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- I never touched the main, I only undid that wire...

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)

- Feels like a cowboy and this is my horse.

- Woo-woo! Hot tub.

- Wooden a hot tub. - Whoo, buddy.

- Beautiful.

- This is effin' awesome, this is fantastic.

- 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 a 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.

(Rhythmic music)

As you travel north of brigus,

you're into a gorgeous part of newfoundland.

Upper island cove is about 20 minutes from brigus.

You know, this is an old town

that was built in the 1600s. It was a fishing village.

So, you'll see a lot of fishermen around here.

And you know what? It's so beautiful.

It's built on the cliff and where it was an old fishing village,

all the houses right along the shoreline...

Which they probably fished from

you don't see that very much anymore.

Everybody's trying to build inland.

So, that's what's cool about down here.

This is an older home.

It's probably like a hundred plus years old,

an old biscuit box.

The biscuit box house is a common house

that you're gonna see all around the bay.

A biscuit box house is a square box

with a little bit of a peak, but pretty much a flat roof.

The name came from when they used to ship biscuits

over in the ships years ago, it was a biscuit box...

So that's how they built their houses.

This is gonna be an interesting because Grant the homeowner, is stuck in Ontario,

so I'm meeting his cousin granville so we can start right away.

How you making out? - Not too bad, how are you?

- Oh, not too bad. - Grant and I are family.

He's my second cousin.

His grandmother used to have a house over there

and a cellar and whatever everybody had back in the day.

My wife grew up in the house.

I lived in the house one year, at first, when we got married.

- So, a lot of history with, you know, the old place.

This one. We might find some interesting stuff.

- You may, yeah. Yeah.

- So, we're building a piece on here,

but really not gonna change the look on the outside.

We're gonna build a porch, a little pantry, you know,

a half bath to kind of give them a little bit more space.

The big job's on the inside.

Let's go in before we gets rained on.

- Yeah, let's go!

We're gonna build a piece on the back

and it's going to have a porch,

it's going to have a pantry

and we're gonna have a washroom

the kitchen is gonna be in the same location,

but we're gonna bring it on the wall,

bang out a new window. Where the cupboards is now,

we're gonna have two doors going into the porch.

In the living room, we're adding a doorway,

accent wall and a wood burning stove to keep things toasty warm.

So, you got a lot of work done. You got her cleaned out.

- Oh yes. - Needs a little bit

of a facelift. - Oh yeah.

- Even though we're gonna renovate it,

we're not going to lose the character in the old house.

You know, them memories will still stay with you.

So, you come in from the porch,

you come into the kitchen, all new cabinets along here.

Everybody always spends their time in the kitchen, right?

- Yes, that's right. Yeah.

- Now, we're actually gonna open up this wall

because we're thinking there's an old chimbley into it.

It's still going to be the dining room

with a great view of the ocean looking at conception bay.

Tearing down these tiles, leaving all the exposed beams

is going to add that much more height to it.

Because they're going to be open beams.

So, rip up the ceiling,

then we're actually going to leave these stairs.

Hopefully, put in new spindles

and we're going to put a doorway over here.

Fireplace. And look, you still got that amazing view.

Remember yourself here? - Oh yes, yeah.

- Christmas tree there. Gun rack up on the wall.

- Oh yes, boy!

We gotta put that back for decoration?

- Well, I wouldn't say. Not these days!

- No? (Laughing)

- Changes, don't it, boy?

- And upstairs, there's even more changes.

We're going to make the bedroom a washroom

and the washroom the main bedroom

and we're keeping the other two bedrooms as is for budget.

Which is gonna be about $200,000

and take three months so they can move in for the winter holidays.

The big job is in this room.

Take the washroom from the front

and put it out here.

So, when we close up this doorway,

it's going to be the toilet, vanity, the shower,

and the tub is going underneath the window.

It's going to be a fair size. Light the candles.

- There you go, read a book. - There you go!

Let's have a look at the other one.

So, the only thing we're doing out here is kind of the ceiling.

These two bedrooms are going to keep as is.

The big change is gonna be in this space.

- Yeah. - We're moving the washroom.

Going to make this room a lot bigger.

This is going to be their bedroom.

Capture that view in the morning.

That's what it's all about.

This will be a big bedroom once we knock out this wall.

You don't realize it now.

I better get at it anyway

because we only got three months.

So, I can get started! - Yep! Give it to her.

- I know, right?

You know, the biggest challenges for us there now,

is getting that piece built on the back.

As you see now all that cliff behind it,

hopefully, we don't hit that.

But if we do, you know, it's a good foundation.

