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This Old House: Season 10

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26 episodes · premiered Sep 1, 1988

The Lexington Bed and Breakfast

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  1. Episode 1: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 1 Sep 1, 1988 Our host tours Lexington real estate with agent June Goodwin, looking at older homes as well as newer construction. We tour a new condo development, and then meet our new project's…
  2. Episode 2: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 2 Sep 8, 1988 Mary-Van and Jim Sinek discuss expanding their side-by-side, two-family Lexington home with a new addition, which will double the existing square-footage of one unit and include a new…
  3. Episode 3: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 3 Sep 15, 1988 Our host shows us how to use a laser level, which excavators use to achieve uniform depth for foundation footings. He, our master carpneter and excavator Herb Brockett discuss excavation…
  4. Episode 4: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 4 Sep 22, 1988 Our host and master carpenter meet with Gene Romanelli to discuss foundation footings and begin pouring the concrete garage slab. Our host then discusses a revised floorplan with the…
  5. Episode 5: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 5 Sep 29, 1988 Jim Sinek and the guys remove the interior wall in the living room. Our host meets with concrete specialist Rich Toohey, and then watches the installation of the bulkhead. Richard…
  6. Episode 6: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 6 Oct 6, 1988 Our host watches demolition in the kitchen, including the removal of the sink and cabinets. Then he and Mary-Van discuss options for the new kitchen. We meet up with Tom Silva to learn the…
  7. Episode 7: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 7 Oct 13, 1988 After getting a progress report from our host, our master carpenter confers with Tom Silva. Our host then meets with Tom Wirth to discuss a wheelchair accessible-entry for the new house…
  8. Episode 8: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 8 Oct 20, 1988 The garage is nearly complete and fitted with trim that has been primed before construction. Our host and Mary-Van discuss insulation in the garage ceiling and the wall that meets the…
  9. Episode 9: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 9 Oct 27, 1988 Cedar siding arrives and the crew begins to install it. Lighting consultant Dick Metchears meets with our host to discuss fixtures. Audio consultant Dr. Amar Bose discusses the home audio…
  10. Episode 10: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 10 Nov 3, 1988 Our host meets with landscape artist Roger Hopkins to check his progress on the granite wall and terrace. Then we visit the Blue Mountain Quarry in South Ryegate, Vermont, where the stone…
  11. Episode 11: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 11 Nov 10, 1988 Our host and Tom Wirth look at the new plantings that have arrived at the jobsite. We then check Roger Hopkins' progress on the granite steps, terrace and garden pool. Inside, our host…
  12. Episode 12: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 12 Nov 17, 1988 The crew is busy installing the new decking at the back of the house. Our host meets with zero-clearance fireplace specialist Lou DeMaria to discuss the living room's new fireplace. He…
  13. Episode 13: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 13 Nov 24, 1988 Our host meets with Tom Wirth to discuss progress on lanscaping. Then we watch as Ken Dickenson puts in the exposed aggregate concrete wheelchair walkway. Later, he'll wash the concrete…
  14. Episode 14: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 14 Dec 1, 1988 The new plantings are in and a vegetable garden fence is put in place. The crew installs wallboard while our host and our master carpenter see a butane heater that will be use to keep the…
  15. Episode 15: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 15 Dec 8, 1988 Our host and master carpenter discusses how the rain gutters can best divert water away from the fir deck, wooden doors, and kitchen windows. Then the crew installs plywood panelling in…
  16. Episode 16: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 16 Dec 15, 1988 Our host and Jim Sinek discuss the budget. Meanwhile, plastering contractors have begun their work. Our host tries out plastering stilts. Then we visit a bed and breakfast in Williamstown…
  17. Episode 17: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 17 Dec 22, 1988 The guys erect a lamppost in the frontyard. Carpet underlayment is installed in the home office, while the crew also hangs burlap coverings on the walls. Bob Reed hangs suspended…
  18. Episode 18: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 18 Dec 29, 1988 The crew installs a metal railing on the granite patio using hydrolic cement. We then visit a single-family home development in Aurora, Illinois, featuring houses so energy-efficient the…
  19. Episode 19: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 19 Jan 5, 1989 At the front of the house, our host watches Charlie McGongagle put up a permanent drain pipe, while John Silva installs a new storm door. In the master bedroom, our master carpenter is…
  20. Episode 20: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 20 Jan 12, 1989 Our host and electrical contractor Buddy Bisnaw discuss outlets in the kitchen. Richard Trethewey accepts delivery of a new one-piece toilet and a pedestal sink. Then we visit the American…
  21. Episode 21: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 21 Jan 19, 1989 When we arrive at the jobsite, we find homeowners Jim and Mary-Van outside painting clapboards. Inside, our host meets the Sinek children who are painting the ceilings. The tiling…
  22. Episode 22: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 22 Jan 26, 1989 The crew installs a new newel post on the main staircase. Then we tour the Morgan Door company, manufacturers of a true divided-light french doors. Back at the jobsite, our host and John…
  23. Episode 23: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 23 Feb 2, 1989 At the bed and breakfast's enterance, our host and flooring contractor Jeff Hosking discuss refinishing and patching the 80-year-old fir floor. In the new part of the house, the crew is…
  24. Episode 24: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 24 Feb 9, 1989 Our host and Tom Silva are hard at work on the fireplace, mounting an new mantel and facing the surround with half-brick. We see construction of a man-made marble shower stall. The same…
  25. Episode 25: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 25 Feb 16, 1989 The Corian countertops are installed in the kitchen. Our host discusses appliances with General Electric appliance designer Bob Mundt. Our host test the stain-resistant carpet that's gone…
  26. Episode 26: The Lexington Bed and Breakfast - 26 Feb 23, 1989 Our host and Joe Ruggiero, editor of Home magazine and an interior decorator, tour the finished house. Richard Trethewey shows us the air conditioner, garbage disposal and shower door as…