Just got back to work this week building wood tables and was thinking of Norm and whether he was still a part of the show. Nice to see he's still doing the shows. Used to watch The New Yankee Workshop on WGBH/PBS all the time when I was younger.
And don't wear shorts to work. You're not at the beach. Carhartt carpenter pants are de rigueur. Hard hats should be worn all the time, especially on that job where you have scaffolds over your head.
I wish TOH did more modest size houses like most of us normal folks own. It would be cool to see how to actually renovate an existing house using what's already there vs. gut and rebuild everything which is basically new construction.
Yeah the owners are usually picky brats. I wish they could come to my 100 year old house and show me how to level the concrete basement floor so I can finish the basement myself.
Email "Ask This Old House" and try to be on the show. They end up doing a lot because it makes sense to go all the way of you are renovating. And they chose projects that have enough content for half a season.
I do wish they'd do more normal stuff, like the early days of the show where there was a lot of focus on "sweat equity" in fixing up an older house to be livable vs the current "blank check" approach. Regarding the comment from Eduardo Angeles about homeowners though, we got to meet Tom Silva once and he told us when you see the homeowners being that way, it's some of the best acting on TV. They're prompted to act like that to set up the big reveal which usually happens to mean a specific sponsor's product.
And I've been watching for all that time! I remember when the show started. I loved it then and I still really love it! And, actually, I bought an old house, built in 1915, a few years ago in Carnegie. PA, in an old neighborhood just outside Pittsburgh. I did a lot but it needs more. Being retired on medical disability means no more funds available, but boy do I wish you guys could come help me get it in its best shape. It needs some insulation, renovations of kitchen and main bathroom, completion of basement bathroom, some finishing of basement...ceiling too low for just regular finishing of the space...landscaping, a small deck, work on the garage or probably a new garage, new and bigger closets in a couple of places. If my health had held up, I'd have kept at it for next few years till it was finished....but not now. I'm also trying to get a small main house and small chapel repaired and finished for a convent on their property, plus a couple sheds and a little guest quarter. It could use a couple more rooms, deck repair and addition, garden and landscaping, plus road work on the driveway. If I had to choose, I'd do the convent property before my own! Anyway, I've always loved your show. It's feels like you're my brothers... Reminds me of when my grandfather, dad and brother were alive. Both dad and grandad were miners (dad was mining engineer). Both of them came home from work and went to their own workshops. They both couldn't keep themselves from building. Both at least doubled the size of every home they owned. Both did the carpentry, electrical, plumbing, landscaping--everything! I've never seen a contractor who did as good a job as they did. They built such precision. My brother learned from them. He's the one who built the convent buildings. The main house got damaged right before he died and he was not quite able to finish the chapel. He left it to me to get it done, and since I lost my health, the buildings just sit there waiting..... Anyway, it's a joy and delight for me still to see you at it!
Was the, "The carpenters will flash it, and it'll never leak" tongue in cheek? Could just be poor workmanship, but my skylights, and those of several friends and relatives, have all leaked at one time or another. If I were ever building a house I would never put one in. Never again. Never, I say! 😄
:)...Nice to see you're still "doing it"... I watched you when Tommy first came around...If you read this; His first job I ever saw him on, was when you were doing Wooden gutters and Tommy used the worm drive to clear out the Drop tube hole If you have that tape; look at your face......:)...You were doing yours all nice with a wood chisel and making it a sweet fit like you always did... I remember you laboring next to Bob...I have been a tradesman contractor for over 30 years; I've always considered myself a bit of you, and a bit of Tommy... Thanks so much for your life and the many people's lives you've touched... No wonder you're always smiling...:) Good health and freedom to you all!
Crazy, you have to have outlets on an island and between sinks and stove stops. There is no regulations forcing you to have them in the UK, just that they can't be too close so your options are far more customizable.
W6x25 means 6 inches deep, this beam just happens to be 6 inches wide as well. The number after the W is always the depth. It is also not an I beam, its a Wide Flange Beam
Probably a silly question but doesn't that rubber roof degrade in sunlight? I thought for sure that they would lay some sort of crushed stone or something on top to shield it from the sun beating down on it.
The chemicals that they use in pressure treated wood and this time and age are very compatible with pretty much every kind of paint & primer you don't have to wait for the wood to dry out that's never a good option
Man, it was so good to see Norm Abram, I tell you what, Norm is looking good, and in my opinion, he's a very humble man. I didn't like that Charlie Silva guy, he's just to arrogant, not a pleasant man at all. I got a strong sense that he doesn't like Norm at all. He doesn't show Norm any respect at all. It's as if Norm is not in the room at all. You know what, I just thought of something, and that is, Charlie Silva falls into the biblical saying, "For everyone who exalts himself will be humble" and Norm Abram falls into the biblical saying "The one who humbles himself will be exalted" I didn't let Charlie Silva ruin the show for me. Norm over shadowed him and made this episode worth watching. :-) I tell you what, Norm Abram is THE MAN!!!! :-)
Why do Europeans want everything clear & open but criticize our building codes or laws when told they need a receptacle within a certain distance of counters & outside of certain distances from water sources ???
Licensed master electrician states the exact building code for receptacles. Indian guy: “I’m gonna talk to the builder and designer to see if we can avoid that.”
The homeowner specifically said that he didn't like the countertop receptacles and wanted to try to avoid those, not try to somehow avoid code. As he said, "code is code".
@@fergusontea That house was not great, 1200sf is very small. They said in a early episode that it is walking distance to their work so the location was probably very important.
I just really don't like when homeowners or designer's say this is gonna be this nobody understands what the workers gotta go through stuff never easy just saying
There must be some weird Google viewing research out there that says most people don't want to see the beginning or end of the builds. Each video scrap starts in the middle and ends in disappointment. Why not just show the end? Fastening the beam, placing the porch railing. TOH is just throwing scraps together to fill some time. More clickbait.
What a bunch of crap on the code for receptacles especially for the kitchen island. Get it inspected. Get your C O , then put wherever you want. We rehabbed a house., one of many. Had to have outlets every six feet in a hallway based on code, that was basically neve gonna be used. Installed fake outlets in the hallway. Got it inspected and passed. Tore them out, then patched over the openings and went on our way.
