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CHRIS: My name is Chris Farzner.
My wife, Vanessa, and I
are demolishing our dingy, old kitchen...
Get off.
...and replacing it with a bigger, better one.
VANESSA: [ Grunts ]
Whoo! Honey, a little less force.
We have a lot of experience working on projects.
The door doesn't fit.
No way.
Just too tight.
So we know that together...
You want to help me move some stuff, please?
...we can do this.
You could go measure the door.
Or you could just shut up.
[ Sighs ]
I love you, but please don't do that.
[ Sighs ]
It's frustrating to me
that you're not using common sense right now.
[ Sighs ] ♪ I hate this door ♪
Get in your hole.
We're never gonna get this kitchen done.
VANESSA: Honey, stop it.
My wife and I bought this house three months ago.
We bought it because it had
all of the various checkpoints that we were looking for --
a garage, a yard, it's in a quiet neighborhood.
However, this house is definitely a work in progress.
We've already done two rooms upstairs.
We worked on the living room to the dining room,
removing wallpaper, removing walls, doing floors.
So even though we're not done with the other projects,
it's time to move to bigger things,
and the kitchen's the biggest project
we have left to do.
Our kitchen is currently trapped in the '70s, I think.
It might be the '60s. I really can't be sure.
It's a hodgepodge.
We have everything from wooden paneling to faux brick
to different type of wallpapering throughout.
It's not really our taste and style.
It's really dark. It's crowded. It's cramped.
And we don't even have a ceiling.
So, we're ready for the kitchen to be changed.
Plainly put, we're gutting it to the studs, completely.
We're also putting in a new door,
because we really need to move this one over
so that we can fit in a pantry.
We're also Sheetrocking all of the walls,
all of the ceiling -- putting up new cabinets.
VANESSA: We're taking out this old pulley window
and putting in a beautiful stained-glass window.
I'm really excited.
I just want to tear this kitchen apart
and get this new kitchen in.
Our budget for this renovation is $6,000 for everything.
Hopefully, we won't go over that.
We need to get this done as soon as possible
so that we have a functional kitchen.
We haven't had exactly
the best track record of finishing projects.
But, I'm really confident that we can do this.
We're really hard workers.
We know what we're doing, sort of.
Mostly.
It's just a lot to do.
So, we'll see.
[ Cash register dinging ]
I would like cereal, please.
Okay. Grab the milk, please.
CHRIS: Today's the first day of our renovation.
It's a demo day.
Definitely excited to tear down everything
and starting from scratch.
We have a lot to do, so I'm ready to get started.
Are you gonna be nice to me when we move the stove today,
and you know I'm not as strong as you?
Probably not.
I think that you should be nice to me.
Lift with the knees, honey.
[ Laughs ]
All right. Let's do it.
So we're gonna move the appliances,
and start with the lighter one?
Okay.
I think that's gonna be too heavy for me to carry.
[ Grunts ] I can't carry it.
It's not that heavy.
It is too heavy for me.
You got to grab the bottom.
Grab the bottom.
I'm not grabbing the bottom.
Are we really carrying it that way?
We have to carry it.
Oh, my god. Seriously?
Tell me when you got it.
I'm not grabbing by the bottom.
That's a terrible idea.
VANESSA: It's really heavy.
I'm feeling like I just don't want to hurt myself.
It's day 1.
Let's just try to move this stuff
without getting injured.
[ Grunts ]
See? You got it.
[ Chuckles ]
Come on.
Go slower.
This is the lighter of the two.
[ Laughs ]
Hold on. You're moving too fast.
Walk slower.
All right.
Shut up.
[ Laughs ]
I'm nervous.
I think we can just shimmy it back and forth, hon.
I'm not even doing anything. This is awesome.
Why could we have moved the stove like this?
The stove is not that heavy.
[ Laughs ]
VANESSA: Chris thinks the stove was so easy.
I'm pretty sure Chris can move it next time himself.
Time to do real work?
The next thing we're gonna do is start our demo.
