This Old House Show Summary, Upcoming Episodes and TV Guide

It's been over a year and a half since the fire, and the triple decker is just about ready for the homeowners to return.  Kevin O'Connor checks out what's left to do in all three units, both inside and out.

The apprentices attend a roofing class and then put their skills to practice.  Back at the triple-decker, a vinyl floor goes in, Mauro touches up the cabinets, and Tom and Charlie install French doors.

Mauro works with the apprentices to fix the plaster damage.  Richard meets plumber Ronnette to learn about the new sprinkler system.  Kevin joins homeowner Carol and her sister Willie to shop for tile and appliances for all three levels of the house.  The glass doors get repaired by an expert.

Jenn Nawada brings together a team to create an urban patio.  Heath Eastman rewires part of the house with intact plaster ceiling.  Charlie and Tom Silva hang a new fire rated door.  Richard Trethewey explains how a new tub is fitted in.  Kevin and Tom install a replacement window.

Removing asbestos from exposed ductwork; a plumber works on dormant pipes; Jenn visits a community garden; architectural historian Arthur Krim talks about three-deckers; Tom and Charlie pull off the melted vinyl siding.

The abandoned Seaside Victorian Cottage is restored to its original beauty.  A new addition matches the existing architectural details, and the new hardscape and landscape anchor it to the corner lot.

Trees and sod arrive at the house.  The deck hatch is installed, and inside, a Wifi lock and new rangehood are placed.

Inside the house, the work is busy with floor installation, and the design plans for the master bath are finalized.  Outside, a custom pizza oven and fireplace arrive, as well the plants and the new pool cover.

Mark McCullough explains cobblestone aprons.  The crew reinforces floor joists.  Tom Silva and Jeff Sweenor install a drop finial and a swinging window.  Kevin O'Connor meets with paint experts.

After months of meticulous restoration, the stained glass windows are ready to be reinstalled.  Electrician Ben Giles has an apprentice.  Tom Silva re-creates original shingles.  Landscape meeting with homeowners.

Decorative Queen Anne style barge rafters are reproduced for the garage addition.  The antique windows get restored and primed in the shop, re-glazed, and then returned to the house for installation.

From demo day to design, we follow every step as the homeowners decide on the components and the crew converts a decades-old butler's pantry kitchen into an up-to-date kitchen for the future.

From large scale industry to small town makers, these factories provide the materials for our projects.

Work is complete on the Cape Ann Shingle Style project. The team tours the finished home, celebrating all of the repaired historic details and the new elements that keep with its original style.

Richard learns about the invention of the Stillson wrench, and Mauro repairs old plaster. Norm then repairs broken balusters, and Heath installs a new panel. Venetian plaster goes on the dining room ceiling.

Tom repairs 130-year-old pocket doors, and a new type of solar goes in. Jenn works with landscaper Fred to build a boulder wall. Richard gives a lesson on a modern heating system, and father Mark and son Erik Ferrante showcase the art of mosaic tile installation.

Mark McCullough finds granite on the property to match a new stone wall to the old. Heath Eastman buries the electrical underground. Kevin O'Connor, homeowner Molly and her kitchen designer Michele look for design inspiration. Then, Tom Silva creates a barrel ceiling.

Tom Silva and Kevin O'Connor start laying subfloor in the new dining room. Charlie Silva shows Jenn Nawada how he's drilling granite for the new garage and driveway. Kevin tours Cape Ann, and Tom moves an interior doorway.

Paradise residents discuss their determination to rebuild. Tom inspects engineered siding and fire-rated sheathing, and Richard looks at a solar backup battery. The former Paradise fire chief discusses advanced preparation with Kevin, and at the Hope Plaza Memorial ground-breaking, the heroes and survivors are honored. Then, Luke and Crystal celebrate moving in.

Richard learns about automatic sprinkler systems. Kevin sees a simulator that shows how the Camp Fire spread. Tom inspects a vent designed to resist embers. Another project gets the green light.

