A 1906 Victorian lost some of its charm due to additions and modifications. Brett solves the mystery behind a decorative ring on the front of the house and returns interior details, like the fireplace and staircase, to their original glory.

Brett restores a 1906 Victorian that lost its charm due to modifications.

Brett restores a 1906 Victorian that lost some of its charm due to additions and modifications.

1906 Transitional Victorian

Restored

Brett is horrified when a local fire chief and his wife ask him to completely gut and restore their 1940s California Ranch. Brett sets out to show them they can have a kitchen with all the modern conveniences they desire while still retaining the original cabinets and butler's pantry.

Brett is horrified when a couple asks him to completely gut and restore their 1940s California Ranch. He sets out to show them they can have their dream kitchen with modern conveniences while still retaining the original details.

Brett gives a 1940s ranch a modern kitchen with original cabinetry.

Brett shows a couple with a 1940s ranch that they can have a modern kitchen with original cabinetry.

Brett Waterman's 1940s California Ranch Project

Jenn Nawada helps a couple reimagine their yard after removed trees changed the shade pattern. Richard Trethewey shares his love of teaching and gives Kevin O’Connor a tour of his new HVAC distribution and education center.

Jenn gives a garden a new shade pattern. Richard tours his new HVAC center.

Jenn Nawada improves a garden with a new shade pattern. Richard Trethewey gives a tour of his new HVAC center.

New Shade Pattern, HVAC Showroom

Ask This Old House

Mauro Henrique brightens a dark apartment using paint concentrations. Mark and Richard discuss what naturally causes wet basements and how to mitigate it; Tom and Kevin build a bat house.

Paint Dark Basement, Bat House

A large fireplace at the gable end will be replaced with a smaller Rumford style fire box using the existing chimney. A post and beam system support the chimney while the fireplace is demoed. Restoration of the timber frame begins. A sewer ejector is installed in the basement. The steel ridge beam which will support the new ell is prepped for install. Kevin O'Connor goes on a clamming excursion.

A fireplace is demoed, but the chimney is saved. Restoration of the timber frame begins. A sewer ejector is installed. The steel ridge beam for the new ell is prepped. Kevin goes clamming.

A chimney is saved from demo. A sewer ejector is installed.

A fireplace is demoed, but the chimney saved. Restoration of the timber frame begins. A sewer ejector is installed.

First Period Gambrel: Below Grade Plumbing

This Old House

A few weeks ago, the 300-year-old timber frame ell was dismantled and refurbished. The pieces have been brought back to the site to be reassembled and tied into the house. Construction of the new Rumford-style fireplace begins. A 35-foot long steel ridge beam and posts are carefully craned into place to carry the weight of the roof in the new ell. The homeowner shops for a kitchen countertop.

The old ell has been reassembled, and the new fireplace is constructed. A steel beam is craned into place to carry the weight of the roof in the new ell. The homeowner shops for a kitchen countertop.

The old ell has been reassembled, and the new fireplace is constructed. A steel beam is craned into place to carry the weight of the roof.

First Period Gambrel: Rebuilding Centuries

The homeowners want the old ceiling framing exposed in the gambrel bedrooms, which prohibits conventional insulating. An alternative method is shown. Framing presents a challenge for running pipes. Peculiar discoveries are made. A lighting solution for the new ell is devised, and a lesson is given on how waterproofing and installing shingles where multiple rooflines meet.

The roof is insulated from the outside. Framing presents a challenge for running pipes. A lighting solution for the new ell is devised, and a lesson is given on how to properly waterproof a roof.

The roof is insulated from the outside. A lighting solution is devised.

The roof is insulated. Framing is a challenge. A lighting solution for the new ell is devised, and a lesson is given on how to waterproof a roof.

First Period Gambrel: Exposing Problems

Much effort is being made to save and restore the gambrel. Over the years, the lower clapboards on the house were buried, causing rot to the original substrate. Repairs are made. Small HVAC ducts make it easy to run and disguise the supplies in the gambrel. A cinderblock enclosure is covered to mimic the old rubble stone foundation. A gunstock post damaged during construction is repaired.

HVAC ducts are hidden in the gambrel. A cinderblock enclosure is covered to mimic the old stone foundation. Damage to an original gunstock post is repaired. New clapboards are weaved into the old.

HVAC ducts are creatively hidden. A cinderblock enclosure is covered.

HVAC ducts are hidden in the gambrel. A cinderblock enclosure is covered to mimic the old stone foundation. An original gunstock post is repaired.

First Period Gambrel: First Things First

Chip and Joanna's longtime friend, Brett, dreams of living on a houseboat on Lake Waco. After Brett chooses a spot on the lake, his tight budget and even tighter space create plenty of design challenges for Chip and Jo.

Chip and Jo help a friend turn his rundown houseboat into a modern home.

Chip and Joanna help their longtime friend turn a rundown houseboat into a modern, floating home.

The Floating Fixer Upper

Fixer Upper

After looking at houses for months with no luck, a couple calls on Chip and Joanna Gaines to help them find a new place for their family of four. They need four bedrooms and three bathrooms, ideally with some mature trees.

After house hunting with no luck, a couple calls on Chip and Jo for help.

After searching on their own, a family asks for help finding their fixer-upper forever home.

New Chapter for Family of Four

Sarah overcomes missteps as a first-time general contractor. With no second chance possible, their red concrete floor needs to turn out perfectly. Modern building codes and materials force Sarah and Debbie to make updates to Frank Lloyd Wright's plans.

Sarah overcomes missteps as a first-time general contractor.

