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(Upbeat music)

- There you go. - Still a hammer.

Not wood, just metal.

- Nikki's gonna lose her mind.

- Sam and Sasha wanted

to keep these stairs, they should almost be

in here picking 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 goodness. - Oh my god!

- Wow. - Oh my god!

- Wow. - Oh, my god! Holy doodle!

Wow!

(Theme music)

- 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.

(Uplifting music)

On a day like today, it's hard to believe

old man winter's knocking on the door. But he is.

Knowing weather can turn anytime

put us in a time crunch, especially jobs along the shore

petty harbour is a nice little town.

It's tucked in between two mountains.

People been fishing here, way back in the 1500s.

So, nice little place.

There was no roads coming into petty harbour.

So when you came in by boat, there probably

wasn't even a wharf.

So you had to have a place to live.

So you would start building a house.

And there's only so much room.

So you build it in the side the cliff.

It worked back then. And hey, we're still building them

on the side the cliff.

There's a lot of old homes,

lot of renovations to do here.

That's why we love coming here. Set our Mark.

(Laughs)

Janet and Liam's place is definitely making

a Mark here now!

We're blending the history of this place

with modern updates, which is what I love to do.

We started this job in the spring

after the foundation work was already done.

Then, we set a course to finish it all up.

The piece we built on the house is for a new porch,

living room, laundry and a bathroom.

We're using the original footprint of the house

and making it into a huge kitchen and dining area.

And a big island will have a beer tap for Liam,

who's a brew master in St. John's.

And on top of that, we spruced up the second floor

and added a washroom.

This place is coming along. There's only a few things left.

It feels good when you get to this point.

When you start, you got an open shell.

There was an old wooden floor,

there was an old basement.

This add on wasn't done. We came a long way.

Still a long way to go, but it always feels good

when you start closing in, when the drywall goes on.

It starts taking shape.

You can see the final product,

you can see what you're working towards.

And after way too many shipping delays,

the last batch of windows and doors finally arrived,

so the crew's wasting no time to get them in.

- So, today I've got myself, Harvey, al, and Jamie.

We've broke up into a couple of teams, multiple hands,

hopefully gets the work done faster.

We finally got a nice day,

so we're putting the extra windows and doors,

getting her fully enclosed.

When the sun shines like this

and you actually get to wear your t-shirt,

you take advantage and get the outside buttoned up.

(Randy): With the house sealed up,

time to bring in the sparkies for their final touches.

This is Patrick, our electrician.

So, any time we need something wired up,

he's usually the man to do it.

- It's always a project, there's always challenges.

This one is...

A little different again. Never... not one is the same.

- We're doing in-floor heat,

we're doing the tankless water heater.

There's many more stuff we're upgrading from

the old home that we're...

Was built probably a hundred years ago.

Meaning we had to put in a new panel

and a new mast and new wires.

Now that it's all hooked up,

Patrick's taking down the old one.

- Biggest challenge on this job

was trying to conceal the electrical

where we had exposed floors and ceiling.

You know, took extra five, six hours, but it got done.

And the homeowner's happy.

- Homeowner was happy, we're happy. Win-win.

When you're getting close to the finish line,

there's a whole lot of trades got to come in

and there's a whole lot of moving parts.

This is the bench? We got to paint it?

- Yeah.

- We're sitting on the bench that we got to refinish.

We just discovered it

in our little pod there, Sam brought us in,

showed us something we got to paint.

How good do you want to make it look?

Just because there's a lot of...

- Yeah and that's fine, that's fine.

We're going with the older kind of a look.

It doesn't need to be perfect.

- So, any blemishes... It's okay.

- We don't need to fix it up. Yeah.

Bye! - Bye now.

- Later. - Don't flip'er on the turns!

- If you need anything don't call me!

- Will do.

Did you say don't call me?

- Later!

Get back to work!

(Laughing)

- Petty harbour isn't the only job rushing to the finish line.

Down in upper island cove, Grant's hundred-year-old house

is going through a major update too.

One, two, three...

With the back of the house open to the new addition,

bring on the plumbing and electrical,

so we can get our finishing plan into action.

Well, most of it anyway...

We're having more supply issues

Grant and his family need a kitchen to cook up a feed

when they move in for the holidays...

We're gonna take it on.

We don't want to wait for it to come in.

And it's always better when we can actually

have it all in our hands.

We can kinda work around our time.

This is what I'm at here now, drawing it up

so the boys in the woodshop can actually build it.

Hot off their victory at the company cook off...

- Tied for first place.

Mr. Pj, Mr. Matt.

(Cheering)

- Fat guys don't lie!

(Laughing)

- I'm betting on pj & Matt to keep this job on schedule.

Hey, b'ys.

