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- View is amazing! This is what brigus is all about!

- I got the torch.

(Scoffing) - That's not a torch!

- Looking good! It's come a long way, Randy.

- I got one little more surprise...

- Randy, you want my job?! (Laughing)

- Woo! It's gonna be a hard day.

- Ready, set, go!

- Winner winner, chicken feed dinner!

- Welcome back to your home!

- Oh my gosh! It's just, it's a different house!

- I'm Randy spracklin. Third generation builder, proud newfoundlander!

My team and I are building on one giant cliff

in the Atlantic ocean.

They don't call it the rock for nothing.

We fight the elements year-roun to get the job done.

It might be tough for some, but not for us.

Because when this is your view, it's worth it.

I grew up here in brigus, and like any small town,

I seen a lot of changes and a lot of builds on the waterfront.

It's a popular spot for sure.

Down on harbour pond, me and the old man

are about to start building on one of the last waterfront properties in brigus!

It's a catty project we're really excited about,

but the ocean tides mean it's definitely gonna get tangly.

We're headed there now to scope the lot: Me in the rust bucket.

But the old man, he's not wasting

the last days of summer!

- I've had a motorcycle most of my life. I love it.

So, any chance I can get, hop on.

If it were summer all year-round,

this would be my preferred way of travelling.

Randy makes fun of me now.

There's a movie with old guys on the bikes

and that's what he calls me.

Old guy on a bike.

- We got the old timer clubs.

- You're getting there. Yes. (Laughing)

Years ago this used to be part of the pond.

And they filled in over the years.

- Living in brigus all my life and being into this,

every time I see an open lot, I'm picturing a house.

So, open ground there: Picturing a house.

Like, I'm even looking at the rocks.

How can I build a house on a rock?

So, when I see a piece of ground

and we get to build on it,

hey, that's what I love!

This is a really nice lot.

Pretty narrow, but you got access to water.

We're gonna make a slip way and there's not many lots left.

- It's very few, the one's that's left now

are not going to be gone for a long, long time.

- This project is going to be an interesting one.

It's going to be brand new, three stories.

The first level is going to be drive-through garage.

Kind of like a carriage house.

One area for the cars. The other area for guests!

Up on the main level, the kitchen and the living area

is an open concept with plenty of space

to entertain and take in the views.

It has lots of windows and loads of light.

And on the top floor is a study,

bathroom and the main bedroom

with one of the best water views around the pond.

It's a beauty of a location. But it's gonna take a lot of work to make it perfect.

Tide being high is going to be an issue.

- It's gonna be a mess. Gets the foundation on the ground,

I say you're going to be walking in two feet of water all the time.

Other than low tide.

- I need to have me duckie boots on.

We got the water right next to us

and that water level actually raises higher

than the piece of property.

So, this house is going to have to be built up.

Probably like a foot and a half above maybe from the road.

- That's what I kind of figured.

A foot and a half from road level.

That would be the... - Yeah.

Tide being high, we're gonna have to dig four feet down.

Uh, hopefully find good fill and not made ground.

- It's probably made. - I would say.

The homeowners have a good budget of $450,000.

But the project is a long-hauler.

It's gonna be 10 months,

maybe a year before the homeowners can move in.

The problem with doing something so custom

in such a tangly area with the tides...

That tide could come up and down

we could be shut down for days, hours.

So we gotta have a big window.

Might go down to small, but with three stories,

looking at the ocean, ponds, slipway.

It's going to be really nice.

Now we just gotta get it here.

This is going to be a tangly one!

The boys better get their oilskins on

when they do the foundation on this one.

(Rhythmic music)

While we're taking on another big project,

we still have jobs up and down the avalon.

One, two, three, go!

On the other side of the pond in brigus,

the new bedroom addition

for the button's house is all framed up.

Donezo!

And the roof trusses are ready to be installed.

In the old fishing village in petty harbour,

the biscuit box renovation is moving along.

- There we go, opened up!

- And then, in the countryside near petty harbour,

called the goulds,

we're doing a big renovation

on a huge single-story home for the hanlons...

They want to change the space to fit

their growing family's needs.

The new sitting room is getting a feature wall

with a built-in electric fireplace, and a large TV.

The old bedroom in the front

is now gonna be an office for Taryn

and the mudroom for the family.

