I worked for a tile company once in Toronto who told me to install new tiles over a kitchen vinyl floor. I told them that eventually they would lift and their response was..."just more work for the future". I quit immediately. If installers don't work with integrity, it will only bite them in the butt.
When I was working construction as a labourer/hauler/pickup/gopher one of the installers asked about taking a shortcut and how his previous boss said exactly as above. Boss said "it will be more work, but they won't ask us to do it."
I just replaced a tile bathroom floor for a lady that had it done by someone else 5 years ago. They nailed wonderboard down over sheet vinyl floor with smooth shank roofing nails no adhesion between the wonderboard and the vinyl and a lot of flex. The grout was cracking, and they told her it was because she didn't seal the grout, it was because the tiles were flexing all over the place. We ripped everything out to subfloor, and laid the new tiles on a decoupling membrane.
Man do I ever miss doing this stuff. 13 years of hardwood experience and I really wish I was able to do it again. Number 2 on the top crew in Calgary in the 90's. The presidents of both Jayman and Cedarglen postponed their renos until my partner and I were available. That's something to be proud of. The body usually goes before the desire though and time caught me. Now I change tires and I still get consulted for difficult situations. Why? Because I do it right. And they all see that.
At 20:26 "The door swings in, which means we don't knock people out when we exit the bathroom". There actually is a lot of good to be said for a door to a small room like a bathroom to swing out. For example if a person collapses inside, that person will not then collapse against the door and prevent it from opening. By legislation all doors to small rooms should open outwards.
"By legislation all doors to small rooms should open outwards." Please quote such a code requirement? In which country or state? We open all bathroom doors inward, as the bathrooms were designed with sufficient space. Bumping someone in the hallway with the bathroom door would be the main risk. Only shower doors, like that glass door are required to open outwards AFAIK.
My suggestion that all doors to small rooms should open outward is a suggestion (and I think a very good one). It is NOT YET fact. Some many years ago my late Dad (a Doctor) was called to a neighbour who had collapsed inside his small toilet room -- yes, against the door. He had to help their son climb through a small window to move the inert adult. Strangely, another local person also much more recently collapsed in similar circumstances, and they had to break down to door to get in. In both cases, if the doors had opened OUTWARDS, there would have been no real hassle.@@ChristianWagner888
I always been a fan of sliding "pocket doors" for inner doors like master bathroom if not no door at all with it being in the bedroom only.. If I ever get to draw my own home to build, all the inner doors would be sliding... LOL After all, if your sleeping under my roof you best trust me enough not to need to lock the door.. LOL
@@ChristianWagner888 He said SHOULD as it to be a suggestion. By the way, bumping someone in the hallway is such a small risk it's laughable and indeed in most European countries all doors to toilet(wash)rooms and other small rooms do swing outwards. Because it makes sense as hallways are lost space and buildings are not endless. (oh and most glass doors in shower stalls are either sliding or swing both ways OR go outwards).
Sad thing is as bad as you think it is in homes, apartments are a million times worse. Good luck at getting them to fix anything not broken. A leaky shower, a drafty window etc. My favorite was I had windowsill get replaced because it turned soggy over the years due to condensation in the winter building up. I was told by the Landlord to just open the windows in the winter so moisture wouldn't build up...
Oh they should. I’ve done construction for 25 years. Also, the problem is you are building specters that are complete idiots. There’s your other problem.
Contractors should be unable to buy materials without a permit to used them. All materials for a job must be accounted for (so the contractor does not use materials from a permitted job on a non-permitted job).
One of my super-powers is the gift of hindsight. So the last time I replaced a bathroom floor I added Schluter in-floor heating and I would absolutely do it again next time too.
Always keep copies of the paperwork from work that is done to the home, and always make sure that the people doing the work are certified and have a license number. If they don't, then don't hire them at all. But if they do have a license number and they do a terrible job, then you can go after them in court.
