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

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.

Fixing squeaky stairs; installing an automatic shut-off valve for a washing machine.

Repairing a loose flagstone in a mortared walkway; installing a seamless patch to a hardwood floor.

Bob is back at the job site to install a garage door on the addition and begin shingling.

A bridge between the structures is complete; Bob travels to Hawaii to meet an architect.

The heating system in the original house is examined to see if it can heat the addition.

The crew faces bad weather as they dig a hole for the foundation and pour the slab.

On-site, the painters apply the exterior topcoat, and carpenters cut the last trim pieces.

Touring Clos Pegase, a winery designed by noted architect Michael Graves.

With remarkable progress at the site, we tour the exterior and talk with the floor man.

The contractor shows us the extra work needed to save the old front porch.

We learn how a large laminated-veneer lumber beam was installed.

After heavy rains and flooding, Napa Valley - and the job site - are a soggy mess.

Work begins on the Duffy residence, with the crew tearing off the back porch.

This Old House travels to Napa Valley in search of Dennis Duffy's circa 1906 farmhouse.

Jeff shows us how he finished the pine floors; Richard Trethewey takes us on a plumber's final tour.

Steve meets the interior designer and views the countertops and appliances in the kitchen.