The old ranch is transformed into a Dutch Colonial thanks to Jeff's team.  Kevin and Tom take the tour with the homeowners, and Norm presents the pine coffee table he made with local reclaimed wood.  Outside, Jenn sees the last of the hydroseeding and gives Tom the garden tour.  Everyone meets at the refurbished flagpole to raise the flags.

Norm uses old pine from a local sawmill to make a coffee table.  Mauro teaches apprentice Kathryn to whitewash the knotty pine paneling.  Tommy and Jeff build a pergola for the deck.  Kevin helps with a shutter assembly.  Electrician Ben shows apprentice De'Shaun how to light the pergola.

The new propane tank gets buried in the backyard.  Norm advises an apprentice in composite decking.  Jeff and Tom add final touches to the coffered ceiling.  A shelving system goes into the new office, and applies a stone veneer to the new chimney.

Kevin O'Connor reviews the progress of the Westerly house.  Tom Silva and Jeff Sweenor work on the main staircase at Jeff's shop and then they bring it to the house to install.  At the Idea House, Kevin looks at new clapboard siding technology.  Richard Trethewey tours a factory to see how a furnace is built and then watches one being installed at the project house.

The crew stands up the second floor walls, and three new apprentices arrive as part of the Generation Next program.

At the old Westerly Ranch House, the roof was disassembled to add a new level, but the original chimney is going to be in the way of the open floor plan concept on the first floor.

The lackluster mid-century box is a modern marvel once again.  Kevin and Tommy arrive to assess the transformation of the exterior of the house.

Giant porcelain tiling. Revisiting the 20th.  Retro fireplace and modern cabinets installed

Our Mid-century Modern house mixes stained and painted siding, typical of this style of architecture.  Kevin finds Tommy using two methods for the corner edge detail.

Tips on how to calculate stair riser height, foundation insulation, radiant heat, and back to Santa Fe.

One of Norm's first projects for This Old House was to install a skylight on our first renovation in Dorchester, MA. Today Norm teaches the next generation of tradespeople how to master that skill.

Outside, the foundation has been poured and framing has begun.  Norm teaches Erick and Carly how to lay the sill.

Kevin introduces Brookline, MA, the setting for the newest renovation project.

Richard demonstrates how an energy recovery ventilator works, using red and blue smoke to illustrate the flow of indoor air and outdoor air through the core of the machine.

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Richard watches as the home is sealed against air leaks.  Jeff reviews his pre-drywall checklist.  Jeff fabricates pieces for porch columns and rails.  Tommy puts on shingles as the final layer of the exterior wall system.

Roof insulation is next step at the net zero house.  Richard tours the basement of The Breakers in Newport.  Kevin meets Congressman Norcross at the house, who is also an electrician.  Apprentices install and flash windows.

New apprentices join the team in Rhode Island as the roof goes up.  The house gets sheathed.  It's the finish line at Judith's house in Charleston.  Kevin and Tom take the grand tour.

Shingle removal.  A visit to a manufacturer of precast concrete walls.  Kevin gets a tour of historic Jamestown.  Foundation wall panels arrive and are placed.

The iron gate is fitted at the Charleston Single House.  Kevin, Tom, and Richard tour the renovations.  Richard visits the Elliotborough project for updates.  The completion of the project is celebrated.

Charleston boasts a colorful housing stock.  Judith decides on a siding color for the Elliotborough project.  Kevin meets her and a design expert in a neighborhood famous for house colors,  Rainbow Row.

Richard works on plumbing at the Elliotborough house while Kevin meets a kitchen designer.  The porch gets assessed.  A floor goes down at the single house.  Tommy and Mark snake wires through a wall.

A foundation starts while Roger tries to save a crepe myrtle.  Kevin visits Fort Sumter.  The single house mantel and windows get restored and the old kitchen house gets connected to the main house.

Demo starts on the Charleston projects.  Judith talks planting options with Roger, who visits a suitable nursery.  Kevin tours the American College of the Building Arts.  Richard goes privy diving.

