
This Old House
Steve reviews landscaping progress; Barbara and Steve visit a kitchen design center.

Steve reviews landscaping progress; Barbara and Steve visit a kitchen design center.

The well is connected, Richard Trethewey reviews the plumbing, and a mason builds a wall.

A concrete slab is poured in the basement; Steve and Norm review the barn's progress.

Custom-made windows and deluxe skylights are installed; Steve and Norm hang clapboards.

Stress-skin panels are installed over the barn's frame, and the well is completed.

The barn's massive frame is put up by hand at an old-fashioned barn raising.

The crew hosts a workshop on cutting and joining timbers; Steve visits a mill in Maine.

Steve visits a panel factory and then learns how post-and-beam buildings are designed.

A well-driller prepares to drill and a septic tank is installed.

Timber frame expert Ted Benson, Steve, Norm, and the crew dismantle the barn.

Host Steve Thomas takes homeowner Barbara to Nantucket, where they visit a barn remodel.

This Old House returns with master carpenter Norm Abram and new host Steve Thomas.

A clogged aerator on a bathroom faucet is replaced; houseplants.

Repairing an interior door that won't latch shut; bamboo plants.

Tom Silva takes us on a tour of the house, explaining preparations for the insulation.

The homeowners puzzle over exterior paint colors; our host checks out a new central vacuum system.

Interior demolition reveals feathered paneling, and a structural deficiency is solved.

Norm explains the replacement of the front clapboards, and we view the well pump install.

Redwood clapboards go on, and Norm explains the challenges of waterproofing and venting.

Tom Silva shows us the steel partition walls and how he's adding exterior window trim.