Foundation Episodes

2 episodes tagged with "Foundation"

AI illustration of a concrete foundation footing with rebar, anchor bolts, pump hose, and wooden forms in a muddy excavation under warm daylight

This Old House S47 E21: Walpole Ranch ADU Begins, a 38-Inch Frost Problem, and a Mechanical Room in Exactly the Wrong Place

April 23, 2026 • 9 min read

Dan and Jill's 1971 Walpole ranch kicks off Season 47's final project with a 900-square-foot ADU for Jill's parents. Tom Silva catches a garage foundation that came up ten inches short of local frost depth, Richard Trethewey stares down an oil boiler that has to serve two households, and Jenn Nawada plans a yard built for kids, grandparents, and one shared fire pit.

AI illustration of a stone doorway opening cut through a rubble foundation wall with masonry tools and dust, new concrete forms in the trench beyond

This Old House

Season 47

Suburban Victorian

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

January 29, 2026 • 10 min read

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.