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- 1-2-3!

Hi. Who's riding in the tub?!

Uh... it's safe!

The mice chewed off the wire. Gonna burn the house down.

- Ah! Look at them ripped muscles on this one go... yeah!

- What are you stopping for? It's life or death, Nikki!

- There's nothing he won't do. I can't wait to see his face

when it goes... pow! - Brand new pair of boots.

This will destroy them in a hurry.

- Let the competition begin!

- Spracklin's messing up his wing's!

Look, he's burning 'em! - I'm up... creek!

(Exclaiming)

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-round 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.

We're on the West Side of newfoundland...

Where we just delivered an amazing playhouse to a great family.

(Applause)

It's a 6-hour ride back to brigus... so I figured,

hey, it was an adventure getting here, why stop now?

Keep the adventure going!

So me, Nikki and the old man are doing something

we always wanted to do. We're going white water rafting.

There's only one place to actually do this

in newfoundland and that's the west coast.

Everyone seems like they're excited for it.

- I was right up on it. I was like, deadly.

How often do you get to do that?

- Do a lot of sea kayaking,

but I don't think this is similar at all.

- Let's get ready.

- Welcome to rafting newfoundland.

Since it's the fall,

it's gonna be a little cold out there, so you guys gear up.

We start off with wet suits. That's for you,

this one is for you and this one's for you.

- Do we have vaseline? (Laughing)

- All right, come on. Let's go get dressed

and get on the water. - Mother of god!

(Laughing)

- Mint! Let's go.

- I got no shoes on 'til I gets over there.

I left me rubber boots over there.

Ah... look at them ripped muscles on this one go... yeah!

- We're hitting the water.

- Guys, your oars.

- We have to have an oar? - Yes, you're working today.

- Wicked. - Geez, no days off here.

You must have spracklin blood, do ya?

- Supposed to have snow today.

But hey, anybody can go rafting in the summer.

- That's right. - That's why we're going now.

Life on the open water.

See you on the other side!

- Oar-oar-oar!

- Woo-hoo!

(Laughing)

- Keep goin', Nikki... Keep goin', Nikki.

Come on. What are you stopping for?

It's life or death, Nikki.

(Laughing)

- She was like holdin' on, I was like she's gonna put me over.

- That was fun.

- Nice easy forward.

Give me a hard forward.

Get down, get down.

- Woo-hoo!

- We got you, Nikki. We got you.

- Thank you, Randy.

(Laughing)

- We made it.

(Screaming)

- Ready? Up, up.

There you go. - Thanks, man!

- Thanks, Austin. - No problem.

- Onward!

- After a great time on the Wes coast, back on the avalon,

there's a ton of catching up to do at home.

It's the weekend, and a perfect time

to push ahead on my new deck...

With my best helper: My son Grady.

This is what we do on a Saturday.

We'll always build something or,

in this case, we're taking something apart.

Shorty's always by my side.

He's more interested in driving the equipment

than actually on the tools.

Maybe he's taking after me! (Laughing)

We're gonna start on the main deck.

The first task at hand is what I'm at,

taking apart them stairs and then we start building up.

(Laughing)

- You bossy there, are ya?

The goal this weekend is to get the steps off

and maybe get the outer perimeter kind of laid out

and then I can go full steam ahead

'cause it's all up here and I got nothing on paper so...

We're full steam ahead everywhere else too.

Down in upper island cove...

You gonna try to pour today? - See how things go...

- The foundation walls got poured and now we can start

framing up the back addition.

And then, in petty harbour...

- Set 'er up.

- Windows! Yes!

- The homeowners are excited as much as us

to see the construction site becoming a house again.

- Originally, I started painting the clapboard and here I am

installing it too, just like I thought.

But it's good to see 'er getting buttoned up though.

- There's still a long way to go,

but the beginning of the end is almost in sight!

Back home in brigus... My backyard build

is ready for the next phase.

All hands-on deck... For my deck!

(Laughing)

Back in summer, me and Nikki made a teensy little bet

to see who makes the best chicken wings...

We'll have a little cook-off, we'll set up the barbecues.

- I think that's a nice little competition!

- I love a personal project, and the cookoff gave me the pus

to turn my deck into a deadly outdoor entertainment space.

But I'd like to use it before it's winter!

