All Episodes

A practical guide to rain-screen wall assemblies, from drainage and drying to bug screens, furring strips, and the details that matter before new siding goes up.

Why wedge-shaped cut nails grip differently from modern wire nails, where you are likely to find them, and what to consider before pulling them from historic framing.

In Walpole, a two-unit ranch gets a code-rated firewall, a shared hydro-air HVAC system, whole-house water filtration, and a cold-joint injection that makes old-meets-new basement walls honest. Then Kevin and Tom tour a finished attic ADU in Dorchester—proof that 700 square feet can feel like a yacht.

Charlie tours a Springfield trim factory, Tom explains why there should be air behind your siding, and the new deck gets composite tongue-and-groove boards. Plus: a kitchen mock-up that's smarter than it looks.

HVAC gets targeted upgrades instead of a gut job, Charlie chooses closed-cell spray foam for the third floor, and Tom proves that proper window flashing is a lost art worth finding.

The inevitable asbestos discovery, a field trip to a recycling facility, and a 24-foot steel beam craned through a rear window — because sometimes the front door isn't an option.

Charlie and Mark dismantle the center chimney from roof to first floor, Tom salvages kitchen cabinets for a new pantry, and a rubble stone foundation reveals just how different 1896 construction really was.

After eleven episodes of hurricane recovery, This Old House moves to Needham, MA, where the biggest crisis is an outdated kitchen. Perspective recalibrated, the crew meets Liz and Patrick's 1896 Queen Anne Victorian.

One year after Hurricane Helene, all five families walk through the doors of their rebuilt homes. It's the finale we've been building toward for eleven episodes, and yes, you will cry.