The never ending list of people with a hammer and saw who present themselves as contractors is unbelievable. And then there is Mike, his crew and his amazing subcontractors who give so much to help these homeowners through some really difficult times. And let’s not forget the camera crew and videographers who always do a superb job of filming and producing the videos that always make the episodes so interesting.
I'm still waiting on part 2 of the episode that made Frank go into shock, but I'm still loving the good that Holmes does. Makes me mad at the rest of the trade, though.😢
@@kshav62 Same. Annoying to not only have to wait a week plus for part 2, but if the episode isn’t labeled, trying to match episodes by homeowner appearance. 🫤
Agreed. However, I would like to thank the folks who put in the graphics about the structures. They really help with understanding what the risks are! Thank you!
the bad baffles were a real staple in the coffin for that roof, 3/8ths plywood ain't thick enough for a roof and i'm amazed it lasted as long as it did
35:08 my 1st time seeing this on home reno (was apprentice) scared the crap out of me, as thought ended up cracking the glass was installing, lol, and of course ppl started laughing at me 😅(fyi to ppl who just starting: usually end up on a crew that’s like family and so when get yelled at or laughed at etc it’s nothing personal, in “fun” and getting yelled is b/c they don’t want you hurt. Yes, there’s times you’ll have GC/PM etc that just hate ppl and working on that site is horrid, but in my career as customer builder….doesnt happen very often and can count on 1 hand number of times this happened.) Cheers✌🏻
I hired a guy to replace a small section of rotted out sill beam on an 1880 three story structure to see his work and get a quote for pouring a new foundation under a large section. His quote was for $5000. Anyone with half a functioning brain cell could glance at the work needed for the foundation and realize it would be at least $30,000 to do it right. I thanked him for his time, tore out his 6 foot small sill repair and uncovered a complete mess. The entire 34 foot sill needed to be replaced along with 9 floor joists. Sadly I have heard that he has since taken several people for hundreds of thousands of dollars for atrociously unsafe and unfinished work.
I bought a house where the structure was compromised. Here’s the story: Previous owners had “added a laundry room.” I use quotation marks because nothing was right about this addition. The structural issue happened when they cut a four foot hole in the outside wall of the house. The wall cut was not only a bearing wall - one of two for the house - but adjacent to where the carport connected to the side of the house. The wall framing was simply cut and covered - two bearing studs cut, right where the load was greatest. No header was installed. A look at the drip edge of the roof above shows a kink - proof that the roof had begun to sag, that the roofline was no longer straight. This wall was on the way to failure; no matter that the total sag at this point was not obvious (maybe only 1/2”). In closing off the back of the carport and attaching the new laundry room, the house sheathing was compromised. By locating the added roof at the outlet of a roof valley, all runoff from two major roof areas was brought to an abrupt stop. Sure, water could continue over the lesser sloped addition - but rainwater run off was also directed into a wall cavity. When it rained there was a literal waterfall within that stud cavity. That water would then pool under the kitchen cabinets, before draining through the floor into the crawl space. In summary, here were the damages: I needed to raise the sagged area and instal a header. I had to reinforce three floor joists that had been damaged by rot, and replace 200 sq. Ft. Of subfloor (in a 960 sq. Ft. House). All this - for want of the cost of four 2x4’s and a pair of 2x6’s. Yep, they sure saved money! It is worth noting that everything looked “normal” at first glance. Only because the soft, failing bathroom floor needed to be repaired was this damage discovered. (Yes, the slope damage was caused by the diverted rainwater).
With every episode of Homeful TV I watch, I have to wonder if any of the hacks who worked on, and STOLE from the owners, has ever seen their hackery being pulled apart :/ (I'm also reminded of Adam Carol's show, To Catch a Contractor, where he lures them back to the project and *RUBS THEIR NOSES IN THE MESS THEY MADE.*)
One thing I always disliked about shows like this is they push the idea the Home Owners are idiots for contracting the wrong person. You hire a professional because you don't know what your doing, they didn't go for the cheapest bid or anything stupid. Never mind the entire legal system that seemingly does nothing to protect home owners and every thing to protect sleazy contractors. Even Shows like Holmes all but refuse to ever name a name of a company that did a poor job.