This is definitely a fun project.

Look, we're right next to the ocean,

in a different location.

It's another old build

and you never know what you're going to find.

Build a piece on, ripping out these ceilings,

trying to make it all work...

That's what excites me the most

While I'm in upper island cove firming up the demo plan...

My company doesn't stop!

We still have lots of jobs on the go.

A couple of hours south in petty harbour...

There's another biscuit box house next to a cliff

where we're adding a piece and doing a total gut job on the inside!

In my hometown of brigus, the bedroom addition

on the button's house is built,

so it's time to go inside for all the finish work.

Yep, we'll be run off our feet for the rest of the year!

Which is why extra help is arriving at the perfect time

welcome back, man! - Hey, good to be back.

- Hey, boy! How you feeling?

- It's been a while. Feeling pretty good.

- You got new boots? What? - Yes, I do.

I got new boots, all oiled up

and ready for the marathon, ready for the Olympics.

(Laughing)

- Big day today. Harv had an accident

and he had to get hip replacement after he got hurt.

So that's why he been off for a year and a half.

Now he's back, you know, all greased up, ready to go.

What do you want to try first?

- Uh, I don't care.

Give me something. Give me something to try.

Give me something to use.

- He's gotta kind of ease back into it

before he jumps on the scaffolds on roofs.

So, he's in the woodshop.

Make sure he's going to keep all the other limbs.

Been away from the saws a little while.

(Laughing) - Fairly rusty, yeah!

I'll agree with you there. No doubt about that.

- You know, we're doing so many different things.

So, to have harv back and be able to have that trust

going into the job site, knowing it's going to get done good.

It's definitely good to see him back.

- Yes, and it's good. It's good to be back.

(Rock music)

- Back in upper island cove at Grant's house, it's a big day.

We gotta demo this whole kitchen.

We're makin' a doorway to the new addition.

So we gotta remove all this drywall.

The whole ceiling's comin' down

we're not removing any of the floorboards,

just the flooring. The carpet gotta go.

Carpet on the stairs.

And then, we gotta go upstairs

and demo the washroom and we gotta remove a wall.

I've sent Nikki and al ahead of me

to get a jump on the work.

- Where did spracklin got us to now?

In the middle of nowhere.

Come in to find out today that tick, tock,

we got three months to get this job done!

I'm pure newfie and this is my first time down this way.

- Really? - Yeah, is it your first time?

- No. - No?

Get in, get out.

As if we don't have enough on our plate right now,

the stress level is like through the roof these days.

Let's go see what we got to work with, pop!

Give it to her and get out of there!

Ooh, gun show!

(Laughing) C'mon, pop!

We don't need Randy for this demo, let's go!

(Screaming in the distance)

- Easy! Geez.

Heard her coming across the bay!

- The (beep!) Gone mad!

- She probably got it half tore apart already.

- and the (beep!) Pipe broke everywhere!

- And this thing's working. - Randy, I was trying to undo

the sink before you came.

- Buckle over. Is it copper?

A whole buck over there, give me a hammer,

I buckled that over.

It is, it's a great big copper line, look. That size.

- Here! - This one, look.

Let go and I can't get it shut off!

- I only undid that water up there.

Can't shut the water off?

Oh, al!

I only undid this. - That is the main.

- That is the main one, yeah. It won't shut off.

- Oh geez, hang on, I gotta call the town.

- But I never touched the main,

I only undid that wire, that... - You broke it!

- I only undid the wire!

- Demo, two seconds in, soaked!

In me face and everything.

So, I was trying to be a smart cookie

and get ahead of the game before Randy came in

and so I said, "I'll take the sink out. Easy!"

Unhooked one little thing!

- Fun stuff! - Oh my god!

How is water spitting everywhere?

Everybody jumps in.

The main valve wouldn't get shut off.

Happy Monday, Randy!

- Hey, boy. - It was out of our control.

There was... Yes, it looked like I'm the one who broke it,

but realistically, you sneeze and you would have cracked that off.

Old copper pipes.

This is why they want to upgrade.

You can't touch them.

Crumbled in our hands.

(Laughing)

- Ow, that hurt!

- Randy came to me after and said,

"hey, Nikki there's nothing you could have done about it.

It was crumbling anyways."

- Look at how heavy a line that is.

- Yeah.

- So, that's the main water supply

coming into the house. Unfortunately, the valve

ain't working, the pipe broke,

and well, now, we're getting a shower.

Not one I wanted on a Monday morning!

You know, with them pipes leaking,

probably the floorboards is gone.

Who knows, even the sills because we're close

to the back of the house.