In Canada, licenses are not required and anyone with a toolbox can do the work. As far as taking them to court, that can be done regardless as long as you have proof they did the work.
Yes, it's your job as a homeowner to oversee the contractor. Take pictures, have milestone payments, understand code, demand licenses, permits, insurance and google any questions. If they balk...find a real professional
I hate the, ' Well, you gotta pay to get a good job,' some folks spit out. KNOW most are FULL of it, as soon as they say it..I Introduce them to dead air, dial tone..(For those of us old enough to know what a dial tone IS)
Must not have had a permit, sure did not have a inspector look at the job... If no permit then odds are the inspector would not know to come to the site.... From my understanding tho I am not a tradesman.
THESE EARLIER EPISODES WITH MIKE ARE NICER BECAUSE MIHE TAKES TIME AND REALLY EXPLAINING EVERY THIMG LATER SHOWS THEN CAN TAKE ON LARGE FIXES BECAUSE MIKE HAS A SON AND DAUGHTER AND OTHERS AND THEY DO GET INTO LARGE FIXES AND HAVE 2ND GREATEST LEADER DAMOM? BUT MIKE IS FANTASTIC FILL OF KNOWLEDGE
interesting the tile guy has a no gap ( I do understand some small tiles have tabs in them so one does not have to put in spacers) subway tile, but the last video I saw Holmes was saying that it must have a grout gap?
13:32 actually no, 6/1000 th of an inch is 2,36 milimeter. he is off by ... hmmm 2,54 times. which is the conversion from cm to inch. understandable in that situation. a random question, camera, was working on something else and focused on that work. however, kinda a good example about being focused at one thing at a time. 6 milimeter is 15/1000 of an inch.
Sorry, but Sean was right. Plastic sheeting comes in various thicknesses, which are measured in "mil." A mil is equal to one-thousandth of an inch or 0.001 inch, similar to the thickness of a human hair. The most common thickness rating for plastic sheeting is 6 mil, which is 0.006 inch or 6-thousandths of an inch. Mil in this instance doesn't mean millimeter.
@@ChristianWagner888 aside from that being absolutely stupid, cause its very confusing. canada uses both systems. it still doesnt add up, how can the be a different conversion than 2.54 which has to be in there somewhere ? now, there is a factor of 4 included. its just getting worse xD
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I love Mike, but this show really harps on and alienates handyman or people that aren't "licensed professionals" ive done plenty of jobs and not only haven't had complaints but ive had many repeat customers. I'm not a "licensed professional" but there's still me and many more like me that take pride in our work and do good jobs. I don't accept payment until I go over the job I did with the customer and make sure they are 100% happy
First red flag was 40 grand for 2 bathrooms & a full kitchen redo not even close to enough money. Bathrooms & kitchens r the most expensive rooms to do in ur house. That was to cheap of a price to get good quality work 😂
this is why i never have contractors work on my house until i verify there insurance company, I notify the insurance company that they will be working on said project at my address. and, copies of all employees working onsite driver license or state ID. and recent drug test results.
Great idea, buy an crappy house, have one of these terrible contractor work for your house and when they predictably f up, sue them for all the money back and some extra Also... before 2-5 years are up, you can get them to fix everything for free, atleast in EU
In practice this may not work. There are plenty of reports from Germany and Austria where contractors do a poor job and fail to correct it. When it gets really expensive after stalling for a long time, they file for bankruptcy and reopen. Even winning a court case does not help in that case.
@@misterrichardc Do not know if he still ventures south of the border but Mike Holmes and Do It Right did do a series on a home renovation in SoCal a few years back
We always have two coats of finish paint onto one coat of usually white primer. After only one coat it usually still looks a little uneven not perfectly homogeneous.
I worked for a tile company once in Toronto who told me to install new tiles over a kitchen vinyl floor. I told them that eventually they would lift and their response was..."just more work for the future". I quit immediately. If installers don't work with integrity, it will only bite them in the butt.