We're going to start with the paint on the wall
and work our way around the room.
Honey, I almost forgot.
CHRIS: What?
For demo, I have to get tough.
[ Chuckles ] Put on that headband.
I'm ready to work. Let's get dirty.
Time to make a mess.
Well, that was easy.
If everything will be this easy,
we're going to have it all done in, like, 10 minutes.
Oh, my god. This is so much work.
[ Sighs ]
Come on.
[ Grunts ]
I think this is gonna be a long day.
So, at one point,
I may have said that this will take 10 minutes.
We definitely have a lot of demo left to do.
So, hopefully, it won't take 10 hours.
Oh, my God. [ Groans ]
[ Grunts ] This is hard.
[ Grunting ]
Chris, this is ridiculous.
Get off!
[ Groans ] I'm tired.
Maybe we should just leave the kitchen like this.
[ Laughs ]
CHRIS: Let's get this done.
VANESSA: [ Grunts ]
Whoo!
Honey, a little less force.
Sorry.
We were making a huge mess.
I don't even care. I just want it done.
Now, we just need to clean this up.
[ Sighs ]
Um...what is that?
CHRIS: What's what?
Did you see that before?
Is that mold?
I don't know. Um...
That does not look good, Chris.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, my God. I do think it's mold.
CHRIS: We are replacing a window.
Stop, stop, stop.
What are you doing?
I am super confident that it's gonna go well.
Honey, it's frustrating to me
[ Sighs ]
The demo is definitely taking longer than I would have hoped.
But, so far, so good.
Um...what is that?
Is that mold?
That does not look good, Chris.
Oh, my God. I do think it's mold.
I'm not feeling good about this.
If that is mold,
do you think we're gonna have to replace
all the wood behind it?
If it is, yes.
I don't think it's mold.
[ Sighs ] How are we gonna know?
Mold would be on the plaster, as well.
Mold goes all the way through.
Can we pull it out and look behind it and see?
I want to know if it's mold.
Oh, my God.
I'm really nervous.
I'm having a lot of anxiety about this.
That's just a...
Yeah.
It's just dirty insulation.
[ Laughs ] Calm down.
[ Laughs ]
[ Yawns ]
What do you want to do first today?
I don't want to do anything.
I just want to sleep forever.
CHRIS: This morning, Vanessa's a little tired, a little cranky,
because we stayed up pretty late last night
trying to finish taking down all the plaster and the slats.
Come on.
Go away
[ Laughs ]
♪ It's time to do the window ♪
I am gonna hate you later.
So, are you ready to take out this window?
Yeah.
This all has to come out.
This morning, we are going to be replacing a window
with a smaller, stained-glass window.
VANESSA: Stop, stop, stop. Stop.
Dremel it at the bottom.
Vanessa's done window replacements before.
So, I am super confident that it's gonna go well.
Stop, stop, stop. What are you doing?
[ Sighs ]
All right. Let's cut the wood.
Oh, awesome.
Of course, it's starting to rain.
I'm gonna be getting soaked,
All right. Go.
Can you open the saw before I go in the rain?
Uh-oh. Someone's getting grumpy.
[ Saw buzzes ]
Hopefully, this fits the first time.
Wah-wah.
Time to get wet again. Great.
Hurry up.
[ Chuckles ] I unplugged it.
Awesome.
VANESSA: Honey, stop.
Can you just -- listening --
No, you're --
It's frustrating to me
that you're not using common sense right now.
[ Sighs ]
Hurry up. Oh, my God.
So, we're done with this for now.
Let's move on to the door.
That sounds good.
I'm scared. Are you scared?
I think it's gonna go as good,
if not worse, than this.
[ Laughs ]
That's like saying, "It's gonna go worse than this."
Do you need me to, like, hold this,
or pretend I'm doing anything?
[ Exhales deeply ]
The next thing we're gonna do is replacing our door.
I love you, but please don't do that.
We're gonna move over the door location ever so slightly,
and then put in the new frame.
Right in front of you.
