This Old House - Season 23
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Sat, 22 Sept 2001
Average Rating: ⭐ 5.6 (35 votes)
PBSThe Manchester House
26 Episodes
The Manchester House - 1
Season 23 - Episode 1
Steve and our master carpenter approach the latest project house by water, finding a convenient dock at the base of the property. They meet ...
The Manchester House - 2
Season 23 - Episode 2
The day starts off with the landscaping works of Roger Cook. He and his crew cut down a few trees that were threatening the house, have move...
The Manchester House - 3
Season 23 - Episode 3
Steve sees the seaside public rotunda and ""chowder house"" our subject property looks out on, with Manchester Historical Society president ...
The Manchester House - 4
Season 23 - Episode 4
With the new concrete walls poured, it's time to damp-proof them, just one more in a series of tasks that adds up to nearly $30,000 for the ...
The Manchester House - 5
Season 23 - Episode 5
The foundation has been backfilled and carpenters are busy putting up the forms for the new terrace. Inside, the area for the new kitchen an...
The Manchester House - 6
Season 23 - Episode 6
Steve finds our master carpenter in the new jobsite office trailer, complete with secure storage - good for keeping paperwork safe from the ...
The Manchester House - 7
Season 23 - Episode 7
Steve tries his hand at driving the jobsite forklift, successfully (if shakily) delivering a load of plywood to the thir floor. Inside, he a...
The Manchester House - 8
Season 23 - Episode 8
Our new roof is going on, and our master carpenter talks to roofing contractor Mark Mulloy about the system: decking, bitumen membrane cover...
The Manchester House - 9
Season 23 - Episode 9
Steve sees the progress on the new addition, including a roof joist system of 1 x 12 LVLs, necessitated by the room's high ceiling height. I...
The Manchester House - 10
Season 23 - Episode 10
Steve begins the show in a municipal parking lot in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where once stood a beautiful 250-year-old Georgian home. Later i...
The Manchester House - 11
Season 23 - Episode 11
From the shoreline, Steve sees the rapidly improving look of the house, which has now regained its missing wing and dormers, and is starting...
The Manchester House - 12
Season 23 - Episode 12
There's been major progress on the job, as Steve sees the new bays and porch deck on the sea side of the house, Tommy and our master carpent...
The Manchester House - 13
Season 23 - Episode 13
Roger Cook and crew have begun to tear up the old asphalt driveway in preparation for a newly configured one. Painter John Dee shows Steve h...
The Manchester House - 14
Season 23 - Episode 14
Our master carpenter sees how the faulty east chimney has been fixed by specialist Mark Schaub and his crew: the game room fireplace is bric...
The Manchester House - 15
Season 23 - Episode 15
The last of the ipe decking is arrived, Steve and our master carpenter check out the installation method on the front deck: pressure-treated...
The Manchester House - 16
Season 23 - Episode 16
The last of the wallbaord has arrived, including 1/4"" bendable board for the music room's curved ceiling. Lighting designer Susan Arnold sh...
The Manchester House - 17
Season 23 - Episode 17
Steve drived down to the house, checking out the newly open vistas of the house and yard through the newly bare trees along the road. Inside...
The Manchester House - 18
Season 23 - Episode 18
The new spa arrives on the back of the truck; placed on concrete pad, plugged in and filled with a hose, it's soon open for business. Tom be...
The Manchester House - 19
Season 23 - Episode 19
Roger Cook and crew enclose the new spa in veneer stone, while inside homeowner Janet McCue has roped two friends into helping her complete ...
The Manchester House - 20
Season 23 - Episode 20
An asphalt grinder makes quick work of the old driveway, truning blacktop into a gravel mix that will serve as a bed for the new, reconfigur...
The Manchester House - 21
Season 23 - Episode 21
Roger Cook mulches the planting areas around the finished spa; bushes will give it some privacy. In the dining room, Tommy puts up the final...
The Manchester House - 22
Season 23 - Episode 22
In the music room, our master carpenter begins to install the first pieces of inglenook, while Steve gets a look at the wiring, fuse panels,...
The Manchester House - 23
Season 23 - Episode 23
Mud season has arrived early in Manchester, and Steve pulls our producer out of the mud to start the show. In the mudroom, Joe Ferrante lays...
The Manchester House - 24
Season 23 - Episode 24
As our completion deadline draws near, the house is abuzz with activity. Flooring contractor Pat Hunt installs a lazer-cut wood floor medall...
The Manchester House - 25
Season 23 - Episode 25
A last arrival by boat reveals to Steve and our master carpenter how far we've come from the plain shingled box we found on Day 1 of this pr...
The Manchester House - 26
Season 23 - Episode 26
The final days in Manchester begin with a look at the smoke detectors - specialist Greg Smizer explains to Steve maintenance obsolescence is...