Name: Ask This Old House
Uploaded: 2023-12-22T20:20:43.000Z
Description: General contractor Tom Silva, heating and plumbing master Richard Trethewey and landscaper Roger Cook join host Kevin O'Connor; they assist homeowners with some of their most difficult home improvement challenges.

General contractor Tom Silva, heating and plumbing master Richard Trethewey and landscaper Roger Cook join host Kevin O'Connor; they assist homeowners with some of their most difficult home improvement challenges.

This Old House

Cutting open a retired water heater and diagnosing why it failed; Jenn Nawada talks about her love of educating children about the outdoors; building a compost bin for a net zero elementary school.

Water Heater Autopsy, Composting

Heath explains the three levels of EV chargers; Mark weighs pros and cons of different brick patterns; Nathan helps a homeowner repair a cracked built-in china cabinet using MDF panels; Mauro repaints a china cabinet and shows how to paint on MDF.

EV Chargers, China Cabinet Repair

Installing a doorbell with new wiring; bottle traps; replacing a brick driveway's edging with cobblestones.

Doorbell Retrofit, Driveway Edging

Jenn plants a woodland garden; Mauro shows how to patch porcelain; Mark repairs a chimney.

Woodland Garden; Chimney Repairs

Historic wallpaper restored; Heath explains GFCI receptacles; Tom fixes gutters.

Wallpaper Restoration; Gutter Repairs

Repairing sandstone steps; how to avoid being scammed by a solar company; installing an awning for a back door.

Sandstone Repair, Awning Install

Richard replaces a water heater; Tom assesses woodpecker damage; Mauro paints tile.

Paint Tile, Water Tank Replacement

Tom builds, paints, and installs a Little Free Library for an elementary school.

Little Free Library

Nathan installs kitchen cabinet hardware; Heath explains what causes breaker trips.

Cabinet Hardware, Breaker Trips

Nathan installs an antique pocket door; Kevin builds a table with a maker in Atlanta.

Pocket Door, Shaker Table

Babyproofing a house by replacing old receptacles and installing cabinet locks and baby gates; the basics of caring for houseplants; how a septic system works and how to maintain it.

Babyproofing, Septic Systems

The Ask This Old House team partner with Rebuilding Together Boston.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Repairing a deck; constructing a patio; installing landscape lighting and new plantings; installing a firepit.

Fire Pit, Window Restoration

Heath troubleshoots a flickering dimmer switch; Tom builds a DIY-friendly clothes rack.

Dimmer Switch, Clothes Rack

Organizing a shed; the importance of yearly service checks for furnaces; installing a pea stone walkway to match an existing walkway at the front of a house.

Shed Organization, Stone Walkway

Jenn explores wetlands; Ross demonstrates IAQ; Mauro paints a foundation.

Wetlands, Foundation Painting

Upgrading a fireplace; different landscape tools and how to maintain them for spring; building a bathtub tray out of zebrawood.

Fireplace Painting, Bathtub Tray

Replacing a leaking gas oven; creating a pollinator garden at home; applying wireless electricity technology to electric vehicle chargers in future homes.

Oven Ventilation, EV Charger

Ross insulates an attic; Richard talks irrigation repairs; Mark paves a parking spot.

Attic Insulation, Parking Spot

Planting a sun and shade garden; the importance of gutter downspouts; adding street visibility to a farm by remounting an original farm sign and engraving an 1800s granite post.

Transition Garden, Granite Post

Creating a backyard entrance; how to safely clean hardscaping; patching holes in wood floors caused by previously removed radiators.

Full Sun Garden, Floor Patch

Richard troubleshoots a tub that runs cold; Tom and Kevin build a set of cornhole boards.

Cold Water Bathtub, Cornhole

Repairing a leaky shower; different wire gauge sizes and their electrical load capabilities; repairing loose flagstone steps in an entryway and basement.

Flagstone Repairs, Tub Diverter

Tom attempts to replicate the spiral-detailed spindles in the staircase of a homeowner's 1900s Queen Anne Rowhouse; he turns straight grain fir balusters and troubleshoots a string technique to replicate the spiral detailing.

