This Old House - Season 13
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Thu, 5 Sept 1991
Average Rating: ⭐ 5.6 (35 votes)
PBSThe Wayland House; The London House
26 Episodes
The Wayland House - 1
Season 13 - Episode 1
The 13th season opens with a visit to Hazel Biceno's triple-decker in Jamaica Plain, site of the 12th season's main project. We then go to W...
The Wayland House - 2
Season 13 - Episode 2
Work begins on Kirkside, with Tom Silva and crew beginning to remove the old ashphalt shingles. Our host discusses roof ventilation and drip...
The Wayland House - 3
Season 13 - Episode 3
The guys and homeowner Chris Hagger discuss Chris' decision to go with architectural-grade shingles on his new roof. On the roof, the crew i...
The Wayland House - 4
Season 13 - Episode 4
The guys begin to dismantle the front portico in preparation for its restoration to its 1888 look. Our host meets George Lewis, chairman of ...
The Wayland House - 5
Season 13 - Episode 5
Mason Lenny Belleveau teaches us the ins and outs of chimney-top flue dampers from and then checks out the work on the chimney sweeps. Down ...
The Wayland House - 6
Season 13 - Episode 6
The guys tours the site, looking at the grading and draining work of Herb Brockert. The crew jacks the western facade and replaces rotted se...
The Wayland House - 7
Season 13 - Episode 7
The crew pours footings for the new portico, and the guys tour the demolished bathroom and kitchen, reviewing framing plans. Outside, we mee...
The Wayland House - 8
Season 13 - Episode 8
Our master carpenter completes the radius frame for the front portico deck, while our general contractor reviews the new engineered wood fra...
The Wayland House - 9
Season 13 - Episode 9
Our host checks in again with Herb Brockert, who has installed the leaching pits. Middlesex Lead continues prep work on the exterior, powerw...
The Wayland House - 10
Season 13 - Episode 10
Our host shows dry well for perimeter drainage, then catches up with our general contractor, who proposes settting the new entry door into t...
The Wayland House - 11
Season 13 - Episode 11
The guys install a new bulkhead, while Herb Brockert puts in the septic tank, pump chamber and pump. Our host attends the Wayland Historic C...
The Wayland House - 12
Season 13 - Episode 12
Our host reviews rough wiring an plumbing porgies in the kitchen, then checks in with eletrician Paul Kennedy for a discussion of work box i...
The Wayland House - 13
Season 13 - Episode 13
Richard Trethewey shows us a gas company truck that runs on natural gas, then takes us inside to see progress on radiant floor heating. Chri...
The Wayland House - 14
Season 13 - Episode 14
Wallboard arrives by boom truck and our host helps unload it. Electrician Paul Kennedy gives a lesson on how to cut a light switch into an o...
The Wayland House - 15
Season 13 - Episode 15
Tom Silva explains the insulation he's been puting up in the kitchen, and in the master bath. We see a new screw gun the blueboarders are us...
The Wayland House - 16
Season 13 - Episode 16
A licenced crew removes the two basement oil tanks. Mason Roger Hopkins splits granite for the portico foundation, while in the kitchen, des...
The Wayland House - 17
Season 13 - Episode 17
We meet Sam DeFrost, who points out the features of the new fence. Our master carpenter begins to fit the new portico together, and Roger Ho...
The Wayland House - 18
Season 13 - Episode 18
Richard Trethewey explains ways of preventing pipe freeze-ups. In the kitchen, lighting designer Melissa Guenet and electrician Paul Kennedy...
The Wayland House - 19
Season 13 - Episode 19
The final day in Kirkside begins in the steeple of the church, where minister Ken Sawyer gives us a look at the Paul Revere and Son bell. Do...
The London House - 1
Season 13 - Episode 20
This Old House goes to London for its first overseas project. Our host meets wit hhomeowners Jeremy and Carla Vogler -he's American, she's A...
The London House - 2
Season 13 - Episode 21
Contractor David Booth introduces us to a ""rag and bone"" man who collects scrap from building sites with his cart and horse. David explain...
The London House - 3
Season 13 - Episode 22
The guys start the day with the English crew at breakfast. At the site, they inspect the new beam work with contractor, David Booth. Richard...
The London House - 4
Season 13 - Episode 23
Our host visits the Tower of London and meets a Beefeater and one of the famous ravens. At the flat, site supervisor, Finn Hurley, updates u...
The London House - 5
Season 13 - Episode 24
Made-in-the-U.S.A. windows arrive by air freight on the site, where the council planner has given the Volgers three design options for makin...
The London House - 6
Season 13 - Episode 25
The show starts at an ancient stone circle on the Salisbury Plain, then we check progress on the site. Richard Trethewey explains the shower...
The London House - 7
Season 13 - Episode 26
Our master carpenter shows us the details of the new staircase leading up to the flat. Carla goes through the lighting plan for the entire f...