This Old House | Tiling is a Family Affair (S41 E22) FULL EPISODE

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For over 100 years the doors leading to the living room in our Cape Ann Shingle Style have been hidden in pockets, sliding out only when needed. But somewhere along the line, one of them stopped sliding. Kevin finds Tommy doing some detective work trying to restore the antique door.
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Our homeowners like the idea of generating their own power for the house. Kevin finds solar expert Daniel McLaughlin installing a small panel on the roof. Meanwhile on the ground, Jenn and Landscaper Fred Pendleton are leveling the yard with the help of some very large boulders.
Boilers were originally designed to heat water at full blast or remain completely off. Richard shows Kevin how the new boiler for our project is designed to heat water to just the right temperature. Upstairs, Erik and Mark Ferrante are working with a unique pattern for tile in the guest bathroom. Erik shows Kevin how he cuts and lays out the tile on plywood to make sure the pattern is centered. He then installs it on the floor.
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Heat Pumps:
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Integrated Solar Panels:
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Bathroom Tile:
Tile Showcase
Boiler:
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Landscape Contractor:
K&R Landscaping
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This Old House | Tiling is a Family Affair (S41 E22) FULL EPISODE
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@ElectricGears 2 жыл бұрын

I wish they mentioned the super clever part about those pocket door hangers: they have no bearings to wear out because they would never be lubricated. At a time when small sealed ball bearings would not be available, all you had was plain bronze or babbitt. Which are great, except that they require lubrication or they wear quite quickly. The hanger on the door has about a 8" long, horizontal flat spot and that lays on the small axle between the wheels. As the wheels rotate on the track, the hanger ends up traveling left and right (relative to the wheel sets). The small axle diameter vs. the larger wheel diameter means that the wheel set can traverse the whole length of the opening (maybe 48"), while only moving a few inches under the hanger. All of it as rolling friction, never wear inducing sliding friction. That mechanism would last for centuries of continuous use.

@davidkramer333 2 жыл бұрын

I have pocket doors fallen off the track, about to dig in and hoping for this set up!!

@LisaBeergutHolst 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation, thanks.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

@@davidkramer333 Well what did you find?! BTW davidkramer I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@davidkramer333 Жыл бұрын

@@flat-earther I found the same thing....and also a ton of newspapers from the '40s and '50s that they were using is insulation 🤣 not sure about that last part though 🤨

@moutrap 2 жыл бұрын

Richard explanation's are always top notch. The cutaway man.

@odoroussmegma2191 2 жыл бұрын

Yup hes the best landscaper on the eastern seaboard.

@mortensonaaron 2 жыл бұрын

His son is my new favorite cast member.

@Embermist69 2 жыл бұрын

Doing cutaways since the 1980s. 🤣

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

@@mortensonaaron I don't like Richard's son Ross that much because he's always talking about some new smart technology crap and his attitude waving his head and hands everywhere. BTW mortensonaaron I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@zephyr1408 2 ай бұрын

That pocket door hardware was amazing ! American Made ; no Chinese garbage!

@Wild_Bill57 2 жыл бұрын

If Tommy hasn’t seen it, it’s old. Think about, if they had Locktite, the original screws would have been there for another 1000 years.

@austinmoehring6110 8 ай бұрын

It's always a treat to see Ferrante Tile at work!

@nighthawkj30A4 2 жыл бұрын

Just think 100 years later i bet the person who installed those never thought a power hack saw would be used to cut. Access hole to service it. Technology is great

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

nighthawkj I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@rizdalegend Жыл бұрын

This is their summer house!!!

@johnzuck6163 2 жыл бұрын

Good episode...nice to see how the pros do it. Best regards from 🇨🇦

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

johnzuck I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@benb7727 2 жыл бұрын

At they very end they left their camera man in the bath tub. “….aaaaaand cut. That’s a wrap guy……wait……how aw we gonna get Jimmy acraass da mosaic?”

@joer5627 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same. See ya tomorrow Bunky.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

Maybe ladder from tub to outside.

