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Season 2

(1981)

Overview

The Newton House

Cast

Bob Vila as Self - Host
Bob Vila

as Self - Host

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

Episodes

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January 1, 1981

Our host introduces the Bigelow House, a rambling 19th-century hilltop home in Newton, Massachusetts, designed by noted…

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January 15, 1981

Our host discusses plans for renovating the barn unit - insulation, demolition and replacing broken windows.

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January 30, 1981

Demolition is nearly complete and our host shows us some of the problems uncovering he's uncovered - including extensiv…

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February 1, 1981

Our host discusses some of the key decisions to be made about condominium sales. Also, plans are made to install woodbu…

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February 15, 1981

We're ready to do some plumbing at the house. Our master carpenter shows us how to pour concrete wall and Tom Wirth, ou…

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February 28, 1981

The exterminator gives us a top-to-bottom bug check. Professor John Coolidge talks about the architect of the Bigelow H…

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March 1, 1981

Our host discusses plans for a new, historically compatible five-car garage. The electrician begins wiring and a solar …

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March 15, 1981

Our host and master carpenter gives us a progress report of the house. It's almost time to winterize this energy-guzzli…

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March 28, 1981

All radiators are not created equal. Our host shows us an efficient, aesthetic European version. Our master carpenter i…

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April 1, 1981

The south roof gets an ice shield and cedar shingles. The living room wall gets a layer of energy-saving polystyrene bo…

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April 15, 1981

This week, our host looks at the wiring needs in the barn; demonstrates lathing and plastering and talks about choosing…

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April 28, 1981

Shingling is completed on the south side of the bungalow and the lights are in placed in the main house. Tile setter Ch…

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May 1, 1981

What are the best tiles for the master bath? How is the electrical work coming? What type of cabinets should we use in …

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May 15, 1981

It's time to tackle some tough shingling jobs on the turret and roof-top belvedere. We'll also install a skylight, hook…

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May 28, 1981

The crawlspace in the barn gets a concrete floor. The main house gets a parquet floor. And we lesson in tile grouting.

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June 1, 1981

Our host sizes up the tree cutting clearing hob outside the Ice House unit. In the barn, he discusses the wood beam fra…

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June 15, 1981

Our host reviews plans for interior of the barn unit. In the main house, he decides that some of the floors will have t…

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June 28, 1981

Tonight, our host tours the barn and gives more thought to the hardwood floors in the main house. It's also time to sel…

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July 1, 1981

This week, our master carpenter installs the unusual floor-to-ceiling triple hung windows; while Charlie, our finish ca…

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July 15, 1981

The kitchen in the main house gets a ceramic tile floor. The south facade get a glass sunbath. The barn gets a heating …

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July 28, 1981

This week, the old metal garages come down and barn lighting goes in. In the main house, it's time to install the air c…

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August 1, 1981

Now that the old garage is gone, plans are made for the new one. Our master carpenter discusses the stairway in the bar…

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August 15, 1981

Our houst inspects the custom-made hardwood spiral stairchase in the barn and takes us on a tour of the factory where i…

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August 28, 1981

Our host inspects the custom-built kitchen cabinets in the barn and checks the plastering work upstairs. Then landscapi…

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September 1, 1981

Things are really shaping up at the Bigelow House! Tonight, the white cedar shingling goes up in the barn greenhouse. I…

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September 15, 1981

Our host takes a stroll around the grounds and shows us that the landscaping is well underway. There's also been great …

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September 28, 1981

This Old House is new again! The workmen are gone and the newly renovated Bigelow House is ready and waiting for its ne…