This Old House - Season 38

Kevin, Norm, Roger, Richard, and Tommy are back in Arlington—this time at an early English-style Arts and Crafts house built in 1909.

The design process kicks off.  Old plaster walls are carefully demolished.  Landscape plans and Roger begins removing the old Silver Maple.  Kevin and Tommy bring down the exterior back wall.

Tommy and Kevin replace a 100-year-old wooden beam with a new steel one.  The tank gets removed by a specialist.  The old concrete from the foundation gets transported to a recycling center.

The new concrete foundation is poured.  Finding mature specimen trees for the yard.  A precast concrete bulkhead is installed.  The old rubble foundation gets waterproofed with synthetic rubber spray.

Steel beam fabrication and erection on the house.  HVAC plans for the second floor.  Front porch demo'ed with heavy machinery and new footings for a new porch.  Working on the firebox and chimney.

Starting a new chimney.  A 100-year-old brick factory.  Designing the kitchen of the homeowner's dreams.  Tommy changes the pitch of the two back dormers to match the pitch of the new gable.

A custom range hood.  The original chimney is demo'ed and Mark McCullough builds a new one.  Family room, tile and wood paneling design choices.  A new slab floor is coated with a speckled epoxy.

A hidden doorway is revealed.  The new master bath presents a classic plumbing problem.  Creating elaborate cuts with computerized machines.  Scott Caron installs a ceiling fan.  Arts and Crafts windows.

Tommy builds the new Arts and Crafts front porch.  Richard travels to the world's largest underground quarry.  Design and color selection.  Mark McCullough shows Kevin the lost art of stucco.

An outdoor yoga shed.  Installing a standing-seam copper roof.  Trim a window using a PVC product.  Richard installs a state-of-the-art boiler.  Richard shows advanced, eco-friendly building techniques.

Removing a service pole at the front of the property.  Building flared porch columns.  A new brick patio.  Kitchen cabinets are delivered and installed.  Flashing decorative pieces on front gables.

Shingling the house.  Figuring out window treatments.  Radiant floor tubing is installed.  Mark repairs the grand living-room fireplace.  Tommy and Norm frame up the back deck coming out the side door.

Tommy assembles the roof.  Kevin tries Lazure painting technique.  Installing wood paneling in a corner of the living room and refinishing oak veneer.  Roger plants screening trees that Emily selected.

Installing Shiplap.  Laying the second set of steps for a walkway.  Mauro Henrique reviews paneling.  Marble slab is cut for the kitchen island.  A cast stone mantel surrounds the new fireplace.

Final marble kitchen island installation.  Laying giant stones for a fieldstone wall.  How radiant floor heating and state of the art air conditioning works.  Tommy and Kevin install a dog door.

The Arts and Crafts house in Arlington is near completion and the guys come to take a last look and celebrate with the homeowners.  Roger Cook presents the homeowners with a special gift.

Kevin introduces Detroit and describes some of its history.  Kevin meets Frank and Tamiko Polk, the homeowners, and assess some of the repairs needed.  Frank and Kevin start demo on the roof.

Kevin meets Detroit's Mayor about revitalizing neighborhoods.  Rehabbed & Ready fixes homes in Grandmont Rosedale for families.  Installing an alarm system.  Blowing in new insulation from the roof.

Richard checks the plumbing stack at the Russell Woods project and Tommy investigates a leaky parapet.  Kevin tours an automaker's Dearborn estate while a tree threatens the Grandmont Rosedale project.

Tommy helps the family remove peeling paint.  Work begins to restore the original leaded stained-glass windows in the living room.  Richard learns all about Motown, a major Detroit institution.

Tommy fixes molding with a 3D printer at the Russell Woods project.  Frank and Tamiko look at plumbing fixtures in Wisconsin, and Richard tours a factory.  Kevin checks on repairs in Grandmont Rosedale.

An exterior wall is installed at the Grandmont Rosedale project.  Scott Caron rewires the kitchen in Russell Woods.  Richard learns about the Flint water crisis.  Tommy prepares for gutters at the house.

Tommy uses a clever fix for some damaged oak flooring.  Mark McCullough repairs the front steps.  Kevin heads to a famous Detroit ceramic studio to see how they've been making tile for a century.

The restored leaded glass bay windows are reinstalled.  A heated floor and tile go down in the kitchen.  Kevin and Roger explore urban farming in Detroit.

Frank and Tamiko bring in the family to start painting.  Tommy repairs decorative molding with a putty knife.  The fireplace gets a facelift with a new tile surround.

Kevin, Tommy and Richard tour the completed Russell Woods project, highlighting the major areas of improvement and preservation, and celebrate a job well done with the homeowners and contributors.