Episode 1
Aired Oct 4, 2007
Structural issues concerning a Victorian-era house; bathtub drain trap; cracked drywall ceiling.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 11, 2007
Patio construction; demolishing a kitchen; chimney flues; carpentry squares.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 18, 2007
Porch columns; a perk test; a rotted tree; a closet flange for a toilet; a cracked plaster wall; digging holes.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 25, 2007
A support beam; framing materials; beam installation; shoddy wiring; floor structure; plumbing floods; foundation plantings; a rotted windowsill.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 1, 2007
A retaining wall defines the perimeter of the new backyard; wallpaper; jammed kitchen garbage disposer; removing paint from cedar siding.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 8, 2007
Exterior paint; a 12-foot wall in the kitchen; restoration and rebuilding for four historic windows; installing wood trim around a plain doorway.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 15, 2007
Mechanical systems; installing Milford Pink granite; useful ways to save energy in the home; energy-efficient replacement windows.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 22, 2007
Digging up an established shrub to transplant in the backyard; adding radiant heat panels under the entry hall; three-ink teak island top for the house.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 29, 2007
Troublesome conditions with wood-to-ground contact; treating termites; keeping Christmas trees healthy throughout the holiday season; caulking a leaky window.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 6, 2007
Prepping the exterior of the house for paint; bluestone patio and stairs; wrapping exterior columns with shingles.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 13, 2007
Wrapping the columns under the back porch in shingles; saving old plaster; selections for lighting, paint and furnishings.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 20, 2007
Rotting problems with the garage; setting up for a major tile job in the master bath; determining the grade of a landscape; repairing a bathtub.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 27, 2007
Installing custom garage doors; countertop and tile choices for the kitchen; installing a vinyl fence; applying epoxy coating to the garage floor.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 3, 2008
Installing sod in the backyard; quartz and resin countertops; high efficiency air conditioning system; cleaning oak woodwork; radiators.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 10, 2008
Installing the end grain teak island top; custom closet system; using wedges to even out the grout lines on a handmade tile backsplash.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 17, 2008
Updated lighting; the finished back porch and terrace; replacing a skylight that leaks; faulty three-way light switch.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 24, 2008
Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis provide new housing for musicians in New Orleans through Habitat for Humanity.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 31, 2008
Proposed work on a shotgun single; installing a new water softening system; installing fiber-cement shingles on a backyard shed.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 7, 2008
The master carpenter works on the side porch; stripping paint from historic windows; bright color schemes; low-voltage landscape lighting.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 14, 2008
Plumbing layout; landscape plan for yard and gardens; special projects for parents and children; building a soccer goal with PVC plumbing pipes.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 21, 2008
Rough inspections; spray foam insulation gets underway in the new addition; French doors; installing a pellet stove; lawn mowers that don't require gas.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 28, 2008
Trimming the side porch; homeowners deconstruct ruined properties in New Orleans; replacing wooden stairs with granite steps; replacing leaky pipes.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 6, 2008
Templates for the new quartz countertops; window stool and apron; pine-engineered flooring; improving a lawn with a slice seeder.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 13, 2008
Kitchen countertops; Willis Reed, Robert Parish and Tyson Chandler help raise awareness for New Orleans housing; life and work of tile expert Joe Ferrante.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 20, 2008
Plants arrive while a mason lays brick on the front walk; custom composite shutters; lights; screening shrubs and grasses.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 27, 2008
Installing the hoop-and-scroll iron fence; final paint-color scheme; two custom tables; final tour of the front garden and side yard.
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