This Old House
Helping a homeowner remove an old tree that threatens to fall on her house What is it? Tom helps a homeowner bring some character into a room by installing wood trim around a plain doorway.
Helping a homeowner remove an old tree that threatens to fall on her house What is it? Tom helps a homeowner bring some character into a room by installing wood trim around a plain doorway.
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Pruning the hemlock trees around the house installing a bath fan that looks like a recessed light revisiting the first certified green building project roofing the new addition to match the existing house.
In the kitchen, Tom Silva and Kevin O'Connor work to reframe the existing walls upstairs, Tom installs a large new window in the library downstairs, kitchen designer Tamara Raymond helps homeowner Gillian Pierce envision her new kitchen.
Progress on the first floor up above, Tom Silva builds the gable-end wall for the new addition upgrading the service from 100 amp to 200 amp in the basement, Richard Trethewey shows Kevin how he's running new lines to the old radiators.
Kevin O'Connor and Tom Silva reinforce and level the kitchen ceiling Kevin visits Long Island with Russell Versaci to learn about the origins of the Dutch Colonial Revival style Norm Abram frames up the first floor platform for the new addition.
The homeowners decide to stay in the house during construction Richard works in the basement with a reciprocating saw and a sledgehammer extending the old windowsills with wood and epoxy a temporary kitchen the concrete truck arrives.
Removing the vinyl siding from the exterior of the house, exposing the original wood clapboards underneath reviewing the plan for the new kitchen breaking up the old porch slab to make way for the new addition's foundation.
The 30th anniversary season opens with the crew beginning an addition to a 1915 Dutch colonial revival that includes a new kitchen, home office and family room.
Sod is laid down installing the last of the spindles at the base of the main staircase the finished rental apartment on the top floor the completed master bedroom level the crew gathers on the front stoop to celebrate the project's completion.
Michael Streaman reinstalls beautiful restored white oak entry doors that were absent for several months in the kitchen, a new pot filler over the range is installed Norm sees the new temporary wall in the master bedroom that creates a nursery.
Norm reinstalls door trim in the library Kevin finds marble from Italy and manmade quartz resin being made into countertops Richard checks the electrical service and mechanical room Mauro Zanutto shows Kevin his method for grouting the floor tile.
A faux painting technique to disguise old and damaged woodwork a custom kitchen is installed in the owner's unit window treatment options arranging a mud bed for tile mosaic floor preparation the finished countertops arrive for the kitchen.
Helping a homeowner remove an old tree that threatens to fall on her house What is it? Tom helps a homeowner bring some character into a room by installing wood trim around a plain doorway.
Richard Trethewey helps homeowners with a jammed kitchen garbage disposer Kevin learns from a painting expert how to remove exterior paint from cedar siding Tom and Richard show Kevin the do's and don'ts of cutting holes and notches in joists.
Installing vintage spiral stairs the new plaster medallion is installed in the parlor laying down click-together linoleum floor tiles Norm Abram sees how the original five panel interior doors are rehabilitated.
General contractor Tom Silva heads to Atlanta to help a homeowner install a solid oak front door Tom, Kevin O'Connor, landscape contractor Roger Cook, and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey ask What Is It? driving rebar into the ground.
How ice dams form and how to prevent them working with an insulation contractor to apply closed-cell spray foam in an attic What Is It? tips for connecting gutter downspouts Roger heads to Philadelphia to plant two trees on a busy city street.
Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to Philadelphia to install a battery back-up sump pump What Is It? Tom fixes a rusty metal railing on a set of front steps Kevin shares a tip about how to store a wheelbarrow.
Host Kevin O'Connor works with an electrician in Atlanta to install a front porch light Roger shows Kevin a tip about splitting firewood Richard helps a homeowner who has hot water coming from his cold-water faucet.
Michael Streaman reinstalls beautiful restored white oak entry doors that were absent for several months in the kitchen, a new pot filler over the range is installed Norm sees the new temporary wall in the master bedroom that creates a nursery.
Norm reinstalls door trim in the library Kevin finds marble from Italy and manmade quartz resin being made into countertops Richard checks the electrical service and mechanical room Mauro Zanutto shows Kevin his method for grouting the floor tile.
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