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Let's get a good fit. It's a Saturday.
There's people here. Let's get picky.
It's a little sketchy.
Like this greenish marbley looking, sort of.
Cracks in the tub.
The paint is all cracking, peeling--
Because they put some weird tape.
Sounds like a nice place.
ANNOUNCER: Licensed contractor Matt Muenster
is hitting the local home improvement store.
The only way to get on the show is I got to find you here.
And he's not stopping until he gives away all this,
a high-tech bathroom redo for people and pets.
There's a sleek, sophisticated shower
with a sexy rain head
as well as a pooch perch
and a dedicated sprayer
for the four-legged family members,
a floating vanity that comes with the best technology
money can buy
and an automatic doggy door that lets pets go
in and out as they please.
It's a bath crash whose bark is good as its bite,
and it's all for free.
Are you from that show?
That one show?
Matt, you're Bath Crashers.
Yes.
Oh, my God.
MATT: What you working on?
Professional contractor Matt Muenster
stakes out home improvement stores
looking for do-it-yourselfers
who need an extra hand from a pro.
Are you serious?
What they don't know is he's gonna transform
their simple project into a total bathroom makeover.
It's like winning the home improvement jackpot.
The pot!
Get ready for a bath crash.
Are there some people in Tools?
We're gonna do this.
What are you buying?
A 17-foot ratchet?
Yes.
That's to work on the tractor.
1920s house that's been redone,
probably in the '70s.
That's forty... I'm gonna carry the one.
You don't need a bathroom remodeled, do you?
What if it was free?
Actually I don't believe you.
For me it's too big of a job.
What if you had help?
3 days.
That's really fast.
It sure is.
I'm going to be cutting into a wall,
replace the mixing valves.
Where's your confidence level on that one?
Um, it's about medium.
Okay, medium is good when you're just taking
a drill into a wall and start attacking pipes.
How's the rest of bathroom around this valve
that's not doing well?
I'd love to get it to something else.
10x6.
How do we make it bigger?
There's a bedroom that we are not using next to it.
Would you give up some of that space
to make that bathroom bigger?
I got to talk to--
Talk to the powers that be.
I just texted my wife.
What! Just watching him.
Does he want to come see me?
Give fair warning if you bring him home.
That's exactly what it says.
3 days, both of you,
I need full family commitment.
Okay.
Now, is that-- You seem real fired up.
My wife and I watch the show all the time
and we each tell each other
if you ever see Matt at the store, grab him.
Right behind you.
See you there.
Ah, we did it.
I called her on the way.
I don't think she believes me.
Well, she's about to.
Hi.
You didn't believe me, but--
I thought you were kidding.
Hi.
So it's through here.
Y'all want to come in?
It's tiny, you guys.
You've got the single vanity.
You've got the one--I mean, the toilet is right there.
You can see we have fancy light switches over there.
Yeah.
You have to come in and find this?
Yes.
And if you're a guest that's really fun.
How do you-- how does the off work?
Other way.
Okay, I couldn't figure it out.
There's no shower head.
No shower--
there's no knobs!
The windows are kind of great.
Well, they are kind of great
except for they are right into the neighbor's,
very nice neighbors but--
Luckily, you're not super tall.
You swing into the room.
How do we make this bigger?
Which way do we go?
That way, through that office.
Yeah.
We carve out some space from the kitchen side
to give you access to some storage there
and then join this whole box together.
So what style are you guys going after here?
I'm a big fan of mid-century modern.
Okay.
Clean lines.
God, how cool will it be
to be able to bring the dogs in here?
How cool would that be not to have the dogs
running through my kitchen?
With muddy paws.
With muddy paws.
How about a little place to spray off muddy paws?
That'd be awesome.
The first ever dog shower
in the history of Bath Crashers.
Really?
Can I write that down maybe?
Yeah, okay, let's see who I am working for here.
That's Scout.
Yeah, spin you around. There, camera forward.
Oh.
Not so bad, right?
Hi. Who is this one?
Skip ands Scout.
Okay, now I know who I'm really working for.
It's like being thrown off a cliff saying,
yeah, you want this?
Okay, you're gonna get it.
Now, have ten friends show up.
Bill and Sarah have themselves a Dumpster
and a plan.
( car honking )
Here we go.
Good morning.
Hey.
Nice.
You guys ready for this?
Absolutely.
Meet my team, plumbers, electricians
but more importantly,
Duane from Chuba Company, my contractor.
