This Old House | Energy Saving Installations (S40 E12) | FULL EPISODE

Kevin learns about induction cooking. Richard watches as the solar panels go on the barn roof. Outside, Jeff installs a unique lattice designed by Don. Richard demonstrates how an ERV works. Jenn finds the landscaping and hardscaping is well underway.
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Kevin walks through the first floor, which is full of activity with finishing touches. The new cabinets, counters and appliances have been installed in the kitchen. Dana is with Chef Will Gilson who has come to teach her how to operate her new induction stove. He shows which types of pots to use and demonstrates the quick amount of time it takes to heat up and control cooking temperatures. He makes a brunch pasta dish that he serves to the family for their first meal in their new kitchen. Outside the solar panels are getting mounted to the barn roof. The lead installer shows Richard how the panels get prepped, installed and wired together. Richard does a quick solar demo using a small panel to power a fan. Jeff has been working on a new lattice to go under the house porches. Instead of using stock square or diagonal lattice, homeowner Don sketched a design that Jeff took to a shop to be transferred onto a CNC machine. Today Jeff and Kevin install a finished panel. Richard demonstrates how an energy recovery ventilator works using red and blue smoke to illustrate the flow of indoor air and outdoor air through the core of the machine. Jenn meets landscape contractor Jon who gives her a tour of the busy yard: stone walkways are being laid, the arbor and picket fence are being installed, perennials and trees are being planted, and the microclover sod is getting rolled out and watered with the new sprinkler system. The project will be done in just one week!
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[@christopherleonard8142]

It was nice of Matt Damon to come help with the solar panel install.

[@chasekantor]

imagine how many potatoes he could grow using those solar panels

[@rustyjeep2469]

Seriously thought it was him for a second 😂

[@brianahern8147]

Work’s gotten slow.

[@nusermane1076]

@@chasekantor Do you talk about poo-tatos? 😄

[@FairfieldPhotographyBC]

Best show ever! I have been watching since sitting on my grandfathers couch next to him ( a Master Carpenter ). Now myself a Certified Arborist am still here years later. Keep up the great work lads and ladies!

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

The ERV is quite impressive. Technology has come a long way.

[@aaqilian5.085]

Only to slavering dullards

[@MarkK01]

I remember when I first started watching This Old House Bob Vila was the host, then came Steve Thomas and now Kevin does the hosting duties. I am 52 years old now and this is still one of my favorite shows. This show will not be the same with out Roger Cook. Best wishes to Roger and his family and I hope he starts to get better now that he will not be part of the show. Merry Christmas to all.

[@mudflapmatt]

The homeowner laughing at Kevin’s “long noodle” question at 6:12 is priceless.

[@Furiends]

6:07 I think Kevin's cheeky smirk right before he says it is even further priceless.

[@nusermane1076]

Well I think there was no way to avoid that comment 😂😂😂😂

[@dasaini]

All the demonstration mock ups are always high quality

[@clementcharlebois]

That guy on the table saw never heard of kickbacks.

[@johnsee7269]

Kinds hits the nail on the head. Couldn't believe TOH would have that in the introduction. They really do operate at a higher level. Good way to knock out a few teeth or worse; much worse!

[@zack9912000]

@@johnsee7269 TOH are butchers

[@Ricciuto1980]

Blade is too high, dude's thumb less than an inch from the blade, no fence, no pressure to hold the smaller piece down. I had a small piece kickback on me and break my finger. I was using a push stick, but I could have been more careful. You might be ok making this cut nine times out of ten, but that tenth time will be a doozy!

[@TacoVic]

Dang Kevin didn't waste any time with the pasta lmao... love this show!

[@TXH1138]

I thing I've learned most in the past few years of TOH, if you have a couple of millions dollars, you to can have one of these houses.

[@PoeCompany]

try the last decade or two

[@zack9912000]

Yea made by butchers, being in the trade I yell at my TV wtf are these idiots doing now

[@fairweatherfoundry715]

That chef has no idea how induction works Good episode though!

[@MyDarlin1]

Really bugged me how he didn't stir that pasta!

