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This Old House

TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.

Showing Season 38 of 47

Season 38

2016

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01. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts Class Begins

2016-10-01

Homeowners plan to restore and expand their early English-style Arts and Crafts Home; plans for mechanical and plumbing systems.

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02. Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look, Inside and Out

2016-10-08

Sorting through colors and wallpaper ideas for the living room; demolishing old plaster walls; landscape plan; removing an old silver maple tree.

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03. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Make Way for the Family Room

2016-10-15

Installing a new steal beam; removing an oil tank; digging a new foundation; visits to other English-style Arts and Crafts houses.

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04. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Foundation Fundamentals

2016-10-22

Building a new foundation; specimen trees.

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05. Arlington Arts & Crafts | A Steely Den

2016-10-29

Following steel beams from fabrication to installation; working on the HVAC plan for the second and third floors; sizing a firebox.

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06. Arlington Arts & Crafts | One Brick at a Time

2016-11-05

Working on the fireplace; designing a new kitchen with custom cabinets; changing the pitch of two dormers.

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07. Arlington Arts & Crafts | To Paint or Not to Paint

2016-11-12

Custom range hood; rebuilding the original chimney; options for the first floor; including the living room panels.

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08. Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look to Match the Old

2016-11-19

The new foundation is parked to match the old stucco; the new master bath-shower is drained; the electrician starts work in the powder room; and the living room windows are replaced.

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09. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts from Top to Bottom

2017-01-07

Kevin finds Tommy framing a new front porch using custom cut and assembled rafters. Richard travels to the largest underground quarry. Color selection

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10. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Shedding the Old Look

2017-01-14

Building a new shed. Installing copper on the front porch. Trimming windows.

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11. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Underground Energy

2017-01-21

Burying electrical cables. Building porch base columns. New brick patio. Installing kitchen cabinets. Trimming the front gable.

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12. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Changes Start to Show

2017-01-28

The exterior trim detail is complete and now it’s time to shingle the rest of the house. Tommy is using pre-primed red cedar shingles with a 5-inch reveal. Inside, homeowner Emily and interior designer Jill Goldberg meet Donna Boerner, an in-home stylist, who will help them figure out what kind of window treatment works best for each window. Looking at various types of shades, they work their way through the rooms. Down in the basement, it’s time to start installing the radiant floor tubing in the tracks under the existing old floor. In the living room, Mark McCullough repairs the grand fireplace. He repoints the loose bricks and carefully mends the decorative clay mantel using new pieces that were precast from a mold taken from an unbroken part of the mantel. Outside, it’s time to build the back deck coming out the side door. Tommy and Norm frame it up.

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13. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Decorative Touches Make a Difference

2017-02-04

There are many new decorative elements on the outside of the house - including a small roof detail supported by two brackets on the side of the house. Tommy assembles the roof on the ground first, doubling up the fascia for extra support. After he installs the second bracket, a lift helps to raise the roof into place. Upstairs on the second floor, Emily and painter Rosemary Dewees introduce Kevin to the technique of Lazure painting – a watercolor style of painting interior walls. Using multiple brushes and buckets, Kevin finds that it’s not as easy as it looks. The beautiful front door has seen better days. The homeowners ask master restorer Wayne Towle for help refinishing the oak veneer. Kevin visits his shop to see how it’s done. Downstairs, Tommy installs wood paneling in a corner of the living room that once housed a bookshelf. Even though it’s being painted white, he uses solid oak to match the existing wood grain paneling.

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14. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Ship Lap for a Ship Shape House

2017-02-11

Ship lap is chosen for the third-floor walls while reclaimed granite is used for steps, a marble slab is cut for the kitchen island and a cast stone mantel is built around the fireplace in the family room.

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15. Arlington Arts & Crafts | Details Make the House Beautiful

2017-02-18

The kitchen island countertop is installed; work commences on a fieldstone wall in the front yard; wallpaper covers a new secret door in the upstairs foyer; and the finished heating, cooling and ventilation system is examined.

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16. Arlington Arts & Crafts | An Arts & Craft for the Ages

2017-02-25

A tour of the competed project house, including the new addition in the back; updated front hall, dining room and pantry; expanded master suite; new bathroom; and new front porch.

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17. Detroit | Rebuilding Motor City

2017-04-01

A couple plan to renovate an abandoned home themselves, beginning with the leaky roof.

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18. Detroit | Ready for Rehab

2017-04-08

Installing a security system; blowing in insulation from the outside.

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19. Detroit | Down The Rehab Rabbit Hole

2017-04-15

Richard snakes a camera down a drain to look for damaged pipes. Tommy repairs a leaky parapet.

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20. Detroit | Windows of Detroit

2017-04-22

Peeling paint is removed. The original leaded stained glass windows in the living room is restored.

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21. Detroit | Plumbing Road Trip

2017-04-29

At the Russell Woods project, Tommy repairs crumbling decorative molding with a plastic replica created by a 3D printer; Frank and Tamiko head to Kohler, Wisconsin to look at plumbing fixtures, while Richard gets a tour of the nearby factory. Back at the house, Richard and Frank repair some compromised joists in the upstairs bathroom; Tommy teaches Frank and his friends how to install kitchen ceiling strapping; and Kevin heads to the project in Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood to see the efforts to repair the foundation.

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