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Landscaping contractor Roger Cook and host Kevin O'Connor head outside to do some yard clean-up using rakes, blowers and lawn vacuums. Then, up in the loft, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Kevin how HVAC thermostat technology has evolved over the years. Next, general contractor Tom Silva and Kevin install carpet tiles over a concrete basement floor.
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Collapsible gardening container: Fiskars Brands, Inc. [http://www.fiskars.com]
Leaf blowers: The Toro Company [http://www.toro.com], LEHR, Inc. [http://www.golehr.com]
Push lawn sweeper: Craftsman [http://www.craftsman.com]
Leaf vacuum: DR Power Equipment [http://www.drpower.com]
Riding mower: Snapper [http://www.snapper.com]
Programmable thermostats: Ecobee [http://www.ecobee.com], Trane ComfortLink [http://www.trane.com], Emme [http://www.getemme.com]
Flooring underlayment: Homasote ComfortBase [http://www.homasote.com]
Carpet tiles: FLOR [http://www.flor.com]
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ASK This Old House | Yard Cleanup, Thermostats (S9 E26) FULL EPISODE
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Landscaping contractor Roger Cook and host Kevin O'Connor head outside to do some yard clean-up using rakes, blowers and lawn vacuums. Then, up in the loft, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Kevin how HVAC thermostat technology has evolved over the years. Next, general contractor Tom Silva and Kevin install carpet tiles over a concrete basement floor.
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Collapsible gardening container: Fiskars Brands, Inc. [http://www.fiskars.com]
Leaf blowers: The Toro Company [http://www.toro.com], LEHR, Inc. [http://www.golehr.com]
Push lawn sweeper: Craftsman [http://www.craftsman.com]
Leaf vacuum: DR Power Equipment [http://www.drpower.com]
Riding mower: Snapper [http://www.snapper.com]
Programmable thermostats: Ecobee [http://www.ecobee.com], Trane ComfortLink [http://www.trane.com], Emme [http://www.getemme.com]
Flooring underlayment: Homasote ComfortBase [http://www.homasote.com]
Carpet tiles: FLOR [http://www.flor.com]
About Ask This Old House TV: From the makers of This Old House, America’s first and most trusted home improvement show, Ask This Old House answers the steady stream of home improvement questions asked by viewers across the United States. Covering topics from landscaping to electrical to HVAC and plumbing to painting and more. Ask This Old House features the experts from This Old House, including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor. ASK This Old House helps you protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home.
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![Hidden Irrigation Installation | This Old House
The Saratoga homeowners have been tending to their lawn and perennial gardens for a long time. As an upgrade, they’ve decided to install an automatic system. Irrigation specialist Dave Whitbeck shows Jenn Nawada the components of the system he’s installing for the Williamsons, and some tricks he has up his sleeve to minimize the impact on the plants and grass.
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Landscape contractor: The Lawn Care Company [https://lawncare518.com/]
About This Old House TV: This Old House is America’s first and most trusted home improvement show. Each season, we renovate two different historic homes—one step at a time—featuring quality craftsmanship and the latest in modern technology. We demystify home improvement and provide ideas and information so, whether you are doing it yourself or hiring out contractors, you’ll know the right way to do things or the questions to ask. Our experts including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor give you the tools you need to protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home.
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![How to Restore Old Chalkboards | This Old House
Tom Silva visits the Centre School in Dracut, MA where a lot of the original elements are being restored and put back in place. Architect Jay Mason gives Tom a tour of an 1889 school that will become condos for veterans. Then, Mauro Henrique demonstrates how to restore the original slate chalkboards.
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Where to find it?
Nonprofit: Coalition for Better Acre [https://www.coalitionforabetteracre.org/]
General contractor: Landmark Structures Corp. [https://www.landmarkstructures.com/]
Architect: Architectural Consulting Services [https://acslowell.com/]
Carpentry assistance: Littig Painting Corp. [https://www.facebook.com/cleydisonrodrigueslitiig/]
About This Old House TV: This Old House is America’s first and most trusted home improvement show. Each season, we renovate two different historic homes—one step at a time—featuring quality craftsmanship and the latest in modern technology. We demystify home improvement and provide ideas and information so, whether you are doing it yourself or hiring out contractors, you’ll know the right way to do things or the questions to ask. Our experts including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor give you the tools you need to protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home.
