Ask This Old House | Stair Railing, Smart Show House (S16 E19) | FULL EPISODE

[@Animusapertus]

Gotta love the trades, Tom is the best. He secured that bung-hole and showed her how tight it was.

[@davidmotley4207]

One item on the AC coil freezing, sometime people forget or prefer not to put a filter. Consequently all that particles end up attaching into the coil itself restricting the air flow.

[@hotbam37]

Gonna regret not having an A/C unit.

[@JM-yx1lm]

They're probably liberals so they'll tweet about it and virtue signal

[@larrymoore6640]

Fixing the rail end was interesting but I don't know if I would give a delivery person access to my house.

[@the_DOS]

No air conditioning in Napa in the summer? Good luck buddy.

[@Verifraudreports]

draws in the cool 100 deg air to replace ther 120 deg air. comfy

[@alonzojohnson7955]

Fans

[@dertythegrower]

Swampcooler, simple fix. Or copper coil into a container you refill with ice water every 4 to 6 hours. Freeze blocks for free, using half of a container or OJ or milk jug in a freezer everybody has running already. 4 container half gallon blocks is all it takes and most people have a space in the freezer all year.

[@dertythegrower]

Also their system relies on internet servers for weather... as a tech grad, that has easily 2 plus points of error.. and then you have an unsmart house if internet, servers, or power is out.

[@2loco]

He should have just stuck in an air conditioning system and offset the energy consumption by installing a solar PV system on his roof...

[@Bob_Lob_Law]

If you want to be effecient, get a ductless minisplit and loads of insulation, don't skip the AC. Fujitsu makes a minisplit heat pump with a seer of 33.1 33.1! Central is is like 14, maybe 18. Window AC units are like 13.

[@dertythegrower]

Mitsubishi also.. if you look at huge city videos in asia.. its the most used btand and reliable. Also weed growers have used them in america, for a decade heh

[@Bob_Lob_Law]

@@dertythegrower Mitsubishi is also good. Personally, I live in a very cold climate, and Fujitsu has a lower operating temps with no hard cutoff. I hear Mitsubishi shuts off completely at it's minimum temp. I saw a list of "most efficient heat pumps 2020" from a traditional american installer. It was awful, only had names like Goodman, York, Trane, etc. These brands suck, they are still using single or multi speed compressors when Fujitsu and Mitsubishi are using inverters. The best unit on the list had a seer of 20. Embarrassing, but it seems like most installers here don't know about Mitsubishi or Fujitsu for some reason.

[@viswanathanbv]

Merry Christmas everyone.

[@vinceleto]

To be energy efficient we have decided to sweat our asses off in the summer 😀.

[@flat-earther]

Maybe they should have looked into mud houses that were built in Yemen and other places which stay cooler than other building types in summer.

[@TrueToad]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Your content is excellent and your team members are brilliant, best wishes and look forward to 2021.

[@ConflictedSwitch]

I was waiting for Richard Trethewey to put in a heat pump.

[@chestyvulva]

This Old House has my vote as the most valuable content on television in the past 40 years. The older an episode gets, the more valuable it becomes. I'm renovating my home after struggling with workers. If I have to trust an idiot, it will be my own idiot; at least I know my idiot isn't drunk or high on drugs. You have a video for everything except an in depth video on old floor tile mud beds (or mortar beds depending who you ask). Thanks for the help ❤

[@KJSvitko]

Saving energy saves money on utilities.

[@scottyellis3442]

The only thing about the whole house fan is it could pull in humidity, depending on what part of the country you're in. I live in N.C and our summers are extremely humid and I had a whole house fan and when we would run it everything in the house would be wet. So turns out we couldn't run it in the summer at all. But sounds as you know what will & won't work for your situation, good luck & that's a beautiful house.

[@rustynutz2871]

No AC but motorized windows? Lol.

[@SuperSpecialty]

No access if there’s a “parcel locker” with an unlocked lock to be locked by delivery person.

[@SuperSpecialty]

Contradicting statements e.g. if phone is dead, there’s no communications between owner and person wanting access!

[@aquarius_70]

I was hoping Tom was going to fix the newel post. This being Christmas and all.

[@dl_97201]

I really like that for the first time I can remember an exploration of Smart Home technology that is meant for non-tech head people or those specifically looking into implementing it *now* is addressing privacy concerns. As I have been building out my own Smart Home - and now looking into changing it up specifically because of privacy concerns - it has been front and center of all of my choices. I *STRONGLY* feel that TOH (and ATOH) would be doing your viewers a HUGE favor by exploring into these issues deeper.

[@holden_tld]

22:50 architects better brush up on rust base design, we need airlocks.

[@jeffersonspace]

This Week In Virology has a video on the NEID, needle. The TWIV team get a tour inside a BSL-4 containment facility. (biological science lab level 4). This is in Boston I believe (?). Love this Old House. I'm sure Rich could handle this! Bless. Merry Christmas everybody. MWV Episode 68 - Threading the NEIDL: TWiV Goes Inside a BSL-4

[@bobdickweed]

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[@johnsee7269]

The two greatest inventions of the twentieth century were air conditioning and disposable diapers. You can live a good life without either one but... It could get inconvenient and/or uncomfortable.

[@ronaldharmon9891]

........ NO I'm not willing to give up PRIVACY for CONVENIENCE but thanks for playing......

