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Name: Deconstruction
Genre: Reality
Released: 2008-12-15
Cast: Matt BlashawJ. Michael WeissJoe Wegner

2008
1 Season
7.6 (12)

Deconstruction is a reality television show. Each episode takes a look at one item or process within a home and takes it apart with the science behind the item or process. This show looks at how things are made and how things work. The episodes focus on one item or process at a time such as granite and how it is made or plumbing and how plumbing works. Each item is examined scientifically to generate knowledge for the viewer.

Viewers who want to know how things work and how things are made from the ground up will be able to see exactly what goes into a home.

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13. Electric Wiring

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw demonstrates the difference between AC & DC, discovers the shocking effects of overloading an extension cord, and visits Underwriters Laboratories, where they've been keeping people safe for over a century.

12. Plumbing

December 15, 2008

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11. Paint

December 15, 2008

At Benjamin Moore contractor Matt Blashaw learns how paint is engineered to last longer and stay vibrant and he checks out a new way to put some color on the walls without using paint at all.

10. Storm Proofing

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw travels to the University of Florida in Gainesville and witnesses a monster machine that can simulate a hurricane and in the lab he subjects various roofing materials to a simulated hailstorm.

9. Walls

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw tears down some walls to find out what makes them stay up and in the lab we torture tests hooks and hangers to see which ones hold the most weight on your wall.

8. Metal Working

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw ignites a little thermite to show how welding was done before the electric age, and he attempts some underwater welding.

7. Home Building

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw visits testing facilities where engineered wood and concrete blocks are put through their paces.

6. Pressure Treated Wood

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw learns how pressure treated wood is made, and how it holds up to real world conditions, subjecting lumber to termites.

5. Plumbing

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw gets the inside story at Kohler where he learns just what goes into engineering a toilet, and it's not all pretty.

4. Nail Guns & Air Compressors

December 15, 2008

Contractor Matt Blashaw learns visits an air compressor factory Matt and learns the difference between PSI and SCFM, and learns just how dangerous pneumatic tools can be if they're mishandled.