style, a loose script was created. That
script was then rehearsed and a practice run-through was filmed.
Afterwards, the producers reviewed the film and made slight changes
to the script. After a couple more test shots, the scene was completed
and ready to go.
The next phase of filming was completed on
August 18. By the time filming was finished, the producers had captured
the panel construction, panels being set in place, panel connections,
wiring installation, joint sealing, foaming and environmental issues
relating to this type of construction.
The first segment of the Carlisle Project aired
on October 7th. The first segment that Insulspan appeared in aired
October 21 when Kevin O’Connor visited Jim Leroy and his crew
as they set panels for another project in Concorde.
With the project now complete, view project
information, resources, and photo tours at: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tvprograms/houseproject/overview/0,16542,607636,00.html
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| Left: Frank and part of the This
Old House Crew, Right: Midway through panel installation on
the elle of the home. |
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