Breakaway Walls | This Old House

This Old House · 5:11 · Sep 7, 2026

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Back here at our Pleasant House, our homeowners Carlos and Maria continue to work on the house and continue to make progress.

回到我们愉快的房子，我们的房主卡洛斯和玛丽亚继续装修房子并不断取得进展。
We had our a little rotting going on underneath, and we had to replace about 30 sheets of plywood.

我们下面有点腐烂，我们不得不更换大约30张胶合板。
We even got had done done a little extension here on the porch.

我们甚至还在门廊这里做了一点延伸。
It's a temporary living, but we're roughing it a little bit with no AC.

这是暂时的生活，但我们没有空调，有点艰苦。
But we do have a temporary line to to cover the minimal circuits.

但我们确实有一条临时线路来覆盖最少的电路。

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