When I was working construction as a labourer/hauler/pickup/gopher one of the installers asked about taking a shortcut and how his previous boss said exactly as above. Boss said "it will be more work, but they won't ask us to do it."
very good Why Because YOUR name will be attached to the company and you will get blamed for crappy jobs
I just replaced a tile bathroom floor for a lady that had it done by someone else 5 years ago. They nailed wonderboard down over sheet vinyl floor with smooth shank roofing nails no adhesion between the wonderboard and the vinyl and a lot of flex. The grout was cracking, and they told her it was because she didn't seal the grout, it was because the tiles were flexing all over the place. We ripped everything out to subfloor, and laid the new tiles on a decoupling membrane.
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Man do I ever miss doing this stuff. 13 years of hardwood experience and I really wish I was able to do it again. Number 2 on the top crew in Calgary in the 90's.
The presidents of both Jayman and Cedarglen postponed their renos until my partner and I were available. That's something to be proud of.
The body usually goes before the desire though and time caught me. Now I change tires and I still get consulted for difficult situations. Why? Because I do it right. And they all see that.
At 20:26 "The door swings in, which means we don't knock people out when we exit the bathroom". There actually is a lot of good to be said for a door to a small room like a bathroom to swing out. For example if a person collapses inside, that person will not then collapse against the door and prevent it from opening. By legislation all doors to small rooms should open outwards.
"By legislation all doors to small rooms should open outwards." Please quote such a code requirement? In which country or state?
We open all bathroom doors inward, as the bathrooms were designed with sufficient space. Bumping someone in the hallway with the bathroom door would be the main risk.
Only shower doors, like that glass door are required to open outwards AFAIK.
My suggestion that all doors to small rooms should open outward is a suggestion (and I think a very good one). It is NOT YET fact. Some many years ago my late Dad (a Doctor) was called to a neighbour who had collapsed inside his small toilet room -- yes, against the door. He had to help their son climb through a small window to move the inert adult. Strangely, another local person also much more recently collapsed in similar circumstances, and they had to break down to door to get in. In both cases, if the doors had opened OUTWARDS, there would have been no real hassle.@@ChristianWagner888
I always been a fan of sliding "pocket doors" for inner doors like master bathroom if not no door at all with it being in the bedroom only.. If I ever get to draw my own home to build, all the inner doors would be sliding... LOL After all, if your sleeping under my roof you best trust me enough not to need to lock the door.. LOL
@@jonathanbair523 Pocket doors can also lock.
@@ChristianWagner888 He said SHOULD as it to be a suggestion. By the way, bumping someone in the hallway is such a small risk it's laughable and indeed in most European countries all doors to toilet(wash)rooms and other small rooms do swing outwards. Because it makes sense as hallways are lost space and buildings are not endless. (oh and most glass doors in shower stalls are either sliding or swing both ways OR go outwards).
Someone that cares about the work they do is always very satisfying.
Fantastic as usual. You looked at the signs, checked further and made it safe for the family as well as the beautiful work!
Sad thing is as bad as you think it is in homes, apartments are a million times worse. Good luck at getting them to fix anything not broken. A leaky shower, a drafty window etc. My favorite was I had windowsill get replaced because it turned soggy over the years due to condensation in the winter building up. I was told by the Landlord to just open the windows in the winter so moisture wouldn't build up...
These builders should be named and shamed. Company should face a tribunal. City inspectors should be able to see all work BEFORE the walls are closed.
The,fact thT they don't makes me question lots of things about this show, if they really wanted to help people they would disclose info.
Oh they should. I’ve done construction for 25 years. Also, the problem is you are building specters that are complete idiots. There’s your other problem.
@@morbidmanmusicMike discussed this a few years ago. He didn't want to risk getting sued for defamation.
Yeah I fix bad jobs all the time, there for awhile it was my bread and butter..
