(TEARFULLY) I've just pushed really hard today to get it...
to get it all working.
At this point, we're just so disheartened
and we can't even turn to our fellow neighbours.
Why is it a secret what she paid for it?
I would suggest that there's two different versions of Steph.
One's on camera and one's off camera.
SCOTT CAM: Tonight on The Block...
(GASPS) (JACKHAMMER POUNDS)
Here's Johnny!
..the Blockheads are building bathrooms.
Oh, my god!
Building a bathroom in one week is no joke.
I think they're drowning at the moment.
They're in the process of going under.
One couple has a big secret weapon.
Yeah, I'd like to... yeah, to keep it a secret.
Another couple have the same secret weapon.
Now we are well and truly knee-deep in this idea.
Our beloved novices tie themselves in knots.
Alright, quick. Make a decision. If you don't want it, tell me now.
And secrets and lies cause friction.
She wouldn't tell me how much she paid, she wouldn't give up anything.
She just said "You would never be able to get it."
Keeping your cards close to your chest, I guess,
shows how she's gonna be.
Yeah.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# Welcome to a place where you can play
# A place where you can bring your friends but you all have to stay
# Welcome to the madhouse... #
It's a day two on the Block
and our brand-new Blockheads are adjusting
to the early-morning crew calls...
# Welcome to the madhouse... #
..each in their own way.
# Where they all come back for more... #
PRODUCER: How are you feeling after yesterday?
I feel like an old man.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
Good morning. You're on my property.
Good morning.
# Wake me up before you go-go... #
Finish roughing in the plumbing, follow up on the window.
We also need to build a nib wall out of Truecore.
And I had a shave, so...
The mo is poppin', baby. (LAUGHS)
# Wake me up before you go-go... #
WOMAN: Morning.
Today is gonna be that day of getting our (BLEEP) together
because yesterday was a cluster(BLEEP).
# I want to hit that high... #
Oh...
(BLEEP)
Is McCafe opening today?
Good question...
# You got me high on you... #
..because for the past few weeks,
we've been building our very own McCafe
right across from the Blockheads on Charming Street, East Hampton.
# You know we were the same... #
So, Tuesday, I'm going to, in, like, a sentence...
it was just McCafe opening day.
(LAUGHS) That's the only thing.
Hi. How are you, legends?
Oh, my goodness. McCafe's open. Best day of our lives.
Are we all coffee drinkers? CONTESTANTS: Yes.
Oh... No.
Not Steph. Not Steph.
(GASPS) Oh, my goodness.
Never trust someone that doesn't drink coffee.
(LAUGHS) Thank you, girls.
Scotty. You're welcome. It's lovely to see you again.
Lulu and Tina keep us caffeinated... No, you don't even know...
They're my friends. (LAUGHS)
Lulu and Tina are my friends.
OK. I like Lulu and Tina.
They make good coffees.
Thanks, Scotty. Onya, Tina. Onya, Lulu.
(WOMAN LAUGHS) Beautiful. See you.
# So, don't delay, act now Supplies are running out... #
Rightio. Let's get cracking.
Over in house five, Melbourne sisters Eliza and Liberty
are building a bathroom
at the southern end of their self-contained garden studio.
Today, we're actually feeling really good going into the day
and, like, we're gonna tick a lot of things off.
We're feeling like we're in a good position
to then, yeah, start getting our room
really well and truly on the way to completion.
And ready for waterproof Wednesday.
The girls are planning a contemporary bathroom
with white tiles all the way to a raked ceiling.
They're including a floating timber vanity
along with a mix of pendant, strip and downlighting.
The girls are smashing it, to be fair.
They really are.
# Could you like me... #
Well done, girls. Awesome.
The biggest surprise, though, is that the girls came second.
(LAUGHS)
There's something going on there, I reckon.
Yeah. There's something going on.
Oh, I call Lib 'Tradie Lady'.
I reckon... Well...
..something's suss.
People think 'cause we came second in the first challenge, like,
oh, you know, we're stooging everyone and we literally...
We could not have been more surprised.
We just came second in our first score reveal.
Yep. We're just as shocked as you.
No-one's more surprised than those that know us.
And that includes their family,
who were mortified that they were joining a reality TV show.
Our parents are very low-key, small-town Adelaide people.
As a result, they really like to make sure
that we don't have bad reputations.
WOMAN: (ON PHONE)
Are you worried we'll embarrass you?
# When a fire starts to burn... #
We've never felt such a fire inside us, have we? Yep.
We've never felt so excited about anything. So excited.
'Cause we haven't had moments, like, weddings or babies
and you don't need that, but this for us is like...
It feels like our...
It just feels like it's meant to be. Yep.
So, remember, it's opening there.
Yep, that's the right attitude.
But for these reno rookies,
even something simple like positioning a light switch
is creating confusion.
Just there. See how you walk in the door?
It's on the right. Yep.
But 'cause it's sliding door, we've gotta put it on the left
and the sparkies were, like, "Mmm, OK,
"look at all the wiring we have to change."
I actually think it's probably alright.
