SCOTTY CAM: Previously, our Blockheads began work
on their third room.
Master Ensuite week. Another bathroom.
It's the second wet area for the competition.
Jesse and Paige sought redemption for their first bathroom.
We're week three and we already have one incomplete bathroom.
We're not gonna let things go wrong.
But soon after, everything began to unravel.
(CRYING) You never want to talk to me
and you never want to listen to me.
And that's exactly why we've ended up here again.
The boys were hoping this week would be their week...
PRODUCER: What could go wrong?
Ahh, nothin'. Nothin'.
Absolutely nothing could go wrong.
..but their ensuite had other plans.
Our waterproofer had started
waterproofing something that hadn't been approved.
What happened to your builder?
He should have got the approvals but he's nicked home.
One of us had to head back to site to sort the mess out.
And tonight...
The boys' bathroom continues to put up a fight.
We're at worst case scenario.
Brutal.
I've never witnessed this before.
They just need to stop.
The hits just keep on coming.
And it's a cliffhanger right up to the final round.
When you left the waterproofer Wednesday,
it was a kick in the guts and you left us to (BLEEP) burn.
Week from hell. Yep.
(ELECTRICITY BUZZES)
(PENGUINS CHIRP)
SCOTTY: Regular viewers will know that wet room week on The Block
follows a certain rhythm.
Monday's all about planning and subfloor.
Truecore Tuesday, frames go up.
Followed by that all-important Waterproof Wednesday.
You want to start tiling on Thursday so you can fit off on Friday.
Well, today is Friday and only two of our teams have started tiling.
Kylie and Brad in House Four
and Jesse and Paige in House One.
Yep. Definitely wasn't the week that we'd planned out.
Week from hell. Yep.
After going a couple of rounds...
(BELL DINGS) (CROWD CHEERS)
..first with their builder.
Yeah, Miller dropped his tools and was like, "I've gotta go".
MILLER: Yeah, I have to go. See youse.
He left his apprentice in charge.
SCOTTY: And then with their waterproofing.
(BELL DINGS)
It was definitely non-compliant.
Yeah, pretty embarrassing for me to walk into that space.
The worse thing for G and I... Yeah.
..is the trust here,
that someone's come in afterwards
and added this in without our knowledge.
And then a waterproofer on top of that's
happy to waterproof over it.
Ricky and Haydn finally managed to get their build compliant,
and waterproofed last night.
Last night the waterproofer hung around.
I think he left at around 1:30am.
So, I stayed up with him and made
sure that he was, you know, moving as quick as he could.
And went to bed feeling like we were back on track.
Maybe five or six hours behind where we wanted to be
but back on track ready for the next day for a good morning.
Let's go.
PRODUCER: You wake up in the morning Friday, you're pumped,
you're like... I'm tiling today.
We can get tiles down. We can get this happening.
Yeah, 100%.
We were really confident.
All we had to do was get waterproofing ticked off
first thing this morning.
So, tilers are rolling up at 7:30am.
There's three tilers ready to roll.
So, one bloke can be cutting while two blokes are laying.
So, yeah, we're on. Like, we're gonna finish for sure.
And then?
Aidan came in, informed us that
there was a couple of areas of the waterproofing that were still
a little bit wet.
(BELL DINGS)
Oh, this is so wet, G.
Yeah, I wasn't... There's no way they're tiling that.
No.
And the shower stopper was back to front.
So, it was pointing the wrong way into the shower.
(SCOTTY READS)
Ricky and Haydn's shower stop should be facing the other way
and be 6mm higher.
This update...
AIDAN: See all the holes in it? RICKY: Oh, geez. Yeah.
Yeah? But then, look at this. 'Cause that was an air bubble.
See, see it all moving? Yep.
But if it was flipped over the other way...
Then it would be the other side.
It would be there, behind the shower hob, you know?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah?
He wanted us to cut it out.
Pull this out... Yep.
Clean-up, like, delicately.
Cut it both sides. Cut it.
Score it with a knife either side of it, right?
So, cut out the shower stopper which has been waterproofed in.
Cut out a section of our waterproofing.
Yep.
Get another angle here round the other way.
Before you waterproof it in, get a CE to have a look.
Yep. Yeah?
And then let's work on this while
they start cutting the tiles in around there.
We'll just have to jump around, alright?
Thanks, bro. I appreciate it. We'll keep working with you.
Yep. Another kick in the guts.
Shower stopper needs to sit flush with the tiles.
Think we put in 6mm. Needs to be 12mm.
Yeah, pretty frustrating.
Just blow after blow.
We keep taking hits.
RICKY: Miller.
MILLER: What's popping? We need you to cut that strip out.
Yeah. Nice and neat.
Scrape all the bull (BLEEP) out.
Then we get Ado or GMac to inspect it,
and then me and him will get some 12mm trim,
I mean, the shower stop to come back the other way.
Cool. Easy.
We haven't probably been on track
or had a plan go to plan since we've been on The Block so...
Yep.
(CLEARS THROAT) To wake up and have, you know,
a complete disaster in the first 20 minutes,
Standard.
..it's just another day on The Block, man.
SCOTTY: So, while the boy's cop yet another setback on the chin,
over at House Five, Kristian and Mimi are the only
couple doing an upstairs bathroom on their first floor this week.
We've just gotta get the waterproofing ticked.
PRODUCER: Why does Kristian look so worried?
That's just his face now. It's just stuck like that.