I want this done, so I started taking it apart

and Melissa's after me to get it done,

so I'll bring in the team, move it ahead a little bit.

You know, the b'ys got this.

We're building on to the old deck...

Creating one big space to have a party.

I'll have a place for cooking and the dining area

will be covered with a new pergola...

And I always wanted a hot tub,

so I'm gonna make one in the shop out of cedar.

It's gonna be deadly!

I got Josh, harv and Jamie helping me,

and Grady's supervising my cook-off rival, Nikki.

If they're working on the deck, I'm in cooking up my recipe!

Funny enough, I was doing that last night!

So, we're down at the deck and Nikki's up here

painting all the trim for island cove.

So, she probably comin' over to the edge of the hill

and listening to the trade secrets about how to prep the wings.

See, look. Shorty's keeping her distracted.

Don't tell her the ingredients!

- Competitive? That's spracklin to the t.

Whether you're bettin' for money

or bettin' for the fun of it, he's always competitive.

He's already questioned me a couple times.

What do you do with your wings? Tellin' ya nothing.

You'll find out the day I cooks 'em.

(Laughing)

- Hey, shorty. Let's bring you to school.

Imagine, you're goin' to school and we're buildin' a deck.

(Chuckling)

- All the boards are ended here right now,

so he's gonna continue his deck... on out.

So, what we're basically doin', we'll look for any short boards,

pop 'em up, so we're not gettin' that straight line.

So... look better.

When we joist over the rest of the deck,

new board will continue right on out

so we haven't got that continuous join.

Josh, we'll grab a six-by-six now,

while he's diggin' that...

- To have the boys here, it'll be a big help to put the 6x6.

It's hard to do a lot of stuff by yourself,

so they'll get the hard part done

because you need a couple of hands

to stick all them big posts up.

It's great having help from my crew,

even though I'm their boss, and this is my home,

they're just as picky as me.

Not bad over here.

What's it like over there? It's still got like this...

(Whirring) (Indistinct chatter)

go over that way, right?

We're still kicked out this way.

The house is 140 years old, so it's not square, not level.

Now that we're buildin' the new deck onto the existing deck,

it just looks wonky. It kinda goes like this.

So now we're just making a few little tweaks.

But that's the thing about working with an old home.

You know, you just can't throw everything down

and use the proper tools and a new construction.

You just gotta look at it.

This is the best tool. Your eye.

Left the job site. Gotta get shorty.

You know, he came out this morning,

did his blessing on the team, made sure it looks all good.

Now he's comin' home again, to check on progress.

Shorty lookin' out.

Hey, buddy.

How are ya?

Ready to go check on the deck?

How was the day in school?

What did you learn? Your abcs?

You learned c today?

Yes, b'y. I'm still on a.

Look. We got a lotta deck.

Are you disappointed because we're here

with the mini and the gator and you wasn't here?

That's one thing I hated when I was in school,

when the ol' man would be at stuff and I'd come home,

not be able to be at it.

Didn't want to go to school next day.

Hopefully that's not for you, though.

You got 12 more years there, buddy.

Straightened everything up,

but now our posts are kinda wonky.

So Jamie here is gonna back dig this post right here

so we can kick it out at the bottom a little bit.

We had to fiddle with our post here a little bit,

but that's all straightened out there now.

The deck is dead straight and we're ready for boards here now.

So we did have an opportunity to fix it.

So we did fix it.

- I'm in upper island cove today, beautiful day.

But hey, mad sea on the go.

It's pretty... Pretty crazy out there.

Wouldn't want to be out there in a boat.

But here checkin' on Josh and Harvey,

trying to get the floor on this place.

We're renovating the whole place.

Upstairs, we're moving the bathroom to the back of the house

and creating a bigger bedroom at the front of the house,

to enjoy the ocean views.

On the main floor, we're giving the living room

a facelift with a feature wall and a new wood stove.

In the kitchen, we're knocking everything down

and building it all back up.

It'll be open to the new addition we're building,

which will have a washroom, pantry, and a new porch...

Perfect for living here in newfoundland.

Foundation walls are all poured

and now we're ready to put the floor on.

But we're still in a tangly situation tryin' to get

the floor to blend in from... To the existing,

the new to the existing.

Always a tricky thing with an old home.

