Episode 1
Aired Jan 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 1
This Old House returns with master carpenter Norm Abram, who introduces the series' new host, Steve Thomas; Steve and Norm survey the new project and embark on what remains a remarkable project.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 15, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 2
Host Steve Thomas takes homeowner Barbara to Nantucket, where they visit a remodeled barn and look at a timber-frame house designed by Jock Gifford; in Concord, the farm's old gas tank is removed.
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Episode 3
Aired Jan 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 3
Timber frame expert Ted Benson, Steve, Norm, and the crew dismantle the barn; homeowners Barabara and Lynn meet with designer Jock Gifford to plan their new home.
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Episode 4
Aired Feb 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 4
Down the hill from the building site in Concord, well-driller Dave Haynes prepares to drill a well; Norm, Steve, and Tommy Silva work on the foundation, and a septic tank is installed.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 15, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 5
Host Steve Thomas visits a Vermont panel factory, openings for doors and windows are cut, and timber framer Tedd Benson shows Steve how traditional post-and-beam buildings are designed.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 6
The Timber Framers Guild of North America leads a workshop on measuring, cutting, and joining timbers for the barn's post and beam frame; Steve goes to Wiscasset, ME, to visit a sawmill.
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Episode 7
Aired Mar 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 7
The barn's massive frame is put up by hand at an old-fashioned barn raising, and topped off with a tree for good fortune.
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Episode 8
Aired Mar 15, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 8
Stress-skin panels are installed over the barn's frame, and the well is completed.
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Episode 9
Aired Mar 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 9
Custom-made windows are installed in the Concord barn, deluxe skylights add additional light, and Steve and Norm hang clapboards and discuss landscaping options.
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Episode 10
Aired Apr 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 10
A concrete slab is poured in the basement: Steve and Norm review the progress of the barn renovation.
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Episode 11
Aired Apr 15, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 11
The well is connected to the house, and Steve discusses the barn's new plumbing system with Richard Trethewey: Mason Roger Hopkins builds a stone wall on the barn's front exposure.
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Episode 12
Aired Apr 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 12
Host Steve Thomas and landscape architect Tom Wirth review the progress of the landscaping work: homeowners Barbara and Steve visit a kitchen design center.
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Episode 13
Aired May 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 13
Host Steve Thomas and Rick Hartson explain the barn's new heating system: drywalling begins, an air exchanger is installed, and landscaping work continues.
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Episode 14
Aired May 15, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 14
Heating and plumbing consultant Richard Trethewey takes viewers on a tour of a boiler factory in Battenberg, West Germany, where parts of the barn's high-tech heating system were manufactured.
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Episode 15
Aired May 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 15
A custom stairway is installed in the Concord barn, and Steve takes viewers to Neenah, Wisconsin, to see how the structure was manufactured.
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Episode 16
Aired Jun 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 16
Rich Trethewey explains to Steve Thomas the placement of copper tubing and pouring of cement for a radiant heating floor; Steve takes a tour of the plastic house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Episode 17
Aired Jun 15, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 17
Host Steve Thomas tours an eco-friendly gravel yard and learns how to lay and cut terra cotta tiles; Norm Abram and Tom Silva frame windows.
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Episode 18
Aired Jun 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 18
Tiling continues in the guest bathroom, while lighting fixtures are installed along the beams in the great space; at the workshop, Norm and Steve build library doors.
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Episode 19
Aired Jul 1, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 19
The barn nears completion as wide pine flooring is laid and the kitchen appliances installed; plumbing and heating consultant Richard Trethewey shows viewers a West German plumbing fixture factory.
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Episode 20
Aired Jul 28, 1989
The Concord Barn: Part 20
The Concord project draws to a close as Steve Thomas and Jean Lemmon, editor-in-chief of Country Home magazine, tour the finished barn.
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Episode 21
Aired Jul 28, 1989
The Santa Fe House: Part 1
Steve takes viewers to Santa Fe to look at the show's newest project: renovating a traditional Southwestern adobe home; Steve confers with a local architect and tours a new Santa Fe house.
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Episode 22
Aired Aug 1, 1989
The Santa Fe House: Part 2
Master carpenter Norm Abram arrives from Boston to the site of the Santa Fe house; host Steve Thomas learns to make a traditional kiva (beehive) fireplace, and windows and doors are installed.
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Episode 23
Aired Aug 15, 1989
The Santa Fe House: Part 3
Host Steve Thomas takes a tour of Santa Fe-style houses, adobe walls are laid, and vigas (roof rafters) are set; master carpenter Norm Abram works on southwestern-style cabinet doors.
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Episode 24
Aired Aug 28, 1989
The Santa Fe House: Part 4
Heating and plumbing consultant Richard Trethewey supervises the installation of an in-floor radiant heat system; Norm Abram begins work on his custom-built kitchen cabinets.
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Episode 25
Aired Sep 1, 1989
The Santa Fe House: Part 5
Host Steve Thomas tours the flagstone yard that is supplying flagstone flooring for the kitchen and library, and saltillo tiling commences: Master carpenter Norm Abram installs kitchen cabinets.
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Episode 26
Aired Sep 15, 1989
The Santa Fe House: Part 6
Marble countertops are installed in the kitchen, and we visit the marble finishing yard in Juarez, Mexico, where they were made; we get a tour of the finished adobe home.
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