Caught a guy dumping Walmart cart wheels and couple of other stores that he did maintenance on he fucked up first, end of our driveway farm but he threw out his personal garbage too I phoned the stores, they where pissed pictures too, the figment dumps two miles south one west of where he dumped them. He picked it all up but if I wouldn’t of I expect it would of continued
Just curious on how the funding is set for these rebuilds. $200K+ excluding labor. Do the owners share some of the cost? How much do sponsors cover for cost? Does Miles FB page contribute? Only 82.1K subscribers.
I wish we had someone like Mike Holmes in South Africa… The builders here are a frikkin joke… My home is a complete train wreck. Cracks, minimal roof screws, non existent insulation and the list goes on. ( the house is freezing in winter and a furnace in summer)…When it rains, water pours down the internal walls… I have been up onto my roof numerous times to seal it. ( Yup! I’m a pensioner).
The one common theme in almost all the shows is the cost of doing it. If the price seems too good there is a reason for it. Get quotes from a few different outfits. if everyone says around 100k but one guy says 50k there is a reason for that and it ain't a good one.
People need to report bad actors. They also need to be smart stop going for cheap. As Mike says do your research permits etc. what would happen if there were no one like Mike? A lot more people would be paying twice.
@@delyn13 they spend up to a third of the year knee deep in snow and longer then that with it being too damn cold to swim outdoors, a pool ain't a good investment that far north (also pool maintenance with them going on elderly is a bit much of an ask that they may have chosen to opt out of) also there's public, indoor pools that only charge a small fee to not have to do any of the legwork keeping the place nice and ready to go
@ i lived in ny for 14yrs and we had a in ground pool they are children and kids love swimming why pay to swim when you could swim at grandparents house makes no sense money wise
@@delyn13 so who are the grandparents paying to maintain their pool? Old people backs have a limit to their work time and no one wants to throw their back out when cursed with old person bladder. And cycling back to an unanswered point you skirted earlier, do they even want a pool for themselves? I got a pool and many a little cousin that likes playing in it, but i only got the pool in the first place because i wanted it for me.
Cant believe what the owners paid for and now it has to be redone..there needs to be laws to protect home owner Should just tear it down and built a new home
Mike I respect what you do on the show. I got my licensed builders residential and commercial in a tested state at 22. The only thing I don’t like is way you criticize other contractors work. I’ve gone behind and fixed a lot of messes also. I realize you are a reputable pro. And like to help these people. I think it’s better if you drop the zeal you have for criticism and sell your skills on their own merit, which is very formidable. Ty. Jjb
Where do these crappy contractors find the 2x3 wood? It seems like a common thing on this show to find 2x3 lumber instead of 2x4 but I don't think I've ever seen 2x3 for sale I've only seen it used for like shipping pallets or crates. You have to be incredibly cheap to use that over standard 2x4s I'm guessing.
TV way too high. Go through all that trouble to install a tv and you put it 2 ft too high, at least. TV's only belong that high in doctor's offices and public places where you don't want people messing with them, not in houses
Homeowners sometimes do pay some. Contractors often charging reduced cost / materials only in return for publicity. Holmes crew is donated labor. And the remainder, as another mentioned, presumably, the production company. Would be interesting to see a more detailed cost breakdown. Guessing most of the time, they already have a good idea what the cost will be. And they know Holmes prefers to usually tear it all out versus the typical patch job many contractors would do. They don't just show up. They research the situation somewhat beforehand, plus getting permits, etc. However, in some episodes even Holmes looks truly surprised when redoing a bathroom or something small results in gutting much of the house.