Like a lot of old houses around here,

this one is built on top of basically loose rocks

and old concrete instead of a real foundation.

- That piece of concrete there, that's not doing nothing.

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

Over time the rocks shift, so we're going to build

a new foundation wall and use it as a bearing point

for the back of the house and the new addition.

The new floor joists are going to rest on top

of the new concrete foundation wall.

The old joists and sills are a bit tangly,

so each joist gotta be custom-notched to fit.

But when it's done, these joist and the new foundation wall

are gonna carry the load of the back addition

and the main house for hopefull another hundred years.

So it definitely don't look good.

We're gonna have to figure out how to get the two-by-ten

in underneath that floor.

So I guess get our floor joists in,

start over there, work our way across.

Never easy.

(Chuckling) - No, it's not.

- Look at that.

The mice chewed off the wire.

They love eatin' the casing off the wires.

- Oh, yeah. Pure copper.

Mice are stayin' warm,

but was gonna burn the house down.

We're havin' a little bit of a hiccup,

just how we're gonna blend it all together.

Then we even noticed like a wire was all rotted off.

So, there's many a things that need to be fixed

before we can actually start puttin' it all back together.

Nothing else we can do. Better make it happen.

- About six feet.

- Right here, we done a little knee wall right here

that's solid on concrete that the boys poured for us.

This is good support right there.

We're runnin' into this right here,

so we're notchin' up over that,

into the main floor that's inside.

So down the road, all that will be supported.

So... that's it.

It's... it's takin' a fair bit of time to do.

It's miserable actually, but I mean,

once it's done, it's done.

It... you won't have no more issues with this here so,

it's good to go.

- You know, the next thing is to get this floor all on,

sheeted over and then we can start the walls.

Once the walls is up, start the roof,

and then actually start puttin' it back together.

- Can't argue with perfection.

Ready for a sheet...

- Yes, sir!

- Another work week done, but the work doesn't stop for me.

With the sun shinin', it's a perfect day

to keep plugging away on my new deck.

Hoping this is gonna look good!

Pressure's on getting er' done in time for the big cookoff.

But working at my own home doesn't feel like "work".

It's fun!

It's coming along.

The deck extension is done...

Next step is finishing the pergola over the dining area.

Then my favourite part... The new cedar hot tub.

Can't wait!

If you're not entertaining in the kitchen,

you're entertaining outside, so build a kitchen outside,

dining room table.

The intention on this vine, it'll keep on growing.

So, if it got something to cling to,

as you see, it's just hanging off the side there now.

So, once I join this arbour into that eave,

it'll keep on going and it'll keep going over this whole thing.

Nice big purple flowers that come out of it.

It'll look mint!

Another weekend job, and two more weekends to go!

- Thank you!

At my shop in brigus,

I'm so excited about a major build for my new deck.

Hot tub time!

- Today's the day.

This is the cedar tub for the deck.

The b'ys made it in the shop.

The most common hot tub you're probably gonna see

is all built with fibreglass.

This one's a little bit different. It's all made of wood.

All the staves are joined using a bead and cove joint.

Some call it a canoe joint, to give that circle a shape.

We're gonna fill it up with salt water when it's all done,

but we gotta plim 'er up first.

It's all dried out, so we're gonna put the water into it

so it swells up and then it don't leak.

When the tubs in its final place on my deck,

we'll drop the stove into the tub and we're good to go!

It's gonna be a wood-fired, so no power, no electricity.

Throw a log down in the firepit. Done.

- Turn 'er on there, Matt.

- The water comin' from the pond, see?

We'll let the water go right to the top.

It might take a little while, 'cause I'm thinking

there is gonna be a little bit of leakage.

The moment of truth. She's buildin'.

Cedar is the best wood, especially for a hot tub.

Imagine, no chemicals, no nothing.

Put saltwater in, it's even better.

Au natural.

Man-oh-man.

I'll jump in that cold tonight.

We're in upper island cove today.

We got so many job sites and from here to St. John's,

you know, you're about an hour and a half away.

So there's a lotta work just driving back and forth

to make sure all of them are movin' ahead.

So, I'm here now checkin' on the b'ys,

see how they're makin' out today.

How you makin' out, b'ys?

- Having our lunch. - Having a feed.

What do you got to share?

