6 recaps
Restoration 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 Restoration. Tools and guides on this page come only from those 6 episodes.
Project note
Round two of the where-are-they-now series: the 1979 Dorchester original, H.H. Richardson's Bigelow House condos, the Westwood farmhouse fight that just sold for $1.45 million, a hidden Santa Barbara addition, Acton's Great Pumpkin, and a $29,100 Detroit land bank rescue. With a ranking.
Project note
Why wedge-shaped cut nails grip differently from modern wire nails, where you are likely to find them, and what to consider before pulling them from historic framing.
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 E19
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.
This Old House · S47 E11
One year after Hurricane Helene, all five families walk through the doors of their rebuilt homes. It's the finale we've been building toward for eleven episodes, and yes, you will cry.
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.
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