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00:06It's autumn in the Kiwa Valley and the region is in the beginnings of change. The trees are
00:12shredding their summer coats for the bitterly cold winter that's coming. It's not just the
00:19trees that are in the process of change. For the Detarang Hotel, the transformation from a
00:24weather-worn vintage old country pub is now well and truly in the throes of its makeover.
00:33A bit of satisfaction in the smashing things.
00:38Yeah, I think they enjoy it. What's it like renovating an old building?
00:45This is a family time slot. We can't swear, can we? Oh man, there's no turning back now.
00:54Something bright ahead. Always open to me and all my friends.
01:04Harmony, oh harmony, oh. Now we're home in the country.
01:20All the movies and that I've done, if you took all the comments I've had from people going,
01:24oh, you've done a movie, it wouldn't be 10% of the amount of people that go, oh, you've got
01:29a pub.
01:31If Shane does a social media post about, hey, I'm just doing a movie with whatever,
01:36it might get a thousand likes. If you put something about the pub, it'll get 10,000 likes.
01:42It's funny how many people love pubs. It's only eight weeks until D-Day.
01:52Thank you. D-Day, I hear you ask. Well, that's D for do. What if we were to try and
01:58help you have
01:59the wedding here? We would love it. Where long time engaged employees, Tyrone and Bianca,
02:04will be tying the knot at an I Do ceremony, also known as a wedding. Are you sure the pub
02:09will be ready?
02:12But did I put any pressure on the renovation schedule?
02:17No. Yeah. Yeah, it did. A lot. It was at this point that Dean decided that I had to take
02:25what
02:26he called the pub wedding vows. Do I, Shane Jacobson, believe that I've put the whole team
02:31under an extraordinary amount of pressure, agreeing to hold a wedding here in eight weeks?
02:36I do. So it is, but it is literally cheaper to smash it down and start again than it is
02:40to try
02:41and make it work. Yeah. Do I promise to do everything within my power to help the team get this
02:45place
02:45ready in time for said wedding? I do. This will be all right, just like that. We don't need to
02:50put a wall in.
02:51Nah, we just like that, I think. That's structural, isn't it? Yeah, it's structural.
02:54Do I accept that the extra costs associated with the acceleration of the deadline will be high?
03:00I do. These loosens need to clean, mate. Can you sort it out? I'm having the day off.
03:06It's on to you. Well, in that case, with the fear of God instilled in me, I now pronounce that
03:12the
03:12Detarang Hotel and I are tied together in holy matrimony until death do us part, or until our wallets
03:19explode, whichever may come first. You may now kiss more money goodbye.
03:26We promised the locals we'd keep the pub open during the reno, even if it meant trading amongst
03:31the rubble and dust. As the kitchen has already been demolished, I've come up with an ingenious
03:37way to keep things cooking. G'day, folks. Shane Jacobson here from the Detarang Hotel.
03:41Now, you may have heard a rumor that our kitchen has shut down. Now, look, it kind of has because
03:45it's being restored. But the great news is we still have a kitchen. We've got a mobile
03:49kitchen truck that normally caters for film stars. But now it's going to be catering for
03:55the stars of Detarang. With word spreading that the pub was still open despite being a construction
04:00zone, people have been coming from far and wide to pay us a visit and take a sneaky little peek
04:06at our progress. But the people we want to make the happiest are our wonderful diehard locals.
04:12It's their pub as much as ours in so many ways. A lot of new faces coming in now. So
04:17that's been different.
04:19This is the biggest change I've seen. I remember when the post office was up the other end in the
04:26corner there. Opening it up, pretty good idea too. You get more people in here.
04:33It's probably old joints going to fall over. It doesn't get any renovations, like really.
04:39It's out in the pavilion that we're seeing the biggest changes.
04:46It's also going to be where the wedding reception is to be held. So the pressure is on.
04:52So Andrew, I've got a question. Why are the concrete footings that deep?
