Scott Gibson

Contributing Writer
Scott Gibson writes about residential design and construction, and furniture making. His work has appeared in a number of magazines, including Fine Homebuilding, where he is a contributing editor, The Journal of Light Construction, Woman’s Day Specials, This Old House, and Woodwork. He is the co-author of Green From the Ground Up, a book about sustainable building published by The Taunton Press in 2008, and The Workshop (2003). Scott and his wife, Susan, have renovated several old houses and are currently completing a new house in southern Maine. See a full list of Scott's how-to columns at Old House Questions and Answers.
Recent posts:
Jul
02
Drying paint smells for weeks, driving homeowners to distraction... "I am trying to find out whether we have an abnormal situation with our repainted radiators. We had them sandblasted and painted. The painters said they used high temperature paint and warned us they would off-gas for a couple of days. Now that the heat is turned on in our building, our radiators have been off-gassing for more than two weeks. Any ...
Apr
29
Old House Q & A: We live in an old house in upstate New York and we're thinking of replacing our very old boiler with something more efficient. Winters are pretty cold here. We keep hearing how wonderful ground-source heat pumps are. Is this a good option for an older house? Possibly. Ground-source heat pumps are attractive for a couple of reasons. They don't burn any fuel to produce heat, at least ...
Mar
26
A reader writes: We have a 150-year-old brick house with a stone foundation. There also is an addition with a concrete block foundation on the back. Both of the basements are damp and musty. We want to tighten up the house and insulate the basements, but we get conflicting advice. Is this a good idea? The sill area would be particularly hard to insulate. Old houses often have lots of air ...