In the main bedroom, we're building a custom headboard...

And we removed the bathroom walls

creating a huge walk-in closet.

We moved the tub under the windows

and built a big walk-in shower with loads of space and light.

And way over in the kitchen, there's a huge change.

The homeowners changed their minds

and decided to go with a brand-new custom kitchen.

The new design will still have a large island

with a drop down table, but it'll have all new cabinets

floating shelves, and loads of prep space.

The change in plans means more time and money.

But it's the right call for Chris and Taryn

to get the home they'll love forever.

We're goin' all new kitchen.

So now, they gotta think off their feet

and figure out a game plan, what we're gonna do in that kitchen.

So, I'm here to meet Sam and Sasha.

Because sometimes, it's hard for homeowners to make decisions,

they got them hundred ideas.

They need someone like Sam and Sasha to come in,

take the hundred and then bring it down

to one that we can work with and get this job done.

- Looking good!

- It's come a long way, Randy!

- Yeah. It's coming along, a lot of work.

- You've been busy. - Oh my god,

closed up these doors, ripping up all the tiles.

- This project is a lot of fun

because it's such a transformation.

- They had a great home before.

It was beautiful, it was lovely.

But the layout wasn't really functional for them.

- Yeah, so we got this big old space.

You know what, closing these doors off,

it don't seem like it's a hallway.

It kind of makes this room separate.

- Yes!

- I guess this is the sitting area?

- Yeah, and it's like, it's gonna be more

of a useable room rather than just something

you kind of walk past.

And that's where we'll do our fireplace,

our two-way fireplace.

- Two-way fireplace. Electric two-way fireplace.

- Electric two-way fireplace. - Bumped out.

- Bumped out. - TV above.

- Bring in some wood. Randy!

You want my job? (Laughing)

Take it away, Randy.

- I know, right? - You're doing a great job!

- We're going to do some light colours on the wall.

Get rid of this brown.

- And then also, because we're doing tile floor,

which you don't see a whole lot in newfoundland.

We want to warm that up, right?

- So, what kind of pattern? - Herringbone!

- Really? - Just herringbone.

Just simple. - Just a simple design.

- Just simple. - No hard work.

- Throughout.

- Into the kitchen too? - Into the kitchen.

- Yeah. When you do the whole space

it'll make it feel more consistent, right?

It's important to keep that flow.

- It will look good.

I got one little more surprise

that the last time we were here,

they were going to keep some of the existing,

put in some new.

But now we're going all new. - Ah!

That's so good. - Makes our job a lot more fun.

- So much more fun. I think it'll tie more into the house, too.

We're really transforming each room,

so it will just be that updated elevated look

that really needs to go with every other room were doing.

- It'll make the whole house cohesive, then, right?

- I know it always creates more work,

but it definitely will work. - Yeah, no, it'll be fun.

- Randy just threw us a huge curveball.

Full-on kitchen has to be redone.

- Yeah, I thought we were doing

like, a little bit of the kitchen,

but it seems like now we're just doing the kitchen.

So, it's a little bit more work for us,

but I think Chris and Taryn are going to be really happy

that they decided to also do the kitchen.

- Definitely. - Yeah.

- We got a lot of work in the washroom,

but we do have a big walk-in closet

that we gotta figure out too. - Oh, so gorgeous!

- Oh, this makes so much more sense.

- What a difference in this layout.

I love this tub area.

Free-standing tub.

Place to put your drink, your book.

- Yeah, all that beautiful light coming in.

- Yeah, exactly. - We're going to do some

really nice tile in here.

Um, this is where we're going to pop

in some colour in the tile. - Because everything else

is going to be kind of white. White porcelain.

Bring in some colour in the shower,

then bring in the brass fixtures,

and then a little bit of wood in the vanity as well.

And like look at the massive shower.

This is huge. - I know.

- Let's just all get in the shower here now.

- How many people can you fit in the shower?

- Lots more space than just three.

- My favourite transformation for this house

would definitely be the bathroom.

It used to have all those doors. It had the really big tub.

So, I'm really excited to see that space, you know,

really change into something that will be used a lot

by the family and also, it's going to be lighter, brighter, warmer.

It's going to come together really nicely.

- We have a lot done.

I feel like there are some possibilities of changes

that could happen along the way.

