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Season 1
1 :01x01 - Episode 1 (Oct/10/2002)
Host Steve Thomas tours a new project: a 1922 Colonial Revival house in the Boston suburb of Winchester, Mass. Its leafy neighborhood is “right out of `Leave It to Beaver',” says carpenter Norm Abram, and the house is in basically good shape. But, sighs Abrams, “the kitchen is terrible and the master bedroom is a disaster.” On “Ask This Old House,” projects include fixing a leaky washing machine, fitting a screen into a window and retrofitting an olive barrel to collect rainwater. Also: Abram makes a “house call” on a homeowner who's too tall for his basement stairwell.
 
2 :01x02 - Episode 2 (Oct/31/2002)
The second floor of the Winchester, Mass., house is jacked up (carefully) by carpenter Charlie Silva, while plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey drains the house's heating system and disconnects the radiators. And homeowner Kim Whittemore dismantles the inside part of the kitchen chimney. Outside, unwanted trees are removed. On “Ask This Old House,” segments include a primer on maintaining paint brushes. Also: contractor Tom Silva helps a couple fill in gaps in their 160-year-old pine floor. Steve Thomas hosts.
 
3 :01x03 - Episode 3 (Nov/07/2002)
Excavation begins on a new kitchen foundation for the Winchester, Mass., house. Also: the master-bedroom layout is unveiled by architect Donald Stirling; and host Steve Thomas and homeowner Kim Whittemore tour a nearby greenhouse with landscaper Roger Cook. On “Ask This Old House”: Thomas and contractor Tom Silva demonstrate floor sanders and caulking techniques. In the “house call” segment, plumbing expert Richard Trethewey replaces a corroded pipe in a Pittsburgh home.
 
4 :01x04 - Episode 4 (Nov/14/2002)
At the Winchester, Mass., house: a new doorway is cut into the basement foundation; exterior paint is stripped using nontoxic chemicals; architect Donald Striling and homeowner Kim Whittemore discuss the house's asymmetrical dormers; Whittemore and host Steve Thomas shop for windows for the addition. On “Ask This Old House,” projects include a toilet that's constantly refilling, a window pane that needs replacing and a window sash that needs reglazing. Also: contractor Tom Silva makes a “housecall” to repair cracked plaster in a condominium ceiling; and landscaper Roger Cook helps a homeowner remove a tree stump with a stump grinder.
 
5 :01x05 - Episode 5 (Nov/21/2002)
Carpenter Norm Abram shows the new foundation for the kitchen addition to the Manchester, Mass., house, while contractor Tom Silva's crew begins demolition of rotted sections of the sun porch and plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey lays out the plan for the pumbing in the master bath. Also: homeowner Kim Whittemore and host Steve Thomas visit a recently renovated house in search of design ideas. On “Ask This Old House,” landscaper Roger Cook looks at ways to sharpen and maintain saws, and Silva fixes a sagging floor during the “Housecall” segment.
 
6 :01x06 - Episode 6 (Dec/05/2002)
Winchester, Mass., homeowner Kim Whittemore explores exterior-paint options, and plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey shows his radiant-heating plan for keeping the outdoor steps leading to the basement ice-free in winter. Meanwhile, homeowner Bruce Leasure and carpenter Norm Abram examine roofing choices; and host Steve Thomas visits photographer Arthur Griffin, a Winchester resident known for his pictures of baseball Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams. On “Ask This Old House”: projects include painting a pre-hung six-panel door, installing a power outlet in a dining room and replacing the string on a weed trimmer. Also: contractor Tom Silva makes a “Housecall” to replace a rotting basement window frame and install a dryer vent.
 
7 :01x07 - Episode 7 (Dec/12/2002)
The Winchester, Mass., house gets some unexpected exposure: neighbors have removed hemlocks from their backyard. Inside, chimney specialist Mark Schaub breaks up an old flue using a centrifugal hammer. Meanwhile, carpenter Norm Abram tours a new Colonial Revival house built on the site of a 1950s ranch house. On “Ask This Old House”: Plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey fixes a leaky faucet and tries to see why a washing machine is making a loud noise. Landscaper Roger Cook cleans a slippery brick walkway using a pressure washer. And Cook, Trethewey and contractor Tom Silva try to figure out what to do with unfamiliar objects. Steve Thomas hosts.
 