04:57That looks massive. Do we need that much concrete?
05:00Unfortunately, we do because when we did the soil test, it came back with a highly reactive
05:08soil, which means that it expands and contracts and then your footings have got to be that much
05:14stronger. That's going to take a lot of concrete or what they call grey gold. Well, that looks like
05:21it's going to be expensive to fill with concrete. I better go do some more acting to pay for it.
05:26I've
05:26got some gigs to go and do while the team here continues to keep working hard. Let's hope we
05:31can stay on budget and there's no more surprises. Yeah.
05:43Hello. Hi mate. Well, not really. I'm just about to work on stage.
05:49It's what? Did you say asbestos?
05:54Asbestos. Asbestos. Yep. They found more asbestos.
06:01It's a big few days ahead with the concrete getting poured.
06:13So much concrete. Yeah.
06:15So much concrete. I don't know if there's any concrete left in Australia.
06:21Not just into the all-important pavilion, but into many other areas as well.
06:25They ring up and go, nah, the floorboards are no good. The bearers are no good. The joists are no
06:30good. And I'm like, I think that's everything under a floor. It's going to be quicker and easier for them
06:36to rip
06:37everything out and fill it with concrete. Man, a huge concrete truck would turn up and you can't just
06:46have the truck park on top of the roof and pour it through the roof. I mean, I asked if
06:50we could do
06:50that and the answer turns out to be no. But when I found out you had to pull part of
06:56the front of the
06:57pub off to pour the concrete in, well, that wasn't something I was expecting. While all that's happening,
07:04the additional asbestos that was recently discovered is being dealt with by the experts.
07:09Luckily, this batch didn't take too long to get rid of, but boy,
07:13the invoice still had some weight to it. Another expense we really didn't anticipate.
07:21And what look are we going for in this massive expanse of concrete? Well, timber, of course.
07:27What about this one? It is a magic product. I've laid that for 20 plus years.
07:32Joel and Kate from Wodonga Carpet Court have come by excited to show me a product that could be perfect
07:39in the pavilion. This is a five mil vinyl plank, extra heavy duty, commercially rated. It's made by
07:45polyfloral. It's a soft but durable product and it gets glued directly to the subfloor. Once we've got
07:53all the concrete sorted, that'll go straight onto the concrete. Yes. So I think a rustic timber would
07:58go really well with the carpet. Yeah, I love that. It's going to look magic. That's almost exactly what I
08:04was trying to describe on the phone really terribly. Do you speak Shane Jacobson?
08:10Turns out they do. They also suggested another polyfloor product that would be perfect in the
08:16kitchen areas. So they can plastic weld it. Yeah. Like on, I'm a bit of a car guy, so on
08:22cars they can,
08:23like dashboards and stuff, they can plastic weld the dashboard. That's what they do with these.
08:27Did you say you're into cars, Shane? I'm, I am into cars a little bit. Well, when I, when I
08:32say I'm into
08:33them a little bit, I'm into them a lot. We're, we're into cars. You're into cars? Just a little bit.
08:38As in, you just like them or you collect them or? Do you want to come and have a look?
08:44Come on in, Shane. Oh, stop. Oh, man. And look at these old chevs. Look at this. Yeah.
08:56Actually, this one came from up the road at Detering. From Detering?
09:00Yeah. Yeah. Hey, the things you find in the shed. Well, when we went to pick up the truck, we
09:06walked in
09:06and I'm like, yeah, yeah, no worries. And then Kate saw the car and she goes, I want to take
09:11this home
09:11too. And I just went, it's a Ford. No, I did. I said, it's a Ford. And she goes, yes.
09:18But if you're going to
09:19own a Ford, it's got to be a 32. It's the only one to have. I've got something else for
09:24you, Shane.
09:24These are mine. Shut up. I didn't think you know about these.
09:321964 EH with centerlines. So there's two of them. That there is. Could you be any cooler?