What that contractor did is purely criminal! Is there no way to hold them accountable? If a contractor does something like that here, he will be prosecuted. The rules here are very strict, and when a certain point in the construction is reached, they have to stop until the work done is inspected by an independent inspector. If something does not comply with the drawings and/or codes, it will have to be corrected before work can resume. Does this slow down the work? Normally not, or, at maximum, a few hours. During the planning stage, the inspections are also planned. Usually the inspector comes to the site and inspects the work done up to that moment. Also, the inspector has the authority to show up at a building site unannounced and do an ad hoc inspection. So the contractors do their very best to do things right (the first time). Is nothing going wrong here? Of course not everything goes as it should. Things happen here as well, but nothing as severe as in this video. But a contractor here can, and will be, held accountable for building faults for up to 10 years! If that contractor goes "belly up" before the 10 years have passed, there is a special fund that takes over the "warranty.". Each time I see a video like this, I wonder what that contractor would face here. Ofcource he will have to pay a huge fine and correct the fault(s); besides that, he may even end up in jail!
Criminal penalties are rare in both U.S. and Canada. Presuming you live in a unicorn jurisdiction with a DA who prosecutes contractors versus the usual It's a Civil Matter excuse. Often bad contractors just file bankruptcy and reopen under a new name or just cash out and move on. Virtually no consumer protections. I don't know how practical getting a performance bond would be. For commercial, that's common, but not with residential. I'd imagine many contractors wouldn't even take the work.
faith is worth nothing compared to licensed Framers, plumbers, electricians, HVAC. With permits and inspections on everything they touched. When you start cutting onto structure, get a engineer to sign off the work. lucky the foundation was ok.
I must say I do not like the way you do with over the windows with a Rusty peace of Angel ejeren I Like It must better how we do it in Denmark where we only built houses in brick for every 100 houses does Maybe one in wood Here we have the bricks where we cut out a few slabs in the Middle en motor en som Iron bars Show the Brixton cells become the mental It looks mods better Because there no difference between the mental and the bricks afterwards
Homeowners are not stupid. It's unqualified, unskilled, uneducated, untrained, and ignorant contractors. Think about it. Let's say your trade or job is as an accountant. That's your skill set. It does not make you an expert on home renovations. Now if your job is being a contractor, you should be just as professional in your trade as mine. If not, go work somewhere else.
Watching Mike's videos have given me a deeper appreciation that Jesus was a carpenter, an honourable profession, and He surely delivered top quality work. It also gives me deeper appreciation for a verse in the Bible, 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." The contractor who took these people's money sure has good reason to be ashamed. He committed fraud. If you take $100,000.00 of people's money, you should give them value for it. How do some people live with themselves?
The never ending list of people with a hammer and saw who present themselves as contractors is unbelievable. And then there is Mike, his crew and his amazing subcontractors who give so much to help these homeowners through some really difficult times. And let’s not forget the camera crew and videographers who always do a superb job of filming and producing the videos that always make the episodes so interesting.
LOVED seeing Carlito's Mom at the end!! :)
I'm still waiting on part 2 of the episode that made Frank go into shock, but I'm still loving the good that Holmes does. Makes me mad at the rest of the trade, though.😢
Yeah I wish they would show the ones that have parts in order.
Unfortunately, this goes on with all trades, inexperience and cons alike, ruin it for the good guys and gals😮!
@@kshav62 Same. Annoying to not only have to wait a week plus for part 2, but if the episode isn’t labeled, trying to match episodes by homeowner appearance. 🫤
Agreed. However, I would like to thank the folks who put in the graphics about the structures. They really help with understanding what the risks are! Thank you!
"I'm sure that's the problem boys" 🤣 that was a golden nugget I'm glad made the final cut
@24:50 FYI
Mr. Holmes should teach a class he’s such a good teacher
I've watched all the different shows and episodes. But apparently I missed this one. Couldn't believe the baffles being stapled thru the roof.
I love watching these educational videos. Mike and his crew have great skill and good taste, but best of all, they make these homes SAFE.
the bad baffles were a real staple in the coffin for that roof, 3/8ths plywood ain't thick enough for a roof and i'm amazed it lasted as long as it did
Awesome Workmanship!