@joshsteele5701 2 жыл бұрын

I miss roger 😪

@borys444 2 жыл бұрын

I got his number u want it???

@saulgoodman2018 2 жыл бұрын

How many people tripped over those boulders in the basement? Some of them should be removed.

@rknotz187 3 ай бұрын

There's just a serious social structure problem when we have people living in streets and people with heated garage floors.

@ttk1opc 2 жыл бұрын

'Ol Richard "cutaway" Trethewey

@scallywag1716 2 жыл бұрын

What a great pocket door design. I wonder if those are still available.

@augustreil 2 жыл бұрын

No way, now how !

@MrPaxtonstang86 2 жыл бұрын

Richard's Wilcox is still in business. Aurora Illinois

@timrobinson6573 9 ай бұрын

@@augustreil Yes, Richards-Wilcox is still in business and offer pocket door wheels.

@Kathleen253 2 жыл бұрын

I miss the MA accent, I worked hard to drop mine in the 4th grade when my family moved out to the West Coast.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

hrmny I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@vadimr4866 2 жыл бұрын

2:00 in previous episode he drywalled it and now it's gone? Filmed out of order or cracked already? :)

@vadimr4866 2 жыл бұрын

Meh on the tile, first his mortar lines are all crap, they should not criss cross. It is clear he doesn't know why they are there. The reason they should all go the same way is so you can collapse those lines as you push the tile down and the air has a place to escape. This is tiling 101 and while his 10x10 tiles are probably going to be okay if you used this method on LFT it would crack for sure! Second, no spacers? why? It looked like trash when he finished, he was wiping it and wiping it but it still looked uneven. Use spacers and use some sort of leveling system. The difference is night and day.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

Okay. BTW vadimr I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@morganspencer-churchill2136 2 жыл бұрын

House address is 24 Old Neck Rd, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA if anyone is curious

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

morganspencer-churchill I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@user-xm1dc9mx8u 2 жыл бұрын

good^^^

@thejpkotor 2 жыл бұрын

I have large pocket doors like these in my old house. I used to think they were cool, but the adjustment on them is terrible. The track came loose on one and it tore up the floor. The other one fell off the track and is stranded inside the wall currently…

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

Did you sort it out yet? BTW thejpkotor I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@thejpkotor Жыл бұрын

@@flat-earther I ended up replacing the trim and just removed them. Probably list the doors on FB to sell, just too much trouble. Replacement door hardware that is heavy duty enough runs 1500 per door. Door replacement runs $5000 per door, as it’s all special order and non-standard sizes…

@mpwall123 2 жыл бұрын

Tommy does exploratory surgery, and makes it happen

@ryanroberts1104 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need a permit to take a dump in Mass too?

@MojoPup 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and an EPA study...

@sdaniels7114 2 жыл бұрын

Permits are about protecting the homeowner from those people who hate the permitting process.

@JRRott-mj5jq 5 ай бұрын

Let me tell ya I’m shingling my roof before installing a solar panel there’s no way I’m gonna count on that thin piece of crap to act as a water barrier that’s crazy at least with shingles or a metal roof you don’t have to worry about it leaking. Them solar panels shouldn’t be used instead of roofing materials

@rknotz187 3 ай бұрын

We have a little rug to wipe our shoes. They have a mudroom with a full shower. I'm not poor in any sense. So this shows the crazy wealth gap in our society. That shower will never be used.

@speedydai8929 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this show but watching constantly reminds me where we're in a climate crisis, and gives ma anxiety.

@LisaBeergutHolst 2 жыл бұрын

What doesn't these days lol

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

speedydai I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@eduardoig17 2 жыл бұрын

What is the point of heating the garage? I guess I’m not used to that since I live in Texas. Is that normal? To heat the garage?

@scallywag1716 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a nice convenience when the outdoor temps are in the trends or below zero. Even insulated garage door panels won’t be enough to keep heat in. Radiant heating is relatively inexpensive….comparatively. Texas has a bit of an ice storm and falls apart…this region the house is located is built for real winters.