This is why permits are essential.
Contractors should be unable to buy materials without a permit to used them. All materials for a job must be accounted for (so the contractor does not use materials from a permitted job on a non-permitted job).
One of my super-powers is the gift of hindsight. So the last time I replaced a bathroom floor I added Schluter in-floor heating and I would absolutely do it again next time too.
It is just super satisfying to see work done right!
Things are not what they appear here either.
Always keep copies of the paperwork from work that is done to the home, and always make sure that the people doing the work are certified and have a license number. If they don't, then don't hire them at all. But if they do have a license number and they do a terrible job, then you can go after them in court.
In Canada, licenses are not required and anyone with a toolbox can do the work. As far as taking them to court, that can be done regardless as long as you have proof they did the work.
The cheap work and materials is the way of life today in every industry
A cold shower sounds just the ticket! Well done!
Yes, it's your job as a homeowner to oversee the contractor. Take pictures, have milestone payments, understand code, demand licenses, permits, insurance and google any questions. If they balk...find a real professional
Very good advice Whiskey.
I hate the, ' Well, you gotta pay to get a good job,' some folks spit out. KNOW most are FULL of it, as soon as they say it..I Introduce them to dead air, dial tone..(For those of us old enough to know what a dial tone IS)
@@csmith563 Anyone for a rotary phone?
Then you gotta worry whether they paid the suppliers
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Thank You Mike and His crew for doing it right.
5:27 im gonna bring in all the right guys...
Proceeds to do it all himself
Why didn't the city inspector pickup on all these issues? I sure hope these people sued the big box store they paid to do this work.
I'm sure no permits were pulled. It is very common now.
@@michaelrees1376 The State I live in the US, if the work is under 30k you don't 'need' permits which I think is a license for problems.
Must not have had a permit, sure did not have a inspector look at the job... If no permit then odds are the inspector would not know to come to the site.... From my understanding tho I am not a tradesman.
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It's so strange watching these older videos from before they used blue wood and drywall and spray insulation
I caught you 😂
“You never want to see plumbing on an outside wall, never ever.”
Proceeds to install the shower head on an outside wall 😮
Also, Holmes is not a licensed plumber, but he appears to have done all the plumbing.
THESE EARLIER EPISODES WITH MIKE ARE NICER BECAUSE MIHE TAKES TIME AND REALLY EXPLAINING EVERY THIMG
LATER SHOWS THEN CAN TAKE ON LARGE FIXES BECAUSE MIKE HAS A SON AND DAUGHTER AND OTHERS AND THEY DO GET INTO LARGE FIXES AND HAVE 2ND GREATEST LEADER DAMOM?
BUT MIKE IS FANTASTIC FILL OF KNOWLEDGE
interesting the tile guy has a no gap ( I do understand some small tiles have tabs in them so one does not have to put in spacers) subway tile, but the last video I saw Holmes was saying that it must have a grout gap?
If I move there or any other house I'm going to hire Mike Homes to do a home inspection first before I buy
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1:01 is that a raven?
Mike looks so young. Very nice couple.
I would pay good money to watch full episodes of any of the classic Holmes series online.
Sadly there is some sort of Canadien / US issue. Season's 6 & 7 are unavailable mere meters south of Norde de Ligne.
how old is hte show
@@randomrazr Right at the end (22:45) it says 2003
@@basedtonto 2003???? holy shit
You can tell this is a classic episode because it's in 4:3 ratio format. No widescreen back then (2009!?)
13:32 actually no, 6/1000 th of an inch is 2,36 milimeter.
he is off by ... hmmm 2,54 times. which is the conversion from cm to inch. understandable in that situation. a random question, camera, was working on something else and focused on that work. however, kinda a good example about being focused at one thing at a time.
6 milimeter is 15/1000 of an inch.
