This Old House: Newton, MA 08

Following a brief history of Newton, Massachusetts, Kevin returns to the job site where he talks to Roger Cook about transplanted plants and a slight change to the landscaping plan. Closer to the house, Roger describes how he’ll build a retaining wall from Pennsylvania flat fieldstone. Inside, Kevin and Tom show how Tom will install the more than sixty windows, from removal of the old window to installation of the new. Rich explains radiant heating for the floor over the crawlspace and extols the virtues of PEX for plumbing. Finally, Norm visits Germansville, Pennsylvania and the craftsmen building the new counter top.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 29x8
Production Number: 2708
Airdate: Saturday November 24th, 2007

Director: David Vos

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Recap

Kevin opens the show with a brief monologue about the community of Newton, MA, where the shingle-style home that is the focus of this project stands. Newton is thirteen communities on the edge of Boston. It experienced tremendous growth around the end of the nineteenth century, mostly around Charles River powered industries like grain milling, sawmills and textiles. Kevin then finds himself in a park beneath a huge stone bridge – part of an aqueduct, where he meets Rich Trethewey. Rich explains that Boston built the enormous water pipe in 1887 to support the growth in the region. The part that crosses the Charles does so at Echo Bridge, named for the acoustic properties of the largest arch...

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Episode Notes

Experts: Paul Grothouse, countertop manufacturer