Fingers crossed that we don't have to replace that.

Disastrous, but you gotta love it!

- The main valve couldn't get shut off.

Called the town. Luckily, they came and saved the day.

Hey, hey! (Laughing)

Thanks, boys! - The water's off.

- Deadly!

Would have been a long day

holding that water in the pipe forever.

- Ready to roll!

(Rock music)

- What'd I miss? - Holy dynes!

Don't look good.

- No.

- Instant coffee. King Cole.

37 cents!

- The floor is pretty soft.

- It's actually really pretty.

This fireplace is beautiful.

The brick is good, solid.

Already painted right pretty.

- Demo's goin' good now.

We gotta go upstairs and demo the washroom.

Just watch out for the copper pipe.

Already had my shower for today.

- So, this is the big moment of demo.

We're going to take down the wall,

open it up into a big space.

Woo-woo!

Ugh!

Woohoo!

Oh, my butt is stuck.

(Laughing)

We have an opening!

Demo went good. Considering the water break,

didn't think we were going to get as much into it as we did.

But we got the list checked off. Moving on!

- Back home in brigus...

We're coming to the end of another big project.

It's the bedroom addition at the button's house,

down on the bay!

We're giving the sitting room a fresh coat of paint.

In the living room, we're adding a feature wall,

with floating shelves and stone surround

for the new propane fireplace.

But the big change is on the other side of the house.

We've expanded the main floor

to create a new bedroom for the homeowners.

It has loads of space...

And a large bathroom with a soaker tub

and a standup shower.

The add-on's come a long way.

The windows and siding are installed...

The plumbing and electrical's done,

and now, we're ready for the finishes.

With the end in sight, I've asked Sam and Sasha

to give this place a look-over,

so we can move ahead with some design details

that'll really make this house a home!

So, what do you think of this place?

- Nice big windows. This is awesome.

- Yeah, the beams, the open concept,

the high ceilings. - Yes, it's fantastic.

And one of the things we're actually doing

is we're going to put some light paint in here.

It's going to really freshen up the space.

Having those whiter walls will make those beams pop out.

- It really will and also just help modernize the space as well.

I know Linda and Dr. Button really want to make it

a little bit more modern. Still a little bit traditional,

but a little bit more modern for them.

So, the buttons have just

moved in from St. John's,

so they're a little bit overwhelmed with what to do

and how to really approach this home. Right?

So, we're really happy and excited

to be able to help them with this.

- We're gonna look at updating the rug.

Some new decor, some cushions,

some throws, some nice window treatments.

That's going to make a difference.

- This is the stone that you guys picked out.

So, we're going to clad that whole fireplace.

- Perfect. - The only difference is,

we're going to go straight up

because the homeowners wanted straight instead of this.

- Yeah, it's a little bit more modern.

- Yeah. - So, one of the things

that Sam and I have been talking about

is that we wanted to add in some shelving for the clients.

- If we're gonna do shelving, they actually got

some reclaimed lumber that we can probably use.

- Oh, perfect! - That's great.

- So, with the shelving there,

it's really just the paint

and the decor touches in here,

but really, we need to check out that other room.

- Well, that's where all the work is.

Let's go have a look! - Let's go check that out.

- So, this is it!

Still a nice view of the ocean.

- Oh, this is incredible. - Wow!

- I love the tray ceiling.

That's going to be really nice.

- It's going to be beautiful and we're actually

gonna do a soft blue in this room.

A little bit more of a relaxing spa retreat

type vibe in here. Really calming.

- That room is really all about the view

and those windows. Right? - One hundred percent.

- Yeah. - I mean, that...

Not everybody gets to have that.

- No. And that's really the inspiration

for the colour palette, as well,

bringing in those ocean blues and Greens.

And just making it serene, a nice retreat.

Kind of a hotel kind of a feel. Exactly.

Kind of ocean-inspired palate is what we're thinking.

- It's like their own little hotel space.

- Exactly! - Enter through the front door,

come on in, mint! - Yeah, exactly.

(Laughing)

- I like this one. - Yeah!

- I like this one!

(Rock music)

We're down in upper island cove

gettin' ready to do the dig for the addition.

Big day. Dig for the foundation.

See if we're gonna hit rock.

So, Jamie's in the excavator.

The addition is going to be six feet away

from the house and 21-feet long.

You know, that's a good-sized addition.

Nothing better than the claw.

The claw!

(Laughing)

There's always concerns when you dig in the back.

You never know what we're gonna run into.

Pretty much, we're gonna run into rock.

It's just how big it is.

But hey, rock is a good foundation.

