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How To Choose Hurricane Window Protection for Your Home

Hurricane window protection can protect your home and loved ones from storm surge, high winds, and heavy rainfall. Learn more in our guide.
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How To Install an Automatic Standby Generator

Looking for a way to keep your power on during outages? Our guide contains everything you need to know to install an automatic standby generator
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How to Install a Solid-Wood Exterior Door

When you're ready to replace your exterior door, check out our video to learn how to install a solid wood door with energy efficiency in mind.
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How To Plant a Chile-Pepper Garden

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build and plant a raised-bed chile pepper garden.
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Everything You Need to Know to Install a Channel Drain

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner solve a driveway drainage dilemma by installing a channel drain.
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S37 E13: What's Old Is New Again

Norm builds a ladder for the tree house while Tommy lays decking, and Kevin fits balusters. The shingles are prepped for paint. Tommy fits a storm window, finishes the mudroom, and patches flooring.
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S14 E13: Attic Stairs, Paint

Tom replaces a rickety attic staircase in Minneapolis. Richard gives a tutorial on the best blowtorches. Kevin shows a homeowner how to use paint to makeover an old kitchen.
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Family Kitchen with a View

Opening up an isolated kitchen transforms it from a blind alley to the expansive hub of family life
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S37 E12: This Old Tree House

Tommy finishes the front porch. Kevin visits Vermont to see an artisan create a custom floorcloth for the kitchen. Tommy builds the porch railings. Kevin builds a tree house for the kids.
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S14 E12: Pedestal Sink, Light

Scott installs a post light. Richard replaces a pedestal sink. Jenn Nawada explains how to make succulent plants into a piece of art. It’s a wand with three probes. "What is it?"
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How to Update a Kitchen with Paint

Ask This Old House host Kevin O'Connor uses a special paint to revamp an old kitchen.
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How To Choose and Use a Blowtorch

Ask This Old House heating and plumbing expert Richard Trethewey explains how to get the most out of each type of blowtorch.
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How to Replace a Pull-Down Attic Staircase

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva removes an old attic staircase and replaces it with a new one.
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What Is It? | Wand With Three Probes

The Ask This Old House guys ask "What Is It?" See them guess the use for a long gray wand with three probes and a trigger
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How To Replace a Post Light

Swap out your old post light for a new one and add an astronomical timer by following our guide and watching our video featuring Scott Caron.
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How To Create Succulent Art

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada explains how to create a piece of artwork out of succulent plants.
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Create a Jewel-Box Dining Room With These Creative Ideas

Even with a limited budget, you can create an elegant, jewel-box dining room that will wow guests. Find inspiring ideas in our guide.
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9 Items in Your Home That Can Be Ruined by Low Humidity

Learn which household items are vulnerable in low humidity and how to remedy it.
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S14 E11: Table, Grass Paver

Roger transforms a patch of grass into a lawn, you can drive on! Tom and Kevin use reclaimed oak wood to create a coffee table. Richard explains how to avoid frozen pipes in the winter months. The guys ask "What Is It?"
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S37 E11: Grinding Out the Details

Tommy makes a mudroom-porch window. The homeowners select paint. Tommy clads the porch piers in shingles. Marble tile is laid in the master bath. Tommy builds floors in the kitchen and master suite.
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What Is It? | Yellow Square on a Shaft

The Ask This Old House guys ask "What Is It?" as they check out a tool that has a metal shaft, a yellow handle, and a black panel on the top
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How To Build a Grass Driveway

Learn how to create a durable, lush, eco-friendly grass driveway with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
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How to Prevent Frozen and Burst Pipes With Simple Steps

Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey offers a few tips to keep you pipes from freezing during the winter months.
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How to Build a Coffee Table Out of Reclaimed Wood

Creating your own coffee table from reclaimed wood adds character and history to your living space. Read how to complete this project yourself in our step-by-step guide.
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How To Build a Storage Shelf for an Over-the-Door Display

Over-the-door storage shelves are a clever and efficient way to store or displays items. Need a bit more space? The answer lies above you.

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