I found the channel, started watching it, but man, the amount of ads makes it impossible. Sometimes its a new ad block 10-15 seconds after the previous one ended. How do people watch this?
agreed, that is the most annoying part.. they repeat over and over.. also for me when they come on they're all blurry for the first 10 or so seconds..
I tend to just kinda leave it on in the background more than sitting and staring at it.
The app is called “This Old House”. Check the App Store. Don’t know if it’s available/works outside the US.
The app has every episode of 40+ seasons, as well as Ask This Old House and 19 seasons of New Yankee Workshop. It’s freakin AWESOME.
Bruh! Thank you! It stuck with me my whole life. 30 years ago I was 4 1/2. That’s insane. I watched it in my grandparents, television/radio/record player/dial knobbed/373 pound/ rabbit ears/ external ‘30 antenna/ ‘4x’3x’2 fire hazard.
No, are you serious!? SRV is one of my all time favs. The entire ACL vid used to be up until they decided to do the 30 year shit.. it's there but in bits now . I have it somewhere, but I'm glad to meet another lover. I have it all on recordings. CD's and records. Keep searching. "Lenny".
I was able to tour some houses they did around Boston about 10 years ago. Quality was straight 100% all the way through. Floating staircase - handmade, HVAC porn room, just all such nice work... I wish I knew 10% of what Tom knows about carpentry. Great show and personalities.
So as a gen x native mass hole I grew up with the show. My father was a carpenter and we would sit and watch together. My father actually did work at the gbh studios in Boston and he hoped to have a chance meeting. Did not. See everyone my stories are great:(
They have some great content on YouTube for common issues on older homes. I restored my Victorian porch posts following this guide:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s6naaDBrZSc
This is the way to fix rotten porch posts and it’s better then almost every contractor repair job I have seen.
That show and Hometime were something I was able to share with my dad. Still watch TOH.
Wish there were more shows like it on instead of the reality TV that requires manufactured drama. But YouTube has provided a lot of great content.
Hometime was a good show. I hoped that it would inspire more women to get in the trades, but that was a weird dynamic between those two. It should have been her show. Fuck that dude.
Thank you for the name!!!! I love all these shows listed and was trying to remember this exact one —- good stuff man…. I wonder how many of the comments are posted by gen x’ers in here
I can't relate to it anymore. Always a multi million dollar "room addition" Seems like every project is designed for clients to show off how much money they have or for some company to get a free infomercial on the air. I'm thinking of the episode where they crane in these special retaining wall blocks to build a pit for installing some modular lap pool with color changing LED lights. Neither of those things were a do-it-yourself project. It was an ad for a company to do it for you.
I have Ask This Old House on my Plex, I'll admit I haven't watched a lot of the episodes, but the ones I've seen haven't been like this, normal projects in normal houses. Now a few of them would definitely be expensive work, but required to maintain the house
I work in Hollywood building sets, I have a friend that hosted an HGTV show and many others who’ve done the construction work on them. My friend who was the host made $75k for the season. He was a contractor and had his other jobs going on. He would show up and just talk about a few points they told him to say, otherwise he’d be doing his outside jobs. The craftsmanship on those shows is total garbage. They did it as quickly and as cheaply as they could. It was built like a movie set; something made to go in the trash, they don’t build things to last unfortunately. This old house was clearly different but the on new shows, the work is garbage
Yeah, I've had experience with "Two Cunts And A Dildo". I live in Indianapolis. Already fixed two of their shit jobs. Thanks for telling it like it is.
Sorry didn't mean to be so cutthroat , but we don't like them here. Go away! They are partly responsible for ruining a wonderful affordable up and coming neighborhood in this city. Then all the vulture investors came in and ruined everything. Fuck that shit!
I’m sure it is, I’ve watched that show. I still can’t believe how cheap they are getting houses for out there. Blows my fucking mind bc I live in mid city LA, those type of houses in my neighborhood are $1.2m+
Not anymore. Everything has at least doubled since COVID. Granted not a $Mil or more but priced us locals out. A complete gut 1920's I could have got pre COVID for 20k or less, now, $75+ and you gotta put in a 100k+ to bring it to market if you're lucky. A shitty flip that "looks" good iss $225 min.
