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- Easy! - Should be a busy day.

Hopefully soon, we'll get close to wrapping this one up.

- Open the door!

If I mess this up, there is no other one.

Oh, jeez, did we (bleep)...?

- I'm gonna try to get in and out

as quick as possible down here, for sure.

(Randy): Ahh, mice!

- So, I don't think you're gonna have room to do

what you want to do with it.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

(Randy): Let's go see your new barn!

(Cory): Oh, wow. (Leo): Look at that!

(upbeat folk music)

(Randy): 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 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.

(gulls squawking)

(upbeat music)

(Randy): We're at the end of the summer,

and one of the big projects had been renovating

this century-old barn in Bay Roberts

just outside Brigus.

Neighbours say a merchant bought the land

and built two homes with barns on the property

for his daughters.

The homeowners, Cory and Leo,

love the history of this place, but not how it looks now.

They didn't wanna tear it down,

and we love restoring old buildings,

so it's a win-win project for us.

And it'll be a catty space when we're done with it.

(meowing)

On the main floor is gonna be an entertaining space

with a large dining table, lots of seating, a bar area,

and we're installing a vintage wood stove to keep things warm.

On the second floor is gonna be a loft space,

perfect for hanging out, or a place to crash.

We installed a large dormer, which adds more head room

and really brightens things up.

We've done a lot of work to get to this point.

We started at the bottom and replaced the rotten sills.

We put a new concrete floor, fixed the joists,

and opened up the ceiling to the second floor.

- The last thing Randy said was,

"Don't try to take the bow out."

But Randy's not here.

(upbeat music)

(Randy): I've gotta give it to the old man.

He fixed the bow in the roof, he built the dormer,

and it looks good.

I hate to admit it, but he was right.

Now we're onto the finishing work.

So, Nikki, this is what we're gonna do today.

We're gonna put a handrail on the top using old sticks.

And you're the one that's gonna build it!

- Oh, jeez...

- Let's go up and measure it up.

Then we'll go back to the wood shop.

She's a little bit nervous about trying new things.

I think her biggest thing is she don't wanna fail

and don't wanna do it wrong, but hey,

you might make it way better than any of us!

Ready to make this handrail? - I don't know.

You must be pretty busy if you're puttin' me in the shop.

- Oh, hey, you got this!

Uh, we'll go from the actual framing,

so you got 10 foot 2 inches. - Excellent.

- And 10 inches for the 2 by 10.

- Uh, height wise? - We want a 42-inch rail.

That's from the floor. - From the finished floor.

- Yeah.

She's definitely liking the finish work more than

the framing and the other work that we may do,

so in the shop is finish work.

It's just, she gotta have a little bit of confidence

in herself, and she'll be able to take it and run with it.

So, if you got the measurements, you know what to do.

Ready to go build it.

- Well, you're not gonna leave me in the shop first, right?

- Yeah, I won't leave you hanging. But you got this!

- I was gonna say, I got it, but you better be with me!

- Let's go back to the shop and start building.

(birds chirping)

(upbeat music)

(Randy): We love reclaiming old wood

and making something out of it.

It's our way of putting history back into a project,

and there's a goldmine at the barn.

So, we're gonna reuse it.

- This is my first attempt at anything shop work.

To do something, and see a finished project

that's gonna be shown, to me, I love that side of it.

Anybody could frame a house. You never see it,

it's behind walls.

I'm excited about it, but at the same time,

I'm nervous.

So, this is the wood Paul dug in?

- Pretty amazing, isn't it? Taken from the barn.

You're not gonna be able to go to a big-box store,

buy this. - Nice.

(Randy): The railings upstairs gonna be a really cool feature

of the new loft. The build is straightforward,

but the design one of a kind.

So, you don't want any, you know, hard edges.

So we'll lightly buff it.

Probably give it a little bit of clear

to bring out that colour. - Pop it.

- Then you take another stick. This is your handrail now.

This is gonna be the post in that old barn.

(whistling) - Nice.

- You get the vision? - Got the vision.

- I remember my first job in the shop

was to build a mirror.

It didn't fall off the wall, so I did good.

My old man was there to help me along,

definitely show me, you know, the little tricks

about cutting something, gluing it together,

so I'll be there with Nikki. Just watch her from afar.

She got this. She just needs to believe in herself.

- This is Nikki in the workshop footage.

- Nikki in the workshop.

You're gonna be one with the wood today.

Holler if you need me.

(sighing) - Here we go.

Ugh.