If it's big enough.

We got a hole!

But, we got a few issues.

Definitely this rock is an issue and not an issue.

You can kind of work around it,

but it's a big ol' rock. That one's in the way too.

I'm up here to meet ed and he's going to be doing

the foundation, get a game plan!

- 21. First thing he gotta do

is put in the footings and then start putting in the walls.

Jamie finished all the digging,

but the little thing that we didn't want to find,

there's no foundation under the existing house.

There's only rocks.

Which, good for back in the day,

not so much now because we're doing the new foundation,

so we need to do one side of the concrete wall.

Which is gonna be tricky. That's the biggest issue.

You know, that rock foundation was good back then,

not so much now. When you got a foundation like this

all ready to founder in,

you gotta have something to brace it up.

So, we'll do a concrete wall out here,

six feet out, 21-feet long, six feet in.

And we'll do one side of the concrete wall.

Risky!

Could have a blowout.

When you have a blow out,

means every bit of concrete going inside that wall

ends up in the floor.

It's okay if you want concrete floor, but we don't.

It's all falling in.

Big hole.

No little critters anyway coming out of that way.

A piece of lead.

Tie that onto your fishing line.

Always finds a treasure.

- I gotta go!

- See you later. - Yeah.

- Ed will be back today to get the footings in, hopefully!

Ed took off pretty quickly.

He said it ain't the worst he's seen,

but you know, it ain't the best.

So, usually when they take off quick,

it's not a good sign!

Over in petty harbour...

We're moving along on Liam and Janet's biscuit box house.

The new piece is for a mudroom,

living room, laundry, and a bathroom.

The original building is an open-concept dining area

and a kitchen with big windows for the view of the harbour.

In the middle, a big custom island's

getting a beer tap for Liam the brew master.

Shawn my plumber laid out the in-floor heating system

and the next step is pouring concrete for the floor.

There's nothing going over top of it.

No hardwood, no finishing.

This concrete floor is going to be the finish.

We've got to cover just over 900 square feet.

And while pouring concrete might sound simple,

installing in-floor heat is a bit more challenging.

After filling the foundation with rock

to make everything solid...

A layer of styrofoam is laid on top of that,

and then the piping for the in-floor heating is installed.

Then on top of everything, we'll pour concrete

that will be four inches thick.

Hot water runs through the pipe...

And then the heat rises up through the concrete

to keep your toes nice and toasty,

and warm up your house!

So there's no room for mistakes

but Rick and Terry, they're up for the task!

- We've been workin' with Randy now for three years.

Rick, how many jobs did we do for Randy?

Quite a few.

And Randy's good to get along with.

It's very easy. Easy goin'. (Laughing)

- That's a hand trowel finish.

The customer wanted a matte finish,

I think she called it. So a hand trowel finish is best for that.

We have to trowel it twice so there's less porous in the concrete.

It's a tighter finish. We're almost done.

We got the last little bit just in the shade.

(Rock music)

- So I'm here in brigus today. We're here at the buttons.

Harv and Josh is on the inside doin' all the trim.

And I got Nikki comin' along give me a hand

to actually sheet over this fireplace.

So, we can put the stone around it and make some heat.

So the buttons fireplace in the living room

used to be a wood burning.

So they wanted to switch it over and what better,

just as well use propane.

Instant heat, way to go.

And it's definitely going to be the focal point.

When you're sat down in the living room,

you're looking out over the ocean with the fire going.

- Oh, wow!

- This is our job for the day.

So, harv and the boys got it all framed in.

So, me and you can sheet it over.

- Okay. - Basically, from here down,

it gotta be fireproofed. Up here, just gotta be sheeting.

The propane unit, everywhere in the rest of Canada,

it actually comes in natural gas.

We're the only ones that don't have natural gas,

so we need everything propane. - Excellent.

- So, all of our barbecues, fireplaces, gotta switch it over.

- When we go camping with the kids, that's all we do, strictly propane.

- That's the beauty of the thing, when you put in propane,

you got one tank outside, you can run many different things off of it.

So, they're even running their cooktop off of it.

And there's nothing better than cooking on a propane oven.

- I agree. Totally different taste.

- But it's actually used outdoors just as much, as well.

You know, you got your barbecue,

you got your firepit, you got heaters.

My forklift's ran off of it. Many uses.

And it's pretty good on your pocketbook.

Plus it's less on your insurance

and it's 45 per cent less on your energy bill.

Oh, easy.

I took Nikki along because she's trying new things,

and why not, throw her in at the fireplace.

There's going to be some floating shelves later.

See if she's learned anything over the years!

