That story from Tom about the sleepers just made my day!
@woodrow604 ай бұрын
Interesting. In Australia we use “sleeper” for the wood, now often concrete, planks on which rail tracks are laid.
@donc-m49004 ай бұрын
@@woodrow60I'll rather sleep on the porch than the railroad track personally. Safer and more comfortable. 😂
@joeschmo57104 ай бұрын
Can they help out average Americans? Not investment bankers and 3rd generation silver spoons?
@jej34514 ай бұрын
They gotta pay the bills. These rich folks are willing to pay top dollar to have their house featured on This Old House. I'm sure it increases the value of the house; hence it's a good investment for them.
@maryperz-jones452815 күн бұрын
How and where are the sleepers fastened to prevent them from moving? Evidently they can't be nailed down to the floor [roof membrane]...did I miss the explanation?...thank you very much
@2loco4 ай бұрын
"This millionaires old house"
@ronevans8524 ай бұрын
Boy that’s one high dollar house got to be in the millions.
@loueckert49704 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing Ron. Would be fun to have them build to your dreams, right...
@jo_nathan_nation65444 ай бұрын
@@Kevin-mp5ofto be fair, those sticks are 2x6s and the cardboard is stronger than plywood or 1x12s sheathing, or 2x12 joists/rafters.
@leolinehan27524 ай бұрын
Never a budget on this old house
@zack99120004 ай бұрын
Biden home prices
@kain933 ай бұрын
@@zack9912000yeah and when trump was in office nothing changed 😂😂😂😂 both this presidents 🍆💩
@kevinfrentrup92794 ай бұрын
What happened to the good old days when This Old House had projects middle class America could relate to?
@wolfmanjacksaid4 ай бұрын
Agreed, they are working on dream houses for millionaires these days, but it allows them to showcase top of the line building products.
@dawnnburwell34914 ай бұрын
Showing you the future in building or rebuilding homes!
@donc-m49004 ай бұрын
Back in the WGBH days? I don't know when WETA took over, but it might be one reason.
@jo_nathan_nation65444 ай бұрын
The point of the show has always been about renovating old homes with the new technology of the day. Obviously technology has advanced rapidly so now these homes are going to be advanced compared to your cookie cutter homes. The regular middle class home renovations are seen on ‘Ask This Old House.’ In fifteen years someone will be making the same comment, referring to this season.
@AC3DG4 ай бұрын
@@wolfmanjacksaid Top of the line building products for those who can afford it. I can understand and appreciate wanting to showcase the latest and greatest, but I'd appreciate it a lot more if it was the latest and greatest that the average person could afford or obtain. This Expensive House. Show me a working class home doing a modest 2 bedroom addition, or kitchen reno, using the latest and greatest reasonably priced technology that costs 10% more now but saves you 50% in the long run. That's something people can relate to. There's already enough shows based around wealthy people showing off how much money they have.
@pamelawoodall58914 ай бұрын
I’m sick and tired of global warming !
@shanew73614 ай бұрын
You mean climate change 😂 what will the scam be in another decade or two?
@DannyMorrison5i8yrd4 ай бұрын
Tommy is the old pro😊
@jc513734 ай бұрын
this house is going to be a nightmare in the snow.
@jc513734 ай бұрын
@Navy1977 yes and taking on that deck when the rubber roof needs repair or maintenance. Solar panels and the pitches are awful. Just wait for that first killer snow storm that turns to ice and wet snow and the house is making all sorts of noises inside and they have to clear panels and valleys and flat roofs. Awful.
@donc-m49004 ай бұрын
But, but, it's a Cape.
@JackAgainski4 ай бұрын
I'm surprised they didn't go with a metal roof. Wide choice of colors and semi-permanent. Re-shingling that rook will be an expensive nightmare in 25 years.
@shanew73614 ай бұрын
Yea, sure, if i had a million dollars laying around, this all would be great.
@maxshiraz34472 ай бұрын
11,000 kwh per year from solar on that big house is not very much. Even in high-price MA with inflated democrat prices that's about $2000 per year, whic is less then the depreciation of the panels.
@jeffreymason70494 ай бұрын
"I got 2 layers!" "You got three *cough*"
@woodrow604 ай бұрын
Yep, thanks Dad.
