This Old House

1. Belmont Victorian: Dude, Where's My Victorian

A new project begins in Belmont, MA with a focus on salvage and restoration. ...

2. Belmont Victorian: The Kitchen Came Tumbling Down

Roger and Katherine take inventory of the plants, which Roger hopes to save a...

3. Belmont Victorian: Bracing the Basement

Tommy jacks up the basement ceiling with temporary braces. The homeowners wan...

4. Belmont Victorian: It's All About the Beams

Tommy explains how he assembles a flitch beam, and begins to install the firs...

5. Belmont Victorian: It's Foundation Time

Tommy calls in an excavator to begin work on the footings for the new porch. ...

6. Belmont Victorian: Opening the Entry

Mason Mark McCullough starts laying blocks for the mudroom foundation. Tommy ...

7. Belmont Victorian: Victorian 2.0

Kevin learns about the plan to keep the existing boiler and add a ducted syst...

8. Belmont Victorian: Antiques for an Antique House

Kevin finds Tommy out front, beginning the framing of the front porch with th...

9. Belmont Victorian: True Colors

Tommy frames a new mudroom. Architect Mat Cummings has put together a couple ...

10. Belmont Victorian: Victorian Warmth

Tommy lays down a mahogany floor on the new front porch. Homeowner Katherine ...

11. Belmont Victorian: Grinding Out the Details

Tommy converts a glass-paneled storm door into a custom mudroom-porch window....

12. Belmont Victorian: This Old Tree House

Tommy creates an arched feature for the new gable above the front porch stair...

13. Belmont Victorian: What's Old Is New Again

Norm builds a ladder on the tree house. Tommy lays decking and Kevin instals ...

14. Belmont Victorian: Inside-Out Restoration

Roger replants the trees and shrubs he dug up before construction began. Land...

16. Belmont Victorian: Goodbye Tired Old House

Everyone celebrates the renovated home on the new porch. Roger finishes lands...

17. North Shore Farmhouse: This Old New House

On the North Shore of Massachusetts, homeowners Bill and April Harb begin bui...

18. North Shore Farmhouse: The North Shore Is a Blast

Tommy and Kevin visit the Vermont factory where the house will be built, as g...

19. North Shore Farmhouse: Truck in the New House

An inspector arrives to approve the new foundation. Kevin sees how Erik Kamin...

20. North Shore Farmhouse: North Shore Framezilla

General contractor Erik Kaminski walks Tommy through the first floor. Kevin m...

21. North Shore Farmhouse: Up on the Roof

Kevin visits a reproduction first-period colonial home to find out how houses...

22. North Shore Farmhouse: 400 Years of Home Technology

Drilling begins on a geothermal system that will reduce the Harbs' energy bil...

23. North Shore Farmhouse: Making New Look Old

General contractor Erik Kaminski shows Kevin how he installs clapboard siding...

24. North Shore Farmhouse: House Requires Some Assembly

Erik takes delivery of the kitchen cabinets, and Kevin assists with installat...

25. North Shore Farmhouse: A Race to the Punch List

Erik Kaminski finishes the staircase. Kevin and landscape architect Kim Turne...

26. North Shore Farmhouse: What's New Is Old Again

Erik Kaminski and Kevin build a custom closet from off-the-shelf piping. Norm...