This Old House: Season 26

Celebrating 25 Years of Home Renovation - The Carlisle House

Oct 9, 2004

This Old House celebrates 25 years of home renovation by going back to its roots. The season opens with Kevin and Norm taking a look at the first This Old House project in Dorchest

Appreciating the Past - The Carlisle House

Oct 16, 2004

Have house, will renovate! Thanks to an accepted bid, This Old House is now the proud owner of a classic New England farmstead in Carlisle, Massachusetts. To be sure that the house

A Different Kind of Barn Raising - The Carlisle House

Oct 23, 2004

Kevin finds Roger clearing land for a much-needed job site parking lot. Architect Jeremiah Eck walks Norm and Kevin through a 3-D model of his proposed design. Highlights include d

Saving Old Barns for New Homes - The Carlisle House

Oct 30, 2004

Tom brings in an excavator fitted with a hoe ram to jackhammer away the ledge standing in the way of our new basement. Using a 3D model, Richard explains the anatomy of a septic sy

Foundation Installation Begins - The Carlisle House

Nov 6, 2004

Kevin visits Great Brook Farm State Park, a 1,000-acre park and the last working dairy farm in Carlisle, Massachusetts. Tom shows Kevin how he created a custom crushed stone floori

Prefab Systems Speed Things Up - The Carlisle House

Nov 13, 2004

Tom uses laminated veneer lumber to make up 40-foot beams that will support the first floor deck of the barn. Kevin meets panelized construction specialist Jim LeRoy to watch the I

Passing on the Trades - The Carlisle House

Nov 20, 2004

Detectorist Bob Phillips discovers a cannonball at the job site that may be a souvenir from the war of 1812. Norm shows Kevin the progress on the framing of the old Greek Revival h

Not Your Grandfather's Farmhouse - The Carlisle House

Nov 27, 2004

Kevin and Roger meet landscape architect Stephanie Hubbard to review her latest plan for the property, which features the rural simplicity of open spaces, low stone walls, hedges,

Envisioning the Kitchen - The Carlisle House

Dec 4, 2004

Kevin drives up to find landscaping finally underway and the house is full of 100 newly arrived windows. Stone wall expert Nick O'Hara shows Kevin why he has to send back an entire

Shaping the Spaces - The Carlisle House

Dec 11, 2004

Roger shows Kevin how he's refusing the old foundation capstones as granite steps to connect the two driveways. Mason Mike Lapitsky explains to Kevin how he selects, chisels, and d

Design Elements Make a House Special - The Carlisle House

Dec 18, 2004

Kevin finds Tom milling up exterior window castings that look like wood, but are actually made out of cellular PVC material that is resistant rot. Richard installs PEX water supply

Many Hands Make a Beautiful Fireplace - The Carlisle House

Dec 25, 2004

With the house just about to go on the market, real estate agent Laura Baliestiero shows Kevin how she plans to present the renovated farmstead to potential buyers. Roofing contrac

Digging for Water - The Carlisle House

Jan 1, 2005

Kevin opens the show in Concord, Massachusetts, where dozens of stately elm trees once lined Main Street - until Dutch Elm disease nearly destroyed them all. At the project house,

Enhancing the Home With Stone and Paint - The Carlisle House

Jan 8, 2005

Tom reports that after two days of drilling, the well contractors finally found water - 700 feet down. Norm shows Kevin the progress in the future garage and how the space can be h

Living in a Barn - The Carlisle House

Jan 15, 2005

As part of our 25th anniversary season, Kevin returns to the show's first timber frame barn project, the Concord Barn, to see how the building has held up over the last 15 years, a

New Technologies for an Old Farmhouse - The Carlisle House

Jan 22, 2005

Richard shows Kevin how the utility company will make a new gas connection to the house. Roger brings in paving contractor Don Sloan to lay the basecoat of the lower driveway. Norm

History of the Greek-Revival - The Carlisle House

Jan 29, 2005

Nurseryman Peter Mezzit arrives on site with a truckload of plant material, and (with frost on the ground) it's not a moment too soon. Roger unloads the plants while landscape arch

Shutting Out the Cold - The Carlisle House

Feb 5, 2005

Despite freezing temperatures, Roger lays down sod in the front yard. Inside the Carlisle farmstead, plastering contractor Stephen Norton gives Kevin a lesson in the fine art of pl

Keeping It Old - The Carlisle House

Feb 12, 2005

Kevin finds Roger and his crew finishing up the bluestone terrace and retaining wall under the protection of a heated tent. Generator specialist John Barros shows Kevin the new sta

Prefab Meets Custom - The Carlisle House

Feb 19, 2005

Norm learns how the seamless, clog-less gutter system for the barn is fabricated and installed. Flooring contractor Patrick Hunt shows Kevin how to install a pre-finished engineere

Mantel Troubles - The Carlisle House

Feb 26, 2005

In the barn, Norm meets up with chimney specialist Mark Schaub to determine if his oak lintel above the fireplace is truly safe, and if it will meet code. Kevin meets interior desi

Modern Conveniences - The Carlisle House

Mar 5, 2005

On the back porch, installer Steve Primack shows Norm the new motorized screen system. Closet designer Marcy Weisburgh shows Kevin the mudroom and master closet, and shares strateg

All the Comforts of Home - The Carlisle House

Mar 12, 2005

Norm meets lighting designer Susan Arnold for a look at the modern (but practical) cable lighting system in the kitchen. The limestone tub deck is installed in the master bath, whi

Designer Show House - The Carlisle House

Mar 19, 2005

The designer show house begins as interior designer Mally Skok welcomes Norm to the dramatic entry hall. In the barn, senior design consultant Alexa Hampton discovers the decorated

More Designer Show House - The Carlisle House

Mar 26, 2005

Kevin and senior design consultant Alexa Hampton continue to explore the designer show house through the work of designers Gracyn Whitman, Lisa Newman Paratore, and a company that

A Farmhouse for the Next 100 Years - The Carlisle House

Apr 2, 2005