This Old House

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2002

SINCE YOU ASKED…

After homeowners across the land put in requests for on-the-ground advice, AskTOH gears up to hit the road. On board at the outset: landscape contractor Roger Cook, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, general contractor Tom Silva, and host Steve Thomas.

2003

FROM HOMEOWNER TO HOST

The show rings the doorbell of a Queen Anne fixer-upper and finds a young couple trying to strip off layers of painted-over wallpaper. By the has a new host: Fellow DIYers, meet .

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