Renovation Rescue: Bathroom Edition | Holmes on Homes S301

[@b9bot148]

If all contractors took their job seriously and to the level of professionalism as Mike Holmes. The quality of homes would be amazing.

[@uzrnwsdrxg9423]

My grandfather was a B17 tail-gunner in ww2 and he passed away this week. RIP Corporal E.T. Flood and bless you for your service.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Way to beat the odds Flood!

[@lisapozzobon9438]

I liked shawn he was funny and new what he was doing. Sorry he left. I watch mike holmes over and over wish there was new ones

[@Doing_it_right_the_first_time]

I’ve been a (Master) plumber for 34+ years and I’ll tell you, I do hate those one piece toilets and after my customers have bought them on their own and use them for a while, they wind up hating them too! I also hate pedestal sinks! folks, before you go buying something for its aesthetics, or looks think about the function, that should be primary concern… Always function over form!
Edward H. - “Integrity Plumbing, Septic and Drain” out of the Clinton, CT area.

[@georgegonzalez2476]

That square-cornered sink! Looks good but there are going to be bruises from those corners.
Also they made a bathroom with no storage space for the usual things you need in a bathroom, like extra toilet paper rolls and all. Also just my opinion but spending an extra $1,200 on a floor drain sounds a bit extravagant. A $50 one should last several decades.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I had an apartment that could have benefitted from a pedestal sink.
Or building the wall a foot further into the kitchen.
The bathroom was so tight, I had to sit at a 45 degree angle on the toilet with one knee sticking into the under-sink cabinet (with the doors open).
The shower was about the size of an old-school phone booth.

[@lisapozzobon9438]

Mike and his crew were great

[@hammerdragon4321]

Never at anything until the job has been signed off by the building inspector

[@Doing_it_right_the_first_time]

That would’ve been a little difficult in this situation “hammer dragon“ because the contractors told the customers that they did not to have any inspection at all because it was a “small project“… Red flag number one!

[@malice6081]

Hey, the referral agency doing its part and writing a check for some of the money at least.

[@lindaaldrich4799]

Don't forget after tileing to seal the grout 2 times before water is addressed to tiles.
Do it the right way!!

[@cheskydivision]

Would love to have mike show up while the bad contractors are still on site.

[@lynnwoerner5054]

Thanksgiving Blessings to you, the Wolf Pack, and all your friends!!

[@wouterverhelst6159]

Holmes does good work. I saw one thing that won't fly in the Netherlands. The door to a bathroom has to turn out of the room and into the hall. Also i would do the door to the shower different. It could shatter from a hit on the sink. I would have rather seen a shower door that had the hinges on the other side and only swings inward. Also you always stand on the drain when you shower if you put it in the middle like that, often not very comfortable.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

IN the US, the door regularly opens into the bathroom.
Different countries, different building codes.

[@maeverobertson1108]

Thanks!

[@homefultv]

Thanks for the Super Thanks! 🙌

[@jonathanbair523]

Rumor has it, 9 months later they needed a add on for there new baby.... LOL JK... I do like how Mike "Left them to play" with the new shower.

[@paulready8897]

Whoever did the remodel the first time had no common sense to run out of.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

As soon as they started verbally attacking the homeowners, the response should have been, 'Get the [bleep] out, your fired.

[@donovanattano3898]

best reason to only pay when job is done to clients satisfaction ;p

[@chuck2306]

maybe contractors should list their contracts when file taxes

[@kc0eks]

No safety glasses in this reno

[@kendrabarbie6909]

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE GET TAKEN
IF THERE IS ONLY 1 MIKE
THEN WHO RESCUE ALL THE OTHER HU DREDS PEOPLE
AND WHY DO PEOPLE PAY OUT MONEY
THEY SHOULD PAY ONLY FOR MATERIALS
NO LABOUR TILL THEY SEE THINGS BEING DONE RIGHT
ON ANOTHER EPISODE MIKE MENTIONED ABOUT HIRING A PERSON TO WATCH OVER THE JOB AND MAKING SURE THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT
AND DONT LET THE PERSON SUPER INFLATE THE JOB COST
THIS HAPPENS WAY TO OFTEN

[@Silence-zn2qd]

Mike Holmes would you come do my bathroom, I haven't had a bathroom for 10 yrs now, I'm in Australia, lol

[@surendraganti]

Are you guys real consultants, if so how can we approach you for a house inspection. There is no contact on your website, no contact number nothing. How does this work a quick video on the same would be more helpful.

[@theartistone5860]

Never in a million years would I have the shower door open into the shower. Good luck with permits or finding guys who know what they are looking at just like all the home inspectors who never seem to see any problems until Holmes shows up.. 35 years in the trade myself met many great inspectors and great city people but over the past few years most of the good ones are retiring and the new guys know next to nothing.

[@seanthiar]

Don't know the rules in Canada, but where I live you have to have sliding doors or doors that do not open into the shower. I guess the door showed in the video is okay, because it goes both ways.
But what I find bad is that the rooms door open into the room and I don't understand why Mike likes that. A bathroom floor can always be slippery and if somebody falls in front of the door you can't get inside the bathroom to help the person. That is why I would never would have such a door open into the room. Maybe it's not such a problem with drywall, but I live in Europe in an old house from the end 1800's and the wall to the bathroom is a loadbearing brickwall and over 41in (105cm) thick....

[@sachadee.6104]

the shower doors swung both ways, so I guess you mean the door into the bathroom ? I am curious to learn why you would NEVER have it open into the bathroom?

[@theartistone5860]

@@sachadee.6104 lookk at the shower door hing placement and the placement of the sink, it will not open into the bathroom but only into the shower. FYI.

[@seanthiar]

@@sachadee.6104 Wet area - danger to fall. If you fall in front of the door in the room nobody can get inside the room to help you when it opens into the room.

[@csmith563]

The referral agency sent in their Drunk family contractor, save him from his own reputation for BS work..

[@binks2413]

Ah ya little buggers

[@jerrysummey]

Mike, I am a huge fan and have been watching your videos for quite some time. Please don't take this the wrong way but here in the states in order to pull a permit you have to be a licensed contractor. I saw where you basically plumbed in the shower drain and was starting on the valve. Are you licensed in any or all of the trades.

[@alidapurdy]

Mike is a licensed contractor. He brought in a plumber he even later worked with on "Holmes Inspection". He also brings in licensed electricians. He has certain contractors he will work with. He knows them all personally and knows the caliber of their work. These were all filmed YEARS ago. I think they originally aired on HGTV here in the States. Most recently, he and his daughter had a show. But if you watch these old episodes and old episodes of Holmes Inspection, he uses the same people over and over because most of them were filmed in the same province in Canada. He has done work here too and has a list of professionals he will use or refer all over the US and Canada.

[@KEEPERBJr]

😎

[@cherylkurucz8852]

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[@angelbulldog4934]

NEVER do I pay for work that's not even started. And NEVER would I cosign the BS from shoddy workmanship. That goes on blast so others (hopefully) don't get fleeced.

[@theartistone5860]

NO permit is needed, the only time you need a permit is when you Add a bathroom or move it to another location not if you are re-arranging items, FYI but this show is old.

[@laurajordan7028]

Unless you’re moving plumbing, structural or electrical. He had to FIX plumbing, FIX electrical and may have moved structure. He knows what he’s doing no matter what year it is.

[@jonathanbair523]

@@laurajordan7028 I think you both are right.. I think theartistone5860 is correct if you are just swapping out sinks putting the new one in the old ones location or something like that where you do not mess with plumbing, structural or electrical... laurajordan7028 you are also 100% correct as he did move a wall 6 inches I think he said, Mike also had to do electrical and plumbing rerouting. Mike said all 3 things should/do need a permit. This job was way more then just a updating of a bathroom as he had to fix/redo everything in there.

[@Mark.Watson]

All depends on the local jurisdiction. Some areas require a permit just to cut a tree down.

[@Revkor]

I sue the referal agency

[@animeangel1983]

They took responsibility for it, they gave them some of their money back.

[@Revkor]

why not all they utterly failed in their job@@animeangel1983

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Can be sure those contractors are boomers or GenX. They are just entitled and awful as contractors. I know that may not seem fair but I have rarely met a contractor behave and do work like this that was not one of those generations.

[@delyn13]

Why in the world would you gut a perfectly good bathroom if ur just adding a 3rd piece to the bathroom just add the 3rd piece and ur done

[@bullyakker]

Because the bathroom wasn't finished and also what was done was done incorrectly

[@seanthiar]

Maybe because the 3rd piece would not fit if you do not remodel the room. It's not like a living room where you just move the couch if you get an additional chair. Those pieces like toilets and sinks are called fixtures and not movables.
My uncle had the same problem when changing from a normal tub to a triangle shaped one. They had to move sink and toilet and you couldn't remove the tiles without damaging them. That meant new tiles - it was sensible to gut the bathroom and renew everything including plumbing and electrical. And I live in Germany - plumbing and electricity is a bit more complex if you have walls made of bricks and not of wood and drywall. Btw - contractors here in Germany have to give a warranty of 5 years for their work if it's a remodeling like that bathroom, because it counts as a new construction. And if it's just normal work, like changing a sink, adding a receptacle etc. you still get 2 years.

[@SPUDHOME]

Without damon is just boreing.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

I would much rather have a hidden junction box than none at all!

[@kirkengnath5501]

Of course you have to gut the inept renovation. You want to get rid of of everything they screwed up. You can't get rid of the problem unless you get rid of all the problems they left behind.

[@jonathanbair523]

Also helps to start from scratch. That way anything that is in the bathroom, you know how it was made. Like for the plumbing if you can find where the original pipes start, you then know any connection will have the right glue on the joints as you put them in.