Let's pile in.
I'm gonna show you the plan.
Take pooches in with you.
You guys follow them. Let's get this thing on.
Yes? Let's go.
Come on, friends, fill in, gather round.
We wanted this to be pooch friendly.
Yes.
We want some techy elements.
Yeah.
We want some natural lights.
Yes.
Yes.
Oh, wow.
The new bathroom will expand out
into the current office space.
A floating vanity with a circular sink
that lights up will provide both storage and style.
Tucked away next to the vanity
is a tankless high-tech toilet.
This is a dual-purpose shower for humans and dogs.
The new shower has two doors
divided by a lattice partition,
one entrance is for humans, the other for hounds.
New windows let in natural light
while maintaining privacy.
The owners get body sprays and rain shower heads,
the pets get a fold-down bench and a hand sprayer
for easy washing.
Here to that wall, about this wide, all shower.
The rest of the old office space
will become a new pantry.
It will include a new entrance
for Skip and Scout
while also giving the homeowners
plenty of room for kitchen essentials.
This is a motorized doggy door
that when they walk up to it,
based on the little attachment
they have in their collar, it opens.
Let's gear up. Let's tool up.
Let's tear it down.
There you go.
Straight up.
All right.
You wanna know a fun way?
See this little groove.
Ah!
All right, we have plenty to break.
Got the tank.
What else we got?
Okay, it doesn't fly as well as you think.
Oh, that was pretty good.
I'm gonna let him have it.
You want your moment there?
That was pretty good brought to by
the biggest dude here.
Coming up...
This is a vent pipe, vent pipe just gets rid of sewer gas.
Past repairs turn into current headaches.
Okay, DIYers, not everything
in the wall is what you think it is.
All right, stand with your normal posture.
A project that needs very specific measurements.
Height is to the bottom of the chest.
That's a 6 1/2 to 7.
It's a blank canvas.
When licensed contractor Matt Muenster
found Bill at the local home improvement store,
he was looking to bring his family's
century-old bathroom into the modern era.
Dogs need a space too though.
Yes, they do.
So Matt came up with a people
and pet friendly design.
We love our dogs.
They are very much part of the family.
They are our furry little children.
So watch your feet.
Demo is done, but plumbing
is bringing the crash to a dead stop.
This is a vent pipe,
vent pipe just gets rid of sewer gas.
So someone thought they hit a drain pipe upstairs
and they're draining into your vent pipe.
Okay, DIYers,
not everything in the wall is what you think it is.
A 30-year-old remodel of the upstairs bathroom
mistakenly connected the drain to the vent pipe.
This was so clogged, air wasn't-- Look at this.
MAN: Hard as a rock.
Still not cleaned out.
It was interesting.
We learned some things about our house
that we didn't know.
We have to reconnect this back to the drain.
Yeah.
You know what, just hire a plumber.
Matt's plan is an aggressive one
for a 3-day deadline
and the guys ramp up the rough ends fast.
All-new electrical is put in place
as well as the much-needed venting and piping
for the upgraded shower.
Since the electronic doggy door
is going to be placed in the pantry,
the exterior of the house gets prepped for cutting.
What we're gonna do is build a box
which is 10 inches deep.
The first build of the crash
is a mirrored storage cabinet.
We're gonna cover the entire door with mirror
'cause that gives us our full-length mirror.
You take that guy.
Got it.
Nice.
Bury it. Next.
Without this tool, I don't think
we'd get anything built on this show ever.
The sides are then glued down and screwed into place.
That worked out perfectly.
So now what we have
that's the bottom of your cabinet.
The rest of the frame goes together the same way.
The glue is what will ultimately
hold the piece together.
The screws are mainly to keep the sides tight
until the glue dries.
Just a little pressure on it.
Done.
Oh, I did it.
That one's in.
Next, Matt uses a router to cut out a half-inch space
around the perimeter of the cabinet.
This will hold the backing in place.
The only thing that's tricky about this cut
is I have to balance this thing
flat on that much of a surface.
Not ideal.
Well, that wasn't too bad at all.
That's slick.
A track saw is used
to cut the back of the cabinet.
Here we go.
Plunge down.
Good. Straight through.
Done.
You just cut a perfect piece of melamine.
Let's set it in there
and see how close we are.
We set one inch first. We'll come over here.
Take that.
With the back on, the shelves can go in.
Hold that tight up against that block.
There you go.
Matt uses a spacer to make sure they're even.
