The Best of Ask This Old House: 44 Common Household Projects

Tile expert Joe Ferrante helps a homeowner who wants to install tile on a kitchen backsplash. The homeowner has selected a type of tile made up of 2x2 glass squares attached to a 12x12 mesh backing to make installation easier.

Tom helps a homeowner install a set of new kitchen cabinets. Before installing them, Tom takes all of the cabinets out of the boxes to inspect them. He finds a cracked panel in one cabinet, and also finds that the microwave cabinet is the wrong size.

Richard helps a pair of homeowners with a garbage disposer that has been jammed for more than a year.

Richard helps a homeowner replace her old, leaky kitchen faucet with a newer model that included a builtin sprayer.

Kevin and an electrician help a homeowner add lighting over their kitchen’s peninsula counter.

Kevin and painting expert Rich O’Neil shows a homeowner the proper way to paint her kitchen cabinets.

Tom and Kevin remove and replace an old laminate kitchen countertop.