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![This Old House | Roof Tiles & Richard’s Water Story (S32 E19) | FULL EPISODE
Kevin arrives at the L.A. house to find the custom tiles, windows and doors. In Griffith Park, Richard sees L.A.’s new water supply infrastructure. Alfonso evaluates the condition of our stucco.
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Roofing contractor John Dybas returns to show Kevin the plan theyve come up with for the new roof. Down in Corona, California, Kevin sees how piles of clay and sand are mixed with water and fire to produce our roof tiles. Back in Silver Lake, John shows Kevin the polypropylene underlayment hes using, the flashing details, and how his expert crew sets the tiles along the ridges using nails, mortar, and hand tools. Out on the reservoir, the director of operations for the LADWP, Marty Adams, shows plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey how the neighborhood landmark has been providing LA with drinking water, and why it is being taken offline. Up in Griffith Park, they go 35 feet below ground to see the new water supply infrastructure. Back at the house, stucco specialist Alfonso Garcia evaluates the condition of our stucco.
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Clay Roofing Tiles: US Tile Clay Roof Tiles [http://www.ustile.com/]
Contractor for Los Angeles Public Works Project: W.A. Rasic Construction [http://www.warasic.com/]
Side Trip: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power [http://www.ladwp.com]
Underground Pipe Installation: Pipe Jacking Unlimited Inc.
About This Old House TV: This Old House is America’s first and most trusted home improvement show. Each season, we renovate two different historic homes—one step at a time—featuring quality craftsmanship and the latest in modern technology. We demystify home improvement and provide ideas and information so, whether you are doing it yourself or hiring out contractors, you’ll know the right way to do things or the questions to ask. Our experts including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor give you the tools you need to protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home.
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![Concrete Crusher | This Old House
Hauling demolished concrete off-site is slow and expensive. Entrepreneur Nick Baker has a better idea: compact Italian-made crushing machines that can grind the old slab and foundation into useable fill right on the property.
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Before homeowner Carlos Santos can pour a new slab, the old concrete foundation has to go. Standard practice is to haul it away by the truckload—slow, expensive, and disruptive. Nick Baker thinks theres a better way: compact concrete-crushing machines imported from Italy that can process the demolished material on site and turn it into engineered fill for the new slab. No trucks. No disposal fees. No waiting. If it works on this project, its a method that could save Sandy rebuilders significant time and money across the Shore.
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Concrete mini-crusher: Komplet North America/ Compact Concrete Crushers Inc. [http://www.compactconcretecrushers.com]
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![Picnic Table | Build It | Ask This Old House
In this video, Seventeen years of use is long enough for a picnic table. General contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor work together to design and build a new one for the workshop.
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Seventeen years ago, general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor worked together to build a sturdy picnic table for the Ask This Old House crew. After nearly two decades of daily use, that original table has seen better days. Now the pair are teaming up again to build a newer, more robust replacement—one thats built to last another 17 years and beyond.
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Framing square [https://homedepot.sjv.io/7aGVa3]
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![Adding Brick Veneer to a Chimney | This Old House
This Old House has been following the restoration of a four-room schoolhouse that is being turned into nine affordable housing units for veterans in Dracut, MA. Great effort is taken to make the outside look as it did in 1898, including making the new chimney look old. Kevin OConnor lends Mark McCullough a hand installing a 3/4 real brick veneer to the face of the chimney.
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Where to find it?
Nonprofit: Coalition for Better Acre [https://www.coalitionforabetteracre.org/]
Contractor: Landmark Structures Corp. [https://www.landmarkstructures.com/]
Architect: Architectural Consulting Services [https://acslowell.com/]
About This Old House TV: This Old House is America’s first and most trusted home improvement show. Each season, we renovate two different historic homes—one step at a time—featuring quality craftsmanship and the latest in modern technology. We demystify home improvement and provide ideas and information so, whether you are doing it yourself or hiring out contractors, you’ll know the right way to do things or the questions to ask. Our experts including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor give you the tools you need to protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home.
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