[@Furiends]

@A C You can actually infer that any metal can have an induced electric charge for same reason sparks fly when you put them in a microwave. However not all metals work on an induction cooker. The first thing that I think helps make sense of whats going on is that the heat is simply electrical resistance just like any heating element produces heat. However a heating element is a long conductor with a specific resistance. But an induction plate is a continuous hunk of material. This is really where the requirement for ferric (aka magnetic) materials comes from. This makes thinking about this a little confusing. The fact that the cooker is an electromagnet and the pot is a magnetic is probably not associated for the reason you think. To help you truly dispel that magnetic thing go with magnet thing: Imagine you made a device made of a copper coil that is connected to a heating element and you put that on top of your induction cooker. Look mom no ferric materials! Copper is not magnetic and the heating element could be ferric but it doesn't have to be. Most are nichrome. Instead the reason why you want the pot to be ferric (and thus magnetic) is because it by definition requires magnetic domains throughout the material. If there wasn't domains the material would be extremely weak magnet. If the domains canceled each other they couldn't develop eddy currents. (large enough voltages across the material). SO the main distinguishing function of using ferric materials with an induction cooker is that it makes for a cheap material with lots of tiny heating elements that can be inductively coupled. There is no reason in principal that you couldn't have a pot that has another inductive coil and with an attached heating element working similarly to how wireless phone chargers work. But it would be more costly and complicated.

[@nc3826]

uboob expert trolls.... FLMAO... fiwiw, the chef knew enough about to use it, which is the only thing that mattered... he not doing a Mr Science show :)

[@mikehagerty9666]

Exactly. I don't necessarily expect a chef to understand how induction works, but they should've worked it out ahead of time so he didn't have to scramble for an answer. In contrast, the previous episode had an explanation of heat pumps and A/C that was really good.

[@TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores]

Copper pots do not work well on induction stoves because they have too little electrical resistance, not because they are not magnetic.

[@birbo5603]

I didn't know Matt Damon knew how to put in solar panels.

[@adamfrbs9259]

Backlight that lattice for each holiday. Red n green lights for xmas ect.

[@EazyEThatsMe244]

Kevin had a hell of a time trying to eat that pasta 😂

[@nodd85]

lol. I came right down to the comments to find someone who saw that too. I can only imagine the producer telling Kevin to give the appearance of eating, but don't actually eat.

[@danielputhawala2008]

So chef Will is a cook, not a physicist, and it shows. Here's a basic version of how induction heating works: (1) Inside the stove there is a powerful electromagnet. Essentially that consists of a long wire that has been looped around into a tight coil. when you run electricity through that coil, the flowing electricity produces a powerful magnetic field. So the electromagnet converts electrical energy into magnetic energy. (2) When you put a magnetic pot on top of this coil, that magnetic field attaches to and penetrates the bottom of the pot, and in the exact opposite process of the electromagnet, creates, or induces, electrical currents inside the pot. (3) These electric currents cause the bottom of the pot to heat up. So an induction heater works exactly the same as a regular coil electric stove, but with one intermediary step. Instead of using electricity to directly heat up a coil which then has to physically toutch he pot to transfer the hear to it, the induction stove uses magnetism to transmit that electricity into the pot and heat up the pot directly.

[@Furiends]

1. The important part about the electromagnet is that its oscillating thus causing a changing electromagnetic field. Its the fact that its changing thats important. The static field drops off exponentially and thus more "power" stored in your field has diminishing return. Avoiding this is called inductive coupling. This is what Tesla quickly discovered wouldn't work with his remote power transmission idea. 2. The material of the pot matters a lot. Your body for example doesn't heat up due to the electromagnetic field. You also don't want energy sapped from this process. For example if eddy currents can not be developed close to the surface of the material there is much lower inductive coupling and higher static electric fields. Those fields can even cause the pot to make sparks. 3. the only thing that is actually causing heat is electric resistance which is caused by the potential difference within the domains of the material. Each domain being like a tiny heating element.

[@danielputhawala2008]

@@Furiends That's all true. I just tried to stick to the level of 'explain like I'm five' that you'd expect in these kinds of shows. Enough to explain why it's not magic, and why the microwave won't give you cancer, while not getting into all the weeds. It's definitely true, though, that the field oscillation is an important component of heat generation. I probably should have included that.

[@fvalencia3494]

The chef quickly says that he will have to check with his wife about coming with the stove. Goes to show how handy he ( the homeowner is )

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

I wish I had a source for that combination clover and grass sod. That is fabulous stuff. I can get seed but not sod in my area ( northern Illinois).

[@oblio9147]

1:08 Yikes!

