DIY NETWORK Announces This New House: Series Season 2 Premiere Date of July 13th

13 New Episodes Announced

This New House Season Two Premiere: Wednesday, July 13 at 9 p.m. ET
Regular Time Slot: Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET

Expert Hosts: Amy Matthews, Licensed Contractor and Kevin O'Connor, Host
In This New House, a magazine-style series on DIY Network, hosts Amy Matthews and This Old House's Kevin O'Connor bring viewers inside homes across the U.S. that feature innovative building materials, techniques and gadgets. The best part: Kevin and Amy demonstrate how homeowners can make their homes smarter with the touch of their do-it-yourself buttons.
 
Episode 201: Japalachia
Premiere: Wednesday, July 13 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Asheville, N.C.; Concord/Boston Mass.; Las Vegas, Nev.
To kick off the second season of This New House, host Kevin O'Connor checks out how a whiz kid mountain builder in Asheville, N.C., has fused his Japanese-inspired love for clean lines and natural materials with no-nonsense Appalachian living. Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews gets a "thermal break" by turning traditional framing inside out in a quest to keep heat where it belongs. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Kevin meets Eddy, a domestic-sized wind turbine with a new twist. Amy investigates ARTAIC, a small artisan-owned company on Boston's waterfront that has developed a technique that dramatically shortens the process of placing mosaic tiles. While there, a robot arm makes a striking custom mosaic from Amy's vacation photo, on the spot, for price that won't clean out the wallet.
 
Episode 202: "Baroque-n" Glass
Premiere: Wednesday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Las Vegas, Nev.; Duxbury, Mass.; Orlando, Fla.; San Francisco/Sausalito, Calif.
Host Kevin O'Connor heads to Las Vegas, where truckloads of glass bottles from bars on the Strip are crushed and combined with fly ash in Greenstone, a new, almost 100% recycled decorative cast concrete product. As specially molded baroque decorative elements, this material transforms the façade of the manufacturing facility into a huge desert replica of the English castle, Swarkstone Manor.  Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews checks out a tent for an attic and a drill bit that will go through just about anything, and Kevin finds a portable workbench that serves as an extra set of hands on the job. Then, Amy heads for San Francisco Bay: home to hippies, poets, artists and others simply seeking affordable waterfront living since the end of WWII; Sausalito's community of some 400 houseboats is still a floating smorgasbord of creative housing solutions.
 
Episode 203: The Land Beyond LEED
Premiere: Wednesday, July 27 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Calif.; Hamilton, Mass.; Orlando, Fla.; Asheville, N.C.
Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews checks out the future of "regenerative" building at a California home designed to surpass all LEED building standards, pay its own bills and harvest its own water, all while housing a crowd. Host Kevin O'Connor makes quick work of laying tile the new way: click-together rubber tile for the garage floor and mess-free ceramic tile that needs no adhesive or grout. Amy explores the latest in windows at the International Builder's Show, with storm-ready windows for keeping the elements out, and fold-away glass walls for inviting them in. Kevin visits a North Carolina company that has re-trained, rebuilt and repurposed its facilities to transform old asphalt roofing shingles into what just might be a new driveway.
 
Episode 204: The Low-Load House
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Walpole, N.H.; Killington, Vt.; Duxbury, Mass.; Las Vegas Nev.
Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews heads to snow country to meet Tedd Benson, a visionary New Hampshire builder who has taken the 2000-year old craft of timber framing, added a super-insulated wall system and runs the whole process on a computer matrix. This "low-load" house is built in pieces at the plant, gets trucked to its mountainside site in Vermont and goes up quickly and precisely, despite nature's worst. Host Kevin O'Connor gets some new ideas to insulate houses, like foam-filled framing lumber and Aerogel strips, and he's also got an answer to the eternal do-it-yourselfer question: "What do I do with my demolition waste?" After Amy sees a product that makes crown molding installation a breeze, Kevin has his mind blown as he comes to understand the true power of wireless power: charge a phone, cook soup in a can or run a souped-up electric roadster, all without cables!
 
Episode 205: Pushing the Envelope
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Asheville, N.C.; Orlando, Fla.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Belmont, Mass.
Host Kevin O'Connor meets a North Carolina builder who is turning building science on its ear. Amid the hubbub about super-tight, super-insulated homes, PUSH Design is pushing the envelope with a full system of specially-developed, toxin-free and self-drying products like corrugated recycled paper panels, magnesium wallboard and hemp-reinforced concrete designed to let these homes breathe deep. Next, it's an open-door policy for any garage, as host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews checks out a new storage system and a retractable screen for garage doors. Plus, Amy explores the latest home integration system that lets homeowners monitor lights, music, security systems and even children, from wherever they may be. Finally, Amy gets the straight skinny from plumbing guru Richard Trethewey and sons on why, when it comes to being comfortable in a home and saving energy dollars, water beats air hands down.
 
Episode 206: In the Pocket
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Concord/Newton/Milford, Mass.; Orlando, Fla.; New York, N.Y.
"Pocket Neighborhoods" are the latest trend in suburbs from the West Coast to the East: host Kevin O'Connor gets his head around what makes building 12 homes on under four acres of land a good idea, and how cutting-edge building science, coupled with a little social engineering, puts this super-efficient community in such high demand. Next, host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews finds the perfect bachelor-proof washer-dryer combo for host of DIY Network's Cool Tools, Chris Grundy, and Kevin discovers a drying closet that could almost make an iron obsolete. Amy checks out Italian tile for a low-cost, low-maintenance way to get the look of wood, marble, canvas and even leather, and Kevin has a new solution to debris and ice problems in a gutter with a heated gutter screen. Today, small is the new big: Amy visits a Manhattan furniture showroom where every piece has at least two purposes and collapses ingeniously with the effort of a fingertip in order to take up half the space.
 
