Home Safety Installation

Read through step-by-step tutorials to help you prepare for any installation pertaining to your home safety.

How to Retrofit a Home for an Earthquake

Ask This Old House host Kevin O’Connor travels to Portland, Oregon to learn how to protect homes from earthquakes.

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner install an emergency escape ladder

Scott Caron, master electrician for Ask This Old House, wires an old house with new smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

Ask This Old House host Kevin O'Connor shows a homeowner how to install a Bluetooth-enabled smart-lock dead bolt for his front door

Safeguard your valuables in 4 easy steps

In this how-to video, This Old House host Kevin O'Connor discovers an effective method of clearing radon from a home.

In this video, we show you how to install a new deadbolt lock step-by-step with tips on how to mark the door and position the drill.

A step-by-step guide from This Old House master carpenter Norm Abram