Tom, Norm and Steve install a window 1991 

it's truly old.

Afta that, they went to wawtch the New England Youth Flaw Hawkey Tawnament!

Aftah they finish with the tah papah they gawta go around the nailing flange with a bead of cahk to seal from wind and rain stahms. In the old days, they would put a flashing made of cauppuh and nail it into the hedduh, nowadays, they use self adhering asphalt flashing tape because the windehs have a built in j channel to carry the watuh out to the sides and down the face of the siding 👌

@@nuthinbuttrubl89 I'd of helped yah, but I was jackin' wicked deer last Sunday afternoo up behin' dah tool shed.

@@BradThePitts yeh, the deeah ah in the rut right now, so it's a good time to hunt some wicked deeah hahns fuh yah wahl

Festool has only been on the show about 2-3 years now. Portal Cable & Delta were some of the early tool brands. However before Festool they used DeWalt brand tools. The brands they use depend on what company is willing to pay them to use their brand.

@@benkeysor7576 I remember when I watched it when I was little and always seeing the porter cable and delta ads between ask this old house, this old house and new yankee workshop and that was 1990-2010 era

​@@benkeysor7576If you know color schemes, you can identify brands. Yellow, blue and white, red, green. Even when they tape over the names. All fine tools for the homeowner.

Tahh

You obviously have no clue what you're talking about because Norm Abram is original to the show. Norm and Bob Vila were there from the very beginning. While there is nothing wrong with Steve or Kevin, there would be no TOH if it wasn't for Bob Vila. At this point Tom was still just a contractor and wasn't actually part of the show.

@@benkeysor7576 yea I think Norm built a workshop for the producer and it gave him the idea for the show. It also ended up where they filmed New Yankee Workshop

Hey watch it! I liked Bob villa and norm way back in the 80s. They were more in depth. Longer shots w Norm working. Not just cameo appearances. Norm up on ladders with snow on the ground, in basements. All over. And Bob also told what a project would cost. They changed all that. Bob was just a spokesman, and he knew it, but tried to fake it.

Bob was fine. Less polished, but real.

While I think Steve Thomas was the best of the three, Bob not only had a great style but also had to develop the hosts role in an new and untried venue. In addition, he did it for $200/episode in the beginning and stayed with TOH for 10 years, so you gotta give him credit for that alone. Then to add insult to injury, aside from PBS's whopping salary of $800/episode at the end of his tenure, the TOH underwriter Home Depot (HD) put the screws to TOH to force Bob to quit representing what HD considered their competitor - Rickel Home Center on the side. At that point, Bob told them to take a hike, started his own show, and began representing Craftsman tools. His net worth today is 70M, a far cry from what he could have ever earned at PBS.

Tom had dark hair! Looks better with salt-n-pepper.

Plus waterproof membranes.

My duplex is an 1880 build. Wasn't worth saving but I was young and dumb when I bought it lol, So it got more money put into it than it is worth. Oh well

@@bryanjones4985 This is my wife and I first house. The home inspection missed a lot that would've had changed our my mind. That is one of young and thinking that our home inspector was competent. Now since we had moved into our house in 2017, I had 5 surgeries. I have given up on the house.

​@@theswed82no house is beyond saving, if you have the money.

@@scottslotterbeck3796 I understand what you are saying. If money wasn't an issue, you spent 2 or 3 times what the house and property is worth to fix it, seems foolish to me. Only way that makes sense if the house and property hold some significance to the community. Otherwise taking a 1880's house like my 1883 house to its bare frame and build it back up would be absolute waste of time and money. I do still think there is houses that are too far gone, and to fix them you would be building a new house from a 1880's wood frame.

Even with his ugly, round, Sally Jessy Raphael glasses!

Disagree. Kevin is good at asking questions to clarify and asks questions that cover all the bases. Steve seemed very rehearsed and a little phony

Disagree. You try it. Steve, Bob, and Kevin are all fine. They stand in for the audience.

​@@chicagowsox212I'd love to discuss sailing with Steve. He seems a bit of an intellectual.

@@scottslotterbeck3796 He has dual degrees in Philosophy and Medieval Aesthetics from Evergreen College in Olympia, WA. He's a smart fella!

TBH, I LOVE aluminum windows. The vinyl windows everyone uses will be junk in 35 years.

That's kinda how it works with windows

Agree that Steve was the GOAT of TOH hosts! Funny thing is that Bob Vila actually ran his own renovation company RJ Vila Renovations and had won notable awards on several homes. When PBS approached him to be the front man for TOH, he agreed despite them paying him only $200/episode, something they eventually increased to a whopping $800/episode. Bob did it anyway as he considered it good advertising for his other company and future ventures. After he began representing Rickel Home on the side, TOH gave him an ultimatum as his other gig conflicted with TOH's main underwriter, Home Depot. So after 10 years on TOH, Bob parted ways, began representing Sears as the spokesperson for Craftsman tools, and then hosted his own home improvement show Bob Vila Home Again for 16 seasons on HGTV. I was stunned to find out that his current net worth is 70M!

@@stevejensen3471 Home Again was comfy

Silly. Bob was a real guy, with a background in construction. Kevin isn't, but he's fine, and gotten better. I could have a beer with Bob.

@@gsxerwhite Yup good show!

You find ALL their old episodes on their website via their streaming service, which is NOT free. They will only post certain modern seasons on here and just clips from the 80's & 90's.

Norm's are polycarbonate, with is OK.

Looks like an old budweiser can...

Crocked

I love every episode.

Sorry, I prefer aluminum. Lasts forever. Vinyl? 35 years, or less, ready for the junk heap.

4 man job. I want to replace an 8' by 6' picture window, but son keeps maki ng excuses.

Both are good

Steve any day of the week! OConnor was a banker and a former TOH customer on an episode where his wife was center stage and he bumbled around like a sideshow.

Nowadays tom puts a lot of caulk around the windows he installs.

Oh how time's and technology has changed. Osb sheathing, tyvek paper, flashing tape, caulk and a sealed building envelope.

I noticed the lack of tyvek.

But then big question would it leak back then without today standards?

@@spartakmayakovski4797 only a little air, nothing compared to all the other air leaks in that old place!

They really did. I met both Steve and Norm decdes ago when I was working on cleaning up a gas station and TOH was working on a segment nearby. So one lunch hour I walked down to where they were and found both Steve and Norm finishing up lunch on the back of a pickup tailgate. We chatted for about 10 minutes as they were getting their stuff together and putting their tool belts back on. Watched them for awhile and Steve was right up there with them swinging a hammer. These days, Steve runs Steve Thomas Builders outta Port Clyde, Maine! He was and still is the real deal.

After years of dealing with Bob Vila’s ego they LOVED working with Steve.

Joe Biden is gonna win. No brownshirts on the streets for awhile.

@@kkknotcool All of the rioters and looters are Biden voters, so yeah it should be peaceful

Peaceful except US Capitol being raided for the first time since War of 1812.

@@kangkim150 Raided? How so when both the Capitol Hill Police and the FBI were there directing folks inside and orchestrating the whole thing??? Killin me here demonrat!

@@kangkim150 Yeah with both the Capitol Hill police and the FBI directing everybody inside! Phuqing hilarious! Right!?

Nah, they're both great. Much better than me! Like that both get in and do some work. Interesting to see Tom has upped his approach to sealing the structure before the window goes in. Just tar paper here. Now press-n-stick membranes.