Hmm...

Two inches...

So, definitely nervous. This is my first time

in the shop alone.

No Randy. No Paul.

You can probably sense the distress in me.

So, I wanna do it right. So, no pressure.

(curious music)

Argh!

So that hundred-year-old wood,

there's probably a hundred old nails in it,

and the first cut, what do I do?

Boom. Strike a nail.

Rookie.

So now I gotta kinda watch for all these old rust spots

and make sure I don't keep striking nails,

or this nice blade is not gonna be so nice.

Nikki's workshop experience is gonna be cut quick

if it keeps like that. I don't think I'm gonna

tell Randy about this just yet.

(boat horn honking)

(Randy): While Nikki's inside working on the railing,

it's blowing a gale outside.

The roofer's fighting the ocean winds

to get the roof torched on at the barn

back in Bay Roberts.

It gotta be sealed before we can start finishing

the work inside, so we're pushing hard to get it done.

Same at my mom's brand new house in Brigus.

- Ah! Piss pouring rain!

- The old man and I have been doing a lot of work

on the weekends.

(Scott): Measure twice, cut once, huh?

- Oops. Cut 'em too short. (laughing)

And there's still a lot to do before Mom can move in.

And I'm adding a new job to our workload.

This one is pretty cool, and is in the most iconic area

of St John's: Jelly Bean Row.

There's a lot of colour around here.

(upbeat music)

- Rumour has it, the sailors painted their house

different colours so they could see it in the fog

when they're coming in from the sea.

(upbeat folk music)

Whether it's true or not,

you can't miss this area.

It's not unusual for homeowners

to bring a lot of colour inside as well,

just like this new job.

So, I'm here to go over the final plans

with the homeowner, Krista, before we start demo.

So, this house I'm figuring is about 80 to 100 years old.

It's got a lot of history in the place, the old trim,

the high ceilings, even the old coal burning fireplace.

Krista been waiting now 10 years to get this kitchen done,

so now we're here, we're gonna make it happen.

I love the height of the ceilings, though.

- Thank you. - So, how do you use the space?

- Um, right now, it's not utilized probably

to the best capacity. But for entertaining

and for cooking, it's probably not the most ideal.

- Yeah, the layout is a little bit strange.

We can definitely improve on that.

- I don't wanna hurt the kitchen's feelings here,

but I'm not really its biggest fan.

Especially in Newfoundland, it would be really nice

to have a kitchen party, and to make the kitchen

the heart of the house.

- Well, we're definitely gonna rip it all out,

do a whole new layout. I see you got two doorways.

- Yeah, I do.

Not really great for heat. A lot of the heat escapes

and just goes, you know... - So, we can probably

boarder that one up. It'll keep the heat in here,

and not losing it all outside.

- Yeah, that sounds good.

- And making more cabinets will give you more storage,

because I see you got a dandy little cart there.

- Yeah, I definitely have a storage problem.

(laughing)

- She knows what she wants, but she don't know

what she wants, so she's lettin' us have full range

of this design and the layout.

So, we need a deadly looking kitchen.

- Yeah. - Modern looking.

- Yeah. - A place for entertaining,

and a lot of storage.

- Yeah, can you make that happen?

- Definitely! - Okay, awesome.

(laughing)

(Randy): The plan starts with a new layout

to get more storage, which means we're closing up

the doorway to add more cabinets.

We'll build in some bench seating,

and add more counter space.

We'll move the stove and install even more cabinets.

It's really gonna hit the mark with Krista.

We got a budget of $30,000 and three weeks to do it.

I got a whole lot of ideas.

I'm gonna have fun with this one.

So, what's behind that wall, do you know?

- I really don't know.

- Hmm. (knocking)

It sounds hollow.

You know, usually with these old houses

with all the rooms separated,

usually there's more than one fireplace.

So, I'm expecting that's what's behind there.

But, hey, I'm definitely gonna find out.

- I'm a little nervous,

but I'm kinda glad that he's gonna do this now,

because then it's gonna feel real.

Like, after 10 years, I'm gonna get a new kitchen.

(Randy): The biggest challenge for us is finding something

behind the walls. This is an old house,

so I can see electrical being a big issue,

maybe the plumbing.

You never know.

So, I got the tools. Ready to make a hole?

- Yeah, this is real now.

- Do you wanna smash it first? - Yeah, I do actually.

I do wanna smash it. - Give'er!

(laughing) - Okay.

Okay! It got this.

Oh, cool! I know what it is.