Hand-Turned Spindle Replication

Installing a basement circuit; safety techniques for common sources of table saw injuries; installing a wood-burning insert into a drafty fireplace.

Circuit, Table Saw, Fireplace

Milling a large piece of an old red oak; headband game; building a bar top out of the milled piece of red oak.

Sawmill, Bar Top

Jenn and Nathan team up to help his nieces' Girl Scout troop rebuild and replant its community garden beds.

Girl Scout Community Garden

Installing remote-controlled patio string lights; color matching and repainting a retro aqua kitchen cabinet; specialized levels for different types of projects.

String Lights, Kitchen Painting

Repairing a leaking three-valve shower while retaining the bathroom's original 1930's tile; refreshing an eroding sloped yard.

Shower Valve, Sloped Landscape

Building a utility cover; differences in CO detectors and monitors; cleaning out creosote build-up in a brick kitchen fireplace.

Creosote Removal, Utility Cover

Installing a generator hookup to a home's circuit board; asbestos and options for mitigation; fixing an insufficient lintel repair on an 1833 home.

Generator Hookup, Brick Lintel Repair

The importance of prep work; whitewashing an outdoor bench; how double pane glass is made; repairing a broken window.

Double Pane Window, Paint Bench

Installing a rain garden; how moisture meters can detect unseen water damage; installing a railing on concrete steps.

Rain Garden, Wrought Iron Railing

Tools and products in a winter weather kit; a unique water heater; homeowner-friendly masonry tools; building a new miter saw station.

Winter Prep, Miter Saw Station

Heath discusses generator options; Jenn builds a worm farm; Mauro paints a front door.

Paint Front Door, Generator

Converting a window into a back door; dealbreakers that homeowners should consider when looking to buy a home without major renovations.

Window to Door Conversion

Mauro paints over graffiti; Ross discusses radon testing; Nathan installs closet shelves.

Garage Graffiti, Nursery Closet

Richard troubleshoots a shower with no hot water; Jimmy DiResta makes a leather tote bag.

Hot Water, DiResta Leather Tote

Heath labels a circuit breaker; Tom shares his hobby of lathe turning and turns a bowl.

Lathe Turned Segmented Bowl

Mauro paints wood paneling; Lee shears shrubs; Nathan builds a daycare mud kitchen.

Paint Wood Paneling, Play Kitchen

Lee removes invasive plants; Mark discusses chimney caps; Richard installs a bidet toilet.

Invasive Plants, Bidet Toilet

Protecting homes against wildfires; firescaping; fire hardening a home; a weeding method to lower fire spreading.

Wildfire Mitigation

Installing a shade sail for a sunny pool area; repairing a walking; the brothers of a fourth-generation landscaping company in Atlanta.

Shade Sail, Concrete Walkway

Lee installs shade-tolerant sod; Ross discusses heat pumps; Kevin builds a side table.

Shade Sod, Rocky Canyon Rustic

Retrofitting a radiant floor system; cable railing connections and maintenance; the updated USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

Radiant Floor, Cable Railings

Installing a rain barrel; installing a drain to divert water from a patio; the team shares new additions to their tool bags.

Rain Barrel, Pooling Patio

Improving a garden with a new shade pattern; Richard gives Kevin a tour of his new HVAC distribution and education center.

New Shade Pattern, HVAC Showroom

Brightening a dark apartment using paint concentrations; what naturally causes wet basements and how to mitigate it; building a bat house.

Paint Dark Basement, Bat House

Restoring a garden bed; a New Hampshire painter explains how she got into the trade; installing a bathroom fan in a house with bad wiring.

Garden Restore, Bathroom Fan

Installing a smart thermostat after finding a wiring issue; staining a deck to protect and maintain it; cleaning a bluestone patio.

Smart Thermostat, Bluestone Clear

IAQ testing; restoring a Victorian firebox; transitioning landscapes from spring to summer; organizing a tool storage cabinet.

