This Old House - Season 14
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1992
Average Rating: ⭐ 5.6 (35 votes)
PBSThe Lexington Ranch; The Miami House
26 Episodes
The Lexington Ranch - 1
Season 14 - Episode 1
The new season kicks off with a visit to the Haggers at Kirkside in Wayland. The lawn has come in, and the place looks great. Then it's off ...
The Lexington Ranch - 2
Season 14 - Episode 2
We meet architect Graham Gund in his offices at Bulfinch Square, a historic complex he restored. After a tour of the offices, Graham takes o...
The Lexington Ranch - 3
Season 14 - Episode 3
Architect Graham Gund reveals his plans for the Igoes' ranch, using a model and drawings. The crew begins to file a for a building permit an...
The Lexington Ranch - 4
Season 14 - Episode 4
Our host catches up with homeowners Jan and Brian Igoe, urging them to vacate the premises before the demolition begins. The guys discuss th...
The Lexington Ranch - 5
Season 14 - Episode 5
Arborist Matt Foti and crew remove a large swamp marple from the site. Tom Silva takes us to see another, simpler ranch expansion he did in ...
The Lexington Ranch - 6
Season 14 - Episode 6
Lumber arrives on the site, and mason Lenny Belleveau applies a hard cement coating to the above-grade portion of the styrofoam foundation f...
The Lexington Ranch - 7
Season 14 - Episode 7
With the roof demolished, the crew begins to deck over the second floor. The addition is decked over, and our master carpenter and architect...
The Lexington Ranch - 8
Season 14 - Episode 8
With framing well underway, homeowner Jan Igoe gives our host a tour of the developing spaces inside the house. He then talks to framing spe...
The Lexington Ranch - 9
Season 14 - Episode 9
Homeowners Brian and Jan tour the house and see how the kitchen ceiling has been removed. Landscape architect Tom Wirth visits the site and ...
The Lexington Ranch - 10
Season 14 - Episode 10
The timber trusses are craned into new place in the new addition, with stress-skin panels following to form the new roof. Tom Wirth arrives ...
The Lexington Ranch - 11
Season 14 - Episode 11
The crew prepares an opening to accept a new window. Housewrap is discussed, and inside our general contractor demonstrates how he is trimin...
The Lexington Ranch - 12
Season 14 - Episode 12
Our host arrives on site to discover stone mason Roger Hopkins at work on the new landscaping. Landacaping architect Tom Wirth explains the ...
The Lexington Ranch - 13
Season 14 - Episode 13
Work continues on the front landscaping, and Tom Wirth gives us a update on the layout. Inside, Richard Trethewey shows us the plastic tubin...
The Lexington Ranch - 14
Season 14 - Episode 14
Our host catches up with Graham Gund as the architect discusses design issues with Jan Igoe. Meanwhile, our master carpenter tours the US Fo...
The Lexington Ranch - 15
Season 14 - Episode 15
The job has suddenly taken a turn for the better, thanks in part to the homeowners' cleanup efforts. The crew installs the double front door...
The Lexington Ranch - 16
Season 14 - Episode 16
After a major snowstorm, we arrive on site to find the granite steps installed and Herb Brockert's grading work in the backyard complete. Ou...
The Lexington Ranch - 17
Season 14 - Episode 17
Roger Hopkins puts in the last pieces of the front stairs: flagging made from ""scrap"" granite. Inside, lighting designer Melissa Guenet gi...
The Lexington Ranch - 18
Season 14 - Episode 18
We visit a iron fabrication shop to see how the front railings are being put together. Back at the house, a marble counter top is fitted int...
The Lexington Ranch - 19
Season 14 - Episode 19
Our host meets up with Jan Igoe to discuss the inadvisability of doing patches in the old floors. In the great room, Jeff Hosking and crew i...
The Lexington Ranch - 20
Season 14 - Episode 20
The home stretch. The guys arrive with the entertainment center, and meet up with architect Rick Bechtel, who is started his own firm. Tom S...
The Miami House - 1
Season 14 - Episode 21
The crew heads to storm-stricken Maimi, Florida, in search for a house to fix up. After seeing one that is too big a job for six short shows...
The Miami House - 2
Season 14 - Episode 22
With the wet plaster and carpeting removed from the house, some heretofore hidden features of the house are repealed, including a former win...
The Miami House - 3
Season 14 - Episode 23
Tree cutter Tony Sisto takes down a ded tree, with some difficulty, while our master carpenter checks the installation of the house's new ai...
The Miami House - 4
Season 14 - Episode 24
Our host opens the show at ""Mt. Trashmore"", a collecting point - one of about a dozen in South Dade - for all the debris hurricane Andrew ...
The Miami House - 5
Season 14 - Episode 25
We see progress on the house with general contractor Rick Groden: window patch-in, interior plastering and trim. He then meets the man who i...
The Miami House - 6
Season 14 - Episode 26
The final three days. The painters are hard at work; our master carpenter replaces a window that was broken during construction and shows us...