HOST BIO
Kevin O'Connor

FEATURED EXPERTS
Norm Abram
Roger Cook
Tom Silva
Richard Trethewey

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THIS OLD HOUSE
  • Space Savers and Essentials -
  • Episode DTOH-2513

    AIR TIMES
    April 15, 2008
    7:30 PM Eastern
    April 15, 2008
    11:30 PM Eastern
    April 21, 2008
    8:30 AM Eastern
    May 21, 2008
    8:00 PM Eastern
    May 22, 2008
    12:00 AM Eastern
    May 24, 2008
    7:30 PM Eastern
    May 24, 2008
    11:30 PM Eastern
    June 16, 2008
    8:30 AM Eastern
    Landscape contractor Roger Cook shows host Kevin O'Connor how he's installing a pre-fabricated pitched structural foam trench drain at the entrance to the garage. Inside, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows Kevin the radiant tubing going down in the master suite, the cast iron waste pipe, and PEX water supply lines in the walls of the library, and how the high-velocity mini-duct system is saving valuable space on the first floor. Painting contractor Jim Clark is challenged with developing a stain formula that will work with all of the various wood species in the house. At the end of the day, Tom lowers the 12kW generator into place that will cover just the "essential loads" during a power outage — some lights, mechanical systems, and the refrigerator and sump pumps.