Well, just say it's not in the case.
I didn't.
No. You did yell at me.
We've not even begun to take this door out.
I don't want to fight with you.
No.
While you do that, I'm gonna stand
in front of the fan and dry off.
Or you could go measure the door.
Or you could shut up.
[ Sighs ]
It's gonna be a long night.
I am.
I'm just excited to get that door in.
[ Laughs ]
Yesterday was definitely a really long day.
We worked pretty late working on the door frame.
And we definitely were probably a little overtired.
We had to do everything three times, it seemed like.
[ Squeals ]
But, after we got our bickering out of the way...
Ow!
...we were able to settle into things,
and we finished the door frame.
Boo-yah!
Now, we're ready to put the door in.
All right. Let's get this door.
So, you're gonna go backwards.
I love you, too.
We'll work together.
[ Sighs ]
Let's go.
That's me being patient.
Go slower.
Oh.
Hold on. Hold on.
Don't look at your feet. You should probably look at --
I have to look at my feet.
Good?
Hold on.
All right.
[ Exhales sharply ]
All right.
The real moment of truth.
After all of this, this door better fit.
VANESSA: I think it will. I have faith in us.
Let's lift from the bottom and put the bottom in first.
All right. One, two, three.
Nope. Nope.
Bottom more.
Bottom more.
CHRIS: Can we go your way at all?
No.
Aw!
The door doesn't fit.
Just too tight.
VANESSA: Oh, my God.
I cannot believe this.
CHRIS: My name is Chris Farzner.
My wife, Vanessa, and I are in the middle
of renovating our kitchen.
Whoo!
And this is a lot harder than we thought it would be.
After all of this, this door better fit.
VANESSA: I have faith in us.
One, two, three.
CHRIS: Can we go your way at all?
The door doesn't fit.
Oh, my God. I cannot believe this.
This sucks.
Oh, honey. It's sitting on this lip.
See how it's resting on that?
I think if we just chip this out, it may drop down.
Hopefully, that's gonna work and that'll take care of it.
Yeah.
Yep.
Oh, yeah.
Is it in?
Seriously?
I have a little piece of molding
that's preventing me from going in.
Take the door back out.
I'm very sad.
Definitely lower.
Take three.
Third time's the charm, right?
Wah-wah.
Oh, my God.
VANESSA: Take it out. Do it again.
Take four. [ Sighs ]
It's too high.
...just to see if we can make it fit.
Well, it's on something.
CHRIS: Son of a goat!
We try trimming it from the bottom.
We try moving it from either side.
Nope. [ Groans ]
Fail.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, my God.
Are we having fun yet?
Get in your hole!
This door just hates us. We cannot get it to fit.
Oh, my God. This door makes me delirious.
The door is too tight on the frame, hon.
The frame is too small for the fricking door...
...hon.
Try again?
[ Sighs ] All right. For the millionth time.
One, two, three.
Oh!
Yay!
Does the door actually open?
No. [ Laughs ]
Oh, my God.
The frame fits, but the door is now dragging on the ground.
You know why the door doesn't open?
Yep.
It's fine to here.
So, if we just leave the door open all the time...
You're hilarious.
Can you look on top
and see if there's more space, please?
Nope.
Can't go up any higher.
[ Sighs ]
What do you want to do?
We can't change the kitchen floor.
We have to change this.
We need to make that header higher
so that we can make the door higher.
It totally sucks we have to,
like, basically start over again.
Take the door back out.
[ Sighs ]
CHRIS: I'm so annoyed that we have to do that yet again.
♪ I hate this door ♪
We stayed up till midnight last night
trying to get this frame in.
And this now the fourth frame
that we're gonna be putting together.
I wish we had just dry-fit the door last night
to make sure that it was good to go.
We're never gonna get this kitchen done
Honey...stop it.
♪ I hate this door ♪
Want to try it again?
Is this attempt number 5,000,302?
Lift.
Oh, my God, honey. I'm scared.
CHRIS: It fits.
Does the door actually open?
