Identifying and fixing disastrous home improvement projects with renovation expert Mike Holmes.
Holmes on Homes - Episode Guide
04 - 08 January
DOOZY JACUZZI
Pauline hired a contractor to renovate the bathroom in her basement but it seemed the wiring was incorrect and the Jacuzzi wouldn’t work properly. Mike Holmes arrives on site and opens up the bathroom and quickly discovers the entire basement is a dangerous rat’s nest of shoddy electrical work. Mike decides to gut the entire basement to make sure the job is done right.
11 - 15 January
JACKING THE BOX
Sian hired a contractor to pour a new foundation around the perimeter of her house but the wall was too small for the size of the house. So, the upper part of the house now overhangs over the foundation. Mike Holmes arrives to shore up Sian's house and give her a safe, warm basement.
18 - 22 January
ACCESS DENIED
Jenny and Allan hired a contractor to build a wheelchair-accessible addition for their six year-old son Justin with cerebral palsy. The addition is riddled with errors including an incorrect foundation, unsquare and unfinished walls, and sloppy and incomplete eaves trough and siding. Mike Holmes arrives on site and revamps the 260 square-foot addition from top to bottom.
25 - 29 January
NO GROUT ABOUT IT
Rita and her family recently moved into a brand new house, but the tiles on the main floor quickly loosened and the grout started to lift. After other contractors tried and failed to fix the problem, Mike Holmes arrives and decides to lay a new Durock polished concrete floor which can be laid directly over existing tiles.
01 - 05 February
HELL’S KITCHEN
Rosy and her family hired a contractor to finish their kitchen and bathroom, but he under quoted them and kept demanding more and more money in order to finish the job. After running out of cash and patience, they stopped the job and were left with an unusable, barren kitchen for five months. Mike Holmes and his crew undo the small amount of work that the contractor had done, and build Rosy and her family the beautiful, functional kitchen they had waited so long for.
08 - 12 February
CABINET CHAOS
Yetti and Andrew hired a custom kitchen contractor to build their dream kitchen. A late start, poor workmanship, and terrible communication between the contractor and their subs left Yetti and Andrew with a normal looking, but non-functional Kitchen. To make matters much worse, as the job neared its end, Yetti and Andrew’s son, Caleb, mistakenly drank some Varsol that was foolishly stored in a water bottle in the kitchen. Although Kaleb recovered from the accident, the couple took the kitchen company to court to get their unusable kitchen paid for with Mike Holmes as an expert witness. After winning, due in part to Mike’s testimony, Mike helped them build the dream kitchen they should’ve had in the first place.
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