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Renovation Nation Episode: St. Paul, MN: A Victorian Restoration
Today, host Steve Thomas will help a designer in St. Paul, MN spruce up a Victorian house with some eco-smart improvements like installing fiber cement siding and restoring the original stair handrails. Then he'll help a Boulder, CO homeowner and + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Boulder, CO: Solar Hot Tub
Today, Steve will help a Boulder, CO family fulfill their dream of an "Ahimsa Platz," or non-harm home, by installing a Faraday cage to block out electromagnetic waves. He'll also help the family install a recycled hot tub that runs + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Baltimore, MD: Straw Bale Garage
Host Steve Thomas helps a car restoration enthusiast and his wife build a garage using all-natural insulator-straw! Then, Steve helps revitalize a Detroit, MI, community by constructing the first eco-smart modular home in the neighborhood. Since it's built in + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: St. Paul, MN: Double Trouble
Host Steve Thomas tries to help a St. Paul couple make eco-smart improvements to their home, but fate seems to be against them. They'll try to build a porch out of Forest Stewardship Council-certified cedar, but they have the wrong + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Arlington, MA: Super Insulator
Host Steve Thomas helps two Arlington, MA, families work on a large insulation project for their duplex. The upstairs neighbor is ultra eco-savvy, while the downstairs neighbor is skeptical. Will Steve be convinced that the super insulation project is cost-effective + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: St. Paul, MN: Family Affair
Steve builds a bike garage from structural insulated panels in St. Paul. Later, Steve travels to Virginia to help a couple renovate their first home by installing radiant floor heating and a sun tube for natural light. Renovation Nation: about + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Falls Church, VA: Building Dirt Cheap'
Host Steve Thomas helps a Falls Church, VA, couple build their home out of mud bricks. Steve is skeptical since the materials are dirt cheap, but how strong can the bricks really be? He puts his money where his mud + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Boulder, CO--Smart Home
Host Steve Thomas helps build a sustainable and practical home for people with disabilities in Boulder, CO. He jumps in on inventive projects like an adjustable oven range and then discovers just how tricky it is when the slate floor + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Portland, OR--Ultimate Bachelor Pad
Here comes the bride...and she's about to move in to this Portland, Oregon fixer-upper! Host Steve Thomas helps the bachelor get his pad in shape for her. But the honeymoon's over when Steve tells the husband-to-be that the rain screen + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Portland, OR: Locally Grown
Host Steve Thomas will help a Portland, OR couple build with local materials—and we mean really local! The couple is using wood from their own backyard to make a countertop and earth for their mud floors. Later, Steve will help + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Hawaii: Solar Army Base
Today, host Steve will help create what will hopefully be the largest solar community in the world on an Army base in Wainae, HI. He'll work on installing metal frameworks and solar panels that stick right on to the roof. + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Hawaii--Historic Ranch Restoration
Host Steve Thomas travels the country looking for people who push the envelope of green building and design. Steve travels to North Kahala, Hawaii to help a couple add some green systems to their historic ranch starting with a rainwater + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Boulder, Co—It's Called Boulder for a Reason
Host Steve Thomas travels to Boulder, Colorado where he constructs a backyard greenhouse. All goes well, until Steve and co encounter an actual boulder while putting in the foundation. Once that renovation riddle is solved, an energy-efficient metal roof is + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Detroit, MI—The Gift of Green
Steve Thomas travels to Detroit, an area hit hard by tough economic times to help Saturn's Hands on Homes volunteers and Habitat for Humanity build homes for deserving families. One such deserving recipient is Sherrell English, a single mother of + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Chesapeake Bay, MD—Big Bucks for Retirement
Host, Steve Thomas heads to Maryland to help a couple plan for retirement by installing solar panels to cut their energy costs. But, uh-oh, looks like rain is a factor. Will Steve get the panels up or will he get + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Washington, DC—Corking the Kitchen
Renovation Nation host Steve Thomas visits Washington, DC where he helps a couple install a recycled countertop, permeable pavers and cork floor. The permeable pavers will reduce the amount polluted runoff that reaches local watersheds. Later, Steve helps a Boulder, + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Alexandria, VA: Presidential Salvage
Host, Steve Thomas travels to Alexandria, Virginia to help a sculptor and stay-at-home dad build an eco-friendly yoga studio. For this project they used salvaged materials, including some wood from President Obama's inauguration! Later, Steve helps a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Portland, Oregon—Salvage Brothers
Steve Thomas goes to Portland, Oregon to help the Moon Brothers with their goal of building the greenest house in America. They used salvaged materials and reclaimed wood to make their project a green one. Then, Steve helps a Boulder, + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Baton Rouge, LA—Carport on a Dime
Steve Thomas shows a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, architect how to build a carport on a dime. To keep the project green, and relatively cheap, they use salvaged building materials. Later, they greenovate the inside of the house by installing window + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Portland, OR—Rock, Paper, Scissors, Concrete
Today, host Steve Thomas will lend a hand with a Portland, OR couple's ground-up renovation. He'll help install siding on a rain screen wall, put in a concrete counter in their bathroom and weld an eco-smart balcony guardrail. Later, Steve + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Fairhope, AL: Eco Extermination
Host Steve Thomas helps a couple in Fairhope, Alabama by channeling their excess rainwater into eco-friendly rain gardens. Before he can get to that, he has to find a way to get rid of wood-eating insects from their salvaged wood + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Hawaii—Bamboo Tree House
Host Steve Thomas explores a rainforest in Hana, Hawaii, looking for materials to build an eco-smart tree house. He gathers palm fronds for the roof as well as guava and bamboo timber for the structure. Nothing about building this house + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Philadelphia, PA—Habitat Goes Green
Steve lends a hand with the Habitat for Humanity volunteers in Philadelphia who are building affordable, green homes. Then, Steve helps a Tucson couple set up an eco-smart room for their new baby. Get Behind the Scenes Info and Project + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Tucson, AZ—Greenest House in America
Steve lends a hand on what might be the greenest house in the country. These Tucson homeowners are going for the most LEED points ever. Then, Steve will meet a Houston couple so committed to eco-smart living, they're downsizing their + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: Tucson, AZ: Harvesting Desert Rain
Steve Thomas, host of Renovation Nation travels the country in search of the most innovative, cutting-edge ideas for green building and design. First stop Arizona, where Steve meets a family who wants to install a rainwater tank next to + READ MORE
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Renovation Nation Episode: New Hampshire: Timber Framing
Today, Steve makes hardware the blacksmithing way. Then, Steve will show you how to heat your house with rocks. Later, Steve installs a heater that generates its own electricity. Further Reading on alternative heating: Repair Replace (Recycle): Your Hot + READ MORE
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