- Always. - But we have a great start.

I'm so happy with how it's coming along.

- I'm feeling really good.

As long as we keep the same plan.

- Go team!

- Ah! Alright, let's go! (Laughing)

(Rhythmic music)

Closer to home in brigus...

the button's bedroom addition is all framed up,

and Paul's got the team to raise the roof.

- You're clear! - Clear!

- So, today we're at the button's

and we're putting on the roof truss.

I got the full crew here with me today.

I got Nikki.

She's going to be nailing the truss on with me.

- View is amazing!

Just look at this.

This is what brigus is all about.

- Al's on the ground hooking truss up.

And Josh.

He's going to be stripping off the shingles

to get ready for getting it all closed in and weather-tight.

Today and tomorrow is our window.

So, we're going for it.

- Stressed out.

Trusses is a hard job for anybody.

And this is my first time being full up here.

See if I get through the day

without Paul yelling at me to get down.

Shaking and everything. Woo!

It's going to be a hard day.

And the fact that they're going to put me up there nailing with them.

It's going to be a challenge.

Hopefully, Paul got his patient panties on.

- Watch your fingers underneath, watch your fingers.

- Two inches.

Okay.

- Relax now.

Nikki, get back on the other side of that 2 by 4.

There's nothing holding it up out there.

- So, last year at Betty's,

when we done trusses, I was on the ground.

Big difference. There we go.

I was the one on the tag line,

which is basically... I'm just guiding it in.

But now when you're up there,

you're setting them, you're nailing them,

you're making sure everything's where it needs to be.

Sitting right. It's a lot more pressure being up there.

So hopefully... Hopefully I can handle it and not crack today.

You might see Nikki's back walking down the road

halfway through the trusses.

- Nikki, truss over your head.

- Okay, I'm not ready.

You want to make sure you're alert, you're on point,

and you're running with the system properly.

Any little hiccup, you're two steps behind.

22 and a quarter.

- 22 and a quarter for the other.

Don't measure them all because they might not all be the same.

- On average, you wouldn't normally nail it to the gusses?

- I'd nail the gusses on your side.

- When you make that one little mistake,

it sets everything back.

And I gets frazzled pretty easy too.

Say it!

Ugh!

- So today, we're at the button's

and we're putting on the roof truss.

- Stressed out.

Trusses is a hard job for anybody.

- Nail her on, Nikki. - Good?

- How come you haven't had a turn climbing out yet, Nikki?

- 'Cause I can't keep up with you,

let alone do anything else.

- Oh, she been doing best kind,

she'd be doing better if she relaxed.

- Too short!

I didn't pick the right trade for my height, that's for sure.

- Hey, you could have been a confined space person.

- So, nobody had to see me or hear me?

Paul knows his stuff.

He likes to do stuff right

and I got a lot of respect for Paul,

but sometimes, he's really hard on me.

- You gotta pause for the cause sometimes, Nikki.

Being flat out don't get you anywhere.

- So, by the end, when we start getting

to the last four to five trusses when everything was working good

and we had the system still in check.

Although I couldn't keep up with him with the nailing,

I was confident that I was doing the process right.

- Lower it down a bit.

- Down a little bit.

- I gotta go towards you a half inch.

- Get her plugged down now.

- I'm flush there now, Paul.

- Best flush. - Oh yeah!

- So now we got this done.

You know, it's a good feeling,

now this is behind us, but there's still a lot of work left to go.

- Paul, do you want a freshly washed grape?

- No. - I'll share a grape

for a peanut butter ball.

- For the pedestal, you got the peanut butter balls on

you think you can offer something better than a grape?

- Chocolate-covered blueberries.

- Next time we does trusses, will you let me up with you?

Or are you putting me on the tag line?

Tell the truth. - You're better than nothing.

(Laughing) - I'll take that

as a compliment, coming from Paul.

I'll take it as a compliment.

- Yeah. It's only torment.

- O-m-g.

Oh man.

You know you done an okay job

when your journeyman shares his peanut butter balls with you.

- Yeah, so we're in the goulds today.

We've got the whole team here

and we're going to blitz this place.

We've got to try to get the fireplace in.

We gotta get it all done for the painters,

so it's going to be a hectic day.

