Celebrate the 40th season of the groundbreaking PBS home improvement series with this anniversary sp...

Highlights and chronicles 43 years of Norm's incredible career featuring classic moments, archived f...

Our host, a Boston designer and builder, tours the dilapidated turn-of the-century house in Dorchest...

Renovation has begun and the carpenter has find rot in the eaves. The kitchen, one of the hardest re...

Work on the house has uncovered some unforeseen problems from the roof to the plumbing, and at a mom...

It's time to insulate the house, remove the old furnace, and replace it with a new-energy-efficient...

This week the ceilings are leveled and renovated. The bulkhead is repaired and renewed. Our hosts ta...

How are we going to heat the house? This week our host talks with a heating specialist about baseboa...

Plasters, roofers, and carpenters are hard at work. The kitchen walls are plastered, the chimney get...

The insulation and plasterwork are completed. The new kitchen windows are trimmed and finished. A hi...

Work on the deck and its foundation is underway. Our host offers some hints on paint stripping and i...

Our hosts walks through the grounds with a landscape designer and considers the gardening possibilit...

Our host demostrates how to lay a parquet kitchen floor. He speaks to a marble expert about the dini...

The house painter demonstrates how to apply primer. Our host talks about installing an oak floor and...

A look at the nearly finished product, inside and out. And the finishing touches are put on the pick...

Our host introduces the Bigelow House, a rambling 19th-century hilltop home in Newton, Massachusetts...

Our host discusses plans for renovating the barn unit - insulation, demolition and replacing broken...

Demolition is nearly complete and our host shows us some of the problems uncovering he's uncovered -...

Our host discusses some of the key decisions to be made about condominium sales. Also, plans are mad...

We're ready to do some plumbing at the house. Our master carpenter shows us how to pour concrete wal...

The exterminator gives us a top-to-bottom bug check. Professor John Coolidge talks about the archite...

Our host discusses plans for a new, historically compatible five-car garage. The electrician begins...

Our host and master carpenter gives us a progress report of the house. It's almost time to winterize...

All radiators are not created equal. Our host shows us an efficient, aesthetic European version. Our...

The south roof gets an ice shield and cedar shingles. The living room wall gets a layer of energy-sa...

This week, our host looks at the wiring needs in the barn; demonstrates lathing and plastering and t...

Shingling is completed on the south side of the bungalow and the lights are in placed in the main ho...

What are the best tiles for the master bath? How is the electrical work coming? What type of cabinet...

It's time to tackle some tough shingling jobs on the turret and roof-top belvedere. We'll also insta...

The crawlspace in the barn gets a concrete floor. The main house gets a parquet floor. And we lesson...

Our host sizes up the tree cutting clearing hob outside the Ice House unit. In the barn, he discusse...

Our host reviews plans for interior of the barn unit. In the main house, he decides that some of the...

Tonight, our host tours the barn and gives more thought to the hardwood floors in the main house. It...

This week, our master carpenter installs the unusual floor-to-ceiling triple hung windows; while Cha...

The kitchen in the main house gets a ceramic tile floor. The south facade get a glass sunbath. The b...

This week, the old metal garages come down and barn lighting goes in. In the main house, it's time t...

Now that the old garage is gone, plans are made for the new one. Our master carpenter discusses the...

Our houst inspects the custom-made hardwood spiral stairchase in the barn and takes us on a tour of...

Our host inspects the custom-built kitchen cabinets in the barn and checks the plastering work upsta...

Things are really shaping up at the Bigelow House! Tonight, the white cedar shingling goes up in the...

Our host takes a stroll around the grounds and shows us that the landscaping is well underway. There...

This Old House is new again! The workmen are gone and the newly renovated Bigelow House is ready and...

Our host introduces you to the newest project - a 1950s ranch-style tract house in Woburn, Massachus...

It's time to pour the footings for the breezeway/greenhouse between the house and the garage. Then t...

Our host assesses the efficiency of the house's heating planet. Our master carpenter builds the fram...

Our host discusses plans for installing a wood burning stove in the family room. Our master carpente...

Our host shows us how to waterproof a basement and install a wood stove and a free-standing chimney....

Our host helps install the shower in the new master bathroom. Then he and our master carpenter shows...

Our host and our master carpenter tear down the old wood panelling in the basement wreck room. Upsta...

Our host throws a little light on the subject of wiring the new breezeway. Then he warms up the gara...

Our master carpenter shows us the right way to dry wall a new room - including important tips on tap...

This old house is beginning to take on a new look. Our host shows us how to trim the windows and doo...

Things are really cooking at the house. Our host is in the kitchen installing the new appliances. Ou...

The house's transformation is nearly complete. Our host gives us some pointers on laying a no-wax fl...

The tract house from the 1950s is now a bright new, energy-efficient home for the 1980's. The guys l...

Our host takes you on a tour of the newest project - a three-story Greek Revival farmhouse in Arling...

Our host considers the many remodeling possibilities for the old house with architect Jock Gifford a...

Our host brings in the crane and demolition of a portion of the old farmhouse begins. Later, our hos...

Our host and his crew jack up the garage, relocate it, and consider turning it into a workshop/garde...

Our host and master carpenter undertake the task of framing in the new 1982 wing of the 1850s Greek...

Our host and crew tackle the insulation of the old farmhouse's new wing.

Our host and crew assess the old farmhouse's electrical need and update wiring for today's lifestyle...

Our host and crew shingle the new wing and plaster ceilings in the old portion of the 1850's farmhou...

Our host and crew waterproof an exterior deck. Later, he discusses electrical wiring in new and exis...