[@Cardroid]

Always learning something new.. never knew that’s how induction stoves work.. thanks!

[@TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores]

The reason you never knew that's how induction stoves work is because that is not actually how they work.

[@zack9912000]

As usual by this show they don't have any idea what they are talking about

[@aaqilian5.085]

He literally explained nothing about it. You slow?

[@cbalan777]

Don't mind me. I'm just here for the armchair contractor comments. It would have been better if... I can't believe they... and my personal favorite... remember when ToH used to...

[@waterboy8999]

C. B. Alan. I'm just here for the armchair critics of the contractors.

[@michaelscionti6164]

All the black looks terrific but it's got to be a nightmare to keep clean.

[@BK11]

It is. I pained the railings on my back deck a dark semi-gloss grey, and pollen, sawdust, etc shows up like crazy on it.

[@daaneel]

Yeah I can definitely see them repainting all that black in the future lol

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

Agree about the black. It does not wear well. The opposite of what people think, black shows dirt quickly

[@liliyalyubezhanin8436]

now it's a cooking channel!

[@peterkonitzer4410]

I just love those couple of stairs between living room and kitchen.....

[@budnotu]

In the summer you could fry eggs on that's black lattice.

[@yousefa5756]

Don’t put your hand on the induction stove when you are wearing a metal ring

[@Furiends]

The cooktop is able to detect how current is flowing into the the material overtop of it. It doesn't mean it knows how much heat is created vs static electric fields thats why it'll not know if you're using the wrong type of pot. But it'll know a ring from a pot.

[@GT-ch8wd]

Couldn’t find any black screws for the lattice ?

[@nc3826]

or countersink and place a removable plug over it....

[@PoeCompany]

black is extra money

[@TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores]

The screws are stainless steel so they will never rust. This makes them far better than any painted screw made from plain carbon steel. Of course, they could still be painted for purely cosmetic reasons. I have indeed done that.

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

A day of paint will fix it right up. I'm sure they will get to that.

[@judychurley6623]

Cutots in black against the dark shadows: will the design even show from the street?

[@adventurearkansas9926]

As a Texan - Someone is purposefully planting Privet hedge??? I'd like to note that their method of achieving net zero only works in places where utilities allow power transfer back into the grid. In places without that privilege, you'd need a battery bank or some type of mechanical storage otherwise all that surplus power during the daytime has to be wasted. Solar has great potential all across the country - you can use the EPA's EnviroAtlas tool to see what the solar power looks like in your region. The American Southwest has almost 2x the amount of available solar energy potential as does New England, making a net zero home way easier despite the temperature differences. The VRF system they've installed will make the most difference in terms of energy usage. Seriously, heating and cooling unused rooms wastes a ton more energy than the difference in insulation they've put throughout the house. Both IECC and ASHRAE insulation requirements are pretty stringent now for new construction.

[@Furiends]

This isn't entirely true. You can also generate your own power but not feed any of it back to the grid.

[@burchds84]

They suggested that solar will "cool the house for free" which is quite a naive statement.

[@TheMrSidekick]

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY CALL TO ADDING COOKING FOODS.

[@logik100.0]

Hmm explanation of how the inductive hob works needs some work.

[@Furiends]

The heating is part is just electric resistance in the material of the pot. Its really no different than a electric resist heating element. Although the materials used make sure there is a high amount of eddy currents or domains where a large enough potential difference can be produced. Whereas with elements this is just controlled by the shape of the element. But you also need to get the electric field in the material in the first place. That is done by inductive coupling or more plainly its a voltage produced by having a conductive material moving relative to an electromagnetic field. The field moves because its an AC current while the pot remains stationary.

[@EazyEThatsMe244]

Magnets how do they work?

[@AndyTheIrateAnt]

Is the guy at 1:08 FREEHAND ANGLE CUTTING on a table saw??

[@symondstusker]

Chef didnt answer Kevin's question properly about health issue in related to induction cooktop..

[@BigAlWillis]

" who doesn't like a long noodle? "

[@GjbMcN]

The induction hot plates are great excellent as small single units so you can bring them for in and out of cupboards it is a trouble for cleaning pot rings from surface wear the OCD or messy chef can use greaseproof/baking paper. Overall I love net zero housing it’s exciting getting all heat n power for free ...relatively I just live for economies of scale to eventually kick in. ONE OTHER QUESTION it came up on fully charged UK that there needs to be a way of power feeding back being isolated from the grid in an outage and the danger of being live when linesmen are working

[@Furiends]

I absolutely love induction for the fact that I can place them on my counter where i want. I can even use them outside for a get together. Range tops are overpriced because they're appealing to rich people.

