
This Old House
Framing is well underway; homeowner Jan Igoe gives a tour of the developing spaces inside the house.

Framing is well underway; homeowner Jan Igoe gives a tour of the developing spaces inside the house.

The crew decks over the second floor; plans for the new front entrance.

Lumber arrives on the site, and a hard cement coating is applied to the foundation forms.

Another ranch expansion; Norm and Steve discuss the polystyrene insulating foundation forms.

Bob Vila reviews foundation waterproofing; Norm Abram demonstrates how to frame a roof.

Bob Vila tours a concrete block manufacturing plant, and the team lays the foundation.

New clapboards; Phyllis Anderson, a landscape designer, tours the property; kitchen cabinets.

A neighborhood tour; removing lead paint; window sash repair; master bathroom tub surround.

Plans for the two-level deck; insulating the bathroom and crawlspace; window trim in the kitchen.

Plasterers, roofers, and carpenters are hard at work; patching the roof; plastering techniques.

Weatherproofing techniques; refurbished medallions; heating plans for the house; bedroom closets.

A former resident shares an old picture of the house; plumbing placement; installing new ceilings.

Securing a shaky newel post at the top of a stairway; replacing a 50-year-old water heater.

Installing a deadbolt; trimming hedges; fixing a heating system.

The grading and draining are overhauled as the team jacks up the western facade.

Learn about chimney and sill repair and how to fix rotted wood.

The crew dismantles the front portico, installs rubber roofing and reviews the kitchen.

The crew installs shingles and inspects the chimneys; Steve visits a recycling facility.

Norm trims out a window while our host checks out the last-minute work in the chapel.

Drywall has been treated with a bonding agent so that a two-coat finish plaster can be applied.