Sarah overcomes missteps as a first-time general contractor. With no second chance possible, their red concrete floor needs to turn out perfectly.

It Has to Be Wright

The Last Wright: Building the Final Home Design of America's Greatest Architect

Will and Alicia Hardy are a husband-and-wife team with 15 years of experience renovating homes. The two take on a new challenge, venturing to Will's hometown in the heart of bourbon country to turn an 1890s inn into a dear friend’s dream home.

A husband-and-wife team turn an 1890s inn into a dear friend's dream home.

Will and Alicia Hardy, a husband-and-wife team, take on the challenge of turning an 1890s inn into a dear friend’s dream home.

The Old Deatsville Inn

In With the Old

A married couple living in Delaware have always dreamed of finding a property on the water. Now, they’re searching for a home they can transform into a gathering place for their family to enjoy time together.

A couple looks for a home they can renovate along the Delaware Coast.

A married couple living in Delaware searches for an affordable vacation home on the coast they can renovate and share with their family.

Revamping a Home to Host Family on the Delaware Coast

Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation

A husband and wife house-flipping team take on their biggest challenge yet when they decide to renovate a home in Okaloosa County, FL. Their skills and patience will be put to the test as they try to turn their property into a dream home for buyers.

A husband and wife house-flipping duo reno a home in Okaloosa County, FL.

A husband and wife house-flipping team take on their biggest challenge yet when they decide to renovate a home in Okaloosa County, FL.

A Flippin' Tough Renovation

A Virginia couple finds an excellent deal on a beach house in Lusby, Maryland. They rework the floor plan to create an expanded primary suite and complete the transformation into their dream vacation getaway.

After finding their dream beach house, a Virginia couple reworks the floor plan to create an expanded primary suite.

A couple transforms a beach house by adding an expanded primary suite.

Dreaming of a Suite Life by the Beach in Lusby, MD

A Carolina family finds a steal of a deal on their new beach house on Pawleys Island, South Carolina. A massive overhaul of the floor plan and dramatic expansions on both floors guarantees there will be plenty of room for their growing family.

Walls fall like dominos as a family builds themselves a bigger beach home.

After finding a bargain of a beach house, a Carolina family takes on a massive renovation project to add space and create an open floor plan.

A Beach Home Blowout Renovation on Pawleys Island, SC

A hardworking couple dreams of escaping the Colorado cold to find the perfect beachfront condo. With beloved childhood memories of family fun in Myrtle Beach, SC, they use their real estate and remodeling skills to secure their very own slice of paradise.

A couple wants to escape the Colorado cold to find a beachfront condo.

A hardworking couple dreams of escaping the Colorado cold to find the perfect beachfront condo in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

A Serene Couples Retreat in Myrtle Beach, SC

A house flipping couple from San Diego have decided to cross the country to find their very own vacation home along the shores of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. They hope this property will provide their daughter lasting memories of New England life.

A couple from San Diego look for a home to renovate in Rhode Island.

A house flipping couple from San Diego have decided to look for their own property along the shores of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

Narragansett Bay Renovation

An engineer buys a home along the shores of Matagorda Bay in Texas, where he’s vacationed with his family for years. He’ll renovate the home for himself and his adult daughters so they can spend time fishing and relaxing together.

After many family vacations, an engineer buys a home on Matagorda Bay.

An engineer uses his experience to renovate a home for himself and his adult daughters to spend time fishing and relaxing on the Matagorda Bay in TX.

A Home for Family on Matagorda Bay in Texas

A couple looks for a beach home where they can watch their family grow for generations. However, beach homes on Long Island, NY, can run in the millions, so the family is ready to put in the work to keep renovation costs down.

A couple seeks a New York beach home where they can watch the family grow.

Beach homes on Long Island, NY, can run in the millions, so a family puts in extra work to keep renovation costs down.

Generations on Long Island

South Florida residents Cory and Cortney both share a passion for staying active and being outdoors. Whether it's paddle boarding, beach yoga or riding bikes on the coast line, this married couple and expecting first time parents, love taking full advantage of the area's year-round beautiful weather.  They're setting out to find a home in Deerfield Beach, Florida - a young beachfront community close to their jobs as a firefighter and yoga instructor, and perfect for their outdoor loving lifestyles . They're looking for a three-bedroom home with a pool and easy beach access, but they also want the home to really feel like a vacation getaway, a respite from the workweek. With their modest budget of $350,000 all in, most homes in the area they'll be looking for will need to be updated to match their vision. With the clock ticking on the baby's due date, these two will have to get to work to make their beachfront dream a reality.

South Florida residents Cory and Cortney share a passion for staying active and being outdoors, so they're setting out to find a home in Deerfield Beach, FL, that they can renovate before their baby's due date.

A couple looks for a beach home in South Florida to renovate on a budget.

A couple looks for a beach home to renovate on a budget in South Florida.

Renovation in South Florida

The guys salvage five tobacco barns on one farm in Alton, Virginia, while Mark hunts for even more barns in Pennsylvania. Mark also visits an incredible finished home made of two cabins combined with a salt box addition.

The guys salvage five barns in Alton, VA, and Mark hunts for more in PA.

The guys salvage five tobacco barns in Alton, VA, while Mark hunts for more barns in Pennsylvania.

The Five-barn Farm

Barnwood Builders

The Barnwood Builders restore a timber frame home on a frozen field in West Virginia. Mark and Johnny visit an extraordinary mountain top retreat with a log home and timber frame pool house, and Alex Webb builds a lord's table and bench at his workshop.

The Builders restore a timber frame home on a frozen field in WV.

The Barnwood Builders restore a timber frame home on a frozen field in West Virginia.

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