Then he finishes off the front of each shelf
with an adhesive edge band.
He uses a special tool to cut off the excess edging.
Well, that's just slick.
That is slick.
So we're kind of done with this thing.
And that room's nowhere near ready for this.
So we are ahead of the game.
We are ahead of the game. All right.
Back inside, the subs are scrambling
to keep on schedule.
With so much in the space changing,
the rough ends have taken longer than expected.
I'm a little nervous that it's gonna get done.
We still have a lot of work to do
and we're not there yet.
All right, Scout.
In the backyard, Matt and Duane
take the most important measurements of the crash.
All right, stand with your normal posture.
Height is to the bottom of the chest.
So, like, nine?
I'd say 6 1/2 to 7.
With the measurements set,
the cuts can be made to the exterior
of the house for the new doggy door.
Ta-da.
The dog door is gonna be great
because they won't be coming into my kitchen.
There will be a side space
that they can come into and not bring all the dirt in.
For the last task of the day,
Bill lends a hand with a new window.
Yeah.
If you want to help guide the bottom, you've got to watch that wire.
I can kind of hold it out.
And once the window is set...
Very good job, Bill.
Day 1 is done.
I'm feeling great.
All good.
We're a third of the way through.
Sounds good.
All right.
Up next...
That's perfect. Cool.
Matt tries to speak dog.
What do you think?
Cool?
Yes. Works for me.
Uh-oh, I just put my butt up against the wall.
And Sarah finds out size matters.
I--This is a really tight space for this long handle.
Take a crash course.
See the crash of the week and tell us
why your town should be crashed.
It's all on the crasher's section
of diynetwork.com/crashers.
It's the middle of Bill and Sarah's
dog friendly bath crash.
Day 2 and the room is looking amazing.
Rock is up, tile's going down.
Licensed contractor Matt Muenster has big plans
and only 2 more days to finish them.
It's still a little surreal how much has happened.
I can't believe
I had a different bathroom 2 days ago.
The first project of the day
is a latticework ceiling detail.
What we're doing is building the box,
the box which will sleeve up into that opening
and inside the box is where we set our grid.
Matt drills pilot holes for the screws
so the wood doesn't split.
I want to nail a trim piece all the way around this
and our grid can just set in from the backside and sit there.
With the trim attached,
they cut the cross members that will make up the lattice.
So what we're doing is using two boards
as a spacer and one board, nail.
So we'll slide this guy into position
snug up to this edge...
back under here.
Matt finishes up the lattice
and sends Sarah inside to paint.
I got more paining to do,
so any tips you got will be good.
I usually would spread it around
and get the whole wall applied,
go from floor to ceiling like this.
Uh-oh, I just put my butt up against the wall.
Did you get it?
I--Check that out.
Outside Matt and Bill tackle a project
designed for man's best friend.
Awesome.
The whole thing is gonna flip up
from the wall like this.
That way it can go away when you're not in there.
They begin by cutting cedar boards to a 22-inch length.
Like that.
Yep.
Then they attach boards called sleepers
to the back of the cedar planks to keep them in place.
That's what we're gonna do right there, 4 and 8.
Next, holes are grilled through the cedar
to provide drainage for water.
I'm gonna grab my sander.
Then they sand the surface
in preparation for the edge frame.
What I want this to do is to cover those sleepers
and then sit, like, 3/8ths of an inch high.
So that's your paw catcher.
The edge band is glued, then screwed into place.
Flush it down.
Just flush, just like that.
All right, try this thing out.
Here you go.
That's perfect, cool.
What do you think?
Cool?
Yes.
Yes.
Works for me.
Yep.
With the dogs taken care of,
attention turns to the shower.
Tile needs to go up before the day is done
so it can dry overnight.
I got to tilt it up and in.
Yep.
Shake it around just a hair.
Bill is in his element. He loves it.
He likes the building.
Um, he's got to try some new tools
which has been really fun.
And he's just super energized about it.
It's been fun to watch.
Coming up...
Yep.
A doggy door for the 21st century.
That'll work.
And then...
MATT: It can check your body mass index.
The humans get some tech of their own.
Does it communicate to the refrigerator
if I'm getting too heavy?
It will just slap you silly.
This entire wall has to come down.
We're gonna take all the tile off the walls
in here around the tub.
When Sarah and Bill said yes to a 3-day bath crash,
they made it clear that their dogs
were part of the deal.
