This Old House

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 1: Sandy and the Jersey Shore Oct 6, 2013 For the first time, This Old House takes on three homes at the same time. The team meets the homeowners and discusses rebuilding stronger, smarter, and safer.

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 2: Drastic Measures Oct 13, 2013 The team discusses how FEMA impacts building requirements, and foundation options. The Manasquan home is razed. Kevin takes a tour of Bay Head. Trouble begins at Point Pleasant.

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 3: Getting to Work Oct 20, 2013 The Mantoloking home is examined from a new angle while the Bay Head house begins framing. The team learns about a innovative foundation to be used on the Point Pleasant home. And the shows visits a business in Bay Head that has already successfully rebuilt.

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 4: Built for Speed Oct 27, 2013 The show visits the boardwalk at Seaside Heights to view reconstruction. The Bay Head home has a new deck installed. The Point Pleasant project gets crushed! A visit to the factory that will make the Manasquan house in only one week.

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 5: Lines in the Sand Nov 3, 2013 The windows are installed at the Bay Head house. At Point Pleasant a new dinning room is installed in place of the garage. And the modular home arrives on site in Manasquan.

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 6: Go With the Flow Nov 10, 2013 Breakaway walls and flood vents are installed at the Point Pleasant. The work on the modular home continues. What plants and trees survived Sandy?

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Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013 Part 7: Stories From Sea Level Nov 17, 2013 Footings are added in Bay Head home. Point Pleasant gets stone veneer, fiber-cement siding and composite decking. Manasquan project is finished. Pro surfer Sam Hammer visits the show. And marine biologist Chris Wojcik talks about the bay.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 1: 35 Years of This Old House Oct 5, 2014 Season 36 opens in Boston, where an 1850s-era Greek Revival house is to be upgraded. The homeowner would like to improve the kitchen and the third floor, where the master suite is located. The retaining walls also need work.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 2: Brick Rowhouse Blues Oct 12, 2014 A fix for a major problem: exterior walls that are bowing outward. Two weeks of work in the basement, meanwhile, has lowered the floor by several inches; the radiant heat-insulation system is installed; and it's shown how the roof is under-structured. In other events, Norm revisits a Charlestown townhouse featured on the show 14 years ago.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 3: A Bridge to Charlestown Oct 19, 2014 How the old chimney will be modified for gas fireplace units. The framing progress is also spotlighted, including in the breakfast area and the third-floor master suite; and rebuilding the backyard retaining walls commences. Also: a chat with a structural engineer about one of Charlestown's most iconic structures, the Zakim Bridge; and a visit to a salvage yard that has architectural elements from the Greek Revival period.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 4: Wood and Water Oct 26, 2014 The progress on the now-approved dormer is spotlighted. Elsewhere, Insulation and wallboard are put into place; and a reclaimed brick veneer is installed on the kitchen bump out. Also: the world's last wooden whaling ship is observed arriving at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 5: Gardens & Greek Revival Style Nov 2, 2014 The ductwork for the new direct vent gas fireplace units is worked on; subtle Greek Revival details are added to the interior window trim; and the exterior window trim is painted. Also: Sullivan Square Community Garden; and Beacon Hill's hidden gardens.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 6: Kitchens and Baths Nov 9, 2014 A major upgrade begins: adding a Greek Revival-style front door. On the second floor, new wood wainscoting is installed; a feature wall insert for the master shower is created with marble basket weave tile; and small section of copper roof is added to the roof.

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Charlestown 2014: Part 7: Rowhouse, Lighthouse Nov 16, 2014 A basement door is concealed; the new Cararra marble island top is spotlighted; a PVC fence is installed on top of the retaining wall; the front steps are given new life with a grinder, a router, epoxy and non-slip exterior paint; and the salvaged marble mantel and surround are installed in the sitting room. Also: the transformation of a Boston lighthouses into a summer home.