Still very wet.
You might want to get a fan in here.
If we can get the under-tile heating in...
Yep.
..we'll probably let him start the floor.
But this needs to dry. OK.
Like, even around here I think's still wet.
Oh, that's probably... Yeah.
But at least, like, the floor will be able to get done.
Yep.
Then I'll have to come back and see when it's dry.
So, the good news is they can start tiling the floor.
But in other news, it won't be tiled
by the same tiler they used in their last bathroom.
No disrespect to you whatsoever.
It's just we have to get this bathroom done.
Ali's slow and steady method rubbed Kristian the wrong way.
Hurry up, dude!
So, they've opted to get a new tiler this week.
Our old tiler will not be returning to the block,
unless it's in houses One, Two, Three or Four.
(LAUGHS)
Which, it'll be funny if they did get him.
(LAUGHS) I don't think so.
No, but, yeah, no, he's not coming back.
We've definitely got a new tiler coming,
(CROWD CHEERS)
Kristian? Hello.
We have a problem. Yes?
Your new tilers don't have Workers Comp.
Oh. Great. (BUZZER SOUNDS)
(WRYLY) That's lovely. Yep.
Our tilers, they are missing some paperwork.
Lovely. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Another setback. Another Block setback.
Unfortunately, Kristian,
your tilers presented with the incorrect insurance documents.
Yep.
He's kind of telling us that he works for one company
but then he's telling me another company.
Yep. So, it's...
AIDAN: we need to get a bit of clarity over this
because it's a bit confusing.
Yep. OK.
So, he's said give it ten minutes.
He should have something else to show us.
OK. Yeah, yeah.
So, we'll just wait and see how we go with that.
No, all good. Thank you.
Thank you, guys. Recap shortly.
PRODUCER: If they are unable to do it,
how's that going to impact you guys finishing for Sunday?
Yeah, very highly.
I doubt we'll be able to hand over a bathroom
if these guys can't get on site.
Did you hear? MIMI: What?
That our tilers can't get in? Why?
They don't have WorkCover. Are you joking?
No.
Pack it up. You're going to pack what up?
Oh, well, we can't finish the bathroom without a tiler.
So, while Kristian has no tilers, over at
House One, after failing to complete their floor-to-ceiling tiles
in their Week One bathroom, Jesse is
taking no chances this time around, and he's organised not one,
not two, but three tilers to work on their master ensuite.
Tiling, tiling, tiling. That's them today.
No-one else is going in there but tilers.
Floor's down already or most of the floor.
And one tiler's finishing the shower area.
And then the others are starting on our big wall so...
It's go, go, go and we have to get there.
So, today's a big day.
I had my main tiler in, who was a weapon.
And I had two extra tilers in.
Because week one didn't finish with my one tiler
so I needed extra hands.
So, House Five's Week One tiler has come in to help me.
SCOTTY: Wait a sec.
What did House Five say about said tiler?
So, our old tiler will not be returning to the block.
Unless it's in houses one, two, three, or four.
(LAUGHS)
Which, it'll be funny if they did get him.
(LAUGHS)
He might be slow but he does have insurances,
so Jesse might be the one laughing come Sunday.
I'll tell you who else will have tiles laid, and
that's Mum and Dad team Kylie and Brad in House Four.
The bathroom's going really good.
Order from Reece is arriving now.
The boys have nearly finished tiling
so now Brad can start his little DIY project.
So, that will be what's gonna hold us up.
So, he needs to just get in there and get it done.
What is your DIY project?
I say 'you' because I just chose it and Brad gets to do it.
Yay.
This year, each team gets five grand
to spend on a DIY project, at Mitre 10.
And if they do it right the first time,
they take home another five grand cash.
I'm chasing something that I'm hoping you may have.
OK.
It is perfect for the design that I'm going for
because it's black.
Kylie and Brad are the first team to participate.
They're constructing a Shou Sugi Ban timber wall feature
in their master ensuite.
And yesterday the mighty helpful Craig from Mitre 10
gave Brad and Kylie a lesson in how to install it.
The beauty of it, you screw that in.
The next one comes in over the top.
Yep, and don't even see it.
Concealed. Great.
Secret fix. We'll get it all to go, thanks.
Let's load you up with everything you need to get the job done once
'cause we wanna make sure you're gonna get it right the first time.
So, the cladding is called Shou Sugi Ban and its a charred timber.
So, it's an external cladding and
we're actually going to use it internally, in the bathroom.
PRODUCER: Hey, Brad, how's it looking?
BRAD: Looking like we're getting there.
It should be good when it's done.
I think it would be a really nice
feature that ties in with that same dark look that I like.
Do I use power tools? No.
(THUMP) Ooh!
You're gonna have to fix it.
You can't fix that.
What do you mean?
Hey. It wasn't my fault.
Over at House Five, Kristian and Mimi's worries are escalating
because new tilers still haven't been approved to start.
MIMI: Can't they get WorkCover?
So, they're getting sent home? I don't know.
I was gonna go over and have a chat.
We do feel that we're far behind.
We want to get the floors down ASAP today.
Eugh!
Going from upstairs to the office every ten minutes,
"Oh, what's going on? What's going on?"
It's not ideal.
Don't want to be having setbacks on a Friday when Reveal is on Sunday.
('PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS - NIGHTMARE' BY KID CUDI PLAYS)
# Ratatat... #
SCOTTY: Welcome back to Master Ensuite Week.
