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16 recaps

HVAC

HVAC recaps are episodes tagged with heating, cooling, or ductwork. Duct cleaning, boilers, heat pumps, and radiant heat are grouped here as the same subject. A recap is listed when it carries one of those tags.

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AI illustration of a ceiling cassette air handler fitted between basement joists, with insulated refrigerant lines, a PVC drain, tools, and dust on the floor in warm window light
THIS OLD HOUSES47 / E23

This Old House · S47 E23

This Old House S47 E23: Walpole Vinyl Siding, a Modular ADU From Pennsylvania, and a Ceiling Cassette That Avoids a Dropped Ceiling

Zack Dettmore and Jared install four-inch Dutch lap vinyl with trim details that hide the usual J-channel tell, Zack tours a 100,000-square-foot modular factory in Middleburg, Pennsylvania, Richard Trethewey fits a ceiling cassette into a low basement, and the crew sets a three-panel slider into a custom copper pan.

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 HOUSES47 / E21

This Old House · S47 E21

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

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 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.

AI illustration of a basement mechanical room with a split heat pump water heater mid-install, copper tubing, metal-clad cable, and tools on a drop cloth
ASK THIS OLD HOUSES24 / E13

Ask This Old House · S24 E13

Ask This Old House Season 24 Episode 13: Split Water Heater, Attic Ladder, and the Houseplant Doctor Is In

Ross Trethewey installs a split heat pump water heater that puts the evaporator outside, making it a cold-climate winner. Jenn Nawada prescribes treatments for mealybugs, spider mites, and fungus gnats. Nathan Gilbert gives a Massachusetts homeowner safe attic access with a new pull-down ladder. Plus: why a frosty panel is actually a good sign.

AI illustration of a dining room with masked wainscoting, an airless sprayer, primer, and sanding tools on drop cloths in warm daylight
ASK THIS OLD HOUSES23 / E14

Ask This Old House · S23 E14

Ask This Old House Season 23 Episode 14: Airless Painting Wainscoting, All-Electric Heat, and a Pressure-Treated Sandbox, or Prep Work Is the Whole Job

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.

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