The Santa Barbara House - 2

The guys revisit This Old House’s winter 1988 Santa Barbara project: Dave and Susan Dickenson’s bungalow. Upon arrival at This Old House’s current jobsite, they find the building reduced to a few walls and a forest of studs. As we learn from general contractor Steve Crawford, the building had to be deconstructed and reinforced before it could support the new addition. Richard Trethewey checks out the plastic water piping, along with a new “”reversible”” brass fitting system. Then we tour town with historian Neal Graffy, who reveals how a devastating earthquake in 1925 gave birth to the Mediterranean Revival city that stands today.