Summary: General contractor Tom Silva discovers that two brick piers supporting the house lacked a substructure, so he erects a temporary support beam and jacks so that he can pour the new porch footers. He explains how to pour footers over dirt, how to use rebar, and how to pour footers over ledge. Meanwhile, landscape contractor Roger Cook begins excavating for the new terraced lawn and brings in civil engineer Mike Kosmo to do a perk test. The test will verify there is sufficient drainage for the new landscape plan. Roger also brings in arborist Matt Foti to remove an unsalvageable red maple (it is infested with ants and has other problems). Finally, Kevin O’Connor visits a shingle style house that architect Treff LaFleche renovated and sold three years earlier.

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• This Old House Season 29 Episode 3,
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