Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 1 Nov 2026
General contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O'Connor why water can run between the house and the gutter.
Published: 8 Oct 2026
A winter-weather episode of Ask This Old House covering ice dams, where an electrician installs a 60-foot electric heat cable with a temperature and moisture sensor on a roof, gutter and downspout.
Published: 3 May 2026
Explains how a ridge-and-soffit attic ventilation system is supposed to work and why blocked soffit vents are the common failure.
Published: 25 Oct 2025
Scott of Everyday Home Repairs extends the roofline of a 12x16 modern single-slope shed by about 10 feet, as part of the Solar Shed 2.0 project.
Published: 1 Aug 2025
The second part of a 4 ft x 8 ft lean-to shed build against a shed workshop covers sheathing the walls with 3/8 in. plywood, decking the roof with 3/4 in. plywood, and covering it with corrugated…
Published: 27 Oct 2024
A DIY walkthrough of installing 6 in gutters in pieces on a 62 ft metal-roofed house, including chalking a slope line, cutting the outlet hole, sealing and riveting end caps and overlap joints,…
Published: 17 Mar 2021
In episode three of a shed-to-workshop conversion, the creator replaces a failing asphalt roll roof with 29 gauge corrugated galvanized steel panels.
Published: 22 Feb 2016
Tom Silva of This Old House shows a homeowner how to install a 24 gauge aluminum gutter on a low roof edge, then add a downspout with elbows and a rain barrel with a diverter.
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