[@JimDean002]

Interesting point. I looked into it because I was wondering too. Apparently there is a sensor that looks at incoming voltage and if there is no incoming voltage it locks it out from feeding outward. So it acts like a generator interlock only it's automatic.

[@jazzfan7491]

I really want to know how much that custom lattice thingy costs. Couldn't have been cheap with the CAD design and computer controlled cutting... great show

[@johnnybussart4721]

And Matt LeBlanc to be the chef!😂😂

[@jpatrick1967]

I thought one of the reasons for lattice around porches was to keep critters, leaves, and other debris from going underneath it. There are huge gaps beneath that lattice. Those porches are going to be a mess underneath eventually.

[@readyplayer2]

That’s definitely the main reason for lattice. Re: the gaps, they can’t show every detail in order on a fairly short show while different teams of contractors are working simultaneously. It’s clear that landscaping was still well underway, and I expect that the soil will be graded in that area to meet the new panels.

[@kyleanschuetz208]

There’s two reasons for the lattice. The first and most important is that air flow can move around the porch and prevent humidity and trapped waters from starting mold or other issues. The second is that if you were to leave it open, you would have trash, leaves, animals etc get underneath the porch. They will cover that gap with stones (ideally for drainage), or mulch (not a great idea as it damage the wood over time)

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

They will add mesh cloth to fill the gap to keep critters out. That is, after a family of raccoons moves in.

[@stevepasquarella823]

Just used an induction stove for the first time 2 days ago. I was shocked by how fast I was able to cook my food compared to thermal or gas.

[@I_discovered_civilization]

Nice bro

[@Furiends]

Largely its because it cuts out the buffer and all of the energy is directed at what actually cooks the food. But on top of that electric allows you to just dump in energy more easily than other methods.

[@stevepasquarella823]

@@Furiends I would say to always have a non-electric backup to cook anyway due to a potential power outage.

[@webb-1]

That chef should have mentioned that if you have a pacemaker or a defibrillator fitted you have to keep away from induction hob's

[@waterboy8999]

Webb 1. Now you tell me....... Thud......

[@joemedley195]

I don’t know why they need a computer for “optimizing”. The solution to the Christmas tree light problem is parallel wiring, not microprocessors.

[@OscarM.94]

@11:28 I know ComEd mad asf lol Great investment to have solar panels

[@Lenser]

How much is this whole remodel going to cost?

[@mcfreedom10]

I thought when Steve left it would ruin the show for me, but Kevin is doing a great job!! P.S #bringbackNorm

[@James-lo5ne]

matt damon must be learning solar business for a movie.

[@ajcnielsen]

I assume that the Induction Chef just doesn't know anything about induction, but it seems he's evading the questions like it's some big secret. Kevin: "tell us how induction works" Chef: Look, you can touch the surface". Kevin: "Are there any health issues?" Chef: "Look at this poached egg".

[@oldmanpeters]

That corner post doesn't seem centered on the cement footer. (15:55)

[@theedrstrangelove]

Nix the gas fireplace, lower the ceilings, and make the home half the size. Then it would be efficient. Most people can't afford any of this. My home was built in 1969 and the combined utility cost: electric, water, sewage, and trash collection is 160 dollars a month.

[@naveedmushtaq9676]

By and large, the videos you share are highly informative, but I am interested in "Induction Stope". Is it available in Pakistan. Is there any service or idea your institution can offer to install this stope in my hometown in the rurality of Punjab.

[@conqwiztadore2213]

What's with the gas fire place though

[@TerryCaber]

18:23 Richard goes to Burning Man

[@aok1425]

😂

[@salmanmahmood4122]

Can you make a video on “how to wire a doorbell”

[@CDawg]

Heath: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKjJqoypj6t-fq8 Scott: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5zSn3ylds54jac

[@mschmitz57]

I remember when TOH used to show people building things (instead of cooking pasta while an army of contractors do all the real work).

[@robgeach8105]

yeah it was better, but how many times do you want to see norm explain to a homeowner how to DIY demo an upstairs double hung window before you get bored and watch something else? they've literally done everything homeowners can do, multiple times over.

