This Old Recap

8 recaps

Finishing

Finishing is a subject that recurs across these This Old House and Ask This Old House recaps. A recap is listed when one of its tags is Finishing. Tools and guides on this page come only from those 8 episodes.

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AI illustration of a mudroom work area with MDF wainscoting panels, a biscuit joiner, a brad nailer, wood glue, MDF dust, and warm daylight
THIS OLD HOUSES47 / E25

This Old House · S47 E25

This Old House S47 E25: Walpole ADU Luxury Vinyl Plank, MDF Wainscoting, and 12 Smart Switches in the Snow

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.

AI illustration of a dining room with an antique stained china cabinet fitted into a painted wall box, pine casing, shelf cleats, and carpentry tools in warm daylight
THIS OLD HOUSES47 / E19

This Old House · S47 E19

This Old House S47 E19: Needham Victorian Finishes, a 130-Year-Old China Cabinet, and a Front Door Mortise

In Needham, Charlie reinstalls the original china cabinet in the new dining room, Jaclyn walks through a powder room that survived three wallpaper rounds, Heath Eastman explains primary bath lighting and blocking, the ducts get cleaned after construction, and Tom Silva cuts a mortise into the original Southern yellow pine front door.

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