Ready for the rock!

Wait no, we are on the rock!

Oh, I lost my pencil!

- Last piece. Looking good!

Done.

- You know what? Looking good.

We got it all sheeted in.

Now we need to get the floating shelves up on both sides.

Then we can bring the Mason in

and turn that bad boy on. - Wicked.

- You know, all this work and all this talk about propane

does make me pretty hungry. - I know, me too!

- Let's go cook a feed. - Awesome.

- So, it's going to be me against you?

- Oh, sure. - Cook-off?

- I'm gonna need a propane burner.

- You know what, I'll use the barbecue

because I kind of like ribs and stuff.

- I'm gonna do wings... - I think I got a gameplan.

Let's get the rest of the team

and let's have a big cook-off! - Awesome.

- In brigus... I'm at my place,

where the cook-off bet me and Nikki just made

has put a personal project to the top of my to-do list!

Since I bought this house

probably three or four years ago,

this space right here now, we're after using it a fair bit.

We kinda built this deck when we renovated the house,

and even though, we'll gather on the deck,

we'll always gather on the ground and in the shed.

We love entertaining, so it only makes sense

to build a deck and join it to the shed.

This is something that I've been planning for a while,

never really had a game plan.

It's kinda one of those things.

But when we made that bet for a cook-off...

You gotta have a prime cook-off area...

I'm pretty competitive.

So I'll have the cook-off and I'm not gonna stop there.

So basically, I'm making a new deck

with a barbecue area.

Then I'm having the dining room table

so we can all sit around and eat the feed after it's cooked,

and then an arbour over it.

And then, a hot tub right next to the shed.

This one's gonna be...

It started off being a weekend project.

Might be a little bit more than a weekend project.

We got a lot on the go, and I'm really busy,

but I always love a little project.

My idea usually snowballs. That's usually how it happens.

I'll start off with a little bitsy one,

and it'll end up with a new hot tub, and a barbeque area.

Sounds deadly! I just like making work for myself.

(Laughing)

Seeing what's down there.

So, hey. Me and Nikki's here,

getting ready to haul up the deck and we got shorty supervising.

- Got a little helper hopefully, eh, bud?

(Laughing) - Flat out.

- You mention help, gone! (Laughing)

- That's okay. Michael can help us out.

- No pressure, boss goin' all out for the cook-off.

He got himself on a serious like competitive mode.

Typical Randy-like.

- She'll come with like, two wings.

- I'll bring a pound. I think Randy thinks

if he puts a new deck on it, he's gonna win the cook-off.

People don't care about the deck. They care about the food.

- They care about the visual.

You know, a hot tub somewhere over there...

- Hot tub? - Wooden hot tub.

- Oh, buddy!

- You're getting in it, if you lose, it's cold.

- Geez, you should have told us

before to work out our hot tub body.

You got a hot tub party too?

- That's beach. - Oh, geez.

- How are you gonna fill it up? From the harbour?

- No, I'm gonna bring it out and sink it,

and then bring it back.

- Are you serious? - No!

- Okay, come on, let's get the deck demo'd.

- Before we start the new deck,

I've got to rip out the old one

which came with the house when I bought it.

Totally gone.

So, I'm ripping this one out.

I'm going to do a little sandbox area for the kids

so they can play into it, and the rest of it is just

gonna be grass and some more flowers.

- What's the verdict with your plants?

- Don't touch 'em.

- Typical Randy. Don't touch his plants.

Don't mess with this boy's garden.

You know those homeowners that you go in and they're like,

"oh, don't worry about the garden. I'll replant."

Randy's like, "touch my garden and I'm tellin' ya..."

He's precious about his plants.

- Don't hurt the grass.

Easy turns!

Watch out for the nails!

- Where are you going?

- Up there. - Up the hill too?

- Well, geez, that's where I gotta have it!

- Come on. - Onward!

- Are you in turtle mode or what?

- Even though the sills were rotted,

most of the wood is still good,

which is great news because I'll be able

to use it somewhere else.

There's always another job and another purpose.

Onward.

I feel like a cowboy and this is my horse.

- That was heavy! Whew!

I need a shower now.

- Like most projects, I'm always thinking of the feed

but this one's a little bit different

because we're doing the cooking and it's a big competition.

So, are you doing like a dry spice or saucy?

- Dry. Dry.

You, I suppose you're on the sauce, is you?

- I think it should be chicken, pork, and maybe...

- Wait now, how do you go from a wing cook-off,

now he's got chicken and pork.

You're really overthinking this, buddy!

- Well, it's a cook-off, we never specified wings.