(Matt and pj): Hello.

(Laughing)

- Living the dream.

Geez. Now I got a nightmare!

The b'ys came from building kitchens,

so I'm sure they're after having just as tight as timeline,

but I'll definitely bring this drawing to them,

tell them they only got a week and see how they react.

(Laughs)

So, I got all the measurements there.

Got it all drawed up. Double pulls right there.

Drawers is gonna be 154 inches long.

You know, apron sink,

which we're probably gonna need to get that sink.

- Gonna need that apron sink to make the apron frame.

- Hopefully it's not on the boat.

- And the specs for the range hood.

- Okay.

- When do you say you want that?

- In a week. - In a week. Wow. Okay.

- As long as Randy don't sneak nothing else in

and stays out in his office for the next week,

we'll get the kitchen done.

Little bit of fooling around,

but I'm sure we can manage.

- I'll leave you to it. - Working with Randy is great.

Gives you work and then he's gone.

Just how we like it.

(Laughing)

(Upbeat music)

(Randy): In petty harbour, we're closing in on Janet

and Liam's move in date.

Outside things are looking mint

inside, time for Sam and Sasha' input on the final touches.

- Look at this place. Looks amazing.

- Janet and Liam were downsizing,

but this house still just needed

that little bit of extra space.

If you don't have a basement, you're losing a lot of storage.

And remember, we live in a plac where you need

a lot of coats, a lot of boots.

Right? So, it was important to add on a little bit

of something to this house. So, I think the addition

really... nailed that. - It's a must.

Oh, what a great addition. Wow!

- It's coming together, Randy. - That old wall is the original

exterior of the old house.

- Look at that wood.

- I love how we're keeping that.

That's so important to Janet and Liam

that we are keeping some aspects of character, right?

- I know. - Exactly.

Then, you're gonna do this beautiful built in here.

I can't wait to see that done.

- And make it look kind of old, like it's always been here.

- And that's really their style, too.

We want to keep that in mind. They have that vintage,

kind of industrial look.

- Definitely. We'll do a custom piece there.

We're also putting two old doors there that we're refinishing.

So, they're gonna open up.

- Let's go to the living room, get to see this.

- After you. - Yes! What a great room.

Look at this.

- Great ceiling height, Randy. - It's huge, what?

This is the new addition.

Still got a little bit of the old.

But look at the skylight with the height.

- Yeah, that's so great.

It brightens up the place completely.

This is a great room, but we have to keep in mind also,

it's a bit narrow and it's a bit long.

So, we have to make sure, with our furniture,

we have to have the right size sofa for here,

we have to have the right size armchairs.

It's gonna be cozy. It's got to have a good feel.

And we're keeping these concrete floors.

- We are. - It is. This is it.

- Rugs and texture are gonna be key in this space.

- Exactly. But we're gonna have the warmth, so we're gonna have

the coolness from the floor, but at the same time,

we're gonna have the warmth from the wood

and we're gonna get the books in here.

- But the real warmth is gonna

come from the woodstove over here, right?

- It's so good. It's gonna be fantastic.

And that's also another nice little use of space.

Because this is kind of an empty random corner.

So, it's gonna fill it in really well.

- Exactly.

- While you're looking at the fireplace,

you got a nice little shot right to the tap.

- Yes.

- 'Cause he's having beer on tap.

- Awesome! - So cool.

- Let's have a look. - Is that hooked up yet?

- No, I wish. (Laughing)

So, this is the kitchen, dining room.

- Great. - Open concept.

- Look at these ceilings, Randy. - Oh, wow.

- This is the original house.

- I love it. - Love it.

The ceiling is the floor to the upstairs.

There's only one layer.

- There's only one layer on this one, yeah.

(Laughing)

We had to put in metal beams to actually support everything.

- Right. - I love that.

Again, it's bringing in that industrial...

- But some character. - Yeah.

- The old meets new.

- So, this is gonna be the bar.

- The most important part of the house.

- Most important part of the house.

- Taking a little tiny space

underneath the stairs and turning it into a bar.

How unexpected.

We're gonna put some beadboard on this.

- Yeah. It's gonna have that little bit of warmth,

that character feel. - Yeah.

- And that's gonna go all the way around.

But that's gonna be closed off with doors.

If you don't want to show it, you don't have to.

- And that's the thing that I love that we're doing

with this house, is bringing in a little bit of old,

bringing in a little bit of new.

- I love that the stairs stayed.

And I think a lot of people would have ripped out

those stairs. - Yup.

- But it's what really adds to the character of the home.

- Each chip in it I think has a little story.

So, we'll give them a little dusting.

- Oh, is that what it's called?

The last time, you said a little bit

of a dusting on a set of stairs took us forever.

