Canada's Worst Handyman
6.3
2006
Reality
They're armed, dangerous and pose an imminent threat to person and property - and you might even be one! Discovery Channel has tracked down five shockingly shoddy renovators and offers the critical tools to help them improve.
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- Cast:
- Andrew Younghusband
Episode 9 : Special Delivery
June. 11,2007
The eco sheds have been auctioned off on eBay, with the profits destined for Habitat for Humanity – thankfully sold sight unseen! In this final episode, see the results of the handymen’s horrible work. The sheds – or what’s left of them – are delivered to the lucky purchasers.
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Episode 8 : Raising the Roof
June. 04,2007
The completed sheds are revealed for their final evaluation. Which of them will fit through the warehouse door? Everything comes to a head as this season’s Worst Handyman is named, once and for all.
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Episode 7 : Hanging by a Thread
May. 28,2007
After learning proper harness techniques, the handymen tackle the roofs of their eco sheds. Roofing proves to be too much to handle as a few teams reach the end of their ropes. Other pairs, discouraged by the results, head for the floor. Then it’s time for the final step as doors are installed on each of the sheds.
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Episode 6 : The Finishing Touches
May. 21,2007
The bad builders settle in and install environmentally friendly cork floors in their eco sheds and then try to measure and calculate their way through trim and molding. Everyone builds a stereo unit and installs a TV, but it soon becomes apparent that one of the group members is a weaker link than previously suspected.
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Episode 3 : A Pane in the Glass / Sealing the Deal
April. 30,2007
After fixing their faulty wiring, moods go from bad to worse as the handymen find themselves installing windows and enclosing walls. Tempers flare when the handymen switch nominators and work long into the night applying plywood sheeting to their sheds. The workload and tension only increase as the handymen slap up denim insulation and wrap up their sheds with a vapour barrier. The episode ends when they attempt to build a picnic table from scratch.
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Episode 2 : Electric Circus
April. 23,2007
After a major redesign of their eco shed frames, the handymen “get wired” by building solar panel housing and wiring their eco sheds for solar energy. Next, the group works together to build a brick barbecue.
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Episode 1 : Starting From Scratch
April. 16,2007
Before they arrive at the Rehabilitation Centre, each hopeless handymen designs their eco shed in the comfort of their own home. The on-site experts test them for tool knowledge and assess their handiwork only to determine that these bad builders are even worse than imagined.
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Seasons
Season 6
This season, five horrible renovators head to the honeymoon capital of the world - Niagara Falls - to overhaul rundown honeymoon suites and try to transform them into heart-stopping romantic retreats… for better or for worse!
Season 5
A new class of disastrous DIYers have moved into Reno Rehab, this time renovating a frat house in a southern Ontario university town.
Season 4
Season 4 brings together five of the country's most hapless handypeople and gives them the opportunity to 'fix up' a 100-year-old country lodge near Huntsville, Ontario.
Season 3
This time, instead of remodelling (demolishing?) units in an apartment block or constructing environmentally-friendly sheds, these hopeless handymen will tackle the unique DIY challenges associated with renovating a 100-year-old house, including plastering, plumbing, custom furniture and even electrical.
Season 2
Each of the five new bumbling builders is charged with the task of building a shed. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? But this is no ordinary shed – building a luxury eco shed from scratch is the ultimate battlefield for these tool-challenged handymen.
Season 1
Nominated for their DIY deficits by family, friends or colleagues, the participants are put though their paces at the Handyman Rehabilitation Centre - a dilapidated apartment complex in Toronto. Each Handyman and their nominator is assigned an apartment where they will execute all of the individual reno tasks. And outside, the participants must work together as a team to complete a variety of landscape challenges.
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