Chris and Taryn, they were planning

on saving half of this kitchen, going half new,

keeping half the existing. Now, it has gotta go.

So, if I take it apart piece by piece

like it's going in, someone else will be able to use it.

Which, they're still a good set of cabinets,

it's just not really going with the style

that we're planning on putting inside.

- Like a trim party!

I love interior finish.

Finishing work is probably one of jobs

Randy feels most comfortable sending me to, I'd say.

- I got the pocket doors ready to be hung.

- Right now, everything seems to be going good.

We're operating. Seems like we got all the material for this.

Knock on wood, nothing's gone wrong yet.

But once I speak, stuff starts going wrong!

Let's make a hole.

Figure out what's behind this wall.

We gotta make a fireplace here,

so I'm going to just...

Break a hole.

See what we got,

which right away, we got a wire.

Lots of wires.

It's never easy.

Never knocked on the wood hard enough this morning.

- Yeah so, we're in the goulds today.

We gotta make a fireplace here.

Lots of wires.

If you call on the sparkies, it'll probably take, what...

Maybe a day for them to come.

That's what we do, run the plug.

So, this wire, I can actually disconnect from that plug

and the boys can kind of configure it after.

So, thumbs up on that.

I'm gonna hit the breaker,

so when the light goes out, power is gone.

- Okay, you want to hear me? - I can hear you in, brigus!

Being the contractor,

like I can kill the power here, unhook it,

but I'm not going to try to run it and redo it.

Sparkies will come in and do that stuff,

so I'll just unhook it, get it out of the way

so we can make a hole and then they'll do the finishing touches.

Yeah, so I can cut out the fireplace,

get the insert in, moving forward.

(Rhythmic music)

- So, the design calls for this fireplace

to be bumped out into this room,

but it has to be sunk into the mantle.

So, I'm just slowly putting it together piece by piece and...

It'll make more sense when it's all done.

- We got all the trim done, ready for the painters,

the headboard is finishing off, fireplace is all framed up.

Even all the kitchen cabinets, they're coming down.

So, we're all ready for the painters,

then bring on the tiles. Good day!

Sun's going down.

Almost time for a coffee.

End the day right!

(Soft music)

We're at the button's in brigus

and we got a big day ahead.

We gotta sheet over this roof, try to get it all shingled,

try to make it watertight for the electricians and plumbers.

They don't like getting wet.

We got full team today.

We got Paul, we got Nikki, we got al, and we got Josh.

I think the old man's even going to stop out.

(Whirring) - I love doing shingling.

Everybody got a good flow.

And we work well as a team when we're shingling, so...

- The buttons are adding a whole new addition

to the side of their home.

The house's unique design in brigus,

with loads of nooks and crannies.

So, the tangly job for us

is sticking the new piece to the old piece

so the new piece don't look like new!

- Got her!

- The challenge with this roof here

is how to tie this to this

so that we can get everything watertight

so we don't end up with a leak from rain,

or wind, or snow build up.

So, and the other real challenge is,

how do you tie it into the architecture of the house

and make it appealing to the eye.

You never know, this one could be

the next most photographed house in brigus.

- You never know!

(Rock music)

- Al, I'll take some shingles.

- Take some shingles? What, you got them all used?

- Paul do, yeah. - In a while, you'll get a few.

- Oh yeah!

After the roof is on, we can seal her up

and start insulation. And wouldn't you know...

A truck full of insulation just showed up.

(Beeping)

- This delivery is actually early.

I had to leave the job site to come in.

We wasn't prepared today to have the delivery,

so we had the forklift in, we had to move around some stuff.

It's always the way.

When you're not ready for it, it comes early.

When you are, it comes late!

We got seven pallets today,

so I'll bring out the forklift, unload it.

Do you like my rooftop?

Hopefully, I don't break nothing.

Hopefully, it fits in the shed.

- Every time Randy gets on the forklift,

he runs out of propane.

I bet you, I bet you he will today too.

(Laughing) - Tip this over.

It's like a tower of cheese.

(Squeaking)

- She's smoking. Woohoo!

(Squeaking)

- The old dinosaur finally broke.

- The forklift's screaming... For help!

The insulation for the button's house arrived a day early.

Just when I thought we could get a break in the schedule,

my forklift broke down.

- I knew this was going to happen,

but I thought it was gonna be the propane.