(Laughing) - Yes.

It's probably gonna take you forever.

- It'll look good. Be easy.

(Laughing) - Easy!

Everything we give you is easy, right?

- Oh, yeah, just so simple, just...

- Very simple, straightforward. - A walk in the park.

That's why everybody wants to refinish them old stairs.

'Cause it's easy.

(Laughs) - We don't really give you

easy things to do, Randy. - I know, right?

- Nikki's gonna lose her mind.

I'm already expecting some text messages of like,

"missus, I'm gonna knock you out."

- Imagine if we asked her to sand down all the stairs.

- Oh! But she loves us, so it's fine.

- Yeah it's gonna be a bit of work.

- She's fine. She got it.

(Light music)

- Somebody got the lucky job again of picking

all these bloody staples out.

It's like déjà vu.

Did it last year at the gushue's.

Now we're back, petty harbour, doing it again.

Sam and Sasha wanted to keep the stairs?

They should almost be in here picking the staples.

Take off the high heels and start picking, ladies.

At least last year, Randy would come and help me.

This year, he's just out on the phone.

Pretty cool feature though, to be saving.

It's a bit monotonous.

It's gonna be worth all the misery.

1 down, 9000 to go.

(Upbeat music)

(Randy): While Nikki's finishing the stairs,

outside of St. John's, I'm checking in on another

major feature: The new counters.

So, I'm here today to check in on a cool workshop.

The only thing is, it's not wood. It's metal.

(Rhythmic music)

- How's the kitchen coming along?

Or the kitchen top, I should say.

- Yeah, well, it's uh...

Oh, it's a one-of-a-kind, kind of thing.

So... a lot of it is making it up as we go.

I hate to say.

- Well, it's gonna be a first for me having a metal top

in a kitchen, but I think it's gonna look awesome.

- I've never seen it before.

- Janet and Liam's house is definitely gonna be different.

It's gonna be a lot of industrial flair

with a traditional flair.

So, this countertop is definitely gonna set the bar.

- I got involved with this project from Liam,

the homeowner.

I did some other countertops

for restaurants in town.

You know, it's gonna be very original.

The sink and the... tap are going here.

- Okay. In this slab. This is the island?

- Yeah. Is there a beer fridge going underneath,

like a keg fridge? - Yeah.

- I knew I liked Liam for a reason.

(Laughs)

The steel comes out of the factory

and it's a bit rough.

So, I had to smoothen that out with a polishing disk.

But also, I will grind patterns into it.

So, before I clearcoat it, so it'll have more of a...

An artistic feel to it.

Do you want to have a bit more fun before you go?

- Yeah, sure. - Make a knife?

- Yeah. Jeez, I'd love to. - Let's go.

- The best part of this visit is like anything.

I get to play with tools, fire.

Still a hammer. It's not wood, just metal.

- You go over that one. - Oh, mint.

- I started this about 10 years ago, I would say, yeah.

'Cause my son is 20 and we started doing it together

out back in the firepit:

The poker came out red hot and he asked if he could hit it

with a hammer on the rock. I said, "yes, go ahead."

And he was really into it. So, I get to do my art with it

and be physical, and do it with my son. So, it's great.

These are old newfoundland railway spikes that get dug out

of the ground from the old railway track.

For a bit of...

A bit of art, a bit of history, I hammer these into knives.

There's a little bit of coordination you get used to,

the spinning and hammering at the same time.

You got it. Yeah. - Yeah.

- The hammering technique is what a lot of people

have trouble with, you know.

Or how to hold a hammer properly.

So, Randy's a natural at that, for sure.

It's not hard to turn, is it? - No, it's not hard to turn.

- There you go, that's good, that's good.

It can be over-twisted. Look at that.

- I did love metalwork when I was younger, so...

I did try it out, but again,

I kept coming back to woodworking.

I do have a love for this,

but more of a love for carpenter work.

- You can feel it when you hit that soft spot, eh?

- Oh, yeah. - You feel the difference

how the steel moves.

- So, dipping it makes it hard?

- Yup. The quick quench.

(Rhythmic music)

- Look what I made. An old railway spike.

That's what they used to have the railway tracks.

But hey, I just made a knife.

Pretty catty, isn't it? Eh...

I wouldn't sell it for straightness yet!

- There it is. There you go. - Wicked. Awesome!

Thanks, man!

(Rhythmic music)

We're getting an early start down the bay

in upper island cove.

Today, Saturday

and look... here mixing stain to get that floor done.

So, we got me,

harv, Jamie, and al.

This house is a hundred plus years old,

and we're giving it a really big update.

(Randy): We added a catty little piece on the back

for a new porch, pantry, and washroom.