(Randy): In St. John's on Jelly Bean Row,

Krista was a little nervous about updating her kitchen.

But when the hammer came out...

- Okay. (laughing)

- Now don't break the chimney. You wanna keep it intact!

- Oh, cool!

Oh, that's an old chimney.

- It is! It looks good. Clean that up.

It looks like a million bucks. - It does. Now I'm excited.

- Yeah? - After seeing this.

- People only dream of having something like this

in their house. - I know! I have it!

And I had no clue it was there!

- Yeah, this is a great feature, a great find.

So, we're all good.

I'll go get the crew, come back, start taking it apart.

- Awesome.

(upbeat music)

(Randy): Back at the shop in Brigus,

the work is nonstop for the barn.

My dad's in the groove working on something really cool.

- So, what we're doing is prepping

some old windows for the old barn.

The homeowner down there, they wanna recycle all their windows.

So, this is windows that come out of an old house

and it keeps the character, keeps the history.

Old is the way to go.

There's not any nails whatsoever.

It looks like it was all wood pins,

you usually can't see it after they're done.

Built to last, yes.

Which you can see it did, right?

People had stuff nailed to it over the last hundred years,

so I took all that off and cleaned it up,

and got it back to the original.

It's a bit of work.

There's definitely a difference between me and Randy

here in the shop. Patience.

Randy can last a few hours in here.

I can last a few days and not even leave.

Randy's patience is about right here,

and mine's about right here. So, uh, that's the reason

why I'm here and he's not.

So, we're gonna put the old sash into the new frame

and hope that fits.

Hey, Randy!

Come give me hand, Randy.

I hope that fits.

And don't scrut your fingers. - Yup.

Done deal. Fit! - Excellent.

- Back to the job. (chuckling)

- As you can see, we don't get his help very often.

Or for very long. (Randy laughing)

Good to go.

- 40 by 47.

Uh... Let's pick 'er up now and see if she fits.

(Randy): I gotta give it to the old man,

he never misses a deadline.

And his measurements are bang on too.

- Perfect.

- The dormer's a great update,

but putting a hundred-year-old windows into it

it is super cool.

(upbeat music)

Ready to go?

(laughing)

(Randy): It's a new day and a road trip to town.

Me and my wrecking crew are ready to rip out

Krista's old kitchen, and get this reno started.

We worked all over Newfoundland and Labrador,

but definitely in the St. John's area.

It's only an hour outside of Brigus,

a beautiful spot.

The next thing is we gotta bring in the whole crew,

start demo.

- Doing demo in St. John's is a totally different demo.

You've got no parking, confined space.

The houses are like, snugged right together.

Three people in a little tiny room,

it gets pretty hectic, but hey,

we don't mind the challenge.

- To be honest, the biggest challenge

I probably won't discover yet,

because it usually comes up when you least expect it.

- We're hoping this is gonna be the quickest demo,

but I'm not gonna say anything, because then it will turn out

to be the longest.

Alright, ready for demo?

We're gonna take everything down but hey,

we're gonna try to save a little bit.

(upbeat folk music)

So, all the cabinets, we're gonna take them down.

I'm gonna bring them to another place, drop them off

where they can reuse them.

- Nice. - Help out.

The floor is going, but it's a mystery.

We don't know what's underneath. - Duh-nuh!

- Yeah, pretty much.

Save the brick. Save the wood. Take all the drywall off.

And hopefully, it's in really good condition.

(Nikki): Oh, nice!

- Let's giddy up.

(Randy): Once the demo is done, the first thing to do

is to close up the doorway.

It'll give me more room to add more cabinets,

plus I'll build in some bench seating for Krista.

A long run of counters will be perfect for prep space,

and I'll move the stove and put in more cabinets.

This will work so much better for Krista.

- Spracklin, do you wanna stand up underneath this one?

(Randy): It's not really like your normal demo.

To not be able to come in with a sledgehammer

and beat it all to pieces.

- Ooh. (Nikki): Timber!

Watch yourselves! (laughing)

- Every job we do, if we can save it and reuse it,

that's what we'll do. Or we'll donate it,

'cause there's always someone in need of a countertop,

or a kitchen, or anything that you may have,

so why not save it, pass it along so they can use it?

- Easy! (Randy laughing)

- That's how we take stuff down!

- Wanna give me a quick run on what I gotta do with the sink?

- Loosen these two. - Yeah.

- Take these off. The sink'll lift right up.

After you unhook it.