It's the wrap of another great project.  Kevin tours the renovated house with the homeowners.  Their kids and Joe's parents arrive to check out the new and improved home.

Norm lays composite decking.  Charlie makes exterior decorative brackets.  Kevin watches a quartz countertop get installed.  Roger paves the front walk.  Liz fits her stained-glass window.

Norm fits an old door.  Roger sees a premade stone wall installed in sections.  Kevin visits a career day for the trades.  Twin built-in beds are made in Rhode Island.  Tommy reinstalls a corner cabinet.

Granite is laid for the stove.  Nathan installs a porch ceiling.  Kevin sees a Rhode Island home with pine trim.  Richard reviews component placement at the mechanical wall.  Mauro fixes holes in plaster.

The apprentices get a lesson in roofing, Kevin watches how an elaborate Chippendale railing is put together, the basement gets moisture prevention, and Richard shows how ductwork is put together.

The apprentices learn how to frame a wall in the master bedroom, build a drain stack for the master bath, and lay decking on the front porch.  The homeowners visit their kitchen cabinet designer.

Kevin and Tom build a new subfloor.  Richard hunts for an old clawfoot tub.  Tom demonstrates how to check porch level and build a hip roof.  Kevin learns about a job training program in Baltimore.

Tom finishes the forms for the new foundation.  Richard gets the house safe for demolition.  Roger saves roses and lilacs from being trampled by construction.  Mold is found in the basement.

Kevin, Tommy and Richard tour the completed Russell Woods project, highlighting the major areas of improvement and preservation, and celebrate a job well done with the homeowners and contributors.

The restored leaded glass bay windows are reinstalled.  A heated floor and tile go down in the kitchen.  Kevin and Roger explore urban farming in Detroit.

An exterior wall is installed at the Grandmont Rosedale project.  Scott Caron rewires the kitchen in Russell Woods.  Richard learns about the Flint water crisis.  Tommy prepares for gutters at the house.

Tommy helps the family remove peeling paint.  Work begins to restore the original leaded stained-glass windows in the living room.  Richard learns all about Motown, a major Detroit institution.

Kevin meets Detroit's Mayor about revitalizing neighborhoods.  Rehabbed & Ready fixes homes in Grandmont Rosedale for families.  Installing an alarm system.  Blowing in new insulation from the roof.

The Arts and Crafts house in Arlington is near completion and the guys come to take a last look and celebrate with the homeowners.  Roger Cook presents the homeowners with a special gift.

Installing Shiplap.  Laying the second set of steps for a walkway.  Mauro Henrique reviews paneling.  Marble slab is cut for the kitchen island.  A cast stone mantel surrounds the new fireplace.

Shingling the house.  Figuring out window treatments.  Radiant floor tubing is installed.  Mark repairs the grand living-room fireplace.  Tommy and Norm frame up the back deck coming out the side door.

An outdoor yoga shed.  Installing a standing-seam copper roof.  Trim a window using a PVC product.  Richard installs a state-of-the-art boiler.  Richard shows advanced, eco-friendly building techniques.

A hidden doorway is revealed.  The new master bath presents a classic plumbing problem.  Creating elaborate cuts with computerized machines.  Scott Caron installs a ceiling fan.  Arts and Crafts windows.

Starting a new chimney.  A 100-year-old brick factory.  Designing the kitchen of the homeowner's dreams.  Tommy changes the pitch of the two back dormers to match the pitch of the new gable.

The new concrete foundation is poured.  Finding mature specimen trees for the yard.  A precast concrete bulkhead is installed.  The old rubble foundation gets waterproofed with synthetic rubber spray.

The design process kicks off.  Old plaster walls are carefully demolished.  Landscape plans and Roger begins removing the old Silver Maple.  Kevin and Tommy bring down the exterior back wall.

Kevin builds a custom closet.  Norm and Tommy see Kristina's designs.  Richard shows  Kevin the geothermal system.  Kevin gets a tour of the second floor.  The team celebrates another job well done.

