This Old House
The contractor shows us the extra work needed to save the old front porch.
The contractor shows us the extra work needed to save the old front porch.
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Norm stains the front door, and we visit neighboring triple-deckers.
The guys install the front porch, build a railing system, and discuss baseboard heating.
Steve meets with Habitat for Humanity; Richard Trethewey explains the hot water supply.
The crew reviews interior decorating options, work on the front porch, and plastering.
The guys discuss the basement windows and landscaping, and Steve tours a PVC factory.
Norm works on the front porch, and Steve tours a gypsum mine and wallboard factory.
A professionally installed scaffolding system rises up to the roof ridge.
The house's new floorplan comes into focus, which calls for removing all three staircases.
Heat pump wells are drilled, and we tour some of the island's preserved open spaces.
We view the approved window color; the mason parges the concrete block foundation.
The framing crew assembles the gable wall, and the homeowner considers geothermal.
The general contractor checks out the nearly entirely reframed house.
The mason takes down the unneeded chimneys, and we learn how to mix the perfect mortar.
We catch up with the general contractor, who is well into a gut job on the building.
Fixing squeaky stairs; installing an automatic shut-off valve for a washing machine.
Repairing a loose flagstone in a mortared walkway; installing a seamless patch to a hardwood floor.
The crew insulates the exterior wall, and we visit the world's largest heating exposition.
The bathrooms are reframed, and the homeowner chooses historical colors.
On a hot July day, the crew guts the bathrooms and power washes the building.
The crew erects aluminum pump jack staging, and Richard points out an inefficient water heater.
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