After looking into the matter, I have identified the old house features that today’s fast-movers can live without. 1. Monogrammed Screen Doors ...

That gave my bride time to find just the right pieces and parts for a “proper” connection to one of our downspouts. Old House Handyman: It's the season for gutter and drainpipe cleaning ...

It fit the character of a house built in 1870 much better than a modern plastic barrel. After the first rain filled the barrel, my bride siphoned off a watering-can full, and it smelled like we ...

Roger Cook, who was a garden and landscape contractor on the veteran PBS home renovation series This Old House, died on August 21 after an extended illness. He was 70. Born in 1954 in Biddeford ...

Our gutters are made of old-fashioned galvanized steel. That type of gutter was on the house when we bought it 32 years ago. We have since replaced all of the gutters with new galvanized steel.