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This Old House: Season 15

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26 episodes · premiered Sep 2, 1993

The Belmont House; The Honolulu House

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  1. Episode 1: The Belmont House - 1 Sep 2, 1993 The season starts in front of a magnificent example of Victorian architecture, then we visit the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities to lean more about the style. Then…
  2. Episode 2: The Belmont House - 2 Sep 9, 1993 The asbestos removal crew begins to strip the house of shingles, under the watchful eye of a state official. As a prelude, our master carpenter visits a lab to confirm that the shingles…
  3. Episode 3: The Belmont House - 3 Sep 16, 1993 Our host visits a landfill engineered to accept hazardous waste, such as the asbestos off the side of the Gallants' house. Back at the house, Richard Trethewey helps Dean fix a leaky sink…
  4. Episode 4: The Belmont House - 4 Sep 23, 1993 The guys meet Dean as he's removing damaged wood shingles, which have been revealed now that the asbsetos siding is off. Earlier, our master carpenter and general contractor surveyed the…
  5. Episode 5: The Belmont House - 5 Sep 30, 1993 While the guys use a new airgun and lightweight nylon hose to shingle the base of one of the turrets, Dean reviews some options for rehabbing and improving the energy performance of the…
  6. Episode 6: The Belmont House - 6 Oct 7, 1993 Dean tries out various ways of removing paint from the window castings - heat gun, heat plane, and chemical strippers. Upstairs, our master carpenter replaces the old window band moldings…
  7. Episode 7: The Belmont House - 7 Oct 14, 1993 Our host arrives to find the crew getting ready to frame up the gutted kitchen. First, though, the plumbing stack had to be moved; Richard Trethewey shows what's involved in such a…
  8. Episode 8: The Belmont House - 8 Oct 21, 1993 Our master carpenter rides a horse into the Washakie Wilderness in northwestern Wyoming, where US Forest Service carpenters are repairing, with hand tools only, a National Historic…
  9. Episode 9: The Belmont House - 9 Oct 28, 1993 Our host visits an eight-color historically accurate paint job west of Boston, under the supervision of SPNEA's Andrea Gilmore. Andrea comes to the Belmont house to advise homeowner Lauren…
  10. Episode 10: The Belmont House - 10 Nov 4, 1993 Our master carpenter gives us a tip on hiding nails when shingling, while our general contractor builds a cedar and fir deck for the new back entry. Out on the front porch, our master…
  11. Episode 11: The Belmont House - 11 Nov 11, 1993 In a big day at the jobsite, arborist Matt Foti and his crew cut down four conifers that had been hiding the house and keeping it damp. In the kitchen, the crew installs new…
  12. Episode 12: The Belmont House - 12 Nov 18, 1993 Our host Russell, who is completing the rough wiring in the kitchen. Lighting designer Melissa Guenet reveals her plan for lighting the kitchen and new bedroom, while outside, Larry Torti…
  13. Episode 13: The Belmont House - 13 Nov 25, 1993 We arrive to see the new paint colors going up, while Tom Silva continues to re-detail the porch trim with proper fascia and wood gutters. Meanwhile, our master carpenter visits the island…
  14. Episode 14: The Belmont House - 14 Dec 2, 1993 Our host meets landscape contractor Roger Cook as he and his crew install a plastic drywell in the cramped space next to the garage. Homeowner Dean Gallant insulates beneath the kitchen…
  15. Episode 15: The Belmont House - 15 Dec 9, 1993 Our host arrives to find the crew putting down rubber membrane roof on the garage, while homeowner Dean Gallant helps Roger Cook lay a concrete block terrace outside the back door…
  16. Episode 16: The Belmont House - 16 Dec 16, 1993 Our master carpenter checks out the new retractable awnings, while our host meets storm window installers who are protecting the leaded glass with custom units. Inside the house, Sarai…
  17. Episode 17: The Belmont House - 17 Dec 23, 1993 Our host arrives to find the crew fishing off the last of the porch's historic details, which is was able to duplicate thanks to a home movie provided by a previous owner. Charlie installs…
  18. Episode 18: The Belmont House - 18 Dec 30, 1993 The final days. Our host arrives to find Don Franklin of DeAngelis Iron Work installing a new railing on the front stairs, while inside lighting designer Melissa Guenet shows him her…
  19. Episode 19: The Honolulu House - 1 Feb 3, 1994 The guys padde into Honolulu, Hawaii, to begin an eight show series on the renovation and expansion of homeowner Christiane Bintliff's oceanside bungalow, built in the 1930s. The house…
  20. Episode 20: The Honolulu House - 2 Feb 10, 1994 The guys start the workday by climbing Diamond Head for a view over the city of Honolulu. At the jobsite, our host meets contract supervisor Roland Lagareta to discuss the permitting…
  21. Episode 21: The Honolulu House - 3 Feb 17, 1994 The show opens at the Punchbowl, an extinct volcano crater that is the site of the National Memorial Cementry of the Pacific, burial place of Americans who have fallen in World War II…
  22. Episode 22: The Honolulu House - 4 Feb 24, 1994 The show opens at Hanauma Bay, a sea-filled crater whose marine life attracts thousands of visitors a day, creating a conservation dilemma. At the site, project superintendent Rob Varner…
  23. Episode 23: The Honolulu House - 5 Mar 3, 1994 The show begins at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, a 1927 beauty known as the Pink Palace, one of the first two luxury hotels on the beach ar Waikiki. At the site, our master carpenter explains…
  24. Episode 24: The Honolulu House - 6 Mar 10, 1994 The show opens at Aloha Tower, built in 1921 and now part of a redevelopment effort by the same gorup that built Baltimore's Harborplace and Fanueil Hall in Boston. At the site, our host…
  25. Episode 25: The Honolulu House - 7 Mar 17, 1994 Our host opens the show at Halekii heiau, an ancient Hawaiian temple on the island of Maui. Surrounded by an industrial park and tract housing, it is an example of the tension between the…
  26. Episode 26: The Honolulu House - 8 Mar 24, 1994 The final days in Hawaii. Our host starts the show in Kalapana on the Big Island, where a 1992 lava flow from Kilauea volcano obliterated much of the town and its famous black sand beach…