The porch opens up to a custom kitchen,

which we're now building in the shop.

The living room has a new doorway to the back

and we're adding a feature wall

plus a deadly wood stove in the corner.

The biggest change is upstairs.

We're flipping the washroom with the main bedroom,

giving this space a mint view of the bay.

We installed new flooring upstairs

and now, it's time to give it some character

to match the rest of the house.

We're a little bit behind.

So, every day that we work is a day farther ahead.

So, working on a Saturday. But hey, plus is,

coffee and a feed.

We wanted to go with that old rustic look,

but we did want to go

with a nice dark stain colour.

Really don't know how we're gonna do it.

We're just gonna throw it at the floor and see how it works.

Paintbrush, some kinda sponge.

It's all about speed.

Oh, it's gonna be a good day!

- We're just going with the normal spruce

that most people got in their backyard.

So, years ago, that's all the trees that you go cut.

We're trying to keep that little bit of history.

What's it like, harv? - Oh, mint.

You want one of these machines. - Is it?

- Oh, yeah. Gonna look really good.

- So, we figured out how we're gonna do it.

That was easy.

Harv just went there, started mopping it on.

You know what? It looks really good.

Stain on, stain off.

Stain on, stain off.

Like any other stain project you would do,

Harvey's applying the stain, me and Jamie's coming behind,

take a rag, take the excess off

then we'll clear coat it.

Sounds too easy.

Do any kind of flooring, you always want to work

your way to the doorway.

Work my way out.

Looking good. Move to the next one.

So, dunzo. All the stain done.

B'ys are getting ready for the clear.

Give it another couple hours of drying...

(Whistles) On the home stretch!

(Upbeat music)

Back in brigus, the weekend work continues

for me at an old family home.

(Soft music)

So, I got an interesting call the other day.

It's actually from my cousin.

They're looking at building a new house,

tearing this one down. As much as it breaks my heart

to tear it down, it's so much going wrong

with this house that need to be upgraded,

and it's just not in the budget.

It was my great aunt's house, and me and Melissa actually

stayed here for six months whil we were renovating our house.

A lot of stories. Let's go tell a few.

I remember actually back in the day with my grandfather,

coming up and visiting his mother.

So, my great grandmother.

If the walls could talk, imagine the stories.

I definitely remember coming here,

christmastime and special events.

Used to be an old wooden bench right there.

Um... gran used to be around the corner

in the rocking chair, especially by the window.

As much as this old place, you'd love to keep it,

needs a lot of work.

The walls got no insulation, the floors got no insulation.

Guaranteed how old it is, you're gonna find probably rot,

probably a lot of problems.

The electrical panel is kind of out of date.

And once you go upstairs,

you'll see there's not much headroom.

(Laughs)

So, this is the upstairs.

Wasn't a lot of room for three of us.

And this room here, got neither heater,

so it was pretty cold in the wintertime.

(Laughs)

But before tearing it down, my cousin susanne wants

to save whatever we can and reuse it.

Definitely a good way to keep some family history alive.

So, I'm getting the old man in on this one.

- Even though we're gonna tear it down,

we want to save as much as we can.

- Yeah, I mean it's... We'd like perhaps to take

some of the floorboards out of it and maybe use it

in a wall in our new place.

- It's like a treasure hunt. You imagine, this house

was built a hundred plus years ago.

Aunt vina lived here for probably 70 years.

I know grandfather, father, all kinda did some work on it.

Um... so, god only knows what you're gonna find.

(Upbeat music)

- Right here.

There's some nice boards behind that. Rip her.

- Today, we're here at aunt vina's house,

see if we can take out some old boards, save a few.

Like cardboard!

Jeez, I'm gonna be here a month till Sunday's

so I can get this off.

- Ah... it's a little bit of sadness, I guess.

Losing a place where I spent a lot of time with my dad

and his sister, of course, aunt vina.

This is where my grandmother lived for the last

10 years of her life, also.

So, we just not only visited

my aunt, but I used to come for pop and 20 dollars

from under gran's mattress.

- It's where you sneak a little bit of alcohol.

(Laughing)

- I think aunt vina would be

quite upset with us right now.

- Hopefully it's not true she'll come back and haunt us.

- I think she was already into the house last night.

I was looking out through the patio door, and I seen,

over in the distance in the dark, a woman.

Truthfully.

- Lord dynes... - I walked in through the house,

it must be a shadow. And then, I went

and looked again and it was still there.

(Laughs)

It's a true story. - Maybe it was the fairies.

It's always a treasure hunt.

You never know what you're gonna find.

You're always looking for the wide boards

and money in the walls. (Laughs)

Never found any yet. For me and the old man

to be able to come here

and save all the old boards out of it and be able

to reuse it in their new house, win-win.

