This Old House: Season 22
The Charlestown House; The West Palm Beach House
Season 22 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of This Old House Season 21.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
The Charlestown House; The West Palm Beach House
Episode Guide
Season 22 Progress Shield
The Charlestown House - 1
Sep 23, 2000
The This Old House crew welcomes to the 22nd season of This Old House from the main deck of the beautifully restored USS Constitution, which is docked in Boston Harbor's historic C
The Charlestown House - 2
Sep 30, 2000
Host Steve Thomas opens the show from City Square Park, a Charlestown, Massachusetts, landmark that once was overshadowed (literally) by elevated train tracks and highways. A citiz
The Charlestown House - 3
Oct 7, 2000
The Charlestown townhouse can be found on the route of one of the country's oldest parades, the Bunker Hill Day Parade. Host Steve Thomas gets the scoop on the parade's 225-year-ol
The Charlestown House - 4
Oct 14, 2000
Steve Thomas can be found opening the show from Boston Harbor again, this time aboard the STS Sagres, the stunning Portuguese entry in the Tall Ships Parade. Meanwhile, viewers che
The Charlestown House - 5
Oct 21, 2000
Hard rain doesn't appear to hold back progress on the Charlestown renovation. Dan climbs the new scaffolding to take in the gray view of the city and to discuss the issues of putti
The Charlestown House - 6
Oct 28, 2000
Steve and Tom commute to the Charlestown job site in style - about Tom's boat. They arrive on site to find landscape contractor Roger Cook and his crew removing the massive granite
The Charlestown House - 7
Nov 4, 2000
Host Steve Thomas recaps with homeowner Dan Beliveau the recent Boston Zoning Board of Appeals decision that gives the go-ahead for the project's master bath addition and roof deck
The Charlestown House - 8
Nov 11, 2000
The work continues in Charlestown as steps are taken to make the fireplace and chimneys safe for wood buring fires. Our master carpenter and general contractor Tom Silva install so
The Charlestown House - 9
Nov 18, 2000
The Beliveaus' townhouse affords a few views of Boston Harbor, which is a working port. Ships of all shapes and sizes steam past Charlestown everyday, and regularly dock in the cha
The Charlestown House - 10
Nov 25, 2000
The basement of This Old House's Charlestown project continues to be transformed into two bedrooms for the rental unit. To ensure the space remains warm and damp-free, close-cell f
The Charlestown House - 11
Dec 2, 2000
The transformation of the Charlestown project house is coming alomg according to plan, including the metal sprial staircase that will be installed on the exterior of the rear ell a
The Charlestown House - 12
Dec 9, 2000
The Charlestown project house will retain many of its original 1865 details, but many of the crumbling brownstone lintels will not be among them. While mason Lenny Beliveau install
The Charlestown House - 13
Dec 16, 2000
The Charlestown project continues to be transformed into two distinct living spaces, the rental apartment and the Beliveaus' home. As the plastering nears completion, host Steve Th
The Charlestown House - 14
Dec 23, 2000
Steve sees landscaping progress with Roger, including a tumbled concrete wall that's almost done, paversgoing down. Inside, Steve finds Tommy, who gives him the plaster report. Ste
The Charlestown House - 15
Dec 30, 2000
Steve arrives to find a temporary metal door in the enrty and goes in to see how John Dee is stripping and refinishing the front entry doors. Dan installs a pair of exterior shutte
The Charlestown House - 16
Jan 6, 2001
The single-lever kitchen faucet is one of the most familiar pieces of American plumbing. This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey tours the state-of-the-art fac
The Charlestown House - 17
Jan 13, 2001
The Charlestown project enters the homestretch, and there is evidence throughout the house that the end is in sight. The flooring for the basement hallway, made of bamboo, is insta
The Charlestown House - 18
Jan 20, 2001
The final days in Charlestown. The This Old House team works its way through the checklist of finishes. Period lighting fixtures, wallpaper, carpeting, and two new suites of modern
The West Palm Beach House - 1
Jan 27, 2001
Destination: West Palm Beach! With the allure of costal breezes, warm Florida sand, political intrigue, and 16 historical districts, how could we refuse? A community with a revital
The West Palm Beach House - 2
Feb 3, 2001
Work begins in earnest on Rob Thompson's 1925 Mediterranean Revival-style home in West Palm Beach, Florida. General contractors Harley Edgell and John Kern begin to assess how much
The West Palm Beach House - 3
Feb 10, 2001
As hurricanes are a serious threat to houses in Southern Florida, precautions are taken to help the buildings survive the storms. Hurricane resistant replacement windows arrive at
The West Palm Beach House - 4
Feb 17, 2001
Host Steve Thomas checks in with homeowner Rob Thompson as renovation work continues on the West Palm Beach project house. While the new lap pool is installed behind the house, pro
The West Palm Beach House - 5
Feb 24, 2001
The transformation process continues at the West Palm Beach project house, and now it's decision time. General contractors Harley Edgell and John Kern press homeowner Rob Thompson
The West Palm Beach House - 6
Mar 3, 2001
Host Steve Thomas learns more about West Palm Beach's story from former mayor Nancy Graham as they tour City Place, a new shopping and residental block. The new development has bee
The West Palm Beach House - 7
Mar 10, 2001
With just a few weeks left to go until the project house in West Palm Beach is completed, our team surveys the progress. Steve oversees the installation of granite countertops in t
The West Palm Beach House - 8
Mar 17, 2001
It's the finale of This Old House's West Palm Beach project. Our team checks on the remaining details including the finished landscape, the new, professional grade kitchen applianc