Kevin helps fit the cabinets.  Work starts on the driveway.  Granite is used for a patio.  The den gets wainscoting.  The homeowners select interior paint colors.  Erik installs the factory-made staircase.

Drilling begins on a geothermal system.  Norm visits first-period homes.  Kevin tours a factory where the stairs and panels are built.  On the North Shore, he learns of a new technology to seal ductwork.

Kevin sees the plan for the living/dining room and the roof.  After framing the house, the crew moves to the garage. Exterior trim arrives.  Kevin learns how to attach the fascia board to the rafters.

Tommy and Kevin visit the Vermont factory where the house is built.  Richard meets Ed Akerley, who blasts rock to make room for the foundation.  Norm and Erik watch Scott McKenzy lay the foundation.

Roger finishes the landscape.  Tommy makes disguised PVC floor registers.  Richard installs the storm windows.  The house is revealed, and everyone celebrates the renovated home.

Roger replants the trees and shrubs.  The backyard and treehouse are completed.  Norm meets a craftsman who carves newel posts.  Tommy and Kevin install kitchen cabinets.  The marble countertop is fitted.

Tommy finishes the front porch.  Kevin visits Vermont to see an artisan create a custom floorcloth for the kitchen.  Tommy builds the porch railings.  Kevin builds a tree house for the kids.

Tom Silva lays the front at the Belmont Victorian.  Katherine selects lighting fixtures while Tommy solves the ice dam issue.  A gas fireplace and shingles are installed.

Kevin O'Connor and Katherine go to Brimfield Fair, an outdoor antique show to look at antiques for the Belmont Victorian.  HVAC expert Brian Palen snakes ductwork through the house.  Tommy frames the porch and shows Kevin how he built the stairs.

The mudroom foundation is laid.  Tommy builds a custom bay window.  Norm watches window restoration.  Tommy puts in another beam to open up the front entryway.

Installing flitch beams; Kevin tours a laminated veneer lumber factory.  Richard finds a rear-mounted toilet; The homeowners formulate a landscape plan; trip to Germany.

Roger saves plants before demolition begins; Norm tours Belmont's Victorian homes for details and helps repair window pulleys systems; using a chainsaw; improving an electrical connection to a garage.  A hidden staircase is found.

Roger starts work on a greenhouse. Tom and Norm build the end wall and doors for the structure. Kevin meets a HFOT Community Outreach coordinator, who explains the importance of involving the community. Over 150 locals help lay down sod, mulch the beds, and plant. Kevin visits Army veteran Joe Beimfohr at his specialized home in Florida. A closet builder works with the DeWitts on a master closet. Norm, Kevin, and Matt build a rustic table for the new dining room.

TOH partners with Homes For Our Troops to build houses for two Army veterans and their families in New Hampshire and Florida. Norm, Tom, and Kevin lend a hand.

Roger installs new turf while Kevin meets with inspectors. The design for the entertainment center is finalized. Richard exhibits the finished mechanical room and heating system.

LED strips are installed in the kitchen.  Richard reviews the need for insulation, and wallpaper is put up in the girl's rooms.  Kevin finds a painter painting decorative stripes on an accent wall.

Kevin finds the second floor sanded, stained, and sealed as Tom oversees the first floor. Norm sees custom refrigerator panels. Kevin meets the designer of an inn. Norm makes a sink base.

Kevin sees the installation of a new gutter and how Roger is restoring a patch of lawn to nature. An electrician updates the wiring while Norm visits a window factory in New Hampshire.

Kevin meets electricians to see a rough electrical inspection, and Tom installs a hybrid railing system.  The homeowner designs a new family kitchen.

Norm visits the Hancock-Clarke House.  Tom and Kevin help install a corner desk stair, and Richard helps offset a tub trap.

Kevin discusses This Old House's history renovating Colonials & Colonial Revivals.  Demo on the Lexington house begins with the back porch.