- Want ten wieners?

(Laughing) We got wieners.

- So, you got the roof all done? - Yeah.

- So now all we gotta do is cut out that hole.

- Yeah. - Get that ready for the window.

- Try to make that fit. (Chuckling)

- You'll get yer feed, I'll go and have a look on the inside,

get a game plan. Then we'll cut out that window.

- Okay sounds good. - Best kind, man.

See you in a bit!

Since this project started, we came a long way,

so on the back we got all the foundation in,

it's all framed up, we got the roof on

and now we're makin' it watertight.

We got harv, Jamie and al shingling on the back.

They're just going right to town on it.

After that, we can move inside,

starting with the new kitchen window.

- 66 and three quarters.

I think that's all we need for the two windows. I think.

- Let's make a hole.

This is the moment.

Hi!

- It's a double window, acting as one big window.

It was way too long of a wait to wait for one big window,

so we located two smaller ones to make the same look.

Supplies are crazy.

You just can't go and put your hands on anything anymore.

Same look.

But you just make do.

- We got the door in on the addition

so the whole thing is watertight.

When you make a place watertight,

you can move ahead with the plumbing,

move ahead with electrical and start putting

all the finishing touches on the inside.

So, we're gonna take down that wall from the kitchen

to the new addition.

Let's see if we can make it happen.

Flat out, moving straight ahead,

knock down that wall, make the kitchen big, open, right to the porch.

So I see you got the temporary wall in yesterday.

- Yeah. - That's all right.

We got all that braced up,

'cause we're gonna need this to take out this beam

and we're gonna need it definitely to take this wall down.

Go boom...

So, we'll go from this stud to this stud,

right up, take it all down. So, we go big or go home.

- Go big or go home! (Chuckling)

- We'll cut it out in one big piece

and any of the boards that are good we'll save.

The rest... keep harv warm. - That's always good.

(Laughing)

- Hi!

A lot of people burn wood here and it's the thing to do.

Like he got a furnace that's heating his hot water tank,

the full house. It's all... You're wood and oil?

- Wood and oil. - Yeah.

- Oil... oil in the summer.

- Oil in the summer? - Yeah.

And wood in the winter.

(Laughing)

You can go through it pretty fast,

but they come with it pretty fast, too.

So... you can't keep ahead of it.

- As you go in Harvey's yard,

it's the remnants of all the renos!

(Laughing) - You dig through the pile!

You can never have enough of it.

- On three. One, two, three.

And we made a hole.

Lot more light, lot bigger.

Then we got a lotta work. (Laughing)

Looks like we're not gonna be able to save any of them,

so stoke the fire! - Stoke the fire.

- Double the work for you!

(Laughing)

Instead of making a table, you're gonna burn it.

- Yeah, gonna burn it.

- In petty harbour...

Our other biscuit box Reno

isn't making the same headway.

But there's always something to do,

so Nikki's moving things along as fast as we can.

- Alright. Of course, typical newfoundland weather,

she's miserable.

Crunch time, everybody's trying to get work down.

So we're here playin' in the mud,

tryin' to get a fence up,

tryin' to get some landscaping done.

Flat out, buddy. Flat out.

- There's no other way to explain a day like today, only (bleep).

But that's it, you gotta work in it, so...

Brand new pair of boots in the summer.

- You got new boots? (Chuckling)

- Yes, I do. I got new boots.

- This'll destroy 'em in a hurry!

- Right now, we would normally never do the landscaping

until pretty much the house is buttoned up,

almost ready for passing the keys over.

But we're at a standstill with it.

The shipment for the doors got delayed,

the shipment for the windows got delayed.

Tryin' to juggle everything.

So while we're waitin' for this stuff,

keep truckin' on the outside.

We still got a deadline we gotta try to make.

Keep all parts movin'.

- We're just gonna pop off these two rails,

because it's kind of an awkward spot to join 'em.

So, we're just poppin' this outta the way,

so I can run a skill saw through here,

but I don't wanna cut right through.

And then we'll pop this one down,

so I can run a skill saw through this way,

so it'll cut through this side.

So, it's gonna be kinda like comin' in this way

and in this way.

Perfect.

- So of course, livin' in newfoundland, big ol' rocks.

We came along with our posts, and of course,

we got one that's lyin' on a gigantic rock that we can't...