Firebox Restore, Tool Storage

The International Rose Test Garden; replacing damaged bathroom tiles; reviewing comments from viewers.

Rose Test Garden, Wall Tile

Richard and Nathan make a bathroom more accessible; Tom and Nathan replace wooden gutters.

Bath Accessibility, Wooden Gutter

Mauro repairs a cracked wall; Richard installs radiator baseboard covers.

Cracked Drywall, Radiator Cover

Tropical trees for the backyard; a tool that makes asphalt roof work easier; home smart light products.

Florida Trees, Smart Lighting

Mauro restores a bulkhead; Tom talks combination squares; Mark repairs granite stairs.

Rusty Bulkhead, Granite Stairs

Installing a bathroom recessed cabinet; replacing a chimney that has been causing water damage to an indoor charcoal grill.

Medicine Cabinet, Chimney Crown

Solving gutter water runoff; lead carpenter Lasana Harper talks about his journey into carpentry; replacing a ceiling fan.

Gutter Runoff, Replace Ceiling Fan

Creating a focal point wall; common sprinkler heads; installing a submersible sump pump to solve a flooded basement problem.

Wallpaper Installation, Sump Pump

Installing a whole house humidifier system; how to quickly paint shutters in bulk; creating a triangular top outdoor end table out of teak wood.

Humidifier System, End Table

Fixing an uneven paver patio; common types of ladders and how to use them safely; installing a Level 2 EV charger.

Uneven Paver Patio, EV Charger

Replacing a broken double trash can pull out; why incandescent and fluorescent lights are being phased out; removing overgrown arborvitae trees.

Trash Insert, Arborvitae Removal

Mark installs a shed base; Tom and Nathan talk framing; Nathan installs bifold doors.

Shed Foundation, Bifold Doors

Richard helps convert a wood burning fireplace to gas; Nathan installs wainscoting.

Gas Fireplace, Wainscoting

A Detroit beekeeper talks about how to start a hive; phone apps that have made work easier; building a step stool using a mobile CNC router.

Beehives 101, Step Stool

Painting wainscoting; what homeowners should know before switching a home to all electric; building a sandbox.

Paint Wainscoting, Sandbox

A company that builds homes using 3D printing; landscaper Aaron Smith; using a lathe to turn a square bowl with legs.

3D Printed Homes, Square Bowl

Painting stair treads and handrail; highlighting new tools; installing new wall sconces above a fireplace.

Stair Treads, Sconce Install

Jenn, Mark, Nathan, and Richard team up to build a cedar outdoor shower in Cape Cod.

Outdoor Shower

How to diagnose and treat a diseased pine tree; Nathan performs a new homeowner checklist.

Tree Diagnosis, Home Checklist

Maintaining a mini split and properly cleaning the indoor and outdoor components; building a garden retaining wall.

Retaining Wall, Mini Split Upkeep

The basics of dethatching and aerating; installing a smart home energy monitoring system; the different types of routers.

Electric Bill Investigation

Adding a new zone to an irrigation system; comparing the strengths and differences between PEX and copper piping; repairing a door hinge by using wooden dowels, epoxy and longer screws.

Irrigation Add-On, Stripped Holes

A nonprofit that creates urban pollinator gardens around Detroit; soil preparation, planting techniques and maintenance; removing a brick driveway apron and replacing it with cobblestones.

Urban Gardens, Apron Driveway

Troubleshooting air conditioning airflow; spotlighting metal fabricator and business owner Shelby Barnhart; removing a shellac finish from wood.

AC Airflow Issue, Shellac Removal

Common ductwork noises and solutions; overseeding a dead lawn; repairing cracked stucco over concrete foundation.

Overseeding, Foundation Repair

Honoring landscape contractor and mentor Roger Cook; colleagues share their favorite memories and reflect on his impact.

Thank You, Roger Cook

Building mudroom cubbies; different types of mulch; painting the mudroom cubbies using a paint sprayer.

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