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Back when they cut your hair with a t-square.

That porch is immense. You gotta admire Vila's positivity. That's a major task.

I didn't know serpico hosted TOH....

42 years later we know better

little awning windows in the main bedroom; asthetically bad choice

I'm, zeczsdcc3ccccccccc'cc3e3ccccc'cccdxd 2:45

lol its illegal to do your own plumbing, Home Depot would be out business and nothing would get fixed if we had to pay the trades , here’s to DIY

What a pleasure to watch Norm work.

Hmm. I've mixed Portland cement. That takes a bit of muscle to do. I'm doubtful that that woman really did that.

It's interesting to see this tiny kitchen and that small shower stall. Speaking in 2024, I think fat Americans would have trouble moving around in those spaces.

High school kids using a wallpaper steamer. Gosh, what could go wrong?

Steaming off wallpaper, yuk! Awful job.

Safety consciousness has sure changed. No harness on the roof, no safety glasses and I bet no dust masks, either

This has so much more basic information than later programs. This is much closer to what a homeowner should know.

And 50 years later I was paid to pull up and toss out this state of the art flooring material. Cabinets, too. In fact the only thing timeless in this are the hard wood floors.

Such a modest start, eh Bob?

It is nice to see them saving the old bathroom and finding period appropriate fixtures instead of tearing it out.

So many of these old episodes were filmed in fall/winter for some odd reason.

I cant believe nobody used eye protection back then

Very interesting to see a coal-burning stove showcased as an enrgy-saving feature. It'll put out a lot of heat, but it's far from the cleanest way to heat that room. Nowadays it'd likely be a mini-split ductless system, or a wood or pellet stove, or an electric space heater.

The 3 Shower Valve Illegal?? 🤣🤣🤣 I still have mine in my home as of 2024.

Bob: "If it will fit." Norm: "If??? Pfft."

The year is 1982, input from a dummy terminal, into an IBM or HP mainframe. Who knows perhaps information is fed using punch cards.

I just enjoy watching This Old House. I like to build Lego sets, and whenever I work on one I always have This old House or The New Yankee Workshop in the background. Gives me the impression that I’m a carpenter lol

$25/hr. in 1982 is equivalent to $80/hr. in 2024.

Poor Norm caught Bob's cold from the previous episode.

Pronounced "Woobin", of course.....

This series, The Woburn House, is the best season they ran. It actually showed homeowners how to take on average upgrades and improvements without doing a complete tare-out and installation of thousands of dollars of high-tech equipment. I remember watching this series as they were aired on PBS. Bob actually said the off-set in the hall was big enough for a phone. Anyone remember when we had a phone table in the hall for a wired rotary dial phone? I do.

True New Englander

Ol Bob outdone himself yet again

Couple feet of snow bob don’t care

Wallpaper is kinda gross!

Even for 1982 that vinyl flooring pattern is so out of date. Looks like something purchased from a early 70's Sears catalog. I hate wood paneling. Just about every house or office in the 70's and 80's had that crap nailed up. It makes a house look dark, depressing, and cheap. A lot of people put that up to keep from having to paint.

I doubt Bob did any of that kitchen cabinetry work himself. Norm worked 25 hour days in the early 80s.

Three peeps Named Bob !!! 😂😂

Wallpaper is just a bad idea. Always hideous

This is a house? More like a garage.

Where in woburn is this?

Norman

Practice makes perfect, I haven't been practicing too much, lol. I can definitely relate, great episode

Noooo, not vinyl flooring. I remember it from my parents house in 1982😂😂

Oh my goodness, this was the 80's😂.

The shower is for the person who will be 5'9" and no more than 175 lbs the entire time they live in the house. There are larger showers on Amtrak trains.

At 6:10, Bob wasn't a big fan of eye protection.

Strange - Vila acting like a contractor who is doing everything and Norm acting as the host and asking questions?!

One day, so many bobs

It's refreshing to watch a remodel show where they don't tear everything out and put new everything I 25:01 nstead of reusing and fixing

The wallpaper consultants never fail to crack me up

No nail guns. Nice.

10:34 bothers me. You can clearly see through the solder. He didn’t get all the way around it