
This Old House
The net zero house is complete; touring the yard, barn and upstairs; checking out the main floor.

The net zero house is complete; touring the yard, barn and upstairs; checking out the main floor.

Induction cooking; installing solar panels on the barn roof; installing a unique lattice.

Sod farm; HVAC installation; gas fireplace; attaching screens to the side porch; digging a well.

Tommy compares blue board to drywall. Size a solar array. New ceiling. Install generator.

Reviewing design samples; heating pump; applying stone veneer; installing a wall-hung toilet tank.

Sealing the home against air leaks; reviewing the pre-drywall checklist; landscape plan.

Installing a load center; putting up cedar roof shingles; adding insulation to the basement.

Roof insulation; touring the basement; Rep. Donald Norcross visits; installing and flashing windows.

Crucial net-zero insulation. Apprentices. Efficient decorative lighting. Rafter tails.

The roof goes up; visiting a cabinet showroom to finalize plans; house gets sheathed.

Framing the net zero house; designing a balanced HVAC system; International Builders Show.

Touring a 1920s bungalow in Rhode Island, which will be transformed into a larger net zero house.

Victorian flowers; matching paint colors; home inspection issues; carving wooden serving utensils.

Sharpening a knife; restaining a deck; building a fire; automatic water shutoff valves.

An HVAC system creating too much humidity; a paint sprayer; Mark patches a brick wall.

Stud finder; repairing a wood floor that had been burned; using a table saw; foundation plantings.

Killing weeds without hurting the lawn; restoring a historic fireplace; thermostats.

Replacing split-level stair treads; pruners; shortening a gas pipe for a new stove.

Fieldstone foundation; water management on the outside of a house; the disposal of oily rags.

Updating a water filter on a retro faucet; masonry jointers; using Japanese pull saw.