As of July 2026, This Old House Season 18 aired in 1996 with 26 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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This Old House Season 18

1996 26 Episodes Documentary · Reality ⭐ 6/10

Right now you can watch This Old House Season 18 on and — and it is more addictive than the premise lets on. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 37 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. The production never lets the format go stale. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason This Old House Season 18 keeps coming up in conversation. This Old House Season 18 understands that the format only works if the people in it feel real. The Nantucket House; The Tuscon House Bob Vila and Kevin O'Connor lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1996. This Old House Season 18 understands the difference between manufactured drama and the real thing, and leans on the latter. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Reality sceptics are warned — This Old House Season 18 has converted more than a few doubters. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. The production understands its own premise and executes on it without apology. If you have enjoyed similar formats before, this is one of the stronger examples of what the genre can do.

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🎬 This Old House Season 18 — Episode Guide

E1
The Nantucket House - 1
1996-09-28
This Old House sets out for Nantucket the classic way, aboard a Streamship Authority vessel. On island, they tour one of our master carpenter's first jobs, a clothing store. Linking up with designer Jock Gifford, we take a walk up Main Street, one of the finest preserved streets in America. At the s...
E2
The Nantucket House - 2
1996-10-05
The crew starts the work day surf casting with local expert David Goodman (and full-time tile contractor) - and even catch a striped bass and a bluefish. At the house, Jock Gifford and the Bentleys use a model to go over the new design for the new house. Whatever they decide they want to do, all ext...
E3
The Nantucket House - 3
1996-10-12
The show starts with a visit to Nantucket's Unitarian Universalist church, a beautiful showcase of restrained New England architecture and trompe l'oeil painting built in 1809. At 3 Milk Street, we catch up with general contractor Bruce Killen, who has his building permit and is well into a gut job ...
E4
The Nantucket House - 4
1996-10-19
Our master carpenter goes lobstering with contractor/lobsterman Pierre Garneau, who has a family license to put out 10 traps. At the house, mason Dan Kissell takes down the unneeded (and unsafe) chimneys, careful to salvage the old bricks, which can fetch up to $2.50 a piece. Homeowner Kathy McGraw ...
E5
The Nantucket House - 5
1996-10-26
The show starts with a visit to Sankaty Head Light, a Coast Guard property of the exposed Eastern edge of the island. Built in 1850, it like the rest of the houses along the the bluff that leads up to it, is in danger of being washed away by the encroaching Atlantic. Coast Guard Capt. Bill Batson gi...
E6
The Nantucket House - 6
1996-11-02
The show opens with a little clamming, looking for quahogs at a secret location. At the site, we meet designer Jock Gifford, who uses the model of the house to explain the work going on: cutting a hole in the roof to accept the addition's gable. Inside, we meet framing contractor Paul O'Rourke, whos...
E7
The Nantucket House - 7
1996-11-09
The show begins at Nantucket's Old North Wharf, much of which dates from the early 18th century and site of several small cottages available for rent. At the site, homeowner Kathy McGrew Bentley shows us the window sash color approved by the Historic District Commission, as well as the outside place...
E8
The Nantucket House - 8
1996-11-16
The show opens at Nantucket's Whaling Museum with curator Mike Jehle. At the site, we see the first of two wells being drilled for the Bentley's ground-source heat pump; they meet an expert in the technology, Carl Orio, who explains how the heat pump works off the ambient temperature in the groundwa...
E9
The Nantucket House - 9
1996-11-23
Before heading over to the job site, we visit the 1827 African Meeting House, a former school, church, and meeting house used by Nantucket's black population until the 1920's and now the object of a restoration effort. Contractor Bruce Killen builds a new door frame for the restored Victorian double...