Our host conducts a room-by-room analysis of lighting needs for the old house and visits a lighting...

Our host pays a visit to a prototype exercise room room to get ideas for the old house's new spa and...

Our host and his crew install the whirlpool tub in the bathroom of the master bedroom suite. Next, h...

Our host visits a prototype wine cellar for discussion of storage techniques, lighting and climate c...

Our host visits Weston Nurseries to select planting materials for the Arlington site. He chooses shr...

Our host travels to to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, for a visit with master cabinetmaker Jack Cronin....

Our host travels to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a look at El Dorado, a community built around the sun....

Our host discusses the site preparation for and assembly of a redwood hot tub. Later, the crew carri...

Our host discusses the problem of roof damage on the newly expanded dining area. Next, he visits a s...

Our host talks with landscape architect Tom Wirth about plans for the farmhouse grounds. Later, the...

Our host welcomes Better Homes and Gardens interior designer Bob Ditmer. Ditmer walks through the Ar...

Our host and the crew work outdoors installing the farmhouse's redwood gazebo and stockade fence. In...

Our host and the crew install Palladian windows on the garage and then outfit the apartment kitchen,...

Our host and the crew install a Palladian window on the garage and then outfit the apartment kitchen...

Our host reviews the installation of a projection television system in the media room and tile in th...

Our host walks through the Arlington farmhouse for another look at lighting needs, then discusses mi...

Our host takes a final tour of the fully decorated ""dream house of the 1980s."" Starting on the sec...

Our host kicks off the new season with a retrospective look at the first four seasons of This Old Ho...

The star of this season's the All New This Old House is revealed: an energy-efficient solar home to...

Designer Steven Strong and our host review the design of the new house step-by-step, from conception...

The work of digging a foundation for the new house begins. When the crew hits a rock ledge, they are...

Our host discusses construction of the foundation for the solar house in Brookline with the crew chi...

Landscape architect Tom Wirth discusses plans for a pool on the new site. Our host inspects the comp...

Our master carpenter supervises concrete pouring and waterproofing for the foundation of the new hou...

At the Brookline site, our host discusses the process of sealing the foundation sill with our master...

Our host visits a solar home in Wilton, Connecticut, which utilizes a unique system of window shutte...

The All New This Old House surveys renovation and construction that is revitalizing the heart of Sea...

Our host visits an apartment on Boston's historic Symphony Row and a solar home in Concord, New Hamp...

Our host is in Stamford, Connecticut for a trip to United House Wrecking, the largest salvage yard o...

Our host and crew travel to New York City to investigate the reuse of some of its commercial buildin...

Our host gives a progress report at the new house site and tours the most exclusive address in the w...

Work continues on the new solar home. Our host travels to Green Mountain Cabins in Chester, Vermont...

After discussing the windows being installed at the new house, our host takes a quick trip to Medfor...

Installation of photovoltaic roof panels begins at the All New This Old House site in Brookline. Our...

We visit Ryland Homes, manufacturers of pre-fabricated houses in Columbia, Maryland. Our host tours...

Our host visits the home of legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois. R...

We visit to Dallas to investigate another residental building alternative: a home that's computer-de...

Our host and our master carpenter report on the latest construction developments at the new house si...

We travel to Riverside, California for a look at an unusual housing alternative: a computer-designed...

Our host and company are in Hawaii to explore a unique island dwelling.

The winner of the Metropolitan Home interior design contest is featured.

The crew puts finishing touches on the solar home in Brookline.

Our host takes viewers for a grand tour of the completed solar home in the final episode of the seas...

Our host looks into the concept of ""sweat equity"" will fuel the series. The season's first project...

While the designs for the new bedroom and bathroom are being finalized, our host and the homeowner l...

Exterior work for the new bedroom and bathroom gets underway, including framing and sheathing. Our h...

Work continues on the new bedroom and bathroom, with Rob and Jennifer tackling the job of shingling,...

The new bathroom begins to take shape, as homeowners Jennifer and Rob install a new fiberglass showe...

Accompained by Richard Trethewey, Rob and Jennifer visit a plumbing fixtures store. Later, the bathr...

It's time for the finishing touches to be applied to the new master bedroom and bathroom. Our host s...

Our host introduces the next set of do-it-yourselfers: Debbie and Dick, homeowners want to create a...

Homeowners Dick and Debbie begin construction on their basement family room by framing, insulating a...

The basement family room takes shape as the electrical wiring, wall paneling and suspended ceiling a...

Our master carpenter offers assistance with the construction of shelves and storage cabinets for the...

The homeowners call in a mason, install lighting fixtures and welcome interior decorator Joseph Rugg...

Our host introduces the next set of novice do-it-yourselfers, Meade and Bob of Reading, Massachusett...

The greenhouse frame ie erected and the window glazing process is demonstrated. Later, quilted shade...

The homeowners learn how to install plumbing for the greenhouse heating system and how to wire the n...

The homeowners get a lesson in carpentry as redwood benches and and shelves for the greenhouse are c...

Our host introduces the next project of the season: a kitchen remodeling. Our host and the homeowner...

Demolition begins on the kitchen remodeling project when a dumpster is secured. Richard Trethewey gi...

Our host tours the Brosco window manufacturing plant in North Andover, Massachusetts, before install...

The homeowners pick up new kitchen appliances with the help of a professional kitchen designer. Cust...

The new kitchen receives a sink and garage disposal system, and tiling techniques are reviewed.

Finishing touches are applied in the remodeled kitchen. The beech flooring is completed, a wood stov...