But instead, it's a radiator that broke.

Change out of me good shirt and get into some old stuff and give Randy a hand.

Should've unloaded it all by hand.

Don't know what's wrong with him.

- This is how you hand bomb.

I say we roll them there. Watch yourself.

- It is what it is.

Now we gotta get them all in the shed.

So, I had to get the team to come and help me.

- Randy called us to do a favour.

We gotta move all this insulation.

- But I had to bribe them.

A feed for insulation.

- As soon as the food shows up, we're stopping.

- Now, we'll have an insulation race.

- Ready, set, go!

(Rhythmic music)

Get out of the way, spracklin!

Woohoo!

- Blimey. Oh!

- Winner winner, chicken feed dinner.

- Can I ask a question? - What?

- We gotta lug all that back out to the homeowner's spot?

- You gotta lug it all back out.

- All on you, Nikki, all on you.

- But you know what!? - Do we get a feed that day too?

- Now we know how to lug it. This was just a practice run.

This is the pregame, right?

Hey, anyway, everyone earned their feed.

Let's go get one. - Mint.

Anytime you needs insulation, let me know,

if there's a free feed in it.

- I know, right?

- Be here for sure.

(Rock music)

- In the countryside, at the hanlon's house in the goulds,

we're making great headway on this huge Reno.

We got all the drywall done.

The plaster and the painting is now finished.

And the next big change is the huge tile job

throughout the main floor.

It's Jason's favourite pattern: Herringbone.

- We want it to run perfect from the front door

into the sitting room.

Once you're going with this herringbone,

you're committed.

So, we gotta keep it going nice and... nice and even.

- It's a lot of work and it looks amazing,

but the tile job isn't over yet

- yeah, so there's four different tiles

going in this bathroom.

Today we're starting to put the tiles on the shower.

They're blue, and they're gonna be stacked

on top of each other with straight grout lines.

We got a laser level set up so, you know,

we'll get them perfectly level and perfectly plumb

and the walls are good in there.

So should look real nice.

Little bit of a challenge.

You know, it looks great when you're done.

- Back in my hometown of brigus...

It's a perfect day to start digging the foundation

on the harbour pond lot!

The brand-new house is going to be three stories,

with a drive-through garage and guest room on the bottom.

The main floor will be raised up above ground level,

with an open concept kitchen, dining and living area.

Upstairs is the main bedroom, bathroom and a study.

Lots of windows on every level

for that perfect view of the bay.

Mint!

The water is coming from the pond,

so now, when it goes... We're at low tide.

So, when it starts coming up to high tide,

yeah, that water will be up pretty high.

Which means it's not "if" we hit water, but "when".

(Quacking) Uh-oh!

The duck went for a swim.

We're making a duck pond.

Good place for making a swimming pool, anyway.

- Well, pick up one that's big enough.

- What we found out this morning wasn't really good news.

You know, we found a little bit of rock on top of shale,

but we dug a test hole and probably, what...

Four feet down, maybe three feet down.

We hit nothing but pug. - This stuff.

- Which is just old mud that'll never compact.

It'll never settle.

So, you don't want your house sitting on that or it'll...

It'll make it go lopsided.

- Disastrous.

- Uh-oh!

(Chuckling) Duck went for a swim.

We're making a duck pond.

In brigus, the dig for the new foundation

at the harbour pond lot is off to a wet start.

The water is coming from the pond,

so now, we're at low tide.

So, when it starts coming up to high tide,

yeah, that water will be up pretty high.

- So, every house along here got this water underneath it.

Because as the tide rises, the water just comes in

until it meets the crest.

When we first started this job,

we dug down and one of the older people here in the town said

we should dig a little farther,

which led us to digging the whole thing out.

Always knew we were going to hit water.

We just didn't know we're going to hit this pokey topsoil.

So anyway, here we are.

- Always listen to the old-timers,

they knew everything...

- That's why you should listen to your father more often.

- The next step is dig it all out.

Bring in blasted rock, compact it with the big roller,

before we put any foundation.

Any concrete goes down on this ground,

it got to be all rolled in with big, blasted rock.

Because we don't want the house to sink.

- That smell?

That's what you call rotten trees, rotten...

grass, everything. And salt water mixed into it.

Yummy!