Ta-da!
Hooray!
The door fits. Hallelujah.
It's finally in.
I think we're good.
We have a door.
I'm glad it's done.
We can do insulation now.
Yes.
Thank you.
I really hope every project we do
for the rest of our lives is easier than that door.
How do you feel about that?
That would be nice
[ Laughs ]
Today is already better than yesterday.
This morning, we're installing the drywall in the ceiling,
since we didn't get done last night.
If the Sheetrock and insulation go this well,
Shh!
Shh!
Honey...
Don't even say it.
[ Laughs ]
CHRIS: Okay. Now what?
Time to get geared up for insulation.
I have to put pants and a long-sleeved shirt on.
The next thing we have to do is insulate the walls.
All right. I'm ready to be itchy.
I'm just so excited to make this look like a room.
I want my kitchen back.
What's wrong?
This is definitely the wrong kind of insulation.
Are you kidding me?
I cannot believe this.
The hits just keep on coming.
We can't put the trim up.
Our trim is gonna be out, like, four inches.
[ Laughs ]
Oh, my God.
I am not moving this door again.
I'm just so excited we're moving on to insulation. I want my kitchen back.
VANESSA: Oh, no.
This is definitely the wrong kind of insulation.
CHRIS: Are you kidding me?
I cannot believe this.
The hits just keep on coming.
The insulation that we got is unfaced,
which means it does not have a paper barrier on it.
Can we use unfaced?
It needs to have paper on one side...
...so that we have something to staple it to.
I don't even know why they sell it.
I have a grumpy face, but you can't see it under my mask.
We just can't catch a break.
Do we have any that have them?
I don't know.
Unfaced.
Unfaced.
This sucks.
Oh, yes.
So, at least we have this one other one that is faced.
So, I'll get started with this
while we bring the rest to the hardware store.
Well, can we use poly sheeting instead?
I honestly don't know,
but I think you should look it up.
Okay.
I'm really hoping that we can
actually use the other insulation
and then just use some plastic poly sheeting to go over it.
You can use unfaced.
You just have to put plastic sheeting
over the entire wall afterward and then staple it in.
You can't tell, but I'm smiling under here.
[ Laughs ]
Yay! Crisis averted.
Hopefully, no more setbacks.
Oh, awesome.
Of course I'm out of staples.
Why wouldn't I be out of staples?
Wah-wah.
[ Laughs ]
Honey, I'm just so happy
that this is finally starting to look like a room
instead of more like a dungeon.
[ Laughs ]
Right now, we are very far behind on our project.
So, we do have a lot to do today,
from the Sheetrocking to trying to get cabinets in.
All right. One wall done. Two more to go.
We're gonna try to get as much done as we can today,
at least to get it to a functional space.
Let's measure the top of the door.
CHRIS: Do you want a gap there at all?
Or do you want that flush up against that trim?
Oh, it can't go flush against the trim, huh?
Oh, my God.
Was this supposed to stick out more?
Well, this is definitely not good.
We can't put the trim up.
And the trim doesn't go on top of this.
There's no way. Our trim is gonna be out like four inches.
[ Laughs ]
CHRIS: So, the door probably needs to be adjusted yet again.
Oh, my God. Chris, I don't want to mess with it.
We can't Sheetrock the rest of this room
until the door is figured out.
Oh, my God. I am not moving this door again.
That is not happening.
We're paying to have it fixed.
I feel like we have no other choice.
Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah.
Well, that sucks.
I'm never doing a door again.
Stupid door.
Last door of my life.
Chris, we fought the door, and the door won.
Happy wife, happy life.
Shut up. Just don't talk.
[ Sighs ]
You could go measure the door.
Or you could just shut up.
Can we catch a break, please?
Get off!
It's fine to here.
So, if we just leave the door open all the time...
♪ I hate this door ♪
My name is Chris Farzner.
My wife, Vanessa, and I wanted to open up our kitchen
and make it functional.
Well, it's open. But functional? Not quite
[ Laughs ]
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