Planning for the Pergola
this old house

Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find landscape contractor Roger Cook overseeing the crew that is setting the footings for the new pergola, while also preparing to give the concrete stoop a makeover using fieldstone veneer on the riser and a bluestone cap on the top. Inside, master carpenter Norm Abram and general contractor Tom Silva begin trimming out the first floor windows, starting with the 16-foot bank of windows in the sunroom. The trim details will match the originals, using a build up of unadorned profiles created with a moulding machine. With the pergola on the way, Roger takes homeowner Allison Sharma to the Arnold Arboretum to see several different kinds of vines and select one that is appropriate for her front yard conditions. Back at the house, Norm surveys the progress on the second floor and sees how tile contractor Rob Rapp is using pitching sticks to create a mud job at the base of the new shower.

Episode Duration: 25 minutes and 51 seconds

Episode Number: 3011

About This Old House:

America's favorite home improvement series, the Emmy Award-winning THIS OLD HOUSE, with host Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Roger Cook and master carpenter Norm Abram.


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Tue, Oct 8 5:00 P.M. Nashville Moving Day     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 11 12:00 A.M. Nashville Grounded     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 11 8:00 A.M. Nashville Moving Day     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Oct 11 2:00 P.M. Nashville Moving Day     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Oct 12 4:00 A.M. Nashville Moving Day     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Oct 12 8:30 A.M. Nashville Moving Day     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Oct 12 3:00 P.M. Nashville Moving Day     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Oct 12 4:30 P.M. Nashville Grounded     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Oct 14 8:00 A.M. Nashville Grounded     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Oct 14 2:00 P.M. Nashville Grounded     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Oct 15 4:00 A.M. Nashville Grounded     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Oct 15 5:00 P.M. Nashville Grounded     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 18 12:00 A.M. Nashville A Grand Time at the Opry     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 18 8:00 A.M. Nashville Grounded     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Oct 18 2:00 P.M. Nashville Grounded     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Oct 19 4:00 A.M. Nashville Grounded     NH Create (11.4)


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