You definitely don't want to fall in that.

You'll smell like that for a week.

While the foundation work continues at harbour pond,

around the corner, the button's addition has really taken shape

this project is great.

It's right here in the heart of brigus,

looking out over the ocean.

But we do get rough weather.

We get four seasons in one day here in newfoundland.

So, we need to make sure all the heat stays inside.

Let's break this open. Get started.

So, we're using rockwool comfortboard80 exterior insulation

which is durable and energy efficient.

- Did you get me a drill? - Uh, nope.

- I've got my old man giving me a hand.

You know, the old school versus the new school.

He's not used to insulating places back in the day,

so today, I'm going to show him a thing or two.

We got the building paper on,

so now we're going to install right over the building paper.

Luckily enough, we already got the studs marked out.

So, when we screw our washers into it, good and solid.

- Straight forward. - Straight forward.

It's a perfect day to be doing this.

Nice and warm outside.

Come another six months, it won't be so toasty.

I won't be here with my shorts on.

- It's probably my only concern is learning from Randy.

- I'm a good teacher.

- Especially when he calls me "old man".

(Laughing)

- The benefit of using exterior insulation:

It's energy efficient.

That's the number one thing.

The other benefits is, it controls moisture,

resists mold and mildew,

it good sound proofing,

plus it's made out of natural recycled material.

Almost like a rock, what I'm standing on!

- Insulation's come a long way

since we started at these old houses of course.

We opened up the walls and found sawdust for insulation,

newspaper or something on the outside over the old boards,

and then they put the wallpaper over it

and that was their insulation.

- It was frosty inside just as much as outside.

- So, hey! How you making out?

- Looking good. Getting through it.

- Mint.

Good stuff to work with, isn't it?

- It's excellent.

- So, we're doing stone wool throughout the addition.

We're not even going to stop on the exterior.

There's going to be interior, exterior walls.

Ceiling, floor joists.

It's non-combustible and it prevents the fire from spreading.

It protects your family. Protects your home.

But we're not going to stop there.

I'm ready to put it to the test. The old man is skeptical.

But I'm gonna prove him wrong. - I got the torch.

- Pssh, that's not a torch.

This is a torch. - Holy... flame thrower.

- Hey, don't try this at home.

- Light her up!

- Whoa!

- Look at that! - Works.

- Touch it on the other side, still cool.

That's what you want when a fire's happening.

So we're here in the goulds today

and we're trying to finish it off.

There's a whole lotta people moving around.

One of the last big things:

Install the fireplace around.

So Paul's here trying to get that in.

And hopefully we do, 'cause tomorrow we gotta be done.

- So, this wall here is going

to be a big feature in this area.

It's going to be full on custom panel fireplace

and the fireplace is two-sided,

so you can see it from this room

and out in the new kitchen.

It's going to have custom built-in cabinetry

along the bottom, so it'll look pretty good

when it's all put together.

- The boys built it offsite. We brought it in.

Now Paul is fitting it all together.

It's like a Jigsaw puzzle. You got a bunch of pieces

and you're just trying to make them fit.

It's gonna look amazing in the end, but hey,

we got a little ways to get there.

At the front entrance, the new mudroom slash office

is really getting close too.

Looking really good.

Everything is coming together.

Just a few little detail touches,

like hanging the hooks. A few paint touch ups.

So, we're in the kitchen.

There's a lotta work going on there, too.

So, it's just everybody trying to come together

and get it all done and get all the final touches.

The cabinets are looking great.

A lot of work yet though.

Number one on the list is finishing the custom

drop-down table that attaches to the island.

Yeah, so definitely here in the shop now,

business has picked up. Now, we actually got p. J.

And Matt here in the shop

and we're pretty much flat out.

'Cause whatever Sam and Sasha can think of,

or any other homeowner that may come along.

Like we need to keep up with the demand.

The vision always was that the woodworking shop

is always do something that you just can't buy anywhere else.

You're not gonna go to a big box store.

It's definitely one-of-a-kind pieces,

why I love the old wood.

Like this table.

So yeah, this is wood that we brought in.

It's birch. It was all rough.

And then the boys cleaned it all down

to make it nice and smooth, getting ready for a finish.

So, Taryn and Chris, they loved the stained piece.

Now, we just gotta stick it all together.

