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In Arlington, Massachusetts, homeowners Nick and Emily plan to restore and expand their early English-style Arts and Crafts home, built in 1909. The Arlington project will feature 16 all-new episodes, as the team brings back the home’s traditional aesthetics while also updating and moving the kitchen and bathrooms, and adding a master suite and home office. Landscaping projects abound.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Episode 1: “Arts and Crafts Class Begins” airs Saturday, Oct. 1 at Noon - In Arlington, homeowners Nick and Emily plan to restore and expand their early English-style Arts and Crafts home, built in 1909. On the first floor, Kevin checks what has been preserved. Richard talks about plans for mechanical and plumbing systems.
Episode 2: “A New Look, Inside and Out” airs Saturday, Oct. 8 at Noon - Homeowner Emily sorts through colors and wallpaper ideas for the living room. The old plaster walls are demolished. Landscape architect Kim Turner presents her plan to Nick and Emily and a certified arborist begins removing the old silver maple.
Episode 3: “Make Way for the Family Room” airs Saturday, Oct. 15 at Noon - The heavy lifting and dirty work are underway: installing a new steel beam to provide support for the addition, removing an oil tank and digging for the new foundation. Meanwhile, Norm visits local examples of English-style Arts and Crafts houses.
Episode 4: “Foundation Fundamentals” airs Saturday, Oct. 22 at Noon - A new foundation is built using insulated concrete forms and precast stairs, while the old exposed foundation is reinforced and waterproofed. The homeowner goes shopping for specimen trees.
Episode 5: “A Steely Den” airs Saturday, Dec. 31 at Noon - Tommy and Kevin follow steel beams from fabrication to installation on the addition. Richard works on the HVAC plan for the 2nd and 3rd floors. After the front porch is removed, new footings are placed. Kevin learns how to size a new firebox.
Episode 6: “One Brick at a Time” airs Saturday, Dec. 31 at 12:30 p.m. - The homeowner apprentices with the mason on the fireplace. Kevin joins the homeowners at a custom cabinetry shop in Maine as they begin to design their new kitchen. Tommy changes the pitch of the two small dormers in back.
Episode 7: “To Paint or Not to Paint” airs Saturday, Jan. 7 at Noon - A custom range hood is fabricated, and on the roof a rebuild of the original chimney. The homeowners meet with the designer to talk about options for the first floor, including the living room panels.
Episode 8: “A New Look to Match the Old” airs Saturday, Jan. 7 at 12:30 p.m. - The new foundation is parged to match the old stucco. Richard uses some creativity to drain the new master bath shower and the electrician starts work in the new powder room. Tommy and Charlie replace the living room windows.
Episode 9: "From Top To Bottom" airs Saturday, Jan. 14 at Noon - Tommy frames up a new Arts & Crafts style front porch using custom cut pieces. Richard visits a marble quarry in Vermont. Emily considers new color combinations for the exterior while Mark McCullough shows Kevin how to fix the original stucco panels.
Episode 10: "Shedding The Old Look" airs Saturday, Jan. 21 at Noon - A new shed is built on site in one day. Copper is installed on the front porch and the windows trimmed with a PVC product. Richard looks at the new boiler being installed and then checks out an energy-efficient home built by This Old House Magazine.
Episode 11: "Underground Energy" airs Saturday, Jan. 28 at Noon - Electrician Scott Caron starts the process of burying electrical cables. Norm and Charlie build the porch base columns. Roger lays a new brick patio. The first row of kitchen cabinets is installed. Tommy and Kevin work on trimming the front gable.
Episode 12: "Changes Start To Show" airs Saturday, Feb. 4 at Noon - The house gets new shingles. After the hardwood goes down, radiant tubing is installed on the entire first floor. The large existing fireplace gets a makeover. Outside, the side decks and rails are built.
Episode 13: "Decorative Touches Make the Difference" airs Saturday, Feb. 11 at Noon - The architect plans call for exterior decorative features on all sides of the house: a roof detail over the bank of windows, a refinished front door and evergreen trees along the edges of the property. Kevin learns to lazure paint in a bedroom.
Episode 14: "Ship Lap for a Ship Shape House" airs Saturday, Feb. 18 at Noon - The homeowners have chosen ship lap, the hottest wall covering right now, for the third floor. Reclaimed granite is used for steps, and a marble slab is cut for the kitchen island. A cast stone mantel is built around the fireplace in the family room.
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THIS OLD HOUSE and ASK THIS OLD HOUSE are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WGBH Boston. The Executive Producer is Chris Wolfe. Senior producer for THIS OLD HOUSE is John Tomlin. Senior producer for ASK THIS OLD HOUSE is Heath Racela.