Especially, you know, for two of us be able do it.

Oh, look. A board.

Amazing. It's wood!

Notice how all the old houses, though,

were built way more solid...

- I know. - Than the new ones.

This old place means a lot to us,

means a lot to Andrew and Suzanne.

So, we wanna save every piece of board that we can.

- It's lots of manual labour. Something Randy don't like.

- Not really.

(Laughing)

Lord, we picked the longest one that's there.

- As you can see, not a peck of insulation and...

Square nails. So, it's old.

- No wonder I was cold.

But this is a good find. Nice old boards.

If we can only get it off.

You know, it's about eight to ten inches.

Fine board off a ship.

They never meant for it to be... taken apart.

Oh, yeah, we're definitely

gonna find the old boards with no insulation.

I lived here. It was enough to freeze you.

(Laughs) - And can you believe,

my aunt vina, up till 93, I think it was,

or 94, she stayed here year-round.

- I don't know how they did it years ago.

I was with sweaters, pants, heavy socks.

It's a wonder I didn't have any survival suit on.

- Not tough as the old folks, eh?

(Laughing)

- Icicles was hanging off me nose.

(Laughing)

(Upbeat music)

Over the bay in petty harbour,

me and the rest of the crew are flat out to hit

Janet and Liam's move in date.

- Paul makes a pretty catty bookshelf.

(Drilling)

I'm just the muscle.

- And I'm doing something a little different!

I figure I'd come in and jump on the welder.

So, what we got to do is actually weld

this beam to this one.

So, we're gonna weld this all together and then it can't move.

Let's make some sparks!

(Upbeat music)

You don't wanna have a hurrican and the house fall down.

My weld's the only thing that's holding it.

Don't have to do the sides at all.

I'll just do the front.

Melissa's gonna be mad if I burn a hole in my jeans!

You know what? I wanted to go into metalwork.

But hey, definitely comes in handy.

When you got to do something like this.

Look at the bead on that!

(Laughing) For a rookie.

I'm not a welder.

I'm looking around, probably looks like a big mess,

but we're cruising right along.

B'ys are up at the roof,

all the outside is done, the deck is done,

we got underneath the stairs done,

trim is almost done.

Every day's gonna look like a war zone,

but hey, it's almost finished.

Eh...

Let's go see the old doors.

These doors is custom. They came from away.

They're pretty cool.

Harv would agree that they look really nice,

seeing he spent hours taking off all the wood paint.

And hours of scraping.

When you come in through the door,

it's first thing you're gonna see.

This, the old wall.

We're doing a custom cabinet right there

to hang all the coats, put the boots.

So, this room is gonna be impressive.

We've been giving her on the main floor,

but the upstairs got a fix-up, too.

This is gonna be their main bathroom.

Coming along just like the rest of the house.

So, this is the original beadboard,

came out of this original house.

They put it in the storage unit.

Now, we're repurposing it, putting it on the wall

and it kind of ties in, because this is the old wood,

this is the old beadboard.

So, you got a little bit of old, you got a little bit of new.

Pretty much all upstairs is done.

We sanded the original floorboards and now,

they're ready to be clear coated.

I love all the finishes, especially the view.

Sit down here and play the accordion and watch a boat.

(Imitates accordion playing)

(Boat horn)

(Soft music)

(Upbeat music)

And it looks like smooth sailing ahead,

despite the shipping delays that happened.

Downstairs, the new kitchen cabinets are right on track.

They've got a rustic feel and no trouble with the install

- gorgeous.

- Which is great news because Ian the blacksmith

can work his metal magic and install the new counters.

It got that industrial vibe that Liam and Janet love.

Our goal with this Reno is not only saving the house,

but creating a cool mix of old and new.

With the countertops installed, I've got a catty idea

for an old-style backsplash.

We're gonna try to get that latt-wall on

and a few other little touch ups.

(Laughs) Oh, god...

(Sighs)

(Rhythmic music)

- We got our team. It's me, harv and al.

But then we got the painters here

and we got the tilers here, whole lot of people.

- Cinnamon roll and tea, favourite snack.

Keeps the energy up.

Keeps us going.

Randy is pushing us like... Like you wouldn't believe.

(Laughs)

- Look at that, b'y. Perfect height.

Might have to take a little bit off the island but...

First one we got to do, harv, is notch it.

- Right away. - Right away.

- Of course.

(Laughs)

(Machine whirring)

- Were installing a backsplash today,

but there's no tiles. It's gonna be wood.

So, years ago they used to use lath and plaster,

little strips of wood and then put plaster over it.

We're doing little strips of wood, but no plaster.

So, kind of keeping the old trend.