@TheChupacabra4 ай бұрын
Great zinger
@amidazad48324 ай бұрын
The home owner should save his money after while those solar panels damaging the roof itself for poor ventilation,storms and so on. Besides the inverter and the batteries when they breakdown.
@richardacheson90644 ай бұрын
Beyond the means of mere mortals.
@PatrickPoet4 ай бұрын
Disappointing that there wasn't enough roof available to build a system with the spare capacity to charge enough batteries to run the whole house and make it capable of being off-grid at least on the good sun part of the years. Then on the low sun part of the year they could charge the batteries on cheaper electricity parts of the day to run the house off battery on the parts of the day when the grid power was more expensive. A lot of people do that now.
@Trai584 ай бұрын
Too much over tech
@durangodave4 ай бұрын
i wonder why they dont make 2x4 out of that composite decking. Water safe decking but not water safe frame. Even pressure treated will rot eventually.
@craigcheng96194 ай бұрын
My guess would be the high cost of doing so makes it prohibitive. Decking has to look good and stand up to the elements so they can justify the high cost.
@glencarolo25974 ай бұрын
Beautiful stove! However, I'm sure with the new regulations on gas appliances, we can say goodbye to that company...
@NeverBeDaunted4 ай бұрын
Does anybody know the brand of the roof body harness that they’re using at 20:15?
@hkmorgan874 ай бұрын
I saw a few different styles, but the one I recognize and have used almost exclusively is MSA. They make several variations. Petzl and Frontline are a few other brands I've heard of
@martin12034 ай бұрын
I'd have though the word came from the railways as they lay the rails on sleepers.
@kenth1513 ай бұрын
Also solar in Mass is dumb.
@davidstewart11534 ай бұрын
That solar system is hobbled from the start with the shallow pitch. They will hold snow for days. The guy says 10 to 11 MWh annually, then moves quickly to 11 MWh. Bet on 10 or less, and the house probably uses more than 20 MWh a year. The six burner stove needs 2 tons of AC if it's at full power.
@netdog7134 ай бұрын
If I could only find a beautiful woman to stare at me the way Kevin stares at Richard 😂
@loumonte6584 ай бұрын
Gorgeous stoves.
@bugtusslealien39314 ай бұрын
All that sweat equity by the owners?? Their hands must be tired from writing all the checks to pay for that stuff?? I miss this old house with Bob Villa and Norm Abram! I dont watch it much anymore.
@TheChupacabra4 ай бұрын
But how do you mount the panels??!!!
@jascharl4 ай бұрын
I’d like a follow up on that solar system when the first good snow storm rolls through.
@scottz452 ай бұрын
Sad to see so much money spent to make a great home and they are still using methane to heat and cook but no heatpump. Dump the gas stove and get an induction stove.
@joeivo9114 ай бұрын
Great video
@JxH4 ай бұрын
*ERROR* 18:32 Solar guy says, "...So it's an 8kW system, 8000 kilowatts." OMG!! It's gone from 8,000 watts to 8,000,000 watts in the space of a single sentence !! Amazing !!
@JxH4 ай бұрын
It's nice that all these experts used the exactly-correct units when describing the energy and the power and so on. Nicely done; real experts.
@donc-m49004 ай бұрын
More Power! Besides, it's metric. I get the confusion.😅
@BamBamBigelow..4 ай бұрын
How about solar panel recycling?
@JxH4 ай бұрын
Why would you worry about that? They're almost perfectly inert. Absolute worst case, grind them up and landfill them. In fact, they can be easily disassembled (glass, aluminum, plastic, metals, the cells themselves) and be expertly recycled. If you have KZbin where you live, then you can find videos where this is demonstrated. If they can recycle fricken-massive oil rigs, then they can recycle solar panels after they're expired in 30 or 40 years. Geesh.
@BamBamBigelow..4 ай бұрын
@@JxH your a Funny Guy!
@KarlBunker4 ай бұрын
@@BamBamBigelow.. >"your a Funny Guy!" And you're a jerk who talks nonsense and doesn't know how to punctuate or capitalize.
@JxH4 ай бұрын
@@BamBamBigelow.. * you're
@BamBamBigelow..4 ай бұрын
@@JxH and a grammer Nazi, the double Up!
@danielwolk35764 ай бұрын
why not just use the solar roof shingles?
@oldfredbear4 ай бұрын
They cost more and the only benefit is asthetics.