- No, we said wings all along! - It's a three-course meal.

- Three-course meal, a deck, beer...

Holy god, buddy!

I say get your logs out and call it a day,

you're hallucinating there now!

(Rock music)

Bam!

He knows my wings are going to be good.

That's why he's gotta build a deck

and everything to try to make his be better.

- Over in petty harbour...

The concrete floor is cured,

now we can start framing the addition at the back.

- It's a little different to being in a bathroom tiling, little bit better.

Nice, getting the fresh air.

- We were gonna do it, but you know what,

in the eleventh hour, Jason called me and said,

"hey, I got the tiles done on the other job."

Is there anything else, you know, for him to start on.

I'm like, "geez, I got the perfect job for you!"

Jason's looking pretty catty there today you know.

- Yeah, covers the bald head, Randy.

- Jason's a good hand, you know what,

anything we need done, he's right there to do it.

On time and it don't matter what it is,

he's kind of like us. From tiles, framing up, you name it.

He don't mind taking on the action.

Which is a good thing.

That's hard to come by, to be honest with you.

- Am I turning red? Geez, Randy, I want to hug you.

(Laughing)

- We're putting the door to get into the living room right here,

so this is how you enter the house.

Look, we're all busy, we all got our own clients,

but we're able to come together and...

He got the same love for building,

just as much as us, so... - There's zero competition.

It's just working together and getting the job done.

- And you know what?

If we all can't sit around and have a drink together,

then we all did something wrong.

- That's right. - Yeah.

What do you think? All open concept.

- Pretty nice. Gonna be nice.

- Yeah!

The layout of the new addition is looking mint!

But taking a closer look,

I want to change things up a little bit more.

Right now, we're thinking about trying to feature

some of the old wood. We've got that beautiful ceiling.

We took up the floor, which we had to do to pour the concrete floor.

So, there's not many elements that you're going to see old.

When you walk in through that front door,

that's what we want to highlight. We want to show the character.

Once Jason's all done,

we gotta do something with the existing roof

to kind of shore it up and make it safe

and make it watertight.

And then bring on the drywall on the inside,

and then bring on the keg so we can have a dance!

We're in upper island cove today,

and it's another pour.

Some day!

From brigus to island cove.

More concrete, more fun!

It's all about the foundation today.

So putting an addition onto the house,

you gotta put in the footings,

pour the concrete, you want nice, wide footings,

and that's what's gonna make all the weight of the load carry it.

Then you lay the walls on top of the footings

and then pour more concrete.

Then you're ready to start buildin'.

We got all the footings in,

now the boys are framing up for the walls

and getting ready to pour the concrete

inside the walls that they're framing up.

But they got a lot of obstacles.

We got big ol' boulders that we don't wanna really move,

so the boys got a little bit of jigging around it.

It'll still be a straight wall when we're done!

Jeez, ed, that don't look like you're having fun!

Yeah.

Fun spot.

- This? No.

Looks like if you touch it, that'll fall down.

- Oh yeah.

- So, Ed's the foreman of the form crew

and we found out that we need to carry the back level

of the house, the existing house.

Yeah, we found... Like a lotta these old houses,

there's no concrete wall. It's only rocks.

And a lot of them rocks is after founderin' in,

so there's nothing on the back of that wall there now.

Like nothing. Just a hole.

So we gotta have something there

to carry the back wall.

- That'll take that. No trouble.

- Yes.

That's what we'll do.

- I ain't moving that, so that side there

will have to rest on that rock.

We're gonna fix the structure issue on the back of the house

by running a new floor joist

in and past the old existing joists.

So, we gotta get our floor joists in there,

in this area, plus on the other side.

So, the floor joist is gonna come from the exterior wall

to the concrete wall that we're going to pour here new.

And run it in past this mud sill.

It has to carry the whole exterior of the existing house,

to two-levels, so we gotta make sure

that we got a bearing point. Which, this concrete wall,

is going to be the bearing point now.

You gonna try to pour today?

- Gotta be done.

You know what? There's a lot of work to go into an addition

that ain't really that big. It's only 6 by 21.

But hey, definitely worth it in the end.

You know what? The homeowner needs it, it's gonna add extra space.

So, it's going to be worth it for them,

so it's worth it for us.

Down in brigus...

The button house on the bay

is getting close to the finish line.

We've got a lot of flooring to lay in the new addition,

so I've got my guy Jason on the job.

In the bedroom, we're adding a straight run of hardwood flooring.

It's light, bright and perfect for the space...

And it's the same feel in the bathroom,

but with white sheets of herringbone tile.

