This Old House

A new season focuses on the next generation. A homeowner inherits her childhood home but with her husband makes changes to accommodate their children and inlaws.

Tom finishes the forms for the new foundation and pours the concrete with a new intern.

Tom's crew and intern install a beam to support a new opening to the kitchen.

Kevin and Tom build a new floor. Richard, the homeowners and the designer hunt for an old clawfoot tub.

The apprentices learn the basics of framing a deck, while around the corner the chimney is demo-ed.

It's a big day for the apprentices as they learn how to frame a wall in the master bedroom, build a drain stack for the master bath and lay decking on the front porch.

Dining room flooring is used to make a barn door. Roger teaches a horticulture class in the field.

While the apprentices get a lesson in roofing, Kevin visits Rhode Island to watch how an elaborate Chippendale railing is put together.

Richard works on rough plumbing at the Elliotborough house while Kevin, Judith and Julia meet a kitchen designer.

Tom and Kevin cross the bridge from Newport, Rhode Island to Jamestown, where they tour the next project -- a 1920s bungalow which will become a larger net zero house.

Shingles with asbestos are removed. Kevin visits a manufacturer in Pennsylvania that makes precast concrete walls.

Jeff shows Kevin how he's framing the net zero house.

New apprentices join the team in Rhode Island as the roof goes up.

The electrician installs a load center. Tom and apprentices put up cedar roof shingles.

Richard watches as the home is sealed against air leaks.

Dana and Don show Kevin design samples at their studio.

Tom discusses difference between blueboard and drywall.

Roger visits a nearby sod farm with Jenn and Kevin.

The Net Zero house is complete. Kevin and Tom discuss challenges with Jeff.

Tommy and Kevin cruise around Brookline in a '57 Chevy before rolling up to the latest project: a lackluster 1957 mid-century modern house in need of a total overhaul.

While old fixtures are salvaged and asbestos is removed at the house, Norm, Richard and Kevin head back to where it all began 40 years ago, in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Norm teaches the apprentices how to lay a sill on a new foundation, while Richard scopes the sewer to see what might be lurking inside.

Tommy teaches Kevin how to calculate the risers for a set of stairs.

Mark McCullough rebuilds a century-old Puddingstone wall.

Kevin travels to the Midwest to see the manufacturing of plate glass and windows.

Mark Ferrante lays giant porcelain tile in the main living spaces of the house.

Finishing touches abound as the project wraps up: closet systems, modern baseboards and a linear wall drain in the master shower are all installed.

Tom and Jeff admire the knotty pine paneling. Kevin and homeowners look at architect renderings.

Mark and Jeff take down the chimney. Scott and Shayla window shop.

The crew places a center beam to support the second story.

Roof cheeks are pre-assembled and raised. Then the crew stands up the second floor walls.

Tommy teaches the new apprentices to frame a deck.

Tom and Jeff work on the main staircase at Jeff's shop and then they bring it to the house.

Tom and Jeff build a section of a coffered ceiling.

The new propane tank gets buried in the yard. Norm advises an apprentice in composite decking.

Jeff shows Kevin how he installs a floating oak mantel.

Norm uses old pine from a local sawmill to make a table.

As the project winds down, TVs are mounted and the blinds and curtains get installed.

The old ranch is transformed into a Dutch Colonial thanks to Jeff's team.

A year after California's worst wildfire, the people of Paradise are still clearing the devastation.

Joe the homeowner fabricates a stone hearth. Richard learns about automatic sprinkler systems.

Luke and Crystal are moving in. Kevin visits a fire test lab.

Tom inspects engineered siding and fire-rated sheathing.

Homeowners John and Molly plan to put the history back into their 1890s Shingle-style home.

Tommy and Kevin start laying subfloor in the new dining room.

Tommy and Charlie create a cathedral ceiling on the third floor.

Mark McCullough finds granite on the property to match a new stone wall to the old.

Tommy and Charlie install rounded-top windows in the breakfast room.

Tommy repairs 130-year-old pocket doors. A new type of solar goes in.

Original leaded glass windows are repaired. Jenn and Fred plant a bed of perennials along the new driveway.

Richard learns about one of the most important plumbing inventions: the Stillson wrench.

A custom brass handrail is fabricated. Molly and Mauro create a chalkboard finish in the playroom.

Work is finally complete on the Cape Ann Shingle Style project.

We take a tour of kitchens - from fireplaces used for cooking in colonial times to marble counters of modern days.