- Oh! - Open the door!

(Randy): There's definitely some challenges

with these old houses are all joined together.

The best access is through the front door.

And all the demo material gotta go out,

and all the new stuff come in.

It's gonna be tricky. - Ready?

- Yeah.

- What's most exciting is that chimbley.

I can't wait to tear that down!

Not the chimbley, just the drywall.

We're gonna uncover that full chimbley chase

and see what it's gonna be like.

You know, the brick look amazing.

Hopefully, it's amazing all the way up,

and we're not missing bits and pieces of it.

You never know. It is an old chimbley.

Might be picking up bricks!

(Paul): Everyone stand back!

You knows it's dangerous when Randy gets a sledgehammer.

Oh, easy now.

- What's most exciting is that chimbley.

I can't wait to tear that down!

In St. John's on Jelly Bean Row,

me, Paul, and Nikki are almost finished demo

at Krista's.

We're putting in a new kitchen,

and taking a chance on what's behind

these hundred-year-old walls.

(upbeat music)

(Paul): Oh, easy now. - That's solid.

- Hey! It goes around the corner. That's mint!

Isn't that a beautiful feature? The chimbleys all in good shape.

So, we'll build the cabinets around it, incorporate it.

It'll look like a million bucks!

Back at the barn in Bay Roberts,

Al's patching up one of the original walls

by reusing some of the old clapboard.

It's a great feature to keep.

And the barn is coming along good.

We got the roof all fixed up, the old floor is out,

concrete floor is poured. We even got the new dormer in.

Now we're ready for paint.

Sam and Sasha's here today

because we need a paint colour picked out,

and also we need furniture layout.

So, what do you think of the barn?

- Oh, this is great!

- Oh, it looks awesome. - Love it.

- It looks so good! - It looks really nice.

- It's good. So, we're ready now for paint.

- Okay. - And we need a voice

in the layout. - Okay, yeah.

We met with the homeowners. I think we have a good sense

of their style. - Very much, yeah.

- Kind of eclectic. They love old pieces.

(Randy): It sounds great to me.

- This is all original, right?

- All original to the barn.

(Sasha): Yeah, we need to keep that.

All that texture. All that paint colours in it.

It looks so cool. It's such a feature wall.

- So that's a keeper.

- Most inspiring for me is definitely

the old, reclaimed wall. It's really beautiful.

It shows the age of the space.

- They're all about, you know, entertaining, parties,

a hint why we're gonna probably put a big table...

- Okay. Love that. - ...in the centre.

(Sam): Kind of have the wash tub there.

The bar area there.

And then have that in line with the table.

Maye ground the table on a nice rug,

kind of warm up the space.

- So, my painters are ready to go tomorrow,

but we need some kind of direction on what colours.

- Yeah, Sam and I were thinking for in here,

we wanna have a nice, soft feel,

something light.

And then we can do some cool colours on the windows,

popping them out a little bit. - I love that.

Do a nice accent. - Sounds good.

- Yeah. - I love that.

- We should go up and check it out.

Let's check this out. Yeah. - Let's check it out!

- I'm excited to see it!

Oh, Randy... I think your first

guest is already here!

- Really? - Yeah!

(Randy): Oh, the kitty-cat! - Yeah!

- I just love that this small barn

is now gonna be a two-storey, two-level space.

- Yeah. They're kind of changing it to like, a little mini house.

They're really maximizing the space in a great way.

- So, I know it was really important for the homeowners

that this space be a place for guests to stay.

- So, we could do a really nice day bed here.

- Love that. - Make it super warm and cozy

for them to have a little getaway.

- Yeah. - Sounds good to me.

Do we need to build anything up here?

- I was wondering if we could do maybe a bookcase,

maybe on this long wall over here,

we could bring it all the way up.

Just like a feature that you can't usually get to do.

The texture in the books, that would just add great decor.

- I love that. Something maybe you could build?

(Randy): So, floor to ceiling bookshelves?

Yeah, that sounds pretty awesome.

- You can do it? - Yeah!

It's gonna be an awesome space! - That's gonna look good.

- So, we should get going, get started.

- Definitely.

(Randy): With the colour choices made,

we can begin to paint.

We're not gonna put a ton of coats

on these old walls because we want the old texture

to show through.

It's another way to keep the character of the place.

(upbeat music)

Back in my shop in Brigus,

Nikki's picking up where she left off

with her railing project for the barn.

- Oh, jeez.

Mint! Look! Look at that!

I didn't mess it up!

