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Not how I, personally, choose to stay hydrated.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n
Thankfully it\u2019s an easy fix \u2013 a water valve was ever so slightly open before being turned on for pressure testing \u2013 so after drinking far too much water from his hands, Adam can get back to the room that\u2019s meant to be wet.<\/p>\n
Of course, we\u2019ve all gotten to know the Blockheads by now. Or have we?<\/p>\n
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???\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n
Adam\u2019s been keeping a secret: he completed his Certificate IV Building & Construction. Uh, 20 years ago.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s two decades of very helpful experience to draw from. I can\u2019t explain the samurai outfit, though.<\/p>\n
Courtney and Sev finally lock in tradies to help them waterproof, but it\u2019s going to be difficult to make progress while their screed is sopping wet.<\/p>\n
And as much as Courtney doesn\u2019t want to concede it, their hard-fought decision to change their skylights on Monday is the most likely cause \u2013 letting in rain while the Velux team switched it out.<\/p>\n
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Bring on Waterproof Thursday!\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n
Waiting for that to dry puts them behind, but perhaps it\u2019s balanced out by a cheeky switcheroo?<\/p>\n
They successfully argue floor plan changes they\u2019ve made mean that part of this week\u2019s work actually belongs to the hallway.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a win today! Perhaps not so much come Hallway Week!<\/p>\n
In House 3, their already very sceptical tiler Reese is becoming less convinced at finishing by the second.<\/p>\n
An insurance problem doesn\u2019t help and ultimately, he decides it\u2019s not going to be possible.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s out of here!<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat an absolute nightmare,\u201d Rosco reacts.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s Courtney to the rescue.<\/p>\n
With their waterproofing delayed, she offers a trade: her waterproofing team for House 3\u2019s chippies.<\/p>\n
Against all odds, Chantel and Wyatt have pulled the most ahead \u2013 and gain even more goodwill with the team by successfully asking Foreman Dan for extended hours to complete waterproofing.<\/p>\n
However, this doesn\u2019t benefit Courtney and Sev.<\/p>\n
Not only can they not start waterproofing, but they are yet to see the chippies Rosco promised them.<\/p>\n
They instead say they\u2019ll come to help in the morning, leaving House 4 to shut down early while everyone else keeps going.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a competition, they snaked me,\u201d Courtney fumes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re dirty players, and it\u2019s good to know these things nice and early.\u201d<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m surprised we didn\u2019t get a \u201cgame on mole!\u201d\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n
Finally, just to really up the stakes for the week, Scott Cam calls everyone to HQ to meet Rob Sinclair from e&s.<\/p>\n
For the second season in a row, he is offering a kitchen upgrade package to one team. This week\u2019s winners will gain $250,000 worth of appliances for kitchen and laundry.<\/p>\n
Britt and Taz won the upgrade last year and went on to win The Block.<\/p>\n
Hey, what\u2019s another bit of pressure!<\/p>\n
Tomorrow night, I\u2019ll see you there for our first challenge of the season. <\/p>\n
Plus, someone\u2019s going to heard the words \u201ctear it up.\u201d Ouch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great news \u2013 today starts with all five teams on board! After yesterday\u2019s budget drama, Chantel and Wyatt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-851519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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