This Old House | Back to Narragansett (S42 E8) | FULL EPISODE

After months of meticulous restoration, the stained glass windows are ready to be reinstalled. Electrician Ben Giles has an apprentice. Tom Silva re-creates original shingles. Landscape meeting with homeowners.

Gorgeous stained glass lights adorned the windows in the old dining room of the Victorian. After months of meticulous restoration, they are ready to be reinstalled. Kevin O’Connor finds Tom Silva and Chris Manchester hard at work.

The Generation Next initiative continues this season in Narragansett. The electrician on this project, Ben Giles, is teaching the next generation of trades people. Kevin finds Ben and Zack Partington, Ben’s new intern, wiring the breaker panel in the garage.

The Queen Ann Victorian has several different shingle patterns on each exterior wall. Since some are not available off the shelf, Tom and lead carpenter Adam Spink must create their own.

The porch was a beautiful feature that wrapped around the house. The new plans call for bringing some of the porch space inside, but there are problems with the whole thing. During the Covid lockdown, Jeff Sweenor and his crew demoed the porch and built a new one. Kevin and Jeff discuss the process.

Finally, the homeowners have decided on extensive hardscape plans for the property—with a soak pool, a pizza oven, and even a putting green—but they need softscape plantings as well. Jenn Nawada meets with them to discuss a horticulture plan.

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 | Back to Narragansett (S42 E8) | FULL EPISODE

[ilichiregius]

Tom is always about, "If I don't have the tool, I make the tool." The jig he made to cut the shingles was great.

[allentoyokawa]

Wow free handed a straight line! 14:21

[mwrcrft]

Amazing home brought back from the edge of no return, it was rough.

[FreekHoekstra]

Simglepane glass? Ooof gonna be chilly still.
Appreciate maintaining the old sashes but an extra pane would have helped comfort a lot.

[izzynutz]

Can you imagine what it would have taken back in the day to make these details all done by hand hard to fathom

[michaelbaumgardner]

Beautiful home, expert recreations of trim and details, and fake grass...humm

[bigsparky]

Great episode, why isn't on the TV yet 🙄. I love watching this show, it's easier for me to see it on the TV

[joeleming]

Come on historical committee, those windows are going to cause more energy usage in that home.

[dicktophone]

Buddy is hammered trying to talk about his landscape. Absolutely cut

[candicespencer]

I’m shocked that the homeowner is going to put in fake grass.

[patricklaughrey]

Why do you guys run ferring strips across your ceiling joists I noticed that's a New England thing we dont do that in Pittsburgh

[ovidiuciuparu]

5:28 i hope you added some grease on that mechanism….

[garrett]

I understand keeping historical features where you can, but no way I'd ever live somewhere with a historical society that dictated every little detail about how I renovate my house.

[davidgabrielsen]

Tommy is a carpenter's carpenter.

[ryanmuth]

Never use a table saw or any other similar tool wearing gloves. Extremely dangerous!

[milesbailey]

I lost a lot of respect for this project with The Choice of synthetic turf.

[TheBigWanger]

Historical preservation ….. with synthetic grass. Seriously?

[McCucumber]

The homeowner might be the new host when Kevin retires. Kevin took over when Bob Vila started selling stuff on TV commercials. Before that Bob Vila was just as famos as Kevin.

[BriManeely]

This Old House.. you guys demonstrated a lot of blatant disregard for safety in this video. While most viewers of this channel are capable of making their own decisions, you should really be on your best behavior to help instill good practices for the next generation. Surely it couldn't hurt your view count to show your hosts using proper PPE gear and basic power tool essentials like riving knives. Just a thought for you.