This Old House | Stone Cold Pavers (S40 E19) | FULL EPISODE

Jenn Nawada and the homeowners select pavers for hardscape. Tom Silva and Norm Abram install a skylight in the bathroom, while the sewer line and water main are completely replaced out front. The original foundation is also repaired.
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There are four hardscapes in the yard that require stone. Today Jenn travels with our homeowners, Sunil and Neha and Blair the landscape architect to a stone design center to pick out material. Back at the house, Tom installs the skylight that Norm framed out. A completely new sewer line and water main to the street goes in outside. Kevin finds Richard working with Jimmy McLaughlin’s crew as they make a mess of the street. A good sub-floor is key to a solid, quiet floor. Tom shows Kevin some sub-flooring skills he learned years ago. Downstairs, the original foundation of our project has a bad crack that could be a problem in the future. Tom and Kevin watch Hugo Provetti repair the fissure with a foundation epoxy.
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This Old House | Stone Cold Pavers (S40 E19) | FULL EPISODE
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[@WriterandPhotographer]

Been watching this show for 40+ years..........I think I picked up much of my early DIY knowledge thanks to these guys. An American treasure.

[@darylfitz4189]

16:45 Richard says right 85 times in 12 seconds.

[@apnoyzee]

He is not listening to Richard. Richard sound like he has tourette syndrome

[@hv2328]

😂

[@RoofTopPigeon]

You can easily fix that problem and save that money; the answer is NEVER Own ANYTHING; Just Rent; Then that $50,000 for the New Sewer Crap is the land-lords responsibilty! :-P

[@D_SQ]

I think he got distracted by the more important conversation happening probably between Jimmy and the local inspector that Richard probably should be involved in as well.

[@scratch6897]

I just came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that.

[@loveislife77]

@9:44 -- Love Tommy. He always says SMENT instead of cement. Hilarious

[@JoeJ523]

I work on bridges in Rhode Island and we use a machine called Lily corporation crack injection machine. It’s very expense but works very good.

[@dessertman1181]

This house was not worth all the effort and money but so be it

[@Henry_992.]

MODERN ALL THE THINGS!!!!!

[@KravenTheHaunter]

But in a Mid Century kind of way.

[@kalijasin]

Richard always gets the hardest work. 🙈

[@hassanbazzi3545]

Kevin is a big investment in the show. He explains very well and ask important questions. Great episodes.

[@dlg5485]

The cost of the sewer repair (which was botched decades ago) falling on the current owners is total BS. Clearly, the city should be responsible for repairing a botched job that it allowed to happen in the first place. This is one of many reasons I think I'd rather build a new home rather than deal with the unknowns of renovating.

[@syntaxerorr]

I love the safety ropes on the flat roof. Would that rope's length even be short enough to stop your fall? It doesn't look like it.

[@lachutequimarche8074]

Thought the same thing in a previous episode. I was like- I get that they’re showing doing stuff safely because it’s on tv, but yeah quite long looking! It’s the perfect length to grab you at the last second and swing you around to bang your head into the ground.

[@D_SQ]

17:06 Just how absolutely LOADED is this homeowner though to pay for all of government's inadequacies? Unbelievable.

[@ttomkins4867]

The town no longer covering the first bit of the run is BS; Which homeowner has to pay for fixing the neighbors incorrectly ran sewer, that now has to be corrected? The one doing the reno shouldn't as it isn't theirs nor did their reno damage it, but also the neighbor shouldn't have to pay because its not damaged nor have they had the chance to budget/finance for it.

[@jeffreylarson8533]

let's go minimalist in my 19,000 sq ft house

[@oskarbjornstad877]

These have to be the most annoying homeowners in t.o.h. history

[@syntaxerorr]

I don't think there are many houses where you can change where the front of the house is located.

[@TerryCaber]

19:00 Anyone else think Hugo looks like he tried to rob a bank only to be punched out by Batman?

[@Furiends]

4:50 Her thoughts: "please for all that is sacred just choose something today!"

[@oskarbjornstad877]

So true you can just feel the frustration 😂

[@aaqilian5.085]

Cool guy!

[@xmassan20906]

11:48 Under the rubbah? No flex seal?