So I had to bash a hole through it.

I'm gonna straddle my saddle to that,

let the glue dry and then I'll hang my post on top of that.

Basically, this is a cliff, so we gotta work around the cliff.

So, here in newfoundland, people pay money to put rocks under there.

Like you don't live on a rock enough,

you gotta put 'em in your front yard, too.

This one we actually dug out here

when we were tryin' to get the fence post.

The homeowner loved it.

My favourite thing about today is my awesome crew,

because if it wasn't for them,

I'd be so miserable, I'd be gone home long ago.

- I'm at my shop in brigus, where the new cedar hot tub

is sealed up and watertight after soaking for a week.

So now we gotta try to move it.

Figured that was simple.

I should've looked at the numbers on the tape.

I kinda made the hot tub really big...

A little too big... Just to make sure, double check.

Oh, yes. Actually, it's three inches too big.

'Cause now it won't fit in the trailer.

So the options we have is turn it on the side

and roll it in like a barrel

or lay that big pallet right on top of the trailer.

I'll probably lay the pallet on top of the trailer.

(Motor coughing) Woah... when she starts.

(Motor starting)

It'll be me loadin' it on with the forklift,

the b'ys'll guide me in and then we'll need everyone on site,

'cause we're gonna pick it up and... walk it down over.

Who's ridin' in the tub? It's like the clampetts.

(Laughing)

- We got it on, but not too sure how this is comin' off.

Someone gotta be using a lot of muscles.

It won't be me.

- Ehhh... it's safe.

There is a back road to get to my place,

so we don't have to go on the highway or anything.

So, if we lay it on the top, it's not like there's gonna be

a lotta cars around. But still... that high,

it's like a boat. The higher you go,

the more chance you got to flippin' it over.

Go hard, go hard.

Keep 'er swinging hard, harv.

I'd say that's good, harv.

The hardest part is getting off of it.

I wonder could I get 'er on the back of the gator?

Gator's pretty heavy, though. - It is, yes.

- Maybe I'll back the gator in there.

- Drive it down in the gator?

Will the gator hold that? Weight-wise?

- What's the worst gonna happen? Flat tires.

Drive 'er on the rims!

- There's nothing he won't do.

I can't wait to see his face when it goes... pow!

- My prediction, it's just gonna slide down,

right down and boom, down on that deck perfectly.

It's a perfect world.

Geez another inch, we're almost there.

- Ready? - Yeah.

- Whoa, whoa.

- More over on this side.

Okay. - Go ahead?

- She's all down on the gator.

- Here we go. What's the worst can happen?

Flip 'er on the turns. - I'm not stressed.

Randy got lots of firewood when it goes!

- Umm. (Chuckling)

You know, the hot tub was pretty tricky.

Luckily enough I got a little, you know, six-wheel gator,

throw it on the back of that and brought it down.

- Right there. - Right there.

- Geez, that was too easy.

- Oh, we made it.

- The process of gettin' it down today

I didn't think was gonna be as smooth as it was.

But believe it or not, his little six-Wheeler machine there worked mint.

(Laughing)

Tires come off the ground a little bit,

but he made it down here.

I didn't have much confidence in him.

- Oh sorry.

What did I say would happen?

(Laughing) - Boom!

Right down in place, harv said.

- Everyone doubted the gator.

So the trick was gettin' it down here this morning.

But as you see, Jamie and Nikki is preppin' where the hot tub

is actually gonna make its final landing.

So, we had the deck around it,

then we're gonna slide the hot tub over, drop it in location.

And that's it. Fill it up with water and jump in.

But there's a little bit of prep before we actually drop it in.

There's gonna be a wood-fired stove inside of it.

That's how you're gonna make your heat.

We're not usin' freshwater, we're usin' saltwater.

Rotate.

Alright, hold on.

- Okay. I'm in.

- Mint. Then, comes the wings cook off!

Not feeling really a whole lot of pressure.

I think the only one got pressure is Nikki.

- I think we got the pressure to get it done too!

I've worked out my game day recipe.

I got it down to a couple more shakes of this

and shakes of that. I'm ready to go.

He's gonna do whatever he can now to pull out the win.

I'm going on pure talent!

- Oh, dynes!