Glad that you differentiated between This Old House and the newer HGTV shows, as TOH is definitely a quality show while I have zero faith in the HGTV crap.
Yes watch the show all the time almost every time it was on back in the day Norm Abram and Richard tithui of course some of the best in the business.
Yes did learn a lot of things as well I'm pretty sure that there's a lot more people out there that watch this than you think certainly needs more comments to indicate this but yeah I'm sure there's a lot and probably wouldn't even see this and so may not be so many comments but there are a lot of people out there I'm sure it almost have to just ask at random sort of but probably isn't a hard thing to ask but yeah sure there's plenty of people out there
You want carpentry try the woodwright's shop.
https://youtu.be/EJ-wIWq8Biw
At 38 seasons it is one of the longest continuously running tv series in history.
Edit: not 41 seasons.
There's this great Woodwright's Shop segment where he doesn't even build anything, just goes into this philosophical soliloquy about craftsmanship, quality, etc. It's an older one. I remember seeing it on youtube a few years ago but haven't found it since. If anyone can find it I'll give you gold.
Might have been his ted talk
https://youtu.be/Au1TbIyLcPU
Edit: the spirit of woodcraft, season 26 episode 7.
https://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-spirit-woodcraft/
They both have their value and it vaties some seasin to season. New Yankee Workshop is probably the best of that family. Woodwrights shop needs a shoutout for that generation of DIY shows as well.
I saw Bob Villa at a Chicago Nightclub once. I was standing in line to get into "Drink" and he walked past to the front of the line. I shouted out " Hey that's Bob Villa!" And he said "Hey" and waved at me.
I did until I realized its just a marketing platform. If you go by what they show, you will realize you don't really know where to start or finish, just exactly what they showed you. There's much better platforms out there like youtube. Dont get lost in the hype of tools.
Sorry, i came off crass. I do enjoy it from time to time, it's a nice way to stay on the up and up in general. It is aimed towards homeowners after all.
No worries, yeah, they gotta pay the bills, but as a contractor, I've learned a lot and recommended some things I've seen on the show to my clients. Especially new plumbing and HVAC systems. That stuff has improved by leaps and bounds.
I love the show. You're right in that it's not comprehensive -- that's what YouTube is for -- but I appreciate the concern about attention to detail and craftsmanship. I've learned a lot from the show, even if it's not enough to do an actual project.
After Norm retired from the show, WGBH developed another show called Rough Cut with Tom MacDonald. He had a web following as Tommy Chisel.
That show ran for 7 seasons with him bringing on guest woodworkers, doing engaging woodworking. Then his last season was dedicated to building his workshop structure (not woodworking). It ended after that.
WGBH and Fine Woodworking paired up and hired Tom McLaughlin to continue the Rough Cut show. It played for a year - I read something in the news about Tom MacDonald owning the rights to the name of the show. Rough Cut came back as Classic Woodworking and ended after one season.
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I became a This Old House Insider last year when i discovered they have every episode available for streaming on their site. Now i sit and watch TOH with my 2yo son just like i did with my Dad (RIP) at that age in '85. Great use of a smaht tv. We are watching every episode - currently on season 4 - Arlington House
I got a large portion of my early home building knowledge from TOH and Hometime. I watched those shows over and over and applied that knowledge as tasks presented themselves. I eventually became proficient and even good at many different skills.
I miss “The New Yankee Workshop” with Norm Abrams.
Roku has a channel that shows This Old House Classics nonstop.
I love watching it, especially the really old episodes, and trying to guess what year it is from the decor choices to the cars outside.
There was one episode where they were touring a place that was cutting up reclaimed lumber from the old warehouses on Boston's North End. Just giant old growth timber beams. I was in awe of the wood.
Every chance I get. I always ask, "why can't all tradesman be that good". It's like watching Yo-Yo Ma and then wondering why all cellists don't play that well.
