
Ask This Old House
Installing interior window trim; hiding utility boxes; fixing a spray hose on a kitchen faucet.

Installing interior window trim; hiding utility boxes; fixing a spray hose on a kitchen faucet.

Installing a backyard drywell; installing a bathtub safety grab bar.

Wallboard arrives; learn how to cut a light switch; check on the master bath.

The crew checks on the radiant heating and runs new molding; visit a lighting showroom.

Progress is made with the installation of rough wiring, a boiler and a hot water heater.

A new bulkhead and septic are installed and the historic paint colors are matched.

A check-in on the progress so far; installation of the parquet floors and kitchen cabinets.

Installing a heat pump in the barn and humidifier in the bungalow; white cedar paneling.

Custom oak kitchen cabinets in the barn; installing a sliding glass door; brick paving.

Plastering, hanging wallboard, and insulating the barn; reproducing the original fireplace tiles.

Plans for the new garage; appliance options; sunroom's copper roof; French doors in the bedroom.

Lighting problems; installing the first central air-conditioning unit.

Making the windows airtight; ceramic tile flooring in the main kitchen; ceiling fans.

Installing floor-to-ceiling triple-sash windows; hanging the original front door.

Progress in the barn unit; unusual radiators in the main house; problems with the hardwood floors.

Plans for the barn unit; beginning the foundation for the chimney; partition walls between units.

Clearing the trees around the complex; shingling the main entrance; framing the deck in the barn.

Framework of the first floor of the barn and crawlspace; parquet floors; title grouting.

Roofing and plastering progress; a special shingling technique to be applied on the turret.

A talk with the tile contractor about tiling the master bathroom; cabinets in the main kitchen.