
Ask This Old House
Replacing carpeting with hardwood floors; flooring; replacing a rusty sink stopper.

Replacing carpeting with hardwood floors; flooring; replacing a rusty sink stopper.

Replacing ailing grass with ivy and pachysandra; opening double-hung windows that are painted shut.

The crew reviews pipe freeze-ups and kitchen lights; tour a fabrication shop.

The new fence, portico, and walkway take shape; tour the US Treasury Building rooms.

Basement oil tanks are removed, portico granite is split and cabinets are installed.

The crew explains insulation and the air conditioning system; Norm builds support boxes.

A final tour of the fully decorated home.

Installing carpeting; recommendations for the wine cellar; stereo speakers; outdoor lighting.

Outdoor light fixtures; projection TV screen; terracotta tile for the kitchen; water purification.

Weather stripping; kitchen appliances; bathroom fixtures; hot water heater; re-hanging old doors.

Punch list of what is left to do; apartment sink and countertops; installing track lighting.

Fence and gazebo installation; shower in the exercise room; furnace and hot water heater controls.

Laying the floorboards in the kitchen and the brickwork on the walkway; door sets.

Yard's progress; a kerosene heater for the workshop; kitchen cabinets in the apartment.

A super-insulated home in Aurora, Ill.; stripping paint off door moldings.

Sandblasting the clapboards; exterior paint and stain; choosing tile; redwood trim.

Eldorado, a solar powered community in Mexico; laying a parquet floor in the apartment kitchen.

Storm windows; a trip to Sturbridge; building kitchen cabinets for the farmhouse kitchen.

Setting up the hot tub; plants and trees for the yard; replicating a cornice.

Planning for a wine cellar; insulation of the third floor; repairing ceiling ornaments; fencing.