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SARAH: My name is Sarah Gomez.
My husband, Emerson, and I are tearing out our ugly,
embarrassing guest bathroom...
SARAH: Whoo, there you go.
and replacing it with one that we are proud of.
( muffled grunting )
SARAH: We are first-time DIYers.
Ooh.
But we are confident if we work as a team...
( babbling )
( indistinct ) a mess.
Oh, no.
Can't believe the floor is just caving in.
SARAH: Terrible.
EMERSON: This sucks.
Whoa. Come on.
That is not good. It broke.
Unbelievable.
SARAH: Oh, man.
Lot of work, Sarah.
Oh, oh.
I'm tired of demo, demo, demo, demo. Tired of it.
EMERSON: My wife, Sarah, and I recently bought this house.
It's a perfect location for us.
SARAH: We live so close to San Francisco--
just right across the bridge.
EMERSON: It's a great floor plan. It's spacious.
SARAH: But our house is a complete fixer-upper
and needs a lot of work.
EMERSON: That kitchen needs to be done.
Cracks need to be filled.
Master bathroom is just a mess.
But the first thing we're gonna do
is the guest bathroom.
The bathroom is the first thing you see when you walk in the house.
And I'm honestly embarrassed to have people come in here.
It's very cold and not inviting,
and completely outdated.
EMERSON: I'm not really too fond
of the white-and-black theme going on in here.
SARAH: The pattern of the floor makes me dizzy.
It's just--it's hideous.
The shower is very dark.
EMERSON: Everything's got to go.
It's time to do a facelift.
So the plan is to remove all of the tile--
the wall tile and the floor tile.
EMERSON: And then the plaster walls need to come down.
We're taking the bathtub out.
This wall is coming entirely down.
We're gonna relocate this showerhead on this side,
so that we can really open this space and make it bright.
It's gonna be a spa themed bathroom,
so it's gonna be beautiful but a lot of work.
Our budget is 6,500, and we're really crossing our fingers
that we don't go past that.
We have to get this renovation done in a few days
because we got to go back to work,
and we really just want to take this time
and go full-throttle.
EMERSON: I feel like I can tackle this
with the help of my wife and um--
I'm the assistant, right?
You'll be my assistant.
SARAH: Grayson, banana, banana, banana?
Here, baby.
EMERSON: This morning we're making a quick breakfast.
We're just gonna throw some smoothies together.
Oh.
EMERSON: We've got to get the kids ready
'cause they're gonna go to daycare.
It's impossible to have them here
and try to get this project done.
So you guys ready to go to daycare...
so mommy and daddy can get to work?
Go, go, go, go, go.
So we can get back and get started as fast as we can.
All right, babe, you ready to start this project?
First thing we got to do
is remove the sink and the toilet,
All right.
Okay.
Careful.
move everything that we don't want to damage...
Careful. Careful.
Don't drop it.
...take down the three doors, prep the area.
I think this is good enough.
And then we're gonna start demoing the walls.
This is what you've been waiting for.
I'm excited to take all this built-up energy,
release it on to the walls.
Okay, ready?
Yeah, hit it bad.
Oh. Wow.
( laughing )
Whoa!
If I knew you were this good,
( laughing )
My wife is doing a great job.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Go. Go.
Whoo-hoo.
Awesome.
Whoo.
EMERSON: Feels real good to get that wall down.
That's a lot of garbage for a little wall.
But we got to keep moving.
Yeah.
'Cause everything has to come down.
Ah.
Man, it's not doing anything.
Huh.
Man.
Damn.
Oh, man.
This wall is definitely tougher than I thought it would be.
Oh. This part's stuck.
Wow.
It's just little minor setback.
Oh.
Whoo.
Whoo-ooh.
SARAH: Oh, man.
Whoo!
Man, that's a lot of work.
I think this was built pretty good.
This wall has just been a pain.
It's--you know, was really tough.
Now what? Okay.
But eventually I think we're gonna win it
and take over it.
Yeah.
Ooh, there you go.
( growls )
Caveman, huh?
Whoo.
There you go.
Good job.
( sighs )
All right, so maybe we should clean up a little bit.
Okay.
That was a tough one. Took a lot of energy.
I'm glad it's over. Moving on.
Huh?
There's a big hole there.
This wood is falling apart.
Look at this.
This is the subfloor, Emerson, that's coming apart.
Oh, no. Are you kidding me?
The floor under here is completely rotten.
( whistling )
Wow.
I cannot believe this.
That is not good.
( both grunting )
I never thought that demo was this hard.
I'm tired of demo.
( growling )
There's a big hole there.
I cannot believe this.
Oh, no.
The floor under here is completely rotten.
( whistling )
That is not good, not good at all.
( sighs )
EMERSON: We're looking at the subfloor under the shower,
and there was a lot of water damage.
Man, this is not what I wanted to find.