It's Friday and that means it's time for Shelley
and I to check out the Blockheads' progress of their master ensuites.
Now, I want you to meet a very old mate of mine.
He's fantastic.
Michael! Scotty.
It's my old mate Michael from Haley Hire.
How are you, Michael? Hey, Shelley.
Mate, and thank you very much because, a bit of a shortage on
the island for stuff, and Haley Hire has come to the rescue.
Oh!
Delivering out some heaters and stuff like that for everybody.
Jackhammers on trolleys. Yeah, all that stuff.
Amazing. Amazing.
You know, it's one of those things about building regionally
or in a rural area, isn't it?
Or on an island.
Or when there's five houses going at once.
A lack of support. Always a shortage of tools.
Lovely to have you down here on the island.
Thanks, Shelley. I'll see you around.
All the best. Thank you, make.
Thank you both. Bye.
See you.
(UP-BEAT MUSIC)
We're starting our tour at the northern end of the block
where Kristian and Mimi have moved upstairs for the first time.
Their master ensuite will feature a blue vanity
and blue tiles,
and a whopping 2.5m shower with two corner bench seats.
Wow. Wow, wow, wow.
Oh, my goodness!
I feel like I'm in a penguin house.
Yes! (LAUGHS)
Almost like exactly how we planned it.
Almost exactly not even close to what you built yesterday.
And Mimi said the penguin watching was fun.
What, the penguin housebuilding wasn't fun for you?
I've erased that from my memory.
(LAUGHS)
But the ideas are there. Yeah.
It's just how to execute it but... We need our builders.
But isn't this incredible?
Because it shows you what a good team you need...
How important it is. ..to get the job done right.
100%.
So, you can have all the ideas in the world,
but if no-one can execute them for you then you're up the creek.
Yeah. Yep.
We're up that creek a little bit again today.
Are you? Why?
Not one tile down. Not one tile. OK.
Oh, you might have the days mixed up. It's Friday today.
Isn't it Thursday? No.
(LAUGHTER) OK. What's happening here?
You've got your mood board.
So, this is what we're going for up here.
Essentially, it's like the bottom one but moodier.
So, upstairs has a bit of a moodier feel.
This is downstairs, and we've got the dark blue upstairs?
Yep.
'Cause we've got a timber feature in there as well.
You have got a timber feature? Oh, good. OK. I'm happy now.
Thank you.
We're sticking with the Porta. Thank you.
I was just feeling like they were two separate houses,
both beautiful, but a little bit different.
Ahh, yep. Yep. Well, good luck, hey?
Thank you. Thank you, guys.
Shelley thought that our bathroom had a really, like...
It was to cool. The tones were too cool.
But then she didn't realise that we were
also putting the Porta Timber in the bathroom.
So, she was like, "Oh, OK. That makes me feel better."
I was like, thank god.
'Cause I was stressing. I was like, no, she hates it!
Now, all they need are some tilers to make it a reality.
OK, everything... So, it looks good at the moment.
We'll just wait to get all the correct documentation and then
we can bring in the system, induct you, and you'll be right to start.
Our tilers walk on site,
they come up the stairs,
and they say, "Let's go. We're ready to do this."
Let's go.
And so, we pretty much cleared out, the tilers started doing the floor.
(UP-BEAT MUSIC)
They absolutely smashed it.
There is so much left to do.
We only have floor tiles down.
(MUSIC SLIDES DOWN)
SCOTTY: Next, Shell and I are off to visit
Western Australians Jesse and Paige in House One, whose
master ensuite sits adjacent to their incomplete Week One bathroom.
Jesse is a builder and it's not finished.
PAIGE: Hello! SHELLEY: Good morning.
How are we? Good. How are you?
Oh, it's so good to see you. Oh, and lovely to see you.
Penguins last night.
Yes. Oh, so cute.
That was so much fun. That was amazing.
I did like your skillion roof. Colour palette was beautiful.
Yes. It was.
Just not five grand and a bonus point.
No. I know.
It would have been really nice but, you know what,
there's always this Sunday, so...
Absolutely there is. Mate, that's what I like to hear.
Good man.
So, do you feel like you're hitting your straps,
now in the mode of The Block?
We're starting to find our confidence and what we are like
and how we feel on The Block.
So, we're feel like we're in our groove, which is really good.
That's good. Hit a slow burn... Yeah.
..but we got there.
How are we going? We've got a fair bit to do.
Yeah, a fair bit to do but we're travelling well.
I've got three tilers here
so game plan is for them to have this whole room by themselves today.
Floor-to-ceiling? Floor-to-ceiling.
Big-format tiles on the floor. That makes it a bit quicker.
And then we have, in the shower, we have these.
Yeah, nice. So, these will all be different.
They're kind of just slightly off. Yeah, a little different.
Really cool.
Jesse and Paige's ensuite design features a double vanity,
wall sconce lighting,
and Taj Mahal stone on the benchtop and in the shower niche.
Alrighty. Lovely to see you. Thanks, Shell.
Good luck. Thank you so much for waiting.
Thanks, Scotty. Glorious. Glorious.
Thanks, Shelley. See you later. Thank you.
Well, I think they loved all of our choices for the bathroom
this week.
Yep.
Which is great to just hear you're on the right track.
We're definitely getting into the swing of things.
Like Shelley said in our first week,
it takes you a good two to three weeks to find your feet.
