This Old House

Norm uses old pine from a local sawmill to make a coffee table. Mauro teaches apprentice Kathryn to whitewash the knotty pine paneling. Tommy and Jeff build a pergola for the deck. Kevin helps with a shutter assembly. Electrician Ben shows apprentice De’Shaun how to light the pergola.

Jeff Sweenor shows Kevin O'Connor how he installs floating oak shelves and a mantel. Norm Abram panels the playroom using the original knotty pine boards. Kevin visits the apprentices at a timber framing school, then he takes a tour of Westerly. Jenn Nawada uses Westerly granite for backyard steps.

The new propane tank gets buried in the backyard. Norm advises an apprentice in composite decking. Jeff and Tom add final touches to the coffered ceiling. A shelving system goes into the new office, and applies a stone veneer to the new chimney.

Tom Silva and Jeff Sweenor begin work on a coffered ceiling in the living room. Jenn Nawada watches as local Westerly granite is cut to size for backyard steps. Richard Trethewey reviews the complex septic system as it goes in. In Ohio, Kevin O'Connor learns how the interior doors are built. Back in Westerly, Jeff installs one of those doors.

Kevin O'Connor reviews the progress of the Westerly house. Tom Silva and Jeff Sweenor work on the main staircase at Jeff’s shop and then they bring it to the house to install. At the Idea House, Kevin looks at new clapboard siding technology. Richard Trethewey tours a factory to see how a furnace is built and then watches one being installed at the project house.

Tom Silva teaches the new apprentices to frame a deck. Jeff Sweenor’s crew frames the exterior flair detail. Jenn Nawada learns about Westerly granite. Jeff teaches the apprentices to install a window. Richard Trethewey and Jeff look for a path for the drain stacks.

The crew stands up the second floor walls, and three new apprentices arrive as part of the Generation Next program.

The open concept living space requires extra planning for support of the second story.

At the old Westerly Ranch House, the roof was disassembled to add a new level, but the original chimney is going to be in the way of the open floor plan concept on the first floor.

The new season kicks off with a ranch house in Westerly, RI. Inside, Tom and Kevin tour the house and admire the knotty pine paneling

Jeff Sweenor teaches the apprentices how to install a window

Kevin visits a manufacturer in Pennsylvania that makes custom insulated wall panels, the foundation wall panels arrive and are placed

Our plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey explains the general layout of the heating and cooling system in our Cape Ann project

Relive 40 years of This Old House with our anniversary special, featuring archival footage and brand new interviews!

Watch vintage clips and favorite moments celebrating This Old House, the groundbreaking home improvement series that inspired a new genre of television programming

This Old House home builder Jeff Sweenor explains how he trimmed out the coffered ceiling of our Westerly project

Tom Silva shows Kevin O'Connor the differences between drywall installation and plastering over blue board

Tom Silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles

The lackluster mid-century box is a modern marvel once again. Kevin and Tommy arrive to assess the transformation of the exterior of the house.

Doors are hung, floors are going down; it’s time for finishing touches.

Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey walks us through a system that was designed for a home built near a pond and the ocean

Giant porcelain tiling. Revisiting the 20th. Retro fireplace and modern cabinets installed