[@noily8974]

Next: how electric car works(?)

[@Lenser]

I bet you're a blast at parties!

[@PatrickPoet]

Wish you'd talked about the obvious thing about how the choice is made to use batteries with the solar or not.

[@talhaalam15]

how can they clean solar panels in the future ?

[@jennyshomo8932]

So what do you do when we have a ice and snow storm that lasts for weeks to obtain continuous power? The panels are up high and out of reach

[@20quid]

Lots of solar panels these days have heating elements in them to clear and snow that settles on them.

[@eliassimon7947]

how much ampere does the aircon gets from the solar?

[@rebeccaramirez-]

How do you get these guys tp help with your house?

[@flowerstone]

I was noticing that the chip board or OSB is being referred to as "plywood". Plywood is a superior product above OSB and is kind of an insult to plywood manufactures. OSB will fail in a fire much faster than plywood. There is a new plywood product out called MPP. Mass Plywood Panel. Changing the future of building along with CLT. (cross laminated timber). Just an FYI.

[@rayg3583]

Given the homeowner's age and the amount of money they invested in this house (which they don't tell us) how long will it take for their return to exceed their TOTAL investment? That's what matters. And will the homeowners be alive to realize it?

[@Furiends]

Thats really not the most meaningful way to look at it. For example the solar panels act as a maturity. They produce value to the homeowner just by owning them. If you bought the house you'd factor in that maturity. Considering the quality of the house ROI might not be that important since they are staying there. Banks make money from tax payers and debt servicing not from principals. So they don't care really that there's no way this house is going to sell for what its worth since no one can actually buy it at that price. But a higher mortgage means more debt servicing. In our system debt is just another way to increase money flow and that is what actually matters. If they die in debt it really doesn't matter that much or if the bank loses money on the house.

[@yyiii276]

Thought this was "This Old House" not "This Old Cooking"? Why not use black headed screws for the under porch screens or hope they get painted? Hey look at that Rich Trethewey is patriotic! Is Jenn, Roger Cooks daughter? She has a green thumb and a let's get started work style and is beautiful!

[@stephanleukert4859]

CHEF BOY R. U. KIDDIN'

[@georgeka8072]

This house only lacks some air scubber/filters, then it's ready for a nuclear fallout :D

[@av1204]

I dont get it... if you have an erv for a bath fan wouldnt that be pointless? You take humid air and transfer that humidity to air going somewhere else in the home. Any explination?

[@robgeach8105]

all erv does is maintain consistent air pressure in super tight house with a sensor to control intake/exhaust flow rates and forces the intake/exhaust to pass directly by each other to improve efficiency of make-up air regardless of cold/dry or hot/humid. vent hoods, dryer exhaust, bath fans, attic fans, chimneys... they can all work the same as a classic house and don't need to tie in to the erv system at all.

[@Furiends]

ERVs have a transfer rate for moisture. So if the ERV switches to a fast rate it transfers less moisture. Bathrooms usually make the ERV go into a high flow rate.

[@davetremaine9763]

15:48 The stainless screws stick out like a sore thumb, and then they didn't even have symmetrical placement?! I hope they fixed that off camera.

[@chenchen2895]

What was the brand name of the stove ? 👍😜

[@1sttigertiger426]

Regarding the solar array, why not just cover the entire roof -- more power!!!

[@EdiLyon1]

Fire department, town and or state regulations provision that a space/area/pathway be left so that service personal/contractors/whoever that needs to get to that roof can go up and climb/walk around the panels and not all over them. The glass can "microcrack" which eventually affects the solar cells inside. Also, when wet, all panels become very slippery, and thus creating a very hazardous situation for anybody working on them.

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

The different colored edging around the solar panels looks odd. I know it is supposed to match the house, but it looks unfinished.

[@BobbyBaloney]

That chef did NOT know the inner workings of induction lfmao

[@Furiends]

It's unfortunately a situation where generalizing really doesn't help explain whats happening. People tend to want to generalize to explain things so to his credit he might know slightly more than he let on but articulating it like that just sounds like a word salad.

[@BobbyBaloney]

penguins forall Good vulgarization skills aren’t granted to all, I agree. Maybe that’s m why we appreciate it so much

[@ollytinytyler]

Everyone going to just glass over the "long noodle" joke Kevin made in the kitchen??