Sorry, but Sean was right. Plastic sheeting comes in various thicknesses, which are measured in "mil." A mil is equal to one-thousandth of an inch or 0.001 inch, similar to the thickness of a human hair. The most common thickness rating for plastic sheeting is 6 mil, which is 0.006 inch or 6-thousandths of an inch. Mil in this instance doesn't mean millimeter.
6 mil is 0.15 millimeter for those of us who think metric 😎
@@ChristianWagner888 aside from that being absolutely stupid, cause its very confusing. canada uses both systems. it still doesnt add up, how can the be a different conversion than 2.54 which has to be in there somewhere ? now, there is a factor of 4 included. its just getting worse xD
Another awesome video
Making it right exlint work 😊
If the bathroom was this bad what does the kitchen look like?
Did the home owners sue the previous contractors?
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those seat corner tiles should be bullnosed to be correct...have a rounded edge for a finished corner
😮 Musta blew the budget before they got to that bathroom sink setup ! 😂
Why the tub faucet in the shower? is that a Canada thing?
I love Mike, but this show really harps on and alienates handyman or people that aren't "licensed professionals" ive done plenty of jobs and not only haven't had complaints but ive had many repeat customers. I'm not a "licensed professional" but there's still me and many more like me that take pride in our work and do good jobs. I don't accept payment until I go over the job I did with the customer and make sure they are 100% happy
You do it right. And take pride in your work.
He’s calling out the ones who take the money and run.
hear.hear !!
Um the title says kitchen and bathroom disaster but they only show the bathroom renovation?
It isn't the full episode. The full episodes are an hour long. They cut a lot out, even for this segment.
@@mikel9567 They need to relable this and other short episodes becuase it clearly says on the thumbnail it's a full episode.
why aren't the big companies held responsible
The contract license needs to be pulled if they have one. Some contracts do for money. I don't care about the consumers
Is it just me or is the video quality really low?
It’s also very old…one of the first seasons Mike did…maybe that’s why.
Talking about plumbing on the outsude wall is a very bad thing , then installs the shower head on the outside wall .weird .
should have been done the 1st thyme.
First red flag was 40 grand for 2 bathrooms & a full kitchen redo not even close to enough money. Bathrooms & kitchens r the most expensive rooms to do in ur house. That was to cheap of a price to get good quality work 😂
but this was a L O O O O O N G time ago.
What about the kitchen and the other bathroom
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Why isn't he using blue boards in the bathroom shower?
because they're green. Same thing. Or used to be green and now they're blue?.
WOW
You should be able to name and shame help others to recognise these shonky companies 😮
the couple seem very humble. shame they got swindled
this is why i never have contractors work on my house until i verify there insurance company, I notify the insurance company that they will be working on said project at my address. and, copies of all employees working onsite driver license or state ID. and recent drug test results.
40 k isn’t enough for all that work they got what they paid for
Running out of time? Done when its done no?
Great idea, buy an crappy house, have one of these terrible contractor work for your house and when they predictably f up, sue them for all the money back and some extra
Also... before 2-5 years are up, you can get them to fix everything for free, atleast in EU
In practice this may not work. There are plenty of reports from Germany and Austria where contractors do a poor job and fail to correct it. When it gets really expensive after stalling for a long time, they file for bankruptcy and reopen. Even winning a court case does not help in that case.
Thank God that Woman didn't get electrocuted in the shower!! I'm sure it would have happened in the next day or so
I wish Mike could come to me but I am I Missouri
There is contractor in Missouri names Jake Bolmes but he is not as good 😂
@@misterrichardc Do not know if he still ventures south of the border but Mike Holmes and Do It Right did do a series on a home renovation in SoCal a few years back
@@michaelkendall662 They were in New Orleans a couple years after Katrina also.
You should never do one coat of finish paint you should always do two coats. I thought you was a professional?
We always have two coats of finish paint onto one coat of usually white primer. After only one coat it usually still looks a little uneven not perfectly homogeneous.