Our host introduces the final project of the season: a disaster of an apartment beginning for redeco...

Experts at the New England Design Center advise our host and the apartment dwellers on choosing fabr...

Lighting expert Richard Mecher discusses portable lighting fixtures for the apartment. Our host revi...

Final details are completed in the apartment, including the installation of state-of-the-art telepho...

Our host meets with homeowners Linda and Bill to plan the first project: a two-story addition to an...

Final plans for the addition are reviewed with the architects. Then we make an encore visit to the U...

A hole is dug for the foundation of the new addition, and the slab is poured. Our master carpenter d...

As our host gets into the nuts and bolts of roof installation, the Victorian's homeowners learn the...

Construction continues with the installation of the staircase. Homeowners insulate the structure and...

The garage door is installed, while work on the water and heating systems for the new bathroom proce...

Tile is installed in the new addition. On an excursion to Seattle, Washington, our host looks at a r...

Inside, final electrical work is performed in the new addition and carpet is installed, while outsid...

The second project of the season begins: doubling the living space of a ranch house by raising the r...

The project gets underway with demolition of the existing roof and opening of the house. Carpenters...

Construction of the ranch house's new roof is completed, and shingling begins. Our host and the crew...

Windows are installed in the new second-floor ranch house addition, and our master carpenter discuss...

The ranch house's new second floor receives rough electrical wiring and plumbing and a whirlpool tub...

The exterior of the second-story ranch house addition gets vinyl siding, with commentary by an exper...

We go on an encore field trip to Ryland Homes, Maryland-based manufacturers of prefabricated houses...

Tile work is done in the master bath of the new addition, and new fixtures are installed. With work...

Frank mills the pineapple detail typical to garrison colonials. Mary Jane and Frank give our host a...

The third project of the season gets underway, as homeowners Tug and Beth begin planning the remodel...

Our master carpenter prepares Tug's attic for construction. Our host takes viewers on a field trip t...

Work proceeds inside and out on Tug's attic, as the roof is shingled and skylights and windows are i...

The nearly-completed attic renovation is ready to be insulated. Our host sets off for the Lexington...

Carpet is laid and finish work completed in Tug and Beth's attic addition. Our host pays a visit to...

This Old House breaks new ground as renovation of a Tampa, Florida, home begins. Our host takes view...

New ""heat-shielding"" windows are installed in Paul and Amelia's one-story home, and the house is i...

Our host, a Miami native, visits his hometown to admire the award-winning, trend-setting work of Lau...

Construction is completed on Paul and Amelia's house, now graced with lanscaping and a spacious redw...

Our host reviews last season's projects - including the popular ranch-home makeover - and introduces...

Architect Scott Finn goes over plans for renovating John and Claire's Cape-style home, and demolitio...

The mason arrives to work on the footings and foundation of John and Claire's Cape home. Our host th...

The guys review progress on the Cape renovation, and then our master carpenter shows how to cut raft...

Our host reviews the progress to date on the renovation of John and Claire's Cape-style home. New wi...

Work on the Cape's mechanical systems begins, as rough plumbing, a central vacuuming system, and wir...

Homeowner John shows our host his expertise in the fine points of blueboard. Our master carpenter wo...

We travel to the New Yankee Workshop to see work begin on custom cabinets for the Cape home, with as...

Custom-made kitchen cabinets are installed in John and Claire's home, and Claire turns her attention...

Our host takes a trip to see how the synthetic marble material for the new kitchen countertops is ma...

The Cape receives new flooring and our host visits Sweeden to tour the factory where this do-it-your...

Work on John and Claire's Cape home is completed. Interior designer Bette Rosenberg leads a tour the...

In search of inspiration for a vacation home, our host visits Hyannis on Cape Cod to tour a beach-fr...

A dowster explains the art of finding water to our host and landover Bob Houde; a well is dug; and a...

We visit a vacation home similar to the one being built in Brimfield, and the homeowner meets with a...

Our master carpenter shows us how to install double-hung windows, explains skylight installation and...

Ricard Trethewey pays a visit to Brimfield to discuss the vacation home's heating needs with our hos...

The vacation home receives interior finishes such as decorative, low-maintenance plywood paneling. V...

An energy-efficient wood-burning stove is installed in the vacation home. Our host larns about the n...

Our host takes viewers on a tour of the finished vacation home. A flooring expert shows how vinyl fl...

This Old House visits Pioneer, Arizona, a typical ""Wild West"" town, and our host meets Phoenix hom...

Our master carpenter pays a surprise visit to This Old House's Phoenix renovation project, and Tom a...

Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home receives exterior insulation and flashing, as well as a typical Southwe...

The flat roof of Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home is protected with cold membrane roofing, and tiles are...

Fixtures are installed in the remodeled bathroom of Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home, and the house rece...

Awnings and special sun-shade screening are used to protect Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home from the so...

The ninth season of This Old House gets underway as our host tours the Weatherbee Farm, a 1785 farmh...

Our master carpenter assesses the condition of Weatherbee Farm and architect Mary Otis Stevens discu...

Our master carpenter continues to assess the condition of Weatherbee Farm. Architect Mary Otis Steve...

Our host and master carpenter discuss the progress of the Weatherbee Farm restoration. Lead removal...

Our master carpenter supervises the raising of the wall that finishes enclosing the partially framed...

Our host and master carpenter install true divided light French doors in Weatherbee Farm's new kitch...

Our host gives an update on the progress of the Weatherbee Farm restoration. Windows are installed i...

Our host and master painter Sam Perry of the Edward K. Perry Paint Company discuss the preparation o...

