8.2/106 votesLoading...#1 - Weston; Amy Lends a Hand
Season 30 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/2009
At the project house in Weston, landscape contractor Roger Cook installs a berm and fence in the front yard to screen out the busy street. Landscape architect Wes Wirth and homeowner Amy Favat review the native plants they've chosen for the new planting beds. Amy takes host Kevin O'Connor to a showroom and workshop in Florence, Massachusetts, where they both lend a hand in making the concrete countertops and sink. Back in Weston (after a 30-day cure time) master carpenter Norm Abram finds the countertops being installed in the kitchen. Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Kevin how the house is being cooled, with an a la carte, split-type air conditioning system featuring outdoor heat pump units and indoor wall mounted units. These provide zoning control in the different areas of the house. Upstairs in the master bedroom, Kevin finds Amy and designer Carole Freehauf putting down eco-friendly carpet tiles that are easy for DIY-ers to install.
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8.0/108 votesLoading...#2 - Concord Country Cape | New England Cape
Season 43 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2021
This 1880 Country Cape started as a small house on a large piece of land but was added on to over time. The crew meets the new homeowners and their architect and gets a tour both inside and outside to learn about their future plans.
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#3 - Concord Country Cape | Fabulous Cape
Season 43 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/2022
After months of setbacks including bad weather and material delays, the Concord Country Cape is ready for the homeowners to move in. They walk through their updated modern and light-filled space with Richard, Jenn, Tom, Kevin and Charlie.
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#4 - West Roxbury: Small Town in a Big City
Season 43 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/2022
A small town in a big city, West Roxbury, MA is the home of our new project-an 1890s Victorian once a single family turned multi-family and back to a single family. Our crew meets the homeowners and builder and discuss future plans for this gem.
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8.0/105 votesLoading...#5 - Nashville: Moving Day
Season 46 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2024
A 1920s brick cottage is lifted off its foundation and moved to the backyard; the architect discusses the renovation challenges.
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7.8/108 votesLoading...#6 - The Dorchester House - A Tour of the House
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1979
Our host, a Boston designer and builder, tours the dilapidated turn-of the-century house in Dorchester, Massachusetts, that will completely renovated in the next 13 weeks. Our host talks with a realtor and a house appraiser to determine the condition and problems of the property.
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#7 - Arlington 2014: Part 9: Deadliest Old House?
Season 35 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/2014
A "Deadliest Catch" star drops by to help with plaster cracks. Making the second floor railing safer.
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7.8/107 votesLoading...#8 - Concord Country Cape | Saving What We Can
Season 43 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2021
Appliances, building material and radiators are salvaged from the house before the major demolition begins. Outside, an arborist sprays the old Hemlock trees on the property to protect them from damaging insects. Time to cut off the garage addition.
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7.8/107 votesLoading...#9 - Concord Country Cape | Fix the Foundation
Season 43 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2021
The old foundation gets modified for the new basement with an opening for a doorway, and the new foundation has to be tied into the old. On the first floor, the crew installs a beam in order to remove some of the wall that abuts the front staircase.
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#10 - Concord Country Cape | Solid Foundation
Season 43 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2021
The foundation is waterproofed. Mauro and homeowners discuss exterior paint colors. Tom and the designer look at newel post options. Kevin talks to architectural historian about Cape style homes. The new foundation is braced for backfilling.
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#11 - Newburyport: Powering Through
Season 44 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2023
Before demo begins, the main power is disconnected. The old bump out is demoed, and the present bathroom is tested for asbestos. A carpenter talks about working with Parkinson's Disease. The vinyl siding is removed to reveal the original clapboards.
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#12 - Lexington: Judgement Day
Season 45 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2024
Geothermal is in; kitchen appliances are installed; the new HERS score is revealed.
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#13 - Rebuilding Paradise: Paradise Strong
Season 41 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/2020
Engineered siding and fire-rated sheathing; solar backup battery; the Hope Plaza memorial ground-breaking.
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#14 - Lexington: Engineered For Accessibility
Season 45 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2023
A lally column stands in the way of the new open floor plan. As a solution, it is removed, and the ridge beam is replaced with a trio of engineered beams. The new landscape is previewed in 3D, and tips are shared for creating an accessible bathroom.
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- 7.4/106 votesLoading...