And Jason's work isn't over yet

a mosaic stone is going on the fireplace wall,

giving the homeowners the update they wanted in their living room.

- This is a nice light colour.

It's gonna brighten up this room.

It's gonna look real good.

- With all the construction complete on this $140,000 project,

time to bring in Sam and Sasha for the softer finishes

and really pull things together

- so Linda's sitting room,

we went for a real cheerful yellow,

which is also on the outside of the house.

So, it's nice to bring that yellow inside, as well.

But really, the inspiration for this room

was her yellow bird chair.

- So much fun. That chair is really fully Linda.

It's full of life. But the best thing about the chair,

it's got a little bit of blue in it,

it's got a little bit of green.

So we incorporated that everywhere.

We pulled all our colours from that,

and you can't not be happy sitting down,

watching brigus in the morning over the ocean.

It's such a great space.

- So, in the living room, we really did

just really a refresh of a lighter paint colour,

light and white, but really still nice and warm,

to complement the rest of the house.

- Updating your paint in your house

is one of the biggest things you can do

to really freshen the space.

And we wanted to freshen it up

with just some white paint. So we put in a soft white,

which really complimented the area.

Which was one of the one things we really wanted to happen.

The addition is really a beautiful space

that has been created as a sanctuary for Linda and Dr. Button.

It's a beautiful huge space.

And then that ensuite off of it. I mean, it's perfect.

It's a little spa for them.

The end tables were a great find.

They weren't being used. They were downstairs.

So, we were able to get them repainted

and all of a sudden they look like a brand-new table.

I'm so impressed that you can take anything that's just an old little piece

that you don't even realize, paint it, boom.

Brand new. - Exactly.

Linda was really hoping for white nightstands.

When we came across these wooden end tables downstairs we thought,

"perfect." we'll change out the hardware and it's an easy fix.

- The bedding is a really important thing for this space.

It really ads the pop of colour.

Okay? So we have the soft neutral tones on the wall.

We put a soft rug down on the floor.

But then we add that pop with that kind of turquoisey tone.

And then the beautiful Jessica waterman quilt that's there,

which then ties into that sofa...

The sofa. - The sofa.

- I know. - It's the best part.

- We have a little bit of a crush on the sofa.

- We're very excited about the sofa.

It was really nice to give them a bedroom on the main floor.

So that this space can be utilized

for many years to come.

- Big day today.

So Linda and Wayne are gonna come in.

I know they been waiting a long time for this,

so now it's time to go get 'em and show 'em the room.

- Wow.

- Beautiful.

- This is 'effin awesome.

(Laughing) This is fantastic!

- Big day today.

You know, we started this at the beginning of the summer...

One, two, three, go!

- View is amazing. Just look at this.

- And now we got it all finished,

so Linda and Wayne are gonna come in,

see their new bedroom, see their new bathroom,

and even see a little touch we did in the living room.

I know they've been waiting a long time for this,

so now, it's time to go get 'em and show 'em the room.

Linda, Wayne, come on in and see your new living room.

- It is gorgeous.

- This is 'effin awesome.

(Laughing) This is fantastic.

- It definitely was a nice space to begin with,

and then taking that wooden fireplace

and putting in the propane fireplace, you know,

having them custom shelves,

kinda blends in with the ceiling.

- Yeah, it's really gorgeous.

- There's nothing better than picking up the remote,

hittin' the button, instant fire, instant heat.

- Yeah. I love the stone, too.

I love the fireplace. - Nice cozy space to sit back,

look out over the ocean, watch the whales.

Nothing better than that.

I know them shelves, you brought us a long piece of lumber.

But they got a little bit of a story.

They came from port-aux-Basques, I think.

- Port-aux-Basques area.

Our friends brought them over to us.

They were two big pieces of wood.

They were steps or stairs originally in a fish plant.

- Oh, okay. - So we're thrilled to get them.

- You want to have a look at your sitting room.

- Yeah.

- Wow.

Oh, my.

- Beautiful.

My little chair.

My little chair!

That's my gold chair.

- It is your gold chair.

- Oh, and the fabric... - And the birds.

My little green bird.

Oh, what a beautiful room.

- When you moved here, you kind of used it as a storage room.

- We didn't know what the purpose was.

We decided it was gonna be where our piano was gonna go.

So I call it the piano room.

- Okay. So who can play us a song?

- Nobody! (Laughing)

- This is your room, but we got two of your rooms out there.

Wanna have a look? - I certainly do.

- After you.

- The quilt. The bed.

- Oh, my gosh.

My gosh, my gosh.

- What a job.

And the draperies.

Oh... but this, look at this.