@danielwolk35764 ай бұрын
@@oldfredbear yes but aesthetics was a main concern and the budget for this build seems forgiving.
@oldfredbear4 ай бұрын
@@danielwolk3576 personally, I like the looks of regular solar panels on a roof, mine included, but I think it's a 50/50 split with people.
@wolfmanjacksaid4 ай бұрын
The lady with the belt sander would be much safer ditching the face diaper and wearing a hair tie. Long hair and power tools are a bad idea.
@sammywestenberger93034 ай бұрын
Amen 🙏
@ronbennett78853 ай бұрын
Wonder what the warranty is for the battery and related electronics for the solar panel system. Also, they mention an app, which suggests the system likely won't last long unless it's not required for operation.
@alzuu12 ай бұрын
Hard to know since they didn't say what the panels' brand is. The inverter is a string one which is probably 10 years and the battery seems to be a generac pwrcell which has a 10 year warranty.
@campursarian19774 ай бұрын
My cousin got solar panels and regrets it.
@oldfredbear4 ай бұрын
Your cousin hired the wrong company then. Probably leased them, right?
@vrea774 ай бұрын
That sucks 😕
@masstwitter47484 ай бұрын
This is going to come off as mean and shallow and kind of irrelevant so I shouldn't say but also can't not: to me, Kevin looks like one of the characters on the Rice Krispies box with his beanie perched atop his head just so
@pistolpete53254 ай бұрын
Yep that’d be Crackle 😅
@masstwitter47484 ай бұрын
@@pistolpete5325 😆
@pistolpete53254 ай бұрын
@@masstwitter4748man that’s a deep find lol. Not many peeps would catch that. I got a box of that in my pantry rn tho!
@masstwitter47484 ай бұрын
@@pistolpete5325 Nothing better than a bit of snap, crackle and pop - for nostalgia reasons if nothing else!
@fnhwk4 ай бұрын
Solar power is a waste
@shanew73614 ай бұрын
You have to maintain them, and they lose their efficiency over time, too.
@XX-1664 ай бұрын
@@shanew7361when the grid goes down where are you gonna get your power?? From solar panels… they don’t die like you’re claiming
@oldfredbear4 ай бұрын
@@shanew7361, what's funny about this comment is people who have solar panels know it's not true and are raking in dollar after dollar of free electricity. Everyone without solar panels keeps repeating this line fed to them by the oil companies and their lobbyists.
@alzuu12 ай бұрын
Absolutely not - you can save a lot of money if you do it correctly.
@oldfredbear2 ай бұрын
@@alzuu1 shh.... Don't give away our secret.
@anaacosta59304 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. May JESUS, bless you.
@everythinglife23344 ай бұрын
I see you removed the "Ask" from your name, not bad
@craigcheng96194 ай бұрын
That's a different show, even though they have most of the same crew.
@everythinglife23344 ай бұрын
@craigcheng9619 wait really?! I'm a pretty avid fan I don't know how that slipped past me
@sadams123456784 ай бұрын
@@everythinglife2334 Yes, two shows; "This Old House & "Ask This Old House"
@ncjsgrki4 ай бұрын
19:30 Fun fact: A patent for solar panels with over 80% efficiency was filled in 1971, and it was hit with a secrecy order.
@craigcheng96194 ай бұрын
If that's the case, how would you know it actually exists?
@JTOTHEW30004 ай бұрын
Why are they forcing the employee to wear a mask? Not a fan of the propoganda....Its OK to take it off and never wear it again. Give yourself permission and live again.
@XX-1664 ай бұрын
Or go find yourself a new job while both you and he are in the unemployment line because someone wants to do their own thing.
@XX-1664 ай бұрын
@Navy1977 dude doesn’t have a clue
@JTOTHEW30004 ай бұрын
@@XX-166 I did not comply. Almost got fired. Let them know the lawsuit will cripple them. Live free and never bow to totalitarian actions. Glad they backed down...
@XX-1664 ай бұрын
@@JTOTHEW3000 frivolous lawsuits are thrown out every day so go get a job and follow the rules or build your own company and make your own rules
@JTOTHEW30004 ай бұрын
@@XX-166 I own a sewer and drain cleaning company. Been in business for several decades....I earn my way everyday.
@mariojuana4 ай бұрын
the deck hardware is called camo clips for anyone looking to source 🫡