On the roof at the project house in Weston, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows host Kevin O’Connor the new solar hot water system that makes use of evacuated…

Host Kevin O’Connor arrives in Weston and finds a busload of masons just in from Wisconsin to help with the exterior stone veneer, while general contractor Tom Silva shows homeowner…

Three weeks into the new house raising in Weston, Massachusetts, and the building envelope is almost complete. The Bensonwood crew places the last of the roof panels and sets the…

Two weeks into the new house raising, master carpenter Norm Abram meets architect Chris Adams for a tour of the first and second floors. At the Bensonwood shop in Walpole,…

The second week of the house raising begins with a ceremonial timberframe raise on the first floor—by hand. The rest of the job will be done with a crane including…

Homeowners Amy and Pete Favat are on site in Weston for the first day of “raising” their new house but the excitement is soon tampered by unexpected rain. After a…

With 75 percent of the new prefabricated house being built in a workshop, host Kevin O’Connor opens the show at Bensonwood in New Hampshire, where today it’s all hands on…

Host Kevin O’Connor arrives in Weston to find homeowners Amy & Pete Favat in the backyard, cutting back the spring overgrowth so the workers can get through. General contractor Tom…

Host Kevin O’Connor drives up to find the old house gone, and general contractor Tom Silva finishing the job by demolishing the chimney and foundation with an excavator. The old…

For the new season, host Kevin O’Connor and master carpenter Norm Abram reveal that This Old House will be building new—a prefab, eco-friendly home that will feel like an old…

Host Kevin O’Connor opens the show as the Krewe of Zulu prepares for Mardi Gras. In Holy Cross, landscape contractor Roger Cook arrives to find metal worker Joe Strain finishing…

Host Kevin O’Connor meets District Fire Chief Tim McConnell to see how his own firemen are rebuilding 22 damaged firehouse on their own time, with the help of volunteers and…

Host Kevin O’Connor and landscape contractor Roger Cook visit a 70-year old tradition on Poydras Street, Mother’s Restaurant, to sample some of the local cuisine. In Holy Cross, Roger meets…

Host Kevin O’Connor visits the architectural marvel next door, the Dollut Steamboat house, with its owner, Don Gagnon. Back at our house, master carpenter Norm Abram meets homeowner Rashida Ferdinand…

Host Kevin O’Connor and master carpenter Norm Abram take a ride through the city of New Orleans with streetcar driver Sue Daniel, who is known locally as “Streetcar Sue.” At…

Host Kevin O’Connor and master carpenter Norm Abram open the show with a quick visit to the local’s alternative to Bourbon Street, the neighborhood jazz clubs of Frenchmen Street, where…

Master carpenter Norm Abram takes host Kevin O’Connor across the Mississippi River by ferry to Algiers Point, home of the first This Old House New Orleans project back in 1990,…

Host Kevin O’Connor visits the French Quarter with Vieux Carre Commission Director Lary Hesdorffer to see how one of the most important neighborhoods in America faired during the storm. At…

Back in New Orleans, Kevin meets homeowner Rashida Ferdinand and her architect Rick Fifield for a look at the plans and model of the proposed work to her shotgun single….

For the second project of the season, This Old House travels to New Orleans, Louisiana, to help a fourth-generation resident of the Lower 9th Ward return home, while following stories…

In the final episode of the Newton project, host Kevin O’Connor meets lighting designer Susan Arnold to see how she is using new light sources and more modern fixtures to…

Host Kevin O’Connor checks out general contractor Tom Silva’s makeshift workshop on the front porch of the house. Inside, countertop fabricator Paul Grothouse arrives from Pennsylvania to install the end…

Landscape contractor Roger Cook installs sod in the backyard, while host Kevin O’Connor meets engineered stone distributor Chelsie Arnold to learn more about the quartz and resin countertops being installed…

Host Kevin O’Connor talks with homeowner Paul Friedberg to learn more about Paul’s past as an Olympic fencer. Master carpenter Norm Abram checks on the installation of the new custom…

A local nursery brings plants to the house. General contractor Tom Silva addresses some unforeseen rotting problems with the garage. Inside, the kitchen is plastered, the new white oak flooring…

Progress on the home’s exterior painting continues. General contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O’Connor how he is wrapping the columns under the back porch in shingles. Preservation plasterer Rory…

To replace the stairway he removed from the old kitchen, general contractor Tom Silva builds a brand new stairway to the basement. Then, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows…

Host Kevin O’Connor sees how landscape contractor Roger Cook is building the fieldstone and mortar sitting wall. Meanwhile, master carpenter Norm Abram shows homeowner Paul Friedberg troublesome conditions with the…

Host Kevin O’Connor and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey stop to see Echo Bridge, a 500-foot long arched structure built in 1976 to carry water over the Charles River….

Host Kevin O’Connor drives up to the house to find general contractor Tom Silva helping load up a truck for the “Building Materials Resource Center,” a local non-profit that will…

After a brief stop at Johnny’s Luncheonette for breakfast, host Kevin O’Connor meets paint color specialist Ann Pfaff to learn what colors might be appropriate for the Shingle- style house….

Landscape contractor Roger Cook installs 200 running feet of pre-cast concrete to create a retaining wall that will define the perimeter of the new backyard. Inside the house, wallpaper historian…

General contractor Tom Silva removes the temporary support beam that has been holding up the back corner of the house. Meanwhile, engineered lumber specialist Craig Smith shows master carpenter Norm…

Host Kevin O’Connor finds general contractor Tom Silva in the backyard prepping the footings for the new porch columns. Landscape contractor Roger Cook brings in civil engineer Mike Kosmo to…

Master carpenter Norm Abram and general contractor Tom Silva remove the old vinyl siding from the exterior of the house, exposing not only the original wood clapboards underneath but also…

The 30th anniversary season of This Old House opens with the crew beginning a small but sophisticated addition to a 1915 Dutch Colonial Revival that includes a new kitchen, home…

Using locally abundant natural materials is considered “green”, so we’re using local limestone on the front porch wall caps, the first floor vanity top, and in the landscape borders. Master…

Despite a crippling ice storm in Texas, work continues at the project house. Builder Bill Moore shows master carpenter Norm Abram how he’s using old roof rafters to fashion the…

Host Kevin O’Connor shows landscape contractor Roger Cook some local color on Austin’s Town Lake, while back at the project house, green builder Bill Moore demonstrates how he’s using a…

Host Kevin O’Connor welcomes plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey to the “Live Music Capital of the World” with a visit to the legendary Continental Club ? home of live…