Our master carpenter crafts decorative arches for the exterior of the new kitchen addition and insta...

Work starts on the deck railings, and our master carpenter shows our host how to turn decorative bau...

Exterior work on Weatherbee Farm continues as paint and restoration specialist Sam Perry supervises...

Our host and master painter Sam Perry discuss the progress of Weratherbee Farm's exterior paint work...

Our master carpenter installs barnboard from the old well at one end of the new kitchen addition. To...

Our host visits a New Hampshire mill, where reproduction shutters are crafted using 19th century equ...

The outside of Weatherbee Farm is the focus, as a stone wall is built in the garden area, work start...

At Weatherbee Farm, landscaping proceeds as shrubs and flowers are planted, and the renovated wellhe...

Southern yellow, pine flooring is laid over the new radiant heat system in the Weatherbee Farm's kit...

Cast acrylic countertops and sink and hancrafted, custom-made cabinets are installed in Weatherbee F...

A specialist from the E.K. Perry Paint Company demonstrates the art of sponge painting in Weatherbee...

Our host leads us on a tour of the finished and decorated Weatherbee Farm with interior designer Jea...

Our host takes viewers to Santa Barbara, California, to meet homeowners Susan and David and tour the...

Our host reviews the plans for remodeling Susan and David's bungalow. Demolition of the partially fi...

Richard Trethewey introduces Santa Barbara heating and plumbing contractor George Brazil. Framing of...

Work on the California bungalow continues with the homeowners pitching in. The crew starts shingling...

Our host gives a progress report on the Craftsman bungalow project and finishing touches are put on...

Work on Susan and David's Craftsman bungalow is completed, and our host gives viewers through the ne...

Our host tours Lexington real estate with agent June Goodwin, looking at older homes as well as newe...

Mary-Van and Jim Sinek discuss expanding their side-by-side, two-family Lexington home with a new ad...

Our host shows us how to use a laser level, which excavators use to achieve uniform depth for founda...

Our host and master carpenter meet with Gene Romanelli to discuss foundation footings and begin pour...

Jim Sinek and the guys remove the interior wall in the living room. Our host meets with concrete spe...

Our host watches demolition in the kitchen, including the removal of the sink and cabinets. Then he...

After getting a progress report from our host, our master carpenter confers with Tom Silva. Our host...

The garage is nearly complete and fitted with trim that has been primed before construction. Our hos...

Cedar siding arrives and the crew begins to install it. Lighting consultant Dick Metchears meets wit...

Our host meets with landscape artist Roger Hopkins to check his progress on the granite wall and ter...

Our host and Tom Wirth look at the new plantings that have arrived at the jobsite. We then check Rog...

The crew is busy installing the new decking at the back of the house. Our host meets with zero-clear...

Our host meets with Tom Wirth to discuss progress on lanscaping. Then we watch as Ken Dickenson puts...

The new plantings are in and a vegetable garden fence is put in place. The crew installs wallboard w...

Our host and master carpenter discusses how the rain gutters can best divert water away from the fir...

Our host and Jim Sinek discuss the budget. Meanwhile, plastering contractors have begun their work....

The guys erect a lamppost in the frontyard. Carpet underlayment is installed in the home office, whi...

The crew installs a metal railing on the granite patio using hydrolic cement. We then visit a single...

At the front of the house, our host watches Charlie McGongagle put up a permanent drain pipe, while...

Our host and electrical contractor Buddy Bisnaw discuss outlets in the kitchen. Richard Trethewey ac...

When we arrive at the jobsite, we find homeowners Jim and Mary-Van outside painting clapboards. Insi...

The crew installs a new newel post on the main staircase. Then we tour the Morgan Door company, manu...

At the bed and breakfast's enterance, our host and flooring contractor Jeff Hosking discuss refinish...

Our host and Tom Silva are hard at work on the fireplace, mounting an new mantel and facing the surr...

The Corian countertops are installed in the kitchen. Our host discusses appliances with General Elec...

Our host and Joe Ruggiero, editor of Home magazine and an interior decorator, tour the finished hous...

This Old House returns for its eleventh season with our master carpenter, who introduces the series'...

The guys send homeowners Lynn and Barbara to Nantucket, while they visit a bar that has been remodel...

Timber-frame expert Tedd Benson and the crew dismantle the barn. Homeowners Barbara and Lynn meet wi...

Down the hill from the building site in Concord, well-driller Dave Haynes prepares to fill a well. T...

We travel to Brattleboro, Vermont to take a look at a factory where stress-skin panels are made. Aft...

At the Concord site, Tedd Benson and other members of the Timber Framers Guild of North America lead...

The barn's massive frame is put up by hand at an old-fashioned barn-raising, and topped off with a t...

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

Custom-made windows are installed in the Concord barn, and deluxe sklights are that feature one-step...

A concrete slab is poured in the basement. The crew reviews the progress on the barn renovation.

The well is connected to the house, and our host discusses the barn's new plumbing system with Richa...

Tom Wirh reviews the progress of the landscaping work. Barbara visits a kitchen design center.

Richard Trethewey explains the barn's new heating system. Drywalling begins, and an air-exchanger is...

Richard Trethewey takes viewers on a tour of a boiler factory in Battenberg, West Germany, where par...

A custom stairway is installed in the Concord barn, an we visit Neenah, Wisconsin, to see how the st...

Our host takes a side trip to a futuristic show house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where plastic is...

Terra-cotta tiling begins. The crew cases and frames the doors the doors and windows. We then visit...

