
This Old House
Rich Trethewey explains the radiant heating floor system; Steve tours a plastic house.

Rich Trethewey explains the radiant heating floor system; Steve tours a plastic house.

A custom stairway is installed, and Steve tours where it was manufactured.

Richard Trethewey takes viewers on a tour of a boiler factory in Germany.

Steve explains the barn's new heating system, and drywalling begins.

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.