Yeah. We're definitely getting comfortable
with everything we're doing now.
And I think we're just loving it and we're finding our rhythm,
which is good.
Yeah.
(BELL DINGS)
MAN: Absolute disaster this.
(BLEEP) man.
What we've noticed now in House Three with the waterproofing,
it looks like the waterproof's not actually stuck to the Scyon.
(SCOTTY READS)
This update...
We think they may have used the wrong primer.
So, Ado's just rung up the guys now,
just to confirm whether that can be used on the Scyon.
This could be really, really bad.
(EDGY MUSIC)
AIDAN: So, the membrane is peeling off. They've used multi-prime.
Right now the boys' bathroom's hinging on this phone call.
Yep.
If they can't prove that this primer
is compatible with Scyon Secura Flooring,
we're gonna have to rip up all that waterproofing
and start the process again.
I appreciate it. Cheers.
Let's tell Ricky. No good. No.
Ricky!
We've hit worst case scenario.
What's that?
That primer is not suitable for that flooring, the Scyon product,
the Secura Floor, James Hardie.
Yep.
It needs a Dunlop Bond Coat primer which is like a bonding primer.
'Cause that is delaminating off it.
Right.
You can literally pull it back so easily.
Yep.
So, we have to rip it all up. OK.
Sorry. Yeah, alright.
It's starting to become a bit of a (BLEEP) joke, to be honest.
It was pulling up in sections.
It's not even sticking to the poly.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Brutal. Eugh!
Absolutely brutal.
Man.
The hits just keep on coming.
Another major setback.
It's just like, yeah.
MAN: Absolute disaster, this.
DAN: I've never witnessed this before.
Ripping up waterproofing on Friday.
I'm gobsmacked.
If you don't laugh, you cry, man. That's it.
Have a look at this.
This is waterproofing that we just ripped off Ricky and Haydn's floor.
They're gonna have to get the right product,
get the waterproofer back, redo their floor.
Hopefully dries by this afternoon so they can start tiling later today.
But...
this is not ideal.
Like Ricky said, if you don't laugh, you cry.
So he's just laughing, taking it pretty well.
But I think deep down he's hurting.
It's just another kick in the guts they don't need, the boys.
Yeah, just ripping up my waterproofing in my ensuite
because it doesn't work.
And I've got Dan in here. (LAUGHS)
Waterproofing Wednesday turned into waterproofing Thursday
turned into pull-up waterproofing Friday.
Let's go.
It wasn't like the show was over.
It's just re-do the floor. Yep.
Still on track to get some tiling done.
Surely that's the last major setback that we can have.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(PENGUINS CHIRP)
SHELLEY: Which contestants do you think are
creating a winning room this week?
To cast your vote, all you have to do is head
to The Block website now.
And while you're there, don't forget
to check out all of our amazing room galleries.
# Women's
Women's
# Sitting, watching, waiting, wishing
# I tell you one thing, you never knew it
# At the back at the bus there is so much to give... #
SCOTTY: It's Master Ensuite Week, and today is all about tiling...
# When they screaming get out, get out
# All I wanna hear is get down, get down... #
..and in House Two, Courtney, the team's design lead,
has had a last-minute idea to change her splashback from
Venetian plaster to the same feature tile that they used in Week One.
COURTNEY: Do you reckon we should add more finger tiles there
to fill it?
You're gonna have it on one wall?
Yeah. Nobody does that, darl.
Why do you have to be like everyone else?
It's not a show home.
Trust me, it'll work.
As you can see, like, we do bicker.
He just gets the (BLEEP).
You can't have finger tiles on one wall.
That's gonna look stupid. That's what you're doing.
Yeah, but, behind the vanity unit.
I think that'll look good.
We're not going to do now one wall...
Why can't we? Because it'll look stupid.
Why? It'll look stupid.
Choose what you want. Yeah, that's what I want.
We're not. We're not doing it.
I'm not doing it.
Why? We've got spares...
I'm not going from chequerboard to (BLEEP), to finger tiles.
One minute we're fighting, like, next minute...
She wants to reinvent the wheel
for how bathrooms have been tiled for the last 50 years.
I feel like this is actually going to be a better option
if we can use our other tiles there.
You're only gonna have those tiles on a splashback,
those little finger tiles, you know that, yeah?
Yeah, that's fine. Alright.
It does tie it into the last bathroom
by using those little tiles on the splashback.
Yep.
OK.
I'm with you.
Next door in House One, carpenter Jesse doesn't want to reveal another
unfinished bathroom this week
so we has some extra tilers in.
Ali's tiling was a massive
contributor to House Five taking out the Week One win.
This is an incredible standard for Week One.
It's Kristian and Mimi!
No doubt Jesse and Paige hope he can get them a win too.
But, perfectionism can have a downside.
He's slow motion.
He's just...
Now it's three weeks on, let's see if Ali has picked up the pace.
(BLEEP)
Move (BLEEP) hard.
Ahh, that's a no then.
House Five said he was slow but I was desperate.
But I don't know if I'm this desperate.
I said to him, I said, "Mate, I'm paying you hourly,
"I need you to go quicker."
# Time moves slow... #
I don't want them to walk because then I'm completely screwed.
# Time moves slow... #
Two down, 30 to go.
# When you're out on your own
# And the time moves slow... #
Four hours got five tiles so maybe, maybe another 23 hours.