Kevin tests the new electronics.  Richard shows Angela the induction stove.  Norm sees the mechanical room and the changes to the guest room, bath, and living room.  Kevin checks out the outdoor kitchen.

Tom upgrades the front door before he and Kevin install wainscoting and copper roofing.  Norm visits a city archaeologist.  A tile contractor makes a feature wall insert in the master shower.

Richard sees the last wooden whaling ship in the world.  Norm sees the progress on the dormer.  Brick veneer is fitted to the bump out.  Kevin drops by a kitchen designer.  Norm and Tom install shutters.

Tom solves bowing in the roof.  Richard shows Kevin the rough plumbing.  Tom helps get LVLs fastened in place.  Norm revisits the old Charlestown house.  Tom opens up the back wall for the new bump out.

The exterior is finished.  Tom stows things in the attic and fits a steam shower.  Richard checks out the basement spaces.  Norm tours the bedrooms, baths, and laundry.  Kevin sees the period décor.

Norm installs new tops.  Kevin sees how the vision for the house has evolved.  Tom builds an electronics nook.  The shower floors are grouted.  A wallpaper hanger visits.  Norm and Tom install a new door.

A contractor finalizes the countertops.  Norm visits the oldest mill in America.  Tom scribes new stair treads.  Norm gets a lesson in how to darken stone.  A contractor makes decorative tiles.

A local historian offers a look at Arlington's ice-harvesting industry.  Richard addresses the water pressure problem.  Tom fits flooring.  Kevin finds a business that replicates historic wooden gutters.

A historian talks Arlington's history.  Roger uses new steps to improve the entry.  Molding repairs are made with a 3D printer.  A railing is fitted to the porch.  Norm and Tom work on the balustrade.

Options for the paint are reviewed while Norm and Tom patch the veneer floor.  Richard solves the PVC problem.  Kevin meets an interior designer.  Tom preps for radiant heat.

Windows are installed in the kitchen.  Tom makes matching clapboards.  The foundation gets a window.  Norm catches up with an old apprentice.  Tom replicates old corbels, and Richard removes a pipe.

Tom frames the new roof.  A Mason shows Kevin the failing brick foundation Roger meets a landscape architect to see an Italianate Garden.  Norm helps Tom prepare for the new mudroom entrance.

Richard investigates an Arlington Heights landmark.  Tom shows Kevin the results of demolition.  At Victoria Mansion, Norm sees how carpenters restore and preserve.  Roger relocates a rhododendron.

Norm and Kevin view the recovery along the shore.  Richard visits Mantoloking.  Kevin visits Point Pleasant.  Richard finds a landscaper planting container gardens.  Inside, Rita's just about moved in.

Roger sees a natural barrier island.  The Bay Head job gets stuck in limbo.  Carlos continues work.  Kevin sees insulated panels.  Roger meets an environmental guru.  Richard checks on Rita's Cape.

Seaside Heights tries to fix their boardwalk by Memorial Day.  Norm checks on the Bay Head cottage.  Kevin meets an entrepreneur with specialized machinery, and Richard tours a modular home factory.

The crew meets with homeowners in New Jersey to check on their status.  Norm meets a structural engineer who explains a FEMA A zone versus a V zone.

Norm and Kevin visit an antiques shop.  A Dutch door is fitted.  Kevin sees new lighting and the living area.  Richard shows the basement.  Norm sees the caregiver suite.  The homeowner's parents arrive.

An installer lays new tile.  A mason parges the top of the brick chimney.  The flooring is stained. Norm meets the carpenter who restored Daryl Hall's estate.  A mud job forms the bed for hearth tiles.

Insulation and drywall go up at the cottage.  Richard gets a look at septic innovation.  Norm brings out the decorative timbers and he and Tom fabricate the final joint and install the pieces.

Tom and Kevin pick window trim.  Richard brings Kevin up to speed on the geothermal installation, and two 350-foot deep wells are drilled.  Dynamite is used to make space for the pipe.