[@Furiends]

We all enjoyed it. It's part of the TOS experience.

[@2loco]

The home owner loves a long one

[@aaqilian5.085]

It’s ‘gloss’ over, mook. But any grown man who still finds things like that humorous probably isn’t a scholar of any sort.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

That guy needs to be trained on the use of a table saw. That blade is way too high. It should only be high enough to cut through the wood. And his hands are too close or the blade. Use push sticks or pay a surgeon $100,000 to reattach your fingers

[@Mike__B]

I've always been curious about those induction cooktops, like are they really more efficient than gas as far as cost goes. Every demo clamors about how fast you can boil water, which is great and all if a majority of cooking you do involves boiling, but I can put a pan on the burner of my stove and it'll get hot in a few seconds, so what if induction heats that up in half the time, an extra couple seconds isn't going to save money on my electrical bill especially when electricity is pushing 25c/kWh here.

[@deemey95]

they supposedly use less electricity to get to that temperature. The magnetic field induces the generation of heat in the metal of the pan, where a standard electric range heats a coil that then has to transfer that heat into the metal of the pan(losing a lot to waste heat in the process)

[@johnames6430]

the extra efficiency might not translate into huge savings for a homeowner sadly. You aren't going to save from an induction cooktop to fund a new retirement account because gas and electricity are already so cheap. If you're whole neighborhood used induction cooktops I think it's worthwhile to use less energy and be more efficient.

[@72strand]

Induction electric stoves are better. They are very near the speed and control of the gas model. If you have a normal electric stove you really feel it.

[@demagab]

We have a portable induction cooktop for outside cooking and it's made of plastic and glass. It's like cooking on an iPad and when you turn it off it's ready to be stored away in a copule of minutes. It plugs into a regular outlet but it's way more powerful than a traditional electric range, so it's definitely energy efficient

[@Furiends]

All an induction cooker is an electric resist heater but develops a voltage from a changing magnetic field. The electronics that make that field as well as EM field loss make the mechanism of induction cooking less efficient than a heating element. But the practicality of a heating element makes using it efficiently difficult. The same is true of gas. If you could not waste gas and lose heat to moving air gas would also be fairly efficient. Induction is so efficient because it makes your pot into a heating element. This also means appliances which have built in heating elements that are designed well are a better choice than an induction top. Things like plugin pressure cookers for example. Getting a pressure cooker just so you can put it on an induction top would be costly and less efficient than the prevalent plugin ones. I love my countertop induction units because they work really well at putting the heat right where I need it and they are even more isolated from the countertop than a range top is... cheaper to.

[@robre6840]

nothing like laying out weeds

[@wlms04]

Come on table saw guy use a miter gauge

[@jacobr1912]

Salt Bae 😂

[@derekl_]

Hey TOH: I want to put can lights and a ceiling fan in my living room and need to put over head lights (and a ceiling fan) in my bedroom on a vaulted ceiling. Do you want to help with that?

[@steveh4098]

I miss roger

[@Val_Emrys]

I would never get a stove that required specific pots.

[@dougvankirk1332]

Induction will change your mind. It's that good. And lots of pots work; anything cast iron or stainless, plus induction-ready non stick.

[@moneyicecold]

Kevin was shown taking not one bite.

[@brianshelley88]

The boil water test is a bit pointless. Try something delicate with the hot spots it creates.

[@MinhTran-wn1ri]

@1:08 How to lose a finger

[@fvalencia3494]

Why have jen if you r going to bring in a landscape contractor

[@mc116]

I thought I was watching a cooking show 😂

[@harveypost7799]

Nice garden for the kids but g the garden of mother's womb...4 pampinos...

[@birbo5603]

Is it This Old Cooking or This Old House?

[@jdorffer]

Clover maybe green, but it’s not grass, you might as well paint the dirt green and call it a lawn

[@patirvin-bz9pg]

Watch the program on that clover/grass sod. It is a game changer, especially with the wild swings due to climate change. It actually looks terrific

[@williamnettleton3413]

Dang this segment really made me want to do sales or retail for kitchen utensils. Buying wrong pans is so annoying. Would be an interesting job.

[@matmul4850]

Pretty ironic really, cutting down trees for your echo-friendly home....

[@daaneel]

Cutting down a couple trees would be worth it in the long run for how much energy those solar panels will produce

[@zarblitz]

Did you know you can plant and grow new trees?

