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You can improve your attic's thermal performance by insulating it with fiberglass. Read about how to make your home more energy efficient in our step-by-step guide.

This Old House landscape contractor, Roger Cook, shares tips for draining downspout rainwater away from your house.

Painting contractor Mark O'Lalor shows you how to cut in paint edges with an angled sash brush to get impressive results.

Paint rolling tools and tips with painting contractor Mark O'Lalor

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to enliven a plain fence with climbing vines and flowering plants.

This Old House contractor, Tom Silva, shows how to properly mount window boxes, while landscaper Roger Cook shares expert planting tips.

Learn how to reuse laundry wastewater as irrigation with This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey.

Discover the benefits of graywater systems in toilet tanks and how they can help you conserve water and reduce utility bills effectively.

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares tips for conserving water while maintaining a lush lawn.

A contractor finalizes the countertops. Norm visits the oldest mill in America. Tom scribes new stair treads. Norm gets a lesson in how to darken stone. A contractor makes decorative tiles.

The guys celebrate 300 episodes of "Ask This Old House" by looking back at some of their best moments and revealing some behind-the-scenes secrets.

This Old House contractor Roger Cook explains the basics of small engines and how to take care of your gas-powered yard equipment

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook transforms an old, ugly city slab into an urban oasis and shares several tips and tricks.

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares tips and techniques for safely hanging framed objects like mirrors on walls

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey delivers hot water on demand in this helpful video.

We'll walk you through the steps to create a safe wood-burning fireplace with This Old House host Kevin O'Connor.

This Old House plumbing and heating expert, Richard Trethewey, explains the causes of and cures for water-pipe corrosion.

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to hang a new storm door that's more energy efficient.

This video featuring Old House general contractor Tom Silva and easy-to-follow guide shows you how to repair a split door frame.

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva demonstrates how to replace an old door with a new one without changing the frame.

Attracting butterflies with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook

Learn the process behind a 200-amp service upgrade from master electrician Scott Caron with our step-by-step electrical guide.

Master electrician Scott Caron installs a new panel to complete a service upgrade and shares details, techniques, and safety precautions.

Instead of painting your fence, consider using stain. We share the different types of stains and how to stain a wood fence like a pro.