
This Old House
The crew installs the new front entryway, and we visit a kitchen showroom.

The crew installs the new front entryway, and we visit a kitchen showroom.

Jeff discusses the challenges of working with salvaged material.

An in-ground propane tank is installed, and the wallboard is up.

The team busily calks the battered clapboards and takes down and rebuilds the chimney.

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.

A steel beam is lowered into place; the team installs the second-floor deck.

Lumber has arrived; we visit a c. 1760 tavern rebuilt as a private home.

New footings are poured, and a preformed concrete foundation system arrives.

The homeowner cuts down a tree to make way for the foundation and new septic field.

The day begins with the crew moving the old milk shed and reviewing design ideas.

A tour of the oldest house the show has worked on: a 1710 colonial in Action, Massachusetts.

Cutting bung-holes in wood; cracking paint; plumbing torches; outdoor lattice.

Fixing a sagging floor with concrete footings and lally columns; sharpening and maintaining saws.

Clearing giant rocks with dynamite; a look at a pre-manufactured house.

Meeting with the architect; landscape architect and surveyor to go over wish lists.