9 recaps
Finish carpentry recaps are the episodes tagged with trim and fitted woodwork: miters, millwork, dado joinery, combination squares, window trim, wainscoting, and mortise hardware. Those tags are grouped so the same finish work is not split into one-off pages. A recap is listed only when it carries one of them.
Ask This Old House · S25 E1
Mark McCullough travels to New Mexico to learn adobe brick making and repair an earthen floor. Tom Silva shows Kevin a faster way to cut miters on imperfect corners. Jenn Nawada revisits a garden she helped transform a decade ago and sees how it inspired even more backyard projects.
This Old House · S47 E25
A 21-inch blizzard doesn't stop the Walpole ranch and ADU. Kevin traces luxury vinyl plank from PVC and limestone through digital printing and an aluminum oxide wear layer, Jay's crew clicks it through the ADU, Zack Dettmore and Adrian assemble MDF wainscoting in the mudroom, and Sean wires 12 smart switches, including one that floods every exterior light at once.
This Old House · S47 E20
The Needham Victorian wraps on a 24-inch snow day. Charlie installs the mortise lockset Tom patched into the original front door, Kevin tours the open kitchen, mudroom, primary suite, and finished basement, and Richard explains why the old furnace stayed while attic foam and a new heat pump did the heavy lifting.
This Old House · S47 E16
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.
This Old House · S47 E6
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.
Ask This Old House · S23 E14
Mauro Henrique sprays wainscoting with an airless rig and a room full of masking, Kevin O'Connor, Ross Trethewey, and Heath Eastman compare heat pumps with fossil fuels using a levelized cost chart, and Nathan Gilbert builds a pressure-treated sandbox with two brothers who take digging seriously.
Ask This Old House · S23 E12
Richard Trethewey converts a smoky wood-burning fireplace to a sealed gas insert with a crew of licensed trades, Nathan Gilbert installs flat panel wainscoting in an old dining room, and Tom Silva stumps the table with a spring-loaded nail set.
Ask This Old House · S23 E4
A heartfelt exploration of Season 23 Episode 4 featuring Mauro's bulkhead transformation, Tom's combination square masterclass, and Mark's masonry magic on deteriorating stone steps.
Ask This Old House · S23 E26
Tom Silva builds modular 3/4-inch plywood mudroom cubbies with cap screws and dadoed shelves, Mauro Henrique primes and sprays them Classic Burgundy, and Jenn Nawada explains mulch types and how to calculate cubic yards.
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The layout, cutting, and fastening tools that actually show up in This Old House trim segments, and the miter method that replaces a compass and a sliding bevel.
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