
This Old House
Marble countertops are installed, and we get a tour of the finished adobe home.

Marble countertops are installed, and we get a tour of the finished adobe home.

Steve tours a flagstone yard; saltillo tiling commences, and Norm installs cabinets.

Richard Trethewey reviews the installation of radiant heat; Norm builds custom cabinets.

Steve tours Santa Fe-style houses; Norm works on southwestern-style cabinet doors.

Demolition begins with the destruction of the current roof; the floorplan is finalized.

A half Cape in Reading, Mass. where homeowners want to add a second story.

We review the house design, which the island's Historic District Commission must approve.

In the spring and summer of 1996, we turn a Nantucket Victorian into a year-round retreat.

It is the final day in Savannah, and the mayor presents the key to the city to the team.

The building's front facade gets a lift, and we see a floor mosaic installed.

City preservation advises on exterior paint colors, and we visit a blacksmith forge.

New moldings, custom milled to match the existing ones, have arrived.

Cutting bung-holes in wood; cracking paint; plumbing torches; outdoor lattice.

Fixing a sagging floor with concrete footings and lally columns; sharpening and maintaining saws.

Tiling continues, lighting fixtures are installed, and Norm and Steve build library doors.

Steve tours an eco-friendly gravel yard; Norm and Tommy frame windows.

Rich Trethewey explains the radiant heating floor system; Steve tours a plastic house.

A custom stairway is installed, and Steve tours where it was manufactured.

Host Bob Vila meets the homeowners to talk about the final results.

Host Bob Vila gives a progress report on the Craftsman bungalow.