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Oops I Bought A Pub! Season 1 Episode 3
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00:06It's autumn in the Kiwa Valley and the region is in the beginnings of change. The trees are
00:13shredding 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 Detering Hotel the transformation from a
00:24weather-worn vintage old country pub is now well and truly in the throes of its makeover.
00:34A bit of satisfaction in the smashing things. Yeah I think they enjoy it.
00:42What's it like renovating an old building? This is a family time slot we can't swear can we?
00:47Oh man, there's no turning back now.
00:52In the Kiwa, something right ahead. Always open to me and all my friends.
01:03Harmony, oh harmony. 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
02:03will 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?
02:18No. 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
02:41to try
02:41and make it work. Yeah. Do I promise to do everything within my power to help the team get this
02:45place
02:46ready in time for said wedding? I do. This will be all right just like that. We don't need to
02:50put a
02:51wall in. Nah we just like that I think. That's structural isn't it? Yeah it's true. Do I accept that
02:55the extra costs
02:56associated with the acceleration of the deadline will be high? I do. These loosens need to clean
03:04mate. Can you sort it out? I'm having the day off. It's on to you. Well in that case with
03:09the fear of
03:09God instilled in me, I now pronounce that the Detarang Hotel and I are tied together in holly matrimony
03:16until death do us part. Or until our wallets explode, whichever may come first. You may now kiss more money
03:24goodbye.
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. Now you may have
03:42heard a rumor that our kitchen has shut down. Now look it kind of has because it's being restored but
03:47the great news is we still have a kitchen. We've got a mobile kitchen truck that normally caters for
03:52film stars but now it's going to be catering for the stars of Detarang. With word spreading that
03:58the pub was still open despite being a construction zone, people have been coming from far and wide to
04:03pay us a visit and take a sneaky little peek at our progress. But the people we want to make
04:09the
04:09happiest are our wonderful die-hard locals. It's their pub as much as ours in so many ways.
04:15A lot of new faces coming in now so that's been different. This is the biggest change I've seen.
04:23I remember when the post office was up the other end in the corner there. Opening it up,
04:29pretty good idea too. You get more people in here. It's probably all joints going to fall over,
04:35it doesn't get any renovations like really. It'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? That looks massive.
04:58Do we need that much concrete? Unfortunately we do because when we did the soil test,
05:05it came back with a highly reactive soil which means that it expands and contracts and
05:13then your footings have got to be that much stronger. That's going to take a lot of concrete.
05:18Or what they call grey gold. Well that looks like it's going to be expensive to fill with concrete.
05:24I'd better go do some more acting to pay for it. I've got some gigs to go and do while
05:28the team here
05:28continues to keep working hard. Let's hope we can stay on budget and there's no more surprises.
05:35Yeah. You never know what you've got to find. Hello. Hey mate. Well not really,
05:47I'm just about to work on stage. It's what? Did you say asbestos? Asbestos. Yep, they found more asbestos.
06:01It's a big few days ahead with the concrete getting poured.
06:14So much concrete. Yeah. So 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.
06:25I'd ring up and go, no, the floorboards are no good. The bearers are no good. The joists are no
06:31good.
06:31And I'm like, I think that's everything under a floor. It's going to be quicker and easier
06:36for them to rip everything out and fill it with concrete.
06:42Man, a huge concrete truck would turn up and you can't just have the truck park on top of the
06:47roof
06:48and pour it through the roof. I mean, I asked if we could do that and the answer turns out
06:51to be no.
06:54But when I found out you had to pull part of the front of the pub off to pour the
06:58concrete in.
06:59Well, that wasn't something I was expecting.
07:03While all that's happening, the additional asbestos that was recently discovered is being
07:07dealt with by the experts. Luckily, 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.
07:32And Joel and Kate from Wodonga Carpet Court have come by excited to show me a product that could be
07:38perfect in the pavilion. This is a five mil vinyl plank, extra heavy duty, commercially rated.
07:44It's made by Polyfloral. It's a soft but durable product and it gets glued directly to the subfloor.
07:52To the concrete. Once we've got all the concrete sorted, that'll go straight onto the concrete.
07:55Yes. So I think a rustic timber would go really well with the carpet. I love that. It's going to
08:01look
08:01magic. That's almost exactly what I was trying to describe on the phone really terribly. Do you speak
08:09Shane Jacobson? Turns out they do. They also suggested another polyfloor product that would
08:15be perfect in the kitchen areas. So they can plastic weld it? Yeah. Like on, I'm a bit of a
08:21car guy,
08:22so on cars, like dashboards and stuff, they can plastic weld the dashboard. That's what they do
08:26with these. Did you say you're into cars, Shane? I am into cars a little bit. Well, when I say
08:33I'm
08:33into them a little bit, I'm into them a lot. 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.
08:50Oh, man. And look at these old sheds. Look at this. Yeah. Actually, this one came from
08:58up the road at Detering. From Detering? Yeah, yeah.
09:02Hey, the things you find in the shed. Well, when we went to pick up the truck,
09:06we walked in and I'm like, yeah, yeah, no worries. And then Kate saw the car and she goes,
09:10I want to take this home too. And I just went, it's a Ford. No, I did. I said, it's
09:17a Ford. And
09:18she goes, yes. But if you're going to own a Ford, it's got to be a 32. It's the only
09:21one to have.