#15 - Roxbury; Project with Purpose Begins
Season 31 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/2010
For the second project of This Old House's 30th Anniversary Season, the crew takes on an issue that's top of mind in the country: foreclosures. Partnering with the City of Boston and local non-profit Nuestra Comunidad, they will take a foreclosed and abandoned two-family house from the 1870s, and turn it into two units of affordable housing in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Local general contractor David Lopes shows host Kevin O'Connor just how extensive the damage to the old house is, and they quickly get to work demolishing the parts that can't be saved, including a three-story rear extension, which has rotted through from roof to floor. Joining the project will be apprentices from YouthBuild Boston looking to earn jobs in the building trades. In order to recruit two young carpenters from the program to work with the crew, master carpenter Norm Abram visits YouthBuild's annual carpentry challenge.
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7.4/107 votesLoading...#16 - Charlestown 2014: Part 2: Brick Rowhouse Blues
Season 36 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2014
A fix for a major problem: exterior walls that are bowing outward. Two weeks of work in the basement, meanwhile, has lowered the floor by several inches; the radiant heat-insulation system is installed; and it's shown how the roof is under-structured. In other events, Norm revisits a Charlestown townhouse featured on the show 14 years ago.
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7.4/107 votesLoading...#17 - Charlestown 2014: Part 5: Gardens & Greek Revival Style
Season 36 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2014
The ductwork for the new direct vent gas fireplace units is worked on; subtle Greek Revival details are added to the interior window trim; and the exterior window trim is painted. Also: Sullivan Square Community Garden; and Beacon Hill's hidden gardens.
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7.4/107 votesLoading...#18 - Charlestown 2014: Part 6: Kitchens and Baths
Season 36 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2014
A major upgrade begins: adding a Greek Revival-style front door. On the second floor, new wood wainscoting is installed; a feature wall insert for the master shower is created with marble basket weave tile; and small section of copper roof is added to the roof.
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7.4/107 votesLoading...#19 - Charlestown 2014: Part 7: Rowhouse, Lighthouse
Season 36 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2014
A basement door is concealed; the new Cararra marble island top is spotlighted; a PVC fence is installed on top of the retaining wall; the front steps are given new life with a grinder, a router, epoxy and non-slip exterior paint; and the salvaged marble mantel and surround are installed in the sitting room. Also: the transformation of a Boston lighthouses into a summer home.
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#20 - Detroit | Rebuilding Motor City
Season 38 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/2017
A couple plan to renovate an abandoned home themselves, beginning with the leaky roof.
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#21 - Rebuilding Paradise: Paradise Lost
Season 41 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2020
Three families rebuild after they lost their homes to a wildfire.
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#22 - The Cape Ann House: Losing Our Truss
Season 41 Episode 19 - Aired 4/11/2020
Tom and Charlie Silva create a cathedral ceiling while Mark McCullough breaks through the foundation to make space for mechanicals. Kevin O’Connor learns about sun tunnels and Richard creates a plan for cooling.
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#23 - The Cape Ann House: Move In Day
Season 41 Episode 26 - Aired 5/30/2020
Work is complete on the Cape Ann Shingle Style project. The team tours the finished home, celebrating all of the repaired historic details and the new elements that keep with its original style.
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- 7.3/108 votesLoading...
#24 - The Westerly Ranch House: A Ranch Out Westerly
Season 41 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2019
Salvage and demo begin in the transformation of a 1940s Rhode Island ranch to a Dutch Colonial; a look at architect renderings; visiting California ranch style homes.
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- 7.2/106 votesLoading...
#25 - Weston; A Prefab Timberframe Project House Begins
Season 30 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2008
For the new season, host Kevin O'Connor and master carpenter Norm Abram reveal that This Old House will be building new—a prefab, eco-friendly home that will feel like an old barn. Homeowners Amy & Pete Favat love their land, but have outgrown their 1970s-era home, so they'll deconstruct the old house to make way for a new one that will better suit their active family. To achieve their vision of a vacation home "all year round", custom homebuilder Tedd Benson and his staff are designing and prefabricating the new state-of-the-art timberframe home, with general contractor Tom Silva pulling it all together on site. To see how Tedd's panelized system looks in the field, Norm and Tedd visit a recent project in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, while back in Weston, Tom works with deconstruction contractor John Grossman to take the old house apart by hand, in a way that saves landfill space, and allows the reuse of building materials.
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The Best Episodes of This Old House
Every episode of This Old House ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of This Old House!
TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Weston; Amy Lends a Hand" is the best rated episode of "This Old House". It scored 8.2/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/2009. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Concord Country Cape | New England Cape".