Skip was even in our wedding.
They are very important to us.
Skip was the ring bearer in our wedding.
Hi, welcome to my new shower.
Now on the morning of day 3
the bad to the bone bathroom is coming together.
There's no vanities. There's no toilets.
There's no glass in here anywhere.
There's no mirrors
and we gotta fine-tune doggy door.
We're ready.
Cool. Let's go.
Let's do it.
The crew gets rocking on the last big installs of the crash.
The futuristic tankless toilet is set in place.
It's designed to look cool while saving water,
and it's topped off with a high-tech surprise.
Then Matt installs the new floating vanity.
Oh, too far down.
That will work. All right, countertop.
Once it's secure,
he and Duane can add the countertop.
DUANE: How are you on the end?
MATT: I got a quarter inch.
DUANE: That's about what I got.
In the pantry, it's doggy door time.
Duane, you want to push that toward me a little bit?
There we go.
A sensor collar will activate the door
making for easy entry and happy owners.
It will save the neighbors from the beagle doorbell,
where she sits outside and gives us one really good, loud howl.
Yeah.
Good girl.
Here we go.
We like the door.
That's a yes?
A little storage cabinet.
We're just gonna knock this out real quick.
These are just pint glasses,
but we're gonna use them sleeved into a box.
Small storage and then open storage cubby below.
After some quick cuts on the chop saw...
You even slid it back. That was good.
The frame begins to take shape.
One of these episodes, this glue bottle is gonna be empty.
Then what am I gonna do?
There, right in there. Now pull it.
There you go.
Here we go!
With the back secure...
Four and and a quarter.
Matt measures for the glass pockets.
Four and a quarter's half of nine and a half?
Oh, 4 and three-quarters.
The glasses are glued and set in place
and then the frame is attached.
They started out as pint glasses
and now it's gonna be cute storage.
So pretty excited about that.
Sarah finishes up the final touches
on the cubby storage.
Oh! Hernia!
Why don't I get ahead of you.
While Matt helps bring the last piece into the new bath.
Say when.
I can't reach it anymore.
All right, in,
down... and up.
The heavy storage piece is screwed into the wall
and the guys hit the home stretch.
And boom, this is our new light.
Before my bathroom was a small space.
There was no storage.
We didn't have a working shower.
In brief, it was old and busted.
And now we are going to techy and beautiful.
Come all the way in.
Wow. Whoo.
Check it out.
What used to be a tiny bath
and adjacent office has now transformed
into a modern, amenity-filled oasis,
one that caters to human wants and canine needs.
Right.
We've got the dog door.
We've got a giant shower for both humans and pets.
Architecturally we changed a lot.
We've got the latticework.
We've got this cool ceiling detail.
There's your grid with the back lighting.
Sure.
First of all, it's gonna open up as you approach it.
You can just go to town.
Ready?
Yup.
That's gonna change your life
because it's both front and rear cleaning.
I would go more oscillating and the pulsating,
but that's just me.
I'd like to think that we have the coolest toilet
on Bath Crashers ever.
Check out your sink.
Look at that.
The drain's underneath this.
First mirror like this in the U.S.
We had to basically buy this thing a seat on the plane
to get it here for you guys.
You can get weather. You can check tweets.
You can go on Facebook all right here.
Yeah.
You can hop on that guy.
It can check your body mass index.
It keeps track of both your statistics.
Does it communicate to the refrigerator
if I'm heavy getting too heavy?
It will just slap you silly.
It's gonna be a nice way to start the day.
You can check the weather right away, the news,
Facebook if you feel like it.
Are the doggies near by?
SARAH: Yeah.
I want to see how this stuff really works.
Skip and Scout, come on in.
SARAH: Go check it out, Scout.
There you go.
How nice is this?
SARAH: That's gonna be really nice.
BILL: Good girl.
And then you just, boom.
She's gonna love life like this.
It's gonna be great to be able to bring them
into their own room
and to be able to just walk them
around the corner and clean them up.
I don't know who got it better, the two of you or the two of them.
They got pretty good.
They got a flip-top bench.
They got their own shower.
Duane really came through on this thing.
His team knocked out a heck of a bathroom.
Yeah, say thanks.
I'll see you, Scout, yes.
I love you.
We're out of here.
We're huge fans of the show.
And Sarah and I would sit on the couch and say,
you know what, if you ever run into those guys,
find a way to bring them home.
And I did it.
( laughing )
BILL: Yeah.