35:08 my 1st time seeing this on home reno (was apprentice) scared the crap out of me, as thought ended up cracking the glass was installing, lol, and of course ppl started laughing at me 😅(fyi to ppl who just starting: usually end up on a crew that’s like family and so when get yelled at or laughed at etc it’s nothing personal, in “fun” and getting yelled is b/c they don’t want you hurt. Yes, there’s times you’ll have GC/PM etc that just hate ppl and working on that site is horrid, but in my career as customer builder….doesnt happen very often and can count on 1 hand number of times this happened.)
Cheers✌🏻
Yay top 466 and top 15 likes and comments. Love this series. Thanks for posting this episode. Happy holidays
They should start calling in a local scrap yard for all the metal that comes from these big jobs
I hired a guy to replace a small section of rotted out sill beam on an 1880 three story structure to see his work and get a quote for pouring a new foundation under a large section. His quote was for $5000. Anyone with half a functioning brain cell could glance at the work needed for the foundation and realize it would be at least $30,000 to do it right. I thanked him for his time, tore out his 6 foot small sill repair and uncovered a complete mess. The entire 34 foot sill needed to be replaced along with 9 floor joists. Sadly I have heard that he has since taken several people for hundreds of thousands of dollars for atrociously unsafe and unfinished work.
I suspect the "contractor" told them they didn't need architectural/engineering drawings, permits and governmental inspections. What could go wrong?
Wow 😲😳 all I could do was share my head. This is one of the worst ones I've seen. Thank God for Mike and his team. Stay Blessed 😇🙏🙏🙏
Because they should get a separate bin for all the metal to make the costumer back some money they can use for the job
I bought a house where the structure was compromised. Here’s the story:
Previous owners had “added a laundry room.” I use quotation marks because nothing was right about this addition. The structural issue happened when they cut a four foot hole in the outside wall of the house.
The wall cut was not only a bearing wall - one of two for the house - but adjacent to where the carport connected to the side of the house. The wall framing was simply cut and covered - two bearing studs cut, right where the load was greatest. No header was installed. A look at the drip edge of the roof above shows a kink - proof that the roof had begun to sag, that the roofline was no longer straight. This wall was on the way to failure; no matter that the total sag at this point was not obvious (maybe only 1/2”).
In closing off the back of the carport and attaching the new laundry room, the house sheathing was compromised. By locating the added roof at the outlet of a roof valley, all runoff from two major roof areas was brought to an abrupt stop. Sure, water could continue over the lesser sloped addition - but rainwater run off was also directed into a wall cavity. When it rained there was a literal waterfall within that stud cavity. That water would then pool under the kitchen cabinets, before draining through the floor into the crawl space.
In summary, here were the damages: I needed to raise the sagged area and instal a header. I had to reinforce three floor joists that had been damaged by rot, and replace 200 sq. Ft. Of subfloor (in a 960 sq. Ft. House).
All this - for want of the cost of four 2x4’s and a pair of 2x6’s. Yep, they sure saved money!
It is worth noting that everything looked “normal” at first glance. Only because the soft, failing bathroom floor needed to be repaired was this damage discovered. (Yes, the slope damage was caused by the diverted rainwater).
hope they found out how to make the dishwasher open and work haha
Every time Im astounded that things like this pass Code. Just the moved door/window should have concerned any inspector.
They don’t pass code, they pass money to the inspector that’s not inspecting anything. It’s truly sad.?
43:47 PRICELESS ❤ moments
With every episode of Homeful TV I watch, I have to wonder if any of the hacks who worked on, and STOLE from the owners, has ever seen their hackery being pulled apart :/
(I'm also reminded of Adam Carol's show, To Catch a Contractor, where he lures them back to the project and *RUBS THEIR NOSES IN THE MESS THEY MADE.*)
If the inspectors passed the previous work aren't they partially liable for the situation that you'll walk into?
If I ever had the mind to buy a house, I wouldn't call inspectors to expect it to check it.I'd call homes.Does it right
One thing I always disliked about shows like this is they push the idea the Home Owners are idiots for contracting the wrong person. You hire a professional because you don't know what your doing, they didn't go for the cheapest bid or anything stupid. Never mind the entire legal system that seemingly does nothing to protect home owners and every thing to protect sleazy contractors. Even Shows like Holmes all but refuse to ever name a name of a company that did a poor job.