And will you like us less if we made you do it?
I don't want to make you...
I think it's pointless, so let's say it's, like,
most likely not gonna happen.
I'll just triple check. Yeah.
Here's the thing.
We've never done any of this before,
so we're just, like, "Can we make these decisions?
"Let's see how we go. Let's see how everything comes together."
It may.
And we were, like, last night, "Maybe we're OK at this
"and we, like, love it and want to do it forever,"
but we're not sure.
OK, we really need to talk the plan of this room through.
We genuinely have no (BLEEP) idea what we're doing
but we're just trying really hard
and we're asking six billion questions.
Next door in house four, Steph is at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Yes, I've designed many homes and been an architect for those homes.
I'm a registered architect in New South Wales
and I work for myself.
This one here? That's gone back 300.
In the industry for seven years.
When we decided that we were gonna build, I thought,
"You know what, let's start my own business"
and now I've been operating for just over a year...
Mm-hm. ..and it's been fantastic.
However, they made a big mistake yesterday.
Instead of working in their studio bathroom,
they started demolishing the guest bathroom
and wasted three hours wrecking the wrong one.
Everyone else had a clear indication of where their wing was
and we didn't even know where our bathroom was,
let alone the size of it, the layout...
Mmm. ..anything to do with it.
# Do we live to work or work to live?
# Got me thinking... #
So far, being an architect in this high-pressure, fast-paced game
is no advantage at all.
But today is a new day.
I woke up and I needed familiarity.
I needed an office, I needed my laptop, I needed to start planning.
I needed just time.
Welcome to my office.
This is me, because on site, when, yeah,
you have so many different trades coming in and asking you questions,
like, everyone's on the same page
and it's just so much better like that,
instead of, like, me being flustered and, like, "Where am I going?"
and sketch something on a random piece of paper
that gets burnt later, you know what I mean, so...
(LAUGHS) It's good.
Now, remember, this year I've given all our Blockheads
the entire building schedule and budget.
That means whoever plans ahead gets ahead.
And next week is the studio space.
Because I had a night to look at my plans,
I knew exactly what sort of wardrobe I'm gonna want from Kinsman.
Hello. Hi.
Hello. How are you guys?
Good. It's Steph. I'm Spencer.
Gian. I'm from Kinsman. Lovely to meet you, Spencer.
It went really well. Loved the colours.
Yeah. Great selection. Awesome.
I feel like we nailed it and I think you guys have got
actually a really good little studio.
I think you've, like, made it into a really cool space, so...
Thank you. Yeah, thanks. Same.
Eliza and Liberty in house five are also keen on planning ahead,
if they can just work as a team to get there.
Have you picked downlights?
I thought you got downlights from Beacon.
No.
I haven't been to Beacon for that this week.
Far out!
Well, add that to the list.
PRODUCER: Lib, do you feel like you're carrying the team?
Yeah, I do. I really do. Are you joking?
I'm very much about getting up early.
Like, I get up at 5:00am every day, seize the day, go to the gym,
go for a walk, do my meal prep and you are, like, snooze.
Snooze button, up at the last minute, up till 3:00am, night owl.
I just feel like I need to, like, hustle you and get you into line
'cause you'll, like, be off socialising and stuff
and I'm, like, "Eliza, we just need to get..."
Like, we have to build a house and, like, we need to manage the budget
and we need to do, like...
You're kind of just, like, "Do whatever you want."
SCOTT: In stark contrast, over at house three,
our South Aussie couple, Kristy and Brett,
are working like a well-oiled team.
Safety officer Brett brings the brawn
while project manager Kristy brings the organisational brains.
I've gone and picked up the sensors and then the additional downlights.
BRETT: (ON PHONE) Oh, you're a legend.
This is, like, my domain. Yeah.
That's what I'm used to having, like, schedules and budgets
and you divide it out and whatever be the case,
so I think that's gonna be a really strong point for me.
Brett and Kristy's design blends base tiles on the wall
with form tiles in a feature arch next to a bench seat,
all within a large shower recess
punctuated with polished brass fittings.
DAN: Oh, I like this.
I like seeing organisation
and I like seeing it up so everyone can see what's gotta be done when.
Yep.
I do love a plan. I love a schedule.
Yep, being organised is more important than ever before.
We've got a bit more of a team between us and you guys this year.
My builders are putting an extra storey onto all the houses
at the same time as our Blockheads are building their rooms.
And because they've all got access to the entire schedule,
they're going to have to coordinate with my builders
for the whole 12 weeks.
Kitchen's the first one. Mm-hm.
We need that gone. Kitchen out of there.
That concrete floor... Has to come out as well.
Mm-hm. ..that's gotta go.
A bit of demo work that has to take place now to be able to move on up.
Come back tomorrow arvo, it'll be done?
Oh, yeah. Oh, come back tonight.
(LAUGHS) It'll be done by tonight.
I'll stay up.
Here's Johnny!
I reckon I'd get a bit of coin for this.
We had a...
what I knew was a high-quality oven in there,
so we decided to try to sell that online.