Tiling continues in the in the guest bathroom, while lighting fixtures are installed along the beams...

The barn nears completion as wide pine flooring is laid and the kitchen appliances are installed. Ri...

The project draws to a close as Jean Lemmon, editor-in-chief of Country Home magazine, tours the fin...

The show travels to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for its newest project: the renovation of a traditional So...

Sharon Woods, co-author of Santa Fe Style, takes viewers on a tour of some notable local houses. At...

Traditional kiva (beehive) fireplaces are constructed. Windows and doors are installed.

Richard Trethewey supervises installation of an in-floor radiant heating system, small wall-mounted...

We visit the Ashfork, Arizona, yard that is suppling the flagstone flooring for the kitchen and libr...

Marble countertops are installed in the kitchen, and we visit the marble finishing yard in Juarez, M...

We begin our 12th season with the restoration of Hazel Briceno's triple-decker, three-family home in...

The guys explore lead paint-health hazards, inspection, and removal.

The issue of vinyl siding is discussed. Cellulose insulation is blown-in from the interior. A variet...

Abel Lopes explains construction of rear porches. Our master carpenter shows us how to install the n...

Our master carpenter works on front porch. We get a lesson from the plastering crew on blueboarding....

The guys discuss the basement windows. Landscape architect Tom Wirth makes a preliminary lanscaping...

Home magazine editor Joe Ruggiero tours the house and discusses with Hazel ideas for interior decora...

A visit to the Charlotte, North Carolina, chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a national organization t...

The guys install the new front porch columns and build a railing system. Abel Lopes and Amy Wrigley...

The crew installs the brackets they've built the workshop. The front door is stained and sealed. Haz...

Our host tries some sanblasting to get rid of the graffiti on front of the house. Our master carpent...

Tom Wirth and Hazel lay out the plants for the front garden and a picket fence is installed. Our mas...

We tour the vacant city-owned lot across the street with Stephanie Bothwell, senior landscape archit...

Our host and Amy Wrigley tour two Public Facilities Department houses that will soon be on the marke...

At the house, the guys install the new front door. Hazel's security system is reviewed. Jeff Hosking...

Our master carpenter tiles Hazel's bathroom with vinyl tile, Richard Trethewey gives us a lesson on...

The guys visit the International Carpetry Apprenticeship Contest in Seattle, Washington. Back in Jam...

The final day. Boston's Mayor Ray Flynn drops by to welcome Hazel to the city and gives her a wreath...

The 13th season opens with a visit to Hazel Biceno's triple-decker in Jamaica Plain, site of the 12t...

Work begins on Kirkside, with Tom Silva and crew beginning to remove the old ashphalt shingles. Our...

The guys and homeowner Chris Hagger discuss Chris' decision to go with architectural-grade shingles...

The guys begin to dismantle the front portico in preparation for its restoration to its 1888 look. O...

Mason Lenny Belleveau teaches us the ins and outs of chimney-top flue dampers from and then checks o...

The guys tours the site, looking at the grading and draining work of Herb Brockert. The crew jacks t...

The crew pours footings for the new portico, and the guys tour the demolished bathroom and kitchen,...

Our master carpenter completes the radius frame for the front portico deck, while our general contra...

Our host checks in again with Herb Brockert, who has installed the leaching pits. Middlesex Lead con...

Our host shows dry well for perimeter drainage, then catches up with our general contractor, who pro...

The guys install a new bulkhead, while Herb Brockert puts in the septic tank, pump chamber and pump....

Our host reviews rough wiring an plumbing porgies in the kitchen, then checks in with eletrician Pau...

Richard Trethewey shows us a gas company truck that runs on natural gas, then takes us inside to see...

Wallboard arrives by boom truck and our host helps unload it. Electrician Paul Kennedy gives a lesso...

Tom Silva explains the insulation he's been puting up in the kitchen, and in the master bath. We see...

A licenced crew removes the two basement oil tanks. Mason Roger Hopkins splits granite for the porti...

We meet Sam DeFrost, who points out the features of the new fence. Our master carpenter begins to fi...

Richard Trethewey explains ways of preventing pipe freeze-ups. In the kitchen, lighting designer Mel...

The final day in Kirkside begins in the steeple of the church, where minister Ken Sawyer gives us a...

This Old House goes to London for its first overseas project. Our host meets wit hhomeowners Jeremy...

Contractor David Booth introduces us to a ""rag and bone"" man who collects scrap from building site...

The guys start the day with the English crew at breakfast. At the site, they inspect the new beam wo...

Our host visits the Tower of London and meets a Beefeater and one of the famous ravens. At the flat,...

Made-in-the-U.S.A. windows arrive by air freight on the site, where the council planner has given th...

The show starts at an ancient stone circle on the Salisbury Plain, then we check progress on the sit...

Our master carpenter shows us the details of the new staircase leading up to the flat. Carla goes th...

The new season kicks off with a visit to the Haggers at Kirkside in Wayland. The lawn has come in, a...

We meet architect Graham Gund in his offices at Bulfinch Square, a historic complex he restored. Aft...

Architect Graham Gund reveals his plans for the Igoes' ranch, using a model and drawings. The crew b...

Our host catches up with homeowners Jan and Brian Igoe, urging them to vacate the premises before th...

Arborist Matt Foti and crew remove a large swamp marple from the site. Tom Silva takes us to see ano...

Lumber arrives on the site, and mason Lenny Belleveau applies a hard cement coating to the above-gra...

With the roof demolished, the crew begins to deck over the second floor. The addition is decked over...

With framing well underway, homeowner Jan Igoe gives our host a tour of the developing spaces inside...