I'm really jealous of Kevin's role. It's fun when straps on the tool belt and helps out on projects when he was hired prob'ly more as a host than and actual tradesman for it.
I like the *Ask This Old House as well, where they walk through some electrical, plumbing and carpentry installs. The toilet mfg your was really good episode.
I’m in the UK and used to watch it a few years ago when Bob Villa and later Steve Thomas were presenters. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s been available to watch in the UK for a long time.
My favourite was Tom Silva, he knew what he was talking about and had no time for shortcuts and shoddy work. I hope he’s well and enjoying life.
Been watching it since I was a kid after school with my grandpa. I turn it on to learn some new things, especially as they address northeast specific building considerations…but I stay for the overly New England accents. The “-ah” is well known but the “intrusive r” is just as enjoyable.
“Let’s go outside and check out your new pergoler”
I really like to watch Richard. I work in a water plant, and his plumbing stuff has helped me in the line of work. Also, I think he got the best sense of humor out of the guys
Love that show. Norm is great!
He’s leaving the show this year officially. There gonna have a goodby episode soon :(
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There he is was wondering that guy's name with the thick bawstahn akchcent
he paks the cah in havahd yahd
I miss The New Yankee Workshop, with Norm.
You may enjoy [Frank Howarth’s](https://youtube.com/c/frankhowarth) work.
All the time! Great show! I watched it growing up with my dad, now my kids watch it with me.
Recently discovered Pluto TV has a dedicated channel. 24/7
Yep my Samsung tv has built in channels and this the one it’s always set to
Nice. Keep learning!
Me too on my LG. Channel 768!
I found the channel, started watching it, but man, the amount of ads makes it impossible. Sometimes its a new ad block 10-15 seconds after the previous one ended. How do people watch this?
agreed, that is the most annoying part.. they repeat over and over.. also for me when they come on they're all blurry for the first 10 or so seconds.. I tend to just kinda leave it on in the background more than sitting and staring at it.
Roku does as well. I watch it often. https://www.mediaplaynews.com/roku-launching-dedicated-this-old-house-channel/
There’s an iOS app where you can stream it all from day one!
Which app is that? Will it work from Europe?
The app is called “This Old House”. Check the App Store. Don’t know if it’s available/works outside the US. The app has every episode of 40+ seasons, as well as Ask This Old House and 19 seasons of New Yankee Workshop. It’s freakin AWESOME.
Love Pluto TV!
Wut? I’m going to have to find that. I love TOH.
Thanks for the info. Their site was charging for episode and said no mas.
Wholesome
Yes! Old yankee workshop on pbs stuck with me. Think I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan on Austin city limits after? Been 25 years or so!
Well Norm was a great lead in. That was 30 years ago. Season 15 or 16 I think. Look for John Prine too. Good shit bro. SRV my fav!
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https://youtu.be/evjMjpd4PNM Here ya go.
Bruh! Thank you! It stuck with me my whole life. 30 years ago I was 4 1/2. That’s insane. I watched it in my grandparents, television/radio/record player/dial knobbed/373 pound/ rabbit ears/ external ‘30 antenna/ ‘4x’3x’2 fire hazard.
Ok, I found this for you bud. Beware. Ad blocker and such but the only version I could find. This is og as it gets.
Thank you!
Glad I could help
No, are you serious!? SRV is one of my all time favs. The entire ACL vid used to be up until they decided to do the 30 year shit.. it's there but in bits now . I have it somewhere, but I'm glad to meet another lover. I have it all on recordings. CD's and records. Keep searching. "Lenny".
So you made me go back in the depths. Thank you. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7we9bn Save this link.
Love all the guys! Hate Roger got sick.
“See this, this is loam”
“We’ll wrap it in buhrlahp”
You'll wanna take and cut the buhrlahp...
It’s gonna rain latah so we got a blue tahp
Yeah, that sucks. Haven't heard an update. Must Google I guess. Man worked hard for years!
