The new season kicks off with a visit to the Haggers at Kirkside in Wayland. The lawn has come in,… |
We meet architect Graham Gund in his offices at Bulfinch Square, a historic complex he restored.… |
Architect Graham Gund reveals his plans for the Igoes' ranch, using a model and drawings. The crew… |
Our host catches up with homeowners Jan and Brian Igoe, urging them to vacate the premises before… |
Arborist Matt Foti and crew remove a large swamp marple from the site. Tom Silva takes us to see… |
Lumber arrives on the site, and mason Lenny Belleveau applies a hard cement coating to the… |
With the roof demolished, the crew begins to deck over the second floor. The addition is decked… |
With framing well underway, homeowner Jan Igoe gives our host a tour of the developing spaces… |
Homeowners Brian and Jan tour the house and see how the kitchen ceiling has been removed. Landscape… |
The timber trusses are craned into new place in the new addition, with stress-skin panels following… |
The crew prepares an opening to accept a new window. Housewrap is discussed, and inside our general… |
Our host arrives on site to discover stone mason Roger Hopkins at work on the new landscaping.… |
Work continues on the front landscaping, and Tom Wirth gives us a update on the layout. Inside,… |
Our host catches up with Graham Gund as the architect discusses design issues with Jan Igoe.… |
The job has suddenly taken a turn for the better, thanks in part to the homeowners' cleanup… |
After a major snowstorm, we arrive on site to find the granite steps installed and Herb Brockert's… |
Roger Hopkins puts in the last pieces of the front stairs: flagging made from ""scrap"" granite.… |
We visit a iron fabrication shop to see how the front railings are being put together. Back at the… |
Our host meets up with Jan Igoe to discuss the inadvisability of doing patches in the old floors.… |
The home stretch. The guys arrive with the entertainment center, and meet up with architect Rick… |
The crew heads to storm-stricken Maimi, Florida, in search for a house to fix up. After seeing one… |
With the wet plaster and carpeting removed from the house, some heretofore hidden features of the… |
Tree cutter Tony Sisto takes down a ded tree, with some difficulty, while our master carpenter… |
Our host opens the show at ""Mt. Trashmore"", a collecting point - one of about a dozen in South… |
We see progress on the house with general contractor Rick Groden: window patch-in, interior… |
The final three days. The painters are hard at work; our master carpenter replaces a window that… |