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Browse all 21 This Old House episode recaps with detailed project insights and expert tips. Showing episodes 10-18 of 21.

This Old House S47 E5: Air Sealing Wizardry, FEMA Tree Removal, and the Grove Park Inn's Stonework

Building science experts seal a house with pressurized mist (yes, really), FEMA tackles the hazardous trees still looming overhead, and Mark gets a history lesson at one of Asheville's most iconic hotels.

This Old House S47 E6: High Schoolers Building Homes, Updated Electrical Codes, and Tom's Antique Vanity Gambit

A carpentry teacher's students are building actual houses for storm victims, new electrical codes demand bigger meters, and Tom Silva helps turn an antique chest into a bathroom vanity — and somehow makes it look easy.

This Old House S47 E7: Boulder Retaining Walls, Door Staining 101, and Biltmore Village's Comeback

Landscape architects wrestle multi-ton boulders into retaining walls, Paula gets a door-staining lesson, and Kevin explores how Biltmore Village is bouncing back from the storm.

This Old House S47 E8: Asheville's Food Scene Fights Back, the Chimney Gets Its Verdict, and Paint Prep Done Right

James Beard award-winning restaurants are reopening, the mountain water that flooded everything also makes great beer, and the North Asheville chimney finally gets resolved — spoiler: they went with an insert.

This Old House S47 E9: River Sand in Concrete, Soil Testing After a Flood, and Kevin Goes Antiquing

A nonprofit workshop pours a vanity top with sand from the Swannanoa River, Jenn sends soil samples to the lab, and Kevin finds out that antiquing after a hurricane has a whole different vibe.

This Old House S47 E10: Carpet From Scratch, Butcher Block Counters, and Planting a Boulder Wall

Kevin tours a Georgia carpet factory (it's more interesting than it sounds), Miah's kitchen island gets a butcher block top, and the North Asheville boulder wall gets planted with succulents.

This Old House S47 E11: Five Families Come Home — The Carolina Comeback Finale

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.

This Old House S47 E12: An 1896 Queen Anne, a Center Chimney Problem, and the Tonal Whiplash of Elective Renovation

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.

This Old House S47 E13: The Chimney Comes Down, Cabinets Get a Second Life, and a Stonecutter Carves a Doorway

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.

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