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: 18 Oct 2026
Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps homeowner Nick add a backyard hose spigot.
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: 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: 7 Oct 2026
Roger Cook helps first-time homeowners move a large PJM rhododendron to another spot in their front yard to start a privacy screen.
Tom Silva helps a couple replace a rotted deck with a 20 by 20 foot two-level deck.
Tom Silva guides homeowners Melissa and Mark through finishing a 20 by 20 deck.
Published: 26 Apr 2026
Master electrician Heath Eastman runs underground electrical power from a home's basement panel to a new shed for a homeowner, Jeff.
Published: 14 Feb 2026
General contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O'Connor the main types of caulk: latex, acrylic with silicone, 100% silicone and butyl.
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: 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: 28 Nov 2021
Master electrician Heath Eastman shows Kevin O'Connor three testers: a contactless voltage tester, a simple contact tester that lights 24, 48, 120 and 240 volt levels, and a three-light receptacle…
Published: 3 Feb 2020
Richard Trethewey replaces a 1962-era two-wire thermostat with a smart thermostat without running new wires.
Published: 27 Jan 2020
Master electrician Heath Eastman helps a homeowner whose new ceiling light carries a warning for houses built before 1985.
Published: 5 May 2019
Tom Silva of Ask This Old House shows a homeowner how to replace loose, cracked, noisy split-level stair treads with new red oak.
Published: 12 Nov 2018
Richard Trethewey helps a Seattle homeowner whose shower loses hot water when the kitchen hot tap or dishwasher is used.
Published: 10 Aug 2018
Tom Silva of Ask This Old House helps a homeowner replace sections of vinyl siding that have holes.
Published: 19 Feb 2018
A painter shows a homeowner the sequence for painting a room whose ceiling is already done: liquid mask on the window glass, trim first, then walls.
Published: 13 Nov 2017
Tom Silva of Ask This Old House shows ways to locate studs: tapping by sound and feel, checking trim for nail holes and drilling, and using an outlet box.
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.
Published: 19 Dec 2015
Richard Trethewey of Ask This Old House helps a Colorado homeowner replace a kitchen sink and faucet.
Published: 26 Dec 2014
Plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey unclogs a double-bowl kitchen sink where both sides were backing up.
Published: 14 Nov 2014
This Old House electrical contractor John Barros swaps a ceiling light fixture for a ceiling fan.
Published: 4 Nov 2014
Tom Silva shows how to prepare bare concrete basement walls for wallboard.
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