(TAKES PHOTO) Upload that one.
PRODUCER: You sold it? Did sell it.
We did sell it. Yes.
Not a bad start. Done and dusted.
(CLEARS THROAT)
We thought we had some success. Mmm.
But it was an internet scam.
Up next, house two lose a dunny.
Oh, my god!
He keeps running away from me.
And so we're back to a (BLEEP) toilet.
And house four, well, they're just lost.
And if they're slightly out,
it's gonna affect the compliance of the staircase.
It's 45mm.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# I guess I want you more than I thought I did... #
SCOTT: So far on tonight's episode of The Block,
we've learnt that being an architect is no advantage in this game.
We didn't even know where our bathroom was,
let alone the size of it, the layout, anything to do with it.
But being a project manager is an advantage.
I like seeing organisation.
I do love a plan. I love a schedule.
So, having renovated five houses
must be a massive advantage for Queenslanders Leah and Ash.
They have very ambitious bathroom plans this week.
They're going with a polished finish and plaster walls,
rising to a curved ceiling
and they've placed a white toilet suite in between the shower recess
and the vanity.
Today, Leah picked, like, an exposed toilet suite and then...
And it's at this point, the toilet suite choice point,
where we discover that having renovated five houses
is not an advantage at all in this game.
Do you know what it was?
I go, "Oh, I don't want to bother anybody,
"so I'll just put a toilet suite in"
and that's where my head was at and then I worked out...
You're on The Block. You've gotta bother.
Yeah, you've gotta bother. Mate, I'll bother.
Yeah. Now that I know...
(LAUGHS) You've gotta bother.
Yep, in a multi-million-dollar house, Leah chose an exposed toilet suite
rather than the more high-end in-wall system.
And Leah is all over it.
I need to go and check up to see if we can cut Truecore
to put our toilet in the wall.
Where did the Truecore guy go?
Oh, my god! He keeps running away from me!
What's his name?
DAN: Go get into him. What's his name?
Marty. Marty.
Hey, Marty. It's fine...
Sorry. Hey, I'm Leah. G'day, Leah. How you going?
We didn't meet yesterday.
That's not even the Truecore guy. Isn't that a plumber?
Yeah, who is she after? Truecore guy. (LAUGHS)
No, that's Marty, the plumber. Yeah.
I thought that's who she wanted.
I believe you're going an in-wall system now instead of...
If we can. No problem.
That'd be great. Yeah.
I'm gonna quickly run and change... exchange that out... Yeah.
..so that Tom's got enough time to put that in. Yeah.
Everything's OK for that.
The only problem is, now you've got to cut your Truecore
to get that in-wall system in.
You probably need to go to Truecore
and ask them what they need to re-secure it...
Because those... Aren't you Truecore?
No. No. Truecore...
No. Oh. I'm just Marty the plumber. (LAUGHS)
I've got a Truecore hat on. Oh, my gosh!
(LAUGHS) I'm talking to the wrong person!
Come on, I'll introduce you to Truecore. (LAUGHS)
SCOTT: But it seems finding the right Marty
is the least of Leah's problems.
So I've just been liaising with Peter
and because it's a boundary wall, that's fire-rated
and their structural studs...
Yep. ..so you can't...
Look, it is what it is.
I know when it's a definite no.
It's fine. It is what it is. Bugger.
Yeah, that's alright. That's OK.
Anyway, so we're back to a (BLEEP) toilet.
Can you not say that?
No, it's not a (BLEEP) toilet. It's fine. It'll be cool.
West Australians Kyle and Leslie
have the longest bathroom to build this week
and they're taking advantage by evenly spacing their shower recess,
vanity and toilet.
So, today, we need to get our framing approved
or inspected and approved.
But last night we decided on having this shape of the ceiling
because it's a really tall, high, raked ceiling.
Rather than have load point there, do this.
So you've got the curve... Yeah.
We weren't after sharp edges.
We really wanted a lot of soft curves and stuff through the house.
Oh, that's gonna look really, really good. Yeah.
I really like that idea of the rounded ceiling. Yeah.
It's gonna give it a bit of feature, isn't it...
Yeah, absolutely. ..rather than... Yeah.
And we've got that sort of theme going everywhere
with the rounded-off corners anyway,
so I suppose you guys know what you're doing, eh?
Well, not really, but they are on a steep learning curve.
So, we don't have any reno experience.
So, we built this house in 2014.
Like, we painted. Like, I'll pick up a drill.
So we like giving things a go.
And, I mean, I do feel a little fraudy when people go...
We say, "Oh, we're on The Block."
And they go, "Oh, I didn't know you guys renovated."
I'm, like, "Well..."
I mean, we haven't,
but I don't think it's beyond what we're capable of.
So it seems novices Kyle and Leslie
are competing with reno veterans Leah and Ash
as each of them has a curved-ceiling secret weapon this week
and neither of them know the other one is doing it.
# Think about this... #
No-one has done a Cursio curve before, so this will be interesting.
Our weapon this week is the curve.
I think we've got a few weapons.
But the curve. There's a few weapons in that bathroom.