It's, like, just breaking apart.
This all have to be replaced.
This is not good.
It's definitely an issue
because we weren't anticipating
that much work to be done down there.
Always a surprise, right?
Nice.
Now this is completely different ballgame.
Structural-- not gonna be fun.
Not--not good. Okay, well--
We've gone this far. We might as well keep going.
We'll deal with that after we get the bathtub.
Yeah, let's--let's try and get this bathtub out.
For now we're gonna put the floor on hold.
We're gonna take care of it later.
Because we want to get the demo done today.
( growling )
SARAH: Yep.
EMERSON: Buggy-buggy-boo.
Look at the little helper.
( Sarah chuckling )
Today I'm feeling like tired and sore.
Last night, we continued to demo
but we're still not done.
Let's do this.
We got a lot to do,
so we're gonna hurry up and get both kids off to daycare...
EMERSON: We're off and running.
so we can start back on our demo...
Another day, Gavin.
You ready?
and hopefully get done today.
All right, babe.
Hmm. Let's do it.
( grunting )
( Emerson sighs )
SARAH: Oh, man.
Yeah.
Seriously?
Yeah.
These walls are really, really thick...
and really difficult to get down.
( growling )
Yeah.
( Sarah laughs )
Whoo.
I know.
I have a feeling like it will never end, really.
Whoo-hoo-hoo.
SARAH: Today should be the last day of demo, hopefully.
Cheers.
EMERSON: This morning I'm feeling a little tired.
Definitely the demoing is just *** my body.
Last night, we continued demoing...
We got the walls down
( growls )
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Today the plan is to actually be done with the demo.
We just need to demo the floor.
I'm scared.
Yes.
SARAH: I've never used a jackhammer. I'm a little nervous
but I don't want Emerson to have all the fun, to play with all the fun toys.
It's my turn.
This is the "on" button.
And then just hold it firmly, like--like...
( growls )
All right.
Okay.
All right, hit it.
Whoo.
Yeah.
Oh, my goodness. This is crazy.
The jackhammer's really powerful.
It's kind of hard to maneuver it. It's so heavy.
Whoo.
Ooh.
But, man, it really works.
Whoo.
Whoo!
That's cool, huh?
Really works.
That was good.
We should have got this in the beginning of the demo.
Okay.
SARAH: We're gonna clean up a little bit
and then continue demoing the floor.
Just excited and happy about--
everything's going really well.
Oh, man.
Look at the floor.
SARAH: Oh, my goodness.
Look at this. This is worse than we thought.
I cannot believe this.
The dry rot that we thought was just a little,
tiny little spot, it's all over the place.
That piece there--
This structural piece is eaten away.
( sighs )
This is not what I expected.
No, not at all.
Did not expect this to be this big of a project.
( sighs )
I can't believe the floor is just caving in.
Terrible.
This sucks.
Oh, man, so much stuff.
EMERSON: I'm tired of demo, demo,
demo, demo. Tired of it.
( groans )
SARAH: My name is Sarah Gomez.
My husband, Emerson, and I
are replacing our guest bathroom.
And things are starting to take a turn for the worse.
Look at the floor.
Oh, my goodness.
Look at this. This is worse than we thought.
This structural piece is eaten away.
Not good.
( sighs )
I can't believe it.
EMERSON: We're looking at subfloor, and it looks like
there's a lot more work to be done than we originally thought.
Look at this. Completely rotten.
This is what water damage does.
The wood is deteriorating. It's crumbling.
Unbelievable.
SARAH: Oh, man.
The joist that's rotted,
half of it is just gone from falling apart.
This is holding the house up, this piece.
That's what's holding the floor up, yeah.
Terrible.
All of this wood needs to be replaced.
This is a major setback.
I'm just frustrated.
We do not need more setbacks.
Not good.
Lots of work.
So now what?
For now we're just gonna leave this the way it is.
We're gonna get back to it later and demo the rest of the floor.
Let's move on.
EMERSON: So at this point, we're just gonna continue on with the demo.
We got to keep this project going forward, forward, forward.
Ooh, yeah.
I'm tired of demo, demo, demo, demo. Tired of it.
( giggles )
Oh, yeah, all right.
All right, whoo.
SARAH: Emerson and I are still demoing the floor...
Faster, faster.
but still trying to have fun together.
Giddy up, horsey.
If you're not having fun, you probably shouldn't be doing it.
Got to get this demo done.
My turn now.
Don't drop me.
'Cause if you drop me, the whole thing stops.
Ah, my--ooh.
Oh, yeah.
Whoa.
Oh. You're such a great wife.
Yeah. Oh.
Having a little fun, it was-- It was just good.
All right.
Couple more trips.
Almost there.
EMERSON: Getting close.
No more ugly tile.
Yeah!
Demo's done.
( groaning )
Can't believe all this stuff came out of our bathroom.
