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The Manchester House - 18

The new spa arrives on the back of the truck; placed on concrete pad, plugged in and filled with a hose, it's soon open for business. Tom begins installing the new beautiful wood portico columns, using an ingenious jig to fashion two of them into engaged columns up against the house. Our master carpenter visits Alcott House in Concord, Massachussetts. Home of Little Women author Louisa May Alcott and her transcendentalist father Bronson, it is a mecca for thousnads of visitors, and preserving it intact is a high-priority but tricky job. Back at the house, our master carpenter help finish carpenter (and former TOH homeowner) Dick Silva trim out one of the windows in period detail.

English
  • Originally Aired January 19, 2002
  • Runtime 25 minutes
  • Production Code 2118
  • Network PBS
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