Caught a guy dumping Walmart cart wheels and couple of other stores that he did maintenance on he fucked up first, end of our driveway farm but he threw out his personal garbage too I phoned the stores, they where pissed pictures too, the figment dumps two miles south one west of where he dumped them. He picked it all up but if I wouldn’t of I expect it would of continued
lmao...you're blocking the light.
Just curious on how the funding is set for these rebuilds. $200K+ excluding labor. Do the owners share some of the cost? How much do sponsors cover for cost? Does Miles FB page contribute? Only 82.1K subscribers.
The owners pay to 10-20% of the work and the rest is paid by mike and the tv show 😁
I wish we had someone like Mike Holmes in South Africa… The builders here are a frikkin joke… My home is a complete train wreck. Cracks, minimal roof screws, non existent insulation and the list goes on. ( the house is freezing in winter and a furnace in summer)…When it rains, water pours down the internal walls… I have been up onto my roof numerous times to seal it. ( Yup! I’m a pensioner).
the cold water heater
Yikes it might have been easier to start from scratch . Looks more pink than salmon to me 😃
I wonder if any how much of it was pre existing damage
here in camden ark you cant find anybody that will work as a carpenter
The one common theme in almost all the shows is the cost of doing it. If the price seems too good there is a reason for it. Get quotes from a few different outfits. if everyone says around 100k but one guy says 50k there is a reason for that and it ain't a good one.
Can the homeowners sue for the roof destruction, and other obviously shoddy work?
People need to report bad actors. They also need to be smart stop going for cheap. As Mike says do your research permits etc. what would happen if there were no one like Mike? A lot more people would be paying twice.
What a train wreck, you can really see Mike is not happy in this one
Cuz there wasn't enough 💵 for him to make
26:13. That’s what she said. Lol
FINALLY A PROPER SIZE RENO WITH NO BULKHEADS I CAN FINALLY SAY BRAVO MIKE THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE THERES NO DECK OR A POOL BUT BRAVO
it's canada, why would there be a pool?
@ why wouldnt there be a pool they have grandchildren children nieces nephews they would love a pool whats Canada have to do with having a pool
@@delyn13 they spend up to a third of the year knee deep in snow and longer then that with it being too damn cold to swim outdoors, a pool ain't a good investment that far north (also pool maintenance with them going on elderly is a bit much of an ask that they may have chosen to opt out of)
also there's public, indoor pools that only charge a small fee to not have to do any of the legwork keeping the place nice and ready to go
@ i lived in ny for 14yrs and we had a in ground pool they are children and kids love swimming why pay to swim when you could swim at grandparents house makes no sense money wise
@@delyn13 so who are the grandparents paying to maintain their pool? Old people backs have a limit to their work time and no one wants to throw their back out when cursed with old person bladder.
And cycling back to an unanswered point you skirted earlier, do they even want a pool for themselves? I got a pool and many a little cousin that likes playing in it, but i only got the pool in the first place because i wanted it for me.
Cant believe what the owners paid for and now it has to be redone..there needs to be laws to
protect home owner
Should just tear it down and built a new home
Mike I respect what you do on the show. I got my licensed builders residential and commercial in a tested state at 22. The only thing I don’t like is way you criticize other contractors work. I’ve gone behind and fixed a lot of messes also. I realize you are a reputable pro. And like to help these people. I think it’s better if you drop the zeal you have for criticism and sell your skills on their own merit, which is very formidable. Ty. Jjb
No. Bad contractors need to be shamed, named, and shunned.
26:18/26:19.... " Is it in "? such a wrong question with so many right answers. Plus, isn't it wrong to use the leverage point as bricks and mortar?
ARRRGGGG!!! It's a "water heater"....NOT a "hot" water heater! LOL You don't need to heat HOT water!