8 :01x08 - Episode 8 (Dec/19/2002)
The kitchen addition to the Winchester, Mass., house is nearly complete as a mineral-wood insulation is sprayed into the walls, so cabinetmaker Jeff Peavy goes to work. Meanwhile, contractor Tom Silva installs double-hung windows in the sun porch; roofer Tom Evarts describes what his crew has been doing; and plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey shows host Steve Thomas the water-supply lines and the heating-and-cooling system. On “Ask This Old House”: Landscaper Roger Cook and garden-tool expert Paul Schneider assess different types of hand pruners; Silva helps two homeowners repair and reinstall broken shutters; and Trethewey discusses water heaters and visits a house with a tankless hot-water system.
 
9 :01x09 - Episode 9 (Dec/26/2002)
Landscaper Roger Cook and arborist Matt Foti plant a blue spruce in the backyard of the Winchester, Mass., house; homeowner Bruce Leasure and host Steve Thomas explore media-room options; and plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Thomas three polyurethane tanks that will hold rainwater for garden reuse. Meanwhile, carpenter Norm Abram visits Vermont coppersmith Larry Stearns, who is fashioning a “This Old House” weathervane. On “Ask This Old House”: Contractor Tom Silva shows Thomas how to make a sawhorse and assesses those that are commercially available; Trethewey installs a frost-proof outdoor faucet; and Cook advises a homeowner on how to compost leaves.
 
10 :01x10 - Episode 10 (Jan/02/2003)
With winter nearing, finishing the exterior painting of the Winchester, Mass., colonial-revival house becomes a priority. Meanwhile, spruce and white-pine trees have been planted in the backyard for shade and privacy. Inside, attention turns to flooring and the living-room design, but contractor Tom Silva is off the job because of a knee injury. And on “Ask This Old House,” projects include spray-painting a shutter and splitting logs. In the “Housecall” segment, a fireplace damper is replaced by chimney expert Mark Schaub. Steve Thomas hosts.
 
11 :01x11 - Episode 11 (Jan/09/2003)
Recovering contractor Tom Silva returns to the Winchester, Mass., colonial-revival house as polystyrene crown moulding is installed. In the kitchen, soapstone counters are being put into place by Glenn Bowman, who also takes host Steve Thomas to the Vermont quarry from which he mines soapstone. And in the garage, craftsman Roger Jurczak installs doors designed to look like the 1920s originals. On “Ask This Old House”: “Housecall” segments include a home “critter-proofing” and the installation of a shower faucet that prevents scalding. Also: robotic lawnmowers are examined by landscaper Roger Cook and host Steve Thomas.
 
12 :01x12 - Episode 12 (Jan/16/2003)
A new front walk is put into place at the Winchester, Mass., colonial-revival while contractor Tom Silva measures storm windows. Inside, cabinetmaker Jeff Peavey shows off his kitchen cabinets, and plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey explains heating strategies for each floor of the house, including the basement. Meanwhile, carpenter Norm Abram visits a Connecticut firm that makes storm windows, and host Steve Thomas tours a suburban-Boston park known as Middlesex Fells Reservation. And on “Ask This Old House”: “Housecall” segments feature the removal of ivy covering a house and the replacement of a third-floor bathroom window.
 
13 :01x13 - Episode 13 (Jan/23/2003)
Work continues indoors and outdoors at the Winchester, Mass., rehab. Indoors, grout is applied around the tiles of the sun porch; plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey tries out the new steam shower in the master bath while an oak floor is installed in the master bedroom. Outside, landscaper Roger Cook shows homeowner Kim Whittemore how he'll hide air-conditioning condensers. Meanwhile, host Steve Thomas examines lampshades at a Boston boutique. And on “Ask this Old House”: projects include painting the exterior of a double-hung window and hanging a picture on a hollow wall. In the “Housecall” segment, Cook helps a suburban-Boston couple aerate and fertilize their lawn.
 
