Help! My House is Falling Down
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Help! My House is Falling Down is a Channel 4
show hosted by Sarah Beeny
. She and her team of experts travel around Britain looking for homes that need urgent repair. The show dispenses advice on what constitutes a minor or major repair (using the professional know-how of Chartered Structural Engineer Simon Pitchers), and follows the work done.
The show first aired on 10 August 2010, and saw Sarah Beeny visit six residences around Britain. In episode one, a couple were desperate to save their 250 year old cottage in Northampton from woodworm, erosion, flooding and brick-eating bees. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-2. The second episode involved Sarah rescuing an Essex home from sludge, sewage, rats and black mould. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 Sarah headed to Hull for the third episode in which troublesome tree roots caused massive cracking to internal walls of a beautiful Victorian property. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-3 In episode four, a young couple from Brighton battled with disintegrating walls and chronic damp. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-4 Fareham played host to episode five, and Sarah attempted to rescue a house that was sinking into the ground. Add to that a failing roof, shifting floors and sewage problems, and this 16 room Georgian house proves to be a very large challenge. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-5 In the final episode of the season, Sarah helps a couple in Staines who returned from their honeymoon to find burst pipes and extreme flooding. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-6
The popular show returned for a second season in 2011, with Sarah visiting seven locations, including Swindon, Warick, Essex and Woolwich. Sarah helped families overcome rodent infestations, severe subsidance, damaged electrics, decaying floors, rotting roof beams and worrying structural failure. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/4od
The show is directed by Emma Peach and a number of repair and restoration experts are consulted for each episode. It broadcasts on Channel 4 in Great Britain and Ireland, and on the Lifestyle
cable channel in Australia.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
show hosted by Sarah Beeny
Sarah Beeny
Sarah Lucinda Beeny is an English property developer and television presenter, best known for presenting the Channel 4 property shows Property Ladder, Streets Ahead, Britain’s Best Homes and Help! My House Is Falling Down....
. She and her team of experts travel around Britain looking for homes that need urgent repair. The show dispenses advice on what constitutes a minor or major repair (using the professional know-how of Chartered Structural Engineer Simon Pitchers), and follows the work done.
The show first aired on 10 August 2010, and saw Sarah Beeny visit six residences around Britain. In episode one, a couple were desperate to save their 250 year old cottage in Northampton from woodworm, erosion, flooding and brick-eating bees. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-2. The second episode involved Sarah rescuing an Essex home from sludge, sewage, rats and black mould. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 Sarah headed to Hull for the third episode in which troublesome tree roots caused massive cracking to internal walls of a beautiful Victorian property. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-3 In episode four, a young couple from Brighton battled with disintegrating walls and chronic damp. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-4 Fareham played host to episode five, and Sarah attempted to rescue a house that was sinking into the ground. Add to that a failing roof, shifting floors and sewage problems, and this 16 room Georgian house proves to be a very large challenge. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-5 In the final episode of the season, Sarah helps a couple in Staines who returned from their honeymoon to find burst pipes and extreme flooding. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/episode-guide/series-1/episode-6
The popular show returned for a second season in 2011, with Sarah visiting seven locations, including Swindon, Warick, Essex and Woolwich. Sarah helped families overcome rodent infestations, severe subsidance, damaged electrics, decaying floors, rotting roof beams and worrying structural failure. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-my-house-is-falling-down/4od
The show is directed by Emma Peach and a number of repair and restoration experts are consulted for each episode. It broadcasts on Channel 4 in Great Britain and Ireland, and on the Lifestyle
The LifeStyle Channel
LifeStyle is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests...
cable channel in Australia.