I know.
Yeah.
Whoo.
One bathroom. I know, right?
Crazy.
So now what?
Let's do the plumbing.
SARAH: Since the demo is completely done,
we are moving on to the plumbing.
Gotta start by shutting off the water.
Mm-hmm. No flooding the bathroom this time.
Thanks for reminding me again.
SARAH: I'm a little bit nervous about the plumbing
because at our old house,
Emerson flooded the whole bathroom.
So hopefully this time does not go like that.
All right.
Okay, so what we want to do here...
Um, um, okay, so...
I don't know where to start.
EMERSON: I have to run lines to go up to the showerhead
and to the tub. Hopefully it's gonna go well.
I don't need anything else to go wrong in this project.
Our shower pan comes with this piece,
so let's just start taking this off.
Okay.
( grunting )
Man.
The thing is on there.
It's got to come off, right?
Yeah.
No. Oh. Oh, boy.
Oh. Come on.
Oh, yeah.
Now I moved over there.
Oh, dang.
It broke.
Oh. Oh, my goodness.
EMERSON: I was trying to move a section of the pipe,
and what do you know--
a big portion of the pipe just breaks loose.
SARAH: Where did it come off of?
Oh, right there.
Yes. Wow.
Unbelievable.
...don't touch anything.
The kids are here today.
No, no, it's sharp.
Come here. This way.
( babbling )
We're working on the plumbing right now.
Oh, yeah.
Well, I moved from over there. Dang.
It broke.
Unbelievable.
This is how I feel about this bathroom right now--just...
( imitating gunfire )
Or like...
( imitating explosives )
It's just one thing after another.
Oh, man.
Okay, that was a plumbing flunk.
So what are we gonna do now?
I wasn't expecting it to break like this.
I don't know.
Now that this pipe is broken,
this is more complicated than I thought.
Oh, I hate this.
I don't like it where it broke
because this means that we have to
fix more than what we planned.
I don't think I can-- I don't think I can handle this.
I think we're gonna have to make the loser call.
This is way over my head.
We're gonna have to call a plumber.
I do not want to do that but you know what,
we need help.
We can't do anything else in the bathroom
until the plumbing is done.
So hopefully the plumbers can get down here today
and actually get this done.
WOMAN: ...Plumbing. This is Micah.
We ran into some plumbing issues today,
and we really, really need some assistance.
Yeah. Will do.
Awesome. Thank you so much. So now we wait.
SARAH: It's nice to relax for a little bit, right?
You know how to do plumbing, Rosco?
Can you help out with the plumbing?
No?
EMERSON: Want dollar pancakes?
You want money pancakes, huh?
Today, daycare is closed, so we have both the kids here.
It's gonna be a really big challenge
trying to get the work done with the kids.
Oh, I'm so exhausted.
Yeah, me too. It's not over yet.
SARAH: Last night, after the plumbers left...
Careful with that plumbing.
We finished replacing the flooring that's dry rotted.
So that was a really big relief.
All right, babe, so I think the first thing
( indistinct ) do the floor.
I completely forgot-- I have a meeting today
and I don't know how long it's gonna take.
No.
Yes, yes.
Yes, yes.
All right, time to get going.
I don't.
I'm gonna go to the city. It's gonna take me a few hours.
Yeah.
Okay? Yeah.
Love you guys.
Okay, I'll see you later.
Bye.
EMERSON: No, Gavin. Stop.
EMERSON: I was hoping to work on the bathroom
while she takes care of the kids.
Gavin, don't touch anything.
But no, all of a sudden, I have to be the nanny today.
Hey, where you going?
It's gonna be tricky,
but I'm still gonna keep going and get this floor down.
Come on.
Ah. Uh-uh, don't pull all the nails out.
Over here, over here, this way. Gavin, stop.
I don't know how I'm gonna get this done.
Oh, no. No, Gavin. Sit. Don't--don't move.
Oh, no ( indistinct ).
Gray, Gray.
Come here. Come here.
Gavin, stop.
Papa.
Oh, man. No, no. Sharp, sharp.
You want to help?
There's only one of me, and two of them, and not enough hands.
Not enough eyes.
Hey, where are you going?
So this is definitely a challenge.
Come here. No, no, no, oh. Ah.
I can't finish.
I can't do anything else, not with you guys here.
I need Mommy's help.
That's too bad Mommy left.
Now we can't work on the bathroom.
We are definitely not plumbers.
What?
Oh, my goodness.
This is how I feel about this bathroom right now--just...
( imitating gunfire )
How many setbacks can one renovation have?
Look at the floor.
Gavin, don't touch anything.
Hey, where are you going?
SARAH: My name is Sarah Gomez.
My husband, Emerson, and I attempted to renovate
our guest bathroom.
But with no walls, floors, or even a toilet,
it doesn't look like we'll be having guests over anytime soon.
Cheese.