While I stay home to finish the deck in time

for the company cook-off...

Harv's leading the charge down in upper island cove.

- All hands are on deck, I'm here now,

I'm at the clapboard on the outside.

Al's here with me.

He's cuttin' and everything we need for a job out here.

Jamie's at trim.

We got Michael here with us and Josh is here with us.

So the b'ys are insulating, vapour barrier.

This many guys, you can really move it along.

So... that's... That's a positive and that's what we need.

Get it movin' along! (Laughing)

- First of all, I gotta make that hole bigger.

'Cause my pipe's gonna be a little snug goin' down there.

- The plumber's on site, too.

They got their hands full, really.

I mean, the type of house it is, there's a lot of open...

There's not many walls to run plumbing in.

They're getting that (bleep) Done for us.

- These pipes, a particular type of homes,

you don't have much room in the floor joist cavity

to hide our existing plumbing into compared to a newer construction.

So, we're trying to do what I call invisible plumbing.

When they don't want to see any signs of the existing plumbing,

they want to keep the old style and integrity of the home,

keep that historical look. So, it's a bit of a challenge.

What we're up against here now,

we're gonna run an inch and a half drain through here.

That'll be incorporated into this new beam that the boys put in.

But this is the cavity area that we have to work with,

so we gotta try to sneak some plumbing vents and drains

back through this cavity area here,

which is quite the little task.

Usually, after every time you cut a piece of pipe,

you always got these jagged little edges in the plastic

that toilet paper, hair, everything get caught up into it,

and over time, it just builds up more and more

and creates a blockage. So we try to rim our pipe,

so we have a nice smooth hole.

You get your fittings together and there's no hold up.

- Our work depend on their work gettin' done.

So, the quicker the plumbers get done,

the quicker we can drywall and move on with our work.

Here in newfoundland, I mean,

right here now it's a great day.

But tomorrow is probably gonna be crap and the snow is comin'.

And no... well, we work in it anyway.

But it's great when you don't have to.

- Listen to the heat.

- We got heat, boy, we got heat.

- Definitely a big day today. It's the wing cookoff.

Me and Nikki is here. And we got a few more competitors

on the go here now, too.

- It was one thing, like we started it off just a friendly little thing between us.

Word got around. Now everybody in the crew wants to get in on it.

- It's like this deck. It was only ten by ten,

now it's like thirty by whatever.

- Ya got flame, spracklin. - Got flame?

- Open this one up full blast, too?

- Yeah. Blue sky!

We're closing in on winter...

And we got the deck ready just in time.

You know what? It feels great to have the deck all done.

When we first moved here, we built this deck,

'cause we built the piece on. It worked,

but it didn't really work well,

'cause we always hung out in the shed,

and we always hung out on the deck,

and it was always like a little low area.

We love entertaining.

Don't matter if it's snow, rain, sunshine, its all the same to us.

So it only made sense to build a deck and join it to the shed.

- I love my new deck.

There's a lot of room for the kids to come play,

we can have their toys. I can watch them while I'm gettin' supper ready.

So yeah, it's way better.

So starting off, I got the kitchen area, you know,

the barbecue, the prep area.

The cabinets, you know, we built out of plywood.

It's probably some of the pieces we had goin' around.

And the top is actually made of cedar.

So the countertop is cedar that we had leftover

from the hot tub and then the cut-out from the sink,

we made a nice little cutting board to go with it.

So that's the thing, you reuse whatever you got.

The dining table sittin' on the deck is definitely a good feature.

It's a harvest table.

I'm sure some of the lumber actually came from this house,

so we made the table out of it.

So it means a lot to us and when you're sittin' down,

it's that old newfoundland lumber that we took out,

re-salvaged and... hey, good to have a feed on.

The hot tub really ain't finished yet, you know,

we're waiting on stuff, gotta be shipped in,

there was a delay, but that's the other thing good

about doing stuff for yourself.

If it ain't finished, eh, you finish it later!

- The hot tub is just another thing that Randy has yet to finish.

So his to-do list just keeps growing.

- Melissa's not a fan of the hot tub,

didn't really wanna go with it.

But her big thing that she wanted was a hanging chair.

So I had to compromise, get her a hanging chair.

And I got the hot tub.

See which one gets used the most.