But the thing is, like...
Say 'the curve'.
(LAUGHS) The curve.
Over at house four,
Steph and Gian are determined to make up the three hours
they lost yesterday demolishing the wrong bathroom,
so they're pushing their trades.
To maximise the time that we have... Yeah.
..you're pre-cutting?
Yeah, yeah, we'll get everything cut, ready.
After starting demo on the wrong bathroom, we're back on track.
Unfortunately, there's a bit of a problem with the skylight.
How much are we off? X factor. We've got no idea.
Mmm.
We're really experienced at doing this and...
And we do like to put it in the best spot possible
but we've got no idea because we're still vague about where this...
where it's all going.
PRODUCER: Do you feel confident with what she's got?
No. No, not really.
(BOTH LAUGH) No.
Come on, Carlos. (LAUGHS)
Is the skylight all good?
It's good. I worked out our detail.
It's just like... It's a detail. Alright. Cool. All good.
So, with their ceiling sorted - kind of -
they now could have even a bigger problem with the floor.
Keith and I are gonna go into house four
and just make sure they've got their floor heights correct
because we've actually pre-ordered their staircase
and if they're slightly out,
it's gonna affect the compliance of the staircase.
SCOTT: Finished floor level, or FFL,
is measured against sea level
as a constant to ensure all floor levels
match up to the architectural plans.
KEITH: Don't know if we can shoot it straight in the room. DAN: Yeah.
(BEEPING)
That's us there.
10mm tile. Wow.
Just double check that.
At the moment, off what they've got, it's 45mm.
So we've worked that out and it looks like at the moment
you're 25mm lower than what we need to be.
So, look, we just measured our finished floor level incorrectly.
We did it from inside the house,
where Keith and Dan basically, like, marked it all out
from the outside of the house
and worked out that we were still a bit out.
We set the laser up in the porch... Yep.
..and we were able to shoot through this doorway
and get an accurate mark right there.
Yeah.
We've done that and we think it's 25mm too low.
Look, fortunately, I mean, look, taking the positives
and being optimistic about it all,
we had to come up, not come down.
If we had to go down, we probably wouldn't be here right now.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
When Keith and Dan brought to our attention
that our builder got the finished floor level wrong,
we kind of scratched our heads a little bit.
Yep.
SCOTT: Steph and Gian's attempt
to claw back yesterday's three-hour delay
has hit a massive snag
because their builder, Ryan, made a mistake with his floor levels.
Yeah, we've probably got a half an hour window, let them finish...
Yeah.
..and then we'll get a subfloor inspection and we lay floor. Yeah.
I reckon we could be whacking on plaster by 3:30.
Yeah. That's fine.
Even though the FFL was stuffed up, the builder has assured me
that we're gonna make waterproof Wednesday.
Yeah.
You probably thought Tuesday started badly for Steph and Gian.
Well, waterproof Wednesday
is about to become 'what the hell Wednesday' for them.
Here they are.
Gang, we've finally got the plans, the structural plans.
I've just gone to house four
to deliver the structural plans that they need
to do their shower base for the subfloor.
I'm a bit concerned in there. It's chaos, to be honest.
Just leave it there, guys.
That's it. Alright.
Yep. Yep.
They just brushed me off, went to another area.
There was about ten tradesmen around there trying to figure something out
and you could feel the tension.
I thought I'd just leave the plans there.
It's just too much going on.
Where's Dan? Dan left.
Did he leave? 'Cause he had the structural things...
He left it? Yep.
Oh, here. Yeah, he left us the plans.
Hey, Dan.
I then went outside.
They've called me back in to go over the plans with them.
MAN: So...
I don't really understand this drawing.
What was concerning,
the carpenter didn't know how to read these plans.
I tried to explain to him the best I could.
So, these BFJs, that's what these are.
Yep.
That's the waling plate that we're connecting to the joists.
Yep. Existing joists.
Alright. OK.
Does that make sense? Yeah.
I'm really worried in there.
There's no-one really leading that team and it's a shambles.
There's people just standing around not really knowing what to do.
This is good... Good all action. Yeah.
Didn't I see some plasterers out there waiting to come in?
They were gonna start, yeah.
So we originally had them wanting to come in at 12:00
but we're just a little bit behind the eight ball.
Do you reckon you'll even get them in today?
I hope so.
STEPH: This is nothing...
Like, this is OK compared to yesterday.
This is good. Yeah, honestly.
We feel on top of the problems.
TOM: All I'm seeing is dollar signs in here.
(LAUGHS) Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching.
Cha-ching.
Because we're still trying to rectify the floor problem,
that's had a flow-on effect on other trades.
There's a lot of guys standing around in there.
I don't know why. Plasterers.
Oh, no, the plasterers, I feel like they're going.
Aren't they? I don't know.
I'm not gonna hang around here... Yeah.
..just waiting for stuff to get done. Yep.
Because you guys have been going since 7:00 as well, so... Yeah.
You know, I'm hoping we can get in there but, look, I'll go now
and hopefully speak to Ryan and you might see me, you might see me not.