09:40Oh my God. How have you got two EHs? Well, this is mine originally. Yeah. And I've had a very
09:47long
09:47time and this was my dad's. It's mint. Yeah. Kate. Can I just stay here tonight? If you just want
09:54to
09:54shut the curtains, I'll just stay here. We'll come back tomorrow. I'll see you guys next week. See ya.
09:59See ya. Hmm. EH. The hardest thing I think is probably getting him to focus. He's like having a
10:07hyperactive kid. One thing that Dean thinks, and I know he thinks it because he's told me, is he
10:15thinks I'm easily distracted. What is that? I can be focused. He, for example, working behind the bar.
10:22All right, now I've got to get the perfect one and tilt. Just tilt him up and flick. Yep.
10:28How'd it go, Dave? Nothing wrong with that yesterday. A little bit too much? A little bit too much,
10:33but it'll... It's only the middle of the day.
10:36I can't be doing this all the time, can I? Not during the day, no. I'm just sipping
10:40at this to make sure it's all right. And I'm focused ordering the provisions. You are getting
10:45things like your chips, your oil, your garlic bread, your condiments. Tray cakes, breakfast cereals,
10:50tea, coffee, sugar, sachets and things for you. Oh yeah. For your motel rooms. Gladrax,
10:54disposable kitchen gloves, pasta, vinegars, more condiments. Just about everything. It's everything.
11:01Can we order a little bit of everything then? Absolutely. Chocolate pump here Wednesday and Friday.
11:07Yeah. And serving food. Chips. Who's ordered the chips? Thank you. They look amazing.
11:16Would you like one? Yeah, I thought you'd never ask. And of course, the all-important
11:21taste testing. Bit of pork on your fork. Oh, stop. Yep. Being a pub owner does require an enormous
11:32amount of focus. And I'm not distracted. That makes fantastic. Oh wow. It's sincerely yummy.
11:41I am fully immersed.
11:49It's the next morning and I'm taking a well-earned break from all my work at the pub.
11:54Thank you very much. Thanks, mate. See you soon. Good to see you.
11:57There's a lot of things I need to go over in my head, but it's hard to concentrate when you're
12:02looking out over this beautiful uninterrupted view. I mean, there's worse spots you could have coffee.
12:08It'd be hard to imagine a better view than that. Hang on, I'll try.
12:14Nah, I can't.
12:21Uninterrupted views. We'll return in a minute.
12:35Today, the bar area is having a wall removed.
12:40We're opening the lounge into the hall, complete with a great big steel beam to support the roof.
12:49So there's been a fair bit of work going on both in the ceiling and down below to prepare for
12:56that.
12:56We've got to make sure everything's supported. Oh, a footy tipping board.
13:02We just have to make sure we find a new home for the footy tipping board.
13:05Otherwise, there'll be hell to pay.
13:10I'll go to Melbourne for a week and look what you've done.
13:12Whilst removing the beloved footy tipping board, Al, our foreman, has uncovered an old parish map
13:18of the district from the early 1900s, showing the property boundaries and leaseholders.
13:24Not surprisingly, quite a few of the names are very familiar to Dave,
13:28as many of the families still reside in the valley.
13:31There's a Goonan. Goonan. Yep.
13:34Three. A fair bit of history in that one.
13:36It's been endless surprises, the whole process.
13:40Down that in the wall. Admit one to the Deterang Football Club Grand Ball.
13:45In 1931.
13:47One, two, three.
13:52Are we there yet?
13:53We found a photo of the 1925 football team, I think.
13:58That was funny, because they've all got stripes on them, but some go up and down and some go across.
14:07Can't tell you how much of the week you've had, or the day you've had, leaves you on a country
14:12drive.
14:13I thought the best thing about owning a pub would be just driving to the pub to get a beer
14:17into you,
14:18especially when it's your own pub.
14:19It turns out, 80% of the joy is driving through the Keywater Valley.
14:24This area is so stunning.
