A: Materials and labor are the driving factors behind the cost of renovating a house. Each one takes up almost half of the entire remodeling budget. Labor is typically more expensive for ...

Like Vila, master carpenter Abram has been with This Old House since the beginning. In the show’s early years, he taped episodes between his main carpentry jobs — a leisurely pace that has ...

A leak developed in the throne room of the new-to-her old house of Daughter #2 ... It wasn’t cheap or easy, but the remodeling inspired by that little leak has resulted in an even floor ...

So she paid $235,000 for a small, century-old ... the house,” says Andrew. Andrew, who had framed houses in an earlier career, decided to act as his own general contractor and do carpentry ...

Ask This Old House is available to stream on pbs.org ... And it's time to bring guy number two in, Nathan, and he's going to do the carpentry. And then we'll have Richard come do the plumbing ...