This Old House - Season 8
Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1986
Average Rating: ⭐ 5.6 (35 votes)
PBSThe Reading House; The Brimfield House; The Phoenix House
26 Episodes
The Reading House - 1
Season 8 - Episode 1
Our host reviews last season's projects - including the popular ranch-home makeover - and introduces the new project: the renovation of a 40...
The Reading House - 2
Season 8 - Episode 2
Architect Scott Finn goes over plans for renovating John and Claire's Cape-style home, and demolition and excavation begin. Richard Trethewe...
The Reading House - 3
Season 8 - Episode 3
The mason arrives to work on the footings and foundation of John and Claire's Cape home. Our host then takes viewers to a high-tech concrete...
The Reading House - 4
Season 8 - Episode 4
The guys review progress on the Cape renovation, and then our master carpenter shows how to cut rafters and frame the roof, which is sheathh...
The Reading House - 5
Season 8 - Episode 5
Our host reviews the progress to date on the renovation of John and Claire's Cape-style home. New windows are installed, and we turn our att...
The Reading House - 6
Season 8 - Episode 6
Work on the Cape's mechanical systems begins, as rough plumbing, a central vacuuming system, and wiring for a new security system are instal...
The Reading House - 7
Season 8 - Episode 7
Homeowner John shows our host his expertise in the fine points of blueboard. Our master carpenter works on the foundation of the new desk, a...
The Reading House - 8
Season 8 - Episode 8
We travel to the New Yankee Workshop to see work begin on custom cabinets for the Cape home, with assistance from a expert woodworker. Our h...
The Reading House - 9
Season 8 - Episode 9
Custom-made kitchen cabinets are installed in John and Claire's home, and Claire turns her attention to the new bathroom, where she installs...
The Reading House - 10
Season 8 - Episode 10
Our host takes a trip to see how the synthetic marble material for the new kitchen countertops is made. Plumbing fixtures are installed in t...
The Reading House - 11
Season 8 - Episode 11
The Cape receives new flooring and our host visits Sweeden to tour the factory where this do-it-yourself product is manufactured. The exteri...
The Reading House - 12
Season 8 - Episode 12
Work on John and Claire's Cape home is completed. Interior designer Bette Rosenberg leads a tour the house, with its new kitchen featuring h...
The Brimfield House - 1
Season 8 - Episode 13
In search of inspiration for a vacation home, our host visits Hyannis on Cape Cod to tour a beach-front home, a luxury condominium and lakes...
The Brimfield House - 2
Season 8 - Episode 14
A dowster explains the art of finding water to our host and landover Bob Houde; a well is dug; and a surveyor goes over the fine points of a...
The Brimfield House - 3
Season 8 - Episode 15
We visit a vacation home similar to the one being built in Brimfield, and the homeowner meets with architect Jock Gifford. Later, the new va...
The Brimfield House - 4
Season 8 - Episode 16
Our master carpenter shows us how to install double-hung windows, explains skylight installation and puts a sliding glass door in the vacati...
The Brimfield House - 5
Season 8 - Episode 17
Ricard Trethewey pays a visit to Brimfield to discuss the vacation home's heating needs with our host and the homeowner. An exhibition in Ma...
The Brimfield House - 6
Season 8 - Episode 18
The vacation home receives interior finishes such as decorative, low-maintenance plywood paneling. Viewers visit our master carpenter's work...
The Brimfield House - 7
Season 8 - Episode 19
An energy-efficient wood-burning stove is installed in the vacation home. Our host larns about the new water purifier. We then learn how to ...
The Brimfield House - 8
Season 8 - Episode 20
Our host takes viewers on a tour of the finished vacation home. A flooring expert shows how vinyl floors are installed and the vacation home...
The Phoenix House - 1
Season 8 - Episode 21
This Old House visits Pioneer, Arizona, a typical ""Wild West"" town, and our host meets Phoenix homeowners Tom and Ellen to tour their adob...
The Phoenix House - 2
Season 8 - Episode 22
Our master carpenter pays a surprise visit to This Old House's Phoenix renovation project, and Tom and Ellen begin work on their Southwester...
The Phoenix House - 3
Season 8 - Episode 23
Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home receives exterior insulation and flashing, as well as a typical Southwestern viga and latilla ceiling in the ma...
The Phoenix House - 4
Season 8 - Episode 24
The flat roof of Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home is protected with cold membrane roofing, and tiles are laid on the balcony. Our host takes vie...
The Phoenix House - 5
Season 8 - Episode 25
Fixtures are installed in the remodeled bathroom of Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home, and the house receives energy-efficient windows. Our host ...
The Phoenix House - 6
Season 8 - Episode 26
Awnings and special sun-shade screening are used to protect Tom and Ellen's Phoenix home from the southwestern heat, and balcony doors are h...