The rookie is getting this figured out!

So, day two. Now the posts are all matched out

and ready to go. So now we're gonna put

a handrail coming across here. It's looking like

we're gonna put a border here, it's almost like a...

a chicken coop wire. And then below here,

we're gonna put a couple logs,

and then that'll be the finished product!

I'm gonna build it in the shop to get the full visual effect

of what it's gonna look like, then disassemble it,

take it down, and put it in place.

That way, if we got any tweaking and stuff,

we're gonna do it here in the shop.

Let's try with the impact driver.

Oh yeah, when you got it in reverse...

Are you gonna stop?

Uh, coming around. Getting a bit confident.

It's nice to be trusted and left alone here.

Oh, jeez...

Check length. Rough length.

So, this is the log we're gonna use for our handrail.

I need to take the chisel and chisel a little bit around

on the flat surfaces of the post.

So, I got about an inch worth of chiselling

inside here to get it to almost sink into the wood a little bit.

Hopefully, the boss approves. (chuckling)

But hey, no boss here today. Only me. Heh-heh!

Uh-oh...

Looks like we got a nail.

My log count is gettin' low. If I mess this up,

there's no other one. So, I'm gonna take my time

and make sure I don't mess it up.

It's this one. So, we're cuttin' from here down.

So, Scott came back and gave me a hand to put these in place.

It's a two-person job.

Here, you get over and check.

You said 55, Scott?

What?

(Scott chuckling) - Jeez... Don't say that.

That's the only we got.

I probably have today...

to have it fully finished.

- But mine's not fittin'... - What?

- And this... this is already pulling, like...

Did we (bleep) the length?

(upbeat music)

(Randy): Nikki's taking on her first big project

in the shop, building a handrail for the barn's loft.

She's making it out of a hundred-year-old logs,

so its measure ten times, cut once.

- But mine's not fitting...

- What? - Did we (bleep) the length?

This project is pretty much on my shoulders.

So needless to say, it'll be a pretty good,

razzing now if this don't work out.

Oh, so you'll come on a slight angle, like...

Ah, okay.

Buddy, look.

- Showing dead on on that!

To me it's looking mint! Beautiful!

We got pretty much most of it assembled now.

A final few tweaks and we're good to go.

(upbeat folk music)

(Randy): Back in Bay Roberts,

we're at the final stage of construction at the barn.

Paul's on site to get it all done.

(Paul): It should be a busy day, but it should be productive.

Hopefully soon, we can get close to wrapping this one up.

We're gonna be building the bookcase,

installing the ship ladder, and the wood stove

to try and get a little bit of heat going,

so the wood stove will probably go first.

The wood stove is solid cast iron,

so it means it's heavy. (laughing)

(Paul): Our reinforcements have arrived.

We got Scott, Nikki, Cody, and myself this morning.

It'd be a struggle for just two.

Once we got that done,

we'll be able to light our break-in fire

and get some real heat on the go.

Gone too far now.

Twist her a little more that way.

Yup.

Line it up. That's not bad.

(Al): Nothing to it!

(Paul): So, it's just hook up the funnels,

and we're good to light the fire.

You need the nice, peaceful cracking of the wood fire.

We're gonna move over, and we're gonna

try and knock out this bookcase.

We got three verticals, and it's just gonna be

a horizontal shelf's going in between.

It's 10 to 12 inches apart.

And it'll continue all the way to the ceiling.

We gotta try and build a quality bookshelf

that's level and sort of square

to hold the books so that they don't fall down,

but we gotta work with the existing character

of the barn, 'cause with the old barn,

it's a little tipped this way, that way,

and nothing's perfect, and blend it all together

to make it look like it belongs there.

They had a lot of debate here with the stairs,

like, what belongs in the space.

Some people said it should be a spiral,

and some people wanted to build a set of stairs,

but the last idea that come up with is ship ladder.

A lot like your traditional staircase,

except the treads aren't as wide,

and the rise is a lot steeper

than what a normal set of stairs would be.

It'd give you more of a feeling of a ladder.

It's a lot more compact. It takes up less space.

And I know a lot of the houses around here

were fishing households, and you know,

it's a great tie to the area,

and gives it a little bit of character

to go along with the barn.

Testeroo...

Perfect!

(upbeat music)

(Randy): We're heading to town to make sure

Krista's kitchen reno stays on track.

Today, we're here. The demo's all done.

I got Stephen here today. We gotta bring electricians in

to get it all wired so we can start puttin' it back together.

