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At the front of the house, Bob Vila watches Charlie McGongagle put up a permanent drain pipe, while John Silva installs a new storm door. In the master bedroom, master carpenter Norm Abram is busy trimming the windows, while Mary-Van is painting window sashes.
This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine and a website, ThisOldHouse.com.The brand is headquartered in Stamford, CT.The television series airs on the American television network Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks.
The 16th season of This Old House kicks off with a tour of the country's oldest wood-frame house: the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, built in 1636. We then go to the season's project house (and the oldest house the show has worked on): a 1710 colonial in Acton, Massachusetts, owned by Terry and Sima Maitland.
Stephen Thomas (born 1952) is an American author, builder and television personality. He was the host of the PBS home renovation series This Old House from 1989 to 2003 and of Renovation Nation, on Discovery's former Planet Green channel, for two seasons (2008–2010) until its cancellation.
A short-lived spin-off of the This Old House franchise, Inside This Old House, was shown primarily on the A&E Network and originally aired from 2003 to 2004. The show was very much like Ask This Old House : it was shot mainly in the "loft", was hosted by O'Connor, and featured the regular experts listed above and also Abram (master carpenter).
Weeping tile is a porous plastic drain pipe installed around the perimeter of the house. The main purpose of external weeping tile is preventing water from getting into a basement. However, these pipes can become clogged or damaged, which causes excess water to put pressure on internal walls and basement floors.
"This Old Tree House" not a number value: 37–13 "What's Old Is New Again" not a number value: 37–14 "Inside-Out Restoration" not a number value: 37–15 "The Final Countdown" not a number value: 37–16 "Good-bye, Tired Old House" not a number value: The North Shore Farmhouse: 37–17 "This Old New House" not a number value: 37–18
A diagram of a traditional French drain. A French drain [1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain [1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.