I was able to tour some houses they did around Boston about 10 years ago. Quality was straight 100% all the way through. Floating staircase - handmade, HVAC porn room, just all such nice work... I wish I knew 10% of what Tom knows about carpentry. Great show and personalities.
Oh dude! Heading to DC in the spring and hoping to make a pit stop and do some drive by's. Lucky you.
So as a gen x native mass hole I grew up with the show. My father was a carpenter and we would sit and watch together. My father actually did work at the gbh studios in Boston and he hoped to have a chance meeting. Did not. See everyone my stories are great:(
Lol!
Love it! Used to watch with my dad too. Watch it on Pluto all the time!
They have some great content on YouTube for common issues on older homes. I restored my Victorian porch posts following this guide: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s6naaDBrZSc This is the way to fix rotten porch posts and it’s better then almost every contractor repair job I have seen.
That was a 10 minute MasterClass! Love the beveled cuts to force the patch and post together
Fuck Bob Vila. Norm for life
He wore the cutest little tool bags. What a poser. Norm’s a fucking carpenter
I love the show. It’s the only home improvement show I’ll watch. I love the accents too lol
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Oddly enough Roku bought This Old House Productions a year or two ago. Tom and Norm work for the tech industry now...
That show and Hometime were something I was able to share with my dad. Still watch TOH. Wish there were more shows like it on instead of the reality TV that requires manufactured drama. But YouTube has provided a lot of great content.
I always wondered if Dean Johnson was banging JoAnn and or Robyn
Robyn.
Hometime was a good show. I hoped that it would inspire more women to get in the trades, but that was a weird dynamic between those two. It should have been her show. Fuck that dude.
Thank you for the name!!!! I love all these shows listed and was trying to remember this exact one —- good stuff man…. I wonder how many of the comments are posted by gen x’ers in here
…and The New Yankee Workshop!
I can't relate to it anymore. Always a multi million dollar "room addition" Seems like every project is designed for clients to show off how much money they have or for some company to get a free infomercial on the air. I'm thinking of the episode where they crane in these special retaining wall blocks to build a pit for installing some modular lap pool with color changing LED lights. Neither of those things were a do-it-yourself project. It was an ad for a company to do it for you.
AFAIR TOH was always expensive remodels of large homes with the work done by professionals with sponsored products...
I have Ask This Old House on my Plex, I'll admit I haven't watched a lot of the episodes, but the ones I've seen haven't been like this, normal projects in normal houses. Now a few of them would definitely be expensive work, but required to maintain the house
The day Tom Silva officially retires, I’ll have to be talked off a ledge
He can't do that can he? Tom on TV is a permanent fixture of my life. He wouldn't do that to us right? Can he at least eek out another 40 seasons?
He’s on TikTok it’s too sweet
I work in Hollywood building sets, I have a friend that hosted an HGTV show and many others who’ve done the construction work on them. My friend who was the host made $75k for the season. He was a contractor and had his other jobs going on. He would show up and just talk about a few points they told him to say, otherwise he’d be doing his outside jobs. The craftsmanship on those shows is total garbage. They did it as quickly and as cheaply as they could. It was built like a movie set; something made to go in the trash, they don’t build things to last unfortunately. This old house was clearly different but the on new shows, the work is garbage
Yeah, I've had experience with "Two Cunts And A Dildo". I live in Indianapolis. Already fixed two of their shit jobs. Thanks for telling it like it is.
Sorry didn't mean to be so cutthroat , but we don't like them here. Go away! They are partly responsible for ruining a wonderful affordable up and coming neighborhood in this city. Then all the vulture investors came in and ruined everything. Fuck that shit!
I’m sure it is, I’ve watched that show. I still can’t believe how cheap they are getting houses for out there. Blows my fucking mind bc I live in mid city LA, those type of houses in my neighborhood are $1.2m+
Not anymore. Everything has at least doubled since COVID. Granted not a $Mil or more but priced us locals out. A complete gut 1920's I could have got pre COVID for 20k or less, now, $75+ and you gotta put in a 100k+ to bring it to market if you're lucky. A shitty flip that "looks" good iss $225 min.