The kitchen will be so much better for Krista.

It'll have more storage, more counter space,

and a new layout, which means the electrical

has to be redone and up to code

for the new appliances.

We're going with the stove over here.

- Yup. - We're gonna add two new lights

on the side of the fireplace. - Okay.

- And two new lights on this wall.

- Okay.

- There's always concerns when you're dealing

with an old house.

The wiring looks good, but you never know,

because we are adding lights, and we are adding plugs.

Adding stuff might end up being a problem.

- Is there access down below in order to get new circuits in?

- Uh, I'll apologize now.

There's not much access.

There's a crawlspace, and actually dirt out to here.

- Okay.

- So, getting into this wall... - Very tight?

- I hope you got a smaller guy, you're pretty small.

- There you go. I'll see what I can do.

You wanna try to get in and out as quick as possible

down here, for sure.

(Randy): Ahh! Mice! (laughing)

I'm in the crawlspace, and like all these older homes,

they're build on the ground.

- I can probably get to this side, maybe.

- The problem is trying to actually get wires

from one side of the basement to the kitchen side.

And where the kitchen is, it's all filled in.

And that's the biggest problem, trying to get new wires

up there, 'cause we gotta rewire everything.

- I think it's gonna be tricky to do this

without ripping up the flooring

to get the wires in, Randy.

- There'll definitely be a lot of fishin'.

You know, when we refer to "fishing"

we're actually taking like, metal rods,

stick it down the hole, and get it to an area

where you can hook on a wire and then haul it back.

And usually we refer to a "chase."

So, a chase is kind of like a hole

that you can get something through.

- Yeah, we can't reach from this wall back.

It's up against dirt.

- So, how did they get this one down there?

- Who knows?

- Hey! It's a chase!

We can cut out a little square to go back,

and you can use this as your pole chase.

- Yeah, that should work.

- Luckily enough,

even though it was built on the ground,

there's still a little area between the floor joists

where you can fish like, a line or something

to get the wire up in the wall.

I was trying not to take up this floor.

With every piece, the budget goes down the drain.

It's only day two,

and I can't blow the budget on this electrical.

So, no extra cost for fishin' the wires.

But this house is over a hundred years old.

It's had some upgrades to the electrical.

I just hope it's enough for this reno.

Yeah, the panel is right...

that little door. - Okay.

(curious music)

- I looked at the panel, and...

it looks like it's gonna need probably a little bit

in upgrades. I know we're adding lights,

but sometimes you can break them down from the big breakers

to small breakers to give us some room.

But hey, that's why I got the professionals here.

They'll be able to tell me if we can keep it.

I hope so, because we're all about budget.

- So, Randy, it looks like you have

a loaded-up panel already.

So, I don't think you're gonna have room to do

what you want to do with it.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

- Yeah, the panel is right... that little door.

- Okay. (curious music)

(Randy): In St John's, we're installing a new kitchen

in a hundred-plus-year-old house on Jelly Bean Row.

The electrical panel has been upgraded, but...

- So, Randy, it looks like you have

a loaded-up panel already.

So, I don't think you're gonna have room to do

what you want to do with it.

I would suggest putting in a new panel.

Probably put one that's more expandable so that in the future

they can add in more stuff, and then also we can

take care of the upgrades that we're looking

to do here now. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

- So, what did that do for our budget?

- Uh, budget-wise, I mean, it's gonna put a cost

onto it obviously, but I think at this point,

I think that's your only option.

- We definitely need to expand the panel.

We're adding new lights, appliances.

It's gonna cost us two grand to upgrade the electrical,

but necessary for Krista.

(loud continuous drilling)

- What noise? (laughing)

I don't hear any noises.

You block it out, right?

So, I had some camping gear,

so I just brought that up from downstairs.

It's a kitchen. (laughing)

This is a luxury.

It's a luxurious time for me.

I mean, I have a toaster oven, a crock pot, a microwave,

and really, like, you know, anyone can survive on toast.

It's delicious. Carbs rule, you know?

(laughing)

I'm really looking forward to this ending.

Um...but the journey.

It's always the journey, isn't it? Not the destination.

(laughing)

(upbeat folk music)

(Randy): We're in the final stretch

of construction at the barn in Bay Roberts.

My mom is on site painting the shelves.

Al's working on the bar area.

And it's the moment of truth for Nikki.

- So, today's assembly day! Let's hope it all fits.

But hey, you're working with a hundred-year-old barn,

two-hundred-year-old barn. Nothing's plumb or level.

