Synopsis

Returning to a project from winter 1988, the team revisits the Santa Barbara bungalow of Dave and Susan Dickenson. Arriving at the current This Old House construction site, they find the structure pared down to a skeleton of walls and framing. General contractor Steve Crawford explains that the building required deconstruction and reinforcement before the addition could be built. Richard Trethewey examines the plastic water piping and a novel "reversible" brass fitting system. Finally, historian