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The Dollut Steamboat house. Holy Cross house’s new quartz countertops made using laser technology. Cabinets, flooring and paint. A lesson in making a window stool and apron. Reclaimed pine flooring.

Roger shows how to improve a lawn with a "slice seeder." Richard and Tom share how to drive a nail in a tight spot. Kevin gives tips on preparing a home for sale. Richard fixes a ceiling water leak.

Host Kevin O'Connor and master carpenter Norm Abram take a ride through the city of New Orleans with streetcar driver Sue Daniel, who is known locally as Streetcar Sue.

Roger replaces a set of rotten wooden stairs with granite. Kevin O'Connor shows the latest technology for deadbolt locks. Richard helps a homeowner replace leaky polybutylene pipes in his house.

Host Kevin O'Connor and Norm Abram visit the local's alternative to Bourbon Street—the neighborhood jazz clubs of Frenchmen Street, where the New Orleans music scene is still alive and well.

Tom installs an old mortised lockset on a new door. Richard helps a homeowner install a pellet stove Roger shows Kevin several different types of lawn mowers which do not require gasoline.

Norm Abram takes Kevin across the Mississippi River by ferry to Algiers Point, home of the first This Old House New Orleans project back in 1990, to see how it fared during Hurricane Katrina.

Richard shows kids how to build a soccer goal using PVC pipes. Tom demonstrates how to build a pair of stilts. Roger shows a family how to build a sandbox and make replicas of fossils.

Learn how to make your own backyard soccer goal with these easy instructions for parents and kids.

Host Kevin O'Connor visits the French Quarter with Vieux Carre Commission Director Lary Hesdorffer to see how one of the most important neighborhoods in America faired during the storm.