[@JohnNeville617]

That is why I use home assistant and z-wave devices. Unfortunately it requires some software diy to get it going but it also runs all my automation rules locally. Very few of my devices are cloud controlled at all so I can do everything he is talking about even without internet.

[@mysticwine]

Tommy could fit the Empire State Bld into a 2 car garage!

[@DustinPlatt]

Smart homes... man I wish I could make a new home from scratch and construct it from barebones to be a smart house... My house now is short bus house.

[@MagicalQuestAdventures]

Phil Collin is very talented, musician and a handy man.

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Miss Molly is Star of TOH with Steve !

[@antoniotiberi3157]

No A/C NO DEAL

[@JM-yx1lm]

Its better to have an ac unit running constantly all day rather than on and off constantly is what he's saying. Perfect Insulation would allow the unit to stay off for an hour on the hottest day and that would be fine

[@davidmiedema2950]

No what he's saying is that short cycleing an ac unit causes humidity and icing issues, and that oversizing your unit too much causes too much short cycleing. So, size ir so that it can keep up at 100% (really 80-90%) duty cycle on the hottest day of the year.

[@justinballard7242]

11:15 what were they doing in the other room

[@JG-mp5nb]

Hahaha! Bad boy Tommy? Shame on you!

[@JM-yx1lm]

Ran!!!

[@aayotechnology]

Ha. I was wondering the same thing!

[@scotttovey]

Waiting for the cue to come through the door.

[@pipedope329]

he was showing her how the game of hide the sausage is played

[@johnbilliter212]

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[@OttawaMikes]

Tom might have pointed out that handrail ends often are required to return to the wall to prevent firefighter's equipment from hooking on the handrail's ends.

[@fvalencia3494]

So the whole house security is not going to work becuz now the windows r open. He should have put in a A/C unit

[@roderickfemm8799]

I don't think of myself as a luddite, but I am very leery of "smart" security that might be vulnerable to being hacked, or gamed in some way. I may be willing to trade some privacy for some convenience, but I'm not willing to trade security. Convenience is over-rated, in my opinion.

[@scotttovey]

"The house will get smarter and smarter." So smart that one day, you'll find yourself standing outside banging on the door yelling: W-I-I-I-I-I-L-M-A-A-A-A-A!

[@scotttovey]

That joke is only for those that have seen episodes of the Flintstones.

[@jonathandevries2828]

lol i'll never let anyone in my house when im not there no matter how many cameras i have

[@fireblaster9961]

Did just say this knob just spins spins spins

[@samash1704]

9:25 Safety glasses on?

[@Essenkiller]

I have 800sq ft and 6 zones too

[@timskufca8039]

instead of "smart" home technology just open the windows manually and switch on the fan. This eliminates the technological nightmare when a "system" fails; the more complex a system the more chance for failure. Instead of "smart" technology, use "smart" residents.

[@scotttovey]

Not to mention the lack of security in that system. As long as it is hotter inside than outside; the windows will remain open inviting thieves to come in and take as much as they wish.

[@gregcollins3404]

Over time, my house is not going to have a "brain"....

[@Mike__B]

Ok, I want to know what kind of "leatherman" Tom has that he can cut through a nail with the plyers, granted it was a finish nail but still.

[@hotbam37]

go to lowes or home depot and get a pair of linemen pliers. They are the best utility tool and cut things my other cutters can't cut.

[@killthebetrayer]

That's a Swisstool Spirit from Victorinox

[@allegory7638]

If you want to be energy efficient, start by building a smaller house.

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

Just think what would happen if you guys could go back in time to when the show first got started and show the future to you past selves. . .

[@julietphillips1991]

Everything about that "smart house" sounds creepy.

[@thanatosst]

Everything about a "smart" house is a security and privacy nightmare.

[@Verifraudreports]

Your Smart toilet has ordered you hemorrhoid cream.

[@joshua8225]

Too much smartness to your home gotta dumb it down a bunch

[@jeremyclauser518]

A.I. dangerous web we our weaving.

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

The Smart House guy is everything that's wrong with the world in 2024. Power windows is a bit much

[@nscaledelights]

Dave do you need milk I got you milk Dave then I let the babysitter in Dave......Dave?

[@alonzojohnson7955]

😎

[@bettymaverick1098]

Sounds like a dumb house. Where will the cool air come from in the hot summer days. wishful thinking and will not work. try that in Florida in high humidity. The heated floors another wishful idea with a major flaw. I understand floor heating takes a day and half to heat the house. Pretty cold the first day or so and by that time. I day later it may be warmer now you are hot. Not well thought out per the complaints I have heard.

[@rickyhertz7250]

A plumber and a Evaporator coil two things that don’t belong together

[@flat-earther]

Absolutely disgusting ''smart'' home segment. I don't want any of that crap.

[@poshko41]

This was an embarrassing waste of Tommy's talent. They should've sent Kevin.

[@aydenfranco8889]

Anyone want to be my Boyfriend 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

[@pussypuffs]

how do you think the "great reset" proposed by the world economic forum, if executed, would effect the viability of home repair, restoration, and building industries?

[@hotbam37]

It IS already being executed. So far business has been good for our home repair company though.

[@jeffwilson1399]

Lol. IF executed. The Pedo Elite is well on its way with the Great Reset.

[@2loco]

Wtf is a great reset

[@jeffwilson1399]

@@2loco en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Reset#:~:text=The%20Great%20Reset%20is%20a,and%20WEF%20director%20Klaus%20Schwab.