Roger Cook and Christian Bilodeau plant 30-foot evergreens as a screen in the backyard, using Christian's tree spade. Tom updates us on the project's progress: termite damage has necessitated replacement of all three porches, rough wiring is well underway, and rough plumbing has already been inspected. Out on the front lawn, homeowners Christian and Sue put a first coat of finish paint on some of the 8000+ new red cedar shingles and shows us the historically accurate new paint scheme: light olive for the body, straw for the trim, and a pumpkin red for the decorative shingling and window sash. Electrician Allen Gallant links the house up with the live Boston Edison service from the street, while the crew cut through the roof for the new sklight. Finally, we visit the granite quarry and finishing yard where new pink granite blocks are being prepped for use on the front part of the Watertown house's foundation, matching the rest of the granite around the sides and back of the building.
The This Old House Hour - 20x10 The Watertown House - 10
- Poor
- Nothing special
- Worth watching
- Pretty cool
- Awesome
- Aired Nov 28, 1998
- Episode 20x10
- Show special No
Activity
- roberts7357 is following The This Old House Hour. Dec 25, 2016
- nblilie is following The This Old House Hour. Sep 07, 2015
- Emmo213 is following The This Old House Hour. Sep 05, 2015
- cyborg5001 is following The This Old House Hour. Mar 11, 2014
Followers (4)
-
roberts7357 last seen Jan 03, 2017
-
nblilie last seen Oct 11, 2015
-
Emmo213 last seen Oct 19, 2015
-
cyborg5001 last seen Nov 08, 2015
Comments