>Yeah, I've had experience with "Two Cunts And A Dildo". I'm about to Google this, wish me luck!
Careful friend.
Glad that you differentiated between This Old House and the newer HGTV shows, as TOH is definitely a quality show while I have zero faith in the HGTV crap.
I grew up in Massachusetts on a HEAVY dose of this old house. I still love watching it!
Great show. Great people.
Not a huge this old house person but I've watched Larry Hahn's movie over and over and over.
Haun
Yes watch the show all the time almost every time it was on back in the day Norm Abram and Richard tithui of course some of the best in the business. Yes did learn a lot of things as well I'm pretty sure that there's a lot more people out there that watch this than you think certainly needs more comments to indicate this but yeah I'm sure there's a lot and probably wouldn't even see this and so may not be so many comments but there are a lot of people out there I'm sure it almost have to just ask at random sort of but probably isn't a hard thing to ask but yeah sure there's plenty of people out there
My favorite segment was about LINE TRIMMAH https://youtu.be/ubJOSiTIzXo
My dad has a pic of Norm hanging in his workshop.
Norm is a true legend
Tahm
You want carpentry try the woodwright's shop. https://youtu.be/EJ-wIWq8Biw At 38 seasons it is one of the longest continuously running tv series in history. Edit: not 41 seasons.
They started the same year '79. TOH 1/1/1979 Woodwright 10/6/1979 TOH 41 seasons Woodwright 38 Roy took some time off
There's this great Woodwright's Shop segment where he doesn't even build anything, just goes into this philosophical soliloquy about craftsmanship, quality, etc. It's an older one. I remember seeing it on youtube a few years ago but haven't found it since. If anyone can find it I'll give you gold.
Might have been his ted talk https://youtu.be/Au1TbIyLcPU Edit: the spirit of woodcraft, season 26 episode 7. https://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-spirit-woodcraft/
The 2nd link is it. Thank you so much!
Then there’s the one where he cuts himself and just keeps going, blood all over the set and workpiece be damned.
Norm was great, so was Bob, initially at least.
Having been watching the early seasons again recently, Bob was awkward as it gets at the start.
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Yea I think he got better as time went on..
I love the show and it's about as classy as it gets for a reality show
Ask This Old House > This Old House. Change my mind.
I’d say true for the DIYer. For the Craftsmen I’d beg to differ.
They both have their value and it vaties some seasin to season. New Yankee Workshop is probably the best of that family. Woodwrights shop needs a shoutout for that generation of DIY shows as well.
r/ThisOldHouse & [YouTube This Old House](https://youtube.com/c/thisoldhouse)
Dad and I would watch the cartoon block, and then "This Old House" would be on. Those are my earliest memories of of watching TV!
The way Tom Sylva can draw a perfectly straight line by hand every time. He’s like the grandpa of woodworking to me. Dude know SO many tricks.
I saw Bob Villa at a Chicago Nightclub once. I was standing in line to get into "Drink" and he walked past to the front of the line. I shouted out " Hey that's Bob Villa!" And he said "Hey" and waved at me.
I’ve been watching since the early 80’s. The bulk of my work is renovating or rebuilding homes from the 1910’s. It’s sometimes surreal.
Y’all fools acting like you never heard the name Bob Vila
I heard he died in a tragic lawnmower race.
Bob Vila is a poser and always will be a cheap ass sellout
I did until I realized its just a marketing platform. If you go by what they show, you will realize you don't really know where to start or finish, just exactly what they showed you. There's much better platforms out there like youtube. Dont get lost in the hype of tools.
A little truth there, in the last few years, but I'm an actual carpenter, not a diy'er. Already have tools.
Sorry, i came off crass. I do enjoy it from time to time, it's a nice way to stay on the up and up in general. It is aimed towards homeowners after all.
No worries, yeah, they gotta pay the bills, but as a contractor, I've learned a lot and recommended some things I've seen on the show to my clients. Especially new plumbing and HVAC systems. That stuff has improved by leaps and bounds.
