General contractor Tom Silva heads to Atlanta to help a homeowner install a solid oak front door Tom, Kevin O'Connor, landscape contractor Roger Cook, and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey ask What Is It? driving rebar into the ground.
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Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps two homeowners repair their broken water softener Roger helps a homeowner repair and prevent deer damage to one of his evergreen trees a viewer tip on how to reduce airborne dust while sanding.
Roger helps improve the appearance of an unsightly concrete retaining wall with wooden lattice and climbing vines What is it? Tom shows Kevin how to flash a newly-installed window properly Richard helps a homeowner quiet a noisy PVC plumbing vent.
Tom and Kevin build and install new laminate kitchen countertops Roger helps a homeowner create a clean border between a garden bed and a lawn using steel edging.
General contractor Tom Silva heads to Atlanta to help a homeowner install a solid oak front door Tom, Kevin O'Connor, landscape contractor Roger Cook, and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey ask What Is It? driving rebar into the ground.
How ice dams form and how to prevent them working with an insulation contractor to apply closed-cell spray foam in an attic What Is It? tips for connecting gutter downspouts Roger heads to Philadelphia to plant two trees on a busy city street.
In the back garden of the single house, the pergola is installed a landscape architect oversees the planting of hydrangeas, and the European kitchen cabinets are fitted Kevin meets the craftsman building the dining table Ross tours a smart home.
Charleston boasts a colorful housing stock a siding color a meeting in Rainbow Row inspecting the framing hiding waste pipes from the floor above plaster work on the old staircase walls the repair plan that calls for a pergola.
Kevin visits a millwork shop where the Single House columns are restored the homeowners pick a design for the iron gate Kevin and Kathleen review lights and ceiling fans with a designer how to salvage original siding and weaving into new siding.
Richard tries plumbing a 19th century building Judith and Julia decide how their kitchen should look a contractor tackles the porch to see what needs replacing Tommy and a builder snake wires where they can't be hidden.
Roger checks on the patio and lays new sod Tom installs a ceiling medallion and conceals a vent hood Kevin learns how to pick garbage disposers, while Norm gives a lesson in crown molding.
Norm installs the new island top for the kitchen and a solid-surface vanity top in the master bath how the vision for the house evolved Tom builds an electronics nook for the new TV and playroom grouting the pebble tiles on the shower floor.
Improving the front yard installing a PVC fence and arbor a herringbone pattern in the powder room grout color options for the mudroom building a sliding barn door using salvaged wood alternatives to run-of-the-mill shade plants dormant plants.
Adding the final edge detail for soapstone countertops a tile contractor makes decorative tiles David Graf makes an oval mirror frame Tom scribes new oak stair treads to the old fieldstone foundation wall the last piece of soapstone goes in.
Installing a new front walk using period-appropriate brick stock trim profiles for the door and window casings a lesson in both coping and mitering the corners making tile selections at a local showroom working to fit a four-panel interior door.
A look at Arlington's Spy Pond and the ice-harvesting industry water pressure problems Tom installs the new pre-finished Brazilian chestnut flooring in the kitchen Norm and installer Peter Robinson install the new gutters at the house.
How to remove a hydrangea with roots undermining the foundation of the house the final exterior paint color Kevin travels to Richburg, S.C., to see how building materials hold up to hail keeping water and dampness at bay in the basement.
Roger uses granite steps for the front entry Roger places the middle step on a bed of ice the mouldings and medallion are repaired a 3D printing specialist shows how the repairs can be made by a computer a railing is added to the porch.
Tom Silva puts special guest Edgar Hansen to work patching cracks in the horsehair plaster Norm and Tom raise the height of the railing on the second-floor landing removing the old set of concrete stairs at the front entry.
Historically informed options for painting the exterior of the Italianate-style home patching holes in the veneer floors a solution to the ugly PVC intake finishing up the roughs places upstairs that should get radiant heat.
Roger is onsite with a solid plan to let light into the yard Richard revisits the benefits of using PEX instead of copper for the water supply lines Tom shows Kevin how to convert a jamb that once held a door into an elegant cased opening.
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