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Tom SilvA|PBS's "This
Old House"
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 Tom
Silva, the general contractor on This Old House, has
been renovating houses since he was a child. His first
major project, working alongside his dad and brother,
was installing a basement fallout shelter underneath
their 1787 Colonial in Lexington, Massachusetts. After
digging out the 20 x 40 x 12-foot hole under the house,
by hand, and hauling away all the boulders, they framed
it and finished it off. "It took us two years, and I
felt such pride in what we had accomplished that I knew
I wanted to do this for a living," says Tom.
Silva Brothers
Construction, made up of Tom, his brothers and his nephew, built the
original set for The Victory Garden in the parking lot of WGBH Boston. In 1986, Russell Morash, the creator of This
Old House, saw the major restoration the Silvas were doing
on an 1845 Greek Revival house and named them the general contractors
for the show.
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The firm's work has been showcased on
many Massachusetts-based This Old House projects including:
The bed-and-breakfast in
Lexington
The timber-frame barn in Concord
Kirkside in Wayland
The ranch transformation in Lexington
The Victorian in Belmont
The 1710 Colonial in Acton
The Federal-style home in Historic Salem
The 1725 New England Colonial and barn in Milton
The Queen Anne-style Victorian in Watertown
The Village Victorian in Billerica
Tom says, "Each job is
unique and different, which is just what I like. Besides
loving my work, I've made good friends in the entire crew of
This Old House, and it's been a rewarding experience."
Tom's work and expert advice is featured regularly in This
Old House Magazine, which is published by Time Publishing
Ventures, Inc. A Massachusetts native and avid softball
player and boating enthusiast, Tom lives with his wife,
daughter and son in a 19th-century house he continues to
renovate in a town north of Boston.
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