About this season
Contractor Bryan Baeumler saves DIYers from projects that have gone south. This is an exciting hit show about failed DIY home renovations with owners in desperate need of some on-the-job training.
Episodes (20)
1. Kitchen Calamity
Aired 2 October 2008
Cee has been shoving paper Mache into her walls in her kitchen to attempt to hold it together- while partner Sue questions the sturdiness of Cee’s creative Reno’s.
2. Tiling Crackdown
Aired 9 October 2008
Nicole has no where to turn- her mother Bernice has been dry fitting tiles and wrapping the shower in cellophane as she attempted to do it all herself over the last two years.
3. Bathroom Boundaries
Aired 16 October 2008
Karen and Steph are newly weds and have recently moved into the basement of Steph’s mother. In order to get some privacy, Steph tried to build a bathroom in their apartment.
4. Hair Raising Reno
Aired 23 October 2008
Frank bought a new house and convinced his wife Andrea that if they moved in with his parents, he could finish the house in two weeks. It’s been six months and all Frank has managed to do is gut the entire house and put down some sub floor…now he has no idea what to do.
5. Blundering Basement
Aired 30 October 2008
Zubin is a hard working guy who has been running between his job and his basement disaster that he’s preparing for his son-Sandra his wife doesn’t believe Zubin is actually doing any Reno’s when he disappears into the basement night after night.
6. Bosnjack
Aired 6 November 2008
Clifton and Caroline have seven children and in an effort to help makes ends meet, Clifton built a hair salon for Caroline in the house. The trouble is Clifton is clueless when it comes to home renovation.
7. Kitchen in Chaos
Aired 13 November 2008
David is a scrambled guy. He has started renovations all over the house and never finished them. His wife Marika has finally had enough after he messed with her kitchen. His scattered ways and lack of knowledge have destroyed every reno he’s attempted.
8. Disaster Dude
Aired 20 November 2008
Stacey the Buddha master of calm, has had a meditative vision of her husband Kevin finishing the rec-room in their basement-Kevyn on the other hand has a vision of himself being handy, but this vision is only a bad dream.
9. Mudding Muddle
Aired 27 November 2008
Marcello’s patience like his espresso is running short - His partner David convinced him to move out of his nice clean condo and into this money pit. He assured Marcello that he could finish the house in a couple of months.
10. The Elephant
Aired 4 December 2008
Tony wanted a 70inch television in the basement. To get this, he had to knock down the bathroom and move it into the laundry room. His wife Janice is furious because now she has no bathroom and his terrible screw up makes it impossible for her to even do the laundry anymore.
11. Humane Society
Aired 11 December 2008
For Johanne the local Humane Society has gone to the dogs. Frances, Shelagh and Andrea have tried to utilize the small facility to the best of their ability but a lack of space and know how has turned it into a real mess.
12. Gravel
Aired 18 December 2008
Mark has improperly pieced together his basement; use of the wrong materials and misuse of the right ones has pushed his wife Maryse over the edge.
13. Bumbling Benny
Aired 25 December 2008
Benny is spending too much time on the yoga mat-while his young family struggles to maneuver around his makeshift shed in the backyard. He wanted to build a storage shed and the monstrosity had to be torn down after neighbors complained.
14. Finally Finishing
Aired 8 January 2009
Justin needs no help starting the job it’s the finishing that has escaped him. Holes in the floor, exposed heating ducts and a partially exposed brick wall are driving his wife Rachel crazy.
15. Small Vision Kitchen
Aired 11 March 2009
Brian’s Self proclaimed laziness has left him and his wife Miki with a constructions site for a Kitchen. Miki can’t cook (which she loves) and Brian can’t eat her cooking (which he loves).
16. Bathroom Reborn
Aired 12 March 2009
Graham has half done half of the bathroom and Heather has lost all her patients. Lose tiles and lack of direction has left her without relief. Can Bryan show Graham the way to fully refinish his bathroom and restore Heather’s patients.
17. Diamond in the Rough
Aired 13 March 2009
Steve has promised Leslie a finished laundry room in the basement and not followed through. The lack of progress has made Leslie put her hopes out to dry. Will Bryan help Steve complete the job before Leslie puts him through the ringer.
18. Family Dreams Come True (1)
Aired 22 March 2009
David Paquette has found himself and his 5 children living in a structurally compromised house. With no hot water and only a woodstove for heat Andrew Hamilton and the Local community reach out for the Help of Bryan Baeumler.
19. Family Dreams Come True (2)
Aired 29 March 2009
Can Bryan give David the Help and lessons he needs to give a sound home to him and his Family.
20. Backyard Blues
Aired 29 March 2009
Fran’s back yard and pool have fallen on the wayside. A rickety fence, a shamble of a shed and putty filled cracks in the pool deck have left her kids Melissa and Michael pleading with her to get help.