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This Old House: Trade School

Season 2

2018 · 26 episodes

  1. 1. Scandinavian Modern?

    2018-10-06

    In Cambridge, Mass., the crew turns the inside of a dark, divided 1887 two-family home into an open, Scandinavian-style one-family.

  2. 2. Deconstruction and Design

    2018-10-13

  3. 3. Modernizing a Balloon Frame

    2018-10-20

  4. 4. Swedish Style

    2018-10-27

  5. 5. Landscape Plans, Roof Deck

    2018-11-03

  6. 6. Exterior Improvements

    2018-11-10

  7. 7. Old and New in Harmony

    2018-11-17

  8. 8. Plaster, Shingles, Radiant Heat

    2018-11-24

  9. 9. Installing Gutters and a Fireplace

    2019-01-19

  10. 10. Swedish Design Details

    2019-01-26

  11. 11. Window Seat, Stairs and a Painted Ceiling

    2019-02-02

  12. 12. Dry Wells, Kitchen Design, Deck Tiles

    2019-02-09

  13. 13. Hearthstone and Butcher Block Island

    2019-02-16

  14. 14. Secondary Spaces

    2019-02-23

  15. 15. The Big Finish

    2019-03-02

  16. 16. A Cottage in the Woods

    2019-03-09

  17. 17. Human Centered Design, Demolition

    2019-03-16

  18. 18. One-Level Living

    2019-03-23

    Water infiltration damages the house and must be prevented from happening again; a landscape architect shows the plan for the side patio and details how it allows for ease of entry into the house and provides proper drainage.

  19. 19. Water Feature, Geothermal Heat

    2019-03-30

  20. 20. Cottage Style

    2019-04-06

  21. 21. Standing-Seam Roof, Lightning Rods

    2019-04-13

  22. 22. Rustic Plaster, Advanced Septic

    2019-04-20

    Insulation goes up in the Essex cottage; boarding ceilings; a plastering contractor shows how to achieve a rustic look using rounded corners.

  23. 23. Shiplap Walls, Finished Yard

    2019-04-27

    Putting up 8-inch pine shiplap barn boards on the walls at the project's entry; the finished patio and plantings.

  24. 24. Tiling and Veneers

    2019-05-04

    A tile installer lays black slate tile on the floor; a mason uses structural stucco to achieve the rustic plaster look of the original chimney; how a preservation carpenter helped music icon Daryl Hall assemble and restore an 18th-century estate.

  25. 25. Design for Everyone

    2019-05-11

    A recap of the geothermal heating and cooling system installation process and how the whole system comes together with the heat pumps in the basement.

  26. 26. A Home for Mom and Dad

    2019-05-18

    Interior screens for the signature casement windows; installing the Dutch door for the passage between the kitchen and sun porch; sconces at the entry; LED fixtures in the trees for general lighting; wall washers at the masonry walls.

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