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This Old House: Season 5

Poster for This Old House Season 5

26 episodes · first aired Oct 1, 1983

The Brookline House

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  1. 1 The Brookline House - 1 Oct 1, 1983 Our host kicks off the new season with a retrospective look at the first four seasons of This Old House. Combining original clips with updated footage, he recalls the restoration of a…
  2. 2 The Brookline House - 2 Oct 8, 1983 The star of this season's the All New This Old House is revealed: an energy-efficient solar home to be built from scratch in Brookline, Massachusetts. Our host introduces the new house…
  3. 3 The Brookline House - 3 Oct 15, 1983 Designer Steven Strong and our host review the design of the new house step-by-step, from conception to final plans. A survey engineer describes the surveying process and how the house…
  4. 4 The Brookline House - 4 Oct 22, 1983 The work of digging a foundation for the new house begins. When the crew hits a rock ledge, they are forced to drill and blast in order to put in the bottom of the foundation.
  5. 5 The Brookline House - 5 Oct 29, 1983 Our host discusses construction of the foundation for the solar house in Brookline with the crew chief. Later, our host visits a couple in Sherborn, Massachusetts who have dismatled, moved…
  6. 6 The Brookline House - 6 Nov 5, 1983 Landscape architect Tom Wirth discusses plans for a pool on the new site. Our host inspects the completed footings for the new house foundation.
  7. 7 The Brookline House - 7 Nov 12, 1983 Our master carpenter supervises concrete pouring and waterproofing for the foundation of the new house. Later, our host visits a solar home in Lexington, Massachusetts.
  8. 8 The Brookline House - 8 Nov 19, 1983 At the Brookline site, our host discusses the process of sealing the foundation sill with our master carpenter. Then our host looks at the Peabody House in Hollis, New Hampshire, an old…
  9. 9 The Brookline House - 9 Nov 26, 1983 Our host visits a solar home in Wilton, Connecticut, which utilizes a unique system of window shutters to close off a glass atrium at night.
  10. 10 The Brookline House - 10 Dec 3, 1983 The All New This Old House surveys renovation and construction that is revitalizing the heart of Seattle, Washington. The crew visits the houseboat community of Roanoke Reef, view the…
  11. 11 The Brookline House - 11 Dec 10, 1983 Our host visits an apartment on Boston's historic Symphony Row and a solar home in Concord, New Hampshire. Back in the Brookline site, work continues on the new house.
  12. 12 The Brookline House - 12 Dec 17, 1983 Our host is in Stamford, Connecticut for a trip to United House Wrecking, the largest salvage yard of its kind on the East Coast. Our host surveys the yard's collection in search of come…
  13. 13 The Brookline House - 13 Dec 24, 1983 Our host and crew travel to New York City to investigate the reuse of some of its commercial buildings. With the help of architect who specializes in conversions, our host learns what loft…
  14. 14 The Brookline House - 14 Dec 31, 1983 Our host gives a progress report at the new house site and tours the most exclusive address in the world, The Trump Tower, Fifth Avenue, New York.
  15. 15 The Brookline House - 15 Jan 7, 1984 Work continues on the new solar home. Our host travels to Green Mountain Cabins in Chester, Vermont for a lookat how log cabins are manufactured.
  16. 16 The Brookline House - 16 Jan 14, 1984 After discussing the windows being installed at the new house, our host takes a quick trip to Medford, Wisconsin for a tour of the Hurd Millworks window maufacturing plant.
  17. 17 The Brookline House - 17 Jan 21, 1984 Installation of photovoltaic roof panels begins at the All New This Old House site in Brookline. Our host explains how the array of solar cells converts light from the sun directly into…
  18. 18 The Brookline House - 18 Jan 28, 1984 We visit Ryland Homes, manufacturers of pre-fabricated houses in Columbia, Maryland. Our host tours their factory where much of the construction takes place.
  19. 19 The Brookline House - 19 Feb 4, 1984 Our host visits the home of legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois. Research Director Don Kalec explains how the structure was restored to its original 19th…
  20. 20 The Brookline House - 20 Feb 11, 1984 We visit to Dallas to investigate another residental building alternative: a home that's computer-designed to offer optimum summer cooling efficiency.
  21. 21 The Brookline House - 21 Feb 18, 1984 Our host and our master carpenter report on the latest construction developments at the new house site in Brookline.
  22. 22 The Brookline House - 22 Feb 25, 1984 We travel to Riverside, California for a look at an unusual housing alternative: a computer-designed, moble home park.
  23. 23 The Brookline House - 23 Mar 3, 1984 Our host and company are in Hawaii to explore a unique island dwelling.
  24. 24 The Brookline House - 24 Mar 10, 1984 The winner of the Metropolitan Home interior design contest is featured.
  25. 25 The Brookline House - 25 Mar 17, 1984 The crew puts finishing touches on the solar home in Brookline.
  26. 26 The Brookline House - 26 Mar 24, 1984 Our host takes viewers for a grand tour of the completed solar home in the final episode of the season.