You know, by the end of the week, hopefully,

it'll be installed so we can have a feed on it.

You know what? There's always concerns.

This is only how many pieces we got.

One wrong cut and we got no more.

Good thing the boys have got measuring tapes!

(Rhythmic music)

With the final pieces finished and installed,

this $180,000 Reno is ready for Sam and Sasha

to do the final touches before Chris and Taryn move back in.

- It's nice when you are redoing a home,

to have some cohesiveness.

In this house, there's a little bit of wood in each space.

We've carried it from the kitchen,

into the sitting room, into the mudroom,

and then into the bedroom and the bathrooms, as well.

- The kitchen now has a drop-down table

that Randy and his team made.

It's beautiful. It's solid.

It's all connected in one space.

So, it's really family oriented.

The mudroom is a fantastic space.

You have that fantastic wallpaper that's done by krista power.

I absolutely love it.

- If you're gonna go dark with that colour,

put it on your trim, put it on your baseboard,

carry it throughout.

(Soft music)

- The bathroom transformation is amazing.

- It's insane.

- Just with moving the tub.

We've made it really beautiful

with the white marble tile and the hex tile.

And then, also the beautiful blue

brought into the space in the shower tile.

- Yeah. It's just so spa-like and so relaxing.

The transformation of this house is insane.

This house has a feeling of excitement and energy

and I feel like it's gonna be a beautiful start

for them in here.

(Rhythmic music)

- You know, when we get everything done,

have everything put in place,

it's always good to bring the homeowners in.

I think they're gonna be wowed.

Welcome back to your home.

- Oh, my gosh.

It's just... It's a different house.

- You know, it feels really good.

'Cause there was a lotta moving parts, a lotta rooms.

But hey, we're done.

You know, it's always good to bring the homeowners in.

But it's always nerve wracking,

'cause you never know if they're gonna love it

or they're really gonna not like it so much.

I think when they come in through the front door,

they're gonna be wowed. I hope so.

If not, well... Just, we'll all go home.

Hey. Welcome back to your home.

- Oh, my gosh.

Oh!

Oh, my gosh.

Oh my god.

- Look at the fireplace.

- It's just... It's a different house.

- It's totally different.

- I don't even want to sit down and ruin anything.

(Laughing) - Yeah, what a difference.

Closing off them two doorways,

putting your family pictures,

'cause that's what you really want to see,

be able to sit in this lovely sitting room here now,

with a nice fireplace, nice floating shelves.

It really makes this room.

- I can't wait to just sit down and relax in here.

I can't believe I live here. (Laughing)

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, look at this view.

- Working in style.

- Hanging your coats in style. (Laughing)

- Hanging your coat somewhere.

This is beyond our dreams, for sure.

- Yeah, I think we've definitely taken full advantage

of the existing... The bones of the house

and really... it looks amazing.

- It feels great.

It feels more at home now.

- It's certainly an upgrade from a coat rack in the corner.

- Definitely an upgrade from a coat rack in the corner.

You know, takin' that doorway from there,

then move it to here, and then you had a little desk

in the corner with the bed.

So now you got a nice big working area,

but you got a big area to hang all the coats,

sit down for the kids to put on their boots.

- So much storage.

Oh, I'm gonna enjoy working here.

- But there was a lotta work into the cabinetry.

To the desk, to the bench.

It all came together,

and then the wallpaper made this room really pop.

- Wallpaper is just stunning.

And it ties everything in.

- I was skeptical when we talked about wallpaper,

but it looks awesome.

- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.

- Amazing. Colour is a little bit

outside of our comfort zone sometimes.

But seeing it all together now,

it makes you feel so at home when you enter this place

and that's what we wanted.

(Gasping)

Oh, look!

Oh my gosh.

- What a nice bright room. What a difference.

No more wall-to-wall curtains.

- No more wall-to-wall curtain.

- I think that's probably the best part!

- We never did a whole lot here.

Kept all the floor, just brought in the paint.

But we made a new headboard.

We tied it all together

and made it into a nice little retreat.

- Everybody out, I want to go to bed!

(Laughing)

- Oh my gosh. Oh my god, look!

- Wow.

You got your closet.

- Oh! So much more storage!

I love this! Look at that!

- Before, they had two closets.

