This episode finds Foreman Dan in a panic over everyone\u2019s lack of progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in grave danger of five houses not finishing,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s almost as if laying up to 206 sqm of decking, tiling and filling a pool and creating an outdoor terrace isn\u2019t something that should be attempted in one week.<\/p>\n
Courtney and Sev have the biggest space to do, with the aforementioned 206 sqm of decking, so Courtney is quick to use the S word \u2013 stitch-up \u2013 when Dan and site manager Gmac tell her she can\u2019t have decking right up to the water\u2019s edge of her pool.<\/p>\n
They tell her the edge of the pool has to tiled, otherwise stains and oils from the timber will leach into the pool.<\/p>\n
RELATED: <\/b>The Block 2027\u2019s heritage nightmare<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Block winner sledges Courtney and Sev\u2019s kitchen<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n All the room reveals from The Block 2026<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Dan tells Courtney she has to tile around the lip of her pool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHow long have you had the design for now? And you\u2019ve only just read it,\u201d Courtney protests. \u201cNine in Six, who never miss a single beat and who have had our plans for over a month now have missed a detail, which is impossible because they never miss a detail.\u201d<\/p>\n Dan\u2019s having none of it. He says Nine in Six are looking for structural issues, not tiny details, and with five huge houses to supervise it\u2019s not unreasonable that something so small, and, he argues, quite easy to fix, was overlooked.<\/p>\n \u201cShe should have looked at the specs of the Plungie pool and realised it wouldn\u2019t have worked the way they designed it. She\u2019s pointing the finger at everyone else but maybe she should be looking at herself,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Courtney won\u2019t see reason, preferring to believe it\u2019s more likely that Nine in Six engaged in a conspiracy to ruin her day than made a mistake.<\/p>\n \u201cI do feel that they have known all along and have decided to let us know now,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n As Courtney\u2019s meltdown tapers off, Tayla is ramping up for a huge one of her own.<\/p>\n Yesterday a set of pool tiles were delivered to Chantel and Wyatt\u2019s house, and while Chantel can see they\u2019re not the ones she ordered, and agrees they\u2019re ugly, she doesn\u2019t care enough to get a new delivery so tells her tilers to go ahead and start laying them.<\/p>\n Courtney accuses Dan of conspiring with site managers to stitch her up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When Tayla opens her tile delivery to find a tile she<\/i> didn\u2019t order, she calls the supplier, who lets her know that not only have her tiles been delivered to the wrong house, they\u2019re already laid.<\/p>\n Tayla storms into the cafe, where Chantel is having a break with Lisa, Courtney and Sev, and demands the tiles be ripped off and returned.<\/p>\n To say Chantel couldn\u2019t care less is an understatement.<\/p>\n \u201cI just thought they were a bad batch,\u201d she shrugs. \u201cJust get more. I\u2019m not taking them off. There\u2019s no time to fix them and I don\u2019t care that much.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTake them off before I actually smash someone,\u201d Tayla rages as the other contestants look on with a mixture of amusement and horror.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Chantel\u2019s response was quite nonchalant because that\u2019s been the theme throughout the competition,\u201d Sev notes.<\/p>\n Tayla confronts Chantel, demanding she rip the tiles off her pool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In any case, it\u2019s all a storm in a teacup, because there\u2019s enough of Tayla\u2019s choice of tiles on site for her to tile her pool anyway.<\/p>\n And she, along with everyone else, cheers up with the news that their landscapers have secretly chosen a big-ticket item to put in each house\u2019s outdoor area.<\/p>\n Three have chosen enormous outdoor fireplaces, Adam and Jolene\u2019s landscaper has opted for a monolithic stone and timber outdoor setting and Lisa and Rosco\u2019s team has chosen a spherical rusted iron sculpture from a local artist.<\/p>\n MISSED AN EPISODE? HERE\u2019S ALL OUR RECAPS SO FAR<\/b><\/p>\n Episode 1: First tears shed on season 22 of The Block<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 2: \u2018I will shut you down\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 3: \u2018I won\u2019t help them again\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 4: \u2018You will only last five weeks\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 5: Block couple ready to quit after scandal<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 6: \u2018Everyone is in on it\u2019: Chantel and Wyatt cry foul<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 7: Gloves are off as Courtney accuses Rosco of treachery<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 8: Dan fuming as Tayla barely lifts a finger<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 9: A huge prize causes bitterness in one contestant<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 10: Jolene and Tayla fume over controversial bathroom win <\/b>Episode 12: Block star\u2019s sad health update<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/b><\/b>Episode 13: \u2018Like a high end coffin\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 14: \u2018Should I call an ambulance?\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 15: \u2018That s. t\u2019s got to stop\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 16: \u2018It\u2019s not OK\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 17: \u2018Like I\u2019m sitting at a bus stop\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 18: Adam\u2019s dirty tricks leave Chantel and Wyatt high and dry<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 19: Tayla\u2019s bad decisions leave Dan angry and Rick stressed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 20: \u2018Horrible \u201880s dance studio\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 21: \u2018This is dead\u2019: teams botch their living rooms<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 22: \u2018Screwed up their entire house\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 23: \u2018They\u2019re cheats\u2019: scandal erupts<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 24: \u2018I\u2019m quitting\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 25: \u2018Like a bad hotel room\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 26: Wyatt and Chantel\u2019s sloppy habits are grinding their housemates\u2019 gears<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 27: Wyatt can\u2019t take Mat\u2019s ribbing as dishesgate continues<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/b>Episode 28: Cheating scandal erupts after secret video recording<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 29: Rick finally snaps at lazy Tayla<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 30: Tayla and Jolene at each other\u2019s throats in embarrassing spectacle<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 31: Jolene furious at Wyatt for being in her carport<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 32: A Wyatt and Chantel prank backfires badly<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Episode 33: Adam and Wyatt erupt in nasty feud over intimidation claims<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 34: Jolene throws out Wyatt\u2019s protein powder amid fury over dishes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 35: Dishesgate continues as Sev braces herself for Jolene blowback<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 36: Block theory sweeps the show<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 37: Tearful Lisa points out double standards in judging<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Episode 38: Ugly feud erupts on The Block over perfect 10s<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/picture><\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/b>Episode 11: Lisa and Rosco fall behind again<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n