Episode guide
This Old House: Season 12
26 episodes · premiered Sep 1, 1990
The Jamaica Plain House; The New Orleans House
- Episode 1: The Jamaica Plain House - 1 Sep 1, 1990 We begin our 12th season with the restoration of Hazel Briceno's triple-decker, three-family home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Together with the Residental Development Program of the…
- Episode 2: The Jamaica Plain House - 2 Sep 8, 1990 The guys explore lead paint-health hazards, inspection, and removal.
- Episode 3: The Jamaica Plain House - 3 Sep 15, 1990 The issue of vinyl siding is discussed. Cellulose insulation is blown-in from the interior. A variety of replacement windows is reviewed. Kithcen and bathroom redesign begins with Glenn…
- Episode 4: The Jamaica Plain House - 4 Sep 22, 1990 Abel Lopes explains construction of rear porches. Our master carpenter shows us how to install the new replacement windows. Vinyl siding goes on, kitchen and bath design plans are…
- Episode 5: The Jamaica Plain House - 5 Sep 29, 1990 Our master carpenter works on front porch. We get a lesson from the plastering crew on blueboarding. We then tour a Canadian gypsum mine and New Hampshire factory where gypsum rock is…
- Episode 6: The Jamaica Plain House - 6 Oct 6, 1990 The guys discuss the basement windows. Landscape architect Tom Wirth makes a preliminary lanscaping survey. The guys go over the pre-inspection plumbing. We then tour a factory in…
- Episode 7: The Jamaica Plain House - 7 Oct 13, 1990 Home magazine editor Joe Ruggiero tours the house and discusses with Hazel ideas for interior decorating on a budget. Our master carpenter reconstructs the front porch post. Our host gets…
- Episode 8: The Jamaica Plain House - 8 Oct 20, 1990 A visit to the Charlotte, North Carolina, chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a national organization that provides affordable housing through no-interest loans, sweat equity and volunteer…
- Episode 9: The Jamaica Plain House - 9 Oct 27, 1990 The guys install the new front porch columns and build a railing system. Abel Lopes and Amy Wrigley tour the house to see progress on the back shed, deleaded window trim and the new tile…
- Episode 10: The Jamaica Plain House - 10 Nov 3, 1990 The crew installs the brackets they've built the workshop. The front door is stained and sealed. Hazel and Tom Wirth visit a nursery for the end-of-month season bargains, and Howard…
- Episode 11: The Jamaica Plain House - 11 Nov 10, 1990 Our host tries some sanblasting to get rid of the graffiti on front of the house. Our master carpenter installs some of the trim he made in the workshop. Our host takes viewers to Japan…
- Episode 12: The Jamaica Plain House - 12 Nov 17, 1990 Tom Wirth and Hazel lay out the plants for the front garden and a picket fence is installed. Our master carpenter and Abel discuss the upcoming lead reinspection for the stripped trim on…
- Episode 13: The Jamaica Plain House - 13 Nov 24, 1990 We tour the vacant city-owned lot across the street with Stephanie Bothwell, senior landscape architect with the City of Boston. There, trees and bushes are being planted as part of a…
- Episode 14: The Jamaica Plain House - 14 Dec 1, 1990 Our host and Amy Wrigley tour two Public Facilities Department houses that will soon be on the market. At the workshop, the guys pre-hang the front door and install its lock system.
- Episode 15: The Jamaica Plain House - 15 Dec 8, 1990 At the house, the guys install the new front door. Hazel's security system is reviewed. Jeff Hosking checks out the state of the house's floors, sanding what he can. Our host then takes…
- Episode 16: The Jamaica Plain House - 16 Dec 15, 1990 Our master carpenter tiles Hazel's bathroom with vinyl tile, Richard Trethewey gives us a lesson on installing a kitchen sink and disposal, and we visit a carpet factory in Lyerly, Georgia.
- Episode 17: The Jamaica Plain House - 17 Dec 22, 1990 The guys visit the International Carpetry Apprenticeship Contest in Seattle, Washington. Back in Jamaica Plain, Richard Trethewey and our master carpenter look over some of the newly…
- Episode 18: The Jamaica Plain House - 18 Dec 29, 1990 The final day. Boston's Mayor Ray Flynn drops by to welcome Hazel to the city and gives her a wreath. Designer Joe Ruggiero shows us the three different treatments he gave each floor of…
- Episode 19: The New Orleans House - 1 Feb 1, 1991
- Episode 20: The New Orleans House - 2 Feb 8, 1991
- Episode 21: The New Orleans House - 3 Feb 15, 1991
- Episode 22: The New Orleans House - 4 Feb 22, 1991
- Episode 23: The New Orleans House - 5 Mar 1, 1991
- Episode 24: The New Orleans House - 6 Mar 8, 1991
- Episode 25: The New Orleans House - 7 Mar 15, 1991
- Episode 26: The New Orleans House - 8 Mar 22, 1991