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The Best of Ask This Old House: 44 Common Household Projects
Overview
Need help with a project around your house? The experts at ASK THIS OLD HOUSE are ready to lend a hand. Each project includes clear, step-by-step guidance from contractors with years of job experience. Youll learn basic home improvement skills and the tricks-of-the trade that will give you the knowledge and confidence to complete any project successfully.
Seasons
Season 1 (2011)
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Kitchens - Installing a Tile Backsplash
2011-04-04Tile expert Joe Ferrante helps a homeowner who wants to install tile on a kitchen backsplash. The homeowner has selected a type of tile made up of 2x2 glass squares attached to a 12x12 mesh backing to make installation easier.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Kitchens - Installing Kitchen Cabinets
2011-04-04Tom helps a homeowner install a set of new kitchen cabinets. Before installing them, Tom takes all of the cabinets out of the boxes to inspect them. He finds a cracked panel in one cabinet, and also finds that the microwave cabinet is the wrong size.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Kitchens - Fixing a Jammed Garbage Disposer
2011-04-04Richard helps a pair of homeowners with a garbage disposer that has been jammed for more than a year.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Kitchens - Replacing a Kitchen Faucet
2011-04-04Richard helps a homeowner replace her old, leaky kitchen faucet with a newer model that included a builtin sprayer.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Kitchens - Installing Pendant Lighting
2011-04-04Kevin and an electrician help a homeowner add lighting over their kitchen’s peninsula counter.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: Kitchens - Painiting Kitchen Cabinets
2011-04-04Kevin and painting expert Rich O’Neil shows a homeowner the proper way to paint her kitchen cabinets.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: Kitchens - Building Laminate Countertops
2011-04-04Tom and Kevin remove and replace an old laminate kitchen countertop.
Runtime: N/A minSeason 2 ()
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Replacing a Toilet Flange
Richard helps a homeowner with a wobbly toilet. With the toilet removed, he determines that it rocked back and forth because the cast-iron toilet fl nge sat up too high.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Fixing a Bathtub Stopper
Richard helps a homeowner with a bathtub that wouldn’t hold water.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Installing a Single-handle Shower Valve
Richard helps a homeowner replace an existing three valve shower control with a single-handled mixing valve. In a three-valve control, one handle controls hot water, one handle controls cold, and the third handle diverts water from the spout up to the showerhead. The new single-handle valve prevents scalding, should there be a sudden drop in cold water pressure.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Installing a Water-saving Toilet
Richard replaces an old 3.5 gallons per flush (GPF) toilet with a new, state-of-the-art dual-flushing unit that uses 0.9 GPF for liquids and 1.6 GPF for solids.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Regrouting Bathroom Tile
Tom helps a homeowner re-grout a small tile floor in her master bathroom. The white-colored grout had become dirty and discolored and some of it had broken loose.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: Installing a Bathroom Fan
Kevin and electrician Brian Bergeron help a homeowner install a new fan in her bathroom. The fan exhausts the humid air created by the shower to the outside of the house.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: Replacing a Bathroom Vanity and Sink
Richard helps a homeowner replace an old, outdated looking vanity in her master bathroom.
Runtime: N/A minSeason 3 ()
No overview available.
9 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Fixing Banging Pipes
Episode 2: Replacing Corroded Valves
Episode 3: Installing Wood Crown Molding
Episode 4: Installing Foam Crown Molding
Episode 5: Securing Loose Pipes
Episode 6: Installing a Tankless Water Heater
Episode 7: Adding a Utility Sink
Episode 8: Fireplace Makeover
Episode 9: Fixing a Shaky Stair Banister
Season 4 ()
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Fixing a Door that Swings Open and Closed by Itself
Episode 2: Fixing Squeaky Floors
Episode 3: Installing Interior Door Trim
Episode 4: Installing Replacement Windows
Episode 5: Refinishing Hardwood Floors
Episode 6: Replacing a Skylight
Episode 7: Installing a Front Door
Episode 8: Installing Prefinished Wood Flooring
Season 5 ()
No overview available.
9 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Planting Flower Bulbs
Episode 2: Patching a Lawn with Sod
Episode 3: Installing a Brick Paver Patio
Episode 4: Reseeding a Lawn
Episode 5: Installing Landscape Lighting
Episode 6: Improving Backyard Drainage
Episode 7: Building a Brick Walkway
Episode 8: Installing a Sprinkler System
Episode 9: Building a Backyard Firepit
Season 6 ()
No overview available.
4 episodes