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7 recaps

Hardscaping

Hardscaping recaps are episodes tagged with hardscaping, pavers, or retaining walls. Those tags are grouped because they name outdoor structure rather than planting. A recap is listed when it carries one of them.

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AI illustration of a partially laid concrete paver walkway over crushed basalt and sand, with aluminum edging and hand tools resting nearby
ASK THIS OLD HOUSES24 / E23

Ask This Old House · S24 E23

Ask This Old House S24E23: Paver Walkway in Spokane, Lawn Mowing 101, and Zack's Contractor Dating Analogy

Lee Gilliam and Kevin O'Connor compare gas, battery, and manual push mowers, then cover dry-grass mowing, the one-third rule, blade sharpening, and seasonal cutting heights. The full Ask This Old House bench talks contractor vetting, from license and insurance checks to jobsite visits and Zack Dettmore's dating analogy. Mark McCullough is in Spokane, Washington, replacing an uneven flagstone front walk with a concrete paver walkway on a compacted basalt crusher-run base, sand setting bed, and aluminum edging.

AI illustration of a nursery accent wall partly painted with two arch outlines marked in low-tack tape, with a level, string, roller, and wet rag left on a drop cloth
ASK THIS OLD HOUSES24 / E19

Ask This Old House · S24 E19

Ask This Old House S24E19: Nursery Arches, Houseplant Myths, and a Pea Stone Patio That Needs 72 Hours Off

Mauro Henrique repaints a too-pink nursery and builds a two-arch accent wall with string, low-tack tape, and a fast wet rag; Jenn Nawada separates air-purifying pothos claims from citronella candles and root pruning; Mark McCullough sets a 16-by-14 pea stone patio with a retaining wall, drain pipe, binding agent, and a 72-hour cure.

AI illustration of a porch ceiling opened to expose joists and new blocking, with a swing hanger, chain, pry bar, and oscillating tool left on a dusty drop cloth
ASK THIS OLD HOUSES24 / E16

Ask This Old House · S24 E16

Ask This Old House S24E16: Grass Seed Facility, Paver Patterns, and a Porch Swing with a Tiny Apprentice

Lee Gilliam follows Kentucky bluegrass from Washington fields through a seed-cleaning plant's screens and gravity table, Mark McCullough compares brick, concrete, bluestone, and granite pavers by pattern and price, and Nathan Gilbert cuts open a porch ceiling to hang a 2,000-pound-rated swing with Freddy as the apprentice.

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