14 :01x14 - Episode 14 (Jan/30/2003)
In the next-to-last episode of the Winchester, Mass., project, homeowner Kim Whittemore tries out the kitchen appliances with host Steve Thomas, who also inspects the closets and a five-arm chandelier. Meanwhile, Norm Abram inspects the outside fencing, which was made to resemble the original 1920s fencing; and contractor Tom Silva and carpenter Jason Wood line the walls with built-in bookshelves, made from MDF and a poplar laminate. On “Ask This Old House”: Plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey makes a “Housecall” to install an automatic water-shutoff valve on a washer-dryer. Trethewey also discusses plumbing torches, and Silva shows how to prepare drywall joints.
 
15 :01x15 - Episode 15 (Feb/06/2003)
As the Winchester, Mass., project wraps up, host Steve Thomas inspects the garage storage system and the house's media room, and shades and drapes; landscaper Roger Cook lays the groundwork (as it were) for the lawn; interior decorator Carolina Tress-Balsburgh unveils her plans for the living room, dining room and sunroom; and coppersmith Larry Stearns and carpenter Norm Abram install a “This Old House” weathervane atop the garage. Then, in “Ask This Old House,” “Housecall” segments include steadying a wobbly toilet and examining devices to keep leaves and other debris out of rain gutters.
 
16 :01x16 - Episode 16 (Feb/13/2003)
Host Steve Thomas and carpenter Norm Abram tour the Lake Forest, Ill., home of Heidi and Mike Smith, winners of the show's “Dream Kitchen” contest. It's a lovely 1928 Tudor house, but the narrow kitchen is too small for the Smiths and their 5-year-old triplets. And the ambitious renovation design is some $20,000 higher than the Smiths' budget---before cost-chopper Abram goes to work. Also: plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey sets up a temporary kitchen in the house's sun porch for use during renovations. Then, in “Ask This Old House”: Tom Silva helps one homeowner deal with drafty windows, and Trethewey helps another install a sewage-ejection pump for a new basement toilet.
 
17 :01x17 - Episode 17 (Feb/20/2003)
Program 2 of the kitchen renovations at a 1928 Tudor house in Lake Forest, Ill. Included: plumbing and electrical rough-ins; reframing the new adjoining bath; brickwork associated with new windows; and dealing with asbestos found wrapped around pipes. Also: a visit to Lake Forest's Market Square, an auto-friendly shopping center built in 1916; and a tour of a converted 1920s carriage house. Then, in “Ask This Old House,” aluminum siding is removed from around a window and a damaged sill is repaired. Also: advice on how to use different types of paint rollers and knife-sharpening stones.
 
18 :01x18 - Episode 18 (Feb/27/2003)
Breakfast-room work in the Lake Forest, Ill., kitchen project includes installing drywall and a concrete floor, along with bracketed posts crafted by carpenter Norm Abram. Elsewhere, a dip in the kitchen floor has been addressed with a steel beam in the basement, the floor has been resheathed with plywood and polyurethane foam insulation blown into the walls. Meanwhile, host Steve Thomas and homeowner Heidi Smith visit a kitchen designer in Hinsdale, Ill. Then, in “Ask This Old House,” Thomas and landscaper Roger Cook demonstrate snow shovels and snow blowers, while contractor Tom Silva repairs a broken sash cord on an old window.
 
19 :01x19 - Episode 19 (Mar/06/2003)
Carpenters work outdoors in winter to install cedar siding in the kitchen that's being renovated in Lake Forest, Ill. And inside, plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey shows off the radiant-heating system he installed under the floor and in the walls of the greenhouse turned eating nook. Meanwhile, there's good news and bad news regarding the steel beam that was placed under the kitchen floor. It did level the bumps, but it caused plaster to crack elsewhere in the house. Also: host Steve Thomas tours a 1911 Lakefront mansion.
 