So, we actually went and got... It's smooth on one side,

but it's rough, and we're gonna use the rough side.

We pre-painted it, make it look like...

We took the plaster off and left the laths.

(Upbeat music)

I never, ever had to install lath and plaster.

We're usually tearing it out, not installing it.

But hey, it'll look good.

Not even half done yet.

I ran out of nails.

Muss

might have to get a feed and go home for the day, refuel.

(Upbeat music)

(Soft music)

With all the big installs done at petty harbour,

it's time to work on a smaller project, that I love.

It's the perfect finish.

A nameplate is something

actually meaningful to the homeowners.

And each nameplate and each design is gonna be different.

Back in the day, you couldn't really find anyone

by the street address,

by the house number, we never had any.

The only way you would find them is by the house name.

Still, today, I don't know half the streets in brigus.

I don't know half the numbers of the houses.

I only know them by the names.

So, it's only fitting to keep naming them houses as we go.

Petty harbour is a really old house,

like this old piece of wood.

That's what we love about it.

You never throw the wood away.

As you see, look, it's a little piece.

I'll use it for a sign.

There's many more signs to come

(upbeat music)

After a lot of long hours in the final stretch,

and a snowstorm to boot...

Nothing's going to stop Sam and Sasha

doing the final touches,

so Janet and Liam can move right in.

- The addition is new, but it actually has

a feeling of old.

It feels like it's always been here.

We have this exterior wall, which is an amazing feature,

it's got the wood look again,

it's bringing in that old kind of feel

and then, that warmth of the fireplace over

in that corner and the rustic shelves...

It really does have this amazing feeling of new and old combined.

- When we met with Janet and Liam and went through

their pieces that they were going to bring

into this new home and when we saw these tiles

that Liam's sister actually handmade,

it came to us. (Laughing)

Let's incorporate the tile into a custom-made piece

so the tiles are actually sitting into wood.

- It's a piece of art, truly is what it is.

And it's so special to them.

My actual favourite thing in this house I think is the bar.

It's completely unexpected, you do not know

it's gonna be there, and most people probably

would just cover it up, put some suitcases

or something there, you wouldn't think to use it.

What a fun piece to talk about

when you have friends come over. Surprise!

- And they love to entertain, so it's really important.

I think the staircase was

a really special part of this house to Janet and Liam,

because there wasn't a whole lot salvaged or saved

from this house, but that staircase,

it was so important that they kept it.

I think they wanted to incorporate pieces

that you'd almost question, were they originally

part of the house?

So, even though the powder room sink

and the kitchen sink weren't, they were found elsewhere,

they are old, we had them redone, resurfaced

and I think people will think,

"huh, I wonder if that was always here?"

- The kitchen is such a great space.

It's bright, it's open, you're got that blue colour,

it's really warm, but then, it's that metal countertop.

It's rustic, it's old, you can do whatever

you pretty much want on it,

but I love the little bit of the wood cutting board,

the custom wood cutting board, the moon shape,

that wood again warming up.

Whenever you have metal, the more wood you can bring in,

it's gonna soften it.

- And then, that wood ties in

to the cabinets as well and the shelf.

- The new bathroom upstairs is such a huge addition.

Now, you have a custom stand in shower that was never there,

a soaker tub that's amazing.

A place for Janet to read books. So beautiful.

- Got some really beautiful neutral tiles,

but then, we've got that big splash of colour.

We went with a really bold chartreuse

on that old salvaged beadboard

that we took out of the ceilings on the main level.

And then, we have the old exterior wall,

which the vanity is up against.

And so, there's a real mix of textures in there.

- Marble on the countertops. - Yeah, exactly.

We've done a lot with that space.

- Janet and Liam chose the colours of the house

and I absolutely

love it.

We need to get them on our team! - I know!

- I was a little bit... At first with those blue doors,

I was a little bit like, "is that gonna work?"

- I know, I know, because the siding is

so vibrant and the trim is so vibrant,

you'd think, "maybe I'll do more of a subdued door?"

But no. They just went bold with everything,

and it works so beautifully. - So, well!

I love that they took the risk and it totally paid off!

- Yeah.

(Upbeat music)

(Randy): This job may have started in the spring

with a fall deadline, but with delays

out of our control, you got to find ways to make things work.

But hey, just like any build. We came through, we got it done.

And now, we're gonna celebrate.

A little bit longer than three months but,

hey... it's okay. They're gonna love it.

And even after the delays,

the budget only crept up to 300 000.

But hey, that's the thing when you're renovating old places.

So, I'm glad that the homeowner wasn't really fixed on it.

They kind of know that you never know

what you're gonna run into.

How you making out?

- Best kind, Randy. - We're great.

- House looks a little bit different?

- Very different. It looks fabulous.