(LAUGHS) # And the time moves slow
# When you get to the end
# Time moves slow. #
Shell, obviously a lot of dramas yesterday.
Yes, yes.
Hopefully they've got waterproofing down.
Sorted, mmm.
I reckon that's probably the only way they're gonna be able to finish,
if the waterproofing is finished.
Still a long haul though, isn't it, till Sunday.
Oh, yeah. Heaps. Heaps.
Ricky and Haydn's design boasts a double shower
with a peach feature tile
and accentuated by an enormous skylight.
OK, what have we got?
Ooh.
Oh. (GASPS)
Mate. Ow.
Hi. Good morning, Shell.
Morning, Scotty. Good morning, Ricky.
How are you? Happy Friday.
What are you doing? So...
Come up here. Come talk to us.
This is just a sample of how yesterday went.
Yeah, it is. It's a...
What, what's... Why is this coming up?
Incorrect primer was used on the Scyon sheeting.
The walls as well?
Walls are alright 'cause it's plaster
so that type of waterproofing is OK for the plaster.
OK. So, does that mean you've gotta rip the Scyon up as well?
Is it damaged? Is it OK? Scyon's alright.
Yeah.
But the waterproofing won't bond obviously
without the correct primer.
Yep.
So my builder's gone to get the right primer.
I've seen Haydn, well, for half a challenge day yesterday.
Where is he today?
He's out getting bits and pieces.
He actually doesn't know I'm ripping up the waterproofing.
Oh, OK. Oh, no.
Oh, god. Alright. OK.
How are you feeling? How am I feeling?
Yeah, 'cause you look great and you look positive attitude...
Mmm. ..but how are you feeling?
Is it alright? Oh, yeah, it's disappointing.
Yeah. It hasn't been an easy ride so far.
I obviously don't want to have an incomplete bathroom
come Sunday but if that's what's...
You know, if that just overcomes my mind then
I'm not gonna be able to do anything well between...
Now and then. ..now and then.
So, I can only do the best that we can do.
How did we get the wrong primer in the start?
Because it's a different product on the floor that we're using,
it needs its own primer.
Yep. So...
How did we get mixed up with that primer?
So, is that my responsibility to be
taking all the products to Nine In Six and then getting it approved?
I don't know. Maybe it is.
Like, that's why I sort of take somewhat of a responsibility.
So, the builder should be going to Nine In Six and saying,
"What do you want?" "What are your requirements?" Yep.
"What are your requirements?"
"How do I get this right the first time?"
And then, "OK, what waterproofing do we use?"
"What primer do we use?" Yeah.
"What do you want on the floor frame here that's acceptable?"
That's what a builder's job is.
The whole construction... Yeah.
..is his department. Yep.
I don't like submitting anything I'm not proud of.
Yeah.
You know, outside of The Block, quality is everything for me.
And I'd like to be proud of my finish, no matter what I do,
whether it's a bathroom, whether it's running a pipe,
or doing a block in, Scotty.
So, whatever it is, I like to be, you know, proud of what I do.
So, it is what it is. We'll move on.
Yeah. I like your attitude though, mate.
Good on you, mate. Thanks, guys.
Righto. Well done. Thanks, Scotty.
Thank you very much. Thanks, Shell.
And poor little Haydn, you're gonna
have to hold his hand through this one.
Yeah, I know. Yeah.
He's gonna be a little bit upset when he gets home.
Yeah. Yeah. That's alright. Thanks, guys.
See you.
So, I think they were probably a bit shocked to see that I
was ripping it up rather than doing something a bit more productive.
I still aim to have my bathroom completed by Sunday morning.
I won't rush it.
I'll still strive for a quality finish,
and if we've gotta work all night tonight, all night Saturday night
to push through to get as close as we can to completed,
then that's what it is.
(PENGUINS CHIRP)
(SEAGULLS CAW)
SCOTTY: It's Friday of Master Ensuite Week,
Shell and I are on site to check on the Blockheads' progress.
Next stop, Kylie and Brad in House Four,
where it hasn't been easy being green.
SHAYNNA: It feels like art deco but it doesn't say 'beach' to me.
What are we gonna get this week? I don't know.
I'm tipping we're gonna get a bit of black.
(LAUGHS) Surprise.
This week Kylie and Brad are
sticking with their black is the new black theme
with large format tiles,
a black-and-white bath,
and a timber vanity.
(GASPS) No!
Hello. Hello.
Yes! Yes?
Now we're talking. OK, good.
What do they say in Tokyo? Shou Sugi Ban.
Oh, is that how it's said? Yes.
I was calling it:
Shou Sugi Ban.
Charred black timber. Yes.
Yes. Beautiful.
Yeah, do you like it? Amazing.
And you're doing this? BOTH: Yeah.
I know. DIY project.
We love it. Look how good he is doing.
It's cool.
Craig down at Mitre 10 gave us the run down so been giving it a crack.
And we've sort of tried to keep with the white,
so we're sort of flipping it.
And that way and that way it's not all black
so it sort of is a little bit softer,
and then that's your feature.
And are you thinking about how you could use this throughout the
rest of the home?
Yeah, absolutely.
We already want to tie it into the main bedroom, into the master,
as our feature wall in there.
Mm-hm.
You've found your groove now, haven't you.
'Cause you get what they were saying.
Yeah. Art deco.
Yeah. Yes.
All black, a little bit too much. Too much.
And then Week Three you end up
finding a little point of difference.
Hopefully a bit more of a balance.
