
Ask This Old House
Rebuilding a small exterior deck with stairs and handrails.

Rebuilding a small exterior deck with stairs and handrails.

Planting bulbs; straight rip-cuts with a saw; shock suppressors eliminate noise from pipes.

Host Bob Vila tours a custom shutter mill and inspects the new porch roof.

Norm installs barnboard and discusses restoring the new wellhead for a decorative feature.

Bob meets with a restoration expert, and Norm restores an old window.

Work starts on the deck, Norm turns balusters on a lathe, and the addition is insulated.

The Lexington house renovation is complete, and host Bob Vila takes viewers on a property tour.

The Lexington house renovation approaches completion; Bob Vila reviews progress in the new kitchen.

The crew installs a mantle; Bob reviews floor stains and the first-floor lavatory design.

New flooring is installed, and Norm makes custom shelving and benches for a reading nook.

The crew installs the staircase, and Bob visits the factory where the pieces are made.

The homeowners are busy painting, and host Bob Vila meets with a tile expert.

An electrician installs recessed lighting, and Bob Vila tours the toilet factory.

Norm shares tips for window trim, and Tom preps the floor in the second-floor laundry.

Norm installs a railing on the terrace, and Bob visits an energy-efficient community.

The crew installs a lamp post and trims out the master bedroom and home office.

The homeowner reviews the renovation budget, and Bob tours a historic 1770 colonial.

Bob and Norm discuss gutters, paneling is installed, and Bob visits a Vermont mill.

Landscapers install plantings; Bob and Norm lend a hand hanging drywall.

Concrete finishers pour the exposed aggregate ramp; Norm and Tom install garage doors.