Homeowners Brian and Jan tour the house and see how the kitchen ceiling has been removed. Landscape...

The timber trusses are craned into new place in the new addition, with stress-skin panels following...

The crew prepares an opening to accept a new window. Housewrap is discussed, and inside our general...

Our host arrives on site to discover stone mason Roger Hopkins at work on the new landscaping. Landa...

Work continues on the front landscaping, and Tom Wirth gives us a update on the layout. Inside, Rich...

Our host catches up with Graham Gund as the architect discusses design issues with Jan Igoe. Meanwhi...

The job has suddenly taken a turn for the better, thanks in part to the homeowners' cleanup efforts....

After a major snowstorm, we arrive on site to find the granite steps installed and Herb Brockert's g...

Roger Hopkins puts in the last pieces of the front stairs: flagging made from ""scrap"" granite. Ins...

We visit a iron fabrication shop to see how the front railings are being put together. Back at the h...

Our host meets up with Jan Igoe to discuss the inadvisability of doing patches in the old floors. In...

The home stretch. The guys arrive with the entertainment center, and meet up with architect Rick Bec...

The crew heads to storm-stricken Maimi, Florida, in search for a house to fix up. After seeing one t...

With the wet plaster and carpeting removed from the house, some heretofore hidden features of the ho...

Tree cutter Tony Sisto takes down a ded tree, with some difficulty, while our master carpenter check...

Our host opens the show at ""Mt. Trashmore"", a collecting point - one of about a dozen in South Dad...

We see progress on the house with general contractor Rick Groden: window patch-in, interior plasteri...

The final three days. The painters are hard at work; our master carpenter replaces a window that was...

The season starts in front of a magnificent example of Victorian architecture, then we visit the Soc...

The asbestos removal crew begins to strip the house of shingles, under the watchful eye of a state o...

Our host visits a landfill engineered to accept hazardous waste, such as the asbestos off the side o...

The guys meet Dean as he's removing damaged wood shingles, which have been revealed now that the asb...

While the guys use a new airgun and lightweight nylon hose to shingle the base of one of the turrets...

Dean tries out various ways of removing paint from the window castings - heat gun, heat plane, and c...

Our host arrives to find the crew getting ready to frame up the gutted kitchen. First, though, the p...

Our master carpenter rides a horse into the Washakie Wilderness in northwestern Wyoming, where US Fo...

Our host visits an eight-color historically accurate paint job west of Boston, under the supervision...

Our master carpenter gives us a tip on hiding nails when shingling, while our general contractor bui...

In a big day at the jobsite, arborist Matt Foti and his crew cut down four conifers that had been hi...

Our host Russell, who is completing the rough wiring in the kitchen. Lighting designer Melissa Guene...

We arrive to see the new paint colors going up, while Tom Silva continues to re-detail the porch tri...

Our host meets landscape contractor Roger Cook as he and his crew install a plastic drywell in the c...

Our host arrives to find the crew putting down rubber membrane roof on the garage, while homeowner D...

Our master carpenter checks out the new retractable awnings, while our host meets storm window insta...

Our host arrives to find the crew fishing off the last of the porch's historic details, which is was...

The final days. Our host arrives to find Don Franklin of DeAngelis Iron Work installing a new railin...

The guys padde into Honolulu, Hawaii, to begin an eight show series on the renovation and expansion...

The guys start the workday by climbing Diamond Head for a view over the city of Honolulu. At the job...

The show opens at the Punchbowl, an extinct volcano crater that is the site of the National Memorial...

The show opens at Hanauma Bay, a sea-filled crater whose marine life attracts thousands of visitors...

The show begins at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, a 1927 beauty known as the Pink Palace, one of the firs...

The show opens at Aloha Tower, built in 1921 and now part of a redevelopment effort by the same goru...

Our host opens the show at Halekii heiau, an ancient Hawaiian temple on the island of Maui. Surround...

The final days in Hawaii. Our host starts the show in Kalapana on the Big Island, where a 1992 lava...

The season begins with a tour of the country's oldest wood-frame house: the Fairbanks House in Dedha...

The day begins with the crew moving the old milk shed to another spot on the property. Inside, Richa...

Homeowner Terry Maitland cuts down a tree to make way for the new foundation, while the crew lays ou...

We tour the newly demolished back areas of the house, and see how woefully underframed they are. In...

At the site, lumber - conventional and engineered - has arrived, and the crew begins to attach the s...

The framing crew continues working on the addition; a large steel beam to carry out the upper floor...

With the addtion weatherweight, its massing is apparement and seems to make a successful match with...

Redwood clapboards - finger-jointed and preprimed - start to go on the addition; our general contrac...

As he contemplates installing replacement windows in the original building, our master carpenter exp...

Tom Silva shows us his reroofing progress - stripping of old shingles, plywooding sheathing, new shi...

Homeowners Terry and Sima Maitland puzzle over exterior paint colors, settling on a pumpkin for the...

Tom Silva tests out the old-fashioned v-shaped gutter he made for the front porch, then takes us on...

We see Terry busily caulking the battered clapboards of the west gable in preparation for the top co...

At in-ground propane tank is installed for cooking and drying. Inside, the wallbaord is up, plaster...

We arrive to find Jeff Hosking installing the salvaged floorboards he found in a New Hampshire yard....

The crew installs the new front entryway. Kitchen designer Glenn Berger leads a tour of the new kitc...

Our host arrives to find installer Michael Griffiths laying out a carpet for the master suite. It's...

The final days. We arrive to find the telephone company burying a new multipair line into the house,...