Episode 207: Go Deep
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Boston/Milford/Duxbury, Mass.; Orlando, Fla.
Deep Energy Retrofits are the full Monty: more than just weather stripping and replacing light bulbs, they're full-on systems, making older housing stock truly livable for generations to come. Host Kevin O'Connor visits a project underway to look at a range of cool tools and products for insulating, sealing, heating and cooling that are as varied and quirky as the homes around the world. Licensed contractor Amy Matthews discovers a super-simple home lighting control system along with stackable cube furniture that clicks together, while Kevin takes a spin around a circular kitchen prep sink. Finally, it's a Florida urban farmhouse that is strong enough to offer shelter from a hurricane while providing easy, breezy Southern living in style.
 
Episode 208: A New Angle
Premiere: Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Winchester/Boston, Mass.; Berkeley, Calif.
Houses and industrial buildings don't have to have a flat roof to enjoy the benefits of a cooler, more efficient roof and some extra garden space. Host Kevin O'Connor checks out a new way to install a "green roof" on a pitched roof-one covered with thirsty, low-maintenance plants that suck down storm water, prevent heat sinks and insulate the building below. Licensed Contractor Amy Matthews shows homeowners how to cut hot water bills in half with a hybrid heat pump water heater, and Kevin has the latest in LED light bulbs to slash lighting bills in half, along with a web-enabled meter that will show homeowners how much electricity they're using. Next, Amy is in Berkeley, Calif., because the "granny shack" is back: these backyard cottages are super small, super-efficient and can be built for under $100k by piggy-backing onto an existing homes' infrastructure. For homeowners looking for more space or extra income, and for renters in search of a decent deal, this new revival is a win-win.
 
Episode 209: Systems Thinking
Premiere: Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Haddon Township, N.J.; Hamilton/Duxbury/New Bedford, Mass.; Las Vegas, Nev.
Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews heads to New Jersey to check out a new modular building company that makes homes like automakers make cars. It's housing on demand: with careful design, cutting-edge prefabrication and limited options, these super-efficient, ultra-modern homes come in at $140 per square foot and are delivered in 30 days. Meanwhile, host Kevin O'Connor figures out what goes on inside the all-important heat recovery ventilator, and meets a guy with a very colorful take on the classic Adirondack chair. Amy finds a super-strong concrete tile roof that doesn't just look cool, it is cool, keeping the building underneath comfortable and safe through high heat and natural disasters. And, before finishing a basement, watch as Kevin heads to the lower ground floor for some serious system thinking about how to solve moisture problems.
 
Episode 210: Back to the Woods
Premiere: Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Williamsburg/Concord/Tewksbury, Mass.; Las Vegas, Nev.
Use a tree, save the forest: host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews heads to the woods to find out why real wood floors are still a great choice. Wood flooring expert Pat Hunt helps viewers get back to basics and understand wood flooring as a renewable resource that can't be beat for its beauty, workability and long-term money sense. Host Kevin O'Connor gets his game on in Las Vegas with the "boom chair" and a new technology that literally puts the controls in the operator's hands: no remote necessary. Amy finds a solar pathfinder that will tell a homeowner if it's worth putting solar panels on the roof, and Kevin checks out a New England farmhouse designed for those suffering from allergies...and high energy bills.
 
Episode 211: Around the House
Premiere: Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. ET
Markets: Chuckey, Tenn.; Asheville, N.C.; Orlando, Fla.; Milton/Woburn, Mass.; San Francisco, Calif.
Host Kevin O'Connor heads to Tennessee to build a round house with no flat facades or corners to catch the wind. This house is made complete with a reinforced steel roofing system and a myriad of windows for passive solar comfort and breathtaking views; round homes are ideal for coastal and mountain living. At the International Builder's show, host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews finds a titanium hammer and a bachelor-ready fridge for host of DIY Network's Cool Tools, Chris Grundy, and Kevin finds a portable way to charge electronics with the oldest power source of all: the sun. Then, Brothers KJ and Dave Kohlmyer smelled opportunity in a vacant, dilapidated Noe Valley Victorian home and brought in the latest products and ideas to bear. Like a stadium's boxed seats, this home blows out the back wall to amazing valley views with the best seats in the house!
 
Episode 212: Hunkering Down
Premiere: Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. ET
Market: Princeton/Sudbury, Mass.; Orlando, Fla.
Host Kevin O'Connor asks, who needs central heating when there are 13-inch thick walls filled with low-density foam, point source mini-split heaters and a photovoltaic system that knows how to get this "reverse saltbox" home to net zero and beyond, all on a mere $140 per square foot. Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews heads to Disney World to see how storm-ready building can help homeowners and their homes avoid a wild ride in the next hurricane season. At the Consumer Electronics show, Kevin finds three cool new gadgets that will stream movies, track body weight and vacuum the house, all without wires. And if homeowners are looking for a way to get their lawn off its chemical habit, check out compost tea!
 
Episode 213: Brave New World
Premiere: Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. ET
Market: Whitehouse Station, N.J.; Boston/Williamsburg, Mass.; Las Vegas, Nev.
Host and licensed contractor Amy Matthews checks out the "New Old Green Modular" home. It's about respect for architectural heritage, 21st-century amenities and performance exceeding certification standards-all on a schedule that makes them move-in ready in just a few weeks. Kevin finds a safe, natural way to kill ticks and mosquitos and get the backyard back, and Amy discovers a window well that will transform any basement. Everyone's heard of quarter-sawn lumber: Amy heads to the mill to find out what that term really means. And...no room for a garden? No problem-with the new "engineered dirt," homeowners can plant their walls instead, with vertical gardens.