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1. #TOM SILVA ASK THIS OLD HOUSE SERIES#
2. #TOM SILVA ASK THIS OLD HOUSE TV#
3. #TOM SILVA ASK THIS OLD HOUSE WINDOWS#

Installing it probably required cutting into your home’s insulation, creating holes that now admit cold air. Air can’t move through it.”Ĭonsider a typical outside light.

“It sprays and expands, and you don’t have to worry about forming a vapor barrier because it is its own vapor barrier. Tom Silva’s recommended weapon of choice: foam in a can. Your mission: to fill as many of those holes as possible with insulation.

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But from the audience’s point of view, I think this transition is going to be totally seamless.Old houses are going to have air leaks: around your light fixtures around your outlets around your windows around your foundation. “I want to preserve the team and the culture,” said Thorkilsen, “and surround them with the kind of support and investment that allows the company to grow. WGBH Boston will continue to distribute the programs.

#TOM SILVA ASK THIS OLD HOUSE SERIES#

Both series (which each landed 2016 Daytime Emmy nominations) are currently in production and will premiere for a 37th season and 15th season, respectively, on PBS stations this fall. O’Connor will remain along with master carpenter Norm Abram, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook.

When I first joined the series, Eric was steering the ship (and) I feel fortunate that we will have the opportunity to work together to make ’This Old House’ even stronger than it is today.” Kevin O’Connor, since 2003 host of “This Old House” and later “Ask This Old House,” said, “Having Eric back in the family again is, and pardon the pun, like coming home for me. That, of course, includes the on-air stars. But the remainder of the current staff of This Old House Ventures will be invited to join the new company.

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Scott Omelianuk, top editor of This Old House magazine the past dozen years, has decided not to make the transition and is pursuing a new opportunity in the TV realm. We think we can add to it, but the core of it is working very well.” We’re looking to acquire this brand for what it is, not for how we can change it. “As an independent entity with the backing of our private equity partners we hope to build it into an even stronger, bigger business,” said Thorkilsen, adding, “Our No. They’ve got a great new home,” Ripp said. “I thank the This Old House team for their hard work and commitment to Time Inc. Eventually a deal was struck with Time Inc., which, under its chairman, Joe Ripp, was busy reinventing itself after being spun off as a publicly traded company in 2014. in 2005, and most recently while running Lifestyle Media Partners, a brand-development company, he still saw untapped opportunities for This Old House. This was then a new business model - a multi-platform paradigm for extending a brand’s reach across print, television, digital and licensing.īut long after leaving Time Inc. had orchestrated the Martha Stewart Living media juggernaut. The potential seemed obvious to Thorkilsen, who at Time Inc. acquired the original series and soon thereafter created its spinoff. We licensed the commercial rights to start extending the brand beyond the television program.” Under his stewardship in 2002 Time Inc. “Some years later, I had the opportunity to get involved professionally with this brand that I loved so much. “Long before TiVos, as a homeowner I used to plan my weekends around when ’This Old House’ was on the air,” he told The Associated Press. The deal returns Thorkilsen to the helm of a TV show he says he never missed as a viewer, and a brand he nurtured during his three decades at Time Inc. No financial terms for the purchase were disclosed. Time Inc., which launched the magazine in 1995 and later bought the TV show from Boston public TV station WGBH, will continue to provide back-office operations including magazine production and subscription services. Susan Wyland, most recently an editorial consultant running her own firm, joins This Old House magazine as its new editor-in-chief.Īs a fully integrated, multimedia business, This Old House Ventures LLC will manage all of its own core business functions, including original television production, digital content and operations, advertising sales, magazine editorial, brand licensing and marketing from new headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, beginning this summer, the company said. Thorkilsen was named CEO of the new company. This Old House Ventures LLC will be anchored by “This Old House” and its TV sibling, “Ask This Old House,” as well as This Old House magazine, online content, a line of books and other branded products. exec Eric Thorkilsen in partnership with private equity firm TZP Group, the new company last week. The venerable home-improvement brand - whose flagship TV series has been on the air since 1979 - has been acquired from Time Inc. “This Old House” is getting new ownership.