[@javi-8476]

Charlie has a single safety line only for him and tommy has his safety line from one end to the other. It seems long but it’ll do the job

[@davidhoover2446]

Amazing

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

I hope the homeowner was able to get some of that covered form insurance. It must have cost a fortune!

[@jacksonbennett6151]

Rob L. That’s the risk of construction and why you budget for contingency.

[@RoofTopPigeon]

@@jacksonbennett6151 You can easily fix that problem and save that money; the answer is NEVER Own ANYTHING; Just Rent; Then that $50,000 for the New Sewer Crap is the land-lords responsibilty! :-P

[@bugtusslealien3931]

​​@@jacksonbennett6151 Would never expect a contingency about fixing sewer lines in the street. It's great to find out that the Brookline, Massachusetts doesn't fix their problems. Must be a lot of corruption in that town. Your taxes and monthly water/sewer bills are used for other things. Crappy town full of crooks.

[@logand6697]

Them homeowners 😂😂😂

[@eli-y]

Nice

[@JD-sh8ub]

Anyone know the name and where I might find the components for the concrete repair they use towards the end of the video?

[@dereksmalls6238]

Mostly grey or black. Mostly.

[@oskarbjornstad877]

I just wanna grab them by the shoulders give em a light shake and tell em to make up their minds. Good lord. Indecisiveness is costly!!

[@Fkidd702]

Didn't we see this already 🤣

[@josephnovotnak]

No, unless the took some parts out to show separately.

[@williamsmith4008]

we saw the foundation repair before

[@ign_alpha]

Yea yesterday I saw a video that was a few years old of them installing the skylight they showed in this one

[@ApartmentMaintenance]

Niceeeeeeee 👍

[@dallas69]

Sealing crack in foundation epoxies 9000 lbs shear strength is impossible no adhesive can take shear like that. Also seal the top and side and vacuum bag the bottom to suck the sealant down thru the crack. Maybe heat the sealing during the vacuum injection to lower viscosity during sucking down. Again no epoxies will take 9000 lbs shear impossible.

[@10tenman10]

Great team. Looks like they're having fun all day long (that's acting).

[@mariansdraila]

10:20 That skylight support frame is a big thermal bridge!

[@andrewshutty3345]

lot of grunting on the rubber! lol, 40 years adds up

[@onomatopoeia162003]

sounds kinky. lmao

[@aaqilian5.085]

@@onomatopoeia162003 you’re garbage

[@Order-in-Chaos]

The owner is tutti frutti.

[@keithf5236]

anyone have any guesses what this remodel is gonna cost the owners? Is any of it split with TOH or is TOH completely footing the bill to be able to air the show?

[@edrcozonoking]

My understanding is that some materials are provided in return for advertising (shown in episode) but the home owner is responsible for most of the bill. There was a time when TOH bought the house upgraded it then sold it.

[@julianreverse]

Looks good your uninsulated skylight ... a huge heat leak ...

[@EdwardGrangerwebdev]

20:47 what subliminal message did you just blast us with

[@enkrypt3d]

must kill!

[@mrpiccolo23]

buy Marvin windows

[@ElJoeRN]

The 4 dislikes probably came from the owners friends and family seeing all the issues they had to fix.

[@oskarbjornstad877]

Lol what? T.O.H. Has a proven track record of doing things the right way every time. It’s why they’re still on air. The 4 dislikes are probably from the owners and their friends because they change their minds on what they like every 6 months

[@roccoconte2960]

what a screwing city schould go for the expense from the property line out to sewer.

[@benkeysor7576]

First likely around $20,000(my estimate) for the asbestos abatement and now with the sewer issue, lets say it's likely going to cost them at least twice or three times of my asbestos estimate. My guess they have one hell of a loan to cover the cost of everything that isn't included in the reconstruction of their house & I'm sure their bank/loan company is just going to love them when it's time to pay it back. At this rate they're going to have a property worth a couple hundred thousand & have close to one million or so into it..

[@ShakespeareCafe]

more like a $100,000

[@RahhB74]

This is probably a dumb question, but will we see an epoxy foundation instead of concrete? I assume concrete is much cheaper, but if epoxy is 9,000psi wouldn't that be strong enough for a home foundation?

