Season 14
(1992)
Overview
The Lexington Ranch; The Miami House
Cast
as Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert
as Self - Master Carpenter
as Self - General Contractor
as Host
as Self - Landscape Contractor
Episodes
The Lexington Ranch - 1 0.0
January 1, 1992
The new season kicks off with a visit to the Haggers at Kirkside in Wayland. The lawn has come in, and the place looks …
The Lexington Ranch - 2 0.0
January 15, 1992
We meet architect Graham Gund in his offices at Bulfinch Square, a historic complex he restored. After a tour of the of…
The Lexington Ranch - 3 0.0
January 28, 1992
Architect Graham Gund reveals his plans for the Igoes' ranch, using a model and drawings. The crew begins to file a for…
The Lexington Ranch - 4 0.0
February 1, 1992
Our host catches up with homeowners Jan and Brian Igoe, urging them to vacate the premises before the demolition begins…
The Lexington Ranch - 5 0.0
February 15, 1992
Arborist Matt Foti and crew remove a large swamp marple from the site. Tom Silva takes us to see another, simpler ranch…
The Lexington Ranch - 6 0.0
February 28, 1992
Lumber arrives on the site, and mason Lenny Belleveau applies a hard cement coating to the above-grade portion of the s…
The Lexington Ranch - 7 0.0
March 1, 1992
With the roof demolished, the crew begins to deck over the second floor. The addition is decked over, and our master ca…
The Lexington Ranch - 8 0.0
March 15, 1992
With framing well underway, homeowner Jan Igoe gives our host a tour of the developing spaces inside the house. He then…
The Lexington Ranch - 9 0.0
March 28, 1992
Homeowners Brian and Jan tour the house and see how the kitchen ceiling has been removed. Landscape architect Tom Wirth…
The Lexington Ranch - 10 0.0
April 1, 1992
The timber trusses are craned into new place in the new addition, with stress-skin panels following to form the new roo…
The Lexington Ranch - 11 0.0
April 15, 1992
The crew prepares an opening to accept a new window. Housewrap is discussed, and inside our general contractor demonstr…
The Lexington Ranch - 12 0.0
April 28, 1992
Our host arrives on site to discover stone mason Roger Hopkins at work on the new landscaping. Landacaping architect To…
The Lexington Ranch - 13 0.0
May 1, 1992
Work continues on the front landscaping, and Tom Wirth gives us a update on the layout. Inside, Richard Trethewey shows…
The Lexington Ranch - 14 0.0
May 15, 1992
Our host catches up with Graham Gund as the architect discusses design issues with Jan Igoe. Meanwhile, our master carp…
The Lexington Ranch - 15 0.0
May 28, 1992
The job has suddenly taken a turn for the better, thanks in part to the homeowners' cleanup efforts. The crew installs …
The Lexington Ranch - 16 0.0
June 1, 1992
After a major snowstorm, we arrive on site to find the granite steps installed and Herb Brockert's grading work in the …
The Lexington Ranch - 17 0.0
June 15, 1992
Roger Hopkins puts in the last pieces of the front stairs: flagging made from ""scrap"" granite. Inside, lighting desig…
The Lexington Ranch - 18 0.0
June 28, 1992
We visit a iron fabrication shop to see how the front railings are being put together. Back at the house, a marble coun…
The Lexington Ranch - 19 0.0
July 1, 1992
Our host meets up with Jan Igoe to discuss the inadvisability of doing patches in the old floors. In the great room, Je…
The Lexington Ranch - 20 0.0
July 15, 1992
The home stretch. The guys arrive with the entertainment center, and meet up with architect Rick Bechtel, who is starte…
The Miami House - 1 0.0
July 28, 1992
The crew heads to storm-stricken Maimi, Florida, in search for a house to fix up. After seeing one that is too big a jo…
The Miami House - 2 0.0
August 1, 1992
With the wet plaster and carpeting removed from the house, some heretofore hidden features of the house are repealed, i…
The Miami House - 3 0.0
August 15, 1992
Tree cutter Tony Sisto takes down a ded tree, with some difficulty, while our master carpenter checks the installation …
The Miami House - 4 0.0
August 28, 1992
Our host opens the show at ""Mt. Trashmore"", a collecting point - one of about a dozen in South Dade - for all the deb…
The Miami House - 5 0.0
September 1, 1992
We see progress on the house with general contractor Rick Groden: window patch-in, interior plastering and trim. He the…
The Miami House - 6 0.0
September 15, 1992
The final three days. The painters are hard at work; our master carpenter replaces a window that was broken during cons…