GIAN: Worst-case scenario possibility,
which would involve us pushing plastering back to tomorrow.
MAN: (ON PHONE) We're not gonna plaster today, are we?
I don't think so.
KEITH: The main builder has taken off.
Ryan? Yeah. Ryan.
It worries me.
There's a lot of problems that are arising that shouldn't be...
Correct. ..to be honest.
It's just little things that we're, like, "Oooh..."
OK. Yeah. I'll keep an eye on it. Yeah.
We'd prefer to see Ryan here overseeing his boys.
Bathrooms aren't that easy
and you guys have had to alter an existing floor.
Yeah. There's a lot of...
There's a lot of little things that can go wrong with doing that.
I'd prefer to see someone senior here overseeing that job at the moment.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he just left. Yeah.
Like, even the floor...
Why couldn't he have sent one of the other boys to the other job?
It's almost a conversation to him, "Hey, this is your business.
"You want to be here making sure everything's running smoothly."
Correct.
Because we've had a disastrous day with them guys, to be honest.
Yeah. OK.
Alrighty? Mm-hm.
Yeah, thanks for the heads up. DAN AND KEITH: No worries.
Keep going.
This is the Block challenge, right? Mmm.
I mean, no-one's an expert day one. Yeah.
SCOTT: Bathrooms are usually the smallest rooms
that require the most trades and inspection
and right now, Keith is popping into house one to inspect framing
for those incredibly ambitious Cursio curves.
KEITH: That's not ready.
After our Beaumont visit yesterday,
Ade came by and he said, "Oh, well, why don't you have another curve?"
And so, now we have two curves in the ceiling.
So it started off with one. Now we have two.
So there's nothing behind it, by the looks.
MAN: No. I was kind of hoping that when we screw that...
Kind of hoping?
I guess in my mind it was, like, once we put the 6mm plaster,
it creates like a veneer almost and it's like...
'Cause that's inadequate.
There's no way I can let you put plaster over that.
PRODUCER: This is what it's like working with the Cursios.
They go, "I've got a great idea..." Yeah.
..and then you have to make it work.
And then someone else has to build it. (LAUGHS)
And then you pay for it. Yeah.
I must admit, though, guys, you've been set a pretty big task
by your contestants.
Sometimes when it's not achievable, just tell them,
"Sorry, can't do that."
I'd probably say no to a contestant in this situation.
Yep.
SCOTT: Coming up, bathroom pressure grinds Leah down.
(TEARFULLY) I've just pushed really hard today to get it...
to get it all working.
And claws come out and the target is Steph.
Why is it a secret what she paid for it?
If she wants it, that's great. It's a compliment.
I would suggest that there's two different versions of Steph.
One's on camera and one's off camera.
Definitely.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
# I need you but you don't want me, don't want me too... #
SCOTT: The battle of the bathroom curves between houses one and two
is hotting up...
Mum, this is no joke.
It's so much worse than what it is on TV.
..as Leah goes out to buy the benchtops and splashbacks
that could give their bathroom the winning edge.
Yeah, I've just found a marble stone place run by two girls,
so I'm just heading there now
to see if I can get some stone in my bathroom.
# Control your body, control your body... #
In our bathroom this week, we wanted it to be moody and sexy
and really play on the fact that there's not a lot of natural light.
Big issue. It's bathroom week now. Mm-hm.
It's Tuesday. We reveal on Sunday. Wow. (LAUGHS)
So we've gone with a beautiful vanity from Reece
and custom marble on top with the benchtop and the splashback.
# Breaking through tonight Breaking through tonight... #
Yeah, so your veins are gonna run up on your splashback too
so they'll book-match it up into the actual splashback
so we have that beautiful... (EXCLAIMS)
..continuity with your vein.
(LAUGHS) (EXCLAIMS)
While most people would love to have what Leah's having right now,
back at her house, no-one would want this subfloor and framing inspection.
KEITH: So you've gotta chip all these concrete away
because our angle can't ride the wall with that there.
MAN: Yep. It's gonna stick out.
This batten hasn't got... It's 520. Just put another one in, yeah.
Yeah. And another one in there. Yeah.
So there's two packers there. There should be one.
You guys have got a lot to do here,
which is starting to concern me because we're running out of time.
It is so hard.
Building a bathroom in one week is no joke.
No joke.
(TEARFULLY) No, I've just pushed really hard today to get it...
to get it all working
and, yeah, if it pulls off, that's amazing
regardless of what happens on Sunday.
My self-satisfaction is exactly what I would want.
Yeah. Yeah.
It'll happen.
As day two on the Block finally approaches tools down,
Steph and Gian face yet another inspection of their subfloor,
this time by my engineer Doug.
DAN: Well, that's looking better than this morning.
DOUG: Yeah. Yeah? Well done.
You probably got them over the line.
They've done a Steven Bradbury, to be honest,
'cause an hour ago, when I was in there, it wasn't looking good.
All day, I've been worried.
But as Dougie, the great man, comes to inspect it...
(LAUGHS) ..it's actually pretty good.