20 :01x20 - Episode 20 (Mar/13/2003)
A new prefinished oak floor is installed in the kitchen at the 1928 brick Tudor house in Lake Forest, Ill. Meanwhile, homeowner Heidi Smith and interior designer Suzanne Cederlund show host Steve Thomas the plan for the kitchen design; and Thomas, contractor Tom Silva and architect John Krasnodebski discuss ways to minimize the transitions between drywall and brick in the new eating area. Then, in “Ask This Old House,” contractor Tom Silva puts up crown molding and plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey installs insulation to keep pipes from freezing.
 
21 :01x21 - Episode 21 (Mar/20/2003)
The cabinets for the kitchen renovation at the 1928 brick Tudor house in Lake Forest, Ill., have arrived. Meanwhile, painting contractor Ben Evangelista begins repairing the plaster cracks in the front hall that were caused by jacking the kitchen floor. And host Steve Thomas visits the Charles Glore House in Lake Forest, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Then, in “Ask This Old House,” plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a garbage disposal, while landscaper Roger Cook and hearing-protection expert Mark Stephenson test the decibel level of power tools and show contractor Tom Silva new types of hearing protection.
 
22 :01x22 - Episode 22 (Mar/27/2003)
As the Lake Forest, Ill., kitchen rehab nears completion, the countertops are installed, as is the cast-iron farm sink and a faucet system that features a retractable sprayer head and an undercounter water-filtration unit. Also: host Steve Thomas visits a stone-fabrication shop to see where the Italian-sandstone countertops are made. And in “Ask This Old House”: plumbing-heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a leak sensor and a water-heater shut-off valve to prevent basement flooding, and contractor Tom Silva repairs an exterior door jamb.
 
23 :01x23 - Episode 23 (Apr/03/2003)
The Lake Forest, Ill., kitchen project concludes with a “wrap party” prepared, appropriately, in the new kitchen by homeowner Heidi Smith and Chicago chef Rick Bayless. But first, host Steve Thomas inspects the lighting and the paint job on the cabinets. Thomas also inspects the kitchen in Bayless's home on Chicago's north side, and homeowner Mike Smith discusses the project's cost. Then, on “Ask This Old House,” projects include planting tomatoes, clearing a stopped toilet and (in the “Housecall” segment) installing folding attic stairs.
 
24 :01x24 - Episode 24 (Apr/17/2003)
Architect David Stirling, who'll be working on the Manchester, Mass., renovation, shows off a Manchester house he designed. Stirling also discusses plans for the project house's master bedroom with homeowner Bruce Leasure. Outside, there's lead-based exterior paint to strip; and trees and shrubs to remove (temporarily) during construction. Then, on “Ask This Old House,” projects include fixing a damaged garden hose. Also: tips for buying plumbing tools are offered; and in the “housecall” segment, landscaper Roger Cook visits a family with a dirty kitchen floor---the result of mud under the children's swing set. Steve Thomas hosts.
 
25 :01x25 - Episode 25 (Apr/24/2003)
Architect David Stirling and homeowner Kim Whittemore go over plans for kitchen renovations at the Winchester, Mass., house. Outside, workers dismantle the top of an unused kitchen chimney, while landscaping contractor Roger Cook and an entomologist look for ways to save hemlock trees from a blight that has been killing trees in the eastern U.S. And on “Ask this Old House,” questions include how to deal with mosquitos. Also: contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner “hide” an unattractive back stoop. Steve Thomas hosts.
 
26 :01x26 - Episode 26 (May/29/2003)
Chimney specialist Mark Shaub uses his “fluecam” to look for reasons why the chimney at the Winchester, Mass., house is smoking. Also: contractor Tom Silva shows how the kitchen addition is reinforced and works on the deck structure for the new sun porch; and host Steve Thomas examines the cantilever at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house in western Pennsylvania. On “Ask This Old House”: projects include cutting wooden bungholes and installing them on decking. Also: Richard Trethewey on plumbing torches; painter Jim Clark on why new paint can crack and peel in bathrooms; Silva on outdoor lattices.
 
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