- It's comfy. (Chuckling)

- I could have a nap on this.

It's a beautiful couch.

Beautiful.

And the fabric is gorgeous.

- It's little capelin.

- The couch in the window is just spectacular.

Was it from a house here in brigus that you...

- No, no, I found that over in ferryland, actually.

I found this in an old wore down house.

I always know, there's a use somewhere.

- Cozy. - Oh my god. It's cozy.

Even sitting down that chair,

like I said, pop open that window,

to hear the waves just crashin' over the rocks.

- This is absolute... Absolutely beautiful.

- Beautiful.

Our table... Our end tables!

- Now they're white.

- Oh, lovely.

And the tray ceiling, I love it.

I love the drapes behind the bed too,

I think it's just... - It's two windows.

Like I said, you turn down the lights a little bit,

it's amazing, with the high ceilings,

with the tray ceilings...

But you know, you can lie down here and relax,

but we also got another place you can lie back and relax.

(Laughing)

You wanna see your bathroom? - I do.

Gorgeous.

- In this whole space is your own retreat.

You got the tub, you got the stand-up shower.

And that's what we wanted to do with this, you know, addition.

Bring something that is yours.

From the trim, to the colour,

to your tub that you really wanted,

that was the first thing we talked about.

- It was. I didn't care how big the bathroom was.

- Yes. - Or the shower.

As long as I got my tub.

- It's probably a place you're never gonna wanna leave.

- No. (Laughing)

- True. True. True. I'm not gonna get anything done.

I'm gonna end up doin' all the cookin'.

She's gonna wanna be in here all the time.

- But you know what? Before you can stay here,

we gotta meet your guests and we got my team coming.

- Perfect. - And then we'll leave you to your retreat.

Anything that's a challenge...

You know, you take this beautiful home

and so many lines, so much character into it

and to blend something in, was gonna be tricky.

But hey, I never back down from anything.

Now that it's all done, really happy with it.

You know, I drive by and you don't even look twice.

And I'm sure everybody else is the same.

It just looks like this was always here.

- What makes a home, I think it...

When there's part of you into it,

with the add-on, with every...

All the new things that we've done with it,

it's now our home.

- You have to make it your own. - Finally, it's our home.

- You have to make it your own.

And I think we've done that beautifully.

- We're delighted.

- Now that it's all done,

we have some special friends coming.

So, they're all dyin' to see it.

(Indistinct chatter)

Our dear friends, and see...

- Linda and Wayne just moved in,

and they made really good friends with their neighbours,

which is Tim and Valerie.

Tim and Valerie is coming to the party.

We kinda set the bar high when we did their place.

- Oh my.

Holy cow.

- Being here in newfoundland, especially in a small town,

everybody knows everybody. So once you do a renovation,

then you get recommended to the next person,

recommended to the next person.

But you're always settin' the bar high,

because when someone recommends you,

you don't want to do a bad job

because it looks bad for them, too.

So every job we do,

we gotta make sure it's just so.

- We're absolutely thrilled

to have the buttons as our neighbours.

We've become very good friends

and they've certainly enjoyed our space with us

and now we're looking forward

to enjoying their new space, as well.

We feel nothing but joy for our new neighbours.

- Looks good. What do you think?

- Oh, I love it. (Laughing)

- It's great to be done. - So happy.

- Colours are beautiful. - That's right.

- Even with the huge bed, there's still lots of room.

- Lots of room. - Barrels of room.

- You wanna go try out that couch?

- I don't know. I'd like to take this comforter with me.

The fireplace looks amazing. It turned out awesome.

The detail is to die for.

It's no better feeling when you can give the homeowner

back their house and walk clear.

Let them enjoy it now for a while.

- Uh, Randy? Every time I look at him, he's plopped down.

- I'm tryin' out all the furniture.

(Laughing) - Is this your favourite now?

You better say yes.

- Oh boy. I'm feeling the pressure here now.

- To our friends and everybody who worked on this

and all you guys. Thanks.

Thanks from the bottom of our heart for everything.

And I'm so glad everybody's here to help us celebrate.

- Thanks for having us!

- Welcome to the neighbourhood! (Laughing)

Next week on rock solid builds...

Hey, nice weather. Oh!

Get out of there. I'm gonna walk away before I get stung.

- Whoa!

I'm not gonna clear it.

You're gonna hit. Come on.

- Okay, that's gonna be a mistake.

(Groaning)

- Grady? Thumbs up on the plans?

(Laughing) Holy.

- Oh, windows!

Doesn't even look like a house anymore.

And you're thinking... What have I done?

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