This is more where I wanted to go originally but
you sort of make some compromises and do some changes and then you're
trying to please everyone and you sort of lose your way a little bit.
Yeah.
So, I feel like we've sort of found it more now.
This is definitely probably the most OUR room.
Yeah. I have got a little...
I've got a little present for you.
Really? A present?
Wait right there. I love presents.
Wait right there. As long as it's a good present.
A hat. Hey. (GASPS)
Oh, a 'Brad'. Notice the ten star.
That's a star. A ten star?
I'll take that. I don't know about that.
And, guess what's in it? What's in it?
Ooh.
$5,000 cash. From Mitre 10.
Oh, yes! Unreal.
That is for doing the job right the first time.
Ahh-ha. Love it.
There we go.
So, you have just got yourself a 10 grand week, by the way.
Yes!
And a bonus point.
And with the bonus point and this on the wall,
I'm tipping you might get a win to make it a 20 grand week.
Oh, that would be so good. That would be unreal.
Yeah.
It's definitely money that we're
going to be able to use in landscaping
or extending this sort of feature through the rest of the house.
Yeah.
See you. See you soon.
Thank you so much. Bye. Good luck.
What, what money? (BOTH CHUCKLE)
Normally Scotty and Shelley come in
and kind of look a bit confused at where we're going, whereas
this week they could see it, which was actually really refreshing.
So, yeah, hopefully the judges have the same point of view.
Definitely.
Last stop of our merry tour is House Two,
where are our resident runners up, Courtney and Grant, are hoping
to finally take out the win with yet another 'modernterranean' design.
Their ensuite will feature a recessed mirror,
their Week One stone seen in both the shower niche
and on the timber vanity.
And now with finger tiles as a splashback.
G'day, g'day. How are you, guys?
Good. How are you? Good.
Are you excited about this room?
I'm excited now that I can see the tile.
I was a little bit nervous about the tiles
and went, "Oh, is it gonna be too much?"
But I think it'll look really nice.
You're doing a bit of a chequered pattern in there
on the floor.
I am. I know it's, like, it's unpopular.
Well, not... I mean...
I've come around since Monday, Shelley.
Yeah. At first when I told Grant,
Grant was like, "Oh, it's really traditional."
I'm like, "No, you can do it in a really nice way."
So, like, you turn around. We're still doing travertine...
That's cute.
..but just different shades of travertine.
There's, like, a subtle chequerboard
'cause our marble is, like, pretty extreme.
OK. And then you're holding the same tile as you used last week?
We still have ten boxes of these travertine tiles sitting there, so
we'll use them in the splashback and that'll tie into the last bathroom.
Beautiful. Yeah.
Beautiful.
SCOTTY: I don't want to put any pressure on you
or the boys over here tiling but...
But?
Monday night dinner...
What is it? Tell me.
Every Monday night
I treat the room winners to a dinner with past Block royalty.
This week I'm raising the stakes with the prize.
It's, like, super VIP guests. No. Stop it.
Celebrity chef. Oh!
I heard you asked House Five last week at dinner what they'd
like for dinner next week, you were that confident on them winning.
Well, I just do that as a bit of a joke.
(LAUGHTER)
Rightio. See you. BOTH: Alright, thanks, guys.
Good luck on Sunday. Appreciate it.
See you. Bye.
Coming up, some teams are feeling the Friday vibe...
Keep the positive energy.
..while others feel devastated.
My wife's at home with my kid. Rick's left his whole business.
It's done. So, it's done.
(PENGUINS CHIRP)
SCOTTY: It's Friday mid arvo on The Block.
And while the teams are busy with their ensuites,
fore-Dan is worried about their bellies.
You know, you guys are flying this week.
Thank you. Very impressed.
Thank you. Are you feeling hungry?
We're always hungry. Starving, mate.
Do you want some Maccas?
Mate, I'm a Big Mac and Quarter Pounder sort of guy.
And a side of nuggets. Oh, that's a good order.
Here it is! A big delivery, guys.
Mmm.
Delicious.
I have a developing love for tiles.
I kind of just had a thought.
I was like, I would really love to cut a tile and put it up.
Make sure you push it hard against the fence,
slowly work it into the saw.
I don't know, it may seem stupid but it's just the little things.
Like, it's a little piece of me in the house.
And just keep your fingers away from the spinny thing. Right?
Thank you. That I can do.
(CUTTING NOISE)
Perfect. Good job. Nailed it.
She's done more work than me today on the tools, so, yeah, hands down.
Hell, yeah. (BOOM)
Nice work, Paige.
Another gets to go on the wall.
SCOTTY: And another much bigger feature is also about
to go up on the wall.
This is so exciting.
Our plan was for our bathroom bench top, we're gonna use
Taj Mahal, same as our kitchen that we chose the other week and also we
wanted a beautiful niche splashback which goes the whole wall to wall.
MAN: Just go in.
Alright, I'm sort of in. We'll come around.
I'm coming around.
That's what we want.
I love the full wall-to-wall niche. I think so.
The full wall-to-wall niche.
Nailed it.
That stone is just... Mwah.
Well done, man, it looks sick. Well done, Paulie.
Ahh! That looks good, eh?
Yay! That looks good.
It is cooked.
(BELL RINGS)
There's a couple of guys working in there with me
to get the waterproofing up.
Then one of the dudes that was helping me,
just maybe got a little bit excited
and just tore a little bit hard.
