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Season 15

(1993)

Overview

The Belmont House; The Honolulu House

Cast

Richard Trethewey as Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert
Richard Trethewey

as Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert

Norm Abram as Self - Master Carpenter
Norm Abram

as Self - Master Carpenter

Tom Silva as Self - General Contractor
Tom Silva

as Self - General Contractor

Roger Cook as Self - Landscape Contractor
Roger Cook

as Self - Landscape Contractor

Episodes

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September 2, 1993

The season starts in front of a magnificent example of Victorian architecture, then we visit the Society for the Preser…

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September 9, 1993

The asbestos removal crew begins to strip the house of shingles, under the watchful eye of a state official. As a prelu…

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September 16, 1993

Our host visits a landfill engineered to accept hazardous waste, such as the asbestos off the side of the Gallants' hou…

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September 23, 1993

The guys meet Dean as he's removing damaged wood shingles, which have been revealed now that the asbsetos siding is off…

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September 30, 1993

While the guys use a new airgun and lightweight nylon hose to shingle the base of one of the turrets, Dean reviews some…

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October 7, 1993

Dean tries out various ways of removing paint from the window castings - heat gun, heat plane, and chemical strippers. …

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October 14, 1993

Our host arrives to find the crew getting ready to frame up the gutted kitchen. First, though, the plumbing stack had t…

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October 21, 1993

Our master carpenter rides a horse into the Washakie Wilderness in northwestern Wyoming, where US Forest Service carpen…

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October 28, 1993

Our host visits an eight-color historically accurate paint job west of Boston, under the supervision of SPNEA's Andrea …

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November 4, 1993

Our master carpenter gives us a tip on hiding nails when shingling, while our general contractor builds a cedar and fir…

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November 11, 1993

In a big day at the jobsite, arborist Matt Foti and his crew cut down four conifers that had been hiding the house and …

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November 18, 1993

Our host Russell, who is completing the rough wiring in the kitchen. Lighting designer Melissa Guenet reveals her plan …

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November 25, 1993

We arrive to see the new paint colors going up, while Tom Silva continues to re-detail the porch trim with proper fasci…

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December 2, 1993

Our host meets landscape contractor Roger Cook as he and his crew install a plastic drywell in the cramped space next t…

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December 9, 1993

Our host arrives to find the crew putting down rubber membrane roof on the garage, while homeowner Dean Gallant helps R…

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December 16, 1993

Our master carpenter checks out the new retractable awnings, while our host meets storm window installers who are prote…

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December 23, 1993

Our host arrives to find the crew fishing off the last of the porch's historic details, which is was able to duplicate …

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December 30, 1993

The final days. Our host arrives to find Don Franklin of DeAngelis Iron Work installing a new railing on the front stai…

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February 3, 1994

The guys padde into Honolulu, Hawaii, to begin an eight show series on the renovation and expansion of homeowner Christ…

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February 10, 1994

The guys start the workday by climbing Diamond Head for a view over the city of Honolulu. At the jobsite, our host meet…

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February 17, 1994

The show opens at the Punchbowl, an extinct volcano crater that is the site of the National Memorial Cementry of the Pa…

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February 24, 1994

The show opens at Hanauma Bay, a sea-filled crater whose marine life attracts thousands of visitors a day, creating a c…

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March 3, 1994

The show begins at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, a 1927 beauty known as the Pink Palace, one of the first two luxury hotels…

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March 10, 1994

The show opens at Aloha Tower, built in 1921 and now part of a redevelopment effort by the same gorup that built Baltim…

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March 17, 1994

Our host opens the show at Halekii heiau, an ancient Hawaiian temple on the island of Maui. Surrounded by an industrial…

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March 24, 1994

The final days in Hawaii. Our host starts the show in Kalapana on the Big Island, where a 1992 lava flow from Kilauea v…