- I'm glad that Randy could take some time out

and finish something home, 'cause he's always so busy

making everybody else's houses and gardens pretty.

So, it's nice that he was able to finish our deck.

- After gettin' this deck done,

I'm definitely lookin forward to the competition.

You know that wing competition?

No matter who wins, it's all gonna be a good feed.

Especially with 300-plus wings.

Slippin'.

- Awesome.

- So we got the fries all cut up, soakin'.

Now we're gonna do the first dip.

You just wanna blanch 'em, just make 'em golden brown.

Yeah, you know, I always thought about opening up a restaurant.

Instead of newfound woodshop, it's newfound foodshop!

- I'm stoked for this big day.

It's nice to get out and have a bit of friendly competition.

Well, I'm takin' it friendly. Some of us aren't.

But it's nice when we all can relax, unwind and enjoy ourselves.

- How's everyone today? - Fantastic.

- Get us all together as a crew? There's nothing better.

- I'll get 'em tipsy and then I can win.

(Laughing)

- Ah, the deck looks awesome. Party deck.

And we're gonna do a lotta partyin' on it tonight for sure.

- Randy has this beautiful new deck, I mean,

he's putting it to amazing use,

we're having a great time after today.

How lucky of him to have this amazing space!

I'm so happy for him and his family.

- So yeah, it started off with me and Nikki,

but then we went to the ol' man...

P.j. That works in the shop,

Matt that works in the shop.

You know, everybody knows al.

And we got two of us.

- So, if the competition wasn't stiff enough

having to deal with you. Now you got everybody

with their own homemade recipes

tryin' to get this figured out.

Stress level just went from zero to a hundred.

- Don't bother me. They all go down the same way.

- Hey, b'y.

- Paul never got in on the wing cookin',

but he's definitely gonna be the... the wing bearer.

He's gonna actually bring it out to everybody.

- I think they put a weird nickname on me as the wing bearer.

But I'm gonna be like the score keeper, the tallier.

Let's see what happens.

- Typical Paul, wants to be around when there's food.

Don't wanna cook it. (Together): He wants to eat it.

The way we're gonna be cookin' the wings,

I think all five of us are gonna use fryers.

And the ol' man, well, he's gone to the barbecue.

Kinda old school. That's... that's his way.

- For sure.

- We can't judge ourself and we're not lettin'

any of the teammates, 'cause hey, we're all buddies here.

So, we're gonna bring in the judges,

which is gonna be Patrick the electrician,

Shawn the plumber... - Jason our flooring guy,

and Sasha. We had to get a girl's touch in on this too, eh?

- I love food. I will accept all food.

But I die for wings.

So the b'ys better show up.

- Yeah. I just gotta figure out what the winner's gonna get.

- Week off. With pay.

- Nah. (Laughing)

- Welcoming to the patio.

Nikki!

(Cheering)

Next up, we got Mr. Randy spracklin!

- Hey, buddy. - Question is, can he operate

the deep fryer as good as he can his cell phone?

(Laughing) (Cheering)

Come on, al. We know you're a veteran in the kitchen.

So... are these wings gonna be spicy, or just right?

Come on, p. J., you're the next one to the deck.

Now, come on, everyone, just give him some cheers.

Let's see if these wings are as good as his time in the woodshop.

Now, Matt, what are we gonna say about you?

- The belly tells it all. (Laughing)

- I guess this one is, don't trust a skinny cook.

And finally, Scott on the barbecue... the one and only.

(Cheering)

Let's let the competition begin!

- Definitely be good to win.

Braggin' rights for the rest of the year.

- Spracklin wants to win at anything he does.

So, he don't take wings or woodwork any different.

He's a winner all the way.

Tries to be a winner all the way, anyways.

Spracklin's messin' up his wings.

Look, he's burnin' 'em.

We got a chance to win here. - Too hot.

- He's burning his wings, we gotta a chance to win yet.

- I just got a few hot wings popped in right now.

Then we got another batch to put down that's not so hot.

If we're eatin' wings, everyone wins, right?

Randy, careful there.

- I know, I know. - All done, ready to win.

- Yeah, I'm doin a bit of an old school,

so we got some wood chips in here

and we done a little bit of smoking and... yeah.

Can't give away the recipe, though.

- They went too hot, so they're kinda burned.