They got it going. Yeah, no, it didn't seem too bad at all to me.
That's the first bit of good news I think we've had all week.
All week? It's been a day and a half.
SCOTT: Now, remember, The Block has rules
and rule number 13 subclause F states
that once Blockheads take ownership of a house
after the house decider challenge,
they inherit all the furnishings and fittings used in that house.
Leslie! (LAUGHS) Yes?
Yes, yes, yes?
I've gotta ask a favour/ I've got some deals.
So, today, there was a bed in Steph's challenge room
which is now Leslie's and Kyle's house.
I'm trying to order this bedhead. Are you?
Yes.
So I thought what I would do
is I would go and offer a discounted amount to Leslie
but be able to tell...so it was a fair amount to keep it fair.
I went to ask Steph how much the, like, bed and chair was,
I believe it was,
and Steph wouldn't tell me where she got it from or how much it was
so I couldn't negotiate with Leslie.
She wouldn't tell me how much she paid, she wouldn't give up anything.
She just said, "You would never be able to get it
"because it was on sale."
And I go, "I don't care if it was on sale or if it wasn't. What was it?"
Why is it a secret what she paid for it?
I don't even understand that.
I would tell anyone what I paid for something.
Same. It's just a challenge room.
Weird.
Wouldn't tell her. Just refused to tell her.
I would suggest that there's two different versions of Steph.
One's on camera and one's off camera and it's...
It's very different conversations that you're having at both points.
Definitely.
That green bed in your challenge room, where did you get it from?
STEPH: RJ Living.
RJ Living?
And how much did you pay for it?
I think it was about 700.
700?
I'll see you later. Bye. Hope you use it.
Oh, yeah, send me her name. Message me her name.
Oh, yeah. Cool. Thanks.
I was more than happy to tell her, so...
(LAUGHS) But if she wants it, that's great. It's a compliment.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: It's the crack of dawn on day three of the Block.
WOMAN: Get it open! WOMAN: Coffee time!
CONTESTANTS: Good morning! Morning.
Our saviours. Oh...
Time for a triple shot
and a quick catch-up with everyone's favourite plumber Tom,
who this year leads my team of plumbers.
Oh, you poor thing. (LAUGHS)
Every time Tom comes around, the energy and the vibes just lift.
He is just a vibe and we just love him.
He's a real chiller.
Who do you reckon will be the teacher's pet this year?
I reckon you. Me?
Yeah. Mate, a teacher's pet? Yeah.
And we just want him around all the time.
Yep, Tom was a Blockhead last year, who, with his wife Sarah-Jane,
won more rooms than ever before... (CHEERS)
..then got smashed on auction night.
It's sold.
Congratulations, Danny, and well done.
It's surreal.
Wasn't in our future.
We just feel so, like, bad for you guys...
Oh, don't. No. ..that you didn't get the money.
No. Doesn't matter. We were lucky.
We didn't really have expectations, so...
Well, we wanted to make sure we had heaps I have fun,
if you won no money...
Yeah. Mmm. ..and had a really (BLEEP) time...
Yeah. ..imagine how you'd feel after that.
Yeah.
And he just, yeah, just gives us great advice
and 'cause he's been on before,
he just gives us little tips and tricks
about what he kind of experienced, which is what we need
'cause often we're in the pits of hell.
I saw you when you did some inso. Good work.
No, it's not good work. Mate, it's better than others.
We had a crack.
Last night, the girls stayed up late
in an attempt to get ahead with their insulation.
We thought painting was the most horrendous task on the Block.
Insulation is by far the most horrendous.
It's so much worse. That is the actual pits of hell.
Oh, god, that looks horrendous.
(LAUGHS)
You are itchy and you have to wear long sleeves when you're insulating
but then you get so hot and sweaty that you take it off
but then you end up itchy with all these, like, pins and needles
all over your body and in your eyes and it's absolutely horrid.
This is not enjoyable whatsoever.
To be fair, we were doing it...
Like, we were doing one square, you know, per hour.
It turns out we were a bit too finicky.
Now it's time to see if all that lurking in the pits of hell
was worth it.
It's Wednesday. We're feeling good about achieving the waterproofing.
Keith comes in...
What do you think of our insulation job?
KEITH: It's good. It's very neat.
There's just one thing wrong with it, though.
Major. Majorly wrong.
We inspect your frame, give you a tick
and then you put the insulation in.
Now, your frame hasn't been approved as yet.
And he goes, "Hey, guys, why is the insulation up?
"You haven't had your official check and I need to rip it all out."
And we're, like, "Go and (BLEEP) yourself, Keith."
But we still love you and we're sorry.
Guys, seriously, it'll take you five minutes to pull it out
and take you ten minutes to put it back.
Oh, no.
PRODUCER: Are you gonna make waterproof Wednesday?
SCOTT: Both houses one and two
are including curved ceilings in their studio bathrooms.
Kyle and Leslie are doing the double Cursio curves with gyprock...
You know, we plan to include some pretty...
Labour-intensive... ..features. Yep.