14:26That's a message from Dean saying,
14:29where have you gone?
14:30I didn't tell them I was leaving the pub.
14:35Well, he must have figured it out, because now he's asking me if I can pick up some things
14:39from Mitre 10. You see, making myself useful yet again.
14:43I think the workload is even between me and Dean.
14:47You don't have to worry splitting the work with him.
14:50Um, he's quite happy for you to do it all.
14:56I don't think I realised how much stuff we would need to renovate the pub.
15:00Turns out it's a lot.
15:02So we're heading into Myrtleford.
15:05The thing that people really appreciate out here is when you use local trades.
15:10And that's what I love about being able to do it all through Mitre 10 is they are, they're independent.
15:15So when you go into an independent store, if there's a name on the front of the store,
15:19that's probably the surname of the family you're about to put money in the pocket of.
15:22And that's Supporting Locals.
15:27Hey mate, how are you going? Shane?
15:29Hey, how are you going?
15:29How are you? Kirsten, Kirsten.
15:31Nice to meet you, love her.
15:32Hola. Wow, this is a big store.
15:35It is, yeah. Do you want me to show you around?
15:37I'm just here for a box of screws, but you know, while I'm here,
15:41I might just have a bit of a look around.
15:44Can I move in?
15:48This ain't a quaint little hardware shop.
15:50This place is massive.
15:52And it's got everything we could ever need for the reno.
15:55Even stuff we probably don't need.
15:57I don't know if we need one of the pubs, but...
15:59Or do we?
16:00I think I need one in my life.
16:02He's just distracted. The other day I couldn't find him,
16:06and he's in bouncing on one of the mattresses in the residence.
16:08He said he was apparently just testing it.
16:11It's for me. Yeah, no worries.
16:15Do I get distracted?
16:16Who told you that?
16:17Was it Dean? Was it Dean?
16:19Can we get a price check on aisle five?
16:22Aisle five, price check.
16:24Okay, so maybe I got a little bit distracted.
16:28The builders have given up hope with Shane.
16:31Aren't they great? Oklahoma Joe.
16:33Uh-huh.
16:34Yeah, so I need one of these in my house.
16:37Yes.
16:40Would it look like I knew what I was doing?
16:42Yeah.
16:42If I wore this?
16:43Yeah, it would.
16:44It would, if you put stuff in it.
16:45Put stuff in it?
16:46Yes.
16:46Like a hammer.
16:48Oh, and they've got earplugs.
16:49Do you know who wants these?
16:50Who wants them?
16:52Dean.
16:52I'll be back.
16:54Five hours later, they've sent someone else off to get it,
16:57because Shane will be in there just messing about.
16:59He says he's working, but he's never working.
17:06Okay, so I might have taken a little longer than expected to get back with the screws,
17:10but I got there in the end, and work to extend the space into the hallway is done.
17:15Though, there was another problem to deal with.
17:17We were hoping that when we removed the older aluminium ceiling, it would reveal the original
17:22ceiling boards in all their unadulterated glory.
17:25Sadly, that was not the case.
17:27I mean, I don't know how we make any of this look pretty.
17:31So what we're discussing is pulling down the aluminium for that bit and that.
17:36We'll keep it in the bar.
17:37Yeah.
17:38Take everything down and just breathe.
17:40And reline it.
17:41In pile.
17:44Unfortunately, it's been hacked about a bit to put the new ceiling in, so we can't really
17:50repair what's there.
17:51We need to pull the boards down and reline it.
17:55Not only is it another huge expense, but it also means the bar will need to shut
17:59out for a couple of weeks.
18:01Maybe now that the pavilion's concrete is set and looking great, we can temporarily
18:05move the bar to in here.
18:08But that's going to mean it getting watertight and warm.
18:11Against well below zero degrees in the winter, roller blinds won't offer much resistance to the cold.
18:17One of the things we wanted to do was really open up the pub for the view, let a lot
18:22more
18:22light in, and because it's such a beautiful valley, we wanted to bring the outside in as much as we
18:27possibly could.
