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In this guide, Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey explains how to repair a leaky hose spigot.

Track saws are useful but can be pricey. In this guide and video, we'll share an easy way to make a track for any circular saw.

For a front door that keeps getting stuck on carpets, resizing can be a simple solution. This Old House's Tom Silva demonstrates how in this guide.

Ask This Old House host Kevin O’Connor shows a large, plastic fan with interior coils, but what is it?

Norm uses salvaged lumber from a historic Virginia river to make a drop-leaf corner table. Go to The New Yankee Workshop to see measured drawings for all projects

Norm introduces viewers to the seventeenth-century craft of wood steaming when he creates this charming hat rack out of oak

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows a green plastic circle with two pieces, but what is it?

Richard Trethewey explains how to assess a home’s heating system – and figure out whether you’ll need to replace it

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner replace the peeling, vinyl floor in his bathroom with a ceramic tile floor.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner treat a citrus tree that’s been affected by citrus greening.

The tried and true method for connecting copper pipes has always been soldering, but it’s a difficult skill to master. Richard Trethewey shows another effective way to connect these pipes without pulling out the blow torch.

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows a flexible cable with different types of clamps, but what is it?

Ask This Old House landscape contractor, Roger Cook, helps a homeowner install a new gate to fence in her pet dog.

In this guide, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva demonstrates how to cut a pass-through in a load-bearing wall.

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey explains how to remove rust stains from plumbing fixtures in your bathroom.

It’s the wrap of another great project. Kevin tours the renovated house with the homeowners. Their kids and Joe’s parents arrive to check out the new and improved home.

The guys head to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to profile nonprofits working to tear down, clean out, and rebuild homes that were destroyed during the storm.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps the Houston Community Tool Bank put together a rental order for Harvey relief.