
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.

Replacing carpeting with hardwood floors; flooring; replacing a rusty sink stopper.

Replacing ailing grass with ivy and pachysandra; opening double-hung windows that are painted shut.

Bob Vila reviews foundation waterproofing; Norm Abram demonstrates how to frame a roof.

Bob Vila tours a concrete block manufacturing plant, and the team lays the foundation.

John and Claire review the architect's plans for the project; Richard Trethewey advises on plumbing.

The crew renovates a Cape in Reading, Mass., adding a second floor master suite.

The renovation wraps at Paul and Amelia's 1950s Tampa home.

The house gets heating, air conditioning, and a new solar hot water system installed.