..while Leah and Ash are using polished Venetian plaster
on a single curve.
This curve was magical
and the detail of the curve
was very specific.
What makes this battle so much fun to watch
is that both teams think they are the only ones doing curves this week.
Yeah, I'd like to... yeah, to keep it secret, for sure
because I think it's our secret weapon.
But there's no guarantee they'll both make it to reveal.
Building in curves is pretty complicated stuff.
Mate, we've got a lot to do.
There's a ton of work to do.
Where are we at?
Just don't worry.
We're right. OK.
With our curve in the bathroom, the process is you build your frame
and then you use a thinner sheet but you double up,
so you use, like, a 6mm flexi-sheet.
That means that we have to return...
That means we have to triple-sheet...
That's three, yeah. ..the whole lot.
Because we were gonna, like, do this triple-sheet, double-sheet tile
so it was all sort of married in.
The judges will love seeing, you know,
the tile button in flush with the plaster.
It's pretty nice.
Do you reckon they'll understand how hard it is to do it?
Of course they will. They know the industry. (LAUGHS)
The problem is, Ash doesn't have that sheet of plaster on site
and he's too busy to pick it up.
Can I pick it up? Yeah, in the van...
Is there a Block van?
Yes, I needed to go across town somewhere
to get one sheet of gyprock.
('CARS' BY GARY NUMAN PLAYS) OK.
Um...
How does it turn on?
Oh... Never mind.
So, hopped in there and was ready to go...
And I think Leah was, like,
"I can't drive a manual" and everyone was, like... Yeah.
.."It's an auto" and she was even more scared and she's, like,
"(BLEEP). Do I have to do it now?" Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Oh, guys, I'm actually quite...
(THUD) (YELPS, LAUGHS)
(ENGINE REVS)
Oh... (BLEEP) I've done something wrong.
OK, this is a problem. This is definitely not a good idea.
But we were on the road, ready to go.
Toodle-oo.
And you know what,
she went to get this gyprock all the way over the other side of town
and we didn't even use it. (LAUGHS)
Let's leave the gyprock curve in house two
to see how the Cursio curves are going in house one.
Now we are well and truly knee-deep in this idea and it's happening.
The curves come together now, so now we know it's got to get plastered.
MAN: (MOCK-ITALIAN ACCENT) It's like making the world's biggest pizza.
And it was amazing to watch.
They wet the gyprock
and they roll it over a 100mm PVC pipe to get the curve.
Come on, boys.
We all need to be on the same page of no-one going too gung-ho.
Just go slowly and slowly. MAN: Piano, piano.
To get the gyprock into the curve at the top there,
it's not gonna like bending that much.
It will just break.
You know, usually getting gyprock to bend like that, it's over hours.
MAN: I told you they were the best plasterers in Melbourne.
(LAUGHS) I know. I know it, mate. I know it. That's it.
Ease it in. Talk nice things to it.
Very good piece of plaster. You're a good plaster.
You're a very nice piece of 6mm... Plaster or pasta?
You tell it, Tommy. (MAN LAUGHS)
Yeah, they were talking sweet nothings to it
to make sure it wouldn't crack.
Good gyprock.
Very, very nice piece of 6mm.
Good work, gyprock. I'm proud of you.
How's it going?
Look how many plasterers it takes to hang the little sheet.
Hey-hey! High-five! Alright!
PRODUCER: Still do it? Still make it?
Yeah, I'm confident. They're confident.
They wouldn't have suggested it otherwise.
And we've got the best tilers here,
so I'm pretty confident we'll get it done.
The bottom line is 100% get the wall sheeted,
the floors completed, Sikaflex, everything done.
Pre-waterproofing inspection pass. That's the one.
Bottom line, if that's not done, we are not tiling.
Yeah. Yep.
So I hope when people see the curve later on in the week,
they're gonna be, like, "Oh, my god."
Coming up, it's crunch time.
Boys.
Will our rookies make waterproof Wednesday?
Mark, we've got the boys.
Please inspect, Dan. Please approve.
And our most experienced couple...
KEITH: Concentrate on all the low sheets...
..they'll get there, surely.
ASH: You know what, Keith,
I'm really annoyed that I listened to Leah on that one.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER BOOMS)
SCOTT: Receiving the news you're on The Block
is a life-changing, euphoric moment.
How long have you been watching The Block for?
Day one.
My whole childhood.
You guys are on The Block.
Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Are you for real?
Shut your lips!
I told you. (BLEEP)
Oh, my god! I can't believe it!
(BLEEP) Man, that's insane.
This doesn't happen to us! Oh, my god!
Oh, my god. I actually can't breathe.
I feel so sick. Oh, jeez.
Oh, my god. I can't believe it.
Back then, they had no idea what they were getting into...
because becoming a Blockhead is a massive commitment.
Yeah, it's, like, you feel guilty sleeping.
You leave your job, friends and family for three months of your life.
Yeah, I definitely threatened to run back to Queensland
a few times this week.
And nothing will ever be the same.
It's all crazy. It's actually been crazy, honestly.
And despite reports to the contrary, these days no-one goes hungry.