The crew heads west to California's Napa Valley and Dennis Duffy's circa 1906 farmhouse. Essentially...

Work begins on the Duffy residence, with Jim Nolan's crew tearing off the back porch with a backhoe....

After a period of heavy rains and flooding, Napa Valley - and the jobsite - are a soggy mess. The sh...

The show start with a visit to Napa Valley's oldest wooden, gravity-fed winery, home of Trefethen Vi...

We check out the mustard plants in a vineyard near the farmhouse before heading over to a very busy...

With remarkable progress at the site, we tour the exterior with Jim Nolan, seeing fir decking, trim...

The show opens at Clos Pegase, a winery designed by noted architect Michael Graves. At the site, the...

The final day opens at a scenic overlook on the first clear day in a week. On site, the painters are...

The show opens the season with a tour of Salem, Massachusets - the Witch Trials Memorial, the town's...

Their bid of $205,000 accepted, the Guinees take possession of the house. Our host meets their banke...

We visit the island of Nantucket, where architect Ann Beha's firm is expanding and renovated the his...

On a hot July day, the crew got the existing children's bath and future master bath. They discover a...

Tom Silva shows us the reframed bathrooms, with floors stiffened by flipping the original joists and...

The crew insulates the exterior wall of the kids' bath with blown cellulose. Tom Silva shows us a pa...

We arrive to find Mike McManus and his painting crew continuing their prep work, dry scraping and ha...

The crew assesses the condition of the clapboards on the back of the building, patching presents a l...

We arrive to hear some troubling news: Some of the neighbors - not pleased with the Historical Commi...

Our host recounts the latest Historical Commission meeting, in which the original approval of the ca...

The City of Salem's tree-planting program puts in a Callery pear (pyrus calleryana 'red spire') in f...

Lighting designer Josh Feinstein shows Deborah lighting treatments for the kitchen and living room,...

Our host arrives with news from the latest Historical Commission meeting: a decision on the issue of...

Our host arrives to see a wallboard delivery truck in action, while inside the wallboard/plaster cre...

Homeowner Kevin Guinee tells us that, for now, they have withdrawn their petition to build a carriag...

We meet artist Don McKillop, who is painting a portrait of the Guinees' house, while across the stre...

A historically inspired Federal-style fence is installed to replace the rotting pickets in front of...

The final days. We arrive after a snowstorm to find the front hall floor finished with a faux marble...

This Old House heads south to the historic splendor of Savannah, Georgia, where Mills and Marianne F...

The show begins with the TOH guys antiquing and then heading over to the jobsite on Monterey Square....

The show opens at Wormsloe Plantation, ruins of a 1736 dwelling on the banks of the Inland Passage a...

The show opens at an architectural salvage shop in downtown Savannah; the proprietress drops by the...

The show opens at Fort Pulaski, a Federal fort taken over by Confederate forces early in the Civil W...

The show opens at Congregation Mickve Israel, where Rabbi Belzer takes us on a tour around the 1876...

The show opens with a visit to the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest container ports on the East...

The final days in Savannah. We visit a preservation expert in charge of saving Pulaski Monument in M...

This Old House sets out for Nantucket the classic way, aboard a Streamship Authority vessel. On isla...

The crew starts the work day surf casting with local expert David Goodman (and full-time tile contra...

The show starts with a visit to Nantucket's Unitarian Universalist church, a beautiful showcase of r...

Our master carpenter goes lobstering with contractor/lobsterman Pierre Garneau, who has a family lic...

The show starts with a visit to Sankaty Head Light, a Coast Guard property of the exposed Eastern ed...

The show opens with a little clamming, looking for quahogs at a secret location. At the site, we mee...

The show begins at Nantucket's Old North Wharf, much of which dates from the early 18th century and...

The show opens at Nantucket's Whaling Museum with curator Mike Jehle. At the site, we see the first...

Before heading over to the job site, we visit the 1827 African Meeting House, a former school, churc...

A visit to Nantucket's Life-Saving Museum teaches viewers about a key part of the island's maritime...

The show begins with a visit to the Wharf Rat Club, a collection of old-timers who gather to chat ea...

Dr. Tim Lepore, the island's leading specialist in tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease and babeosi...

Realtor Hammie Heard shows us around the Dreamland Theatre, a downtown Nantucket landmark. First a Q...

After a ride out to the beach reservation known as Coatue with with Nantucket Conservation Foundatio...

We visit the Nantucket Marine Lab and its director, Rob Garrison, to see efforts of augment the isla...

Our master carpenter boards the fishing boat of Capt. Tom Mleczko in search of the mighty striped ba...

After a visit to the Milestone Cranberry Bog in time for the October harvest, viewers meet up with B...

The crew starts off the last Nantucket show up to their chest in water, harvesting the succulent bay...

This Old House hits Tucson, Arizona, for an eight-part winter project: the renovation and and expans...

The show opens at Casa Cordova, one of the last remaining pieces of early Tucson. Built in 1848 with...

The show opens with a hike in the natural splendor of Sabino Canyon, in the northern foothills of Tu...

An early moring breakfast at a tradtional Mexican restaurant prepares the crew for a job site abuzz...

The show opens with a visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, where the natural-looking environme...

Before heading to the job site, we pay a visit to the Air Force's AMARC, a vast collection of mothba...

After a trip downtown to Tucson's Hotel Congress, built in 1919 and the site of John Dillinger's hid...

As the Tucson project enters its final days, our host takes viewers to Biosphere 2 in nearby Oracle....

