17 recaps
Masonry recaps are episodes tagged with masonry or a close variant such as masonry repair, stucco repair, or mortar cracks. Repair tags are grouped with the rest of the masonry work. Only those tagged episodes are listed.
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.
Ask This Old House · S24 E26
Heath Eastman gives Joanna a real outdoor TV setup: a weatherproof enclosure with thermostat-controlled fans and a new receptacle on a dual-function AFCI/GFCI breaker. Kevin O'Connor, Tom Silva, and Zack Dettmore walk through renovation prep, and Mark McCullough swaps a crumbling fire pit for four granite slabs set dry on compacted crushed stone.
Ask This Old House · S24 E22
Tom Silva teaches Zack Dettmore to turn a bud vase from scrap firewood, Jenn Nawada builds a seed-starting setup keyed to the last frost date, Mark McCullough diagnoses two very different fireplace cracks, and Ross Trethewey gives a pair of 1999 chain-drive openers Wi-Fi control without replacing them.
This Old House · S47 E17
Mauro preps a porch ceiling with six color finalists, Jenn and Mark lay a running-bond brick paver patio on crusher run, Kevin tours a 200-year-old Tewksbury mill making rift-and-quartered white oak, and Charlie weaves salvaged Douglas fir into the second-floor hallway and linen closet.
This Old House · S47 E13
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.
This Old House · S47 E12
After eleven episodes of hurricane recovery, This Old House moves to Needham, MA, where the biggest crisis is an outdated kitchen. Perspective recalibrated, the crew meets Liz and Patrick's 1896 Queen Anne Victorian.
This Old House · S47 E9
A nonprofit workshop pours a vanity top with sand from the Swannanoa River, Jenn sends soil samples to the lab, and Kevin finds out that antiquing after a hurricane has a whole different vibe.
This Old House · S47 E8
James Beard award-winning restaurants are reopening, the mountain water that flooded everything also makes great beer, and the North Asheville chimney finally gets resolved — spoiler: they went with an insert.
This Old House · S47 E7
Landscape architects wrestle multi-ton boulders into retaining walls, Paula gets a door-staining lesson, and Kevin explores how Biltmore Village is bouncing back from the storm.
Ask This Old House · S24 E3
Tom Silva treats water rings with vinegar, baking soda, heat, and olive oil, Jenn Nawada sorts houseplant soil by epiphytes, aroids, and succulents, and Mark McCullough repairs a breezeway brick floor with spot pointing instead of a full repoint.
This Old House · S47 E3
Mark and a mason scope out chimney damage with a camera (it's not pretty), Kevin replaces siding in the mud, and the Army Corps of Engineers drops by to explain what 'relief efforts' actually looks like.
This Old House · S47 E1
Season 47 kicks off in Western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene turned neighborhoods into rivers. But the real star of the premiere? Worker housing from the 1920s that Tom Silva can't stop admiring.
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 E2
Mauro Henrique fixes a returning drywall crack with mesh tape, Tom Silva baffles the crew with an inflatable lifting tool, Mark McCullough walks through a thousand years of brick, and Richard Trethewey upgrades two baseboard covers without tearing out the old heating.
Ask This Old House · S23 E24
Ross Trethewey measures a howling return register in decibels, Lee Gilliam walks Valerie through core aeration and overseeding after a drought, and Mark McCullough patches cracked stucco over a concrete foundation in Austin by listening for hollow spots.
Ask This Old House · S23 E22
Jenn Nawada visits Detroit Hives and helps a Boston-Edison couple plant an elevated herb and pollinator garden, Tom Silva separates impact drivers from drill drivers, and Mark McCullough tears out a failing brick apron and sets Belgian cobblestone into fresh concrete.
Ask This Old House · S23 E19
Richard Trethewey shows what mini split upkeep actually involves: filters, cowl, coils, outdoor condenser. Mark McCullough and Jenn Nawada build a two-foot retaining wall for curb appeal. The wall is the visible win; the perforated pipe, gravel, fabric, and racked-back courses are the reason it should stay put.
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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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