This Old House
In the spring and summer of 1996, we turn a Nantucket Victorian into a year-round retreat.
In the spring and summer of 1996, we turn a Nantucket Victorian into a year-round retreat.
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"This Old House" travels to London, England, for its first overseas project.
It's the final day in Kirkside; Norm installs a curved and kerfed step.
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.
The crew installs copper gutters and downspouts and restores the original quartersawn oak flooring.
A huge drywall goes in under the front lawn to handle water pumped out of the basement sump.
The landscape crew puts in a sod lawn, and we receive a one-button key-fob security controller demo.
Interior designers begin their work as the construction crew scurries to finish up the job.
The show opens with the landscaping crew putting in a granite block curb around the driveway island.
A 490-pound soaking tub is hoisted through the master bath window.
A new clog-free gutter system, a prefabricated wine cellar, and the central vacuum system.
The site is thick with trucks delivering drywall, cement board, and interior wooden doors.
Radon gas found in a finished basement; radon test kits; pruning an apple tree.
Installing a vinyl floor; preventing plumbing pipes from freezing.
The mason takes down the unneeded chimneys, and we learn how to mix the perfect mortar.
We catch up with the general contractor, who is well into a gut job on the building.
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.
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