ASK This Old House | Wildfire Mitigation (S22 E16) FULL EPISODE

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The Ask This Old House team head to California to explore a variety of ways that homeowners can protect their houses against wildfires. Jenn Nawada learns about local flora and helps firescape a front yard, Tom Silva learns how to fire harden a home's exterior, and Richard Trethewey learns a unique weeding technique that helps to mitigate the risk of fire spreading. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. Enjoying full-episodes of This Old House? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream every episode ever made of This Old House (over 1,000 hours), commercial-free. https://bit.ly/32CLaGe Want weekly tips, project guides, and behind-the-scenes content from the TOH crew? Sign up for our free newsletter here: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/newsletters Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Where to find it? Firescaping: California Flora Nursery [https://www.calfloranursery.com/] is a nursery in Northern California that specializes in harvesting, propogating, and distributing native only plant species. Goat grazing: Richard partnered with City Grazing [https://www.citygrazing.org/], a non-profit based out of San Francisco that rents goats to businesses and homeowners for challenging weeding projects. Properties with existing fencing can be done more easily, but properties without fencing can have a temporary fence installed for an additional cost. Fire hardening: Tom partnered with Vulcan Vent [https://www.vulcanvents.com/], a company that specializes in installing fire-safe vents that help prevent wildfire embers from infiltrating more vulnerable parts of the home. As part of the retrofit, Tom saw a gable vent, a foundation vent, a gutter guard, and a deck screen all get installed. Special assistance was provided by FireStorm [https://firestormfire.com/], New Cal Metals, Inc. [https://newcalmetals.com/], and Vulcan Vent. About Ask This Old House TV: From the makers of This Old House, America’s first and most trusted home improvement show, Ask This Old House answers the steady stream of home improvement questions asked by viewers across the United States. Covering topics from landscaping to electrical to HVAC and plumbing to painting and more. Ask This Old House features the experts from This Old House, including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor. ASK This Old House helps you protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG ASK This Old House | Wildfire Mitigation (S22 E16) FULL EPISODE https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/