(Randy): The top floor of the barn has gone

from a cluttered mess to an open loft space

with so much potential.

Nikki's handrail will be perfect for function,

and it's one of a kind.

- Now, put this jigsaw puzzle back together.

I'm fine that Paul and Randy's not here,

as long as everything goes smooth.

I don't wanna have them come save the day.

(upbeat music)

(record scratch) Argh!

Rookie right away! No washer!

Stressed out thinking I'm gonna mess something up

here by myself.

Missing steps right away!

I can hear Paul now,

"Nikki! You're not thinking! You're doing it wrong!

Slow down! Try to figure it out first! Rookie!"

I don't need anybody yelling "Rookie" in my ear today.

Argh! Al, you wanna come up for a second, then?

- Sure. - Is that lining in

on that line too?

I've always looked up to Al. Al, I've known Al for years

before I even started with this company.

He's silent. He's not a big chatterer.

When he do, he's pretty funny.

He's definitely a good soul.

(cracking) Uh-oh.

I'm sweatin'.

- Nikki? Nikki's a wildcat.

Uh, she's loud.

- You okay?

- She likes to talk a lot.

And she usually comes up with something...

you don't know what she's gonna do.

- Where's our line?

Most important thing is making sure these lines lines up

with the lines that's there. You got your line over there.

Nice and tight. Good?

Is she rock solid? - Yes.

- Rock solid! Whew! I'm some warm!

So, we got a handrail! It looks good.

And we didn't need Randy and Paul! Nikki got this.

- Hey, she needed mother though instead!

(laughing)

- It's girls' day down at the barn!

We're gonna get some chicken wire figured out,

and get it all nailed in.

Then we're gonna put our finish half-moon border across.

And we're gonna call her good. Catty.

So, end of the day, just finished up the rail,

and in my opinion, it looks fantastic.

The big beefy logs blends really good with the colour tone.

It turned out wicked. And hey, for my first time

in the shop doing anything, I'm gonna get a bit of credit

for this one for sure.

(Randy): In Bay Roberts,

Cory and Leo wanted to save their old barn

with a budget of $60,000.

And the transformation is complete.

- So, this was a really fun space to put together.

I feel like, what's the point of having a barn

if you can't do something fun with it now?

- Yeah, if you're not utilizing it for barn animals,

turn it into something that you can

utilize it for, right?

So, you can be loud with colour.

You can be adventurous with styling,

because it's not your house,

it's a separate dwelling

you can have a lot of fun with.

- The homeowners have some great pieces themselves,

But Randy found some really cool things

actually under the floor in this space.

- Yeah, when he tore up the floor, he found like,

a really old glass beer bottle.

He found an old tray, some really cool pieces

that we were able to incorporate then into our styling.

So not only did we use pieces from the homeowners' travels,

their antiques that they collected, but also pieces

that actually came from the barn itself.

- I've never felt so inspired in a space,

and want to have this myself.

Like, I need to get a barn.

The idea of having somewhere you can kind of

have your friends over for dinner,

a nice little getaway.

Maybe you need somewhere for storage. Tough kitten.

Go get another storage in the back. Who cares?

This is more important.

- I think Cory and Leo are gonna be excited.

We did hit all the points that they wanted,

but I'm a little bit nervous

just because we did a few different little things

to make it better, but only a little bit nervous,

because they're gonna love it. It's an awesome space.

Let's go see your new barn!

- Thank you. Que lindo!

- I love it. Wow! It's so much more open.

- Completely different. - There's so much more light.

- It's very cozy. - Wow. I love it.

It's more than I expected.

- So, if you can remember when we first started,

how it all came about.

It was to the point where if you didn't do anything now

it probably wouldn't last another year,

especially with the roof so in bad shape,

-the floor in bad shape. - Yeah, I know.

We didn't have much time left on it.

- No. No. So, it was great that we came in,

salvaged everything,

poured a whole new concrete floor.

And we even built you a harvest table.

- Is this table from reclaimed wood?

(Randy): We're all about whatever we take out of a place,

we reuse as much as we can.

- Yeah. - And build something beautiful

like the table, your bar. (Cory): We have a bar?

(Leo): Wow, yes.

- So that bar, you know, how we had a big pile

of lumber outside? Instead of throwing it away,

took some pieces and, because you love entertaining,

built you a lovely bar.

So, we got a little bit of storage,

a place to put your ice.

But it's all from this barn.

- This is really neat. It's very cool.

