Agree...

The first series of the block was interesting, 'cause it was new and fresh. Now they are nothing more than a vehicle for product placement. The Renovators is woeful TV - as the ratings show...

[}:)]

yes , I've spent more than 30 years doing reno,s and construction . don't need or want to watch it on telly . totally over it !
makes for cheap tv production though and it obviously gets the punters watching and buying .
even that up market pommy show sh!ts me . people with to much money and nothing better to do with their time or money . They obviously haven't discovered the joys of sailing or SUP

The only building design TV show worth watching is " Grand Designs" often inspiring architectural designs with Kevin Mc Cloud providing an educated commentary, as Molly would say,"do yourself a favour"

I agree that grand designs is a building show worth watching .

ive seen some shocker dyi renos and repairs. it seems they only ever call me to fix them.
im a plumber.

saltiest1 said...

ive seen some shocker dyi renos and repairs. it seems they only ever call me to fix them.
im a plumber.

Yep, that's the other thing: I see terrible craftsmanship (craftspersonship?) out there.
Some people really, really think they're pros by virtue of watching those shows.

My sister-in-law never held a tool in her life and thought she could redo her bathroom. What a di$$aster. (Plus we was branded a sexist for asking her politely if we could help her.)

Good on you saltiest if you make money on them. I'll bet your margin is still less than the hardware companies that create the demand in the first place via those shows (IMO).

Might give you the number of some in-law...

Not complaining, but feel sorry for them's suckers (some, not all).

ockanui said...

The only building design TV show worth watching is " Grand Designs" often inspiring architectural designs with Kevin Mc Cloud providing an educated commentary, as Molly would say,"do yourself a favour"

Ock, same as you & a few others 20years in the building trade (carpenter/joiner), and past 4 years in building design, also reno'd my place heavily - I've got no interest in reno shows...'Shirl the curl' was the last of the entertaining tradeys on the telly - Scotty (?) from 'The Block' used to be entertaining to watch, but even he's sold his soul to the media advertising machine.

Btw, I don't totally agree with your - Kevin McLeod "educated commentary". He is a well-respected lighting-designer in the UK, and I do enjoy watching the show, but I struggle with the same-old format "I can't see how this will work" at the start, and "it's amazing just how well this works" at the end of every show. In saying that, I've got all the series on dvd.

^^ LOL mate !!

^^^ I hate emotional clients. A few years back I was making some cypress cupboard doors for a kitchen facelift job. The client called a couple of days before & got my 2nd in charge, he casually said "don't know anything about them, haven't even seen the timber yet!"

She went off her rocker, crying, screaming, sobbing...I called her when I got back in & explained that the timber was there & the doors were in our back section of the shed in clamps just needing sanding & oiling...so she started crying & sobbing with joy!

I had a quick chat to the employee who had done nothing wrong except not been in the back of the shed for the past week where I had been working a few hours each night to try to catch up.

(The kitchen came up a treat after all that.)