Where do these crappy contractors find the 2x3 wood? It seems like a common thing on this show to find 2x3 lumber instead of 2x4 but I don't think I've ever seen 2x3 for sale I've only seen it used for like shipping pallets or crates. You have to be incredibly cheap to use that over standard 2x4s I'm guessing.
I absolutely LOVE this show! But...how in the world do you people not cuss at those stupid people?!? You must have a great editor.
because he cusses off camera
I giggles everytime Mike says Hot water heater lol. It's just a water heater.
TV way too high. Go through all that trouble to install a tv and you put it 2 ft too high, at least. TV's only belong that high in doctor's offices and public places where you don't want people messing with them, not in houses
who pays for these repairs. I can't imagine the homeowners coming up with 300k.
The production company believe it or not
Homeowners sometimes do pay some. Contractors often charging reduced cost / materials only in return for publicity. Holmes crew is donated labor. And the remainder, as another mentioned, presumably, the production company. Would be interesting to see a more detailed cost breakdown. Guessing most of the time, they already have a good idea what the cost will be. And they know Holmes prefers to usually tear it all out versus the typical patch job many contractors would do. They don't just show up. They research the situation somewhat beforehand, plus getting permits, etc. However, in some episodes even Holmes looks truly surprised when redoing a bathroom or something small results in gutting much of the house.
What that contractor did is purely criminal! Is there no way to hold them accountable?
If a contractor does something like that here, he will be prosecuted. The rules here are very strict, and when a certain point in the construction is reached, they have to stop until the work done is inspected by an independent inspector. If something does not comply with the drawings and/or codes, it will have to be corrected before work can resume.
Does this slow down the work? Normally not, or, at maximum, a few hours. During the planning stage, the inspections are also planned. Usually the inspector comes to the site and inspects the work done up to that moment. Also, the inspector has the authority to show up at a building site unannounced and do an ad hoc inspection. So the contractors do their very best to do things right (the first time).
Is nothing going wrong here? Of course not everything goes as it should. Things happen here as well, but nothing as severe as in this video. But a contractor here can, and will be, held accountable for building faults for up to 10 years! If that contractor goes "belly up" before the 10 years have passed, there is a special fund that takes over the "warranty.".
Each time I see a video like this, I wonder what that contractor would face here. Ofcource he will have to pay a huge fine and correct the fault(s); besides that, he may even end up in jail!
Criminal penalties are rare in both U.S. and Canada. Presuming you live in a unicorn jurisdiction with a DA who prosecutes contractors versus the usual It's a Civil Matter excuse. Often bad contractors just file bankruptcy and reopen under a new name or just cash out and move on. Virtually no consumer protections. I don't know how practical getting a performance bond would be. For commercial, that's common, but not with residential. I'd imagine many contractors wouldn't even take the work.
should name the contractor and shame thme
faith is worth nothing compared to licensed Framers, plumbers, electricians, HVAC. With permits and inspections on everything they touched. When you start cutting onto structure, get a engineer to sign off the work. lucky the foundation was ok.
Who pays the $203,000
It only cost u 400k
I must say I do not like the way you do with over the windows with a Rusty peace of Angel ejeren I Like It must better how we do it in Denmark where we only built houses in brick for every 100 houses does Maybe one in wood
Here we have the bricks where we cut out a few slabs in the Middle en motor en som Iron bars Show the Brixton cells become the mental It looks mods better Because there no difference between the mental and the bricks afterwards
Homeowners are not stupid. It's unqualified, unskilled, uneducated, untrained, and ignorant contractors. Think about it. Let's say your trade or job is as an accountant. That's your skill set. It does not make you an expert on home renovations. Now if your job is being a contractor, you should be just as professional in your trade as mine. If not, go work somewhere else.
Watching Mike's videos have given me a deeper appreciation that Jesus was a carpenter, an honourable profession, and He surely delivered top quality work. It also gives me deeper appreciation for a verse in the Bible, 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." The contractor who took these people's money sure has good reason to be ashamed. He committed fraud. If you take $100,000.00 of people's money, you should give them value for it. How do some people live with themselves?