The show opens in the historic town of Milton, Massachusetts, founded in 1662 and the site of the c....

Our host arrives to find excavator Herb Brockert preparing to knock down the rotting ell off the bar...

The show opens with a visit to the top of Great Blue Hill and its historic weather observatory (buil...

Our master carpenter lays out lines for subslab ductwork in his workshop, and the crew strips off th...

Our master carpenter's workshop continues to take shape, as Richard Trethewey lays out radiant floor...

A big day on the site: the structural insulated panels for the new workshop are hoisted into place -...

The house's new spaces are framed and sheated, giving us a chance to tour the new kitchen and media...

Victory Garden chef Marian Morash and kitchen designer Phil Mossgraber work to refine a plan for the...

Our host arrives to find our master carpenter unpacking the new stationary woodworking tools for the...

Richard Trethewey is on site to see the new gas line being laid and the old oil tanks removed, court...

Our master carpenter inspects the new garage doors, made of redwood to look like old-fashioned outsw...

A busy day at the site, as several weather-sensitive jobs are brought to completion. The crew puts i...

Our host arrives to find the site thick with trucks delivering drywall, cement board, and interior w...

The show opens at the Milton gravesite of Captain John Crehore (born 1694), the builder of the Milto...

The finishes have begun at the Milton project. We see the shellac and wax work painter John Dee is a...

The show opens to find landscaper Roger Cook and crew putting in a granite block curb around the dri...

Interior designers begin their work as the construction crew scurries to finish up the job. Painter...

The show opens to find Roger Cook and crew laying down a sod lawn and we recieve a one-button key-fo...

The grand finale in Milton, with the house completed furnished with the work of 10 separate decorati...

This Old House's team goes to San Francisco to take on a unique project: the conversion of a 1906 ch...

The crew start the workday at the Powell Street cable car turntable, where cars are spun around by h...

The show opens at a spectacular spot: the top of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, 48 stori...

The show opens with a walk through the magnificent Muir Woods, home of the coast redwood, the world'...

The crew visits Coloma, California, where the Gold Rush began in 1848, to see Sutter's Mill and try...

Our host visits Alcatraz before heading off to the jobsite, where our master carpenter is hard at wo...

The final episode on the San Francisco project begins with a visit to the Marin County Civic Center,...

Our 20th year on public television began with the renovation of a circa 1886 Victorian with a large...

Our host opens the show with a visit to the Watertown Arsenal, now decommissioned and slated for red...

The crew begins to dismantle the grand oak staircase as the house's new floorplan comes into focus -...

As a professionally installed scaffolding system rises up to the roof ridge, landscape archtect Clar...

The landscape work begins with landscaper Roger Cook and arborist Matt Foti marking trees slated for...

The team's work to complete the reframing of the second floor starts with the use of engineered lumb...

The show opens with a walk along a newly restored natural corridor lining the banks of the Charles R...

A Dig Safe representative is on site to explain the nonprofit organization's function: to notify all...

Entomologist and pest control contractor Steve Marken takes us on a termite-damage tour of the house...

Roger Cook and Christian Bilodeau plant 30-foot evergreens as a screen in the backyard, using Christ...

The This Old House team installs a zero-clearance fireplace with a handsome cast-iron firebox. Windo...

A busy day on site: the back decking is coming along with a new undermount system. The insulation cr...

Exterior painting by Steve Kiernan and crew is underway out back, as is the erection of a white ceda...

The show opens with a plumbing and heating tour of the basement, with stops at: a pressure-reducing...

A huge drywall goes in under the front lawn to handle water pumped out of the basement slump, and ch...

The This Old House team shop for lunch supplies at Eastern Lamejun Bakery, one of the oldest Middle...

Our host arrives on site to find the building's exterior nearly complete: the new paint scheme is on...

Our host arrives to find Roger Cook and crew installing sod on the front lawn, while inside painting...

The final days of the Watertown project start with Richard Trethewey's tour of the completed kitchen...

Our host and master carpenter find paradise at the end of the famed U.S. Route 1 - Key West, Florida...

After catching the famous Mallory Square sunset the evening before, the This Old House team gets to...

The show opens at one of Key West's most popular destinations, Harry Truman's ""Little White House,"...

The show opens at Truman Annex, a planned community on land that was formerly Key West's naval stati...

The show opens at Key West's biggest industries - cruise ships. The This Old House team takes a tour...

Just as they're getting used to all the sunshine, the crew realizes it's almost time to wrap up the...

On our last day in Key West, viewers get a look at the new pool, its cleaning system and the heat pu...

The new season starts with a visit to Chub Whitten's Colonial home in Ipswitch, Massachusetts, that...

We visit the Billerica Fire Dept. to hear what it was like to fight the Silva fire, and how it might...

Tom recounts the day the machines came to tear down Dick and Sandra's old house. All that's left is...

A full month after our last time on site, the foundation is just being completed, the construction s...

Homeowner Dick Silva gives a tour of the newly framed up first floor, and Tom Silva shows some of th...

Homeowner Dick Silva gives a tour of the framed and sheated house and reports that he and Sandra hav...

The new windows have arrived. They're made from an extruded composive of PVC and sawdust, and we vis...

Our master carpenter and general contractor take over Dick's Quonset hut to set up a woodorking shop...

The local electric utility is on site to bring power across the street to a new pole positioned in a...

As our master carpenter sets up the table saw to make a sample raised-panel door for the Silvas to c...

The site is abuzz as subcontractors hurry to complete their in-wall work before the insulation truck...

We arrive at the house to find the last of the wallboard shipment being loaded into the basement. In...