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This Old House: Season 26

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26 episodes · first aired Oct 9, 2004

The Carlisle House

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  1. 1 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 Dorchester…
  2. 2 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 will…
  3. 3 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 dramatic…
  4. 4 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 system…
  5. 5 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 flooring for…
  6. 6 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-joist…
  7. 7 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 house and…
  8. 8 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, and a…
  9. 9 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…
  10. 10 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 dry fits…
  11. 11 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 lines…
  12. 12 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 contractor Mark…
  13. 13 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, elm tree…
  14. 14 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 heated…
  15. 15 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, and learn…
  16. 16 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 shows…
  17. 17 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 architect…
  18. 18 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…
  19. 19 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 standby…
  20. 20 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 engineered cherry…
  21. 21 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 designer…
  22. 22 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 strategies for…
  23. 23 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, while…
  24. 24 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 loft…
  25. 25 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 produces…
  26. 26 A Farmhouse for the Next 100 Years - The Carlisle House Apr 2, 2005