This Old House - Season 29

Season 29

Episodes

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Move or Improve
Kevin O'Connor and master carpenter Norm Abram arrive at the latest project house in Newton, Massachusetts, An 1897 Colonial Revival in late Victorian Shingle transitional-style.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Big Plans
Host Kevin O'Connor sees the plans for a large new patio, the kitchen, plumbing and heating and the 100-year old chimney. Roger Cook cuts down the giant yews obscuring the front of the house.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Prepwork and Inspiration
Prepping the footings for new porch columns. A perc test for the new landscape plan. Shingle style review and plan. Removing a rotted red maple from the side yard with a tree crew and crane.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Framing, Wiring, and an Unfitted Kitchen
The temporary support beam and old kitchen walls are removed. Old wiring created code violations. Floor plans and design choices are revealed. The closet ties in with the new master bath.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Retaining Wall, Historic Wallcovering
Installing pre-cast concrete to create a retaining wall. Evaluating historic wallpaper. Putting a new window in an old wall. 19th century buildings are moved as part of a construction project.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Exterior Paint Colors, Stained-Glass Window
What colors might be appropriate for a Shingle-style house. Building the 12-foot wall of a new kitchen bump out. Stained glass restoration. A concrete truck pours a small buttress wall.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Salvage, Progress, and Pink Granite
Progress on the porch, kitchen, and master bath. An update on the mechanical systems. How granite is quarried and split. Installing the new Milford Pink granite and also matching the old mortar.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Fieldstone, Replacement Windows, and Teak
Transplanting a large shrub to help with screening. Work on the fieldstone sitting wall. Installing a replacement window. Adding radiant heat panels. And crafting a beautiful 3-inch teak island top.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Pests, Decking, and AC
Building a fieldstone and mortar sitting wall. Troublesome conditions with the wood-to-ground contact. Termite pest control. New home designs - clean and open on the inside.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Bluestone and a Historic Billiards Room
Prepping the exterior for paint. Bluestone patio and massive bluestone stairs. Wrapping exterior columns with shingles. Spray foam insulation is put in. Lighting restoration to meet modern needs.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Bringing Light Throughout
Saving the old plaster in the billiards room. Selections for the home's lighting, paint colors, and furnishings. Norm shows rare and valuable antique pool tables, and sees work on the pool table.

The Newton Shingle-Style House: Garage Nightmare and Garbage Disposers
The kitchen is plastered, the new white oak flooring is down, and the cabinets have just arrived. A new generation of kitchen garbage disposers. Waterproofing the shower by using a paint-on membrane.

Newton: Getting the Details Right

Newton: In Memory of Joe Ferrante

Newton: Grout, Closets, and a Clawfoot Tub

Newton: Winter Wrap Party

New Orleans | Return to New Orleans, Post Katrina
This Old House travels to New Orleans, Louisiana, to help a fourth-generation resident of the Lower 9th Ward return home, while following stories of rebuilding and recovery throughout the city.

New Orleans | Camelbacks, Bargeboard, and Toxic Mold
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.

New Orleans | French Quarter, Shotgun Colors
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.

New Orleans | Saints in the City
Norm Abram takes Kevin across the Mississippi River by ferry to Algiers Point, home of the first This Old House New Orleans project back in 1990, to see how it fared during Hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans | First Builder Falls Through
Host Kevin O'Connor and Norm Abram visit the local's alternative to Bourbon Street—the neighborhood jazz clubs of Frenchmen Street, where the New Orleans music scene is still alive and well.

New Orleans | Back on Track
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.

New Orleans | Recovery Continues
The Dollut Steamboat house. Holy Cross house's new quartz countertops made using laser technology. Cabinets, flooring and paint. A lesson in making a window stool and apron. Reclaimed pine flooring.

New Orleans Rebuilds: Landscapes and NBA Legends
Kevin and Roger visit a tradition on Poydras St., Mother's Restaurant, to sample the local cuisine. Roger and landscape architect Brian Sublette create public and private space on our lot.

New Orleans Rebuilds: Only in New Orleans
Host Kevin O'Connor meets District Fire Chief Tim McConnell to see how his firemen are rebuilding 22 damaged firehouses with the help of volunteers and the Denis Leary Foundation in NYC.

New Orleans Rebuilds: One Small Corner Restored
Kevin O'Connor and the Krewe of Zulu prepare for Mardi Gras. In Holy Cross, Roger Cook finds metal worker Joe Strain finishing the installation of the "hoop and scroll" iron fence.
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