The waterproofing tore up the inside shower wall a little bit.
DAN: What a nightmare.
It revealed, like, a pretty
reasonable sized missing chunk of plaster.
That's just ripped it all off, hasn't it.
It's gone from bad to worse in here.
Ricky must have left the room and the tilers have ripped the
waterproofing up the wall which has now damaged the actual plasterboard,
which may mean we need to redo all the plastering in that shower area.
This is where it will leak.
The showerhead just here.
All the water's here.
AIDAN: Eugh!
They just need to stop.
Pull the pin? Well, they can't win.
They can't finish this, right? Yeah?
It's not possible to have this finished in any capacity
that's going to do them anything that's going to win them a room.
Yep.
So, they may as well just stop,
slow down, and get things done properly.
'Cause that needs to be patched now.
That's gotta be cut out and patched.
It's the corner of a shower.
So, really, he needs to send the tilers home, get a plasterer in...
100%.
I'd do nothing.
I'd take a deep breath and start this room again on Monday.
Paying people that they shouldn't be paying...
Yep. Go home.
This has got to be reassessed. This has got to be done properly.
There's lots of work to happen in here.
Enough is enough. Yep.
Alright, I'll let him know. Thanks, Ado.
No worries.
I honestly don't think I'll ever
forget, like, the look on Dan's face.
Just had Ado in here. Yep.
And he's just said let's pull the pin.
We need to reassess where we're at.
Yep.
'Cause at the moment we're going further backwards.
I think everyone needs to take a deep breath.
Mm-hm.
And we're gonna have to figure out how to fix this properly.
So, reassess, what does that mean?
Well, I think we're gonna probably have to look at it Monday.
I know it's hard news to take, mate.
But we're at worst case scenario and this is your master ensuite.
You've gotta get it right. Yeah.
So, let's think about the endgame. Let's think about auction.
Mm-hm. Send everyone home. Let's reassess.
That's the instructions.
Yeah, I don't think I'll ever forget that, hey.
Like, you're done.
Your week is done.
'Cause someone else hasn't done their job properly is just...
It felt like we'd been disqualified.
RICKY: Hey, man.
It's pack up time.
No.
We've been told to send everyone home.
Because they've got a work out how they're going
to do a solution on that wall,
'cause of the chunk of plaster that's missing.
So, I've been told to send you boys home.
I think that's the worst thing though, when you get grim news,
when you get really bad news, you never really forget it.
Like, there's so many good moments you have in life.
I've been looking forward to doing Blocks,
like, being on The Block and doing a bathroom when I was on The Block,
for my whole life.
But now I'm having my week, like...
To be told you can't even compete to win is just...
Oh, it's just devastating, man.
(PENGUINS CHIRP)
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(SEAGULLS SQUAWK)
('EVERYWHERE' BY FLEETWOOD MAC PLAYS)
SCOTTY: It's late Friday arvo, and foreman Dan
is doing his final rounds before clocking off for the day.
I'm liking it. PAIGE: I like it too.
So, I think we're gonna make it. Yes!
We're gonna make it. Whoo!
I like it. I love the enthusiasm, Dan.
Tomorrow's gonna be a very big day but we're just gonna keep pushing.
Almost done tiling. Yeah.
Yeah, we've just got that piece to go, the trim.
Today was a very good day.
Things went smoothly, tilers are in.
We're done.
We'll clean up and we'll get the Venetian plaster boys in here.
Are we on track for number one?
How you could how are you gonna get that half a point more?
Mate, Venetian plaster.
And a nice stone niche.
Shou Sugi Ban? It's in.
It looks great.
All we need to do is just finish
sanding a little bit of the ceiling and paint that.
Hopefully this time tomorrow.
Have a look at this!
BRAD: It's starting to look like a bathroom.
Is this the week we're gonna get off the bottom?
Ooh! Hey.
I reckon you're at least top two for me.
(LAUGHTER)
Keep the positive energy. We will.
Top two, I reckon. Top two. Thanks, Dan.
Tomorrow is going to be a real big fat push.
Still got to tile all in here. Yep.
Plaster. Yep.
We're still a bit fair ways off.
Looking around, there's a lot to do for you guys.
There's a lot. Yep. A lot.
A lot, a lot. OK? I won't hold you up, mate.
Awesome. Keep pushing through.
Thanks, Dan.
MAN: At the end of the day, due to some actions,
or maybe due to a lack of action, you know,
it's led to the end of our week.
I think we need to have a chat, man.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Alright? So, let's go for a walk and work out...
100%.
RICKY: Bro I don't know, I don't know how we recover from here, man.
MILLER: They need to come up with a thing for there,
'cause that was bandaged...
But how do WE recover?
Like, this has just been a (BLEEP) nightmare.
You know, obviously you're really good at what you do.
You're a cracking dude.
But the way that the last week or two's panned out
has been a (BLEEP) disaster.
The way that we've managed the trades, the
way that we've planned it,
like, it's all reactive rather than proactive.
It's all of it, dude.
That curved wall situation, (BLEEP) disgrace. Right?
It's (BLEEP) not on.
The only reason that the curved wall got put out is because he started
waterproofing over it before it was dry even though I told him to not.
Right.
You should have stayed here, dude. I know.
That's just plain and simple.
We've been reasonably on top. This is (BLEEP).
I know that that is, we've got a hole in the bottom of the plaster.
Dude, week two was a (BLEEP) disaster.
