Celebrating 25 Years of Home Renovation - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 1

This Old House celebrates 25 years of home renovation by going back to its roots. The season opens with Kevin and Norm taking a look at the ...

Appreciating the Past - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 2

Have house, will renovate! Thanks to an accepted bid, This Old House is now the proud owner of a classic New England farmstead in Carlisle, ...

A Different Kind of Barn Raising - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 3

Kevin finds Roger clearing land for a much-needed job site parking lot. Architect Jeremiah Eck walks Norm and Kevin through a 3-D model of h...

Saving Old Barns for New Homes - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 4

Tom brings in an excavator fitted with a hoe ram to jackhammer away the ledge standing in the way of our new basement. Using a 3D model, Ric...

Foundation Installation Begins - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 5

Kevin visits Great Brook Farm State Park, a 1,000-acre park and the last working dairy farm in Carlisle, Massachusetts. Tom shows Kevin how ...

Prefab Systems Speed Things Up - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 6

Tom uses laminated veneer lumber to make up 40-foot beams that will support the first floor deck of the barn. Kevin meets panelized construc...

Passing on the Trades - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 7

Detectorist Bob Phillips discovers a cannonball at the job site that may be a souvenir from the war of 1812. Norm shows Kevin the progress o...

Not Your Grandfather's Farmhouse - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 8

Kevin and Roger meet landscape architect Stephanie Hubbard to review her latest plan for the property, which features the rural simplicity o...

Envisioning the Kitchen - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 9

Kevin drives up to find landscaping finally underway and the house is full of 100 newly arrived windows. Stone wall expert Nick O'Hara shows...

Shaping the Spaces - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 10

Roger shows Kevin how he's refusing the old foundation capstones as granite steps to connect the two driveways. Mason Mike Lapitsky explains...

Design Elements Make a House Special - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 11

Kevin finds Tom milling up exterior window castings that look like wood, but are actually made out of cellular PVC material that is resistan...

Many Hands Make a Beautiful Fireplace - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 12

With the house just about to go on the market, real estate agent Laura Baliestiero shows Kevin how she plans to present the renovated farmst...

Digging for Water - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 13

Kevin opens the show in Concord, Massachusetts, where dozens of stately elm trees once lined Main Street - until Dutch Elm disease nearly de...

Enhancing the Home With Stone and Paint - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 14

Tom reports that after two days of drilling, the well contractors finally found water - 700 feet down. Norm shows Kevin the progress in the ...

Living in a Barn - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 15

As part of our 25th anniversary season, Kevin returns to the show's first timber frame barn project, the Concord Barn, to see how the buildi...

New Technologies for an Old Farmhouse - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 16

Richard shows Kevin how the utility company will make a new gas connection to the house. Roger brings in paving contractor Don Sloan to lay ...

History of the Greek-Revival - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 17

Nurseryman Peter Mezzit arrives on site with a truckload of plant material, and (with frost on the ground) it's not a moment too soon. Roger...

Shutting Out the Cold - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 18

Despite freezing temperatures, Roger lays down sod in the front yard. Inside the Carlisle farmstead, plastering contractor Stephen Norton gi...

Keeping It Old - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 19

Kevin finds Roger and his crew finishing up the bluestone terrace and retaining wall under the protection of a heated tent. Generator specia...

Prefab Meets Custom - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 20

Norm learns how the seamless, clog-less gutter system for the barn is fabricated and installed. Flooring contractor Patrick Hunt shows Kevin...

Mantel Troubles - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 21

In the barn, Norm meets up with chimney specialist Mark Schaub to determine if his oak lintel above the fireplace is truly safe, and if it w...

Modern Conveniences - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 22

On the back porch, installer Steve Primack shows Norm the new motorized screen system. Closet designer Marcy Weisburgh shows Kevin the mudro...

All the Comforts of Home - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 23

Norm meets lighting designer Susan Arnold for a look at the modern (but practical) cable lighting system in the kitchen. The limestone tub d...

Designer Show House - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 24

The designer show house begins as interior designer Mally Skok welcomes Norm to the dramatic entry hall. In the barn, senior design consulta...

More Designer Show House - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 25

Kevin and senior design consultant Alexa Hampton continue to explore the designer show house through the work of designers Gracyn Whitman, L...

A Farmhouse for the Next 100 Years - The Carlisle House

Season 26 - Episode 26