This Old House | Outside Details (S42 E10) | FULL EPISODE

Mark McCullough explains cobblestone aprons. The crew reinforces floor joists. Tom Silva and Jeff Sweenor install a drop finial and a swinging window. Kevin O'Connor meets with paint experts.

The homeowners have opted for a crushed stone driveway for permeability, but they would like to upgrade it with a more elegant touch. Kevin O’Connor finds Mark McCullough and the masonry crew out front with a pile of cobblestones to be used for aprons and edging.

Inside, the floor joists on the second floor of the old house had several problems, not the least of which was the fact that they were under sized. Over the summer Jeff Sweenor’s crew spent a lot of time giving them reinforcement. Jeff gives Kevin a rundown of what happened.

The Queen Anne features on the entire house are worth saving, and the drop finial on the corner of the second floor is a quintessential example. Tom Silva finds Jeff installing one.

The homeowners love to entertain outside, so they designed a cabana at the back of the garage that opens to the back yard. Tommy and Jeff install a special lift so the cabana window swings up easily.

A Victorian house screams “Look At Me” in both trim and paint color, and this house is no exception. Kevin meets with local paint expert Harry Adler and exterior painter Mike Moffitt and to discuss the importance of putting effort into selecting colors to celebrate the architectural details.

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This Old House | Outside Details (S42 E10) | FULL EPISODE

[t.texastimmy]

Hey Kevin, this house is so unique that I'd love to see a status update with the home owners.

[flaviuskern]

Sweenor builders and Moffitt painting, two of the most expensive contractors in RI, but they have their demographic customer base locked in - the millionaires who don’t care about cost, just get it done. I got 5 quotes to paint my house, all 7-8500k, Moffitt was 16, 2k…I can’t imagine what the cost for this project was. I personally didn’t hire the cheapest and definitely didn’t hire Moffitt, paid about 8k and the company did a great job, now I just maintain it.

[Rockmachine]

This episode went by so fast. I swear it was only 9 minutes long.

[smacdiesel]

Love all the heavy brush marks on that recreated exterior finial piece. I'm sure the painters loved it too.

[kylestraveljournal]

Found this place on google maps, the old pictures show this covered in overgrown trees and bushes. Explains all the rot and poor condition at the start. I couldn't begin to wonder how much they put into this house, this place was a dump.

[snicks]

You should have extended them out a good 1/8 to a 1/4 to make sure the window will seal proper

[flowerstone]

Watching the painting and wondering what type or brand of paint brushes are being used. I can’t find a decent brush that one can “feather” the paint into a fine line. Brushes these days just blow out every direction and lose bristles in the paint. Trying to find boar or camel hair is impossible. Love to know where to get quality paint brushes.

[zephyr]

Windows ? Can we just say ? Window crank broke oh ? $100. Window servo is not working ? Maintenance man call out $500; replacement of servo unit $650 ?

Which is a better deal?

[moutrap]

are they saying 2 sistered 2x6 are doing 27ft of span ? didn't know you could do that

[coztod]

No me gusta the window linear actuator set up and hardware quality. That will be a warranty item or a year 3 failure call back. Everything else looks master level.

[BiggMo]

11:48 … did that clamp twist that bracket out of plumb? Doesn’t look square to the overhang after it was tightened

[terencemerritt]

Should’ve done cobblestone all the way. Center gravel looks like they cheaped out

[xgum]

i thought i clicked on 'this old mouse' where a geriatric mouse blindly searches for cheese with his cane but i was pleasantly surprised by these working men!!

[nwgmp]

19:09 I hope they're going to go back through and remove the paint between the shingles..

[golfclash]

Second. Dropping videos often I like it

[chrislbaird]

At what point is it cheaper, to demolish the old house and just build a new one?

[mjpyro]

Painting a house outside, alone with a mask on. I’m glad this period of madness is well documented in videos like this from construction to hair cutting videos to people exercising alone outside. 2020 will go down as one of the most absurd periods in US history.

[paulyayala]

OK SO ITS FINALLY GREAT TO SEE SOME OF THE BROWN FACES WHO ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBABLY IM GOING TO SAY MOST OF THE WORK THAT IS PERFORMED! I HOPE THOSE MEN ARE BEING PAID PROPERLY FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK?!!! AS WE KNOW VERY WELL ALMOST TOO WELL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE BLACK BACKS WHO ARE THE REAL REASON AMERICA INDUSTRIALIZED !!! I LOVE THIS OLD HOUSE ALWAYS HAVE! BUT AS A TRADESMAN IN CALIFORNIA I ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH NOT SEEING MORE DIVERSITY ON THE SHOW…. HOPE THIS POST DOESNT HURT ANY FEELINGS…!!!

[jptrainor]

The solution for that window is don't use that window.

[shatoyancy]

If your contractor pulls up in that Denali, you’re paying them way too much.