Russell Morash
Director
This Old House (1979)
Season 38
TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
Released Jan. 1, 1979
Episode 25 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.home-makeover, imdb.instructional, imdb.repair, imdb.home-repair, tmdb.home-renovation, tmdb.home-improvement, imdb.home-makeover-reality-tv + 3 more, imdb.how-to, imdb.home-renovation, imdb.long-running-tv
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus + 7 more, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: This Old House Productions
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S38E1 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts Class Begins
Homeowners plan to restore and expand their early English-style Arts and Crafts Home; plans for mechanical and plumbing systems.
Oct. 1, 2016, midnight
S38E2 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look, Inside and Out
Sorting through colors and wallpaper ideas for the living room; demolishing old plaster walls; landscape plan; removing an old silver maple tree.
Oct. 8, 2016, midnight
S38E3 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Make Way for the Family Room
Installing a new steal beam; removing an oil tank; digging a new foundation; visits to other English-style Arts and Crafts houses.
Oct. 15, 2016, midnight
S38E4 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Foundation Fundamentals
Building a new foundation; specimen trees.
Oct. 22, 2016, midnight
S38E5 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | A Steely Den
Following steel beams from fabrication to installation; working on the HVAC plan for the second and third floors; sizing a firebox.
Oct. 29, 2016, midnight
S38E6 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | One Brick at a Time
Working on the fireplace; designing a new kitchen with custom cabinets; changing the pitch of two dormers.
Nov. 5, 2016, midnight
S38E7 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | To Paint or Not to Paint
Custom range hood; rebuilding the original chimney; options for the first floor; including the living room panels.
Nov. 12, 2016, midnight
S38E8 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look to Match the Old
The new foundation is parked to match the old stucco; the new master bath-shower is drained; the electrician starts work in the powder room; and the living room windows are replaced.
Nov. 19, 2016, midnight
S38E9 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts from Top to Bottom
Kevin finds Tommy framing a new front porch using custom cut and assembled rafters. Richard travels to the largest underground quarry. Color selection
Jan. 7, 2017, midnight
S38E10 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Shedding the Old Look
Building a new shed. Installing copper on the front porch. Trimming windows.
Jan. 14, 2017, midnight
S38E11 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Underground Energy
Burying electrical cables. Building porch base columns. New brick patio. Installing kitchen cabinets. Trimming the front gable.
Jan. 21, 2017, midnight
S38E12 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Changes Start to Show
The exterior trim detail is complete and now it’s time to shingle the rest of the house. Tommy is using pre-primed red cedar shingles with a 5-inch reveal. Inside, homeowner Emily and interior designer Jill Goldberg meet Donna Boerner, an in-home stylist, who will help them figure out what kind of window treatment works best for each window. Looking at various types of shades, they work their way through the rooms. Down in the basement, it’s time to start installing the radiant floor tubing in the tracks under the existing old floor. In the living room, Mark McCullough repairs the grand fireplace. He repoints the loose bricks and carefully mends the decorative clay mantel using new pieces that were precast from a mold taken from an unbroken part of the mantel. Outside, it’s time to build the back deck coming out the side door. Tommy and Norm frame it up.
Jan. 28, 2017, midnight
S38E13 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Decorative Touches Make a Difference
There are many new decorative elements on the outside of the house - including a small roof detail supported by two brackets on the side of the house. Tommy assembles the roof on the ground first, doubling up the fascia for extra support. After he installs the second bracket, a lift helps to raise the roof into place. Upstairs on the second floor, Emily and painter Rosemary Dewees introduce Kevin to the technique of Lazure painting – a watercolor style of painting interior walls. Using multiple brushes and buckets, Kevin finds that it’s not as easy as it looks. The beautiful front door has seen better days. The homeowners ask master restorer Wayne Towle for help refinishing the oak veneer. Kevin visits his shop to see how it’s done. Downstairs, Tommy installs wood paneling in a corner of the living room that once housed a bookshelf. Even though it’s being painted white, he uses solid oak to match the existing wood grain paneling.
Feb. 4, 2017, midnight
S38E14 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Ship Lap for a Ship Shape House
Ship lap is chosen for the third-floor walls while reclaimed granite is used for steps, a marble slab is cut for the kitchen island and a cast stone mantel is built around the fireplace in the family room.
Feb. 11, 2017, midnight
S38E15 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Details Make the House Beautiful
The kitchen island countertop is installed; work commences on a fieldstone wall in the front yard; wallpaper covers a new secret door in the upstairs foyer; and the finished heating, cooling and ventilation system is examined.
Feb. 18, 2017, midnight
S38E16 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | An Arts & Craft for the Ages
A tour of the competed project house, including the new addition in the back; updated front hall, dining room and pantry; expanded master suite; new bathroom; and new front porch.
Feb. 25, 2017, midnight
S38E17 - Detroit | Rebuilding Motor City
A couple plan to renovate an abandoned home themselves, beginning with the leaky roof.
April 1, 2017, midnight
S38E18 - Detroit | Ready for Rehab
Installing a security system; blowing in insulation from the outside.
April 8, 2017, midnight
S38E19 - Detroit | Down The Rehab Rabbit Hole
Richard snakes a camera down a drain to look for damaged pipes. Tommy repairs a leaky parapet.
April 15, 2017, midnight
S38E20 - Detroit | Windows of Detroit
Peeling paint is removed. The original leaded stained glass windows in the living room is restored.
April 22, 2017, midnight
S38E21 - Detroit | Plumbing Road Trip
At the Russell Woods project, Tommy repairs crumbling decorative molding with a plastic replica created by a 3D printer; Frank and Tamiko head to Kohler, Wisconsin to look at plumbing fixtures, while Richard gets a tour of the nearby factory.
Back at the house, Richard and Frank repair some compromised joists in the upstairs bathroom; Tommy teaches Frank and his friends how to install kitchen ceiling strapping; and Kevin heads to the project in Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood to see the efforts to repair the foundation.
April 29, 2017, midnight
S38E22 - Detroit | Fixing the Fascia
Installing rough wiring in the kitchen; adding a new HVAC system; installing new fascia.
May 6, 2017, midnight
S38E23 - Detroit | A Mason Steps Up
Repairing damaged oak flooring with a clever fix; repairing front steps; tile studio in Detroit.
May 13, 2017, midnight
S38E24 - Detroit | Stain Glass Revival
Installing leaded glass bay windows; laying down modern wood-grain tile; urban farming in Detroit; installing a drywell; installing kitchen cabinets.
May 20, 2017, midnight
S38E25 - Detroit | Going Old School for Tile and Molding
Interior painting; repairing decorative molding with a putty knife; installing interior doors; revitalizing a fireplace.
May 27, 2017, midnight
S38E26 - Detroit | Rebirth in Detroit
A tour of the completed house, citing both interior and exterior improvements.
June 3, 2017, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 29925 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 1979
Last Air Date: Nov. 13, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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