- It's a transformation. - A transformation.

- It is. Especially from the first day we met here, what

(laughing)

- No, it's amazing. It's... - Amazing.

- It's beyond

my wildest imaginings.

- Really excited about this house,

because we did something totally different.

Something that you really don't see.

We kept the old house, we built on new,

but look: The exposed metal beams

to the concrete floor to the metal counter-tops.

Really something different in this place.

- Have a look inside.

(Gasps, laughs)

- Oh, my god! Holy doodle. Wow!

(Upbeat music)

(Rhythmic music)

- We're in petty harbour. Big day today.

Janet and Liam get to come back to their house.

We're all finished up. Have a look inside.

(Gasps, laughs)

- Oh, my goodness. - Oh, my god!

- Wow. - Oh my god!

- Wow. - Oh my god!

Holy doodle.

Wow. - Fantastic.

- Oh my god, I love it.

- What a great spot to take your boots off,

to come in out of the weather. - It is, what?

- Right? - Get in out of that weather.

- And this. - Get out of that weather!

(Laughs) - Wow, it is huge.

- It is. Good place, you know, take off your coat.

- Oh, my god! - You can hang them up.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

So, that wardrobe, we made custom.

You got the holes to it, let the air in,

you got shelving on the bottom.

- Fantastic. - Oh, Randy.

It's just beautiful.

Nice. - The old wall.

- The old wall. - This is the new addition.

- Right. That's the outside envelope of the old house.

- You know, that's the first thing you're gonna see

when you walk in. That nice cabinet,

but nice old wall there, too. (Laughing)

- Wow!

- Took a little bit of paint but hey,

it looks like brand new.

Actually, me and Paul tried it out.

(Laughing) - And the trim around

the door, very nice touch.

- And look at these doors. - Oh!

- These doors are just fabulous.

- I know. They are stunning.

Stunning. What did you do to those?

How did you get those? Those are incredible.

- They're nice doors. Lucky find.

We had to clean them up. Harv did a little bit

of scraping on them to make the wood really pop.

- But this is only the porch!

- I know! - It's only the porch!

(Laughing)

- You ready to see the living room?

- Yes! - All right.

You go first. - Okay!

Oh... my... god!

Oh, my god! It's incredible.

- What a spot. - Oh, my god,

it's so beautiful.

Oh... I can't believe it.

I can't... oh, my god, it looks incredible.

- Shan's tiles. - Shan's tiles!

- Handmade. - Oh, my gosh.

That looks amazing.

Really, Randy. - It's a great room.

This is part of the new addition, as well.

But definitely added to the space.

- Oh!

- Still got more of the old wall,

so when you're sitting down there,

that's the old house.

All the bookshelves.

- The bookshelves look incredible.

They just look incredible.

- And the skylight brings some natural light in this room.

- Ah! - Wonderful.

- We can stay and sit down,

but we should see the rest of the house. - Okay!

- Ready to see the keg?

- Ready to see the keg, indeed.

(Panting) Wow.

Wow.

- Oh, my gosh!

- Wow, the old ceiling, the old beams.

Industrial cottage. - It is.

- It is.

- You hit the Mark.

- It is like a dream. It's like a dream!

Look at the keg unit!

(Laughing) Wow!

- It's what me and Liam's going for there now, right?

- That's right. - Wow! Oh, and the countertops.

- The countertops. - The raw steel.

Raw steel, right? - It is. Yeah.

- The edge on butcher block here will get so much use.

So much use in this kitchen.

- Your corkscrews!

- My corkscrews! Oh my...

- Oh, we haven't seen those corkscrews

for like, two years. (Sighs)

- They all tell a story.

- So, using the corkscrews...

There's always wasted space under the stairs,

but we did something pretty cool.

- Wow!

Fantastic. That is fantastic.

- Holy...

- You're designing this place for parties, aren't you?

(Laughing) - That looks amazing!

- Looks fantastic.

- A special spot for everything.

Oh, my god! - And the thing about it is,

all your components for the in-floor heat,

your hot water tank, is all down below.

- Easily accessible. - Easy, accessible.

- Wow! - But you never know it's there.

- What a sweet, sweet little spot.

- It is. And then, the old staircase,

that's the original staircase from the house.

- Wow. - We didn't' do anything to it,

just painted it over.

And actually, we never even painted the spindles.

Or the handrail. Or the newel post.

That's original. - Oh, I love that.

It just looks like it's all...

Meant to be like this. - Yeah.

And that's the thing that I'm happy that you let us do.

'Cause talking about the staircase,

imagine how many people actually went up over for who built it.

But look at these old beams. Someone had to go in the woods,

chop them down, bring it in here all by hand.

That was a hundred years ago. - Oh, my god.