Tom repairs water damage.  He and Norm replace a sill.  Kevin sees the plan for the patio.  Roger adds veneer to the walls. Norm meets a Bucksport architect to see the accessible house he designed.

The season's second project finds Norm and Kevin back on Cape Ann, in Essex, Massachusetts.  John and Julie Corcoran hope to turn their 1935 English-style cottage into an accessible in-law residence.

Finishing touches are coming together: the driveway, walk-in closets, home automation and some remarkable wallpaper.  Norm Abram visits local glass artist Carrie Gustafson, and Tom Silva's helping homeowner John Stone build a workbench.

Kevin O'Connor helps Roger Cook install plastic drywells to keep the yard from flooding and checks out the new cabinets with kitchen designer Kathy Marshall.  We learn about programmable thermostats and ipe deck tiles that go right over an old deck.

Tom Silva shows Kevin O'Connor how he's installing Southern yellow pine board accents in key spots to coordinate with the maple flooring that Norm Abram is installing.  Tile is set the master bath, and the roof deck gets PVC porch boards and custom rail.

Kevin O'Connor meets plasterer Vito Bucco.  Norm Abram and Tom Silva match the old shingle pattern.  Kevin visits interior designers Andrew Terrat and Dee Elms.  Radiant heat and the boiler are going in.

A mason repoints the foundation.  Norm and Tom repair the front porch.  Kevin visits Community Rowing.  Spray foam insulation begins in our balloon frame house.

Tom works on the ceiling and fits a skylight.  Kevin learns about our house's style in Fairfield.  Norm shows the framing progress on the second floor.  Richard arrives with ductwork.

Kevin visits an 'eco' resale store in Springfield.  Arborist Jack Kelly removes a sick maple.  The architects show Kevin the plan, then visit a house down the street for design ideas.

Norm and Kevin congratulate Andy on a job well done.  Richard shares an advanced programmable thermostat.  Solar shades are installed while the master closet now accommodates both his and hers space.  Interior designer Lisa Newman Paratore shows off the final decor choices.

A retractable awning is installed.  Soapstone countertops get sealed with wax.  Andy dresses the half-walls with oak caps and scotia molding.  Light fixtures are made by New England blacksmiths.  Floor warming goes in the master bath.  Richard explains the ERV unit.

Brazilian hardwood garapa for the new deck; Red cedar shingles in a wave pattern; Kevin meets designer Lisa Newman Paratore at her shop.  Norm sees the exterior decorative brackets and learns why polyurethane is a better choice than PVC.

Andy Tiplady shows Kevin the red cedar shingles and flair.  Richard Trethewey shows Kevin a hydronic system integrated with a solar hot water system.  Solar panels provide electricity.  Norm tours one of Newport's famous mansions.

New foundation is in place, and framing is underway.  Andy and his crew prepare for Hurricane Irene.  The neighborhood takes a hit.  Kevin meets the Executive Director of the Coastal Resources Management Council, Grover Fugate.

Roger and Jenn install plants.  Roger and Tom install reproduction metalwork.  Kathy Marshall and Becky Titlow see the kitchen.  Joe Titlow shows Norm his garage workshop.  Andrew Terrat shows Kevin the new additions.  The wrap party begins.

Tom Silva restores the c. 1720 front door.  The marble island top arrives.  Richard Trethewey shows a zone damper system.  Tom makes sliding 'barn' doors for the pantry.  Mark McCullough installs the brick hearth.

Tom Silva and Norm Abram install massive decorative timbers.  Richard Trethewey shows host Kevin O'Connor the mounting pad for the A/C condensers.  Norm visits the Parson Capen House.  Tom uses a new hidden deck fastening system.  Homeowner Joe Titlow installs a new shed.

Norm Abram and Tom Silva create a more historically accurate front door surround.  Certified arborist Matt Foti prescribes deep root injections for the ailing American Beech tree.  Kevin O'Connor meets Monica MacKenzie at an antique home she renovated.  Interior designers Dee Elms and Andrew Terrat share their design direction.