E10
The Nantucket House - 10
1996-11-30
A visit to Nantucket's Life-Saving Museum teaches viewers about a key part of the island's maritime past. Meanwhile, the site is a flurry of subcontractor activity. Mason Dan Kissell shows us the rounded firebox - a traditional Nantucket design - he's building into the Bentley's new chimney. Upstair...
E11
The Nantucket House - 11
1996-12-07
The show begins with a visit to the Wharf Rat Club, a collection of old-timers who gather to chat each morning in a former quahog-sorting shack on Old North Wharf. Then we check out the progress at the house: a Victorian-detailed chimney is complete, as is the custom bulkhead door. Inside, general c...
E12
The Nantucket House - 12
1996-12-14
Dr. Tim Lepore, the island's leading specialist in tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease and babeosis, tells us more about their prevalence here and what can be done to avoid them. At the house, preparations are underway for the installation of the restore Victorian double doors. Inside, Richard Tre...
E13
The Nantucket House - 13
1996-12-21
Realtor Hammie Heard shows us around the Dreamland Theatre, a downtown Nantucket landmark. First a Quaker meeting house, then a straw hat factory, then a roller rink, then part of a hotel on Brant Point before finally becoming the island's biggest movie theatre in 1904. Now for sale for $4.2 million...
E14
The Nantucket House - 14
1996-12-28
After a ride out to the beach reservation known as Coatue with with Nantucket Conservation Foundation director Jim Lentowski to see both the natural beauty of the preserve and a 1920's fishing shack, used by the foundation's rangers, that represents a simpler time on the island, we return to the hou...
E15
The Nantucket House - 15
1997-01-04
We visit the Nantucket Marine Lab and its director, Rob Garrison, to see efforts of augment the islande's scallop population. At the house, Bruce Killen tells us that the Historic District Commission has rejected as ""too fancy"" the proposed Victorian fence, approving instead a simple Quaker picket...
E16
The Nantucket House - 16
1997-01-11
Our master carpenter boards the fishing boat of Capt. Tom Mleczko in search of the mighty striped bass and hooks one on his first cast. Fresh from his triumph, he arrives on the job to see a pressed-metal (""tin"") ceiling going up panel-by-panel in the kitchen, while Barry Cohen and crew installing...
E17
The Nantucket House - 17
1997-01-18
After a visit to the Milestone Cranberry Bog in time for the October harvest, viewers meet up with Bruce Killen who discusses the punch list - it looks like the project will not quite be finished by the show's last taping. Inside, tiler David Goodman shows our master carpenter how he copes a decorat...
E18
The Nantucket House - 18
1997-01-25
The crew starts off the last Nantucket show up to their chest in water, harvesting the succulent bay scallop. At the house, the final rush is on. Our master carpenter sees a wallbed unit going into the library/guest room, while Richard shows us some of the toilet fixtures and faucets for the house's...
E19
The Tucson House - 1
1997-02-01
This Old House hits Tucson, Arizona, for an eight-part winter project: the renovation and and expansion of Jim and Colleen Meigs' 1930 Pueblo Revival home. After an overview of Tucson's sights - tract housing, golf courses, Old Tucson Studios, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the Air Force's ""Bone...
E20
The Tucson House - 2
1997-02-08
The show opens at Casa Cordova, one of the last remaining pieces of early Tucson. Built in 1848 within the original presido (""walled fort"") walls, the Casa is now preserved as part of the Tucson Museum of Art. At the job site, the crew arrives to find progress well underway.Genreal contractor Joh...

🎭 Cast of This Old House Season 18

Bob Vila
Bob Vila
Self - Host
Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor
Self - Host
Richard Trethewey
Richard Trethewey
Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert
Norm Abram
Norm Abram
Self - Master Carpenter
Tom Silva
Tom Silva
Self - General Contractor
Jenn Nawada
Jenn Nawada
Self - Landscape Contractor
MH
Mauro Henrique
Self - Painter
Mark McCullough
Mark McCullough
Self - Mason
HE
Heath Eastman
Self - Electrician
Charlie Silva
Charlie Silva
Self - Home Builder

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