Contractor Angelo McRae explains to a homeowner how to layout the tile, apply the thinset and set the tile for a bathroom floor Tom helps a homeowner add weatherstripping to her front door.
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Installing a foam crown molding with joint compound painting an accent wall visiting a workshop to see the new, oak front doors visiting an architectural antiques shop to find a marble fireplace installing the new front doors.
Despite the bitter cold, Roger Cook works in the backyard with students from YouthBuild Boston installing a PVC fence installing casings and paneling to the bay window area casting some replacement plaster ceiling medallions for the house.
With construction complete, landscape work begins Richard Trethewey reviews the house's waste and water configuration and meets with the HVAC contractor Kevin explores Florida's Fort Myers area installing PVC decking and prefab railings.
There has been extensive framing work but most of the house had to be rebuilt David shows Norm architectural shingles that look like slate Kevin O'Connor meets with carpenter Ed Curet to see the new siding a historically informed color scheme.
Engineering challenges Kevin meets with David Price to learn about his CDC Kevin and Lanita Tolentino go over renovation plans the foundation walls for the new addition have been poured shoring up the house's structure framing crew arrives.
The crew partners with the city of Boston and local non-profit Nuestra Comunidad to take a foreclosed and abandoned house and turn it into affordable housing in Roxbury, Mass. joining the project are apprentices from YouthBuild Boston.
All hands are on deck for the last few days of the project, tightening up the old house while adding on just enough space to achieve better flow and living space for the family friends and family celebrate the finished job with a wrap party.
The finished countertops and the kitchen island installing the wood butcher block shopping for and putting new plants in the yard fabricating and installing wood elements in the library installing the kitchen backsplash with a new urethane grout.
Visiting a gardener to acquire some plants how to patch, prime, and paint a water-damaged ceiling exploring how the countertops are fabricated both by machine and by hand constructing new built-in bookshelves for the living room.
Contractor Angelo McRae explains to a homeowner how to layout the tile, apply the thinset and set the tile for a bathroom floor Tom helps a homeowner add weatherstripping to her front door.
Roger Cook travels to Dallas to help a homeowner plant a garden using native species that are drought-tolerant Roger uses expanded shale and compost to amend the clay soil Tom Silva helps a homeowner replace a door with a picture window.
Tom and Kevin head to Montana to build an accessible home gym for a Navy SEAL who was injured in Afghanistan master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner replace a broken doorbell chime Richard explains PVC pipe terminology.
Tom and Kevin head to Montana to build an accessible home gym for a Navy SEAL who was injured in Afghanistan master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner replace a broken doorbell chime Richard explains PVC pipe terminology.
Tom heads to Salem, Mass., to install a bookshelf that doubles as a hidden doorway Scott Caron explains how two tools are all he needs to do many electrical projects Richard installs a house hydrant to replace a leaky outdoor spigot.
Actor Nick Offerman stops by to play What is it? and give some advice on woodworking. Tom creates a bookshelf from black pipe Jenn Nawada helps to install a pondless waterfall Scott Caron explains what everything means on the labels of light bulbs.
Scott Caron helps a Texas homeowner get the party started by installing some fiesta lights Jenn Nawada gives a tutorial on the best tools for first-time gardeners Kevin walks through the best options for a home fireplace.
Tom uses all his skills to help install a salvaged door into an existing opening Richard explains how a plumbing trap can lose water Roger gets a lesson on the best way to grow culinary herbs in one's house.
Richard installs a washer and dryer to help a homeowner with his laundry Tom explains how to use of a drill-driver Scott adds an overhead chandelier to a dimly lit dining room.
Tom walks two homeowners through the entire process for building a two-level deck, starting with pulling permits and getting a land survey all the way through to installing the deck boards and railings.
Drywall paneling cleaning a shower cartridge using a lathe turning a bowl.
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