I love all the exposed woodworks.

We talked about insulating the place,

but you'd also lose some of those details.

- You will. It's all about the fine detail.

(Cory): Yeah.

(folk music)

It's very Newfoundland. - It is.

- Right? And the design of this barn is very Newfoundland,

and that's one of the reasons I wanted to save it,

because it's a style that, you know,

people aren't making them anymore.

So many people told me I should tear it down.

(laughing) And I said, "No way!"

I said, "If I teared it down

and built a new one, I wouldn't have anything

nearly as special as this."

It reminds me a lot of my grandfather's barn.

- Oh, okay, nice. - But like, a lot nicer.

(laughing)

We were looking to restore our barn,

but I think what we ended up with

was a whole extra house.

(speaking Spanish)

- Oh, he wants to invite all his family from Cuba to come.

(laughing) - There you go!

Well, you got a big enough table that we built,

and a place for them to crash upstairs.

- Oh yeah, if we can get 'em here,

we got the space now. - Yeah!

- Making this loft just makes it feel so much bigger.

- Oh, it do. - 'Cause it's open

when you come in, and then you've got the light

from the new windows on the back.

It just brightens it all up completely.

- Why don't we go have a look upstairs?

- Alright!

(upbeat music)

- Wow... - Wow!

- Look at that! - I love it.

- I think we're gonna stay out here now.

(Leo): I tell you!

- Wow. - Oh, so nice.

- This is so cozy. I'm moving my office out here.

- It's a great place for your office.

- Yeah. I can take a nap. I've got lots of natural light.

- The use of this space is amazing here now.

You know, we made it a place where someone could come over,

you know, stay for the night.

If you remember this roof, it was in really bad shape.

Making this dormer bigger, we figured

you gotta keep with the look.

Years ago, they used the old lumber,

so we went to an old sawmill, and they cut some lumber for us.

If you look at it, you'd never say it was brand new.

- Yeah, it feels like it was always here.

- It gives you a lot more headroom.

- Yeah.

- And this railing was actually all the collar ties

in the roof pieces. We got Nikki,

she's kinda a newbie at it, but put her to the test

actually putting all this rail together.

And she did an awesome job at it.

- It's gorgeous. Yeah.

- Who's gonna be the first guest

to actually try out this space? - This is gonna be for Ollie.

I'm sure. Ollie is gonna be out here.

- Oh, okay! - Yeah.

(Cory): He's been trying to get out here all along, right?

Every time you open that door, he's trying to get back in here.

- He was helpin' us out. You know, he was a big part

of digging up the floor, you know, testing out the stairs

when we did it, trying out the ladder.

- He kept a good, close eye.

- Yeah.

- It's a nice, big, open space. Like,

we got more than we were looking for.

It's so well set up for entertaining.

And we've got a few people coming.

Friends, family coming to see it.

And we've got the bar all set for them.

(Cory): Come on in! - Holy moly!

It feels so much bigger.

(Cory): They made the table...

The bar is all wood from here.

- Woo-hoo! Man, we look good!

- It come together great. A lot of hard work.

A lot of sweat. A lot of pride.

And this is what comes out.

(gentle folk music playing)

(indistinct chattering, laughing)

- This barn is a hundred years old,

and Cory and Leo seen the vision, but we seen it too.

With a little bit of creativity, we can make anything happen.

And that's what we're about, making dreams happen.

Now I gotta go make the team a drink, especially Nikki,

because she did an awesome job on that railing.

So, I better go before she bawls.

♪ But they've always been together ♪

♪ Through the wind and the weather ♪

- The rail's so nice, eh?

- The rail is some nice, Nikki. I wonder who did it.

- Toot toot!

(Paul): You know what they say, if you can't toot

your own horn, you might have a dead battery.

(laughing)

♪ Gotta go along to get along ♪

♪ With the one that you... ♪

- Guys, this was a great project,

and thanks for having us all.

Here's to the barn. (all cheering)

(Nikki): And the rail!

(Randy): Next week on Rock Solid Builds...

Fun stuff. Working with the old man.

We're working on a tight timeline

at my mom's new house.

We gotta get this done yesterday.

We were supposed to be in it by now.

We're renovating a kitchen in a 100-year-old house.

The ferry's shut down. All these kitchen cabinets,

they're not going to show up today.

- Feel the pressure breathing down my neck.

When you're done being a rock star,

can I get a measurement?

(Randy): Almost looks like a caveman did that.

(laughing)

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