@JimDean002 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Wyoming in the mountains. A heated garage was your best friend. I remember getting up one morning and seeing -52F on the thermometer. Nothing would start except my snowmobile, and that was because it was pull start. I ended up spending most of the morning bringing people to and from work because very few of the cars parked outside would start.

@ajcnielsen 2 жыл бұрын

It's something you do only if you have more money than you know what to do with, and even then I wouldn't bother. I grew up in Nebraska, not the coldest winters in the country but darn close. The attached garage is as much as anyone really needs to be comfortable, keep the ice off the car and the wind off your face and you don't have to walk in snow, I don't need to be in a 70+ degree environment 100% of the time. Plus at Thanksgiving and Christmas my Grandma had a 2-car refrigerator to keep things in while prepping for dinner.

@avsystem3142 2 жыл бұрын

Laying tiles is not particularly difficult. The part of the process that people usually screw up is the grouting by washing out too much of the grout from the joints when trying to complete the work. My most nightmarish tiling job was on a staircase. The carpenter who built it didn't align the stringers on each side with one another, i.e., the treads were not perpendicular to the wall. That meant that each and every tile was a parallelogram, not a rectangle. The other tiling must do is to apply grout release to the top surface of the tiles before grouting. That saves a huge amount of labor in the final cleaning of the grout residue from the tile surfaces.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your insight. BTW avsystem I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@realestateservicessaleshea99 2 жыл бұрын

🍺😐👍🏻

@c187rocks 2 жыл бұрын

The unevenness of those tiles!

@scallywag1716 2 жыл бұрын

Well…when you have no spacing even a minute unevenness is magnified. Not a fan of this style.

@shanew7361 2 жыл бұрын

@@scallywag1716 I agree to busy looks like 💩 and will stain easily being marble 🤮

@scallywag1716 2 жыл бұрын

@@shanew7361 oh they’re marble? Yikes… not a great choice for a bathroom.

@shanew7361 2 жыл бұрын

@@scallywag1716 Nope, naive and short sighted

@walterbrunswick 2 жыл бұрын

@@shanew7361 most rich people are... you heard the expression "more money than brains"?🙄

@mr.wizeguy8995 2 жыл бұрын

12:40 They are so mesmerized of radiant heat system which isn't latest technology by any means. Similar systems has been use in here from 1990s.

@Embermist69 2 жыл бұрын

Bit of This Old House history for those who might not know. The first showing of radiant heated floors was in the late 1980s, 1989 I believe and Richard actually installed it in his home. Then was filmed there.

@mr.wizeguy8995 2 жыл бұрын

@@Embermist69 First PEX pipe was made in 1972 before that radiant heated floor was made with copper that had plastic coated dunno how early those was made but my house is built 1978 and i have few room with radiant floor heat made by plastic coated copper pipe. PEX became more popular here around 1990s

@saulgoodman2018 2 жыл бұрын

2160 watts won't even power the HVAC. More like 5% of their usage it will handle. Not 20.

@jesseyoung9654 2 жыл бұрын

Not with the size of that house and where it's located! It's hardly even worth the effort.

@wmeemw994 2 жыл бұрын

That 2.5 kw of solar power production being 2o% if daily needs is an overly optimistic estimate by a professional installer and is ridiculously optimistic for a modern family of 3-5 in a 3ooo-4ooo s.f. house in coastal New England which may draw a 3o-5o kw daily run when not sleeping. The best anyone can expect are 6-1o hours of productive solar energy in average day and average annual solar days of 19o-21o (allowing for 15o-17o days of fog, rain, sleet & snow).

@pennygadget7328 2 жыл бұрын

When my last keyboard had a broken key, I copy/pasted the character into the clipboard so I could just ctrl+v it where needed until the replacement arrived

@j.reinholme 2 жыл бұрын

we tend to use zeroes around these parts, mister

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

@@j.reinholme He's probably still using a typewriter haha, isn't that how people write on them? BTW j.reinholdsons I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.