09:23I've got something else for you, Shane. These are mine.
09:29Shut up. I 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. See
09:59ya.
09:59Hmm, EH. The hardest thing I think is probably getting him to focus. He's like having a hyperactive kid.
10:08One thing that Dean thinks, and I know he thinks it because he's told me, is he thinks I'm easily
10:16distracted. What is that? I can be focused. He, for example, working behind the bar. All right,
10:25just tilt him up and flick. Yep. How'd it go, Dave? Nothing wrong with that. Just a little bit too
10:32much. A little bit too much, but 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
10:40out this to make sure it's all right. And I'm focused ordering the provisions. You are getting things like
10:46your chips, your oil, your garlic bread, your condiments, tray cakes, breakfast cereals, tea,
10:50coffee, sugar, sachets and things for you. Oh, yeah. For your motel rooms. Gladrax,
10:55your disposable kitchen gloves, pasta, vinegars, more condiments. Just about everything.
11:00It's everything. Can we order a little bit of everything then? Absolutely. Chocolate
11:06pump here Wednesday and Friday. And serving food. Chips. Who's ordered the chips?
11:13Thank you. They look amazing. Would you like one? Yeah, I thought you'd never ask me.
11:19And of course, the all-important taste testing. Bit of pork on your fork.
11:26Oh, stop. Yep. Being a pub owner does require an enormous amount of focus. And I'm not distracted.
11:35That meat's fantastic. Oh, wow. That's sincerely yummy. I am fully immersed.
11:50It'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, bye. See you soon. Good to see you.
11:56Yeah. There's a lot of things I need to go over in my head, but it's hard to concentrate when
12:02you'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.
12:57We'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 the 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, as many of the families
13:29still reside in the valley.
13:31There's a Goonan. Goonan. Yep.
13:34There's a bit of history in that one.
13:36It's been endless surprises, the whole process.
13:40Found that in the wall. Admit one to the Deterang Football Club Grand Ball.
13:461931.
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.
14:07I can't tell you how much of the week you've had or the day you've had leaves you on a
14:12country drive.
14:13I thought the best thing about owning a pub would be just driving to the pub to get a beer
14:17in here,
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, where have you gone?
14:31I didn't tell him 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 from
14:39Mitre 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.
14:50He'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,
15:14they'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.
15:23That's supporting locals.
15:27Hey mate, how are you going? Shane?
15:29Hey, how are you going?
15:30How are you? Kirsten, Kirsten.
15:31Yeah, nice to meet you.
15:32Well, 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 pub, 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 and he's in bouncing on one of the
16:07mattresses in the residence.
16:08He said he was apparently just testing it.
16:11It's for me.
16:13Yeah, no worries.
16:15Do I get distracted?
16:16Who told you that?
16:17Was it, was it Dean?
16:18Was 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?
16:32Oklahoma Joe.
16:34Uh-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.
16:47Like a hammer.
16:48Oh, and they've got earplugs.
16:49Do you know who wants these?
16:50Who wants them?
16:52Dean.
16:53I'll be back.
16:53Five hours later, they've sent someone else off to get it, because Shane will be in there
16:58just 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 old 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, how we make any of this look pretty.
17:32So what we're discussing is pulling down the aluminium for that bit and that, we'll keep
17:37it in the bar.
17:37Yeah.
17:38Take everything down and just re-
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 re-line it.
17:55Not only is it another huge expense, but it also means the bar will need to shut
17:59for 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.
18:12Against 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
18:27much as we possibly could.
18:28Oh, they're good renovating terms.
18:30Yeah, they're good.
18:31And the inside out?
18:32Yeah, that 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.
18:50Yeah.
18:51Yeah, they can definitely go.
18:52I think to take advantage of that view, we could probably use our commercial series of products,
18:59take it right up to the roof line.
19:02You can go the full height.
19:03Yeah, we can, yeah.
19:04You'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 train in here.
19:11No, no, it's just manpower at this stage.
19:14I mean, you know, it's...
19:15You mean the male strip group.
19:17You bring manpower.
19:18Yeah, we ship them 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?
19:32Would that fit within it, or...?
19:34Okay, cut the film here.
19:35No-one wants to see me crying, pleading and begging Thomas for a faster turnaround.
19:41But after I've resorted to such measures, we can say Regency are going to do everything
19:45they 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.
19:59The problem 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, that's the problem we've got.
20:08So we're hoping your Velux skylights...
20:11You'll get a lot of light in here.
20:13They bring in three times as much light.
20:15My recommendation would be to do four a side, if you're comfortable with it.
20:19Eight 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, we
20:31can 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.
20:48But if it's got a battery in it, when it opens up, we can let some of the heat inside,
20:53outside.
20:54Outside.
20:55And letting the building fart.
20:57Because it's letting the air out.
20:59I know everyone hates this question.
21:00How long would it take to get them here?
21:03We'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?
21:09100%.
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.
21:16Excuse me for a minute.
21:16I've got to do this.
21:17Come here.
21:17No!
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 health issue.
21:34The floorboard being 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 Oops I Bought A Pub next Saturday.
21:48I'm a fan of A Pub next Saturday.
21:49I'm a peanut butter.
21:49And we can see you on the store.
21:50I've got a new thing out there.
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