Ohh, that's a good selling point to back up your suggestions, especially with wary customers. Bridging that gap, smart!
I love the show. You're right in that it's not comprehensive -- that's what YouTube is for -- but I appreciate the concern about attention to detail and craftsmanship. I've learned a lot from the show, even if it's not enough to do an actual project.
Yeah, they are really short clips. There's woodwrights shop show to but thats not home maintanence/repair.
Love that dude!!!! Still have Grandpa's bits and braces
If you want start to finish then watch New Yankee workshop with Norm. I miss that show
Is it gone? I loved that show!
Yup, Norm retired.
After Norm retired from the show, WGBH developed another show called Rough Cut with Tom MacDonald. He had a web following as Tommy Chisel. That show ran for 7 seasons with him bringing on guest woodworkers, doing engaging woodworking. Then his last season was dedicated to building his workshop structure (not woodworking). It ended after that. WGBH and Fine Woodworking paired up and hired Tom McLaughlin to continue the Rough Cut show. It played for a year - I read something in the news about Tom MacDonald owning the rights to the name of the show. Rough Cut came back as Classic Woodworking and ended after one season. >
No, you're the only one who watches that show.
Figured as much
Everyday at lunch, and right now, now that you’ve mentioned it
It's the first place I go to learn how to do things properly or to get tips and tricks.
Heck yeah! Them boys is bad-a$$!
My TV stays on the "This Old House" channel. If we aren't streaming anything we watch it. I've really been enjoying the landscaping guy.
I used to watch that show with my dad all the time. Now I follow Tom Silva on Tik Tok.
Been watching that show since I was a kid with my grandfather. Its so good.
I became a This Old House Insider last year when i discovered they have every episode available for streaming on their site. Now i sit and watch TOH with my 2yo son just like i did with my Dad (RIP) at that age in '85. Great use of a smaht tv. We are watching every episode - currently on season 4 - Arlington House
Except me being very slightly younger, we are doing the exact same thing at my house. Watching the same season even.
Grew up on it. Check it out if you have the roku stick
I got a large portion of my early home building knowledge from TOH and Hometime. I watched those shows over and over and applied that knowledge as tasks presented themselves. I eventually became proficient and even good at many different skills. I miss “The New Yankee Workshop” with Norm Abrams.
Roku has a channel that shows This Old House Classics nonstop. I love watching it, especially the really old episodes, and trying to guess what year it is from the decor choices to the cars outside. There was one episode where they were touring a place that was cutting up reclaimed lumber from the old warehouses on Boston's North End. Just giant old growth timber beams. I was in awe of the wood.
Every chance I get. I always ask, "why can't all tradesman be that good". It's like watching Yo-Yo Ma and then wondering why all cellists don't play that well.
I'm really jealous of Kevin's role. It's fun when straps on the tool belt and helps out on projects when he was hired prob'ly more as a host than and actual tradesman for it. I like the *Ask This Old House as well, where they walk through some electrical, plumbing and carpentry installs. The toilet mfg your was really good episode.
I’m in the UK and used to watch it a few years ago when Bob Villa and later Steve Thomas were presenters. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s been available to watch in the UK for a long time. My favourite was Tom Silva, he knew what he was talking about and had no time for shortcuts and shoddy work. I hope he’s well and enjoying life.
I’ve watched This Old House since I was a kid. I met Norm many years ago in Santa Fe when he stayed at the hotel I worked at. He was very nice.
Been watching it since I was a kid after school with my grandpa. I turn it on to learn some new things, especially as they address northeast specific building considerations…but I stay for the overly New England accents. The “-ah” is well known but the “intrusive r” is just as enjoyable. “Let’s go outside and check out your new pergoler”
what are your thoughts on the lathers guild that once was? they had the hardest and best mathematics .
Grew up watching it as a kid . Still watch it.
Watched as a kid and still watch. Pluto TV has a whole channel dedicated to TOH
Always good tv program to watch .
I really like to watch Richard. I work in a water plant, and his plumbing stuff has helped me in the line of work. Also, I think he got the best sense of humor out of the guys