This Old House - Season 5
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1983
Average Rating: ⭐ 5.6 (35 votes)
PBSThe Brookline House
26 Episodes
The Brookline House - 1
Season 5 - Episode 1
Our host kicks off the new season with a retrospective look at the first four seasons of This Old House. Combining original clips with updat...
The Brookline House - 2
Season 5 - Episode 2
The star of this season's the All New This Old House is revealed: an energy-efficient solar home to be built from scratch in Brookline, Mass...
The Brookline House - 3
Season 5 - Episode 3
Designer Steven Strong and our host review the design of the new house step-by-step, from conception to final plans. A survey engineer descr...
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Season 5 - Episode 4
The work of digging a foundation for the new house begins. When the crew hits a rock ledge, they are forced to drill and blast in order to p...
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Season 5 - Episode 5
Our host discusses construction of the foundation for the solar house in Brookline with the crew chief. Later, our host visits a couple in S...
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Season 5 - Episode 6
Landscape architect Tom Wirth discusses plans for a pool on the new site. Our host inspects the completed footings for the new house foundat...
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Season 5 - Episode 7
Our master carpenter supervises concrete pouring and waterproofing for the foundation of the new house. Later, our host visits a solar home ...
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Season 5 - Episode 8
At the Brookline site, our host discusses the process of sealing the foundation sill with our master carpenter. Then our host looks at the P...
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Season 5 - Episode 9
Our host visits a solar home in Wilton, Connecticut, which utilizes a unique system of window shutters to close off a glass atrium at night.
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Season 5 - Episode 10
The All New This Old House surveys renovation and construction that is revitalizing the heart of Seattle, Washington. The crew visits the ho...
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Season 5 - Episode 11
Our host visits an apartment on Boston's historic Symphony Row and a solar home in Concord, New Hampshire. Back in the Brookline site, work ...
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Season 5 - Episode 12
Our host is in Stamford, Connecticut for a trip to United House Wrecking, the largest salvage yard of its kind on the East Coast. Our host s...
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Season 5 - Episode 13
Our host and crew travel to New York City to investigate the reuse of some of its commercial buildings. With the help of architect who speci...
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Season 5 - Episode 14
Our host gives a progress report at the new house site and tours the most exclusive address in the world, The Trump Tower, Fifth Avenue, New...
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Season 5 - Episode 15
Work continues on the new solar home. Our host travels to Green Mountain Cabins in Chester, Vermont for a lookat how log cabins are manufact...
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Season 5 - Episode 16
After discussing the windows being installed at the new house, our host takes a quick trip to Medford, Wisconsin for a tour of the Hurd Mill...
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Season 5 - Episode 17
Installation of photovoltaic roof panels begins at the All New This Old House site in Brookline. Our host explains how the array of solar ce...
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Season 5 - Episode 18
We visit Ryland Homes, manufacturers of pre-fabricated houses in Columbia, Maryland. Our host tours their factory where much of the construc...
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Season 5 - Episode 19
Our host visits the home of legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois. Research Director Don Kalec explains how ...
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Season 5 - Episode 20
We visit to Dallas to investigate another residental building alternative: a home that's computer-designed to offer optimum summer cooling e...
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Season 5 - Episode 21
Our host and our master carpenter report on the latest construction developments at the new house site in Brookline.
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Season 5 - Episode 22
We travel to Riverside, California for a look at an unusual housing alternative: a computer-designed, moble home park.
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Season 5 - Episode 23
Our host and company are in Hawaii to explore a unique island dwelling.
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Season 5 - Episode 24
The winner of the Metropolitan Home interior design contest is featured.
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Season 5 - Episode 25
The crew puts finishing touches on the solar home in Brookline.
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Season 5 - Episode 26
Our host takes viewers for a grand tour of the completed solar home in the final episode of the season.