This Old House: So far, most of the action on our Arlington Italianate project has been on the back of the house. Tom shows how he's framing the new roof to meet the less-than-square existing roof by graduating the rafters. Architect David Whitney explains the logic behind the addition and the new interior spaces on the second floor. As it turns out, a dry basement may not come easily: mason Mark McCullough shows Kevin the corner of the brick foundation that has been failing and letting water into the basement. To repair and repoint, he's using a new additive in the mortar that uses a crystalline quartz compound to keep water at bay. In the basement, mason Bill Della Sorte shows how he's using the additive to create a slurry to fill the newly repointed joints from the inside for even more protection. Roger meets landscape architect Marion Pressley at Elm Bank, the estate that is now the headquarters of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, to see the Italianate Garden that she recently restored there. Back at our little Italianate, Norm helps Tom cut through the wall for the new mudroom entrance that will basically change the flow of the whole first floor.

Starring:

Kevin O'Connor, Tom Silva, Norm Abram, Roger Cook, Mark McCullough, Mauro Henrique, Richard Trethewey, Jenn Nawada, Heath Eastman, Charlie Silva, Bob Vila

Genre:

DIY