[@matmul4850]

@@zarblitz did they though?

[@ericwotton2046]

No way they finish by next week....

[@wildshadowstar]

Eric Wotton they probably have crews behind the scenes that aren't seen on camera that really dig in to get the work done. Plus, they're probably only contracted to do a certain amount of work, the homeowners probably do a little more work once they move back in.

[@bradenleonard6286]

"There's already Rot going on in that trunk"... begins fisting the tree

[@williamnettleton3413]

Biggest problem of induction stoves... Needs electricity. Power outage you're screwed. Gas stove you just use a lighter and you've got a burner to make a quick dinner. Number one reason I will never get induction. Yes you can get a generator. But here in socal we have power outages a lot during summer. And sometimes for a whole day or 2 at a time. It needs better redundancy.

[@Mike__B]

​@@TheWhale45 Tens of thousands of dollars all so you can cook food with an electric stove... yeah seems like a fair trade off. That said, I'm glad I don't live in SoCal, where power outages are a way of life.

[@kingart813]

Could always grill...

[@Furiends]

Solar installs are very reliable and maintenance free. Even if there's a grid outage they can cook during the day.

[@Bob_Lob_Law]

7:51 One of those kids doesn't quite look like the other lol

[@ShakespeareCafe]

The black trim looks awful.

[@fvalencia3494]

I feel kind of bad for the homeowner she has the suckiest views from her sink, but then again her and her husbands company has designed hundreds, this home is their 4th of their own. Maybe the view of the mechanicals was part of the design, regardless i would not want these homeowners to design anything for me.

[@josephnovotnak]

what a shame to use such crappy grass for such a nice house

[@johnames6430]

these idiots put in clover, generally it's thought of as a weed and you have products at Home Depot specifically that say they kill clover. But hey, when you have a few million to blow and bad taste why not put in some clover sod.

[@whattheschmidt]

@@johnames6430 They are going for the greenest solution so, sacrificing looks. Personally I wouldn't do it either even though I like green solutions (have solar, energy efficient products, EV, etc) because I am used to regular grass and just don't water it much, I don't care if it runs a bit yellow in the heat of the summer.

[@robgeach8105]

@@johnames6430 clover is literally what people used to use for lawns. it wasn't thought of as a weed until weed killer companies couldn't figure out how to make a product that wouldn't kill it. "oh well yeah I mean it's a weed. we totally meant to kill it."

[@MyDarlin1]

@@robgeach8105 right, like monsanto - killing animals and humans in the process. I personally think the amount of fertilizer and water needed to have a pristine lawn is ridiculous and harmful to the environment. Glad these folks didn't cave in to the peer pressure of keeping up with the neighbors!

[@johnames6430]

@@whattheschmidt I have one and it's great. Aside from the hassle of not being able to buy regular pans (you need the ones with iron in the base) the speed and safety of not having an open flame is great. It's great for elderly people or just careless people in general.

[@jpatrick1967]

Since when did Brian Regan give up comedy and become a landscaper????

[@DeusVultCult]

Joke's on them, an average single 35 inch oven + induction stove is a 2 - 4kWh appliance. Good luck with those panels 😂

[@Furiends]

They're using grid tie in so it doesn't matter.

[@readyplayer2]

That would be a huge problem for the net zero goal... if this wasn’t a grid tie setup (they’ve made at least a dozen references to the meter) and if they were running the stove 24x7. The goal is average use over a year and they are fully aware they’ll be consuming more energy than they produce at certain points (running the stove or during certain days of the year due to heat or cooling load exceeding generating capacity).

[@nogames1922]

That is not grass it a weed just ewwww if I saw a house with that I would kill it all lol

[@mpp6969]

Don't call it carbonara!

[@saidtheblueknight]

21:57 that's not sod, that's rolled up weeds with a little bit of grass sprinkled in. I hope the home owner didn't pay sod price for this stuff.

[@aaqilian5.085]

Clover isn’t a weed you ignoramus

[@1sttigertiger426]

With the house being so airtight, and being so dependent on the energy recovery ventilator (ERV), I think an oxygen level monitor for the house is necessary.

[@TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores]

2:08 A post right in the middle of the entry way between the kitchen and den! How dumb is that?

[@dougvankirk1332]

I noticed that too. What were they thinking?