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Season 21

(1999)

Overview

The Billerica House; The Santa Barbara House

Cast

Richard Trethewey as Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert
Richard Trethewey

as Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert

Norm Abram as Self - Master Carpenter
Norm Abram

as Self - Master Carpenter

Tom Silva as Self - General Contractor
Tom Silva

as Self - General Contractor

Roger Cook as Self - Landscape Contractor
Roger Cook

as Self - Landscape Contractor

Episodes

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September 25, 1999

The new season starts with a visit to Chub Whitten's Colonial home in Ipswitch, Massachusetts, that we toured at the be…

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October 2, 1999

We visit the Billerica Fire Dept. to hear what it was like to fight the Silva fire, and how it might have been prevente…

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October 9, 1999

Tom recounts the day the machines came to tear down Dick and Sandra's old house. All that's left is a hole in the groun…

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October 16, 1999

A full month after our last time on site, the foundation is just being completed, the construction schedule having fall…

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October 23, 1999

Homeowner Dick Silva gives a tour of the newly framed up first floor, and Tom Silva shows some of the hallmarks of a go…

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October 30, 1999

Homeowner Dick Silva gives a tour of the framed and sheated house and reports that he and Sandra have recieved a very s…

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November 6, 1999

The new windows have arrived. They're made from an extruded composive of PVC and sawdust, and we visit Minnesota to see…

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November 13, 1999

Our master carpenter and general contractor take over Dick's Quonset hut to set up a woodorking shop, forcing Dick to t…

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November 20, 1999

The local electric utility is on site to bring power across the street to a new pole positioned in a discrete spot alon…

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November 27, 1999

As our master carpenter sets up the table saw to make a sample raised-panel door for the Silvas to consider for their n…

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December 4, 1999

The site is abuzz as subcontractors hurry to complete their in-wall work before the insulation truck arrives. Tom Silva…

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December 11, 1999

We arrive at the house to find the last of the wallboard shipment being loaded into the basement. In the rest of the ho…

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December 18, 1999

Landscape contractor Roger Cook and his crew begin to install a stone wall along the driveway, using a split stome from…

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December 25, 1999

We arrive to find Rich in the basement, where the forced air unit for first-floor heating and cooling hangs; the main s…

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January 1, 2000

Master electrician Allen Gallant shows us the workings of the new emergency power generator, a quiet natural-gas-powere…

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January 8, 2000

Paving contractor Don Sloan shows Roger Cook a few different ways to pave the drive: plain black ashphalt with crushed …

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January 15, 2000

Landscape designer Stephanie Hubbard oversees the placement of the new plants and trees with Roger Cook, while inisde o…

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January 22, 2000

Our host arrives to see wooden shutter maker Peter Malone and crew installing shutters on the front facade, using tradi…

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January 29, 2000

The final two days in Billerica find Dick returning his beloved Model A truck to the new garage, which is nice and warm…

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February 5, 2000

Our host and master carpenter arrive in sytle, by sailboat, at This Old House's winter project location: Santa Barbara.…

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February 12, 2000

The guys revisit This Old House's winter 1988 Santa Barbara project: Dave and Susan Dickenson's bungalow. Upon arrival …

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February 19, 2000

We review the progress the crew has made in reframing the expansion of the Santa Barbara bungalow. Then we check out th…

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February 26, 2000

We check out the framing of the Santa Barbara bungalow's new second-story master suite - and take in its stunning views…

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March 4, 2000

We check out the new custom windows, which feature cherry, wood interiors and true divided lights. Then we meet landsca…

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March 11, 2000

The countdown to completion of the Santa Barbara bungalow renovation begins. The elements of the new kitchen arrive, as…

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March 18, 2000

Homeowner Jan Winford finally realizes her dream of 25 years - the renovation of her 1907 bungalow - thanks in part to …