This Old House
Jenn learns about different types of prairie grasses and how to care for them Kevin learns how to make a home more resistant to wildfires Ross sees a robotic, ground mounted solar array.
Jenn learns about different types of prairie grasses and how to care for them Kevin learns how to make a home more resistant to wildfires Ross sees a robotic, ground mounted solar array.
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Tommy jacks up the basement ceiling with braces and installs a new support to fix the floor saving a marble tub Tommy pulls up flooring for patching other areas Tommy and Kevin finish the basement with new lally columns.
Roger and Katherine take inventory of plants plans for the kitchen/dining area Belmont's Victorian home styles Tommy determines how to provide structural support repairing window pulley systems usable items are removed during demolition.
A new project begins in Belmont, Mass., with a focus on salvage and restoration homeowners Katherine and Murat Bicer plan to revive their 1895 Victorian by building a front porch, refurbishing the original windows and opening up the kitchen.
Roger, Tom and Norm build a greenhouse locals help out at the DeWitt project Kevin meets a vet in Florida Norm makes a rustic table and a closet.
Matt DeWitt's disability doesn't limit his cycling passion ADA-approved and Energy Star-rated homes how a couple's accessible home allowed them to start a family touchless faucets and toilets an ADA-compliant shower an automatic door opener.
Partnering with Homes For Our Troops to build a house for an Army veteran Matt DeWitt and his family understanding their daily challenges and the significance of a specially adapted home checking out plans for the project.
Norm and Kevin recall the 1966 Garrison Colonial and its transformation Kevin meets the homeowner to see the spaces over the garage Kevin and Jody join Jeremy in the kitchen to see the finished space Tom joins to celebrate another job well done.
Using a toilet flange repair kit essential upkeep to ensure a gas mower runs like new installing a hidden door.
Redesigning a backyard for a homeowner who hosts large dinner parties replacing two rusted window wells.
General contractor Tom Silva, heating and plumbing master Richard Trethewey and landscaper Roger Cook join host Kevin O'Connor they assist homeowners with some of their most difficult home improvement challenges.
Regrading a backyard to improve the lawn's health houseplants that thrive at any light level upgrading hollow-core doors to solid-core doors.
Visiting a U.S. Navy Seabees base different types of trailer hitches repainting a galvanized stair railing.
Jenn visits a Rhode Island sod farm to see what sustainable grass alternatives they've been experimenting with Tom and Kevin discuss the most common types of nailhead and shank designs Heath brightens up a dark driveway.
Replacing a traditional stair railing with more modern cable railing why standard PVC should not be used to vent gas appliances and what should be used instead upgrading a standard, flat panel hollow core door to look more modern.
Installing massive decorative timbers Richard Trethewey shows Kevin O'Connor the prefabricated concrete mounting pad for the A/C condensers Parson Capen House in Topsfield, Mass. Tom uses a new hidden deck fastening system.
Landscape contractor Roger Cook installs a reclaimed granite front step general contractor Tom Silva installs new wood windows period restoration of the Colonel James Barrett house sealing and insulating old ductwork rye grass mix.
Creating a more historically accurate front door surround prescribing deep root injections for the ailing American Beech tree Kevin meets Monica MacKenzie at an antique home she renovated sharing the design direction for the new space.
Tom installs new red cedar clapboards Richard helps remove some existing plumbing in the old kitchen Roger installs a new asphalt driveway that will later be topped with a rustic finish a wet vent in the powder room.
Lee helps a homeowner plant a row of arborvitae trees for a privacy border Mark breaks down the various tools that can be found in the average fireplace set Tom and Kevin demonstrate how to build a storage rack for container totes using 2x4s.
Removing ring stains from a wood table breaking down the types of soil and fertilizer needed for common indoor plants repairing a brick floor's crumbling mortar using spot pointing rather than a full repoint job.
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