- And still solid, ready for the next hundred years.

- It is. Adding these steel beams to make it open concept...

'Cause it wasn't built like that years ago.

- No. - But definitely today,

to be able to look out over petty harbour...

- Ah... what a blessing. - It is.

- It's... oh, god, it's a blessing!

- The older houses had the smaller windows,

but definitely opening it up,

the big window, bring lots of light into this kitchen.

- The light in this house,

the natural light in this house is fabulous.

The windows are just absolutely...

- Yes. - Amazing. They are perfect.

- Look at this porthole.

I know that's your porthole and we kind of were trying

to figure out what to actually do with it.

What perfect? Come up over the stairs.

- Wow. - You look outside.

- I get to see the eastern rising sun.

(Laughs) I just...

I thought it would be a perfect feature in the house,

and you put another window outside.

What a fabulous job. - Yeah!

The single pane wasn't really energy efficient. So...

- No. Designed for the side of a boat,

not the side of a house, really.

- No, no.

- Really, really fantastic.

Really fantastic. - Yeah.

- What a feature. - Oh my god, it's so cool.

- Randy said imagine how many people gripped this handrail.

- That's right. Oh, my goodness.

Look at this.

Oh, my god!

Oh, my god, look at my little window seat!

Oh, my god! - Wow.

- Pinch me! I swear to god.

Honestly, I cannot believe this.

I cannot believe this.

Look at this.

- Perfect place to sit back. - Fabulous.

Watch the world. Watch the weather.

- And those shelves look great, too.

I love them.

- Yeah. - I just love them.

- Again, this is the old part of the house,

the old stairwell, the old flooring.

Getting these beams in wasn't easy.

- No... (Laughing)

- To make it solid. (Laughing)

- I don't imagine it was. - I bet it wasn't easy.

- So, with the new addition, we did build a new washroom on.

- Wow. So, this part is all new... wow!

Oh! Oh, my god! - What a spot.

- This is the old beadboard that came from the house.

- Wow, from the ceilings of the old house.

Fantastic. - Oh, my god.

It is just spectacular.

This tub. The vanity!

It feels like the outside.

Feels like the colours look like newfoundland,

don't they? - They do.

- It's like a room on its own.

- Another room that wants to be lived in.

- Absolutely.

And I'll be doing lots of living in this bathroom.

(Laughing)

Because look at that tub!

- Well, maybe we'll leave you alone and we'll go down

and get a pint... (Laughing) - What a beautiful tub.

- You know, it feels great to have it all done.

Janet and Liam be able to come in and they love the place.

Feels pretty good.

(Upbeat music)

Trying to make this open concept,

there was a lot of hurdles to go over.

But then when you got the metal beams

and you open it all up, look at that ceiling.

Why cover it up? That's part of

the old house, part of the history.

So, seeing them special element really make this house pop.

- Anything good is worth waiting for

and I think that this is one of those things.

This is like beyond my wildest imaginings.

And I have a pretty wild imagination.

- She does, indeed.

- I just... it's beyond... - She really does.

- It really is.

- You know, maintaining the streetscape,

being a recognizable property in town,

embracing the heritage of this community and this hous

has been a joy and a privilege.

Never a cross word.

The name of the house, wow. (Laughing)

That's a good one. Right? - Yeah.

- It's a running joke in our family.

Janet and I have a very passionate relationship.

We love each other very dearly. But we are...

We speak very plainly to each other and very, very honestly.

And sometimes, overwhelmingly honestly for...

- Yes. And it has made people uncomfortable at times.

- Uh... but here we are.

And I (bleep) Love you.

(Laughs) - I love you, too.

(Rhythmic music)

- Yes, this is wicked.

Working on old homes is always a challenge.

A house like this, I've shed tears of happiness

and tears of misery. But hey, look at the final product.

- I love the exposed beams. I love the ceilings.

See, on the main floor or upstairs and the openness

and... everything like that.

That's what gives it some true history,

some true character.

That's what gives it something unique.

- But look here. First time we're using this beer tap,

good friends, a really great spot.

First beer. - First beer? Maybe.

- Such a pleasure. - In your new home. What?

(All): Cheers!

- Never a cross word!

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(Randy): Next week on rock solid builds...

I got to stop talking and get to work.

I'll let the old man deal with it.

See ya, old man!

- What do you mean my table?

It's very functional the way it is.

- Hmm...

- I'm laying about 4000 of these.

- Brave (bleep) Man, hey b'y?

(Laughing)

(Both): Looks good. (Laughing)

- You have to back up.

- It's a disaster. Delays on everything.

- Let's go have a look.

- I don't even recognize

this place. (Laughing)

Wow, Randy this is just incredible.

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