The room's been finished. Now it is.
The room got finished.
Yeah, but we got (BLEEP) picked up on quality (BLEEP) dude.
And that was probably the issue too, was that there was
probably just the lack of ownership there that really needed
to be taken.
I know quality. I don't sand or paint. I'm not allowed to.
At a time when major building errors and decisions were made,
it would have been really nice to hear some ownership.
Well, look, at the end of the day it sounds like it's my,
it's obviously my fault that it's ended up how it is.
No, but I don't... I can't trowel.
So, do you expect me, from where I am right now,
do you expect me to just do nothing?
I walked in halfway through the conversation and, you know,
Miller, I think, had the opinion that it could still be fixed.
For me, personally, one of the
biggest things in building relationship, trust and loyalty.
Yes. Right?
When you left Waterproofing Wednesday,
it was a kick in the guts.
And you left us to (BLEEP) burn.
Yesterday, when you left the waterproofer unattended,
the waterproof and the curved wall, broken a trust.
H couldn't compete in his first ever challenge.
Like, you only get to do one Block, dude.
And he couldn't even do his first challenge 'cause he had to come back
and fight the fires that
you should have prevented from happening anyways, dude.
I tried to come back and fix it. I told him to stay at the challenge.
It was too late, though. Too late.
It's not going to get better from here.
Mate, look, to be honest, bro, we need...
The first few weeks has been rough.
This has been a (BLEEP) disaster.
It's gone beyond it. It's the start of The Block, mate.
You can't finish bottom of the ladder...
We're a quarter of the way through now.
..without something happening.
I've given up my whole life.
I've given up, you know, my wife's at home with my kid.
It's 2.5 weeks old.
I've put my whole life on hold, my job on hold.
Rick's left his whole business.
You know, he's left his dogs, he's left everything.
I understand that.
And then you do just, you know, go off to a concert when we're in the
middle of Waterproofing Wednesday, that's just heartbreaking, man.
And that's just one thing, right?
It's all compounding, everything together.
RICKY: Miller's a great dude.
Like, I had great respect for him. Reckon he's a cracking dude.
I reckon he is a good builder and he's gonna do great things.
But I think the pressure of The Block,
I think it was just unfortunate, you know?
And, yeah.
There's no questioning your effort. Yeah.
You tried really hard. Right?
But breaking the trust twice, especially in a few days, it's done.
Yeah. So, it's done, man.
We can't recover from here.
I don't think we can recover from here, man.
Alright, cool.
So, mate look, I want to say thanks for everything, right?
I definitely didn't wanna do it
'cause I really like you as a person.
I reckon you're a great builder.
But it just hasn't worked here for us, dude.
Cool. Alright?
Sorry, brother. Cool.
Australia's probably going to look at us like we're idiots
and that we've completely butchered this bathroom.
This is pretty embarrassing.
You know, me and H and I pride ourselves in our quality.
Yeah, so, to have our biggest fail in life, on national TV,
on our favourite show is, yeah, it's hectic.
It is hectic.
Word going around was that they had to rip all their waterproofing out.
DAN: So, it's a four horse race now.
It is what it is.
WOMAN: My heart breaks for Ricky and Haydn.
Absolutely breaks for them.
We know what it feels like to not complete a room.
It's sad. It's really sad. It's hard to see.
Assume this is all yours?
Yeah.
MAN: It's just hard.
They were at a challenge yesterday,
something went unchecked and it was just a flow-on effect.
So, really, really feel sorry for them.
WOMAN: The boys have great, positive mindsets,
but at the end of the day, like, you know, you have feelings
and sometimes I think guys tend to not, you know...
Show as much.
Show was much and so, I dunno. I think they are feeling it.
('TREASURE' BY SAMPHA PLAYS)
# Felt like I couldn't find my placing... #
Shattering, isn't it?
HAYDN: We went out for a nice drive.
Had a couple of frothies,
sat down on the beach and flicked a couple of lines,
and had a good debrief.
# I wish we could heal... #
I feel defeated.
We couldn't have wanted to win it anymore.
I wanted to win this with Rick. This is his jam.
I feel like we've let everyone down around us that was supporting us.
Yeah.
Go home, see the girls, man. Reset.
You know, refresh.
I'll hold the fort.
I'm going home to see the girls.
It's a right thing for me to do.
Time's precious, life's precious.
(LINE WHIRS) Mate, I'm on. I think.
Are you? Yeah.
(LAUGHS) Story of my (BLEEP) life, mate!
Puffer!
You dog! (LAUGHS)
No!
Mate.
Just when your day couldn't get any (BLEEP) worse.
(LAUGHS)
(EPIC MUSIC)
VOICEOVER: Sunday reveals... are a slice of paradise.
DARREN PALMER: Wo-ow, I love this so much.
SHAYNNA BLAZE: It looks phenomenal!
MARTY FOX: This here is ticking all the boxes.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Elegant ensuites that finally answer the question...
This is extremely spacious.
It almost feels too big.
Does size matter?
We also need openings big enough.
I mean... Oh my god!
He's a massive man with his muscles everywhere.
He could hardly fit through.
Well you have been working out.
Luxury reveals
that deliver the first perfect 10 of the season.
It's something you'll find in a six-star hotel
anywhere in the world.
And... Uh oh.
I'm ready to be skewered.
Turn the barbeque up.
The boys get barbequed.
What the...?
..fudge is this?
(GULP)