This Old House - Season 31
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009
Average Rating: ⭐ 5.6 (35 votes)
PBSNewton Centre; Roxbury
26 Episodes
Newton Centre; Welcome to Newton Centre
Season 31 - Episode 1
The 30th anniversary season of This Old House opens with the crew beginning a small but sophisticated addition to a 1915 Dutch Colonial Revi...
Newton Centre; Quality, Not Quantity
Season 31 - Episode 2
Master carpenter Norm Abram and general contractor Tom Silva remove the old vinyl siding from the exterior of the house, exposing not only t...
Newton Centre; Work Begins, Homeowners Decide to Stay
Season 31 - Episode 3
Host Kevin O'Connor and general contractor Tom Silva discuss the homeowners' decision to stay in the house during construction, and they agr...
Newton Centre; Origins of the Dutch Colonial Revival
Season 31 - Episode 4
Host Kevin O'Connor meets general contractor Tom Silva in the kitchen to see some bizarre and inadequate framing that he recently discovered...
Newton Centre; New Gambrel Addition Takes Shape
Season 31 - Episode 5
Homeowner Gillian Pierce shows host Kevin O'Connor the progress—the first floor family room is entirely framed in, and up above, general con...
Newton Centre; Making Room for New Windows
Season 31 - Episode 6
Work on the Dutch Colonial Revival continues as master carpenter Norm Abram recaps the progress on the addition, then turns his attention to...
Newton Centre; Pruning Hemlocks and Checking in on This Old House Austin
Season 31 - Episode 7
Landscape contractor Roger Cook welcomes certified arborist Matt Foti to Newton Centre to prune all of the existing hemlock trees on the cor...
Newton Centre; Father and Son Lend a Hand
Season 31 - Episode 8
General contractor Tom Silva replicates the old exterior trim details around the new windows in the addition using cellular PVC that will ne...
Newton Centre; Radiant Heat, Two Ways
Season 31 - Episode 9
General contractor Tom Silva enlists homeowner Gillian Pierce to help him fabricate the new decorative bracket that will support the rear en...
Newton Centre; Inspired Openings and Insulating the House
Season 31 - Episode 10
To replace the stairway he removed from the old kitchen, general contractor Tom Silva builds a brand new stairway to the basement. Then, plu...
Newton Centre; Never Paint Again
Season 31 - Episode 11
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives at the house and finds that preparation for the exterior paint job is well underway. Homeowner Bill Pierce revea...
Newton Centre; Stone, Tile and Oak Finishes
Season 31 - Episode 12
Host Kevin O'Connor lends a hand as general contractor Tom Silva builds a new small deck that will serve to connect the kitchen to the patio...
Newton Centre; The New Kitchen is Coming Together
Season 31 - Episode 13
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives at the house to find that landscape contractor Roger Cook has removed the old driveway and has begun putting dow...
Newton Centre; Interior Painting Primer and Fabricating Our New Countertops
Season 31 - Episode 14
Landscape contractor Roger Cook and homeowner Gillian Pierce visit neighbor and gardener Cathy Schneider to take her up on her offer to shar...
Newton Centre; Is the Island Too Big?
Season 31 - Episode 15
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives at the project house to find a bustling jobsite and the finished countertops arriving. Inside, homeowner Bill Pi...
Newton Centre; The Finished Project
Season 31 - Episode 16
In the final show from Newton Centre, host Kevin O'Connor drives up to find all hands on deck for the last few days of the project. Landscap...
Roxbury; Project with Purpose Begins
Season 31 - Episode 17
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: foreclosur...
Roxbury; Mounting Challenges
Season 31 - Episode 18
Master carpenter Norm Abram meets up with general contractor David Lopes to discuss problems he's encountered in the last several weeks, inc...
Roxbury; More Trouble than We Thought
Season 31 - Episode 19
Master carpenter Norm Abram meets up with general contractor David Lopes to check out the progress that has been made on the house both outs...
Roxbury; Coming Together
Season 31 - Episode 20
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find the construction trailer leaving the site, making way for the landscape work to begin. The roofing and s...
Roxbury; Help From Our Friends
Season 31 - Episode 21
Despite the bitter cold, landscape contractor Roger Cook works with a group of students from YouthBuild Boston to spread soil and put down s...
Roxbury; Oak Doors, Fireplace Surround
Season 31 - Episode 22
Host Kevin O'Connor finds carpenter Zo Curet in the front parlor installing a plaster crown molding. This close reproduction of the 1870s or...
Roxbury; Custom Details
Season 31 - Episode 23
General contractor David Lopes shows Kevin the progress on the puddingstone retaining walls and front entrances at our Roxbury project. Mast...
Roxbury; Roxbury Past and Present
Season 31 - Episode 24
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find landscape contractor Roger Cook on site with the landscape apprentices from YouthBuild Boston. The group...
Roxbury; Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Season 31 - Episode 25
With just one week left in Roxbury, tile contractor Angelo McRae shows Kevin how to install meshed white subway tiles with a rail cap for th...
Roxbury; One Less Foreclosure in Boston
Season 31 - Episode 26
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find the job nearing completion thanks to the dedication of general contractor David Lopes. Landscape contrac...