This Old House | Don't Rip It, Restore It (S41 E24) FULL EPISODE

About 30 miles from our project and 30 years before it was built ,one of the most important tools in the plumbing trade was invented. Richard meets Michael Fitzgerald, the enthusiast who uncovered this historical fact. The two meet at a museum that celebrates advances in plumbing, in where else? Watertown, Massachusetts. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. Back at the house, 130-year-old plaster can show its age after a construction crew comes through a house. Our homeowners hope to keep the plaster in the entry foyer and wallpaper over it. Kevin finds Mauro making repairs to cracks in the plaster that might be the result of demolition. Our homeowners like the rail on the staircase but it needs a lot of love. Norm and our finishing expert Wayne Towle come up with a plan to repair whats broken. Heath Eastman and his team of electricians have been wiring for weeks. Today its time to bring everything together. Kevin finds Heath in the basement installing a breaker panel with an innovative design. Back upstairs, what was once an old porch gets transformed into a formal dining room. Kevin finds out that the ceiling also receives its own touch of elegance with a special Venetian plaster finish. Enjoying full-episodes of This Old House? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream every episode ever made of This Old House (over 1,000 hours), commercial-free. https://bit.ly/32CLaGe Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://ift.tt/3jclZ3N Products and Services from this Episode: Baluster Repair: Wayne Towle Master Finishing and Restoration Electrical Panel: Schneider Electric Venetian Plaster: PietraVIVA Side Trip: Watertown Plumbing Museum About This Old House TV: This Old House is America’s first and most trusted home improvement show. Each season, we renovate two different historic homes—one step at a time—featuring quality craftsmanship and the latest in modern technology. We demystify home improvement and provide ideas and information so, whether you are doing it yourself or hiring out contractors, you’ll know the right way to do things or the questions to ask. Our experts including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor give you the tools you need to protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG This Old House | Don't Rip It, Restore It (S41 E24) FULL EPISODE https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/