18:28Oh, they're good.
18:29They're good renovating terms.
18:30Yeah, they're good.
18:30And the inside out?
18:31Yeah, it works as well.
18:33I know what I'm doing.
18:34And we realised the doors were like 3.5 metres tall and they were massive.
18:38And you said, do you know anyone that does that?
18:41And I went, yeah, I know a guy.
18:45So as you can see, those roller doors are pretty ugly.
18:49They are, they can definitely go.
18:52So I think to take advantage of that view, we could probably use our commercial series
18:57of products, take it right up to the roofline.
19:01You can go the full height.
19:03Yeah, we can, yeah.
19:03You're going to take full advantage of that stunning view that you've got out there.
19:07How many people does it take to put up a door that size?
19:09Because you can't bring a frame in here.
19:10What are you?
19:11No, no.
19:12It's just manpower at this stage.
19:14I mean, you know, it's...
19:15You mean the male strip group.
19:17You bring manpower.
19:18You bring manpower.
19:18Yeah, we ship him in.
19:19There's a whole bunch of men in Speedos and that's how you get the doors up.
19:22It's our point of difference, you know?
19:25Yeah, give us a good eight weeks on it, I'd say.
19:29Eight weeks?
19:30I don't know, what's your schedule looking like?
19:32Is that sort of, would that fit within it or...?
19:34Okay, cut the film here.
19:36No one wants to see me crying, pleading and begging Thomas for a faster turnaround.
19:40But after I've resorted to such measures, we can say
19:44Regency are going to do everything they can to get the doors and windows installed in time for the wedding.
19:49Now it's time to beg another bloke for a fast turnaround.
19:52This time, it's Carl from Velux, who's here to help bring some extra light into the space
19:57with his awesome skylights.
20:00Problem we've got is as bright as it is outside, like today's a cracking day.
20:04It is a beautiful day.
20:05And yet look how dark it is in here.
20:07That's the problem we've got.
20:08So we're hoping your Velux skylights...
20:11You'll get a lot of light in here.
20:13Yeah, they bring in three times as much light.
20:15My recommendation would be to do four a side, if you're comfortable with it.
20:19Oh, eight in total, yeah.
20:20Maybe have two skylights at this end of the room that open and vent, so we can put some
20:25solar-powered skylights in there.
20:26If you do want to sunscreen them and shut the light out, for whatever the reason,
20:31we can put blinds on them as well.
20:32Oh, right.
20:33And they've got a rain sensor on too, as well.
20:35So if it rains, no water comes in the room, they shut down immediately.
20:38No one gets a soggy palmer.
20:42Print that on a shirt.
20:44Because what we want to do, Carl, is we want to bring the outside inside.
20:47Inside, yeah.
20:47Yeah.
20:48But if it's got a battery in it, when it opens up, we can let some of the heat inside,
20:53outside.
20:54Outside.
20:55Outside.
20:55And letting the building fart.
20:57It's letting the air out.
20:59I know everyone hates this question.
21:00How long would it take to get them here?
21:02We've got the product in a warehouse in Melbourne.
21:05We should be able to get back within the next couple of days.
21:07So you could be here next week?
21:08100%.
21:09These will be installed next week.
21:10These will be installed next week?
21:11Yep, yep.
21:12That's not a difficult job at all.
21:14That's a very straightforward installation.
21:16I've got to do this.
21:17Come here.
21:18I may not have helped out much on site, but with these two deals done, we might just
21:24have a chance of making the big wedding day deadline.
21:30We bought a pub.
21:31What could possibly go wrong?
21:32Salad bar is a bit of a healthy ship.
21:34The floorboard's been laid on dirt.
21:36You know, sort of the whole thing out and start again.
21:38Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
21:41New.
21:42Oops, I bought a pub.
21:44Next Saturday.
21:45New.
21:49New.
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