I'm up (bleep) Creek.

That's what a real wing is supposed to taste like, spracklin.

- They went way too hot so they're kinda burned.

I'm up (bleep) Creek.

On my new deck in brigus,

it's almost the moment of truth.

Oh man, look at that go.

The old man, me, Nikki, pj,

Matt and uncle al got all the wings cooked,

but they're not ready for the judges yet.

This competition is just not about taste, it's about look.

- So, I'm tryin' to get the presentation

with a little bit of ranch and a little bit of barbecue.

A bit of spice, a bit of taste. Good to go.

- So, we're gonna cook 'em out here,

bring 'em into the kitchen, set it all up, you know,

and make 'em look just so, bring it out.

None of the judges'll know who actually owns each wing.

The highest rank is a ten.

It's one in a five. So one in a five for taste, one in a five for look.

- Yeah, the beauty of this is,

it's nice to be judging Randy's work today,

instead of him judging mine.

- And then our wing bearer, Paul, is gonna add 'em up.

- Buddy. Come on with the competition.

(All): Oh...

- Looks good.

- Ooh, lovely. Oh, thank you.

- So, we'll start off here with the first wing.

- My gosh. - We got drum and tip.

- Back on the plate.

- Oh, yeah. That's nice.

- I like the flavour of the sauce on it.

It's not too much sauce, not... not overly messy.

It's really enjoyable. - Yes, I'm all about the design.

So the design on number one...

So this here's gonna be wing number two, folks.

- Oh, yeah. - Spicy!

- So this is the spice? - I like the spice.

I like the crunch in this one.

- Wing number three.

- I definitely gotta finish some wings.

We never get time to do this.

We're either working or doing our own thing.

And, just to get out have a drink and have some fun,

it's perfect. It's what it's all about.

Mmm... that is a good wing.

I've been lookin' at these ones.

I might have to change some numbers here.

- I know. I'm like, can I go back?

- Five. - Yeah, wing number five.

- I want to know who's house I'm going to for supper.

- We gonna hit wing number 6 now.

- The peppers, one in ten are hot.

Did you get the sweet one or did you get the hot one?

- Got the sweet one, I thought it was the jalapeno first.

- No hots. - Everyone got their

scoreboards filled out? 'Cause I'll pick 'em up

and I'll start tallying the votes.

- Get to it!

- I had to do up some serious math.

The judges even had to go into the fractions,

they couldn't keep it to the whole numbers.

We do have a tie, though. - Oh, yeah?

- Tied for first place, we have wing number one,

Mr. P. J.

(Cheering)

And... we have wing number four, Mr. Matt.

(Cheering)

- Look at the b'ys in the woodshop winnin'.

That's what they were at all week, cookin' wings.

- I wondered who invited them to be part of the wing competition anyway.

(Laughing)

- We knew it comin' into it. Fat guys don't lie.

(Laughing) - The next highest

combined score between presentation and taste

was actually wing number three... Nikki.

- Woo! - Oh!

(Laughing)

- As long as I beat spracklin.

- I heard that it was a sub that kinda tampered with the heat.

So hmm...

- He's full of (bleep)!

(Laughing)

He lost, cold lost.

Thanks b'ys, thanks b'ys.

(Cheering)

- You know what? Now that the wings are over,

enjoy the new deck, maybe fry up some turkeys, have another feed.

This is only appetizer.

- All in all, it was a great day.

- That's the best part of it. You know, everybody...

You know, all the subs... You kinda work hard all year,

and hey, you play hard by eatin' wings and... havin' a drink.

- Time to get a scoff on now.

- I'll win on the Turkey.

Must go prep that.

Next week on rock solid builds...

- There you go.

- Still a hammer. Not wood, just metal.

- Nikki's gonna lose her mind.

- If Sam and Sasha wanted to keep these stairs,

they should almost be in here picking the staples.

- There's some nice boards behind that.

- Let's make some sparks.

- See in a second if this is gonna be a good day or a bad day.

Oh it's gonna be a good day.

- Oh my god!

- Wow. - Oh my god!

Holy doodle!

- Stoking a fire, making sure she's nice and toasty.

Make hot water.

This is mint.

I may have lost the wing challenge,

but I think I'm a winner in the end!

Soon gotta clean out that chimbly.