This Old House

Tommy explains to Kevin how he assembles a flitch beam, and begins to install the first of two in the kitchen. Kevin travels to West Virginia to see how laminated veneer lumber is made. Richard discovers a rear-mounted toilet on the 3rd floor, and replaces it with the more common bottom mounted fixture due to a reworking of the floor plan. Kevin heads into the backyard where landscape designer Jenn Nawada shows homeowners Katherine and Murat her ideas for the shade-covered space. Tommy starts work on installing the second flitch beam in the kitchen. The braces come down and the open space is revealed.