As of July 2026, This Old House Season 20 aired in 1998 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 20

1998 26 Episodes Documentary · Reality ⭐ 6/10

This Old House Season 20 has become appointment viewing on and for anyone who enjoys watching people under real pressure. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. With 37 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. The production never lets the format go stale. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, This Old House Season 20 earns its spot. The production behind This Old House Season 20 knows exactly which moments to let breathe. The Watertown House; The Key West House Bob Vila and Kevin O'Connor lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1998. What keeps This Old House Season 20 from feeling stale is a production that knows when to get out of the way. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

If the format appeals to you at all, This Old House Season 20 is one of the stronger examples of it. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. 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 20 — Episode Guide

E1
The Watertown House - 1
1998-09-26
Our 20th year on public television began with the renovation of a circa 1886 Victorian with a large circa 1915 rear addition, in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts. Essentially untouched since it was built, the house was recently purchased by a young couple from nearby Cambridge, Christia...
E2
The Watertown House - 2
1998-10-03
Our host opens the show with a visit to the Watertown Arsenal, now decommissioned and slated for redevelopment into office space. The highlight of the property is the Italianate Commander's Residence, a brick mansion being given to the town by the developer for use as a community center. At the proj...
E3
The Watertown House - 3
1998-10-10
The crew begins to dismantle the grand oak staircase as the house's new floorplan comes into focus - seen in a vitural-reality walkthrough, it calls for removing all three staircases and repositioning one in the center of the house, providing a sensibleand easily navigated layout on both the first a...
E4
The Watertown House - 4
1998-10-17
As a professionally installed scaffolding system rises up to the roof ridge, landscape archtect Clarissa Rowe walks around the lot, assessing problems - mostly an overabundance of weedy trees and terrible drainage - and possible solutions. Our master carpenter relives his western odyssey with the US...
E5
The Watertown House - 5
1998-10-24
The landscape work begins with landscaper Roger Cook and arborist Matt Foti marking trees slated for pruning or renoval and Matt's crew relieving the yard of some of its overgrown burden. Inside, the crew begins to rebuild the old oak staircase in the center of the building while mason Lenny Bellive...
E6
The Watertown House - 6
1998-10-31
The team's work to complete the reframing of the second floor starts with the use of engineered lumber, which makes for wide clear spans in the new kitchen area. Landscape architect Clarissa Rowe shows us two plans for the yard. Thinking ahead, homeowner Christian Nolen visits a hands-on showroom to...
E7
The Watertown House - 7
1998-11-07
The show opens with a walk along a newly restored natural corridor lining the banks of the Charles River in Watertown. The result of years of hard reclamation work by the Metropolitan District Commission, it forms part of an unbroken systems of walk and bikeways stretching from the mouth of the rive...
E8
The Watertown House - 8
1998-11-14
A Dig Safe representative is on site to explain the nonprofit organization's function: to notify all utilities of impending excavation so that they can mark buried lines. Out back, Roger Cook and crew remove topsoil to begin the digging of a massive drywell that will hopefully control the water that...
E9
The Watertown House - 9
1998-11-21
Entomologist and pest control contractor Steve Marken takes us on a termite-damage tour of the house, pointed out the conditions that led to the original infestation. Out back, Roger Cook shows us the drywell and drainage pipe system he's installed to handle the water problem. The This Old House tea...
E10
The Watertown House - 10
1998-11-28
Roger Cook and Christian Bilodeau plant 30-foot evergreens as a screen in the backyard, using Christian's tree spade. Tom updates us on the project's progress: termite damage has necessitated replacement of all three porches, rough wiring is well underway, and rough plumbing has already been inspect...
E11
The Watertown House - 11
1998-12-05
The This Old House team installs a zero-clearance fireplace with a handsome cast-iron firebox. Window rehabilitation specialist David Liberty shows us his method of refurbishing the building's existing windows using old-fashioned, long-lasting materials. Show friend George Putnam works with a new st...
E12
The Watertown House - 12
1998-12-12
A busy day on site: the back decking is coming along with a new undermount system. The insulation crew is hard at work inside spraying on foam insulation. Up top, Mark Schaub and his crew prepare to line the chimneys with a concrete lining poured down around bladders in each of the flues, and in the...
E13
The Watertown House - 13
1998-12-19
Exterior painting by Steve Kiernan and crew is underway out back, as is the erection of a white cedar combination fence and trellis along the driveway. In the kitchen, Fred Morgan explains to us the ancient process of terrazzo flooring, with a modern twist: instead of concrete, epoxy is used. Drywal...
E14
The Watertown House - 14
1998-12-26
The show opens with a plumbing and heating tour of the basement, with stops at: a pressure-reducing valve that steps down the incoming water pressure from 110 psi to a more useful 65 psi; no-hub cast iron waste lines; two-burner high-efficiency boiler; and a topnotch ducting job that interfaces with...
E15
The Watertown House - 15
1999-01-02
A huge drywall goes in under the front lawn to handle water pumped out of the basement slump, and chimney specialist Mark Schaub and crew shows us the newly ""Rumfordized"" front parlor fireplace and the cast iron Victorian fireplace inserts they've installed in the dining room and in Sue's office. ...
E16
The Watertown House - 16
1999-01-09
The This Old House team shop for lunch supplies at Eastern Lamejun Bakery, one of the oldest Middle Eastern grocery stores in the counrty. (The Watertown area is home to one of the largest Armenian populations in the country.) At the jobsite, Augustin Crookston and crew install copper gutters and do...
E17
The Watertown House - 17
1999-01-16
Our host arrives on site to find the building's exterior nearly complete: the new paint scheme is on, the copper gutter system is complete, and Tommy and crew have finished the front porch, from copper shingle roof to new front steps. Roger Cook and his crew are putting in a rice-stone front walk an...
E18
The Watertown House - 18
1999-01-23
Our host arrives to find Roger Cook and crew installing sod on the front lawn, while inside painting contractor Steve Kiernan gives him a lesson on proper prep and priming in the media room. The crew install the commercial-style hood over the cooktop in the kitchen. Our host continues the finishes t...
E19
The Watertown House - 19
1999-01-30
The final days of the Watertown project start with Richard Trethewey's tour of the completed kitchen, complete with stainless-steel cleanup sink, the completed baths, and the laundry. We get a lesson in wallpapering from expert John Gravallese. Hint #1: use a ton of single-edge razor blades. Decorat...
E20
The Key West House - 1
1999-02-06
Our host and master carpenter find paradise at the end of the famed U.S. Route 1 - Key West, Florida. Along the island's back streets they discover their latest renovation challenge, a Conch captain's house built by a shipwright in 1866. Over the course of seven new episodes, they will team with hom...

🎭 Cast of This Old House Season 20

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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