Oh, wow. Oh!
Blockhead food comes in by the fridge-load.
Oh, my god!
So, Lite n' Easy arrived today on the Block
and this is my dream come true.
416 calories. That's good, isn't it?
They've given us this beautiful big fridge,
food in the fridge for every single meal.
Couldn't be more pumped.
Oh, I'm so happy.
WOMAN: You guys are so cute.
With their lives turned upside down,
it is simple pleasures that bring the biggest smiles.
I'm in heaven.
As if you wouldn't want to live in this street.
WOMAN: Oh, yeah.
I feel like you need to have a balance of sweet and savoury.
And someone can just get a whole pack of Cream Favourites.
And now they are here, it's every good Blockhead's job
to spread the love around Charming Street.
I'm your neighbour.
Would you like some biscuits? Some Arnott's biscuits?
Yeah, absolutely.
Tools down is fast approaching on waterproof Wednesday
and not everyone is going to make the cut.
# Waterproof Wednesday. # (LAUGHS)
Let's do a spin around the grounds,
starting with the least experienced Blockheads,
Melbourne sisters Liberty and Eliza.
Boys, we're ready, I believe.
Mark, we've got the boys.
We're on track to making waterproof Wednesday, we think.
Can we do the inspection? Yes, please. Please.
Please, inspect, Dan. Please approve.
And that's good to go.
So we can go round two of insulation?
(LAUGHS)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
I hate insulating this. I hate this more than painting.
I hate this more than anything I've ever done in my whole entire life.
Oh... Alrighty.
You seem happy.
Yeah, it's good. Great.
With insulation approved,
the wall sheets go up and it's onto the next inspection.
Hello, Keith. KEITH: How you going?
Good. You? Good.
We're ready for our sheet inspection.
Is that what it's called?
It's called a pre-waterproofing inspection.
A pre-waterproofing inspection. We're ready for that.
Alright. Cool.
Any good? All good.
(WOMEN CHEER)
(LAUGHS)
In some sort of, like, 'MIRAH-cle',
we got our room signed off first for waterproofing.
Oh, my god, we love you!
We passed it!
Is it alright? They're, like... He's, like, rapt.
OK, I said you've never met two more shocked people in your life
when we came second in the challenge.
You've never met two more shocked people in your life today
when we were the first ones to get that feedback.
I've got a new lease on life. Let's go. Let's do an all-nighter.
SCOTT: Second-least-experienced this year
are West Aussies Kyle and Leslie.
The guys got the sheets on the wall,
we had our builders chasing their tail,
Sikaflexing all the joins
and it was literally 5:50, I think,
when we got our pre-waterproofing inspection done...
Looking good, Keith? Thanks, mate.
Whoo-hoo! Yeah!
Thank you! Let's go. Alright.
..which then meant that, after 6:00,
the guys will get in there and start the waterproofing.
Next are South Aussies Kristy and Brett.
Youse are ready to waterproof. Love that.
Good to go. Eight minutes to spare. Eight minutes to spare.
So, well done. Waterproofing tonight.
Yeah. That's a huge one. Waterproof Wednesday.
Massive. You beauty!
We got sign-off on waterproof Wednesday.
(LAUGHS) Love that. So exciting.
Now it's onto the slightly more experienced teams,
starting with Steph, the architect, and husband Gian.
At the start of today, we really wanted to make waterproof Wednesday
and this is something that we're learning on the Block -
your expectations definitely don't match reality.
KEITH: Now, I reckon you'll be waterproofing tomorrow at some stage.
Is that bad?
Well, tomorrow's Thursday.
Yeah.
At this point, we're just so disheartened by all the setbacks
and again, we're still learning the rhythm of the Block
and realising that we're not in the same rhythm, like...
Yeah.
There was just so much anxiety today
because of the boys having to just rush and finish for...
Yeah, look, they can't be rushing. Again, it's the plasterers.
They're putting so much pressure on us
and I just think that we're bringing them in way too early.
And we can't even turn to our fellow neighbours,
so we felt a bit alone and alienated.
Yep.
SCOTT: And our most experienced couple,
with five renos under their belt,
well, they started full of beans.
We wanted to change the actual rules to waterproof Tuesday.
I said it on camera.
Yep, that was a pipedream.
But will they make waterproof Wednesday?
KEITH: I come in about an hour ago
and I said to you guys that... concentrate on all the low sheets,
get the shower area to 1.8...
Yeah. ..and then you can waterproof...
I know, but... ..which was achievable.
I just thought we could've got there.
No, we missed waterproof Wednesday. Yeah.
So, at this point, I'm, like...
We are cooked. We are screwed.
There something brewing between Steph, Leah and Kristy.
VOICE-OVER: Bathroom week...
I don't know if she's dumb and innocent
or smart and sneaky.
It's definitely smart and sneaky.
(LAUGHS)
..reaches boiling point.
Snake!
Does the blockhead who knows best...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
..make the biggest Block blunder?
MAN: Are we even gonna finish?
Then Sunday... Ooh!
I love it.