- They swing in different directions.

When the doors are open, you can't get by.

- It worked, but it was really small.

So opening it up into a long rectangular,

you got like, a little sit down area for your makeup.

A whole lotta hanging space and a whole lotta space

to just throw stuff in.

'Cause I don't know how to fold very well,

so more drawers, the better.

- Oh wow, you can see actual light from the windows!

No more walls, no more doors!

This is so amazing!

- So open.

- Look at that...

Look at the tub!

Oh, it's so nice. - Such a beautiful tub.

And just free-standing, without the big enclosure around it.

Takes up so much less space. Looks so nice.

Just awesome.

- This was the big thing. We took down that wall.

Because you had the shower inside of them windows.

It was an odd little space.

It worked, but it didn't work for you guys.

So making this all open and bright.

- I feel like we've taken ten separate spaces

and turned them into two, and just big,

beautiful open spaces.

- This is like the bathroom of dreams.

So much more space for the kids.

Nice and tall for you.

- Yeah, we got the height. - Oh, it's so good.

My favourite is having all that natural light,

it changes the whole look of the room.

- We still got one place left to go.

- I can't... I can't take anymore.

(Laughing)

- Come on in.

- Wow. Oh, my gosh.

(Gasping, chuckling)

- It was definitely a good idea to kibosh everything.

But the right move to tie everything together

was to go all brand new.

I don't think you would've achieved what you got here now

keeping any of the old.

- And we actually have seating for everyone now.

- You have seating for everyone!

- Oh this table.

- Hand-picked by yourself. - I know.

- Each board.

- I can't believe how great it looks.

- You're in newfoundland, where does everyone end up?

- Always the kitchen. - In the kitchen.

- We also did the two-sided fireplace,

so you can look right out in the sitting room.

Or you got a button that you can switch it off.

And even though the kids will hang their art,

we also made another little secret department for the kids.

So if you come around this side... if I was smaller.

- Oh... oh, they are gonna love that.

- Geez, I would hang out in there.

- We've always wanted a secret compartment.

- Yeah, I had one of those wall cubbies when I was a kid.

So like, that is... That is super cool.

They're gonna love it. - Every kid loves a hideaway.

- Right. - Always.

- We actually made this house into a home for your family.

From the kitchen to the mudroom, sitting room,

right into your bedroom, your own little retreat.

- We moved in not that long before the Reno

and it was a house that was... It was built for two people.

Now it's a... It's a house for a family.

So it's a space to grow up in.

- Wow.

- Wow.

Mommy! - It's mom!

(Indistinct chatter)

- A fireplace, a fireplace!

(Indistinct chatter)

- Hi, guys.

- Look.

- There's people in my house?! - Look.

- Who made those?!

- I did! I did that sun.

- You did.

- We finished this one pretty well right to the wire,

but we got everything done.

And as you look around, this place looks amazing!

It's definitely a show-stopper home.

- Come on over.

I'll move this chair to make an easy access.

- What do you think is in there?

- In there. (Chuckling)

- What is it?

Is it cool?

- Close the door.

- Close the door? - Okay, see you later.

Have fun.

Call us when you're ready. I love it.

- It's a zen area. It's a zen zone.

- I guess you enjoy the house.

The kids approve a hundred per cent.

- Yeah. - They're on board, yeah.

- Hey, this definitely gives us a lot of ideas.

Maybe we'll build one for Paul.

(Laughing)

- So, we've named our house "carry me home".

And it is meaningful to us

because one of our favourite bands

is a local band, hey rosetta!,

and we just love their music

and one of their songs is "carry me home".

(Pop music)

For us, like the... The Reno really for us meant,

making this home, where we wanna be comfortable

and where we wanna, you know, raise our kids.

And you know, eventually, they'll move away and...

And have their own lives and we always want this place

to be somewhere where they can always come home.

- Next week, on rock solid builds...

- I never touched the main.

I only undid that water! - You broke it!

- Disastrous, but you gotta love it.

Did you get new boots? - Yes, I do. I got new boots.

Ready for the Olympics. (Laughing)

- We have an opening!

- Geez Randy, I want to hug you. (Laughing)

- I feel like a cowboy and this is my horse.

- Woo-hoo! Hot tub.

- Wooden, hot tub. - Whoo, buddy!

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