Click through the photo gallery above to see the results of Cayden's episode. You can watch the results back on RTÉ Player.
Presented by Baz Ashmawy, DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland is a heart-warming show that delivers real-life results. Over the course of just nine days, through the power of goodwill, hard work, and community spirit, a significant home renovation will take place for a family in need.
Each of the four families featured on the show were facing difficult personal circumstances and needed help to improve their quality of life.
The battalions of high-vis vests and hard hats are corralled and cajoled by Baz, who, as always, keeps spirits high and tensions low as teams work into the night to realise these impressive constructions and overhauls.
To celebrate all the hard work from this year's series, we're looking back at the four families' stories and the many suppliers who helped their new homes happen.
Watch DIY SOS back on RTÉ Player now.
Cayden's Story
In episode one, viewers met nine-year-old Cayden, who was born with a condition called Arthrogryposis, which affects his hands and feet. He also has scoliosis and requires multiple surgeries each year and will continue to do so until his late teens.
Cayden lives with his mum, dad, and 15-year-old brother, Ethan, in a terraced house in Tallaght, Dublin. He is fully dependent on a wheelchair, but as the doorways of his home weren't wide enough for him so he was largely confined to the living room or had to shuffle around the house.
Cayden had to be carried upstairs to his bedroom and to and from the toilet, which was not adapted for his needs. There was also no available storage for all his equipment needs.
Ultimately, Cayden and his family needed the doors widened, storage space, a downstairs bedroom and bathroom, plus a ramp to gain access to the house.
Click through the photo gallery above to see the results of Cayden's episode. You can watch the results back on RTÉ Player.
Build Team – Vision Construction
- NIAMH BONNER
- RUAIRI COGHLAN
- MALCOLM CURTIN
- SHANE MURPHY
- LYNDA O'KEEFE
- SHANE O’NEILL
- ALBERT TRAYNOR
Construction Consultant to Indiepics
- BRANDON DUARTE
Health & Safety Advisor – Cooga Safety
- HELENA RYAN
Interior Designer
- KERRY HIDDLESTON - Hiddleston Interiors
Design Assistants
- BIANCA CIRDEI
- NATALIA KRY
Garden Designer - RMDA Landscape Architects
- RÓNÁN MACDIARMADA
Landscaper - Eden Landscapes
- DYLAN DOYLE
Lead Carpenter - Remco
- ANTHONY MONAGHAN
Lead Electrician – Kirby Group
- STEPHEN BRENNAN
Lead Plumber – Kerrigan Mechanical
- ADAM DENT
Architects – The Architects
- DAVID SHANNON
- FIONA DEMPSEY
Engineer - Komplete Civil & Structural Consulting Engineers
- IAN O’MAHONY
Series Suppliers:
- ACTAVO
- ALUCAST
- BALLYGOWAN
- BARRY'S TEA
- COCA COLA HBC IRELAND
- COFFEE LABORATORY
- CHADWICKS
- CUSHY WALL
- CYGNUM
- DID ELECTRICAL
- DOWN2EARTH MATERIALS
- DETERTECH
- DUNNES STORES
- DRY MY HOME
- EZ LIVING INTERIORS
- FLEETWOOD PAINTS
- HARRIS GROUP/MAXUS
- HILTI IRELAND