[@VideosbySteve]

Grey everything, blah.

[@enkrypt3d]

No caulking under the curbing at all? 11:43 ??? that is surprising.....

[@adamcosta4610]

17:17. Listen in REALLY close here. Your local gov't used to fix it , now you do. Your burden has increased along with your taxes.

[@rufusfrank9258]

Any jobs going on TOH for someone living in England. I will move for TOH. I could do your marketing, video editing and apprentice for the LEGEND Norm. I am very passionate about engineering and old things

[@TheHoughr]

You guys don’t need a rataining wall for one there’s no hill you only put a rataining wall in if there is a slope/hill so and two that’s bad for the foundation of the house the foundation will get pushed from the preshire of the wall so you can waste money on a wall or save money and save the house.

[@foxfiresidechats5227]

Y’all don’t wear enough knee pads #rip to ur knees

[@shayd1984triton]

Those two Indian homeowners should sue their village government for screwing up their drainage system.

[@airmsylenam954]

Super power country is building chicken house.

[@nathandean1687]

wow still using old tech . i see. when they need to look at the newer tech.

[@Soaponrope37]

which tech?

[@michaelcarroll991]

Yall really wearing harnesses on a 3 pitch roof

[@chrisestill8825]

No fall protection at the roof edges. If they don’t use safety equipment somebody will complain. When they do use it, other people feel the need to call them out for being wimps. The US residential construction industry woefully neglects safety precautions compared to much of Europe and first world Asia.

[@itomba]

Kind of like all the hard hats on the Holmes shows. Worked in high end residential construction for forty years and never saw a single one. They have people doing tile work with them on.

[@georgemsun]

May be a requirement by the show's insurance underwriter.

[@dafirnz]

@@itomba My neighbor did residential finish carpentry for years. About 10 years ago they started making him wear a hardhat on site. It doesn't matter to the people giving out the fines if you're the last guy in an otherwise finished house, or it's the day a crane is lifting trusses.

[@edrcozonoking]

It’s not the pitch...it’s the distance to the ground.

[@TheHoughr]

You guy are still wrong the city does not care about the water run off so you don’t need the space the pavers.

[@nathandean1687]

oh look those osha vilotators are back. i wonder if they paid out thier fines are not.

[@michaelcarroll991]

Yall scamming them for their money on that sewer. That wasn't called for. Yall just trying to get as much money as yall can

[@ttomkins4867]

Agreed, The old clay pipe could have been cleaned and lined. Also who is footing the bill to repair the neighbors pipe? Should be the city who passed the permit for the bad install, but no either the one doing the reno or the unsuspecting neighbor is getting stuck with the bill. Either way that's not going to go well for relations.

[@meseretisaak9335]

I grew up on concrete, my first baby steps was on it. Wealthy with life you go with concrete.Wood floors are squeaky not wealthy in life, at the end of my life I chose to be boxed buried get it! Lol!

[@oskarbjornstad877]

Can I have some of what ur on

[@MrEazyE357]

What?!

[@remotecontrol9874]

My gut feeling is the home owner doesn't pay anything or very little. This show is now a long advertisement for the sponsors who are paying for the remodels.

[@benkeysor7576]

They pay for ALL materials and labor that isn't done by the TOH contractor. So they are paying for the sewer repairs and paid for the asbestos abatement. However they might be getting discounts for working with TOH or the Silva bro's construction.

[@edcrego396]

you need to bring Bob Villa or Steve back this Kevin dude doesn't even know how to swing a hammer this house is the most ugliest thing I have ever seen looks like cardboard boxes stacked on top of each other

[@michaelcarroll991]

I dont like charlie. He seems mad that he dosent get noticed much

[@MrEazyE357]

Charlie Silva? You know he's Tommy's nephew and they run a construction/remodeling company together, right? I don't get that vibe from him at all. I promise you that in the area they work in and with their reputation, he's doing just fine.

[@RoofTopPigeon]

You can easily fix that problem and save that money; the answer is NEVER Own ANYTHING; Just Rent; Then that $50,000 for the New Sewer Crap is the land-lords responsibilty! :-P