
This Old House
Stress-skin panels are installed over the barn's frame, and the well is completed.

Stress-skin panels are installed over the barn's frame, and the well is completed.

The barn's massive frame is put up by hand at an old-fashioned barn raising.

The crew hosts a workshop on cutting and joining timbers; Steve visits a mill in Maine.

Steve visits a panel factory and then learns how post-and-beam buildings are designed.

A well-driller prepares to drill and a septic tank is installed.

Timber frame expert Ted Benson, Steve, Norm, and the crew dismantle the barn.

Host Steve Thomas takes homeowner Barbara to Nantucket, where they visit a barn remodel.

This Old House returns with master carpenter Norm Abram and new host Steve Thomas.

Clogged bathtub drains; replacing double-hung window weights; planting a low-maintenance garden.

Rotting deck balusters; ice maker and water dispenser for a refrigerator.

Steve meets with Habitat for Humanity; Richard Trethewey explains the hot water supply.

The crew reviews interior decorating options, work on the front porch, and plastering.

The guys discuss the basement windows and landscaping, and Steve tours a PVC factory.

Norm works on the front porch, and Steve tours a gypsum mine and wallboard factory.

Rear porches go up, Norm installs windows, and kitchen and bath design plans are unveiled.

The crew reviews insulation, replacement windows, and kitchen and bathroom redesign..

Bob Vila and Norm Abram assess damage to the new roof caused by heavy rain.

The new roof is complete, and the team begins the shingling process.

Heat pump wells are drilled, and we tour some of the island's preserved open spaces.

We view the approved window color; the mason parges the concrete block foundation.