
If tests shows that concentrations are high enough, a mitigation will be required by the state's department of environmental protection. An environmental testing crew arrives to take soil samples, as the fire department suspects fuel oil was spilled on site during the fire. Arborist Matt Foti and his crew take down two 75-year-old Eastern white pines damaged by the fire and cut them into 2x10 planks on a mobile saw mill. Tom recounts the day the machines came to tear down Dick and Sandra's old house. Architect Chris Dallmus begins to discuss the design of the new structure with homeowners Dick and Sandra Silva, while outside a perc test is run for the new septic system and landscape contractor Roger Cook takes an inventory of the plants that did and did not survive the fire. Public insurance adjuster (and former This Old House homeowner) Dick Benedetti shows us some of the process by which he is writing up the insurance claim for the Silvas. Back at the house, our host meets with the Silvas' insurance agent, who explains the benefits of having a "guaranteed replacement cost" endorsement on one's homeowner's policy - it provides for rebuilding after a complete loss. to hear what it was like to fight the Silva fire, and how it might have been prevented or at least kept more manageable. Finally, we see the basement heating plant which investigators believe may have been the source of the fire. Then Steve meets with Dick and his wife Sandra to discuss their plans for the future, which are to rebuild on the same spot. After Dick Silva talks about the fire, he leads a tour the ruins of the house. Then, it was a burned wreck now, a year later, it is impeccably restored. The 21st season of This Old House kicks off with a visit to Chub Whitten's Colonial home in Ipswitch, Massachusetts. Starting with this season, This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop go online, and was renamed "No.Steve Thomas's eleventh season as the host.
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The television series airs on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, CT. This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine and a website,. Main article: List of This Old House episodes
