
This Old House
Bob is back at the job site to install a garage door on the addition and begin shingling.

Bob is back at the job site to install a garage door on the addition and begin shingling.

A bridge between the structures is complete; Bob travels to Hawaii to meet an architect.

The rough wide pine flooring is installed, and we tour a replica village.

The homeowners have withdrawn their petition to build a carriageway.

A wallboard delivery truck arrives and we address the out-of-square conditions upstairs.

Our host arrives with news from the latest Historical Commission meeting.

The electrician fishes wire for the spots highlighting the mantelpiece.

The crew realigns the granite steps, and Tom Silva puts a time capsule underneath.

Installing an air eliminator valve; removing nails without damaging the trim on a door frame.

Hiding an ugly stoop; a product that rids backyards of mosquitoes; installing a thermostat.

A concrete slab is poured in the basement; Steve and Norm review the barn's progress.

Custom-made windows and deluxe skylights are installed; Steve and Norm hang clapboards.

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 renovation wraps at Paul and Amelia's 1950s Tampa home.

The house gets heating, air conditioning, and a new solar hot water system installed.

Heat-shielding windows arrive, and the house gets a termite inspection.

The crew is in sunny Florida to remodel a 1950s tract home.

The attic-turned master suite is complete with decor and furniture.

The crew begins insulation in the attic; Bob Vila tours Al Capone's Chicago apartment.