Repairing rotted sills the challenge of ducting a first period home is solved old material disguises a new repair repairing an original gunstock post installing new clapboards.
Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner install a second sink into an existing bathroom vanity Roger Cook shares a viewer tip that makes yard clean-up a little easier Tom Silva helps a homeowner repair a large crack in his concrete block foundation.
Roger and chainsaw expert Tim Ard demonstrate safe chainsaw use and a brand new way to sharpen chains Tom helps a homeowner with a leaky rain gutter What is it? Richard and Kevin install a new fiberglass bathtub and shower enclosure.
Richard recaps the installation of the geothermal system Kevin catches us up on the kitchen layout as Tom installs countertops an interior designer shows Kevin his custom tile window trim pieces Tom brings in an antique farm table.
An installer lays a black slate tile a mason parges the top of the brick chimney staining oak flooring Brian Cooper helps Daryl Hall restore an 18th century-era estate Mark uses a traditional mud job as a bed for the antique hearth tiles.
Angelo McRae shows Kevin how to install meshed white subway tiles for the kitchen backsplash Kevin visits our Washington, D.C. project house Tom Silva lends a hand with customizing and installing the stair treads and newel post for the new stairs.
Apprentices from YouthBuild Boston work on the front yard progress on the second unit how to clean and remove stains from marble countertops installing a new water heater in the basement.
A visit to Dover, N.H., to see how the house's custom arches were fabricated installing a marble fireplace installing a pre-finished, solid birch floor interior designer Tricia McDonagh discusses cabinetry and countertop for the new kitchen.
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.
Tom installs an alternative to a gutter where a traditional one does not work Ross and Richard update Kevin on a Future House technology Jenn heads to Phoenix to re-create the desert in a homeowner's front yard.
Mauro teaches a homeowner how to paint a metal door Mark explains how to match mortar for repointing jobs Tom teaches apprentice Austin how to make a variety of different wood joints by building simple utility boxes.
Dismantling the timber frame structure in the ell a new fireplace is considered for the original house exploring landscape and hardscape ideas touring a family-run lumber mill the homeowner chooses a roof shingle.
An innovative way to handle stormwater runoff from the roof What Is It? Tom shows a homeowner how to refinish her hardwood floors.