This Old House | Billerica House [S21, E1] | Full Episode

We're just 20 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 21 premiere, which originally aired in 1999. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 21, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more  https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:Steve Thomas visits a home in Ipswich Massachusetts that a homeowner restored after a fire even though Norm and Steve said it couldn't be done. Tom Silva shows Steve his new van and trailer then tells him that his brother Dickie's home burnt down. They go see the fire gutted home then offer to help Dickie rebuild. All of us at This Old House remember where we were when the news came that Dick and Sandy Silva had lost just about everything in a raging house fire. It was early spring of 1999, and the show was finishing up the Key West project. It didn't take us long to join the rest of our Boston-area friends in the trades as everyone pitched in to put the Silvas back under a new roof. Ten months later, we all cheered at the Billerica wrap party when Dick announced that he had just received a certificate of occupancy from the town; the family would be back in for Christmas. It was a great moment: a victory of hard work over tragedy. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr