Kevin Howe, the winner of the second Handyman Superstar Challenge, also has a small guest appearance in this episode. Frozen Assets - Mike and crew arrive at a new home development that has been plagued with heating and plumbing issues caused by faulty design, leading to the front porch collapsing. They discover that while the builders had tried to make the home safe and livable, several glaring mistakes had ultimately caused these problems. Sunnyside Down - After a homeowner mistakenly hires an inexperienced designer-contractor to renovate a sunroom and bathroom, a leak left in the roof results in her grandson slipping and getting hurt badly.
However, the task of tiling the entire ground floor overwhelmed him, and the standard deteriorated until he quit. Mike is impressed with the tile company when they invite him to redo the whole job with products they offer to donate, if he applies them using the correct methods. Semi-Dilemma - Two families sharing a 110-year-old Victorian townhouse are experiencing issues with sagging front porches and drippy rain spouts. Mike and co. replace the rotting wood and repair the roof and drains, ultimately performing more of a restoration than a renovation. Twice Bitten - New parents try to put an addition on their mid-century home to create a nursery for their daughter. After going through two shifty contractors and a lot of grief, they call in Mike to clean up the mess left by careless con artists.
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He is also the only series regular other than Mike himself to be part of Pasadena 911. His specialty is carpentry, though he started in bricklaying and roofing. Let's Rejoist - In this episode, featuring guest crew member Jordan MacNab, the winner of the first Handyman Superstar Challenge , Mike comes to the assistance of a homeowner who had discovered a small water stain in their ceiling below an upstairs balcony. After the homeowner hired a roofer to investigate, the roofer discovered that the joists holding the balcony up had completely rotted through, and was forced to abort any roof repair.
Whole House Disaster (1-hour) - In this classic one-hour special, Mike Holmes and his team save a couple from losing their family home, which had been ravaged by a crooked contractor. Site Unseen - When Mike Holmes arrives to investigate a mysterious leak, he discovers that the two-storey addition is sitting on a dirt foundation and is in serious danger of collapsing. Mike quickly secures the structure and pours a proper concrete foundation, saving the house. Soggy Sorority - The roof at a sorority house had been leaking for a long time, so Mike Holmes picks up where many contractors had failed before him. He supervises an all-new flat roof installation, builds a new rooftop deck and learns about sorority life in the process.
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Holmes & Watson grossed $30.6 million in the United States and Canada and $11.4 million in other territories for a total worldwide gross of $41.9 million against a production budget of $42 million. Holmes & Watson originally was scheduled to be released on August 3, 2018, but in August 2017 it was pushed to November 9, 2018. It was pushed to December 21, 2018, and then finally to December 25, 2018. According to Deadline Hollywood, test scores for the film were so low that Sony, foreseeing a poor box-office reception, unsuccessfully attempted to sell its distribution rights to Netflix.
He left after the fifth season. He now has his own company in the Toronto area. Shawn also appeared on episode 208 of Candice Olson's Divine Design.
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Window Un-Well (a.k.a. Window Well to Hell) - Homeowner hired contractor to finish basement and install larger windows to make a living space for her daughter and grandchildren. After reaching the end of her rope and running out of money she fired the contractor. When she noticed the window wells filling with water she called Mike. Along with no provision for drainage he noticed that they had not installed proper lintels above the window to support the brick. Once inside he noticed signs of poor workmanship in the basement finishing. Pulling some drywall for further inspection found improper construction, insulation, electrical and plumbing.
Mike and the crew assist in correcting old mistakes and finishing the work left undone. Bar None - A young couple want to add a bar and entertainment area to their finished basement. In a refreshing turn for the unusual, Mike deems the previous contractor's work "not bad" if only about 40% complete. With fewer headaches than usual to deal with, Mike and the crew put extra care into creating the perfect pub.
Doozy Jacuzzi - After a family gets a new Jacuzzi installed in their basement that doesn't work, Mike Holmes arrives on site and quickly discovers the entire basement is a dangerous rat's nest of shoddy electrical work. Don Carter - Don, a tile specialist, appeared for the first two seasons of the series , as well as Holmes for the Holidays. The crew is completely set in stone, and we will certainly see them back in action if the prospect of a second season arises. It is unlikely there will be a regular addition to the crew, but this is difficult to confirm before HGTV makes further disclosures on the possible cast. The series also features the struggles of working with family.
The pair eventually locate Klinger, who is indeed in league with Moriarty. Before Klinger can reveal anything, he is murdered. Sherlock Holmes is viewed as a legendary detective. Both he and his partner, John Watson, are to view the trial of Professor James Moriarty, but are attacked by a swarm of bees, temporarily waylaid by a package sent by Moriarty and brought to them by their housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson. At the trial, Holmes reveals the man accused of Moriarty's crimes is an imposter named Jacob Musgrave, who is incapable of committing the murders due to tremors in his hand caused by excessive masturbation.
Mike and the crew take the house down brick by brick and stud by stud to save the family from shoddy work done under the previous contract, then design an eco-friendly home and construct it on the site. This episode is notable for employing over 100 companies and 30 months of construction work - to date the most extensive work on the show, in terms of materials, manpower, and time. Damon Bennett - Damon was introduced in the fourth season of the series in the episode Window Well to Hell. With the departure of Shawn, Damon became the senior contractor starting in the sixth season.
In the premiere episode, Mike Jr. was surprised to learn his dad had already purchased the house that will be their first project as official business partners. After the shaky start, the duo agrees to work on the ground rules of their new partnership so they can get along and turn a profit. Taking a Bath - The Holmes crew investigates why a pair of homeowners had their bathtubs in their bathrooms replaced three times in quick succession, causing a large mould buildup. Kitchen Coleslaw - A first-time home owner wants to update the kitchen in his 120-year-old Victorian townhouse. When the contractor cuts and runs leaving a gutted downstairs and a hazardous mess of plumbing and wiring, Mike and co. end up tearing out the floor as well as the walls to make it right.
Cabinet Chaos - A "professional" cabinet and kitchen company does a very unprofessional job on a couple's home. Not only that, due to improper safety measures on the site, the couple's son is poisoned . They enlist Mike to testify in court on their behalf as well as salvage their wreck of a kitchen.
Finding no other local contractors willing to undertake the challenge of replacing these joists in addition to fixing the original problem, Mike and his crew step up to the plate and make things right. Jacking the Box - A homeowner hired a contractor to pour a new foundation under her house, but the wall was too small for the size of the house and the job was left unfinished. Mike Holmes arrives to shore up the owner's house and give her a safe, warm basement.
On some occasions Holmes has vented out his frustrations with previous contractors' substandard work in front of the camera. Particularly for projects involving new homes, Holmes often criticizes the developers for following minimum code and trying to save as many costs as possible. Yet, to do so, the original contractor had removed much of the structural support in the attic, forcing Mike and crew to remove the roof entirely to rebuild the bedroom, raising the height of the house in the process. Wall of Sound - The Holmes crew investigates why the homeowners could hear their neighbors from across the common wall of a new semi-detached house. It's discovered that there was a walkway in that shared wall, initially for construction purposes only, which was improperly sealed off and would have been a major fire hazard.
It has won the Gemini viewers' choice award, a testament to the popularity of the show in Canada. Ron and Kristy decided to renovate their home to have more space for them and their two young children. As complaints regarding her home start to pour in from her neighbors, ‘Next Generation’ takes up the task of improving the general exterior of her home and adding aesthetic value to the property. In Season 2, we might see six more episodes of home renovations of varying degrees. O-fence-ive - A fencing contractor rips off 52 families in a new housing development.
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