- HSS HIRE IRELAND
- KIRBY GROUP
- LINDAB IRELAND LTD
- MOBILE RADIO LINKS
- OMC TECHNOLOGIES
- PANDA
- PIPELIFE
- ROADSTONE
- SCATTERBOX
- SIGN ON TIME
- SNICKERS WORKWEAR
- TAYTO SNACKS
- TITAN CONTAINERS
Tallaght episode suppliers:
- 13 PAINTERS
- ACADEMY SIGNS
- ACCESS PLASTICS
- ALLEN REMOVALS & STORAGE LTD
- ALL STAR TILING
- ALL STONE
- AMS VENTILATION
- ASHBOURNE PAVING
- AVOCA
- BANTRY BESPOKE
- BEARFOOT FLOORING
- BEDS4LESS
- BOLES HIRE
- BOONEDAM
- CALLUM TRANSPORT
- CANTEC GROUP
- CARNEHILL JOINERY
- CASTLEFORMS
- CAVALIER FLOORING
- CEF TALLAGHT
- CELUPLAST
- CERTA
- CHM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
- CLONSILLA BLINDS
- CONNOLLY STAIRS & DOORS
- COOGA SAFETY
- COOKIE DÓ
- CSD CLEANING SERVICES
- CULLIGAN WATER IRELAND
- DL SUPPLIES
- DONOHUE SOLUTIONS
- DUGGAN STEEL
- DUNWOOD
- EDEN LANDSCAPING
- EDEN LANDSCAPING
- EMYVALE CARPENTRY & JOINERY
- FLOWERPOP
- FLYNN'S ROOFING
- FORJA WORKS
- FRESH TODAY
- FURNITURE DISTRICT
- GEMCON
- GERRY KEANE WALLPAPERS
- GINOS GELATO (THE SQUARE)
- GRAVITY CONSTRUCTION
- GREYHOUND
- GROWPRO TOPSOIL
- HACKETTS
- HEAT MERCHANTS
- HEITON STEEL
- HIDDLESTON INTERIOR DESIGN
- HKC SECURITY
- HORIZON BESPOKE JOINERY
- HOUSENUMBERS.IE
- HOWDENS
- HP ROOFING
- INFRARED HEATING IRELAND
- INKSPLASH
- JMJ ECO HIRE
- JOT ENERGY
- KAI MASONRY
- KAREN BRENNAN
- KAYS KITCHEN (THE SQUARE)
- KDM HIRE
- KELLS TRADITIONAL WINDOWS & DOORS
- KERRIGAN MECHANICAL
- KIDSPACE PLAYCENTRES
- KILKISHEN COATINGS, CO CLARE
- KNR MEDICAL SUPPLIES
- KOMPLETE CONSULTING ENGINEERS
- LAFFAN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
- LANDSCAPE DEPOT
- LAURAJEANDESIGNS
- LEDBURN CABLES
- LIDL
- LIFFEY PROVIDERS
- LIGHT VAULT
- LINNS INN
- LUXE PRO WINDOW & EXTERIOR CLEANING
- MACE KILLINARDEN
- MALDRON HOTEL TALLAGHT
- MARTIN ROSSITER
- MASTERLINE
- MAURICE DOODY SALES LIMERICK
- MCR GROUP
- MEDITEC MEDICAL
- MEKIT WOODCRAFT
- METALWORKS DUBLIN
- MILISH BAKERY
- MONICA BRENNAN
- MRS CONNOR CLEANING SERVICES
- MT DRYLINING
- NATIONWIDE CLEANING RESOURCES
- NEW LOOK TILES & BATHROOMS
- NIKO BATHROOMS
- NORDAN
- OFFBEAT DOUGHNUTS (THE SQUARE)
- OHK ENERGY
- PANNELLING CENTRE
- PATESSERIE ROYALE
- PD SIGNS
- PHONE PULSE
- PORKY'S
- REMCO
- REMS COFFEE DOCK
- RMDA
- RUGS.IE
- SAP LANDSCAPES
- SCATTER BOX
- SELECT HIRE
- SKY (THE SQUARE)
- SMART STORAGE
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
- STAFF OF SACRED HEART JNS TALLAGHT
- SULLIVAN & LAMBE
- SUPER VALU AYLESBURY
- SUREGUARD SECURITIES
- SWEET CICELY
- THE ARCHITECTS
- THE BUMBLE BEAN
- THE JOBSTOWN HOUSE
- THE NEST CAFE
- THE ORCHARD
- THE PANELLING CENTRE
- THE RITE BITE, CITYWEST
- TITAN ROOFING
- TUFLOO
- VINDR VS
- VISION CONTRACTING
Additional thanks to:
- KILLINARDEN COMMUNITY CENTRE
- KILLINARDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
- KLARISE VAN DYK, HSE
- LAWLERS CARAVAN PARK
- LYNNDALL EWAN, SE
- SHAMROCK ROVERS F.C.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
- STAFF OF SACRED HEART JNS
- STAFF OF VISION CONTRACTING
- TALLAGHT MARCHING BAND
