Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 11 Oct 2026
A master electrician helps a homeowner whose basement lights are all on pull chains, with one switch at the top of the stairs controlling only the bottom light.
Published: 31 May 2026
Josh shows how to insulate basement block or poured concrete walls with 2 in. Owens Corning FOAMULAR NGX XPS rigid foam board.
Published: 4 Jan 2026
Richard from Ask This Old House helps a homeowner replace the anode rod on an eight-year-old water heater.
Published: 7 Dec 2024
Jeff compares three ways to insulate a basement rim joist in a 1974 home: batt insulation alone, rigid foam with spray foam and batts, and a two-part spray foam kit.
Published: 16 Nov 2024
Explains how to insulate and air seal an old basement while controlling condensation: slab treatment with epoxy or a dimple mat, taped rigid foam or closed cell spray foam on walls, floating or…
Published: 15 Feb 2024
An HVAC tradesperson with 30 years of furnace experience lists five furnace filter mistakes: hard-to-grab old filters, not turning off power, installing the filter backward, not changing it often…
Published: 31 Oct 2023
A live show on planning a basement renovation, covering function, layout, permits and drawings, wiring, insulation, soundproofing and plumbing.
Published: 17 Mar 2023
Clayton of The Weekend Builder builds closet shelving units from 3/4 in. MDF using grooves routed into the side pieces, glue and brad nails.
Published: 22 Dec 2022
Part 2 of a basement finishing series shows how the creator framed his basement walls with a pressure-treated bottom plate, a top plate and studs 16 in. on center.
Published: 11 Nov 2022
A homeowner turns a carpet-stripped basement staircase into a finished one by laying 1/4 in. pine plywood treads over the existing treads, adding routed pine bullnose nosing, then staining and…
Published: 29 Oct 2022
Master electrician Heath Eastman explains to Kevin O'Connor how ground fault circuit interrupters work, sensing a current difference as small as 5 milliamps.
Published: 24 Sep 2021
Matt Risinger and builder Wade Paquin walk through three details for building a better basement: two inches of closed-cell spray foam under the slab and up the walls, Link-Seal gaskets to waterproof…
Published: 18 Jan 2021
A 25-year-old phone-booth shower in a finished basement is torn out and rebuilt on a concrete slab with a Schluter pan system, a PEX-connected mixing valve, an overhead rain shower, and 12x24…
Published: 8 May 2020
The creator turns unfinished basement stairs into finished ones for under $200 over 3 days.
Published: 4 Nov 2014
Tom Silva shows how to prepare bare concrete basement walls for wallboard.
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