HOST BIO
Kevin O'Connor

FEATURED EXPERTS
Norm Abram
Roger Cook
Tom Silva
Richard Trethewey

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  • The Stone Slinger -
  • Episode DTOH-2405

    AIR TIMES
    April 28, 2008
    7:30 PM Eastern
    April 28, 2008
    11:30 PM Eastern
    May 21, 2008
    8:30 AM Eastern
    June 24, 2008
    7:30 PM Eastern
    June 24, 2008
    11:30 PM Eastern
    Host Kevin O'Connor visits Great Brook Farm State Park, a 1000-acre park and the last working dairy farm in Carlisle. General contractor Tom Silva shows Kevin how he created a custom crushed stone footing for the foundation using a "stone slinger" — a high-speed conveyor that projects stone as far as 75 feet. Master carpenter Norm Abram oversees the installation of a new insulated foundation system that's pre-cast in a factory and then trucked to the jobsite. Certified arborist Matt Foti shows Kevin and landscape contractor Roger Cook how to relocate the septic tank without harming an old catalpa tree that might be worth saving.