Season 21
(1999)
Overview
The Billerica House; The Santa Barbara House
Cast
as Self - Plumbing and Heating Expert
as Self - Master Carpenter
as Self - General Contractor
as Host
as Self - Landscape Contractor
Episodes
The Billerica House - 1 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 2 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 3 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 4 0.0
October 16, 1999
A full month after our last time on site, the foundation is just being completed, the construction schedule having fall…
The Billerica House - 5 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 6 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 7 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 8 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 9 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 10 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 11 0.0
December 4, 1999
The site is abuzz as subcontractors hurry to complete their in-wall work before the insulation truck arrives. Tom Silva…
The Billerica House - 12 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 13 0.0
December 18, 1999
Landscape contractor Roger Cook and his crew begin to install a stone wall along the driveway, using a split stome from…
The Billerica House - 14 0.0
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…
The Billerica House - 15 0.0
January 1, 2000
Master electrician Allen Gallant shows us the workings of the new emergency power generator, a quiet natural-gas-powere…
The Billerica House - 16 0.0
January 8, 2000
Paving contractor Don Sloan shows Roger Cook a few different ways to pave the drive: plain black ashphalt with crushed …
The Billerica House - 17 0.0
January 15, 2000
Landscape designer Stephanie Hubbard oversees the placement of the new plants and trees with Roger Cook, while inisde o…
The Billerica House - 18 0.0
January 22, 2000
Our host arrives to see wooden shutter maker Peter Malone and crew installing shutters on the front facade, using tradi…
The Billerica House - 19 0.0
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…
The Santa Barbara House - 1 0.0
February 5, 2000
Our host and master carpenter arrive in sytle, by sailboat, at This Old House's winter project location: Santa Barbara.…
The Santa Barbara House - 2 0.0
February 12, 2000
The guys revisit This Old House's winter 1988 Santa Barbara project: Dave and Susan Dickenson's bungalow. Upon arrival …
The Santa Barbara House - 3 0.0
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…
The Santa Barbara House - 4 0.0
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…
The Santa Barbara House - 5 0.0
March 4, 2000
We check out the new custom windows, which feature cherry, wood interiors and true divided lights. Then we meet landsca…
The Santa Barbara House - 6 0.0
March 11, 2000
The countdown to completion of the Santa Barbara bungalow renovation begins. The elements of the new kitchen arrive, as…
The Santa Barbara House - 7 0.0
March 18, 2000
Homeowner Jan Winford finally realizes her dream of 25 years - the renovation of her 1907 bungalow - thanks in part to …